Course Introduction

Module 1

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 Importance

This course will equip administrators with the knowledge,

skills, and abilities to build and run a VMware vSphere®
environment. This course focuses on the installation and
configuration of VMware ESXi™ hosts and VMware vCenter
Server™. This course also focuses on the management of ESXi
hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Server.
This course will help prepare IT professionals to achieve the
status of VMware® Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5).

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 Learner Objectives

After this course, you should be able to do the following:

 Deploy ESXi, vCenter Server (Windows-based) or vCenter
Server appliance
 Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi host
networking and storage
 Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
 Manage user access to virtual datacenter objects
 Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage and to
increase scalability
 Use vCenter Server to manage data protection and high
availability
 Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi host
patches

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 You Are Here

Course Introduction Data Protection

Introduction to Virtualization Access & Authentication Control

Virtual Machines Resource Management and Monitoring

VMware vCenter Server High Availability

Configure and Manage Virtual Networks Scalability

Configure and Manage Virtual Storage Patch Management

Managing Virtual Machines Installing vSphere Components

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 Typographical Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this course:

Monospace Filenames, folder names, path

names, command names:
the bin directory
Monospace bold What the user types:
Type ipconfig and press Enter.
Boldface Graphical user interface items:
the Configuration tab
Italic Book titles and emphasis:
vSphere Datacenter
Administration Guide
<filename> Placeholders:
<ESXi_host_name>

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 What Is VMware vSphere?

Existing Applications Future Applications

An infrastructure App App App App App App App App

virtualization suite that does

the following: VMware vCenter Suite
 Provides virtualization,
management, resource VMware vSphere
Availability
optimization, application VMware vSphere
Security Scalability

vMotion® VMware vShield DRS

availability, and Application vSphere Storage
vMotion
Zones
VMware VMsafe®
Hot Add

operational automation Services vSphere HA

Fault Tolerance
capabilities Data Recovery

 Aggregates physical Compute

VMware ESXi™ VMFS
Storage Network
Distributed

hardware resources and Infrastructure

DRS and
VMware DPM
Thin Provisioning
Storage I/O
Switch
Network I/O
Services Memory Overcommit Control Control
provides virtual resources
to the datacenter

Private Cloud Resource Pools Public Cloud

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VCP on vSphere 5 Certification

The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Program

 For technical individuals who want to demonstrate their vSphere expertise and
advance their career
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/

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 VMware Online Resources

VMware Communities: http://communities.vmware.com

 Start a discussion, and access communities and user groups.
VMware Support: http://www.vmware.com/support
 Access the knowledge base, documentation, technical papers, and
compatibility guides.
VMware Education: http://www.vmware.com/education
 Access the course catalog and worldwide course schedule.
 Access information about advanced courses to continue on your
virtualization training path.
For easy access to online resources, install the VMware toolbar.

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 vSphere Production Documentation

For vSphere product documentation, go to

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

See the current vSphere manuals at this Web site for information
about configuration maximums and installation requirements.

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 Key Points

 This course teaches you how to install, manage, and configure your
vSphere environment.
 This course helps prepare you to achieve the status of VMware
Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5).

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