Overview/Description Target Audience Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Overview/Description
vSphere 6.0 ICM Part One will introduce students to VMware’s vSphere 6.0 datacenter virtualization product. Students will learn about the basic concepts and components which will allow them to install, configure, and manage a virtualized server environment in a simple configuration. Students that complete this course should be able to create and manage a simple vSphere 6.0 virtual environment.
Prerequisites
To benefit fully from this course, the following prerequisite courses, skills, and knowledge are strongly recommended:
Comptia Network+ knowledge base (equivalent or greater)
At least two years’ experience of experience in server management
Windows Server experience: 2008, 2012 (DNS, DC, Service Management)
At least 6 months of experience with shared storage infrastructures
Skills
This course provides instruction in the use of the following hardware/software technologies:
ESXi Installation and Management
vCenter Server Installation and Management
vSphere Web and Host Client
vSphere Network Configuration (Standard Switch)
vSphere Storage Configuration and Management
Datastore Creation and Management
Virtual Machine Creation and Management
vApp and Resource Pool Management
Outline
vSphere 6.0 ICM Part One
Module 1: Introduction to Data Center Virtualization
Lesson 1: What is virtualization?
Lesson 2: The components
Lesson 3: Licensing
Module 2: Installation Processes
Lesson 1: Preparation
Lesson 2: ESXi Hypervisor installation
Lesson 3: Host management installation
Module 3: vSphere Network Configuration
Lesson 1: Physical network basics
Lesson 2: Virtual network basics
Lesson 3: Standard switch configuration
Module 4: vSphere Storage Configuration
Lesson 1: Basic storage concepts
Lesson 2: Virtual storage concepts
Lesson 3: Storage Considerations
Lesson 4: Configuration
Module 5: Virtual Machines
Lesson 1: Virtual machine overview
Lesson 2: Virtual machine configuration
Lesson 3: Virtual machine management
Target Audience
This course is targeted towards system engineers, system administrators, network administrators, and their support personnel. The student should ideally be looking into virtualization technologies or have up to one year of experience dealing with a vSphere virtualized environment.