Installing VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces
Introduction on VMware Vsphere
Features of VMware Vsphere
Comparsion between VMware Vsphere 5.1 and Vsphere 4.1
Install the vSphere Client
Configuring VMware ESXi
Task 1: Connect to an ESXi host with the vSphere Client
Task 2: View host hardware configuration
Task 3: Configure DNS and routing information for an ESXi host
Task 4: Configure an ESXi host as an NTP client
Task 5: Configure an ESXi host to use directory services
Working with Virtual Machines
Task 1: Create a virtual machine
Task 2: Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
Task 3: Identify a virtual machine’s disk format and usage statistics
Task 4: Install VMware Tools on a virtual machine installed with a Windows operating system
Task 5: Prepare your virtual machine for upcoming labs
Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance
Task 1: Configure the VCVA for first use
Task 2: Install vSphere license keys
Task 3: Create a vCenter Server inventory datacenter object
Task 4: Create vCenter Server inventory folder objects
Task 5: Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory
Task 6: Configure the vCenter server appliance to use directory services
Task 7: Use the vSphere Web Client to log in to the vCenter Server Appliance
Standard Virtual Switches
Task 1: View the current standard virtual switch configuration
Task 2: Create a standard virtual switch with a virtual machine port group
Task 3: Attach your virtual machine to a virtual switch port group
Accessing iSCSI Storage
Task 1: Add a VMkernel port group to a standard virtual switch
Task 2: Configure the iSCSI software adapter
Accessing IP Storage
Task 1: Configure access to NFS datastores
Task 2: View iSCSI and NFS storage information
Managing VMware vSphere VMFS
Task 1: Review your shared storage configuration
Task 2: Change the name of a VMFS datastore
Task 3: Create a VMFS datastore
Task 4: Expand a VMFS datastore to consume unused space on a LUN
Task 5: Remove a VMFS datastore
Task 6: Extend a VMFS datastore
Using Templates and Clones
Task 1: Copy Sysprep files to the vCenter Server appliance
Task 2: Create a template
Task 3: Create customization specifications
Task 4: Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Task 5: Clone a virtual machine that is powered on
Modifying a Virtual Machine
Task 1: Increase the size of a VMDK file
Task 2: Adjust memory allocation on a virtual machine
Task 4: Add a raw LUN to a virtual machine and verify that the guest operating system can see it
Task 3: Rename a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Task 5: Expand a thin-provisioned virtual disk
Migrating Virtual Machines
Task 1: Configure vCenter Server to manage multiple ESXi hosts
Task 2: Migrate virtual machine files with Storage vMotion
Task 3: Create a virtual switch and a VMkernel port group for vMotion migration
Task 4: Verify that your ESXi host meets vMotion requirements
Task 5: Verify that your virtual machines meet vMotion requirements
Task 6: Perform a vMotion migration of a virtual machine on a shared datastore
Task 7: Prepare for the next lab
Managing Virtual Machines
Task 1: Unregister a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Task 2: Register a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Task 3: Unregister and delete virtual machines from disk
Task 4: Take snapshots of a virtual machine
Task 5: Revert to a snapshot
Task 6: Delete an individual snapshot
Task 7: Use the Delete All function in Snapshot Manager
Managing vApps
Task 1: Create a vApp
Task 2: Power on a vApp
Task 3: Remove a vApp
Access Control
Task 1: Try to log in directly to the ESXi host
Task 2: Grant nonadministrator access to a user
Task 3: Explore the ESX Admins AD group
User Permissions
Task 1: Create a custom role in vCenter Server
Task 2: Assign permissions on vCenter Server inventory objects
Task 3: Verify permission usability
Resource Pools
Task 1: Create CPU contention
Task 2: Create a resource pool named Fin-Test
Task 3: Create a Resource Pool named Fin-Prod
Task 4: Verify resource pool functionality
Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Task 1: Create CPU activity
Task 2: Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
Task 3: Undo changes made to your virtual machines
Using Alarms
Task 1: Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for a condition
Task 2: Create a Virtual Machine Alarm that monitors for an event
Task 3: Trigger virtual machine alarms and acknowledge them
Task 4: Disable virtual machine alarms
Using vSphere High Availability
Task 1: Create a cluster enabled for vSphere HA
Task 2: Add your ESXi host to a cluster
Task 3: Test vSphere HA functionality
Task 4: Determine vSphere HA cluster resource usage
Task 5: Manage vSphere HA slot size
Task 6: Configure a vSphere HA cluster with strict admission control
Task 7: Prepare for upcoming labs
Configuring VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
Task 1: Prepare the virtual machine
Task 2: Enable Fault Tolerance logging
Task 3: Activate Fault Tolerance
Task 4: Test Fault Tolerance
Task 5: Disable Fault Tolerance
vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
Task 1: Create load imbalance
Task 2: Create a DRS cluster
Task 3: Verify proper DRS cluster functionality
Task 4: Create, test, and disable an affinity rule
Task 5: Create, test, and disable an anti-affinity rule
Task 6: Create, test, and disable a virtual machine to host affinity rule
VMware vSphere Update Manager
Task 1: Install Update Manager
Task 2: Install the Update Manager plug-in into the vSphere Client
Task 3: Modify cluster settings
Task 4: Configure Update Manager
Task 5: Create a patch baseline
Task 6: Attach a baseline and scan for updates
Task 7: Stage patches onto ESXi hosts
Task 8: Remediate the ESXi hosts
Installing VMware vCenter Server
Task 1: Install vCenter Server
