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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Content
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Course Introduction
Introduction to vSphere and the Software Defined Data Center
As a vSphere administrator, you must be familiar with the components on which vSphere is based. You must also understand the following concepts: Virtualization, the role of the ESXi hypervisor in virtualization and virtual machines Fundamental vSphere components and the use of vSphere in the software-defined data center Use of vSphere clients to administer and manage vSphere environments
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Overview of vSphere and Virtual Machines
vSphere Virtualization of Resources
vSphere User Interfaces
Overview of ESXi
Virtual Machines
You can create a virtual machine in several ways. Choosing the correct method can save you time and make the deployment process manageable and scalable.
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Creating Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Hardware Deep Dive
Introduction to Containers
vCenter Server
vCenter Server helps you centrally manage multiple ESXi hosts and their virtual machines. If you do not properly deploy, configure, and manage vCenter Server Appliance, your environment might experience reduced administrative efficiency or ESXi host and virtual machine downtime.
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Centralized Management with vCenter Server
Deploying vCenter Server Appliance
vSphere Licensing
Managing the vCenter Server Inventory
vCenter Server Roles and Permissions
Monitoring vCenter Server Appliance
Backing Up and Restoring vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server High Availability
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
When you configure ESXi networking properly, virtual machines can communicate with other virtual, and physical, machines. In this way, remote host management and IP-based storage operate effectively.
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Introduction to vSphere Standard Switches
Configuring Standard Switch Policies
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Understanding the available storage options helps you set up your storage according to your cost, performance, and manageability requirements. You can use shared storage for disaster recovery, high availability, and moving virtual machines between hosts.
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vSphere Storage Concepts
Fibre Channel Storage
iSCSI Storage
VMFS Datastores
NFS Datastores
vSAN Datastores
Virtual Machine Management
Virtual machines are the foundation of your virtual infrastructure. Managing VMs effectively requires skills in creating templates and clones, modifying VMs, migrating VMs, taking snapshots, and protecting the VMs through replication and backups.
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Creating Templates and Clones
Working with Content Libraries
Modifying Virtual Machines
Migrating VMs with vSphere vMotion
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
Migrating VMs with vSphere Storage vMotion
Creating Virtual Machine Snapshots
vSphere Replication and Backup
Resource Management and Monitoring
Although the VMkernel works proactively to avoid resource contention, maximizing performance requires both analysis and ongoing monitoring. Developing skills in resource management, you can dynamically reallocate resources so that you can use available capacity more efficiently.
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Virtual CPU and Memory Concepts
vSphere Resource Controls
vSphere Resource Monitoring Tools
Monitoring Resource Use in vSphere
Using Alarms in vSphere
vSphere Clusters
Most organizations rely on computer-based services like email, databases, and web-based applications. The failure of any of these services can mean lost productivity and revenue. By understanding and using vSphere HA, you can configure highly available, computer-based services, which are important for an organization to remain competitive in contemporary business environments. And by developing skills in using vSphere DRS, you can improve service levels by guaranteeing appropriate resources to virtual machines.
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vSphere Clusters Overview
vSphere DRS
Introduction to vSphere HA
vSphere HA Architecture
Configuring vSphere HA
Introduction to vSphere Fault Tolerance
vSphere Lifecycle Management
Managing the life cycle of vSphere involves keeping vCenter Server and ESXi hosts up to date and integrated with other VMware and third-party solutions. To achieve these goals, you must understand how to use the new features provided by vSphere Lifecycle Manager, namely, clusterlevel management of ESXi hosts and the vCenter Server Update Planner.
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vCenter Server Update Planner
Overview of vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Working with Baselines
Working with Images
Managing the Life Cycle of VMware Tools and VM Hardware
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
About Lesson

Managing the vCenter Server Inventory

Learner Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Use the vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
  • Create and organize vCenter Server inventory objects
  • Add data center and organizational objects to vCenter Server
  • Add hosts to vCenter Server
  • Recognize how to create custom inventory tags for inventory objects

vSphere Client Shortcuts Page

From the vSphere Client Shortcuts page, you can manage your vCenter Server system inventory, monitor your infrastructure environment, and complete system administration tasks.

Using the Navigation Pane

You can use the navigation pane to browse and select objects in the vCenter Server inventory.

vCenter Server Views for Hosts, Clusters, VMs, and Templates

Host and cluster objects are shown in one view, and VM and template objects are displayed in another view.

 

vCenter Server Views for Storage and Networks

 

The Storage inventory view shows all the details for datastores in the data center. The Networking inventory view shows all standard switches and distributed switches.

Viewing Object Information

Because you can view object information and access related objects, monitoring and managing object properties is easy.

 

About Data Center Objects

A virtual data center is a logical organization of all the inventory objects required to complete a fully functional environment for operating VMs:

  • You can create multiple data centers to organize sets of environments.
  • Each data center has its own hosts, VMs, templates, datastores, and networks.

Organizing Inventory Objects into Folders

Objects in a data center can be placed into folders. You can create folders and subfolders to better organize systems.

Adding a Data Center and Organizational Objects to vCenter Server

You can add a data center, a host, a cluster, and folders to vCenter Server. You can use folders to group objects of the same type for easier management.

 

Adding ESXi Hosts to vCenter Server

You can add ESXi hosts to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client.

 

Creating Custom Tags for Inventory Objects

 

 

  • You can use tags to attach metadata to objects in the vCenter Server inventory.
  • Tags help make these objects more sortable.
  • You can associate a set of objects of the same type by searching for objectives by a given tag. You can use tags to group and manage VMs, clusters, and datastores, for example:
    • Tag VMs that run production workloads.
    • Tag VMs based on their guest operating system.

Review of Learner Objectives

After completing this Managing the vCenter Server Inventory lesson, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Use the vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
  • Create and organize vCenter Server inventory objects
  • Add data center and organizational objects to vCenter Server
  • Add hosts to vCenter Server
  • Recognize how to create custom inventory tags for inventory objects
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