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VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills

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4 days
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€ 2.590,-
plus VAT.
€ 3.082,10
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36625
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€ 2.590,-
plus VAT.
€ 3.082,10
incl. VAT.
Booking number
36625
Venue
Online
1 appointment
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This course is part of the certified Master Class "Machine Learning Engineer". If you book the entire Master Class, you save over 15 percent compared to booking this individual module.
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In this course, you will learn the skills required to perform Day 2 operational tasks typically associated with the roles of an Operator or Junior Administrator in a vSphere environment.
Contents

1. virtualization and vSphere concepts

  • How virtual machines (VMs) work
  • Purpose of a hypervisor
  • Resource sharing of VMs in a virtualized environment
  • Components of an SDDC
  • Relationship between vSphere, SDDC and cloud computing
  • Functions of the components in a vSphere environment
  • Accessing and displaying vSphere GUIs
  • VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in the SDDC

2. navigation in the vSphere Client

  • View and organize the inventory objects managed by vCenter Server
  • Adding and assigning vSphere licenses
  • Changing the logging level of vCenter Server
  • Editing the startup policy of ESXi services
  • How vCenter Server roles and permissions work
  • Adding authorizations to virtual machines

3. lifecycle of virtual machines

  • Adding and removing VM hardware components
  • Purpose of various VM files
  • Configuration of VM settings
  • Creating and deleting virtual machines
  • Advantages of installing VMware Tools™
  • Installation of VMware Tools in a guest system
  • Upgrade VMware Tools™ and VM hardware compatibility

4. vSphere Networking

  • Virtual networking
  • Options for connecting VMs and ESXi hosts to the network via virtual switches
  • Show components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration
  • Display of a vSphere Distributed Switch configuration in the vSphere Client
  • Using the settings for the security network policy
  • Using the settings for the Traffic Shaping network policy
  • How the NIC teaming and failover policy works to maintain the network connection
  • Basic checks for diagnosing VM connectivity problems

5. vSphere Storage

  • Function of a datastore
  • Types of vSphere datastores
  • Display of datastore information in the vSphere Client
  • Monitoring datastore usage in the vSphere Client

6. virtual machine management

  • Advantages of using VM templates
  • Creating and updating a VM template
  • Deploy a VM from an existing template
  • Cloning a virtual machine
  • Use of customization specifications of the guest operating system
  • Deploy VMs from a content library
  • Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template
  • Performing hot and cold migrations of VMs
  • Requirements for the use of VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
  • Performing a vSphere Storage vMotion migration
  • Use cases for VM snapshots
  • Creation and management of snapshots of a virtual machine

7. resource monitoring

  • Overview of types in VM resource control
  • Configuration of the resource allocation settings of a VM
  • Observation of the behavior of virtual machines with different share values
  • Management and acknowledgement of vSphere alarms
  • Use of performance charts to monitor the CPU and memory usage of VMs
  • Monitoring of tasks and events in the vSphere Client

8. vSphere Clusters

  • Display information about the services offered by a vSphere cluster
  • Reaction of vSphere HA to different types of failure
  • Monitoring of vSphere HA during a host failure
  • How vSphere DRS works
  • Interpretation of DRS scores for VMs
  • Apply the appropriate vSphere DRS automation and migration thresholds
  • How vSphere Fault Tolerance works
  • How Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works
Your benefit
  • Describing virtualization and virtual machines
  • Describe the vSphere components and the software-defined data center (SDDC)
  • Explain the concepts of server, network and storage virtualization
  • Monitor network and storage configurations in VMware vSphere® Client™
  • Deploy, configure and clone virtual machines
  • Migrate, monitor and manage virtual machines
  • Monitoring tasks and events in VMware vSphere® Client™
  • Recognize how vSphere DRS and VMware vSphere® High Availability improve the performance and availability of a vSphere cluster
trainer
Sascha Milic
Methods

This course consists of training training and is led by a trainer who supervises the participants live. Theory and practice are taught with live demonstrations and practical exercises. The video conferencing software Zoom is used.

Final examination
Recommended for

This course is intended for technical professionals with basic system administration skills and operators responsible for managing virtual machines with VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server®. Basic knowledge of operating systems and basic networking, storage and computer hardware concepts is required.

Start dates and details

Form of learning

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21.10.2025
Online
Places free
Implementation secured
Online
Places free
Implementation secured

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Do you have questions about training?
Call us on +49 761 595 33900 or write to us at service@haufe-akademie.de or use the contact form.