Learning VMware ESXi vSphere

Learning VMware ESXi vSphere

Released June 2013
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781771371056

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Video description

In this VMWare Esxi vSphere training course, Glen Martin gives you an overview of installing and configuring a vSphere 5.1 environment. You will quickly become familiar with the core features of vSphere, and how to install and configure them. This tutorial is designed for the absolute beginner, and you do not need any prior vSphere experience to get the most from the lessons.
You start the training with lessons on installing and configuring vSphere. You will cover topics such as installing VMware ESXi, working with the vSphere Client, and managing Hosts using the vSphere Client. Glen covers how to configure Networking and Storage, and to create and configure Virtual Machines. You will learn about installing and using vCenter, and the vSphere Client. Glen shows you how to work with a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), configuring for High Availability (HA) and vSphere Data Protection (VDP).
Once you have completed this VMware ESXi and vSphere 5.1 Administration video tutorial, you will be familiar and comfortable with the process of installing and configuring ESXi and vSphere for a development and testing lab.

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Table of contents

  1. Installation And Initial Configuration
    1. Introduction to VMWare vSphere Administration
    2. About The Author
    3. Virtualization Overview - Part 1
    4. Virtualization Overview - Part 2
    5. Virtualization Overview - Part 3
    6. Installing ESXi
    7. Configuring ESXi With DCUI Interface
    8. ESXi Shell Commands
  2. Working With the vSphere Client
    1. Installing vSphere Client
    2. Managing Hosts With vSphere Client - Part 1
    3. Managing Hosts With vSphere Client - Part 2
  3. Networking
    1. Introduction To Networking
    2. Adding Port Groups And VMKernel Ports
    3. Network Traffic Shaping And Load Balancing
  4. Storage
    1. VMFS File System
    2. Configuring iSCSI
    3. Storage Path Selection
    4. NFS Datastores
  5. Virtual Machines
    1. Creating Virtual Machines: Windows 2008 R2 X64
    2. Installing VMware Tools
    3. Virtual Machine Settings
    4. Virtual Machine Snapshots
    5. Virtual Machine Settings For Performance
    6. Optimizing Performance With Paravirtual Devices
  6. vCenter
    1. vCenter Install
    2. Adding Host To vCenter
    3. vCenter Server Settings
    4. Roles And Permissions
    5. Configuring Alarms
    6. Scheduled Tasks
    7. Events And Logs
    8. Deploying Virtual Machines From Templates
  7. vSphere Web Client
    1. Installing vSphere Web Client
    2. Using vSphere Web Client
  8. Performance
    1. Performance Graphs
    2. Using ESXTOP
    3. Resource Reservations And Limits
    4. Resource Pools
  9. vMotion
    1. Storage vMotion
    2. vMotion
  10. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
    1. Creating A DRS Cluster
    2. Configure DRS Cluster
    3. DRS Recommendations
  11. High Availability (HA)
    1. Configuring HA
    2. HA Failover
  12. vCenter Update Manager (VUM)
    1. Installing VUM
    2. Configuring VUM
    3. VUM Baselines, Scanning, And Remediation
    4. Updating Virtual Machine Hardware And Tools Using VUM
  13. vSphere Data Protection (VDP)
    1. vSphere Data Protection Install And Initial Config
    2. vSphere Data Protection Backup And Restore
    3. vSphere Data Protection File Level Restore
  14. Conclusion
    1. Conclusion

Product information

  • Title: Learning VMware ESXi vSphere
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: June 2013
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771371056