Vmware Vsphere 8+: The Complete Guide For Professionals

Your Path to Becoming a Virtualization Expert with a vExpert Pro

What you'll learn

A chance to meet the top 20 Virtualization Blogger

A chance to interact and discuss with a vExpert Pro and ask questions

Gain an insight into advanced lab from a vExpert Pro holder

A consultancy service to solve your additional questions if you are stuck

Preparation for the VMware VCP-DCV exam.

Understand how to Deploy ESXi hosts and vCenter 8.X

Master the art of troubleshooting like a pro

Requirements

All Needed Software Are Available For Free, or Trial No Prior Background with Virtual Machine Technologies Is Required

Description

VMware vSphere 8+(Pro): The Complete Guide for Professionals by VMAnalyst(dot)com, among the top 25 blogging portals in Virtualization. We are delighted to have you join us for this comprehensive boot camp! This course is meticulously designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge required to deploy and manage VMware vSphere 8, the leading platform in virtualization technology.About VMAnalyst(dot)com:VMAnalyst(dot)com is recognized among the top 25 virtualization blogs, attracting over 100,000 views annually. The instructor is a four-time vExpert Pro holder and has numerous advanced IT certifications, ensuring that you receive top-tier instruction and industry insights.Course Overview:In today’s dynamic IT landscape, the ability to efficiently manage virtualized environments is crucial. This bootcamp offers an in-depth exploration of VMware vSphere, providing you with the foundational skills necessary to excel in managing modern data centers.The future of IT infrastructure is heavily intertwined with virtualization, particularly in cloud computing. Equip yourself with the skills needed to thrive in this ever-evolving landscape!What You Will Learn:Installation and Configuration: Acquire hands-on experience in setting up VMware vSphere 8 from the ground up, including the installation of ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.Virtual Machine Management: Discover how to create, configure, and manage virtual machines, as well as implement resource allocation strategies to optimize performance.High Availability: Grasp the critical concepts of high availability and fault tolerance to ensure your virtualized environment is resilient and dependable.Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Develop the skills to effectively monitor your vSphere environment, diagnose issues, and apply troubleshooting techniques to resolve problems swiftly.Best Practices for Deployment: Explore industry best practices for deploying and managing VMware vSphere, ensuring that you are well-prepared for real-world applications.Why Choose This Bootcamp from VMAnalyst(dot)com!?Hands-On Learning Experience: This bootcamp emphasizes practical, hands-on training, allowing you to engage with real-world scenarios that will deepen your understanding and reinforce your skills.vExpert Instruction: Learn from industry professionals with extensive experience in virtualization and VMware technologies. Their insights and guidance will steer you toward becoming a proficient vSphere administrator.Comprehensive Resources: Gain access to supplementary materials, including guides, checklists, and additional resources that you can refer to long after the course concludes.Community Support: Join a community of like-minded learners and professionals. Engage in discussions, share experiences, and seek advice as you progress through the course.Who Should Enroll?This bootcamp is ideal for IT professionals, system administrators, and anyone seeking to enhance their expertise in virtualization. Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to upgrade your skills, this course will provide you with the knowledge and confidence needed to thrive in today’s competitive IT environment.Invest in Your Future:By enrolling in the VMware vSphere 8+: The Complete Guide for Professionals Bootcamp, you are not merely taking a course; you are investing in your career. The skills you acquire will open doors to new opportunities and advancements in the field of virtualization.Course Structure and Approach:This course has been thoughtfully crafted to present topics in a progressive manner, allowing you to build your knowledge without feeling overwhelmed. By following this structured approach, you will establish a solid foundation in vSphere data center management.Utilizing VMware Workstation 17 and nested ESXi hosts, you will learn to create a fully functional VMware vSphere 8 environment on your home desktop or server. The course includes the deployment of vCenter, which features a unique installation procedure compared to direct installations on ESXi hosts, enabling you to access and manage the environment through the vSphere Client. As the course gathers pace, the instructor switches from a VMware Workstation 17 to a Dedicated enterprise-class rack server.Key Components Covered:The course addresses the setup of essential components, including:ESXi 7/8 hypervisorvCenter Server 7/8Storage and networking configurationsBy the end of the course, you will have established a complete VMware vSphere lab environment, equipped with a domain controller, RAS, FTP, DHCP, and multiple ESXi hosts.Join Us Today!Seize the opportunity to elevate your skills and transform your career. Enroll now to unlock the full potential of VMware vSphere 8 and take the first step toward becoming a virtualization expert!Let’s embark on this journey together and lay the foundation for your success in managing virtualized environments. We eagerly await your participation in the course!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and Preinstallation Booklet

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Introduction to Broadcom

Lecture 3 Broadcom's Role in Semiconductor UCITS ETF and Information Tech ETF

Lecture 4 Navigating the new Broadcom Portal for VMware

Lecture 5 Introduction to VMUG Advantage

Lecture 6 Download VMware Softwares from Broadcom Portal

Lecture 7 Downloading Windows 2022 / Ubuntu Server OS

Section 2: Introduction to Desktop Virtualization and Choosing your Hardware

Lecture 8 Introduction to Virtualization and Types of On Prem Virtualizations

Lecture 9 Type 1 vs Type 2 Hypervisor

Lecture 10 Architecture and System Requirements of VMware Workstation

Lecture 11 Great Courses on VMware

Lecture 12 Your own high-performance lab

Lecture 13 Old lab

Lecture 14 VMware HCL

Lecture 15 New server from ebay

Lecture 16 Cables

Lecture 17 Nas and Onedrive

Section 3: Configuring VMware Workstation in Windows

Lecture 18 Windows 11 Compatibility - TPM Issue on vSphere 8

Lecture 19 Windows 11 OS Install on ESXI 8 and TPM Bypass Issue

Lecture 20 Installing Workstation 17

Lecture 21 Performance Optimizations on VMware Workstation and Dashboard Overview

Lecture 22 Changing Networking Settings in Workstation for Mgmt, vMotion, vSAN

Section 4: Virtual Machine Operations

Lecture 23 Install Windows 2022 OS

Lecture 24 Customizing a VM for lab ad deployment

Lecture 25 Install VM tools to Virtual Machines

Lecture 26 What does VMTools Unlock

Lecture 27 Files on VM

Lecture 28 Difference between Memory vs No Memory Snapshot

Lecture 29 Configure Active Directory Server / AD Forest

Lecture 30 Configure DNS for our environment

Lecture 31 Configuring NTP Server on your Active Diectory

Lecture 32 Concepts of Lan Routing and NAT in Windows 2022 for Internet Access (RAAS)

Lecture 33 Configuring NAT in Windows 2022 for Internet Access (RAAS)

Lecture 34 Create an FTP Server on Windows 2022

Lecture 35 Install VMware ESXi8 and Configuration

Lecture 36 Changing ESXI certificates from localhost.localdomain

Lecture 37 Convert VCSA 8.X OVA to OVF conversion method

Lecture 38 Importing vCSA OVF file to Workstation and Configuring vCSA deployment

Lecture 39 Testing DNS resolution

Lecture 40 Joining ESXi host to vCenter 8.X and Create a Cluster

Lecture 41 vSphere Fundamentals - Getting Started

Lecture 42 Concepts of vMotion

Lecture 43 Enhanced vMotion Concepts

Lecture 44 About VM Tools on vCenter

Lecture 45 ESXi and vCenter Linked Mode

Lecture 46 Thin vs Thick - Lazy and Eager Zeroed Disks

Lecture 47 Walkthrough of all HA Feature and Turning on vSphere HA on Cluster

Lecture 48 Configure Heartbeat Datastores

Lecture 49 Walkthrough of all DRS Feature and Turning on vSphere DRS on Cluster

Lecture 50 Horizontal and Vertical Scaling

Lecture 51 vSphere Cluster Services VM & its Importance

Lecture 52 How to Disable vCLS on Cluster for Versions Prior to vSphere 7.0 U3o and 8.0 U2

Lecture 53 How to Disable vCLS on vSphere 8.0 U3 and above

Lecture 54 Adding a NVMe local datastore on each hosts

Section 5: Understanding vSphere Storage

Lecture 55 Course Outline and Learner Objectives

Lecture 56 Concept of RAID

Lecture 57 Concept of Erasure Coding

Lecture 58 What is RAIN ( vSAN )

Lecture 59 Storage Architecture - DAS, SAN, NAS

Lecture 60 Creating an ISCSI Storage and Creating VMFS Datastore

Lecture 61 Creating a NFS Storage and Creating NFS Datastore

Lecture 62 Create a Storage DRS Cluster

Section 6: Understanding vSphere Networking

Lecture 63 Concept of Standard Switch

Lecture 64 Configuring vSphere networking on Standard Switch

Lecture 65 Concept of Distributed Switch

Lecture 66 Create a vDS and migrate hosts from Standard to Distributed Switch

Lecture 67 What will happen to all VM's if my vCenter server is down when using vDS ?

Section 7: Standard Daily Operations and Resource Management for VI Admins

Lecture 68 Create a VM Template

Lecture 69 Running Windows SysPrep to prevent duplicate SID

Lecture 70 Deploy the first VM in vCenter

Lecture 71 Adding VM Customizations and Logging onto domain

Lecture 72 Create a Content Library - Publisher and Subscriber

Lecture 73 Versioning of a Template

Lecture 74 Snapshot a virtual machine (VM) using vCenter 8

Lecture 75 Cloning a virtual machine (VM) using vCenter 8

Lecture 76 Increase the Size of Datastore from Microsoft iSCSI SAN

Lecture 77 Tip on Extending Disks on Windows OS with no Contiguous Space

Lecture 78 Physical RDM vs Virtual RDM differences

Lecture 79 Mapping Disks as a Physical RDM

Lecture 80 Growing a Physical RDM Disk on a Virtual Machine

Lecture 81 Multi-Writer VM mode for Microsoft Clustering in VMware.

Lecture 82 Anti Affinity Rules to Separate Clustered VM into Racks & VM Override Feature

Section 8: Standard Health Checks and Maintenance for VI Admin

Lecture 83 Configure vCenter Server to authenticate users via Active Directory

Lecture 84 Tour of the vCenter VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Interface)

Lecture 85 Configure the ESXi hosts for Active Directory authentication

Lecture 86 Collecting Diagnostic Support Logs from vCenter GUI

Lecture 87 Concept of vCenter Storage Log Partitions

Lecture 88 Fill up the log drive with garbage .tgz data with a script

Lecture 89 Managing the log disk partition in the vCenter

Lecture 90 Unable to SCP into vCenter Server Appliance

Lecture 91 Move ESXI Scratch Location

Lecture 92 Move ESXI Syslog Directory

Lecture 93 vSphere vCenter Upgrade Planning

Lecture 94 Demonstration of patching the vCenter Server

Lecture 95 vSphere Lifecycle Manager Image & VMware Update Manager Baseline

Lecture 96 Patching ESXI 8 via vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Lecture 97 Patching ESXi 8 using the Broadcom live HTTP URL.

Lecture 98 Backup vCenter to FTP location

Lecture 99 Applying Host Profiles to ESXI hosts

Lecture 100 Adding disk extents to configure device backing

Lecture 101 Replacing heartbeat datastores in your vSphere environment

Lecture 102 How to Storage vMotion vCLS VMs

Lecture 103 Detach and umount a datastore from the host

Lecture 104 Unlock and Reset the Single Sign-On (SSO) password for your vCenter Server

Lecture 105 Reset Lost or forgotten vCenter/vCF Root Password

Lecture 106 Configuring a Certificate Authority (CA) server in Windows Server 2022

Lecture 107 Replacing the vCenter Server SSL certificate with a Certificate Authority (CA)

Lecture 108 vCenter PNID and FQDN changes - VDT and Lsdoctor tool

Lecture 109 Apply vSphere Licenses - Perpetual to Subscription Based

Lecture 110 ESXi Eval License Hack for Lab

Section 9: Achieving Enterprise Growth and Business Continuity with vSphere

Lecture 111 Brown/Green/Blue field Deployments

Lecture 112 Deploy and configure vCenter 7

Lecture 113 Joining ESXi7 hosts to vCenter 7.X and Create a Cluster

Lecture 114 Patching vCenter7 to latest version from VAMI

Lecture 115 Patch ESXi7 hosts using baseline approaches

Lecture 116 Concept of Altbank and Bootbank in the context of rolling back an ESXi host OS

Lecture 117 Restoring a vCenter 7 or 8 from backups

Lecture 118 Upgrade vCenter7 to vCenter 8

Lecture 119 Upgrade vCenter7 to vCenter 8 Lab

Lecture 120 Upgrade ESXi7 to ESXi8

Lecture 121 vCenter8 High Availability (VCHA) for vSphere

Lecture 122 Failover and Failback Process vCHA 8.0

Lecture 123 vCHA 8 Maintenance Operations and Logs

Lecture 124 Patching vCHA enabled vCenter

Lecture 125 Disabling vCHA enabled vCenter8 and Patching vCenter

Lecture 126 Enhanced Linked Mode - Repointing vCenter to another SSO domain

Section 10: Closing Notes

Lecture 127 Congratulations and Path Foward

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