Who should attend
- System Architects
- System Administrators
- IT Managers
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of one the following courses or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESX®/ESXi and vCenter Server:
- !VMware vSphere 6: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM)
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- !VMware vSphere 5.5 to 6.5: What’s New (VIWN)
- !VMware vSphere 6.5: Troubleshooting Workshop (VSTS)
- Experience with working at the command line is helpful
The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
- Install and configure ESX or ESXi
- Install vCenter Server
- Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders
- Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions
- Create and modify a standard switch
- Create and modify a distributed switch
- Connect an ESX/ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage
- Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
- Enable vSphere vMotion on an ESX/ESXi host
- Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine
- Modify a virtual machine’s hardware
- Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion.
- Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
- Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ cluster with resource pools
- Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster
If you cannot complete all of these tasks, then VMware recommends that you instead take the !VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] (VICM6.5)
Course Objectives
- List and describe key enhancements in vSphere 6.5
- Use the user interface of the new VMware vSphere® Client™, the new VMware Host Client™ and the appliance shell of VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
- Add users to the lockdown exception users list and test the lockdown mode
- Configure virtual machines to check for and install newer versions of VMware Tools™
- Upgrade virtual machines to the current hardware
- Create a multisite content library for synchronizing virtual machine templates, vApps, ISO images and scripts across vCenter Server instances
- Enable the VMware vSphere® Authentication Proxy service to automatically add new hosts to the Active Directory domain
- Configure NFS- and iSCSI-backed virtual volumes to provide a common storage platform, independent of the underlying storage hardware
- Create storage policies and use these policies with virtual machines and virtual volume datastores
- Work with VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control to create and configure a distributed switch
- Use VMware vSphere® vMotion® to migrate virtual machines across vCenter Server instances
- Activate the high availability feature of vCenter Server Appliance
- Back up vCenter Server Appliance by using a file-based backup solution from the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface
- Set up your environment to encrypt and decrypt virtual machines
- Set up your environment to use encrypted vSphere vMotion to securely migrate encrypted virtual machines
- Migrate from Windows vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance
- Configure vCenter Server and associated services to use VMware Platform Services Controller™ high availability
Course Content
In this three-day, hands-on training course, you will explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 6.5 and VMware ESXi™ 6.5. Real-world use case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures will teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere® 6.5. This class is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 6.5 into their existing vSphere environment.