VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Baselines, Cluster Image Validation, & VM Upgrades
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Baselines, Cluster Image Validation, & VM Upgrades
- Identify available options for deploying updates through Lifecycle Manager
- recognize differences between different types of Lifecycle Manager baselines
- recognize how to create custom baselines for ESXi hosts
- recognize how to use baselines to update ESXi hosts
- identify methods for importing the elements of a Lifecycle Manager image
- identify the impact of using Lifecycle Manager images to maintain a cluster of ESXi hosts
- recognize how to use Lifecycle Manager images to update ESXi hosts
- recognize the components of a Lifecycle Manager image
- recognize options available when updating virtual machines using VMware Lifecycle Manager
- recognize the capabilities of VMware Lifecycle Manager for virtual machines
In this course, you'll learn about the use of baselines to update ESXi hosts through the Lifecycle Manager, as well as how to create and attach custom baselines for an ESXi host in a cluster. You'll also explore the use of images to update ESXi hosts through the Lifecycle Manager and how to import and work with an image for an ESXi host in a cluster. Next, you'll review the capabilities that the VMware Lifecycle Manager offers by examining how upgrading VMware Tools and VM hardware can be managed. Finally, you'll learn how to perform an upgrade on one or multiple VMs for both the VMware Tools and VM hardware. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: DRS Clusters & High Availability
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: DRS Clusters & High Availability
- identify best practices in configuring DRS options
- identify steps used to create a DRS cluster
- recognize the business value of automating vMotion
- recognize the correct DRS settings to accomplish business needs
- differentiate between the different types of admission control policy available in vSphere HA
- identify the responsibilities of a primary host in vSphere HA
- recognize different types of host failure defined by VMware
- recognize the components of vSphere High Availability (HA)
In this course, you'll learn about the role of Distributed Resource Scheduling in host clusters, as well as how to create a host cluster and enable DRS. You'll learn about the various components of the vSphere High Availability service and the types of host failures that VMware defines. You'll also review the different admission control types available with vSphere HA. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: ESXi Host Configuration
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: ESXi Host Configuration
- enumerate information that can be discovered using the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
- identify actions in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) that would be used to troubleshoot and remediate issues with the ESXi host
- identify methods used to access tools in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
- enumerate options available when fixing issues associated with an ESXi host.
- recognize the actions available to administer an ESXi host
- recognize the available options for administration and monitoring in the Host Client
- recognize the primary actions taken to enable authenticated access to an ESXi host
In this course, you'll learn how to use the Direct Console User Interface to configure an ESXi host, and about the primary actions you can take to administer, manage, and fix issues associated with the ESXi host from within the DCUI. You'll also explore how to use the Host Client to configure an ESXi host and the primary actions that you can take to administer, manage, and fix issues associated with the ESXi host from within the Host Client. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Managing & Deploying VMs
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Managing & Deploying VMs
- identify best practices for optimizing VMs upgraded from previous versions of vSphere
- identify methods used to manage unassociated virtual machine files
- identify steps used in managing the lifecycle of a virtual machine
- recognize system information used to manage and optimize VMs
- recognize VM hygiene best practices
- identify methods of identifying templates in your infrastructure
- identify options available when creating a clone
- recognize management processes in which clones and templates are used
- recognize the differences between clones and templates
- identify advanced configuration options for vCenter Libraries
- recognize how to connect publish and subscribe to content libraries
- recognize how to create a content library
- recognize the use cases for content libraries
In this course, you'll examine the key aspects of virtual machine management, including a review of some of the settings that are useful for optimizing your VMs. You'll compare templates and cloning, examining when each would be the right choice to use to deploy VMs. You'll learn how to use cloning to create a copy of a VM and how to use a template to deploy a VM. Finally, you'll explore use cases for content libraries and how to use a template from the library to deploy a VM into your production data center. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Multipathing & vSAN Solutions
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Multipathing & vSAN Solutions
- identify the different path selection policies available in VMWare
- identify the two native multipathing modules native to VMWare
- recognize the components referred to in the preferred path string
- recognize the technology used to provide fault tolerance on the pathway to storage
- identify the minimum number of hosts required for a standard vSAN cluster
- identify the tools within the vSphere client to work with vSAN
- recognize the vSAN cluster configuration involving two hosts at the same location
- recognize the vSAN solution that involves storage providing hosts located in different sites
In this course, you'll examine the key items necessary for managing multipathing with iSCSI and NFS. You'll learn how to work with both an iSCSI and NFS multipath using the vSphere Client from within the vCenter Server Appliance. Then, you'll explore how to create and manage a vSAN solution and work with a vSAN datastore using the vSphere Client. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Resource Management & Alarms
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Resource Management & Alarms
- identify functionality available when creating vApps
- identify options associated with resource pool shares assignments
- identify the options and behaviors when setting resource pool reservation options
- recognize issues associated with memory and CPU resource management.
- recognize how to use esxtop via PuTTY
- recognize how to use the advanced monitoring capabilities built into vCenter
- recognize how to use the built in resource monitoring tools within vCenter
- recognize what information is presented in different locations of the vCenter client
- identify prerequisites to vCenter alarm configuration
- identify the behavior of default vCenter alarms
- recognize how to create alarms
- recognize how to create alarms in the vCenter client
In this course, you examine the issues associated with memory and CPU resource management. You'll learn how to create and use resource pools and vApps to control resource allocations through the use of reservations, shares, and limits. Next, you'll explore some of the tools that can be used to monitor resource usage in vCenter, how to use the advanced monitoring capabilities built into vCenter, and the use of esxtop via PuTTY. You'll then move on to learn about vCenter alarms, what they can be used for, and why they are so important for the health of your vSphere infrastructure. Finally, you'll learn how to create an alarm and how the concept of hierarchy applies to alarms. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Switch Security, Traffic Shaping, Load Balancing, & Creation
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Switch Security, Traffic Shaping, Load Balancing, & Creation
- identify how to allow modified MAC addresses for outbound traffic
- identify the steps to configure security settings on standard virtual switches
- recognize security settings on the standard virtual switch
- identify the different types of failover adapters
- identify the failover binding options based on the source MAC address of the VM
- recognize the default load balancing option for standard virtual switches
- recognize the failover binding setting that uses a different uplink adapter with each unique destination IP address
- What are the default settings when configuring a distributed virtual switch?
- What distributed switch setting would you configure if you would like it to bind to 3 physical adapters on the host system?
- What layer-2 discovery protocol is available on a distributed virtual switch that is not available on a standard virtual switch?
- What steps would you take in the vSphere client to create a distributed switch?
In this course, you'll examine how to configure virtual switch security and traffic shaping on a vSphere standard switch using the vSphere Client from within the vCenter Server Appliance. You'll also learn how to configure virtual switch load balancing policies on a vSphere standard switch using the vSphere Client. Finally, you'll learn how to create and manage a vSphere distributed switch VDS. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Update Planner & Lifecycle Manager
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Update Planner & Lifecycle Manager
- recognize how to run vCenter Server Update Planner and install vCenter Server updates
- recognize prerequisites to using the vCenter Server Update Planner
- recognize the benefit of the vCenter Server Update Planner
- describe the Lifecycle Manager service and how it can keep your vSphere infrastructure secure and healthy
- recognize elements of configuring the Lifecycle Manager service
- recognize how to configure settings related to the Lifecycle Manager service
- recognize how to integrate a host cluster with the Lifecycle Manager service
In this course, you'll learn about the vCenter Server Update Planner capability built into vCenter, as well as the different reports that can be created and used with this tool. Next, you'll explore the Lifecycle Manager and how it can be used to keep your vSphere infrastructure secure and healthy. You'll also learn how set up a host cluster and configure the Lifecycle Manager service. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Domains, Identity Sources, Access, & Backup
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Domains, Identity Sources, Access, & Backup
- identify the configuration options to configure Active Directory as an identity provider
- identify the step to configure the service provider after joining the Active Directory domain
- recognize the domain name when joining vSphere to the Active Directory domain
- recognize the steps within the vSphere client to configure Active Directory as an identity provider
- identify elements of the object-level permission model
- identify the permission needed to change privileges within vCenter
- recognize precedence when assigning permissions
- recognize the effect of modifying permissions on a child object
- identify the protocols that can be used to back up the vCenter system
- identify the tool used to perform a backup in vCenter
- recognize the purpose of backup options in vCenter
- recognize the steps to configure a backup schedule
In this course, you'll review how to successfully join a domain and add an identity source using the vSphere Client. You'll learn how to join the vCenter Server Appliance to a Windows Active Directory Domain and then add the domain as an identity source for single sign-on use. Next, you'll explore the roles and permissions necessary to enable access to objects in vCenter and how they work together to help secure your vCenter Server Appliance and all of the objects managed by it. Next, you'll learn the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery plans to your organization. You'll also see how to back up the vCenter Server Appliance using the vCenter Management Interface. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Monitoring, Protection, Migration, & Upgrading
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Monitoring, Protection, Migration, & Upgrading
- describe information that can be gleaned using the esxtop command
- identify information that can be gleaned from the vSphere Client and the vCenter Management Interface
- identify the differences between tasks and events in the vSphere Client
- identify vCenter server task options available at the host and virtual machine levels
- identify key elements of the vCenter Server Appliance High Availability infrastructure
- identify prerequisites to creating vCenter Server Appliance High Availability
- recognize the steps needed to configure vCenter Server Appliance High Availability
- recognize VMware recommendations for a stable configuration of vCenter Server Appliance High Availability
- identify restrictions in the upgrade process to vSphere 7
- recognize situations that will require a more complex upgrade of the vCenter Server Appliance
- recognize the importance and options available in a migration or upgrade process to vSphere 7
- recognize the order of workflow when upgrading to vSphere 7
In this course, you'll explore vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health metrics. You'll learn how to use both the vSphere Client and the vCenter Management Interface to view the various tasks, events, and health metrics that you have access to. Next, you'll review the basic concepts associated with using High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance. You'll learn where to go to set up vCenter Server Appliance High Availability using the vSphere Client. Finally, you'll learn the importance of migration and upgrade plans to your organization and the different options that you have when pursuing a migration or upgrade to vSphere 7. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Server Architecture, Appliance, & Inventory
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Server Architecture, Appliance, & Inventory
- identify the basic features of vCenter Server and VMware vSphere ESXi7
- identify the configuration requirements for logging into the vCenter Server system
- recognize how to install and work with vCenter Server for the first time
- identify the various configuration options for vCenter Server 7.0 and their respective uses
- recognize the compute requirements for the vCenter Server appliance
- recognize the features and purposes of configuration options for vCenter Server 7.0
- recognize the requirements for installing vCenter Server 7.0 with ESXi hosts
- identify the objects in a vCenter Server inventory
- recognize how to create a hierarchy of objects in a vCenter Server inventory
- recognize the object hierarchy in a vCenter Server inventory
- recognize the procedure for adding hosts to a datacenter object in vSphere Client
In this course, you'll explore the basic concepts of vCenter Server architecture when using VMware vSphere ESXi7. You'll learn how to deploy and configure the vCenter Server Appliance, including the different ways that you can deploy from a Windows, macOS, or Linux system. Then, you'll learn how to manage the vCenter Server inventory using the vSphere Client and how to create a data center object within vCenter and populate it with other objects such as ESXi hosts and VMs. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtualization, SDDC, & ESXi Hosts
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtualization, SDDC, & ESXi Hosts
- identify what skills are associated with the VCP-DCV 2021 exam
- identify the basic components of a vSphere virtual machine
- identify the core functionality provided by VMware vSphere ESXi7
- recognize the core benefits of using virtualization with VMware vSphere
- identify the elements needed to build a scalable and well managed VMware Software-defined Data Center (SDDC)
- recognize the core products used to build a Software-defined Data Center (SDDC)
- recognize the core purpose and benefits of creating a vSphere-based Software-defined Data Center (SDDC)
- describe the hardware needs when upgrading ESXi hosts from previous versions to ESXi7.
- describe the process of interacting with a headless instance of an ESXi host
- identify the minimum resources needed to support ESXi hosts
- identify the steps needed to install a vSphere ESXi host
- perform an installation of the vSphere ESXi host
- perform nested installations of vSphere ESXi on an existing ESXi host
For IT professionals pursuing a job role that involves advanced VMware vSphere management, or those pursuing the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 certification, this course will introduce you to installation, configuration, and management skills you require. You'll first learn the basic concepts of virtualization when using VMware vSphere ESXi7. You'll explore vSphere and how it relates to the Software Defined Data Center and the cloud infrastructure necessary to support virtualized infrastructure. You'll learn about the elements associated with the ESXi host architecture needed to deploy and manage one or more ESXi hosts as part of your enterprise virtualization solution. Finally, you'll examine how to install an ESXi host using nested virtualization to create a virtualized ESXi Host. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: VM Customization, Management, & Snapshots
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: VM Customization, Management, & Snapshots
- identify how to use a customization specification file as part of a VM deployment cycle
- identify security related settings in the customization specification file
- recognize the importance of automation in provisioning VMs
- identify best practices to accomplish a desired vMotion
- identify the differences between vMotion and storage vMotion
- recognize how to use vMotion to move a VM
- recognize the reasons why using vMotion and storage vMotion are proactive VM management tools
- identify files associated with VM snapshots
- recognize best practices when creating snapshots
- recognize the benefits of and mechanisms behind VM snapshots
- understand the ways that VM settings can affect snapshots
In this course, you'll learn about the importance of automation in the provisioning and deployment process for VMs. You'll explore how to create and use a customization specification file as part of a VM deployment cycle. Next, you'll look at the reasons why using vMotion as a proactive VM management tool can yield great results in many areas. You'll learn how to use vMotion and Storage vMotion to move a VM and its back-end storage while powered on. You'll move on to learn how using VM snapshots can provide several benefits, including the ability to travel back and forth in time, reconfiguring the VM in the process. Finally, you'll explore how to create and apply snapshots using the vSphere Client. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: VM Provisioning, Tools, Files, & Containers
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: VM Provisioning, Tools, Files, & Containers
- identify key resources used in provisioning a virtual machine
- identify vSphere tools used to provision a virtual machine
- recognize the correct settings to create a VM for a desired purpose
- describe methods of validating VMware Tools operation
- identify methods to upgrade and verify VMware tools
- identify the available capabilities on a system where VMware Tools have been installed
- recognize the importance of installing VMware Tools
- describe the process used to create different VM files by VMware
- identify differences between VM files in VMware
- recognize the different types of files used by ESXi to launch a VM
- recognize the use of different types of VM files in VMware
- compare containers and virtual machines
- describe how containers work to provide service solutions
- enumerate advantages of using vSphere Integrated Containers over other solutions
- recognize the requirements for vSphere Integrated Containers
In this course, you'll learn how to create and provision a virtual machine using the Host Client and review how to create and configure a Windows 10 VM. You'll explore the importance of installing and using VMware Tools on all of the VMs in your organization and learn how to install the VMware Tools and ensure they are operating properly. Next, you'll examine all the files that make up a VM and the purpose of each file type. Finally, you'll learn about containers, the purpose of each of their components, and how they all work together to provide containerized services for vSphere7. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere HA Clusters & Fault Tolerance
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere HA Clusters & Fault Tolerance
- identify configurations for how vSphere HA can respond to different types of host failures
- identify the options available when defining Heartbeat datastores in vSphere HA
- recognize how to configure vSphere HA settings to achieve a desired effect
- recognize how to review the configuration of a running HA service
- describe prerequisites for enabling vSphere fault tolerance to protect a VM
- describe the limits of fault tolerant VMs deployment in a HA cluster?
- identify management options available for a Fault Tolerant VM
- recognize how to enable fault tolerance to protect a VM
In this course, you'll explore the importance of vSphere High Availability in the modern enterprise. You'll learn how to enable, configure, and optimize the HA service in your host cluster. Then, you'll examine the role of fault tolerance in host clusters and how to enable fault tolerance to protect a VM. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere Storage & Datastores
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere Storage & Datastores
- describe advantages and disadvantages of different vSphere storage options
- differentiate between different vSphere storage technologies
- recognize key terms associated with vSphere storage
- select the best storage solution to meet business needs
- identify differences between different vSphere storage options
- identify prerequisites to configuring iSCSI datastores in vSphere
- recognize how to configure an iSCSI software adapter
- recognize how to deploy storage mechanisms in vCenter
- configure VMFS datastores to meet business needs
- create a VMFS datastore in the vSphere client
- identify datastore information available in the vSphere Client
- manage VMFS datastores over the lifetime of a vSphere installation
- create NFS datastores in the vSphere client
- create secure connections when building an NFS datastore in the vSphere C
- validate VMFS datastores in the vSphere Client
In this course, you'll review key terminology that you need to understand to work with vSphere Storage. You'll learn about storage protocols and storage device types you should be aware of in order to deploy and use storage mechanisms with vCenter. You'll examine how to configure and use an iSCSI software adapter to mount an iSCSI backed storage target from an ESXi host using the vSphere Client. Next, you'll look at how to create and manage VMFS datastores, including how to create and manage a VMFS datastore using the vSphere Client from within the vCenter Server Appliance. You'll also learn how to create and manage NFS datastores. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere Terminology & Standard Switches
VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vSphere Terminology & Standard Switches
- identify the feature that gives fault tolerance on the physical link and link aggregation
- identify the type of vSphere switch that is connected to a real physical switch using an uplink adapter
- recognize the purpose of a port group in vSphere
- recognize the purpose of a virtual network
- identify the maximum number of standard port groups in vSphere
- recognize the different connection types when creating a standard virtual switch
- recognize the maximum number of ports per standard switch
- recognize the steps to create a standard virtual switch
In this course, you'll review key terminology you should know when working with vSphere networking. You'll also learn how to create and manage standard switches, including how to create a vSphere standard switch on an ESXi host using the vSphere Client from within the vCenter Server Appliance. This course is one in a series that helps prepare learners for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021) exam.
