VMware vSphere A-Z | Getting Started with Virtualization

Name: VMware vSphere A-Z | Getting Started with Virtualization
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Learn VMware vSphere 6.7, ESXi Host, VM, Virtual Networking, Virtual Storage and other features with Lab Demo

Created byDr. Pranay Jha

Last updated 7/2019

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What you'll learn

This course will help you to quickly understand the essentials of VMware vSphere which a core product of datacenter virtualization. This will cover the initial understanding, configuration, managing, and features of vSphere 6.x. You will have a better understanding of Architecture of Virtual Datacenter, and it’s components i;e Hypervisor, vCenter Server, Virtual Machine, Datastores, Virtual Switch. You will learn about configuring and managing virtual resources such as CPU, Memory, Networking, and Storage. You will cover the understanding of day to day operations for Vmware admins related to Virtual machines and building the infrastructure. Finally, you will have an overview of advance features such as HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Update Manager, vSphere Replication, and vSphere Data Protection which helps a Virtual Infrastructure to provide a better availability, manageability, scalability, compliance, and securing the environment.

Course content

7 sections • 34 lectures • 4h 2m total length

Overview of Virtualization11:49
Explore virtualization and its software defined datacenter architecture, showing how a hypervisor enables multiple virtual machines on a single hardware, improving availability, manageability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
Describe the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)5:09
Describe how the software defined data center abstracts, virtualizes, and automates compute, network, and storage using a centralized management layer and policy-based automation.
Architecture of Server Virtualization9:27
VMware vSphere Overview7:53
Explore vSphere architecture, including ESXi host, virtual machines, data stores, virtual switches, and centralized management with vCenter and Web Client.
Licensing Overview of VMware vSphere3:14
Explore VMware vSphere licensing, including standard, enterprise plus, and platinum editions, plus essentials and foundation variants; learn how vCenter licensing and per-processor licenses shape virtualization deployments.

Introduction to VMware Hypervisor (ESXi)4:43
Learn how the hypervisor serves as the middle layer between physical hardware and virtual machines, compare type 1 ESXi and type 2 hypervisors, and understand resource allocation and hardware compatibility.
Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi9:43
Install and configure a VMware ESXi host by meeting minimum hardware requirements, mounting the ISO, and setting up management network with IPv4/IPv6, DHCP/static IP, and DNS.
Introduction to VMware vCenter Server10:39
Explore how vCenter Server acts as the centralized management console for the complete virtual infrastructure, controlling virtual machines, templates, clones, and provisioning with PSC integration.
Installing VMware vCenter Server9:04
Using vSphere Client to access vCenter Server7:42
Learn to access vCenter Server with the vSphere Client, manage ESXi hosts and virtual machines (snapshots, clones, backups), using both the flash-based and non-flash clients, and review high availability.
Understanding of vCenter Server High Availability5:14
Learn the basics of vCenter Server high availability (vcha), including active and passive nodes, witness, and how synchronous replication enables seamless failover during outages.

Overview of Virtual Standard Switch6:19
Compare standard and distributed virtual switches in vSphere, and learn how virtual machines connect to ESXi hosts via VMkernel ports and port groups for production and management traffic.
Creating and configuring Virtual Standard Switch4:27
Learn to create and configure a standard virtual switch, set uplinks and static IP settings, create and name virtual machine board groups, and assign these groups to virtual machines.
Network Policies: Security, Traffic Shaping, Teaming and Failover5:59
Explore network policies in vSphere, including security, traffic shaping, teaming, and failover, with edge and onboard group scopes, default promiscuous and forged transmits settings, and practical policy application steps.

Overview of Storage Concepts8:01
Explore virtual storage concepts, including shared data stores, virtual disks, and block and file protocols, and learn selection considerations like capacity, performance, reliability, and scalability.
Understanding of Different Types of Datastores7:02
Explore different datastore types in VMware vSphere, including VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, and raw device mappings, their block-level storage, dynamic expansion, and compatibility modes (physical and virtual).
Thin vs Thick Disk Type3:29
Compare thin provisioning with thick provisioning in VMware vSphere, highlighting lazy zeroed and eager zeroed thick disks, on-demand allocation versus pre-allocation, and how pre-allocated disks boost performance.
Create and Manage VMFS Datastore2:54
Learn to create and manage a VMFS datastore in VMware vSphere, including logging into the host, creating a new datastore, and deleting it when needed.

Understanding of Virtual Machine and Files10:51
Define a virtual machine as an object with cpu, memory, network, and disk resources allocated by a hypervisor. Explore vm files, components, snapshots, memory state, bios configuration, and log files.
Creating Virtual Machine5:50
Learn to create a virtual machine in vSphere, configure hardware and OS, power on and install, and manage inventory by adding from the datastore, removing, and deleting VMs.
Understanding of VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware8:06
Understand vmware tools and virtual hardware, including drivers for graphics and network, time synchronization, and shutdown options, and learn to upgrade tools first, then hardware, with version checks and snapshots.
Day to Day Operations related to Virtual Machine7:33
Log into the ESXi host or vCenter server to manage all virtual machines from a single console, and perform day-to-day operations: adjust cpu, memory, disk, and network adapters.
Using, Snapshots, Templates, and Clones12:08
Learn how to use snapshots, clones, and templates in vSphere to protect, duplicate, and provision virtual machines through hands-on lab activities.
Creating Resource Pools and vApps13:25
Discover how to create resource pools and vapps to manage cpu and memory resources within a cluster, using shares, reservations, and limits, and how vapps group machines with ip allocation.

Understanding of vSphere High Availability (HA)9:08
Understand vSphere high availability ha, its master and slave components, and how vMotion and Storage vMotion migrate virtual machines to survive host, storage, and network failures.
Configuring vSphere HA9:20
Create a data center and cluster, add two ESXi hosts with shared storage and networking, and enable vSphere HA to verify master and slave hosts.
Migrating Virtual Machines using vMotion7:22
Master vMotion to live migrate virtual machines across ESXi hosts with no downtime, transferring memory state while keeping disks and networking intact, and validating via a hands-on lab.
Migrating Virtual Machines using Storage vMotion7:50
Perform storage vMotion to migrate a virtual machine's disk from one datastore to another while the virtual machine remains running, with no downtime as CBT tracks changes during the copy.
Understanding of vSphere Fault Tolerance5:41
Explore how VMware vSphere fault tolerance uses a primary and secondary VM with synchronous replication to provide no downtime and 100 percent uptime. Review use cases, requirements, and resource limits.

Understanding of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler(DRS)5:22
Learn how the vSphere distributed resource scheduler automates vm placement, migrations, and power management to balance cluster resources, with manual, partially automated, and fully automated modes.
Configuring vSphere DRS3:16
Configure vSphere DRS by validating the cluster and hosts, enabling fully automated mode, and verifying the DRS status on the cluster summary page.
Understanding of vSphere Update Manager4:22
Explore how the vSphere update manager automates patching and compliance via a central vCenter-integrated console, using baselines for hosts and virtual machines and appliances.
Understanding of vSphere Replication (VR)6:28
Discover how vSphere replication enables hypervisor-based VM replication across sites (site A to site B) for low-cost disaster recovery, change data transfer, and multiple recovery points.
Understanding of vSphere Data Protection (VDP)3:17
Explore how vSphere Data Protection (VDP) provides backup, recovery, and application protection for Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint by deploying a virtual appliance, integrating with vCenter, and configuring backup jobs.

Requirements

Basic understanding of IT Infrastructure
Basic understanding of Server

Description

VMware is leading industry in virtualization. VMware vSphere provides a robust platform to virtualize the server platform. This course will help you to quickly understand the essentials of VMware vSphere which a core product of datacenter virtualization. This will cover the initial understanding, configuration, managing, and features of VMware vSphere. You will have a better understanding of Architecture of Virtual Datacenter, and it’s components i;e Hypervisor, vCenter Server, Virtual Machine, Datastores, Virtual Switch. You will learn about configuring and managing virtual resources such as CPU, Memory, Networking, and Storage. You will cover the understanding of day to day operations for Vmware admins related to Virtual machines and building the infrastructure. Finally, you will have an overview of advance features such as HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Update Manager, vSphere Replication, and vSphere Data Protection which helps a Virtual Infrastructure to provide a better availability, manageability, scalability, compliance, and securing the environment.

By the end of this course, you will acquire key skills to get started to build and manage a powerful and robust VMware based modern datacenter with different versions of VMware vSphere which includes vSphere 6.7 along with earlier versions such as vSphere 6.0 and vSphere 6.5. Course has also focused on lab demonstrations for the day to day operations of vSphere so that you will have better picture if you are well versed with this technology.

Course Author: Pranay Jha | Course Reviewer: Dr Ashok Sharma

Who this course is for:

This course is for IT Admins, System Administrators, Windows/Linux Administrators, Virtualization Admins, Operations Admins, IT Managers, as well as for the team who are involved in procuring the products for Virtual Infrastructure. This will help all audience who are new to VMware technology and willing to learn Vmware vSphere which is a core product of Datacenter Virtualization.

VMware vSphere A-Z | Getting Started with Virtualization

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Course content

AN INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUALIZATION5 lectures • 38min

VMWARE ESXI AND VCENTER SERVER6 lectures • 47min

CONFIGURE VIRTUAL NETWORKING3 lectures • 17min

CONFIGURE VIRTUAL STORAGE4 lectures • 21min

MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINES6 lectures • 58min

DATA CENTER RESILIENCY: VSPHERE HA, VSPHERE FAULT TOLERANCE5 lectures • 39min

ADVANCED FEATURES: VSPHERE DRS, UPDATE MANAGER, VSPHERE REPLICATION AND VDP5 lectures • 23min

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