C O U R S E D A T A S HE E T

VMware vSphere:
Advanced Administration

Course Overview
This five-day course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware
vSphere 8 administrative tasks to complex vSphere operations and configurations. Through lab-based activities,
students are immersed in real-life situations faced by VMBeans, a fictitious company. These situations expose students to
real-life scenarios faced by companies that are building and scaling their virtual infrastructure.

This course uses scenario-based lab exercises and does not provide guided step-by-step instructions. To complete the
scenario-based lab exercises, you are required to analyze the task, research, and deduce the required solution.
References and suggested documentation are provided. This course utilizes labs to teach students how to effectively
navigate and manage vSphere. The course aligns fully with the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center
Virtualization Deploy exam objectives.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Configure VMware vCenter® and VMware ESXi™
• Configure and manage a vSphere cluster solution for vSphere HA, vSphere DRS, and vSAN
• Configure vSphere storage and networking
• Perform lifecycle operations on vSphere components
• Troubleshoot vSphere infrastructure and connectivity issues
• Back up vCenter configurations
• Implement solutions for securing the vSphere infrastructure
Target Audience
• System administrators
• System engineers
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of the following prerequisites:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure
• Working knowledge of VMware vSAN™
• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Certification
Attending this course is recommended to achieve the following certification:
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy (VCAP Deploy)

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Course Delivery Options Product Alignment

• Classroom • VMware ESXi 8.0
• Live Online • VMware vCenter 8.0
• Private Training

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Course Modules 4 Troubleshooting vSphere and Backing Up

1 Course Introduction Configurations
• Introductions and course logistics • Troubleshoot ESXi connectivity issues
• Course objectives • Troubleshoot ESXi storage issues
• Troubleshoot vSphere cluster issues
2 Creating and Configuring Management Clusters
• Troubleshoot PowerCLI issues
• Create a vSphere cluster for management • Generate vCenter and ESXi log bundles
workloads • Back up vCenter
• Activate vSphere cluster features that help to • Create a vCenter profile to standardize
improve resource allocation and availability of configurations in the environment
virtual machines
• Use standard virtual switches to create networking 5 Lifecycle Management
in a cluster • Troubleshoot upgrade-blocking issues
• Select the appropriate vSphere storage types to • Increase logging levels on vCenter
meet requirements • Configure a VMware Tools™ shared repository
• Configure iSCSI storage • Upgrade vCenter
• Configure VMFS and NFS datastores • Upgrade ESXi
• Recognize when to configure ESXi NTP and PTP • Upgrade VMware Tools
support • Upgrade virtual machine hardware compatibility
• Recognize ESXi user account best practices
6 vSphere Security
• Configure ESXi host settings
• Use vSphere configuration profiles to maintain • Configure a key management server
consistent ESXi host configurations • Encrypt virtual machines using vSphere VM
encryption
3 Creating and Configuring Production Clusters • Secure VMs in transit with encrypted vSphere
• Use Cluster Quickstart to create a vSAN-activated vMotion
cluster • Identify and implement different ESXi CPU
• Configure advanced vSphere HA settings scheduler options
• Configure the vCenter identity provider • Apply security hardening guidelines to ESXi hosts
• Assign specific permissions and roles to Active • Replace vCenter certificates with trusted CA-signed
Directory Federation Services (ADFS) users certificates
• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on a • Reconfigure the primary network identifier for a
cluster and a VM vCenter instance
• Perform a Cross vCenter Server migration
• Use content libraries to share virtual machine
templates between sites
Contact
• Manage VM and ESXi host resources using
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