CertPREP Courseware: VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) - Instructor-led
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Description:
This Instructor-led VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) course focuses on core knowledge and skills needed to successfully install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere 8.x environments while also helping you to master the topics on the VMware Certified Professional ̶ Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) for vSphere 8.x exam. Those topics include architecture and technologies; VMware products and solutions; components and requirements; installing, configuring, and setup; performance-tuning, optimization, and upgrades; clusters and high-availability; and administrative and operational tasks.
The goal of this course is to demonstrate real-world foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented using VCP-DCV for vSphere 8.x - including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam - to increase your chances of passing the exam on your first try.
Course components:
180-day access to:
- Lessons
- Video learning
- Hand-on Labs
- MeasureUp Practice Test for VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) Practice Mode with remediation and Certification mode to simulate the test day experience.
Duration: 5 Days ILT
Audience: Current and prospective IT professionals, such as system administrators, infrastructure administrators, and virtualization engineers. Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the VCP-DCV 2023 certification, demonstrating that you have mastered the skills to successfully install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere 8.x environments.
Prerequisites
- 6 to 12 months of hands-on experience implementing, managing and supporting a vSphere environment experience
- Foundational knowledge of storage, networking, hardware, security, business continuity, and disaster recovery concepts
Course objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe vSphere architecture, requirements, and features
- Implement, configure, and manage vSphere storage
- Configure secured access and network in a vSphere environment
- Monitor, manage, and optimize the services and resources in a vSphere environment
- Provision, migrate, and support virtual machines in a vSphere environment
Required course materials: VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23) instructor-led courseware.
Training outline:
Part 1: vSphere Architecture, Integration, and Requirements (7 hours and 36 minutes)
- Lesson 1: vSphere Overview, Components, and Requirements (1 hour)
- vSphere Components and Editions
- vCenter Server Topology
- Infrastructure Requirements
- Other Requirements
- VMware Cloud vs. VMware Virtualization
- Lesson 2: Storage Infrastructure (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- Storage Models and Datastore Types
- vSAN Concepts
- vSphere Storage Integration
- Storage Multipathing and Failover
- Storage Policies
- Storage DRS (SDRS)
- Lesson 3: Network Infrastructure (1 hour)
- Networking Terms and Concepts
- vSphere Standard Switch (vSS)
- vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
- vDS Settings and Features
- Other vSphere Networking Features
- Lesson 4: Clusters and High Availability (48 minutes)
- Cluster Concepts and Overview
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
- vSphere High Availability (HA)
- Other Resource Management and Availability Features
- Lesson 5: vCenter Server Features and Virtual Machines (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- vCenter Server and vSphere
- Virtual Machine File Structure
- Virtual Machine Snapshots
- Virtual Machine Settings
- Virtual Machine Migration
- Virtua Machine Cloning
- Lesson 6: VMware Product Integration (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- vSphere Add-Ons
- Aria Suite
- Desktop and Application Virtualization
- Replication and Disaster Recovery
- Private, Public, and Hybrid Clouds
- Networking and Security
- Lesson 7: vSphere Security (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- vSphere Certificates
- vSphere Permissions
- ESXi and vCenter Server Security
- vSphere Network Security
- Virtual Machine Security
- Available and Add-on Security
Part 2: vSphere Installation/Configuration (1 hour and 48 minutes)
- Lesson 8: vSphere Installation (48 minutes)
- Installing ESXi Hosts
- Deploying vCenter Server Components
- Configuring Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Initial vSphere Configuration
- Lesson 9: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks (1 hour)
- vSphere Standard Switches (vSS)
- vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS)
- VMKernel Networking
- Configuring and Managing Networking Features
- Managing Host Networking with vDS
Part 3: vSphere Management and Optimization (5 hours)
- Lesson 10: Managing and Monitoring Clusters and Resources (1 hour and 12 minutes)
- Creating and Configuring a vSphere Cluster
- Creating and Configuring a vSphere DRS Cluster
- Creating and Configuring a vSphere HA Cluster
- Monitoring and Managing vSphere Resources
- Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions
- Logging in vSphere
- Lesson 11: Managing Storage (1 hour)
- Configuring and Managing vSAN
- Managing Datastores
- Storage DRS and SIOC
- iSCSI, iSER, NVMe, and PMem
- Multipathing Storage Policies and vVols
- Lesson 12: Managing vSphere Security (1 hour)
- Configuring and Managing Authentication and Authorization
- Configuring and Managing vSphere Certificates
- General ESXi Security Recommendations
- Configuring and Managing ESXi Security
- Additional Security Management
- Lesson 13: Managing vSphere and vCenter Server (1 hour)
- vCenter Server Backup
- Upgrading to vSphere 8.0
- Using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
- Managing ESXi Hosts
- Monitoring and Managing vCenter Server
- Lesson 14: Managing Virtual Machines (48 minutes)
- Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Advanced Virtual Machine Management
- Content Libraries
Student access for each license to the course content and resources for 6 months including:
- All text, video, and end of lesson questions
- Lab content (where available)
- Practice Test
