VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track V6.7

Agenda:

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course goals and objectives

Introduction to Troubleshooting

• Identify the effects of a system problem
• Define the scope of troubleshooting
• Use a structured approach
• Understand the principles of troubleshooting
• Follow a logical troubleshooting procedure
• Examine examples of troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Tools

• Use command-line tools to identify and troubleshoot problems
• Use VMware vSphere® Management Assistant
• Find and interpret important log files
• Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ for log aggregation, efficient log search, and problem analysis

vSphere Security

• Configure ESXi host access and authorization
• Secure ESXi, vCenter Server and virtual machines 
• Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
• Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps and vSphere vMotion migrations

Network Scalability

• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging and NetFlow

Network Optimization

• Explain the performance features of network adapters
• Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
• Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics

Networking Troubleshooting

• Identify the symptoms of network-related problems
• Analyze and resolve standard switch and distributed switch problems
• Analyze virtual machine connectivity problems and fix them
• Examine common management network connectivity problems and restore configurations
• Identify and prevent potential problems

Storage Scalability

• Explain VMware vSphere® Storage APIs - Array Integration and VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™
• Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
• Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
• Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere

Storage Optimization

• Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
• Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics

Storage Troubleshooting

• Troubleshoot storage (iSCSI, NFS, VMware vSphere® VMFS, VMware vSAN™, and VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™) connectivity problems 
• Analyze storage-related logs
• Analyze hardware malfunction and software misconfiguration scenarios 
• Identify multipathing-related problems, including permanent device loss (PDL) and all paths down (APD)
• Analyze possible causes, recover from the faulty conditions, and restore storage visibility

CPU Optimization

• Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support and other features that affect CPU performance
• Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics

Memory Optimization

• Explain ballooning, memory compression and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
• Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics

Analyzing vSphere

• Explain how Proactive DRS enhances virtual machine availability
• Use vRealize Log Insight to identify and troubleshoot problems

vSphere Clusters

• Identify and recover from problems related to VMware vSphere® High Availability
• Analyze and troubleshoot vSphere vMotion problems related to virtual machine migrations 
• Discuss and recover from VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ problems to achieve proper function and balanced resource use
• Examine vSphere cluster failure scenarios and possible solutions

Virtual Machines

• Analyze and resolve common virtual machine snapshot problems 
• Identify possible causes and resolve virtual machine power-on problems
• Troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems
• Resolve problems seen during VMware Tools™ installations
• Examine failure scenarios and provide solutions

Host and Management Scalability

• Explain the uses of VMware vCenter® Converter™
• Define and use content libraries
• Describe and use host profiles
• Describe and use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy

vCenter Server and ESXi

• Understand the vCenter Server and VMware Platform Services Controller™ architecture in vSphere 6.x
• Identify and resolve authentication problems
• Troubleshoot VMware CA and certificate problems
• Analyze and fix problems with vCenter Server services 
• Analyze and fix vCenter Server database problems
• Identify VMware vCenter Server® High Availability problems
• Examine ESXi host and vCenter Server failure scenarios and resolve the problems

Dieser Kurs bereitet Sie hervorragend auf die Zertifizierungen «VMware Certified Implementation Expert VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCA und VCIX-DCV» vor.