课程介绍： This intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 5.1. This course combines the content of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. The course is based on VMware ESXi™ 5.1 and VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.1. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam. Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more advanced vSphere courses. 课程对象： Architect, Engineer, Administrator 课程大纲： 1  Course Introduction •  Introductions and course logistics •  Course objectives 2  Introduction to VMware Virtualization •  Introduce virtualization and vSphere components •  Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization •  Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture •  Install and use vSphere user interfaces •  Describe the ESXi architecture and configure various ESXi settings 3  Creating Virtual Machines •  Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files •  Deploy a single virtual machine 4  VMware vCenter Server •  Introduce vCenter Server architecture •  Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses 5  Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks •  Describe, create, and manage a standard switch •  Describe and modify standard switch properties •  Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms 6  Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage •  Introduce storage protocols and device names •  Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage •  Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores •  Introduce VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance 7  Virtual Machine Management •  Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines •  Modify and manage virtual machines •  Create and manage virtual machine snapshots •  Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migrations •  Create a VMware vSphere® vApp™ •  Use VMware® vCenter™ Converter™ Standalone to hot-clone a system 8  Access and Authentication Control •  Control user access through roles and permissions •  Discuss ESXi host access and authentication •  Integrate ESXi with Active Directory •  Introduce VMware® vShield™ products 9  Resource Management and Monitoring •  Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts •  Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage •  Configure and manage resource pools •  Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage 10  High Availability and Fault Tolerance •  Explain the vSphere HA architecture •  Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster •  Set vSphere HA advanced parameters •  Enable FT on a virtual machine 11  Host Scalability •  Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance •  Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ cluster •  Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility •  Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together •  Configure and manage VMware vSphere® Distributed Power Management™ 12  Network Scalability •  Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups •  Discuss distributed switch features, such as private VLANs, discovery protocols, VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control, NetFlow, and port mirroring 13  Storage Scalability •  Describe VMware vSphere® Storage APIs - Array Integration and Storage Awareness •  Explain profile-driven storage •  Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile •  Introduce VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control •  Create a datastore cluster •  Configure Storage DRS 14  Data Protection •  Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server •  Introduce VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ •  Discuss solutions for efficiently backing up virtual machines 15  Patch Management •  Use Update Manager to manage ESXi patching •  Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in •  Create patch baselines •  Scan and remediate hosts 16  VMware vSphere Management Assistant •  Describe vMA •  Configure vMA •  Discuss the VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface command set •  Perform command-line operations for host management, network management, storage management, and performance monitoring 17  Installing VMware Components •  Describe vCenter Linked Mode to manage multiple vCenter Server inventories •  Introduce ESXi installation •  Describe boot-from-SAN requirements •  Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements •  Install vCenter Server (Windows-based) •  Introduce vCenter Server Appliance •  Install and configure vCenter Server Appliance •  Use Image Builder to create an ESXi installation image •  Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to deploy a stateless ESXi host