LernIX Solutions

Course Overview

This three-day course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design a VMware vSphere 8 virtual infrastructure. You follow a proven approach to design a virtualization solution that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security. The approach presented follows VMware best practices. This course discusses the benefits and risks of available design alternatives and provides information to support making sound design decisions.

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

Create a vSphere design given a case study
Identify and assess the business objectives of the vSphere environment
Identify business requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks, for all layers in the vSphere environment
Apply a framework to a design
Analyze design choices for vCenter, ESXi, storage, networking, vSphere clusters, and virtual machines
Identify design decisions to ensure manageability, which include scalability, capacity planning and lifecycle management
Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is highly available
Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment performs well
Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is secure
Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment can recover from data loss or disaster

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Infrastructure Assessment

Describe various design framework principles
Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
Define customer business objectives and requirements
Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model
Create a logical design from a conceptual model
Recognize key information contained in the physical design

Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning

Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment

Designing for Manageability: Scalability

Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management

Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Designing for Availability

Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Designing for Performance

Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Designing for Security

Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Designing for Recoverability

Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

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

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Creating and Configuring Management Clusters

Create a vSphere cluster for management workloads
Activate vSphere cluster features that help to improve resource allocation and availability of virtual machines
Use standard virtual switches to create networking in a cluster
Select the appropriate vSphere storage types to meet requirements
Configure iSCSI storage
Configure VMFS and NFS datastores
Recognize when to configure ESXi NTP and PTP support
Recognize ESXi user account best practices
Configure ESXi host settings
Use vSphere configuration profiles to maintain consistent ESXi host configurations

3 Creating and Configuring Production Clusters

Use Cluster Quickstart to create a vSAN-activated cluster
Configure advanced vSphere HA settings
Configure the vCenter identity provider
Assign specific permissions and roles to Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) users
Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on a cluster and a VM
Perform a Cross vCenter Server migration
Use content libraries to share virtual machine templates between sites
Manage VM and ESXi host resources using resource pools, scalable shares, and vSphere DRS rules

4 Troubleshooting vSphere and Backing Up Configurations

Troubleshoot ESXi connectivity issues
Troubleshoot ESXi storage issues
Troubleshoot vSphere cluster issues
Troubleshoot PowerCLI issues
Generate vCenter and ESXi log bundles
Back up vCenter
Create a vCenter profile to standardize configurations in the environment

5 Lifecycle Management

Troubleshoot upgrade-blocking issues
Increase logging levels on vCenter
Configure a VMware Tools™ shared repository
Upgrade vCenter
Upgrade ESXi
Upgrade VMware Tools
Upgrade virtual machine hardware compatibility

6 vSphere Security

Configure a key management server
Encrypt virtual machines using vSphere VM encryption
Secure VMs in transit with encrypted vSphere vMotion
Identify and implement different ESXi CPU scheduler options
Apply security hardening guidelines to ESXi hosts
Replace vCenter certificates with trusted CA-signed certificates
Reconfigure the primary network identifier for a vCenter instance

Course Overview

This five-day, extended hour course takes you from introductory to advanced VMware vSphere® 8 management skills. Building on the installation and configuration content from our best-selling course, you will also develop advanced skills needed to manage and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will install, configure, and manage vSphere 8. You will explore the features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size using vSphere 8, which includes VMware ESXi™ 8 and VMware vCenter Server® 8.

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

Install and configure ESXi hosts
Deploy and configure vCenter
Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users
Configure vCenter High Availability
Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches
Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere
Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines
Manage virtual machine resource use
Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion
Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date
Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance
Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

vSphere and Virtualization Overview

Explain basic virtualization concepts
Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere
Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs
Install an ESXi host

vCenter Management

Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter
Deploy vCenter Server Appliance
Configure vCenter settings
Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys
Create and organize vCenter inventory objects
Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions
View vSphere tasks and events
Create a vCenter backup schedule
Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
Explain how vCenter High Availability works

Configure and Manage vSphere Networking

Configure and view standard switch configurations
Configure and view distributed switch configurations
Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches
Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches

Configure and Manage vSphere Storage

Recognize vSphere storage technologies
Identify types of vSphere datastores
Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing
Describe iSCSI components and addressing
Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi
Create and manage VMFS datastores
Configure and manage NFS datastores
Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies

Deploying Virtual Machines

Create and provision VMs
Explain the importance of VMware Tools
Identify the files that make up a VM
Recognize the components of a VM
Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options
Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources
Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them
Clone VMs
Create customization specifications for guest operating systems
Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries
Deploy VMs from content libraries
Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries

Managing Virtual Machines

Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances
Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion
Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations
Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion
Take a snapshot of a VM
Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots
Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment
Describe how VMs compete for resources
Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits
Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository
Configure a VMware Tools Repository
Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs

vSphere Cluster Management

Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster
View information about a vSphere cluster
Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster
Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings
Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster
Describe how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures
Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster
Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings
Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA
Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance
Describe the function of the vCLS
Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

Managing the vSphere Lifecycle

Generate vCenter interoperability reports
Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Describe ESXi images and image depots
Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster
Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware

Network Operations

Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Storage Operations

Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
Describe storage policy-based management
Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture
Configure Storage I/O Control

ESXi Operations

Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles

vSphere Monitoring

Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine’s performance
Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
Create custom alarms in vCenter
Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro

Course Overview

During this three-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu® in a VMware vSphere® 8 environment. You learn how vSphere with Tanzu provides services to deploy and manage virtual machines, vSphere Pods, Supervisor Services, and VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ clusters. You will also gain experience with day 2 operations and life cycle management of a vSphere with Tanzu environment.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components
Deploy and manage Supervisors
Describe vSphere Pod capabilities and components
Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service
Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
Perform a backup using Velero
Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
Identify the parts of a container system
List the steps in a basic Docker workflow
Explain the importance of Kubernetes
Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes
Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow

3 Introducing vSphere with Tanzu

Describe vSphere with Tanzu
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
Describe the Supervisor Services
Describe the VM Service
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

4 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
Describe storage policies
Describe content libraries
Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu

5 vSphere with Tanzu Architecture

Describe the Supervisor architecture
List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
Define content libraries and VM images
Explain VM classes
Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
Explain vSphere privileges
Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

6 vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services

Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
List the components of vSphere Pods
Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
Describe the VM Service
Explain the use cases of the VM Service
List the VM Service parameters
Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service

7 Day 2 Operations

Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization
Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
Describe load balancer certificate management
Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the Supervisor updates
Describe the vSphere Namespace updates
Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components
Explain how to back up a Supervisor
Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero
Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters
Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI
Describe the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
Explain how to use SSH to connect to Supervisor control plane nodes

Course Overview

This two-day, hands-on training course provides the knowledge to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ clusters. In this course, you will learn the best practices to maintain a healthy vSAN environment and mitigate potential issues that might occur with operation of the software. The course provides a logical framework for a systematic troubleshooting approach. Youwill learn about the GUI and CLI vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools, and you will learn how to troubleshoot common vSAN issues with examples. The labs provided in the course simulate real-world problems to evaluate and enhance your troubleshooting skills.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Learn vSAN best practices for planning and availability
Outline vSAN networking best practices
Describe VMware Skyline Advisor™ Pro
Learn about VMware Skyline Health™ for VMware vSAN™
Discuss vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools integrated in VMware vSphere®
Outline the common vSAN troubleshooting commands
Understand how to benchmark vSAN performance
Identify factors which might impact vSAN performance
Outline vSAN troubleshooting framework
List the most common vSAN issues
Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
Discuss how to get further support from the VMware community and knowledge base articles
Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support
Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention

Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practices
Discuss vSAN networking best practices
Discuss the importance of vSAN data protection
Understand the Data protection best practices
Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility
Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN
List the factors that impact vSAN performance
Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance
Discuss the importance of VMware Skyline Advisor™
Learn how to use Skyline Advisor

3 vSAN Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools

Explain the Skyline Health for vSAN features
Discuss the other vSAN cluster-level monitoring in the VMware vSphere® Client™
Discuss vSAN host-level monitoring in the vSphere client
Discuss vSAN VM-level monitoring in the vSphere Client
Understand task and event views in the vSphere client
Describe vSphere Alarms
Learn how to use the CLI to find information about vSAN cluster

4 vSAN Troubleshooting

Learn the recommended vSAN troubleshooting process
Describe the PNOMA framework
Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
Discuss how to get further support from the community and VMware knowledge base articles
Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support

5 Troubleshooting Labs

Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs

Course Overview

In this three-day course, you learn about managing and operating VMware vSAN™ 7. This course focuses on building the required skills for common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks such as, vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations and advanced vSAN cluster operations. You also gain practical experience through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.

Product Alignment:
VMware ESXi™ 7.0 U1
VMware vCenter Server® 7.0 U1
VMware vSAN 7.0 U1

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Define the tasks involved in vSAN node management
Updating and upgrading vSAN using VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager™
Explain vSAN resilience and data availability features
Reconfigure vSAN storage policies and observe the cluster-wide impact
Perform vSAN cluster scale-out and scale-up operations
Describe common vSAN cluster maintenance operations
Control vSAN resync operations
Configure vSAN storage efficiency and reclamation features
Use VMware Skyline™ Health to monitor cluster health, performance, and storage capacity
Describe vSAN security operations
Configure vSAN Direct for cloud native applications
Configure remote vSAN datastore and vSAN native file services
Manage two-node cluster and stretched cluster advance operations

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 vSAN Node Management

Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility
Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning
Use tools to automate driver validation and installation
Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades

3 vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations

Describe vSAN storage policies
Recognize the impact of a vSAN storage policy change
Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option
Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster
Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures
Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster
Configure the vSAN fault domains

4 vSAN Cluster Maintenance

Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations
Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options
Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode
Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode
Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters
Use best practices for boot devices
Replace vSAN nodes

5 vSAN Storage Space Efficiency

Discuss deduplication and compression techniques
Understand deduplication and compression overhead
Discuss compression only mode
Configure erasure coding
Configure swap object thin provisioning
Discuss reclaiming storage space with SCSI UNMAP
Configure TRIM/UNMAP

6 vSAN Cluster Performance Monitoring

Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services
Use vSphere Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health
Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere® Client™
Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues
Use IO Insight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance
Analyse vsantop performance metrics
Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues

7 vSAN Security Operations

Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption
Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security
Describe the workflow of data-in transit encryption
Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server (KMS)

8 vSAN Direct

Discuss the use cases for vSAN Direct
Understand the overall architecture of vSAN Direct
Describe the workflow of vSAN Direct datastore creation
Explore how vSAN Direct works with storage policy tagging

9 Remote vSAN

Discuss the use cases for remote vSAN
Understand the high-level architecture
Describe remote datastore operations
Discuss the network requirement
Interoperability between remote vSAN and VMware vSphere® High Availability

10 vSAN Native File Service

Discuss the use cases for vSAN file service
Understand the high-level architecture of vSAN file service
Discuss the authentication model
Configure file shares
Monitor file share health and capacity utilization

11 Manage Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations

Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters
Understand the importance of witness node
Describe how stretched cluster storage policies affect vSAN objects
Create and apply a vSAN stretched cluster policy to meet specific needs
Discuss stretched cluster failure scenarios and responses

Course Overview

This two-day, hands-on training course gives experienced VMware vSphere® administrators the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 8.6. This course also shows you how to write and test disaster recovery plans that use Site Recovery Manager.

Product Alignment

– VMware Site Recovery Manager [V8.6]

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture
Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure inventory and resource mappings
Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication
Describe VMware vSphere® Replication™ functionality
Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.
Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan
Perform a planned migration

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Site Recovery Manager Architecture

Describe Site Recovery Manager architecture
Identify disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager
Evaluate how Site Recovery Manager integrates with VMware products
Describe Site Recovery Manager licensing options
List the disaster recovery topologies supported by Site Recovery Manager
Describe how VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager

3 Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager

Identify the vSphere and vCenter Server requirements for deploying Site Recovery Manager
Define Site Recovery Manager virtual appliance system requirements
Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
Describe the process for configuring site pairing
Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration
Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
Describe the process for configuring site pairing
Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration

4 Configuring Inventory Mappings

Explain the importance of inventory mappings
Identify configuration options for inventory mappings
Describe the importance of placeholder virtual machines and datastores
Describe the importance of the vSphere inventory changes for Site Recovery Manager operation

5 Using Array-Based Replication

Describe array-based replication
Describe Storage Replication Adapters and explain their role for the array-based replication
Describe the concept and configuration of array pairs
Describe datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups
Describe the role of consistency groups
Identify the advantages of array-based replication

6 vSphere Replication

Describe Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication Architecture
Discuss the role of vSphere Replication components
Discuss use cases for vSphere Replication
Discuss system requirements and operational limits of vSphere Replication
Determine how to calculate bandwidth requirements for vSphere Replication
Identify the advantages of vSphere Replication
Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
Configure a vSphere Replication appliance and register it with vCenter Server
Pair vSphere Replication appliances
Deploy an additional vSphere Replication server
Register a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management server

7 Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication

Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication
List vSphere Replication replica states
Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines
Describe vSphere native key provider
Describe how to configure vSphere Replication
Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings
Describe MPIT instances
Describe additional vSphere Replication settings
Describe how to disable vSphere Replication

8 Protection Groups

Define protection group functionality
Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups
Create a protection group
View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory
Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups

9 Recovery Plans

Discuss recovery plan concepts
Discuss network planning
Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans
Describe customization options in recovery planning
Describe priority groups and VM dependencies
Describe how to implement a recovery plan
Configure VM recovery plan properties
Describe the customization of recovery plans
Configure additional steps in the recovery plan
Delete a recovery plan

10 Executing Recovery Plans

Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
Describe planned migration
Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test
Perform a recovery plan test
Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps
Review the recovery plan test steps
Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation
Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
Describe a forced recovery
Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states
Examine failback steps
Describe how to reprotect a data center

11 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options
Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports
Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings
Identify Site Recovery Manager logs
Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager

Course Overview

This course is a combination of VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage, and VMware App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager: Configure and Manage. Eight days of content, taught over five-days of extended learning. This course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon® Connection Server™, VMware Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish the Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon. Additionally, you will learn how to use VMware App Volumes™ to deliver applications and data to desktops and users at scale. You will gain skills in managing application lifecycles from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™ to provide personalization of end-user profiles and dynamic policy configurations across virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments.

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
Identify VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
Describe the authentication and certificate options for the VMware Horizon environment
Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
Describe different security options for the Horizon environment
Describe the features, functions, and architecture of App Volumes
Create and deliver application packages in App Volumes
Deliver App Volumes published applications to virtual desktops and on-demand, using Horizon
Describe the features, functions, and architecture of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings using VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
Manage multiple environments using VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Using VMware Horizon Smart Policies on the VMware Horizon platform

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Introduction to Use Case

Transform customer requirements to use-case attributes
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

vSphere for VMware Horizon

Explain basic virtualization concepts
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your VMware vCenter System and VMware ESXi™ hosts
Create a Windows virtual machine using vSphere

Create Windows Desktops

Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual Machine
Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Create Linux Desktops

Create a Linux VM for Horizon
Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Creating and Managing Desktop Pools

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
Outline the steps to create an automated pool
Define user entitlement
Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

VMware Horizon Client Options

Describe the different clients and their benefits
Access the Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML
Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option
Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

List the advantages of instant clones
Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
Configure an automated pool of instant clones
Apply updated images to instant clone desktop pools

Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool
Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client
Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of Remote Desktop Session Host farms
Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

Monitoring VMware Horizon

Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

Horizon Connection Server

Recognize the VMware Horizon reference architecture
Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
Configure the Horizon event database
Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical {an important component?} component of the Horizon Connection Server installation

Horizon Protocols

Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
Summarize the BLAST Codec options
List the ideal applications for each BLAST codec
Describe the BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

Graphics in Horizon

Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Compare vSGA and vDGA
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

Securing Connections: Network

Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
Configure TLS certificates in Horizon

Securing Connections: Authentication

Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in VMware Horizon
Create custom roles

Horizon Scalability

Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
Describe the requirements to install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment
Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

Overview of App Volumes

Explain features and benefits of App Volumes
Identify benefits of VMware ThinApp®
Identify App Volumes components and architecture
Manage application management stages using App Volumes.

Working with Application Packages

Differentiate between Application, Package and Program
Create an Application Package
Assign an Application to an entity
Use markers to assign the new version of an Application Package
Differentiate between Classic and On-Demand delivery of applications
Update an Application with a new Package

Published Applications

Identify the benefits of delivering Published Applications On-Demand
List the steps and prerequisites for creating Published Applications on Demand
Integrate Horizon Connection Server and App Volumes Manager
Associate App Volumes Manager with an automated farm
Add Application Pools from App Volumes Manager

Overview of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager

Explain features and benefits of Dynamic Environment Manager
Identify the components of Dynamic Environment Manager architecture
Differentiate between user profile scenarios

Management Console User Interface

Configure Personalization settings
Create Condition sets
Perform Application migration
Configure User environment settings

Application Configuration Management

Explain predefined and user-customized application settings
Use Application Profiler
Apply Privilege Elevation

VMware Horizon Smart Policies

Identify the scope of Horizon Smart Policies
Configure Horizon Smart Policies settings
Define Smart Policies Conditions

Course Overview

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon® Connection Server™, VMware Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Product Alignment

VMware Horizon 8 v2212

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
Identify VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
Describe the authentication and certificate options for the VMware Horizon environment
Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
Describe different security options for the Horizon environment

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Introduction to Use Case

Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

vSphere for VMware Horizon

Explain basic virtualization concepts
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your VMware vCenter System and VMware ESXi™ hosts
Create a Windows virtual machine using vSphere

Create Windows Desktops

Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines • Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual Machine
Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Create Linux Desktops

Create a Linux VM for Horizon
Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Creating and Managing Desktop Pools

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
Outline the steps to create an automated pool
Define user entitlement
Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

VMware Horizon Client Options

Describe the different clients and their benefits
Access the Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML
Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option
Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

List the advantages of instant clones
Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
Set up an automated pool of instant clones
Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool
Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client
Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of Remote Desktop Session Host farms
Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

Monitoring VMware Horizon

Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

Horizon Connection Server

Recognize the VMware Horizon reference architecture
Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
Configure the Horizon event database
Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical {an important component?} component of the Horizon Connection Server installation

Horizon Protocols

Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
Summarize the BLAST Codec options
List the ideal applications for each BLAST codec
Describe the BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

Graphics in Horizon

Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Compare vSGA and vDGA
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

Securing Connections: Network

Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
Configure TLS certificates in Horizon

Securing Connections: Authentication

Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in VMware Horizon
Create custom roles

Horizon Scalability

Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
Describe the requirements to install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment
Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

Course Overview

This five-day, hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully deploy and manage VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure. This training also teaches you how to use the VMware Horizon Cloud administration console and Microsoft Azure portal.

Through a combination of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you learn how to import and manage images for single[1]and multisession assignments. You also learn how to configure and use the Universal Broker function, VMware App Volumes, VMware Workspace ONE Access, and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager in the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

Describe the architecture of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Discuss the initial Microsoft Azure configurations required for the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment
Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts
Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements and integration best practices
Discuss the integration of Workspace ONE Access with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Discuss the requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Demonstrate how to deploy or upgrade Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the Horizon Cloud Service console controls that are available to administrators
Identify Horizon Cloud upgrade features and benefits
List the steps and considerations to take when setting up a primary VM to be used as an assignable image
List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
Describe pools and pool groups
Explain the creation process and configuration options for single-session and multisession pools and pool groups
Create single-session and multisession assignments and entitlements
Explain power management options in the multisession pool groups
Manage assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify how to access desktops and application from Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Describe the integration of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler
Discuss the usage of App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Interpret scalability considerations for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Apply troubleshooting techniques relevant to Horizon Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure
Summarize the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introduction and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Discuss the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the available Horizon Cloud and Microsoft licensing options
Identify the system architecture components of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Explain how VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is used in Horizon Cloud profile management
Describe Horizon Cloud application management using App Volumes
Identify the Microsoft Azure configuration prerequisites for a Horizon Cloud integration
Identify the main Microsoft Azure components required for a Horizon Cloud deployment
Review the virtual machines supported in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Networking Requirements

Discuss Horizon Cloud connectivity considerations and tasks
Explain the networking concepts for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the ports required for local connections, remote connections, and endpoint OS firewall rules

Identity Management

Explain computer identity type and user identity type
Discuss the best practices for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD integrations
Determine the requirements for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD
Describe the benefits of integrating Horizon Cloud with Workspace ONE Access
Explain how a user obtains access to an entitled virtual desktop or application from the VMware Workspace ONE® Intelligent Hub catalog
Discuss the importance of binding directory with Workspace ONE Access and setting up custom user attribute synchronization
Discuss the importance of configuring the Remote App Access client in Workspace ONE Access
Demonstrate how to access an entitled Horizon virtual desktop or application in the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub catalog

Deployment and Upgrades

Explain the steps and requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Describe the features and benefits of Horizon Edge
Describe the differences between internal and external gateways
Outline the Horizon Universal Console controls available for administrators
Identify the features and benefits of the Horizon Cloud upgrades

Creating Images

Outline the process and configuration choices for setting up primary VMs
Identify the configuration choices for importing primary VMs
List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
Explain how to convert a configured primary VM to an assignable image
Describe pools and pool groups
List the steps for configuring an image to a pool
List the steps for configuring an image to a pool group

Pool Groups

Compare dedicated assignments to floating assignments
Outline the steps for creating single-session and multisession assignment
Explain the entitlement of pool groups
Outline the creation process and configuration options for multisession pools and pool groups
Explain the power management selections in the multisession pool groups
Compare the rolling maintenance and load-balancing options
Identify the actions related to the multisession groups page
Identify the actions to add and assign applications to a user or group
Outline the prerequisites for entitling a multisession assignment

Access Desktops and Applications

Identify the different versions of Horizon Client
Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with Horizon Client
Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with a browser
Compare the remote display protocols that are available for Horizon Cloud
Describe the Blast Extreme display protocol codecs
List the ideal applications for each Blast Extreme codec
Describe the Blast Extreme policy configurations

Managing Images

Describe images
Explain how to manage images

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Identify the functional areas of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and their benefits
Explain how to use the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations

App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Explain how App Volumes works with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the interface elements of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Demonstrate how to configure App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Scalability Considerations

Recognize the scalability settings for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Troubleshooting Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the analytics and monitoring capabilities of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud