vSphere 6.5 Foundations: Administer Virtual Machines and vApps

By David Davis
Watch this course to learn how to administer VMware vSphere 6.5 virtual machines, vApps, clones, and templates. This is the fifth course in the eight course vSphere 6.5 Foundations series.
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Beginner
Updated
Dec 15, 2017
Duration
2h 55m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction 3m
Create and Deploy Virtual Machines
What This Module Covers 2m Identify Capabilities of Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 13m Identify Methods to Access and Use a Virtual Machine Console 8m Configure/Manage Virtual Machine Templates 5m Place Virtual Machines ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools 5m Configure and Deploy a Guest OS into a New Virtual Machine 6m Configure/Modify Virtual Hardware 9m Create/Convert Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks 3m Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware 6m Configure PCI Pass-through and Direct I/O 4m Configure Virtual Machine Time Synchronization 3m What This Module Covered 2m
Create and Deploy vApps
What This Module Covers 1m Identify vApp Requirements 2m Create/Deploy/Clone an Existing vApp 8m Add Objects to an Existing vApp 1m Edit vApp Settings 3m Configure IP Pools 3m Suspend/Resume a vApp 3m What This Module Covered 1m
Manage Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
What This Module Covers 2m Explain Cloning and Template Options 2m Clone an Existing Virtual Machine 3m Create a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine 2m Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template 2m Update Existing Virtual Machine Templates 2m Deploy Virtual Appliances and/or vApps from an OVF Template 7m Create a Local Library 3m Import an OVF Template 3m Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Content Library 1m Create a Remote Library With/Without External Storage 5m Publish/Subscribe/Share Content Library 2m New Content Library Features in vSphere 6.5 4m What This Module Covered 1m
Administer Virtual Machines and vApps
What This Module Covers 1m Explain Files Used by Virtual Machines 7m Explain Common Practices for Securing Virtual Machines 5m Hot Extend a Virtual Disk 5m Configure Virtual Machine Options, Power, and Boot Settings 2m Administer Virtual Machine Snapshots 9m Assign a Storage Policy to a Virtual Machine 6m Verify Storage Policy Compliance for Virtual Machines 1m Adjust Virtual Machine Resources 4m Differentiate Between Power States of a Virtual Machine 5m What This Module Covered 2m
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One of the most common tasks that vSphere administrators do on a daily basis is to administer VMware vSphere virtual machines (VMs.) In this course, vSphere 6.5 Foundations: Administer Virtual Machines and vApps, you'll delve into the fundamentals of vSphere virtual machine administration. First, you'll discover why you need to know how to create VMs and control VMs. Then, you'll learn about cloning VMs. Finally, you'll explore why you should create vApps in order to get your company's applications up and running as quickly as possible. By the end of this course, you'll have the necessary knowledge to efficiently administer VMs and vApps to utilize in practice.

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David Davis
About the author

David has authored over 50 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere.

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