VMware vSphere – Enterprise Workload Platform.

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Overview

Enterprise workload platform for traditional and next gen apps.

This five-day course teaches you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure. You also discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.

Attend this VMware course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

Product Alignment

  • VMware ESXi 8.0
  • VMware vCenter 8.0

Skills Covered

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

  • Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
  • Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs
  • Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
  • Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
  • Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability
  • Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi™ 8 host compliance
  • Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates
  • Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client
  • Secure VMware vCenter® 8, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment
  • Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources
  • Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs

Prerequisites

This course requires the following:

Target Audience

  • Experienced system administrators
  • System engineers
  • System integrators

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Module 2: Virtual Machine Operations

  • Recognize the role of a VMware ToolsTM Repository
  • Configure a VMware Tools Repository
  • Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs
  • Identify the components in the VMware vSphere® ReplicationTM architecture
  • Deploy and configure vSphere Replication and VMware Site RecoveryTM instances
  • Recover replicated VMs

Module 3: vSphere Cluster Operations

  • Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
  • Describe how scalable shares work
  • Describe the function of the vCLS
  • Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

Module 4: Network Operations

  • Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
  • Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance
  • Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
  • Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
  • Describe the use cases and benefits of VMware vSphere® Distributed Services Engine

Module 5: Storage Operations

  • Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
  • Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
  • Describe storage policy-based management
  • Recognize components in the VMware vSphere® Virtual VolumesTM architecture
  • Configure Storage I/O Control

Module 6: 6 vCenter and ESXi Operations

  • Create a vCenter backup schedule
  • Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
  • Explain how vCenter Server High Availability works
  • Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
  • Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles
  • Use the vSphere client and the command line to manage certificates

Module 7: vSphere Monitoring

  • Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine’s performance
  • Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
  • Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
  • Create custom alarms in vCenter
  • Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
  • Recognize uses for VMware Skyline Advisor Pro

Module 8: vSphere Security and Access Control

  • Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines
  • Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols
  • Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
  • Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider

Module 9: vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption

  • Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication
  • Describe virtual machine security features
  • Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
  • Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs
  • List VM encryption events and alarms
  • Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority

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August 10, 2026 - August 14, 2026

Location: Kuala Lumpur
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RM 12000

August 10, 2026 - August 14, 2026

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November 23, 2026 - November 27, 2026

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November 23, 2026 - November 27, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are several reasons why learning VMware vSphere can be beneficial for IT professionals:

  • VSphere is a widely used virtualization platform: VSphere is a market-leading virtualization platform that is used by many organizations around the world. By learning VSphere, IT professionals can gain valuable skills that are in high demand in the job market.
  • VSphere can help improve efficiency and reduce costs: VSphere can help organizations improve the efficiency of their IT infrastructure by allowing them to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, reducing the need for hardware. This can help organizations reduce their IT costs and increase the utilization of their resources.
  • VSphere can improve disaster recovery and business continuity: VSphere can help organizations implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans by allowing them to easily create and manage virtual machine snapshots, which can be used to quickly restore the system in the event of a disaster.
  • VSphere can enable cloud computing: VSphere is the foundation for many cloud computing platforms, such as VMware Cloud on AWS. By learning VSphere, IT professionals can gain the skills needed to work with these platforms and help organizations adopt cloud computing technologies.
  • VSphere has a strong ecosystem of partner solutions: VSphere has a strong ecosystem of partner solutions that can help organizations extend the capabilities of their IT infrastructure. By learning VSphere, IT professionals can gain the skills needed to work with these solutions and help organizations implement them effectively.

According to data from Glassdoor, the average salary for a VMware certified professional in Malaysia is approximately MYR 85,000 per year.

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