Complete VMWare vSphere ESXi and vCenter Administration
Course Syllabus
Module 1
• Introduction
• Course Syllabus
• Download Syllabus option
Module 2
• What is Virtualization?
• How Virtualization Works?
• Basic Virtualization Terms
• Benefits of Virtualization
• Virtualization Technology Companies
• Difference Between Virtualization and Cloud
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 3
• What is VMWare?
• VMWare Products (Player, ESXi, vSphere, etc.)
• Importance of VMWare
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 4
• Lab Design
• VMWare Online Lab – Virtualization 101
• Download and Install VMWare Player
• First VM on VMWare Player (Linux)
• Download and Install ESXi Server (Hypervisor)
• Configure ESXi Server
• Connect to ESXi and Explore vSphere Dashboard
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 5
• First VM on ESXi
• Install Linux OS
• VM Management
• Update ESXi hostname
• Install Windows on a VM
• Install VMWare Tools
• Review VMs and Modify Resources
• VM Snapshots
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 6
• Install 2nd ESXi Server
• What is vCenter?
• Downloading vCenter and Installation Options (Win32 UI or OVA)
• Install vCenter
• Accessing vCenter (Flash/HTML, SSH, Console, Admin Portal)
• vCenter Management Interface
• Create a Datacenter and Add ESXi Servers
• Managing hosts on vCenter
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 7
• vCenter Homepage
• Getting Started and Summary
• Monitors
• Configure, Permissions and Datacenters (Menu)
• Hosts & Clusters and VMs
• Other Menu Options
• Accessing vCenter through HTML5
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 8
• Migrating VM without VMWare cluster (Cold)
• vMotion
• VMWare Cluster
• High Availability – (Introduction)
• High Availability – Part 1 (Linux Installation)
• High Availability – Part 2 (Setup NFS)
• High Availability – Part 3 (Mount NFS and Migrate VMs)
• High Availability – Part 4 (Setup Cluster and Configure HA)
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• Sequence of Starting and Shutting VMWare vSphere Environment
• Datastore clusters
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 9
• VM Cloning
• VM Templates
• VM Export and Import (OVF)
• Organizing VMs
• Other Menu VM Options
• Fault Tolerance
• Quiz, handouts and homework
Module 10
• ESXi Command Line (CLI)
• VMWare vCenter Converter
• VMWare vRealize Operations
• VMWare vRealize Automation
• VMWare Horizon
• VMWare Community and Resources
• Bonus
Module 2: Understanding Virtualization
https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-vmware-vsphere-esxi-and-vcenter-administration/learn/lecture/12292142#overview
Handouts
Module 3: Introduction to VMWare
https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-vmware-vsphere-esxi-and-vcenter-administration/learn/lecture/22171692#overview
Handouts
Module 4: Download, install and configure VMWare (Lab Setup)
https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-vmware-vsphere-esxi-and-vcenter-administration/learn/lecture/12292164#overview
VMWare Lab
Handouts
Module 5: VMWare on a Single ESXi
https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-vmware-vsphere-esxi-and-vcenter-administration/learn/lecture/22397144#questions