VMware vSphere 6 Install, Configure, Manage - Part 2: vSphere 6 DRS


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Expertise Level



Overview/Description
VMware vSphere 6 offers various features for enhanced resource management and utilization in a VMware virtualized environment. In this course, you will learn the important aspects of Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) functionality and automation. You will also learn how to monitor DRS to achieve optimal performance and resource utilization. Finally, you will learn how to cluster resource management benefits and resource utilization in a VMware vSphere 6 virtualized environment.

Target Audience
Virtualization and cloud administrators who install, configure, and manage vSphere installations

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.2

Lesson Objectives

VMware vSphere 6 Install, Configure, Manage - Part 2: vSphere 6 DRS

  • start the course
  • recognize uses of Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
  • describe methods of enabling Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
  • compare the three levels of automation within Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • select an appropriate automation migration threshold within Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • create Distributed Resource Scheduler groups and apply rules
  • describe how Distributed Resource Scheduler overrides function
  • use Schedule DRS to automatically manage resources in a VMware virtualized environment
  • use Distributed Resource Scheduler to monitor events, performance, and resource utilization
  • describe the benefits of Distributed Power Management in DRS
  • recognize how storage DRS assists with data store management
  • describe various advanced storage Distributed Resource Scheduler options
  • describe how shares benefit resource utilization in a VMware virtualized environment
  • recognize how resource reservations are used in a VMware virtualized environment
  • recognize how resource limits are used in a VMware virtualized environment
  • recognize how resource pools are used in a VMware virtualized environment
  • recognize how Distributed Resource Scheduler, DRS monitoring, and cluster resource management benefit resource utilization in a VMware virtualized environment
  • Course Number:
    vi_vhpp_a02_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate