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VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7]

Length – 3 days

Overview
During this 3-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes.
You learn about how vSphere with Kubernetes can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a vSphere environment.

Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Kubernetes.

Prerequisites
This course requires completion the following courses:
•VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage OR VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
AND
•VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

Experience working at the command line is helpful.

This course requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance
before enrolling in this course:
•Create VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers and folders
•Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
•Modify a virtual machine’s hardware
•Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
•Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
•Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster with resource pools
•Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster

If you cannot perform all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete one
of the prerequisite courses before enrolling in VMware vSphere with Kubernetes: Deploy & Manage.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
•Describe vSphere with Kubernetes and use cases in on-premises environments
•Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the VMware NSX® networking requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes.
•Create and manage vSphere with Kubernetes namespaces
•Deploy and run container applications on vSphere with Kubernetes
•Deploy and configure VMware Harbor
•Describe the VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ service
•Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
•Deploy and run container applications on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
•Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
•Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Kubernetes

Course Outline
Course Introduction
•Introductions and course logistics
•Course objectives
Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes
•Describe virtual machines and containers
•Describe container hosts
•Describe container engines
•Describe Dockerfile
•Describe container images
•Describe image registry
•Describe the purpose and functionality of Kubernetes
•Describe YAML manifest files
•Explain pods
•Explain Replica Sets
•Explain services
•Explain deployments
•Explain network policies
Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
•Introduce the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
•Introduce the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio
•Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the components of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Contrast vSphere with Kubernetes to traditional Kubernetes
•Describe the requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the network topology of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects
•Describe the kubectl command line interface
vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services
•Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Kubernetes core services
•Describe the use cases of vSphere with Kubernetes
•Enable vSphere with Kubernetes
•Deploy Harbor Registry
•Describe a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace
•Describe resource quotas
•Explain authentication and authorization to vSphere with Kubernetes
•Create a namespace
•Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe using kubectl pod deployment
•Explain scaling a pod deployment
•Explain deleting pods
•Use kubectl to deploy a pod
•Use kubectl to scale a pod
•Describe a Container Storage Interface
•Explain VM Storage Policies and Persistent Volumes
•Monitor Cloud Native Storage
•Create a Persistent Volume
•Describe the NSX Container Plugin
•Explain Supervisor Cluster Network Topology
•Explain Container Objects in NSX
•Describe Kubernetes Services
•Describe Kubernetes Network Policies
•Describe Harbor Image Registry
•Explain Harbor integration with vSphere with Kubernetes
•Enable Harbor
•Push container images to Harbor
•Deploy containers from Harbor
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service for vSphere
•Introduce Kubernetes Cluster API
•Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service for vSphere
•Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
•Describe enabling Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
•Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
•Scale a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
•Explain the life cycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
•Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
•Describe monitoring of Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
•Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
•Describe VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ integration
•Describe vCenter Server events
•Describe vSphere with Kubernetes events
•Describe gathering vSphere with Kubernetes support log bundles
vSphere with Kubernetes Life Cycle
•Introduce Kubernetes version
•Explain Kubernetes release cadence
•Describe vSphere with Kubernetes life cycle
•Describe NSX component life cycle
•Describe vSphere with Kubernetes Certificate Management

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage[V1.0]

Length – 2 days

Overview
During this two-day course, you focus on installing VMware TanzuTM Kubernetes GridTM on a VMware vSphere®
environment and then provisioning and managing Tanzu Kubernetes clusters.
Product Alignment
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 1.0

Audience
VI administrators who are responsible for deploying and managing Tanzu Kubernetes clusters.

Prerequisites
Working knowledge of Kubernetes.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
•Describe how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid fits in the VMware TanzuTM portfolio
•Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid architecture
•Deploy management clusters
•Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
•Configure your Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instance for authentication, logging, and ingress
•Perform basic troubleshooting

Course Outline
Course Introduction
•Introductions and course logistics
•Course objectives
What Is VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid?
•Tanzu Kubernetes Grid in the VMware Tanzu portfolio
•Tanzu Kubernetes Grid concepts
•Tanzu Kubernetes Grid CLI
Management Cluster
•Preparing the vSphere environment
•Creating management clusters
•Managing management clusters
Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
•Cluster API
•Deploying Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
•Tanzu Kubernetes cluster architecture
Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Instances
•Tanzu Kubernetes Grid extensions
•Logging
•Ingress control
•Authentication
Troubleshooting
•Crash recovery and diagnostics for Kubernetes
•Troubleshooting commands

VMware Horizon 7: Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization [V7.7]

Length – 5 days

Overview
During this five-day, hands-on training, you will gain the advanced knowledge, skills, methodology,
and abilities to achieve competence introubleshooting the View component of VMware Horizon® 7.
You will increase your skills and competence in using VMware and third-party toolsto analyze and solve problems
associated with a View implementation. Thislab-intensive course provides you with a comprehensive environment
to test your skills at identifying and solving a broad range of issue.

Prerequisites
This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses:
• VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware Data Center Virtualization FundamentalsExperience with working with View and VMware vSphere® is helpful

Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible formaintaining the View component of VMware Horizon

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Use the Horizon Administrator Web client, log files, and VMware andthird-party tools to analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems in a View environment
• Optimize the display protocol and the virtual desktop to ensure anoptimal end-user experience
• Identify infrastructure problems as they relate to View
• Discuss View installation problems and best practices

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to Troubleshooting
Discuss troubleshooting techniques
Describe methods for efficient troubleshooting in a consistent andrepeatable manner 1/2
Troubleshooting Tools
Understand how to use Horizon Administrator to troubleshoot Viewproblems
Understand how to use the command line to troubleshoot View problems
Understand how to use VMware and third-party tools to identify andtroubleshoot View problems
Interpret log files
Troubleshooting Virtual Desktops
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot virtual desktop problems
Use VMware tools to optimize virtual desktops
Troubleshooting USB Connectivity and Printing
Discuss how View supports connecting USB devices to clients as well asprinting to local and remote printers
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot USB connectivity and printing problems
Troubleshooting Display Protocols
Discuss the topology and architecture of display protocols in View
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot Remote Desktop Protocol, BlastExtreme, HTML Access, and PCoIP problems
Optimize PCoIP and Blast Extreme for performance
Troubleshooting View Composer
Discuss the architecture, purpose, and benefits of View Composer
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot View Composer problems
Troubleshooting Instant Clones
Discuss the architecture, purpose, and benefits of instant clones
Understand how to create and deploy instantclone desktop pools
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot instantclone problems
Troubleshooting SSL Certificates
Discuss certificate authority and SSL certificates
Discuss the proper method to install and replace certificate authority andSSL certificates
Analyze, diagnose, and troubleshoot SSL certificate problems
Infrastructure
Discuss how a data center’s infrastructure can affect the performance ofa View environment
Discuss best practices for data center infrastructure for View

Advanced Skills for vSphere Professionals Workshop v 6.7

Length – 5 days

Overview
This five-day workshop provides hands-on experience in advanced VMware vSphere® administration and helps you prepare to pass the VMware Certified Advanced Professional — Data Center Virtualization Deploy 2018 certification exam. This course provides practical exposure to various advanced vSphere administration and configuration topics.
Additionally, the course aligns to the exam objectives to provide you with an opportunity to enhance and practice your skills and better prepare you for the exam.

Prerequisites
You should have the following skills before taking this course:
• Completion of the VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.7] course or equivalent skills
You must have the VMware Certified Professional – Datacenter Virtualization (VCP-DCV) certification in order to obtain the VCAP-DCV Deploy 2018 certification.

Audience
Experienced system administrators.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Configure and manage VMware vSphere® Auto DeployTM configurations
• Configure advanced system settings
• Deploy and configure core management infrastructure components
• Deploy and configure VMware vSphere® Update ManagerTM components
• Perform virtual machine configurations
• Implement complex storage solutions
• Deploy and configure VMware vSANTM
• Troubleshoot complex storage solutions
• Implement and manage vSphere 6.x standard switch and distributed switch networks
• Troubleshoot a vSphere 6.x network implementation
• Implement and maintain vSphere availability solutions
• Implement and manage DRS solutions
• Troubleshoot vSphere clusters
• Manage a vSphere environment using command line tools
• Manage and analyze vSphere log files
• Configure and manage a content library
• Use vSphere performance monitoring tools
• Optimize virtual machine resources
• Backup and recover vSphere configurations
• Configure a vSphere 6.x environment for security
• Manage authentication and end-user security
• Manage SSL certificates
• Secure and encrypt a virtual machine

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course objectives
Create and Deploy vSphere 6.x Infrastructure Components
Configure and manage host profiles
Configure and manage a vSphere environment for vSphere Auto Deploy
Configure advanced system settings on an ESXi host, including syslog, scratch partition, and core dump
location
Configure and manage an identity source and root level global permissions
Use vSphere Update Manager for creating baselines and schedules, staging patches, and remediating
hosts
Perform virtual machine (VM) configurations, including adjusting CPU and memory allocations, and
specifying swap file location
Deploy and Manage a vSphere 6.x Storage Infrastructure
Implement complex storage solutions – iSCSI storage, NFS datastores, and Storage I/O Control
Deploy and configure vSAN, and create a vSAN storage policy
Investigate and restore access to a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
Deploy and Manage a vSphere 6.x Network Infrastructure
Migrate a VMkernel network adapter and vmnic from a standard switch to a distributed switch
Create and configure a custom TCP/IP stack on an ESXi host
Configure Network I/O Control to support network bandwidth constraint issues
Configure a vSphere Deployment for Availability and Scalability
Enable VMware vSphere® High Availability and configure core components such as admission
control, heartbeat datastores, and a custom isolation address
Enable DRS and configure automation settings, EVC mode, and an affinity rule
Troubleshoot a VMware vSphere® vMotion® issue within a vSphere cluster
Configure a vSphere Deployment for Manageability
Create a VM and generate a report using VMware vSphere® PowerCLITM
Configure VMware vCenter Server® database log settings and diagnostic logging levels
Analyze a log file to investigate a network connection problem and remediate the problem
Import an OVF template and create a subscribed content library for a multi-vCenter Server environment
Configure a vSphere Deployment for Performance
Use ESXi command-line utilities to collect vSphere performance metrics and perform VM network packet
capture
Update the configuration on a VM template
Configure a vSphere 6.x Environment for Recoverability
Backup and restore a distributed switch configuration
Backup and restore a resource pool tree
Schedule vCenter Server backups using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface
Configure a vSphere 6.x Environment for Security
Register a KMS with vCenter Server, create an encryption storage policy, and create an encrypted VM
Update advanced certificate parameters and renew an ESXi certificate
Create a vCenter Server custom role and assign permissions to an identity source user
Change password restrictions on an ESXi host
Add an ESXi host to a directory service domain and enable lockdown mode

VMware vSphere: Install Configure Manage [7]

Length – 5 days

Overview
This five-day course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.
This course is the foundation for most of the other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.

Product Alignment
• ESXi 7
• vCenter Server 7

Prerequisites
This course has the following prerequisites:
• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Audience
System administrators.
System engineer.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC)
Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
Install and configure VMware ESXi™ hosts
Deploy and configure VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage the vCenter Server inventory and the vCenter Server configuration
Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance
Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere
Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage
Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
Manage virtual machine resource use
Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
Create and manage a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle
Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches and perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center
Explain basic virtualization concepts
Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage
Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
Use VMware Host Client™ to access and manage ESXi host
Virtual Machines
Create and remove a virtual machine
Provision a virtual machine with virtual devices
Identify the files that make up a virtual machine
Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
vCenter Server
Describe the vCenter Server architecture
Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
Use the vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server
Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory
Back up vCenter Server Appliance
Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health
Use vCenter Server High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Create and manage standard switches
Describe the virtual switch connection types
Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping and load-balancing policies
Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Identify storage protocols and storage device types
Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
Deploy virtual machines on a VMware vSAN™ datastore
Virtual Machine Management
Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
Modify and manage virtual machines
Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
Dynamically increase the size of a virtual disk
Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine
Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™
Resource Management and Monitoring
Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment
Describe what overcommitment of a resource means
Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
Use various tools to monitor resource use
Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
vSphere Cluster
Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available
Explain the vSphere HA architecture
Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
Configure a vSphere cluster using ESXi Cluster Quickstart
Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
Create a vSphere DRS cluster
vSphere Lifecycle
Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ works
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to update ESXi hosts in a cluster

VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]

Length – 5 days

Overview
This five-day course teaches you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere® 7 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.

Attend this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

Product Alignment
• ESXi 7
• vCenter Server 7

Prerequisites
You must complete one of the following prerequisites:
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course
• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server

Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended.

Audience
Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates
Use Identity Federation to configure VMware vCenter Server® to use Microsoft ADFS
Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi™ host compliance
Create and manage a content library for deploying virtual machines
Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
Monitor and analyze key performance indicators for compute, storage, and networking resources for ESXi hosts
Optimize the performance of ESXi and VMware vCenter Server®
Discuss the purpose and capabilities of VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMwareTanzu™ portfolio

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Network Scalability
Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance
Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
Storage Scalability
Explain why VMware vSphere® VMFS is a high-performance, scalable file system
Explain VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration, VMware vSphere® API for Storage
Awareness™, and vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering
Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
Create VMware vSAN™ storage policies
Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER
Host and Management Scalability
Use the vSphere Client to manage vSphere certificates
Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
Configure identity federation
Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
Configure vSphere Trust Authority
Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
Manage and update VM templates in content libraries
Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
CPU Optimization
Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance
Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics
Memory Optimization
Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when
memory is overcommitted
Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics
Storage Optimization
Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics
Network Optimization
Explain performance features of network adapters
Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics
vCenter Server Performance Optimization
Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance
Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource use
Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
Identify the parts of a container system
Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes
Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow
Describe the purpose of vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu portfolio
Explain the vSphere with Kubernetes supervisor cluster
Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service

VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install Configure Manage [V8.2]

Length – 2 dni

Overview
This two-day, hands-on training course gives experienced VMware vSphere® administrators the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 8.2. This course also shows you how to write and test disaster recovery plans that use Site Recovery Manager.

Prerequisites
This class requires completion of one of the following courses:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x].
• VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6.x].
• VMware vSphere: What’s New [V5.5 to V6x].
• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V6.x].

Audience
VSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager.

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Outline the necessary information to effectively undertake this course
Identify resources for additional information
Overview and Architecture
Discuss Site Recovery Manager architecture
Examine disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager
Describe Site Recovery Manager integration with VMware vSphere® ClientTM
Discuss Site Recovery Manager features
Analyze Site Recovery Manager storage policies and integration options
Discuss how Site Recovery Manager supports several disaster recovery topologies
Identify use cases for Site Recovery Manager across various scenarios
Describe how VMware Site Recovery™ for VMware Cloud™ on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager
Deploy & Configure Site Recovery Manager
Identify the requirements to deploy Site Recovery Manager
Discuss the benefits of the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Explore vSphere deployment models
Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration user interface
Describe the process to register Site Recovery Manager with VMware vCenter Server®
Configure site pairing
Identify how to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Configuring Inventory Mappings
Outline the importance of inventory mappings
Examine configuration options for inventory mappings
Outline the importance of placeholders
Using Array-based Replication
Describe array-based replication
Discuss the role of the Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
Explore the relationship between devices, consistency groups and datastore groups
Configure array pairs
vSphere Replication
Explore vSphere Replication architecture
Examine vSphere Replication functionality
Formulate use cases for vSphere Replication
Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
Configure vSphere Replication appliance settings
Configure a vSphere Replication appliance connection
Deploy a vSphere Replication server
Register a vSphere Replication server
Replicating Virtual Machines with vSphere Replication
Configure vSphere Replication for virtual machines
Explain the importance of datastore mappings
Describe vSphere Replication recovery point objective scheduling
Describe the vSphere Replication disk transfer protocol
Building Protection Groups
Define protection group functionality
Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and storage profile protection groups
Create a protection group
Discuss protection group settings
Remove protection from a virtual machine
Create a storage profile protection group
Building Recovery Plans
Discuss recovery plan concepts
List recovery plan steps
Discuss network planning
Discuss customization options in recovery planning
Outline how to implement a recovery plan
Investigate recovery plan options
Testing and Running a Recovery Plan
Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
Describe planned migration
Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
Discuss the importance of VMware vSphere® VMFS resignaturing
Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
Outline how to conduct a recovery plan test
Perform recovery plan test execution
Identify the effects on the storage layer during recovery steps
Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
Understand storage layer changes for plan execution types
Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
Describe how to reprotect a data center
Examine failback steps
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Discuss Site Recovery Manager alarms
Explore Site Recovery Manager history reports
Configuring advanced Site Recovery Manager settings
Describe how to modify logging levels
Explain how to collect log bundles
Identify key log locations

VMware vSphere: What’s New [V6.7 to V7]

Length – 3 dni

Overview
In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7 and VMware ESXi™ 7. Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere® 7.

This course is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 7 in their existing vSphere environment.

Product Alignment
• ESXi 7
• vCenter Server 7

Prerequisites
This course requires completion of one the following courses or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
• VMware vSphere: Fast Track
• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting

The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
• Install and configure ESXi
• Install vCenter Server
• Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders
• Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions
• Create and modify a standard switch
• Create and modify a distributed switch
• Connect an ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage
• Create a VMFS datastore
• Use a content library template to create a virtual machine
• Modify a virtual machine’s hardware
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
• Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches and perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and VMs

If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course.

The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

Install and configure ESX or ESXi.
Install vCenter Server.
Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders.
Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions.
Create and modify a standard switch.
Create and modify a distributed switch.
Connect an ESX/ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage.
Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore.
Enable vSphere vMotion on an ESX/ESXi host.
Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine.
Modify a virtual machine’s hardware.
Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion.
Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®.
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ cluster with resource pools.
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster.

If you cannot complete all of these tasks, then VMware recommends that you instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course.

Audience
System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
List and describe the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 6.7 update releases and
vSphere 7
Determine the proper upgrade path for a vCenter Server instance and upgrade VMware vCenter® Server
Appliance™ to version 7
Migrate a Windows vCenter Server system to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Manage and update VM templates located in content libraries
Use Identity Federation to configure vCenter Server to use Microsoft ADFS
Use the VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates
Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi™, storage, network, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 7
Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
Recognize improvements to VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to manage vSphere deployments, updates, and configurations
Discuss the purpose and capabilities of VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMwareTanzu™ portfolio

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Installation and Upgrade
Describe the new vCenter Server Appliance deployment model
Upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Migrate a Windows vCenter Server instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Describe the enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance
Management Enhancements
Identify the scaling and performance improvements for vCenter Server Appliance
Describe the support provided for dynamic DNS
Recognize how to change the IP address or FQDN of vCenter Server
Describe prefix-based MAC address allocation
Perform a VM template in-place update in Content Library
Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
Configure identity federation
Manage certificates using the vSphere Client
Identify VMware NSX-T™ logical switches and their properties in the vSphere Client
Explain the benefits of using VMware Skyline™ to proactively monitor your environment
ESXi Enhancements
Upgrade an ESXi host to version 7
List the enhancements introduced with ESXi 7
Describe new device support for ESXi hosts
Describe support for Precision Time Protocol
VM Enhancements
Discuss the new functionality, virtual devices, and VM maximums supported by VM compatibility version 17
Describe the enhancements to guest customization
Perform a vSphere vMotion migration of VMs with remote devices
Storage Enhancements
Describe the enhancements to NVMe support
Describe the enhancements to VMware Pluggable Storage Architecture
Describe the purpose of the High-Performance Plug-in
Describe the support for iSER
Recognize the changes made to the ESXi system storage layout
Describe the support for CAB deployment of WSFC in vSphere 6.7 and later
List the enhancements made to vSAN
Security Enhancements
Describe the enhancements to the VM encryption feature
Describe the enhancements to cloning, migration, and encryption operations
Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
Configure vSphere Trust Authority
Cluster Enhancements
Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
Describe use cases for scalable shares
vSphere Lifecycle Management
Use vCenter Server Update Planner to run vCenter Server upgrade prechecks
Compare vSphere Lifecycle Manager to vSphere Update Manager
Manage and update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
Identify the parts of a container system
Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes
Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow
Describe the purpose of vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu portfolio
Explain the vSphere with Kubernetes supervisor cluster
Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes grid service

VMware Horizon 7: Design Workshop [V7]

Length  –  3 dni

Overview
This three-day course presents a methodology for designing a VMware Horizon® solution. The design methodology includes recommendations for the type of information and data that must be gathered and analyzed to make sound design decisions for client systems, desktop options, VMware vSphere® infrastructure, and VMware Horizon components. VMware best practices are presented for each phase of the design process. In this course, you apply your new knowledge by working with other participants to design a VMware Horizon solution for a real-world project.

Prerequisites
This course recommends the following skills and knowledge:
Virtualized desktop implementation experience.
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course or equivalent experience.
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course.

Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing VMware Horizon solutions.

Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course Logistics.
Course objectives.
Infrastructure Assessment
Define customer business objectives.
Gather and analyze business and application requirements.
Use a systematic methodology to evaluate and document design decisions.
VMware Horizon Design Identify the design process to build a VMware Horizon solution.
Identify the VMware Horizon reference architecture.
Outline the process to define a use case.
Determine use cases for a given business case study.
Outline the process to define service definitione.
VMware Horizon Block and Pod Design
Identify the components of a typical VMware Horizon block and pod.
Outline the relationships between VMware Horizon management block components.
Design a VMware Horizon desktop block and pod configuration for a given use case.
Configure cloud pod architecture for multisite pool access.
Pool and Desktop Configuration
List the key considerations for sizing hardware for a desktop virtual machine.
Identify key virtual desktop performance tuning and Windows optimizations and their effects on VMware Horizon performance.
Map use cases to VMware Horizon instances and VMware Horizon pools.
Design desktop pools for a given use case.
VMware Infrastructure Design
Identify factors and design decisions that determine the sizing for VMware ESXi™ hosts•.
Estimate and size CPU and memory requirements.
Determine cluster requirements for VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™.
Outline the privileges that are required by an administrative user account.
Storage Design
Identify factors that determine the sizing for shared storage.
Determine storage-sizing formulas for clone disks.
Reduce storage requirements with instant clones.
Identify use cases and benefits of using View Storage Accelerator.
Identify use cases and benefits of using VMware vSAN™.
Network and Security Design
Identify the design decisions related to bandwidth use.
Identify use cases and benefits of using load balancing and traffic management.
Identify the best practices for avoiding network congestion.
Recognize the PCoIP and Blast Extreme optimization strategies.
Describe the design considerations for sizing network capacity.
Evaluate security features of the security server and VMware Unified Access Gateway™.
Compare the security server and Unified Access Gateway.
End-User Session Design
Configure Horizon Persona Management for end-user personalization.
Discuss the use of VMware User Environment Manager™ for personalizing desktops.
Identify VMware best practices for Active Directory containers, groups, and Group Policy.
object policies in a VMware Horizon solution. Identify VMware best practices for True SSO.
Identify client device characteristics and requirements.
Delivering and Managing Applications
Describe the importance of the application delivery mechanism.
Determine which VMware Horizon application tool should be used to accomplish which business objectives.
Design and create Remote Desktop Services farms and application pools.  

VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.10]

Length – 5 days

Overview
This five-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. This course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon® 7 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You will learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines, how to manage access and security of the machines, and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end users.

Prerequisites
Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, the following VMware infrastructure skills:
Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks.
Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system.
Create snapshots of virtual machines.
Configure guest customization specifications.
Modify virtual machine properties.
Convert a virtual machine into a template.
Deploy a virtual machine from a template.
Attendees should also have the following Microsoft Windows system administration experience:
Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization.
Restrict users’ activities by implementing Group Policy objects.
Configure Windows systems to allow Remote Desktop Connections.
Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database.

Audience
Technical personnel who work in the IT departments of end-customer companies and people who are responsible for the delivery of remote or virtual desktop services.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon.
Install and configure View Connection Server.
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops.
Describe the purpose of Horizon Agent.
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon.
Configure and manage the Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop.
Configure, manage, and entitle automated pools of full VMs.
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops and linked-clone desktops.
Install and configure View Composer.
Outline the steps and benefits for using TLS CA signed certificates in VMware Horizon environments.
Use the role-based delegation to administer a VMware Horizon environment.
Configure secure access to VMware Horizon desktops.
Understand and create Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools.
Install and configure VMware App VolumesTM to deliver and manage applications.
Deploy VMware Dynamic Environment Manager for user and application management.
Install and configure a Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) server for managing JMP components.
Describe VMware Dynamic Environment ManagerTM Smart Policies.
Use the command-line tools available in View to back up and restore the required VMware Horizon databases.
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment.
Identify the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments.

VMware Cloud Automation: Design and Deploy [v7.1]

Length  – 5 days

Overview
This five-day course focuses on designing and deploying an enterprise cloud by using a distributed architecture deployment of VMware vRealize® Automation™. The lecture and labs concentrate on designing an enterprise cloud architecture and the effective implementation of a vRealize Automation distributed deployment according to VMware recommended best practices.

Prerequisites
This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage.
VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage.

 
Audience
Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators, and deployment consultants.

 
Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course Logistics.
Course objectives.
Enterprise Design Principles
Create a design foundation for an enterprise cloud by identifying business requirements, typical business solutions, constraints, assumptions, and risks.
Create a conceptual design for an enterprise cloud.
Create a logical design for an enterprise cloud.
Use key enterprise design principles to create a vSphere infrastructure for the enterprise cloud.
Security Infrastructure
Design a certificate authority architecture.
Create certificate signing requests for your vRealize Automation servers.
Create certificates for your vRealize Automation servers.
Use the VMware hardened virtual appliance.
Use VMware Identity Manager™.
vRealize Automation Distributed Architecture
Design and deploy the vRealize Automation solution in a highly available, distributed architecture.
Use vRealize Orchestrator in external and internal clusters.
Use cloudutil.exe and skills to control which DEM servers are used with specific endpoints.
Describe the proper configuration of NSX load balancers for a highly available, distributed architecture.
Administration Role Architecture
Design either an expanded administration role architecture or a compressed administration role architecture for an enterprise cloud.
Tenants and Business Groups
Design an optimum tenant and business group architecture for your enterprise cloud, using either a single-tenant or a multitenant model.
Describe the use of vRealize CloudClient in a multitenancy context.
Cloud Resource Design
Design an enterprise cloud that is based on a multitiered architecture.
Design naming standards in vRealize Automation to support your tenant-and-business group architecture.
Use composite blueprints in an enterprise deployment.
Use data center location in an enterprise deployment to control where systems are provisioned.
Design a unified self-service catalog.
Design service entitlements in an enterprise deployment.
Design and use governance and approvals.
Extensibility and the Enterprise
Describe vCloud Air and elastic clouds.
Describe the role of vRealize Orchestrator in vRealize Automation extensibility.
Use IaaS extensibility and the vRealize Automation event broker system.
Extend vRealize Automation to an asset management system.
Extend vRealize Automation to an IP address management system.
Use NSX on-demand components.
Enterprise Management
Use VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ and the vRealize Automation management pack.
Use vRealize Log Insight in vRealize Automation enterprise management.
Manage costs.
Manage resource use.
Replace expired security certificates.

VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

Length – 5 days

Overview
During this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize Automation. You learn about how vRealize Automation can be used to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments.

The course covers how to manage both on-premise systems and cloud services. The course covers how vRealize Automation Service Broker can aggregate content in native formats from multiple clouds and platforms into a common catalog. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems using VMware vRealize Orchestrator and how to use vRealize Automation to manage Kubernetes systems and leverage systems like Ansible.

Prerequisites
This course requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
• Create VMware vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders
• Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
• Modify a virtual machine’s hardware
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere vMotion
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere Storage vMotion
• Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster with resource pools
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster

If you cannot perform all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete one of the prerequisite courses before enrolling in VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage.

Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vRealize Automation.

Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use cases in cloud environments
Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual and cloud infrastructures
Configure and manage Cloud Accounts, Projects, Flavor Mappings, Image Mappings, Network Profiles, Storage Profiles, Volumes, Tags,     and Services
Create, modify, manage, and deploy Blueprints
Connect to a Kubernetes Cluster and manage images and deployments
Customize services with CloudConfig
Configure and manage the Service Broker
Configure and manage ABX actions, custom properties, event broker subscriptions, and vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Integrate with vRealize Orchestrator
Install vRealize Automation with Lifecycle Configuration Manager
Describe Cloud Automation Services (Cloud Assembly and Code Stream).
Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vRealize Automation