VMware Training Syllabus

1. VMWare Virtualization Overview

Virtualization is a process of creating virtual representation. This module explains the process of virtualization and gives detailed knowledge of VMWare products,  VMWare ESXi features, and its components.

• Virtualization
• VMWare products
• Understanding VMWare ESXi features and components

2.VMWare ESXi Server Overview

ESXi server is computer virtualization software that is used to facilitate centralized management for data center applications as well as enterprise desktops. In this module, you’ll learn how to plan and deploy ESXi Server through best practices.

• Planning ESXi Server
• Understanding requirements
• Deploying ESXi Server
• Understanding vSphere licensing

3.Virtual Machines

A virtual machine is a software that gives the same results as a physical computer do and it is created within-host. These virtual machines include a log file,configuration, and virtual disk file. In this section, you’ll learn how to create and remove virtual machines, deploy VMWare tools, and more. 

• Creating Virtual Machines
• Removing VIrtual machines
• Deploying Guest Operating System
• Understanding VMWare Tools
• Deploying VMWare Tools
• Configuring VM's to Auto start and Auto Shutdown

4.Understanding Processor & Memory Management

This section deals with major concepts of virtual machines such as memory and process management. You’ll also gain expertise in CPU allocation, ballooning, and transparent page sharing for the smooth functioning of the virtualization process.

• CPU Allocation
• Memory Management
• Ballooning
• Transparent Page sharing

5.Understand ESXi Server hardware Architecture

• Understanding ESXi Operating System
• Understanding Virtualization kernel
• Understanding CPU, Memory Management
• Understanding ballooning
• Understanding Transparent page Sharing

6.Manage vSphere Storage

This section will give you comprehensive knowledge of how to manage the storage sphere. You’ll also master the techniques such as adding ISCSI, NAS, FC SAN storage, configuring VMFS partitions, configuring storage adapters, and more.

• Configuring Storage Adapters
• Understanding VMFS File System
• Configuring VMFS Partitions
• Adding ISCSI Storage
• Adding NAS Storage
• Adding FC SAN Storage

7.Manage vSphere Networking

In this module, you’ll get a brief idea about security policies, network topologies, and Networks adapters. You’ll also learn to configure the traffic shaping policies along with distributed switches to manage the networking system in vSphere.

• Physical Network Toplology
• Understanding vSwitch&PortGroup
• Configuring Virtual Switch &PortGroups
• Understanding VMKernel Adaptors
• Configuring Load balancing
• Understanding Security Policies
• Configuring Traffic Shaping Policies
• VLANs & Trucks
• Distributed Switch Architecture
• Configuring Distributed Switch
• VLAN Trunks
• Private VLANs
• Configure Private VLAN

8.VMWareVcenter Server 5.0

This section describes the features, components, editions and installation of VMware Vcenter server5.0.

• Features of Vcenter Server
• Components of Vcenter Server
• Installing Vcenter Server
• Understanding Vcenter Editions
• Managing ESXi Hosts from Vcenter Server
• Managing VM's from VcenterServer

9.Virtual Machines Management using vcenter Server

This section gives you detailed knowledge on how to manage the virtual machines using the VMWare Vcenter server. Also, you’ll master the techniques like creating, cloning, migrating, and deploying for the smooth functioning of VMware virtual machines.

• Cloning VM's
• Deploying VM's using Templates
• Preparing Templates
• Migrating VM's using vmotion
• Migrating VM's using storage vmotion
• Creating vApps

10. User Access & Authentication

This section explains about user access and authentication. You’ll learn how to create and modify user, assign authentication to users, manage the ESXi firewall in order to meet the security policies of VMware virtual machines.

• Creating Roles & Assigning Privileges
• Create and Modify Users
• Integrating AD Authentication
• Enabling ESXi lockdown
• Managing ESXi Firewall

11. Scheduled Tasks,Events& Alarms

This section gives brief knowledge about events & tasks, configuring alarms and SMTP in Vmware Virtual machine.

• Understand Tasks, Events & Alarms
• Configuring SMTP
• Configuring Alarms

12. Understand Resource pools and VMWare Clusters

This module covers the topics like enhanced Vmotion & DRS clusters, the configuration of test DRS Cluster, HA cluster and testing fault tolerance.

• Understand DRS Clusters
• Configure and Test DRS Cluster
• Understand HA Clusters
• Configure and Test HA Clusters
• Understanding Fault Tolerance
• Understanding Enhanced Vmotion
• Configuring Fault Tolerance
• Testing Fault Tolerance

13. VM Backups & Restore

This section deals with installation, backup, and restoration process of VMware virtual machine

• Installing and Configuring VDR
• Scheduling Bakcup Jobs
• Restoring VMs
• Testing Backup Jobs

14. Migrating Physical to VMWare Environment

This section explains in detail about the process of migrating physical to VMWare environment.

• Understanding VMWare Converter
• Converting Physical to Virtual machine(P2V)
• Converting Virtual to Virtual(V2V)
• Understanding OVF Format

15. VMWare Logs and Services

In this module, you will learn about the logs and services in VMware ESXi. You will gain complete knowledge on the concepts like checking, verifying ESXi logs & services, and also process to troubleshoot various VMWare issues.

• Checking VMWareESXi Logs
• Checking Vcenter Server logs
• Verify ESXi, VC Services
• Troubleshooting VM Issues

16. VM Patch Management

This section explains the patch management in VMware and gives you details about the concepts like installing and configuring update managers, creating baselines and scan patches.

• Installing Update Manager
• Configuring Update Manager
• Creating Baselines
• Patch remediation
• Scan Patches

17. Policy Driven Storage

Policy-driven storage plays a crucial role in aligning storage with the application demands of virtual machines. This section helps you understand how to provision applications, map virtual machines, storage policy frameworks, and more.

18. VSphere VRAM Pooled Pricing And Licensing

vRAM is the total amount of virtual RAM allocated to the virtual machines. In this section, you’ll learn how to sum up the total amount of the vRAM assigned to all the virtual machines.
 

19. Network IO Control

This module will enable you to understand how to reserve bandwidth for system traffic using the capacity of physical adapters on a host.
 

20. Storage IO Control

This module teaches improving the quality of storage in VMware vSphere. You’ll also learn to integrate the storage I/O control configurations into VM storage policy.
 

21. ESXi Firewall

In this section, you’ll gain comprehensive knowledge to configure and manage the ESXi firewalls through best practices.

22. Data Protection

This module provides detailed knowledge of configuring Data Protection to VMware.
 

23. VCOps

In this section, you’ll learn how to effectively control the performance of the vCenter Operations Manager virtual environment.

24. SRM

This section provides complete information about automating the recovery or migration of virtual machines between protected site and recovery site using SRM (Site Recovery Manager).