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Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: VMware Management Resources
- Configure vMA
- Understand the esxcli and vicfg commands
- Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access
- Understand important ESXi and vCenter Server log files
Module 3: Performance in a Virtualized Environment
- Understand the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
- Understand software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance
- Use vSphere performance monitoring tools
Module 4: Network Scalability
- Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches
- Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
- Understand distributed switch features such as PVLANs, VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control, port mirroring, and NetFlow
Module 5: Network Optimization
- Understand performance features of network adapters
- Understand performance features of vSphere networking
- Monitor key network performance metrics
- Use vMA to manage virtual network configuration
- Troubleshoot common network performance problems
Module 6: Storage Scalability
- Configure storage multipathing
- Understand vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- Explain profile-driven storage
- Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile
- Describe VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ operation
- Configure Storage DRS and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
Module 7: Storage Optimization
- Diagnose storage access problems
- Understand how storage protocols, VMware vSphere® VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
- Monitor key storage performance metrics
- Use vMA to manage virtual storage
- Troubleshoot common storage performance problems
Module 8: CPU Optimization
- Understand CPU scheduler and other features that affect CPU performance
- Monitor key CPU performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
Module 9: Memory Optimization
- Understand memory reclamation techniques and overcommitment
- Monitor key memory performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
Module 10: Virtual Machine and Cluster Optimization
- Understand performance guidelines for virtual machines, resource allocation settings, VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters, resource pools, and VMware vSphere® High Availability admission control policies
- Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on failures
- Troubleshoot vSphere cluster problems
Module 11: Host and Management Scalability
- Understand how vCenter Linked Mode manages multiple vCenter Server inventories
- Explain VMware vSphere® Distributed Power Management™
- Use Host Profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
- Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™ to perform vSphere administrative tasks
- Use Image Builder to create an ESXi installation image
- Use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts
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