
Learn how to build a home lab for VMware vCenter Server and ESXi using three machines, networking, and a dedicated domain controller, with seven setup stages for practical hands-on practice.
Determine home machine requirements for vmware vcenter and esxi: verify a 64-bit processor and operating system, ensure sufficient RAM with available slots, and enable 64-bit on the host.
Divide ram across multiple virtual machines on a home VMware setup, allocating ram to Windows Server and Windows 10 with a 16 gigabyte minimum and 40 gigabytes per virtual machine.
Learn how to adjust video playback on the Udemy platform to improve understanding, using speed controls and readability tips while considering ratings and feedback.
Learn how to download and install VMware Workstation 15 on Windows or Linux, and remove competing virtualization software like VirtualBox before proceeding.
Install VMware Workstation 15 by running as administrator, clicking next and finish, and complete stage one of the setup for your home machine.
Configure a new virtual switch in VMware workstation to enable networking between virtual machines, using a VMnet like VMnet5 and sharing the host network over wifi or ethernet.
Create a new virtual machine in VMware Workstation, download Windows Server 2016 from Microsoft, install and configure storage, then log in and prepare for a domain controller upgrade.
In a VMware lab, upgrade Windows Server to a domain controller, install VMware Tools, and configure static IP, DNS, and Active Directory domain promotion.
Install Windows Server 2016 on the lab machine, download the installer from stage 3, and configure it as a domain controller within the vCenter setup.
Install the necessary tools, configure a static IP and DNS, and join the workstation to the child domain. Verify domain join using server manager and active directory.
Learn how to download and prepare vCenter on a home VMware setup, including choosing the Windows model, selecting version 6.7, creating a free account, and installing Google Chrome.
Install vCenter for your home environment, part 1, by walking through the vCenter installation, host setup, domain configuration, and initial administrator credentials.
Complete the vCenter Server installation, access the web client at 192.168.238.150, log in across two domains, review the certificate, and add hosts to the vCenter with two-month practice until expiration.
Download and install the ESXi host via Chrome, create a VM in vCenter, configure its network and IP, then log in with the administrator or root account.
Join an ESXi host to vCenter and configure static IP, gateway, and DNS, then complete domain join to centralize management and testing within a home lab.
Explain how to create and export an nfs share from Linux to a VMware ESXi host, including shared directories, ip addresses, and basic firewall port settings for a home lab.
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This course will teach you. Step by Step how to Create a lab of vCenter Server and modules for Windows 6.7 & ESXi Hypervisor 6.7
You Will learn how to install windows Server 2016
You will learn how to upgrade windows Server 2016 to Domain Controller ( DC )
Please note this course only teaching how to setup a LAB of vCenter Server and modules for Windows 6.7 & ESXi Hypervisor 6.7
vCenter From Wikipedia
vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware, and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location.
VMware vMotion and svMotion require the use of vCenter and ESXi hosts.
vMotion (live migration)
Live migration (vMotion) in ESX allows a virtual machine to move between two different hosts. Live storage migration (Storage vMotion) enables live migration of virtual disks on the fly.
During vMotion Live Migration (vLM) of the (RAM) memory of the VM is sent from the running VM to the new VM (the instance on another host that will become the running VM after the vLM). The content of memory is by its nature changing all the time. ESX uses a system where the content is sent to the other VM and then it will check what data is changed and send that, each time smaller blocks. At the last moment it will very briefly 'freeze' the existing VM, transfer the last changes in the RAM content and then start the new VM. The intended effect of this process is to minimize the time during which the VM is suspended; in a best case this will be the time of the final transfer plus the time required to start the new VM.
svMotion (Storage vMotion)
svMotion enables live migration of virtual disks and their home directories without any downtime.[2] svMotion uses a mirror driver to copy virtual hard drives and/or the home directory from the source to destination datastores simultaneously, which keeps everything in sync until the svMotion operation is complete on the destination, at which point the source data is deleted.[5]
There is a performance impact from running svMotion – read IO from the source and write IO on the destination. This can be verified through esxtop. If VAAI is enabled on the ESXi hosts and on the storage array, It will offload the svMotion migration operation to the array instead of going through the VMkernel, which increases the migration speed.