Course Introduction :

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

Introduction to Virtualization :

•  History of Virtualization
•  Understanding Hypervisor
•  Types of Hypervisor
•  Introduction to VMware & its products

Software-Defined Data Center :

•  Introduce components of the SDDC
•  Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
•  Install and use vSphere Client
•  Overview of ESXi

Creating Virtual Machines :

•  Introduce virtual machines
•  Describing the Hardware Version
•  Files associated with VM
•  Create and work with virtual machines

vCenter Server :

•  Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
•  Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
•  Install and use vSphere Web Client
•  Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
•  Explain the benefits of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks :

•  Understand NIC Teaming
•  Describe, create, and manage standard switches
•  Describing Portgroups
•  Describe and modify standard switch properties
•  Configure VLAN Tagging
•  Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
•  Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections and port groups

Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage :

•  Introduce storage protocols and storage device names
•  Discuss ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
•  Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS datastores
•  Introduce VMware VSAN
•  Introduce VMware Virtual Volumes

Virtual Machine Management :

•  Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
•  Modify and manage virtual machines
•  Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
•  Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
•  Create a vApp
•  Explain the features of Hot-Add
•  Introduce the various types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them
•  Importing and exporting VMs by OVA and OVF

Resource Management and Monitoring :

•  Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
•  Configure and manage resource pools
•  Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
•  Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
•  Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
•  Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management

vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance :

•  Explain the vSphere HA architecture
•  Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
•  Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
•  Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
•  Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
•  Introduce vSphere Replication
•  Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data

Host Scalability :

•  Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
•  Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
•  Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
•  Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together
•  Understanding the functions of DPM

vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance :

•  Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
•  Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
•  Create patch baselines
•  Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
•  Scan and remediate hosts
•  Understanding the process of Migration of VMs from Physical to Virtual