VMware vSphere 6 Install, Configure, Manage - Part 1: Storage and VMs


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



Overview/Description
Virtualized environments have unique requirements for storage and movement of data. The unit of virtualization is the VM, which essentially runs the instance of a computer on a software-defined hardware. This course covers storage management for a VMware vSphere 6 environment. It also covers virtual machine creation and management, and best practices for VMs in a vSphere 6 environment.

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

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.3

Lesson Objectives

VMware vSphere 6 Install, Configure, Manage - Part 1: Storage and VMs

  • start the course
  • contrast local and shared storage in a VMware vSphere 6 environment
  • describe RAID options in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe storage area network logical unit numbers in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe datastores and raw disk mapping in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe storage provisioning concepts used in VMware vSphere 6
  • configure storage adapters in VMware vSphere 6
  • measure and manage storage performance in a VMware vSphere 6 environment
  • recognize the differences between storage network transport layer protocols in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe tiered storage in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe a virtual machine in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe the files associated with a virtual machine in VMware vSphere 6
  • configure virtual machine settings in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe storage location options for virtual machines in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe the benefits and drawbacks on virtual machines in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe hardware versions in VMware vSphere 6
  • create a virtual machine in VMware vSphere 6
  • work with virtual machine templates in VMware vSphere 6
  • create and manage virtual machine snapshots in VMware vSphere 6
  • manually migrate a VMware vSphere 6 virtual machine between hosts
  • use vCenter Server to manage virtual machines in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe virtual machine best practices in VMware vSphere 6
  • describe virtual machine placement best practices in VMware vSphere 6
  • manage VMs and storage using VMware
  • Course Number:
    vi_vhpr_a04_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate