Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Assessment
- Define customer business objectives
- Gather and analyze business and application requirements
- Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions and risks
- Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
- Create a conceptual design
Module 2: Core Management Infrastructure
- Determine the number of vCenter Server instances to include in a design
- Choose appropriate platforms for vCenter Server components and databases
- Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data center
- Deploy core management components for the given vSphere design
Module 3: Virtual Data Center Infrastructure
- Calculate total capacity requirements for a design
- Create a virtual data center cluster design that meets business and workload requirements
- Evaluate the use of various management services, such as VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™, in the virtual data center design
- Deploy virtual data center components for the given vSphere design
Module 4: Compute Infrastructure
- Create a compute infrastructure design that includes the appropriate ESXi boot, installation, and configuration options
- Choose the ESXi host hardware for the compute infrastructure
- Deploy and configure ESXi hosts for the given vSphere design
- Perform a scripted installation of an ESXi host
Module 5: Storage Infrastructure
- Calculate storage capacity requirements for a design
- Create a storage infrastructure design that includes the appropriate storage platform and storage management solutions
- Deploy components of the storage architecture for the given vSphere design
Module 6: Network Infrastructure
- Create a network component design that includes virtual switch specifications, port group configuration settings, and physical network attributes
- Evaluate network management and monitoring design options
- Deploy components of the network architecture for the given vSphere design
Module 7: Virtual Machine Infrastructure
- Create a virtual machine design that considers application requirements and maximizes performance
- Deploy virtual machines for the given vSphere design
Module 8: Infrastructure Security
- Evaluate security options for ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, storage, networking, and virtual machines
- Create a security design based on VMware best practices
- Deploy security components for the given vSphere design
Module 9: Infrastructure Management
- Evaluate management tools and solutions
- Create a design that includes the management of ESXi hosts, templates, virtual machine snapshots, and events
- Create a design for the VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ architecture
- Deploy management components for the given vSphere design
Module 10: Infrastructure Recoverability
- Evaluate ways to provide recoverability in a vSphere environment
- Create a design that includes the recoverability of ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, networks, and virtual machines
- Deploy components that enable the recoverability of the vSphere environment in the given vSphere design