vSphere 7: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability
The VMware Certified Professional (or VCP) is the most popular virtualization certification in the world. Watch this hands-on course, taught by 12-time vExpert and veteran vSphere trainer David Davis, to help you prepare for the new vSphere 7 VCP exam and gain valuable VMware vSphere administration knowledge!
What you'll learn
VMware vSphere powers in the majority of the on-premises data centers in the world today and vSphere administrators are highly sought-after in the job market. With the launch of vSphere 7, VMware has unleashed a tremendous amount of innovation so it’s a great time to be learning vSphere! In this course, vSphere 7: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability, you’ll discover how to efficiently administer VMware vSphere 7 availability, step by step. First, you'll explore vSphere availability features like vSphere High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT). Next, you'll discover how to use the magic of VMware VMotion and storage VMotion. Finally, you'll wrap up by learning the new vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager and how to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) while minimizing downtime. By the end of the course, you'll know everything you need to know to ensure high availability in your vSphere infrastructure.
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Describe the Purpose of Cluster and the Features It Provides 2m
- Describe HA Solutions for vSphere 4m
- vSphere HA and DRS Overview 6m
- Identify HA and DRS Requirements 2m
- Understanding vSphere Cluster Service (VCLS) 3m
- Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster 10m
- Add/Remove ESXi Hosts from a DRS/HA Cluster 2m
- Add/Remove Virtual Machines from a DRS/HA Cluster 5m
- Configure Storage DRS 7m
- Configure Distributed Power Management 3m
- Monitor a DRS/HA Cluster 5m
- Describe and Differentiate among vSphere, HA, DRS, and SDRS Functionality 2m
- What This Module Covered 3m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Describe vMotion and Storage vMotion Technology 6m
- vSphere 7 vMotion Improvements 3m
- Explain Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) 5m
- Explain Process for vMotion/Storage vMotion Migrations 2m
- Explain Long-distance vMotion 6m
- Configure Virtual Machine Swap File Location 3m
- Migrate a Powered-off or Suspended Virtual Machine 4m
- Migrate Virtual Machines Using vMotion/Storage vMotion 3m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Configure a Network for Use with HA Heartbeats 3m
- Implement vSphere HA on a Virtual SAN Cluster 2m
- Configure Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) Settings 5m
- Apply Virtual Machine Monitoring for a Cluster 3m
- Understanding HA Admission Control 9m
- Configure Different Heartbeat Datastores for an HA Cluster 2m
- Understand the Features of Proactive HA 2m
- Configure HA Cluster-wide VM Restart Ordering 4m
- Implement vSphere HA on a Virtual SAN Cluster 2m
- Enable/Disable Host Monitoring 2m
- Modify vSphere HA Advanced Cluster Settings 3m
- What This Module Covered 4m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- vSphere 7 DRS Improvements 2m
- Understanding VM DRS Scores 3m
- Configuring Scalable Shares 7m
- Configure the Proper DRS Automation Level 4m
- Explain How DRS Affinity Rules Affect VM Placement 2m
- Configure VM to Host and VM to VM Affinity/Anti-Affinity Rules 5m
- Understand the Features of Predictive DRS 2m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Understanding vSphere Lifecycle Manager Architecture 5m
- Understanding Baselines and Images 5m
- Understanding vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depots 2m
- Creating a Depot 5m
- Creating Baselines 3m
- Importing Images 2m
- Configuring Download Sources 9m
- Remediation of vSAN Clusters 5m
- Updating VMware Tools 5m
- Updating Virtual Machine Hardware 2m
- What This Module Covered 2m
About the author
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more