VMware vSphere: What´s New (Version 6.0)
- Duration 2 days
- Price $1,645
- Test Level 1
- Certifications N/A
- Exams N/A
Course Overviewremove_circle_outline
VMware vSphere: What’s New is a hands-on training course that explores the newest features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server™ 6 and VMware ESXi™ 6. Real-world use case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lecture material teach the skills you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere® 6. This class is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 6 into their existing vSphere environment.
Students who complete this course will be prepared for more advanced vSphere 6 courses, available at www.vmware.com/education.
Course Objectivesadd_circle_outline
- Discuss the key enhancements made to vSphere 6
- Determine when to apply increased maximum configuration allowances in vSphere 6
- Configure new ESXi security and account management features
- Apply vSphere 6 upgrade and deployment processes to ESXi and vCenter Server
- Determine when to deploy the different VMware Platform Services Controller™ models
- Discuss the differences between VMware vSphere® Client™ and VMware vSphere® Web Client in the vSphere 6 release
- Upgrade virtual machines to virtual hardware version 11
- Apply the uses and benefits of VMware vRealize™ Operations Manager™
- Configure storage policies
- Create and use virtual volumes
- Allocate network resources by using VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control
- Migrate running virtual machines between vCenter Server instances by using VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
- Discuss the key enhancements made to VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
Target Audienceadd_circle_outline
vSphere administrators, systems engineers and operators who have attended vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.x or have the equivalent experience.
Course Outlineadd_circle_outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course goals and objectives
- Online vSphere resources
- Location of online vSphere documentation
Introduction to vSphere 6
- Discuss vSphere 6 feature enhancements
- Describe how vRealize Operations Manager is used to manage the software-defined data center
Install and Upgrade
- Discuss the differences between vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6 installation process.
- Confirm the system requirements for each component of vSphere 6
- Determine which vCenter Server deployment mode is required.
- Discuss the vSphere 6 upgrade process
- Discuss vSphere 6 installation media
- Determine the correct database option for various deployment scenarios of vSphere 6
Compute Enhancements
- Discuss the enhancements to vSphere 6 scalability and performance
- Discuss the additional features to support hot-plug and SMART solid-state drives
- Discuss the improvements to lockdown settings
- Discuss how virtual hardware 11 extends virtual machine resource configurations
- Discuss how hot-add memory is distributed across NUMA nodes in vSphere 6
Management Enhancements
- Discuss VMware vCenter™ Single Sign-On™ authentication process
- Discuss new features of vSphere 6 Certificate Authority
- Discuss certificate-based guest authorization
- Discuss how ESXi hosts and vCenter Server communicate securely over SSL
- Describe changes for ESXi certificate replacement
- Discuss upgrading the vSphere License Service
- License ESXi 6 and vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client
Storage Enhancements
- Discuss VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™
- Configure storage-based policies
- Discuss share reservations and file locking
- Discuss the benefits and effects of NFS 4.1 with vSphere.
- Discuss Kerberos and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) header authentication
Network Enhancements
- Work with Network I/O Control
- Upgrade Network I/O Control to version 3
- Enable network resource management on a vSphere distributed switch
- Configure bandwidth allocation for system and virtual machine traffic based on shares, reservations, and limits
- Discuss how IPv6 is supported in the vSphere 6 release
Availability Enhancements
- Discuss enhancements made to vSphere vMotion
- Migrate virtual machine across vCenter Server instances by using vSphere vMotion
- Discuss the multiprocessor fault tolerance features and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) capabilities in vSphere 6
- Discuss the benefits of VMware vCloud® Air™
- Describe how vCloud Air integrates with vSphere 6
Prerequisitesadd_circle_outline
vSphere 5.5 knowledge equivalent to attending vSphere Install, Configure, Manage [V5.x] and system administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
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