Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Server, Network & Storage Virtualization with Automation
vSphere v6.7 | VSAN | NSX | SRM |vRealize Automation
Modern software-defined compute, also known as virtualization, is the first step toward the Software-Defined Data Center. Introduced by VMware more than a decade ago, x86 server virtualization has become a standard technology used by a vast majority of data centres worldwide. Servers deployed the conventional way operate at less than 15 percent of capacity. Virtualization rewrites the entire equation. CPU and memory are decoupled from physical hardware, creating pools of resources for use wherever needed. Each virtualized application and its operating system are encapsulated in a separate, isolated software container called a virtual machine (VM). Many VMs can be run simultaneously on each server, putting the majority of hardware capacity to productive use. The results have transformed server efficiency by offering Superior performance, higher availability and significant savings. IT achieves significantly more at dramatically lower cost through virtualization. As the foundation for VMware’s complete Software-Defined Data Center platform, you can seamlessly extend virtualization to storage and network services and add automated, policy-based provisioning and management.
What You Will Learn:
Server & Data Center Virtualization with vSphere 6.7
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives with vSphere 6.5,
Describe the software-defined data centre
Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
Describe vCenter Server architecture
Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client
Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage: VMware
vSphere VMFS, NFS, virtual SAN, and Virtual Volumes
Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots, Create a vApp
Describe and use the content library
Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage
Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
Use VMware vRealize Operations Manager to identify and solve issues through analytics and alerts
Manage VMware vSphere High Availability Clusters (Management Cluster, Workload Cluster & Edge Cluster)
Fault Tolerance Use VMware vSphere Replication and VMware vSphere Data
Protection to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery
Use VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler clusters to improve host scalability
Use vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalability
Use VMware vSphere Update Manager to apply patches and
Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configuring Site Recovery Manager
Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
Network Virtualization & Security with VMware NSX
Introduction to Network Hypervisor
VMware NSX Architecture (NSX Manager, Logical Switch, DLR, Edge, L2 Bridging & Distributed Firewalls)
Installing NSX Manager and integrating it with vCenter
Configuring and Deploying a VMware NSX Controller Cluster
Communication Agents between Controllers, Hosts & NSX Manger
Creating and Configuring a Distributed Switch
Preparing for Virtual Networking
VXLAN Fundamentals & Comparison with VLANs
Logical Switch Architecture and Traffic Flow
Configuring Logical Switch Networks
Distributed Logical Router Architecture and DLR Control VM
Configuring and Deploying an NSX Distributed Router
Deploying an NSX Edge Services Gateway and Configuring Static Routing
Configuring and Testing Dynamic Routing on NSX Edge Appliances
Configuring Equal Cost Multipathing
Configuring L2 Bridging VXLAN to VLAN mapping
Configuring and Testing Network Address Translation on an NSX Edge Services Gateway
Configuring Load Balancing with NSX Edge Gateway in Inline mode & gateway Mode
Configuring Advanced Load Balancing
Configuring NSX Edge High Availability
Configuring Layer 2 VPN Tunnels
Configuring IPsec Tunnels
Configuring and Testing SSL VPN-Plus
Using NSX Edge Firewall Rules to Control Network Traffic
Using the VMware NSX Distributed Firewall Rules to Control Network Traffic
Using VMware NSX Service Composer
Using Micro-segmentation for Security at VM Level
Configuring the Cross-vCenter NSX Feature
Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) with VMware VSAN
Concept of Storage from Desktop to Data Centers
Configuring Hard Disks, Partitions, Volumes
Configuring RAID in Servers (RAID 0, 1,5,10 etc.)
Configuring File and Block Level Storage Arrays
• JBOD
• DAS
• Shared Storage
• NAS
Storage Protocols NFS, SMB, CIFS, iSCSI, FC & FCoE etc.
Configuring iSCSI SAN with IP switches
Provisioning Storage Spaces (LUN) from Arrays to Servers
• LUN Creation
• LUN Mounting on Targets
Configure MPIO (Multipath Input Output in SAN)
Configuring Multipathing between Servers and Storage Arrays
Configuring SAN Infrastructure for Multipathing
SAN Security, Secure LUN Access & Access Control
Introduction to VSAN & HCI
VSAN Prerequisites and Deployment
VSAN Installation & Configuration
VSAN Networking, VMkernal for VSAN on Distributed Switch
Creating VSAN Cluster & Disk Groups, and VSAN Datastore
VM Storage Policies on VSAN
Architectural Components in VSAN
Distributed RAID
Objects & Components
Software Components
On Disk format
VSAN I/O flow
Storage Policy Based Management
VSAN Capabilities
VM storage policies and VM Provisioning
Disk Management and Failure Scenarios
Storage vMotion, Storage DRS & Storage I/O Control
Designing a VSAN Cluster
Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Performance.
IT Automation with VMware vRealize Automation
Introduction and Design of vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.5
Deploying vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.5 Appliance
Installing SQL for vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.5
vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.5 Installation and IIS server Configuration
Initial Configuration of Default tenant and AD Directory Sync
Sub tenant Creation and Branding
Custom Groups, End points and Reservation Configuration
Infrastructure and XaaS Blue Prints Creation
Approvals, Catalog Management and Testing Blue Prints
Fixing installation errors and configuration issues
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (DR Site) with Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
Introduction to Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Installing and Configuring Site Recovery Manager
SRM Architecture, Storage Replication Adaptor & Array Manager
Preparing storage for Array Based Replication
Pairing SRM Sites, Array Replication, Adding Array Managers, Enabling Array Pairs
Creating placeholder datastore & Mappings of Resources, Folders & Networks
Creating Protection Groups and Recovery Plan
Testing and performing Failover and Failback
Performing Test Recovery, Disaster Recovery and Forced Recovery
Reprotection an SRM site
Configuring SRM replication
Performing DR drills.
Recommended Experience
• Familiarity with basic virtualization concepts
• Familiarity with VMware Workstation
• Familiarity with IP networking
Recommended Equipment
• Computer with 16 GB of RAM (32GB preferred) and Intel VT or AMD-V support
Related Certifications
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP 6.5-DCV)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP 6.5)
Related Job Functions
• IT professionals
• Server administrators
• Virtualization administrators
• Storage administrators
• Network administrators