Vmware Vsphere 8.0 Vcp-Dcv 100% Hands-On Labs

Learn how to install, configure, administer VMware vSphere 8.0 with 16+hrs, 96+ hands-on lab demo videos and free ebook

What you'll learn

Install and configure ESXi 8.0 from scratch

Install and configure vCenter Server appliance 8.0 from scratch

Create and configure basic and advanced Standard and Distributed vSwitches

Create, size, deploy and mange Virtual Machines including Hot Plug vHardware

Connect to and use NFS and iSCSI Shared Storage

Work with VMFS volumes including manage capacity and review / set multipathing

Design and implement VMotion and Load Balanced DRS Clusters

Provide 99.99+% VM uptime with VMware High Availability Clusters

Provide 100% VM uptime with VMware Fault Tolerance

Upgrade and Update ESXi hosts and VMs with VMware Lifecycle Manager

Requirements

Basic understanding of computer hardware, operating systems and storage

Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networks

Familiarity with Windows or Linux

Strong desire to build your skills and invest in your future

Description

About This CourseAre you the kind of person who learns best by doing? Do courses with nothing but Power Point voice-overs leave you cold? Are you looking to challenge the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) exam? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this course is for you.This course offers 16+ hours and 96+ videos in 23+ Sections of of me demonstrating and explaining all of the major features, installation tasks and administrative tasks you need to master VMware vSphere 8.0. In this course, I'll show you how to build, configure, administer, run, and scale vSphere 8.0 from scratch. I'll also show you how to deliver better than 99.99% VM service availability.This course consists exclusively of 100% Hands-on Lab demos videos of a live VMware vSphere 8.0 installation. I'll take you from first-principles (powering on a new server) to a completed, working Compute Load Balancing / Failure Recovery cluster and everything in between. And, this course will provide you with the knowledge and hands-on skills you need to successfully challenge the VCP-DCV exam.What Does This Course Cover?Basics: ESXi, vCenter installation, configurationNetworking: Introductory, advanced vSwitch networking, jumbo frames, pNIC teaming, dvSwitchesVirtual Machines: Build, configure, right size, deploy, VMware Tools snapshot, hot-plug vHardwareRapid VM Deployment: Guest OS Customization, cold clone, hot clone, rapidly deployStorage: NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, Multipathing, Capacity Management, Raw Device Maps, Content Libraries Administration: ESXi and vCenter permissions. Infrastructure monitoring with AlarmsCompute Resource Management: Resource Pools, vApps, VM Cold Migrate, VM VMotion, VM Storage VMotion, DRS clustersMaximize VM availability: vSphere High Availability clusters, Fault Tolerant protected VMsI've organized this course into Sections - that focus on the most important vSphere 8.0 topics. Each Section has one or more step-by-step Hands-on Lab demo video(s)… with voice overs to explain what I am doing and why. I cover best practices, things to watch out for, issues / concerns, bugs in VMware's software and much more.There are 6 free-preview lectures (first lecture of Sections 1-6) offering over 70 minutes of free content. I encourage you to watch these lectures to see if this course is for you. You also get a free sample of our vSphere 8.0 Boot Camp Lab Guide PDF ebook.How to Use This CourseIf you are new to vSphere, or are wondering how all of the vSphere pieces fit together, start at the beginning to see how it's done. If you are more experienced, jump to the Section that covers exactly the topic you need to know.The nice thing about this approach is that you can use it for many purposes:Learn how to install, configure and administer a complete, working vSphere 8.0 systemUse individual Sections or lessons to learn how to do specific tasks (perhaps before you do them at work)Compare what I've done in my environment to your environment to see if there are vSphere features that you could be usingReview your installation. Is it well designed and well implemented? Is it configured consistently? Is it scalable? Is it redundant? These are critically important questions. Use this course to get the answersWhat Does This Course Cover?Basics: ESXi, vCenter installation, configurationNetworking: Introductory, advanced vSwitch networking, jumbo frames, pNIC teaming, dvSwitchesVirtual Machines: Build, configure, right size, deploy, VMware Tools snapshot, hot-plug vHardwareRapid VM Deployment: Guest OS Customization, cold clone, hot clone, rapidly deployStorage: NFS, iSCSI, VMFS, Multipathing, Capacity Management, Raw Device Maps, Content Libraries Administration: ESXi and vCenter permissions. Infrastructure monitoring with AlarmsCompute Resource Management: Resource Pools, vApps, VM Cold Migrate, VM VMotion, VM Storage VMotion, DRS clustersMaximize VM availability: vSphere High Availability clusters, Fault Tolerant protected VMsHow Will You Benefit From This Course?If your goal is to get VMware VCP-DCV certified, use this course to:Learn how to perform all major vSphere 8.0 tasksTest your knowledge and experience against core vSphere 8.0 tasksSupplement your work experience to ensure you are ready to successfully challenge the certification examIf you are new to vSphere 8.0, use this course to:See tasks in the order they are normally done to build out your vSphere environmentSee how to complete each task, step-by-stepGet detailed explanations as you go help build knowledgeIf you are experienced with legacy versions of vSphere, use this course to:See how to complete 90+ tasks in vSphere 8.0 using VMware's Host Client and vSphere ClientLearn about new vSphere 8.0 features and capabilitiesIf you are an experienced vSphere administrator, use this course to:Use this course to quickly upgrade your skill set to vSphere 8.0Use this course as a vSphere 8.0 how-to-do-it reference guideGo directly to advanced topics that you need to learn nowReview / refresh yourself before you perform tasks in productionYour Ultimate VMware vSphere 8.0 How-to Reference GuideGo to any section whenever you need to review or brush up on your skills on how to get the job done. See exactly, step-by-step how to complete each task. Note the best practices, tips or pitfalls I explain while I'm taking you through each task.CaveatsThis course consists of 100% hands-on lab demo videos. It does not include access to live labs.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to vSphere 8.0 100% Hands-on Lab Demos

Section 2: Install and Configure ESXi 8.0

Lecture 2 Task 01 - Perform a fresh install of ESXi 8.0

Lecture 3 Task 02 - Configure, Test ESXi Management Networking

Lecture 4 Task 03 - DCUI Troubleshooting and other Options

Lecture 5 Task 04 - Host Client Tour, Local Users

Lecture 6 Task 05 - Join ESXi to Active Directory

Lecture 7 Task 06 - Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Lecture 8 Task 07 - Disable SSH, ESXi Shell Warnings

Lecture 9 Task 08 - Browse Key Log and Config Files

Lecture 10 Task 09 - How to Restart ESXi Host Management Agents

Section 3: Introduction to ESXi 8.0 Virtual Networking

Lecture 11 Task 10 - Introduction to Standard vSwitches

Lecture 12 Task 11 - Create a vSwitch, VMKernel NIC for VMotion

Lecture 13 Task 12 - Create an Internal vSwitch

Lecture 14 Task 13 - Upgrade a vSwitch to a pNIC Team

Lecture 15 Task 14 - Cisco Discovery Protocol

Section 4: ESXi 8.0 Advanced Virtual Networking

Lecture 16 Task 15 - vSwitch Security Policies Explained

Lecture 17 Task 16 - Improving Network Fault Detection and Redundancy

Lecture 18 Task 17 - Jumbo Frames Motivation and Implementation

Section 5: NFS Datastores

Lecture 19 Task 18 - Connect to and Browse NFS Datastores

Section 6: Introduction to ESXi 8.0 Virtual Machines

Lecture 20 Task 19 - Import a Virtual Machine in OVF / OVA Format

Lecture 21 Task 20 - Build and Test a New Virtual Machine

Lecture 22 Task 21 - How to Give Up and Take Ownership of a VM

Lecture 23 Task 22 - Working with VM Options and Settings

Lecture 24 Task 23 - Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots

Lecture 25 Task 24 - Install Apps into a VM, Adjust for Best Performance, Set Screen Saver

Lecture 26 Task 25 - How to Export an OVF VM and then Import an OVF VM

Section 7: Install and Configure vCenter Server Appliance 8.0

Lecture 27 Task 26 - Install vCenter Server Appliance Stage 1

Lecture 28 Task 27 - Complete vCenter Appliance Stage 2 Install

Lecture 29 Task 28 - Review / Update vCenter Management Settings

Lecture 30 Task 29 - Join vCenter to Active Directory

Lecture 31 Task 30 - Update vCenter Permissions

Lecture 32 Task 31 - Add an ESXi Host to vCenter Management

Lecture 33 Task 32 - Create and Run a vCenter Backup Task

Lecture 34 Task 33 - Update vCenter Server Appliance Part 1

Lecture 35 Task 34 - Update vCenter Server Appliance Part 2

Section 8: Templates and Clones

Lecture 36 Task 35 - How to Convert a VM into a Template

Lecture 37 Task 36 - Create a Windows Guest OS Customization Specification

Lecture 38 Task 37 - Deploy a New Windows 10 VM Using a Guest OS Spec.

Lecture 39 Task 38 - Rapidly Deploy a New Windows 10 VM

Section 9: Content Libraries

Lecture 40 Task 39 - Create a Content Library and Upload a Template VM

Lecture 41 Task 40 - Deploy a New VM From a Content Library Template

Lecture 42 Task 41 - Upload ISO and use from a Content Library

Section 10: Hot Plug Virtual Hardware

Lecture 43 Task 42 - Hot Add a vDisk to a Running VM

Lecture 44 Task 43 - Hot Extend a vDisk in a Running VM

Lecture 45 Task 44 - Hot Grow a System vDisk

Lecture 46 Task 45 - Compare Physical Host CPUs to VM Virtual CPUs

Lecture 47 Task 46 - Hot Add a VM vCPU Socket

Lecture 48 Task 47 - Hot Adding VM RAM

Lecture 49 Task 48 - How to Upgrade a VM's Virtual Hardware

Section 11: ESXi and vCenter 8.0 Permissions

Lecture 50 Task 49 - Grant vCenter Permissions to Local and Active Directory Users

Lecture 51 Task 50 - Working with Custom vCenter Roles

Section 12: Connecting to Shared SAN Storage

Lecture 52 Task 51 - Enable and Configure the ESXi iSCSI Software Adapter

Lecture 53 Task 52 - How to Rename SAN LUNs for Easy Identification

Section 13: Raw Device Maps

Lecture 54 Task 53 - How to Create, Use and Delete ESXi VM Raw Device Maps

Section 14: VMFS Datastores

Lecture 55 Task 54 - Upgrade a VMFWS 5 Datastore to VMFS 6

Lecture 56 Task 55 - Create a VMFS 6 Datastore on a Storage Volume

Lecture 57 Task 56 - Grow a VMFS 6 Datastore In Place

Lecture 58 Task 57 - Grow a VMFS 6 Datastore with a LUN Span

Lecture 59 Task 58 - Review and Update VMFS 6 Space Reclaim

Lecture 60 Task 59 - Review and Update VMFS Multipath Policies

Section 15: vCenter 8.0 Alarms

Lecture 61 Task 60 - Configure vCenter to Send SNMP Traps

Lecture 62 Task 61 - Configure and Test a Virtual Machine Alarm

Lecture 63 Task 62 - Trigger a VM Alarm and Review SNMP Trap Alerts

Lecture 64 Task 63 - Configure vCenter to Send E-mail Alerts

Section 16: Resource Pools

Lecture 65 Task 64 - Explore VM vCPU Hard and Custom Limits

Lecture 66 Task 65 - Resource Tune VMs by Share Value

Lecture 67 Task 66 - Resource Pool Compute Resource Delegations

Section 17: vApps

Lecture 68 Task 67 - Use a vApp to Set VM Start-up Order

Section 18: Virtual Machine Cold, Hot VMotion and Storage VMotion Migration

Lecture 69 Task 68 - Add an ESXi host to vCenter Management

Lecture 70 Task 69 - Cold Migrate a VM to a New Datastore

Lecture 71 Task 70 - VMotion Migrate a Running VM to a New ESXi Host

Lecture 72 Task 71 - Speed Up Storage Migration with Unified Data Transfer (UDT)

Lecture 73 Task 72 - Migrate a VM to a New Host and Datastore at the Same Time

Section 19: Distributed Resource Scheduling Load Balanced Clusters

Lecture 74 Task 73 - Create and Configure a DRS Load Balanced Cluster

Lecture 75 Task 74 - Configure and Test DRS in Manual Mode

Lecture 76 Task 75 - Configure and Test DRS in Fully Automated Mode

Lecture 77 Task 76 - Configure Cluster Enhanced VMotion Compatibility

Lecture 78 Task 77 - Configure Per-VM Enhanced VMotion Compatibility

Section 20: VMware High Availability Clusters

Lecture 79 Task 78 - Enable and Configure High Availability Failure Policies

Lecture 80 Task 79 - Admission Control and Heartbeat Datastores

Lecture 81 Task 80 - Cluster Default and Per-VM Restart Priority Settings

Lecture 82 Task 81 - Test and Review VMware High Availability

Section 21: VMware Fault Tolerance

Lecture 83 Task 82 - Configure Your Fault Tolerance Logging Network

Lecture 84 Task 83 - Prepare a VM for Fault Tolerance and Power It On

Lecture 85 Task 84 - Test Fault Tolerance Operations

Section 22: Update / Upgrade ESXi Hosts with VMware Lifecycle Manager

Lecture 86 Task 85 - Configure VMware Lifecycle Manager Host Remediation Settings

Lecture 87 Task 86 - Select, Customize ESXi Host Upgrade, Update Media, Check Compliance

Lecture 88 Task 87 - Use VLM to Upgrade an ESXi 7.0 host to ESXi 8.0

Lecture 89 Task 88 - Use VLM to Upgrade a VM's VMware Tools and vHardware

Section 23: Distributed Virtual Switches (dvSwitches)

Lecture 90 Task 89 - Reduce our Standard vSwitch Configuration

Lecture 91 Task 90 - Add ESXi Hosts to our New Distributed Virtual Switch

Lecture 92 Task 91 - Create Create a New Port Group and VMKernel NICs for VMotion

Lecture 93 Task 92 - Migrate VM Networking to a dvSwitch

Lecture 94 Task 93 - Migrate VMkernel NICs to a dvSwitch

Lecture 95 Task 94 - Migrate Physical NICs to a dvSwitch

Lecture 96 Task 95 - Back up and Restore your dvSwitch

Section 24: Performance

Anyone who is preparing to challenge the VMware Certified Professional - Datacenter Virtualization (VCP-DCV) exam,Anyone who wants to acquire or build there VMware vSphere 8.0 knowledge and hands-on skills,Help desk and junior IT staff who want to transition into vSphere 8.0 administration,Anyone who needs fast, detailed answers to their vSphere implementation / design / troubleshooting questions,vSphere 5.x, 6.x or 7.0 administrators who want to see how to get things done in vSphere 8.0,Hyper-V, Nutanix or XCP-NG administrators who want to upgrade their skills to VMware vSphere 8.0