Administering Vmware Vsphere 8 (Learn, Setup Esxi + Vcenter)

You too can become a VMware Virtualization expert!

What you'll learn

Differences between VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter

How to setup VMware ESXi and vCenter 8

Building your own Virtual Machines, and keeping them healthy

Using advanced vCenter features such Auto Startup, vMotion, HA, FT and DRS

Using Virtual Networking switches

Managing storage and datastores

Diagnosing, Troubleshooting and Keeping your environment running great

Requirements

Basic IT Administration and Support Skills

Basic Understanding of how Computer Networks work

Passion to learn about virtualisation technologies!

Description

Want to Learn all about VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter 8?In this course we'll give you all the skills needed to start out with VMware, all the way up to becoming an expert. We'll show you how to setup VMware vSphere 8, including VMware's Hypervisor ESXi and manaing vCenter. We'll also run you through the steps to start building your own Virtual Machines (VM's) and build your own Virtualization environment!VMware is the leader in Virtualization technologies and used in thousands and thousands of businesses around the world. Whether you are new to IT or have worked in IT for a while we'll give you the skills needed to get that job, get promoted while improving your VMware skillset.In this course we’ll cover – Differences between VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.- How to setup VMware ESXi and vCenter 8- Building your own Virtual Machines, and keeping them healthy- Using advanced vCenter features such Auto Startup, vMotion, HA, FT and DRS- Using Virtual Networking switches- Managing storage and datastores- Diagnosing, Troubleshooting and Keeping your environment running great** This course is aimed at VMware vSphere 8 administration, however it is also relevant to earlier versions of VMware vSphere including v7.0 and v6.x.Do I need to be an expert?No, this course is designed for people who may be starting out with Virtualization technologies but also forming a strong foundation for those who already work with VMware. We'll give you the skills to become a lot more proficient in VMware.What hardware and software do I need?You can just follow along but to make your learning better it's best to also have - - a copy of VMware ESXi and vCenter (we'll cover how to get these)- a few spare computers to load VMware software onto them- a number of ISO's to build some VM's. These could be copies of Windows and Linux. Throughout this course, below are some tasks you can complete yourself- download VMware ESXi off the VMware website- setup some computers with VMware ESXi- download or have ready some of your favorite Operating System ISO files- build and configure a pool of VM's- build and setup VMware vCenter- Configure High Availability across a few hosts- Deploy some virtual switches, both standard and distributedHappy learning!

Overview

Section 1: Intro to VMware

Lecture 1 Intro to course

Lecture 2 Summary of VMware ESXi and vCenter

Lecture 3 About VMware versions

Section 2: Setup VMware ESXi

Lecture 4 Setting up VMware ESXi 8

Lecture 5 ESXi Overview

Lecture 6 Licensing you Host

Lecture 7 Maintenance Mode

Section 3: Build some Virtual Machines (VM's)

Lecture 8 All about ISO's

Lecture 9 Building your first Virtual Machine

Lecture 10 Using the Console

Lecture 11 Using VMware Tools

Lecture 12 Edit VM Settings

Lecture 13 Networking Basics

Section 4: Setting Up VMware vCenter

Lecture 14 Downloading VMware vCenter

Lecture 15 Setting up VMware vCenter

Lecture 16 vCenter Overview

Lecture 17 Datacenters, Clusters + adding ESXi Hosts

Section 5: All About Storage

Lecture 18 Talking Datastores

Lecture 19 Thin vs Thick Disk Types

Lecture 20 Setting up a NFS Datastore (using a NAS)

Section 6: Managing VM's, HA and Migration

Lecture 21 Intro to Migrations, vMotion and DRS

Lecture 22 Using vMotion

Lecture 23 Using DRS

Lecture 24 High Availability & Fault Toleranc

Lecture 25 Affinity Rules

Section 7: Security and Networking

Lecture 26 Standard vs Distributed Virtual Switches

Lecture 27 Access, Security and Permissions

Section 8: Good Management

Lecture 28 Alerts and Performance Logs

Lecture 29 Importance of Snapshots

Lecture 30 VM Hardware, Compatibility and vTools

Lecture 31 ESXi Services and SSH

Lecture 32 Other ESXi System Features (Firewalls, Certificates, NTP Time)

Lecture 33 Monitoring Storage Performance

Lecture 34 Clones and Templates

Lecture 35 Which Physical Host NIC is assigned to a VM

Lecture 36 Removing an Invalid VM

Lecture 37 Automating VM start-up and shutdown

Section 9: What's next?

Lecture 38 What's next?

IT Support Administrators,System Administrator and Engineers,Cloud and Virtualisation Engineers,Service Desk and Helpdesk Analysts