VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] Course Overview
Enroll for 5-day VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] training course from this courseSolutions accredited by VMware. This course is designed to learn detailed overview of configuring and optimizing the VMware vSphere® 7.0 features to make a robust scalable infrastructure.
Through a blend of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you will learn advanced skills to configure and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.
Target Audience:
This training course is recommended for :
- Experienced system administrators
- System engineers
- System integrators
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
- Use VMware vSphere Client to manage certificates
- Use Identity Federation to configure VMware vCenter Server to use Microsoft ADFS
- Use VMware vSphere Trust Authority to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
- Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance
- Create and manage a content library for deploying virtual machines
- Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
- Monitor & analyze key performance indicators for compute, storage, and networking resources for ESXi hosts
- Optimize the performance of ESXi and VMware vCenter Server
- Discuss the purpose and capabilities of VMware vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the Vmware Tanzu portfol
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: Network Scalability
- Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
- Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
- Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
Module 3: Storage Scalability
- Explain why VMware vSphere VMFS is a highperformance, scalable file system
- Explain VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Array Integration, VMware vSphere API for Storage Awareness™, and vSphere APIs for I/O filtering
- Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
- Create VMware vSAN™ storage policies
- Recognize components of the VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ architecture
- Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
Module 4: Host and Management Scalability
- Use the vSphere Client to manage vSphere certificates
- Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
- Configure identity federation to allow vCenter Server to use external identity provider
- Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
- Configure vSphere Trust Authority
- Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
- Create a local content library and subscribe to a published content library
- Deploy VMs from a content library
- Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
- Describe how scalable shares work
Module 5: CPU Optimization
- Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance
- Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
- Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics
Module 6: Memory Optimization
- Explain ballooning, memory compression, transparent page sharing, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
- Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics
Module 7: Storage Optimization
- Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
- Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
- Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics
Module 8: Network Optimization
- Explain performance features of network adapters
- Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
- Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics
Module 9: vCenter Server Performance Optimization
- Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance
- Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource use