What are vSphere 6.7 key capabilities?

VMware vSphere 6.7 delivers key capabilities to enable IT organizations address the following notable trends that are putting new demands on their IT infrastructure: Explosive growth in quantity and variety of applications, from business critical apps to new intelligent workloads. Rapid growth of hybrid cloud environments and use cases. On-premises data centers growing and expanding globally, including at the Edge. Security of infrastructure and applications attaining paramount importance.

How does vSphere 6.7 differ versus vSphere 6.5?

vSphere 6.7 vCSA delivers phenomenal performance improvements (all metrics compared at cluster scale limits, versus vSphere 6.5): 2X faster performance in vCenter operations per second 3X reduction in memory usage 3X faster DRS-related operations (e.g. power-on virtual machine) These performance improvements ensure a blazing fast experience for vSphere users, and deliver significant value, as well as time and cost savings in a variety of use cases, such as VDI, Scale-out apps, Big Data, HPC, DevOps, distributed cloud native apps, etc.

EDU-VLCMWS67: VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop [V6.7]

Overview

In this three-day EDU-VLCMWS67: VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop [V6.7] workshop, students perform various tasks that a system administrator performs on a regular basis. These tasks include updating and upgrading an existing basic VMware vSphere® environment and troubleshooting common problems.

Students apply the concepts learned during the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course while they increase their skill and competence.

Product Alignment

• ESXi 6.7
• vCenter Server 6.7

Skills Covered

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Explore VMware vSphere® Distributed SwitchTM configuration options
Construct a vSphere Distributed Switch for VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VM Traffic
Discuss vSphere storage concepts
Differentiate between VMware vSphere® VMFS and NFS datastores
Construct an iSCSI VMkernel Interface on a vSphere Distributed Switch
Create VMFS datastores
Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
Explain how to create and use vSAN disk groups and storage policies
Discuss vSphere vMotion migration workflow
Discuss VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migration workflow
Complete virtual machine storage migrations
Automate virtual machine migrations using VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler
Configure vSphere DRS groups and rules
Discuss VMware vCenter Server® migration paths
Complete a migration of Windows vCenter Server to VMware vCenter® Server Appliance
Discuss VMware vSphere® Update ManagerTM concepts
Perform VMware ESXiTM hosts upgrades using vSphere Update Manager
Employ host profiles to configure an ESXi host
Configure VMware vSphere® High Availability
Demonstrate the ESXi Cluster Quickstart feature
Create a content library
Create a virtual machine template
Create customization specifications
Deploy a virtual machine from a template in the content library
Clone virtual machines
Configure vCenter Server Appliance backup
Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a backup
Forward vCenter Server Appliance log files to Remote Syslog Server
Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability

Who Should Attend

System administrators and engineers, with beginner to intermediate knowledge of vSphere, who want to gain proficiency in the management of the vSphere lifecycle

Course Curriculum

Prerequisites

Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course

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