VMware® vSphere 7: Optimize & Scale

On this accelerated VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [v7] course,

This five-day course teaches advanced skills for setting up and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lectures and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere® 7 features that form the foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.

Take this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

In just 5 days, you’ll learn to configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large, sophisticated enterprise.. You’ll also learn how to:

• Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates.
• Use Identity Federation to configure VMware vCenter Server® to use external identity sources.
• Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure infrastructure for encrypted virtual machines.
• Use host profiles to manage compliance of VMware ESXi™ hosts.
• Create and manage a content library for deploying virtual machines.
• Manage resource usage of virtual machines with resource pools
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators for compute, storage and network resources for ESXi hosts.
• Optimize the performance of the vSphere environment, including vCenter Server.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the VMware exam, and achieve your VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [v7] certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Experienced system administrators, system engineers and system integrators

• Module 1: Introduction to the course
• Introduction and logistics of the course
• Objectives of the course

• Module 2: Scalability of the network
• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control improves performance.
• Explain the features of distributed switches, such as port mirroring and NetFlow.

• Module 3: Scalability of storage
• Explain why VMware vSphere® VMFS is a high performance and scalable file system.
• Spiegare le API per lo storage di VMware vSphere® – Array Integration, VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™ e vSphere API for I/O filtering.
• Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
• Create VMware vSAN storage policies
• Recognize the components of the VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ architecture.
• Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ e VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control.

• Module 4: Scalability of hosting and management
• Use vSphere Client to manage vSphere certificates.
• Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases.
• Configure identity federation to allow vCenter Server to use an external identity provider.
• Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
• Configure vSphere Trusted Authority
• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Create a local content library and subscribe to a published content library
• Deploy virtual machines from a content library
• Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
• Describe how scalable shares work

• Module 5: CPU optimization
• Explain the operation of the CPU scheduler and other features that affect CPU performance.
• Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
• Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics.

Module 6: Memory optimization

• Explain the techniques of ballooning, memory compression, transparent page sharing, and host-swapping for memory overload reclamation.
• Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics.

Module 7: Storage Optimization

• Describe the types of storage queues and other factors that affect storage performance.
• Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies.
• Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics.

Module 8: Network Optimization

• Explain the performance characteristics of network adapters
• Explain the performance characteristics of the vSphere network
• Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics.
• 9 Optimizing vCenter Server performance
• Describe the factors that affect vCenter Server performance
• Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource usage.

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [v7] exam 2V0-21.20

• Duration: 130 Minutes
• Format: Single and Multiple Choice, Proctored
• Number of questions: 70
• Passing score: 300

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

• Understanding of the concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course.
• Equivalent administrative knowledge and experience with ESXi and vCenter Server.
• Experience using the command line is highly recommended

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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