Final Exam: VMware vSphere 6.5: Install, Configure, & Manage

vSphere 6.5 Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

vSphere 6.5 Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

• start the course
• recognize uses of Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
• describe methods of enabling Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
• compare the three levels of automation within Distributed Resource Scheduler
• select an appropriate automation migration threshold within Distributed Resource Scheduler
• create Distributed Resource Scheduler groups and apply rules
• identify the components of HA Orchestrated Restart in vCenter 6.5
• describe how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) overrides function
• use Schedule DRS to automatically manage resources in a VMware virtualized environment
• use Distributed Resource Scheduler to monitor events, performance, and resource utilization
• describe the benefits of Distributed Power Management in DRS
• recognize how storage DRS assists with datastore management
• describe various advanced Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) options
• configure DRS cluster settings according to business needs using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 High Availability Clusters

vSphere 6.5 High Availability Clusters

• start the course
• describe the basic process of setting up a cluster
• describe the fundamentals of high availability in a virtualized environment
• describe the new proactive high availability method in vCenter 6.5
• create a high availability cluster in a VMware virtualized environment
• describe host monitoring in a VMware virtualized environment
• recognize how admission control policies help manage hardware resources
• set the high availability VM monitoring settings
• describe cluster monitoring tools available in vCenter Server
• describe characteristics of virtual machine fault tolerance and its requirements
• configure virtual machine fault tolerance
• use VMware to verify a fault tolerance implementation
• identify the purpose and architecture of vCenter Server High Availability
• determine if an environment can support vCenter Server High Availability
• configure high availability for the vCenter Server environment
• configure high availability cluster settings according to business needs using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Installation

vSphere 6.5 Installation

• start the course
• identify the different prerequisites and options available for installing the ESXi host
• install ESXi onto a host system
• use the DCUI to manage an ESXi host
• use the ESXi Host Client to manage an ESXi host
• use SSH, ESXCLI, and PowerCLI in ESXi administration
• identify the different prerequisites and options available for installing the vCenter Server
• identify the different prerequisites and options available for installing the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
• install vCenter Server
• install vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
• use the vCenter Web Client, vCenter Client, and Appliance Web Console to manage the vCenter environment
• join an ESXi host to a vCenter Server or vCenter Server Appliance
• use the vCenter Server Appliance to backup vCenter content
• connect to the VCSA in order to join an ESXi host to vCenter

vSphere 6.5 Monitoring and Compliance

vSphere 6.5 Monitoring and Compliance

• start the course
• describe how performance charts offer a real-time look into hardware utilization within a VMware virtualized environment
• use event results to identify potential issues within a VMware virtualized environment
• identify how hardware status results help identify potential issues with host hardware
• find and identify information in vSphere-based logs
• create VMware tags to more efficiently find and filter datacenter content
• describe characteristics of alarms and tasks within VMware vSphere 6.5
• configure alarms within VMware vSphere 6.5
• identify best practices for responding to alarms within VMware vSphere 6.5
• configure scheduled tasks to help with maintenance within a VMware virtualized environment
• describe the purpose of host profiles in VMware vSphere 6.5
• create a host profile in VMware vSphere 6.5
• perform host profile remediation in vSphere to bring profiles into compliance
• use storage policies to identify correct storage solutions for VM files
• create alarms and scheduled tasks using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Networking

vSphere 6.5 Networking

• start the course
• identify how vSphere networking fits into the larger networking architecture
• recognize the ports used in standard vSphere traffic
• describe how VLANs segment traffic and why this may be desired in a virtual environment
• identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi standard switch
• identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi port group
• identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi VMkernel adapter
• create a vSwitch
• create a port group
• create a VMkernel adapter
• connect a virtual machine to the correct port group for network access
• create and deploy a distributed vSwitch
• create a standard vSwitch with appropriate port groups and VMkernel adapters based on business needs in the vCenter Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Overview

vSphere 6.5 Overview

• start the course
• describe the benefits of using server virtualization and VMware vSphere 6.5
• differentiate between type I and type II hypervisors, and describe VMware ESXi
• describe hosts and VMs in a virtualization environment
• describe the features and functionality of VMware vSphere 6 vCenter Server
• describe the advantages and features available when ESXi hosts are configured as a cluster using vCenter Server
• identify the required and optional components that will be used to create an integrated vSphere environment
• describe the VMware vSphere 6.5 essentials and essentials plus license feature sets
• describe the VMware vSphere 6.5 standard license feature set
• describe the features enabled in VMware vSphere 6.5 with the enterprise plus licenses
• describe features offered by VMware vSphere 6.5 support and services licenses
• choose the correct license based on datacenter needs

vSphere 6.5 Resource Management

vSphere 6.5 Resource Management

• start the course
• describe how cluster resources are allocated within VMware vSphere 6.5
• recognize best practices for allocating VM CPU resources within VMware vSphere 6.5
• recognize best practices for allocating memory resources within VMware vSphere 6.5
• describe how memory overcommitment functions within VMware vSphere 6.5
• describe how Transparent Page Sharing functions within VMware vSphere 6.5 and how to enable it
• describe how paging assists with memory management within VMware vSphere 6.5
• describe how resource pools assist with resource allocation within VMware vSphere 6.5
• use vSphere to allocate resources with pools for optimal cluster design
• describe the benefits of expansion and nesting resource pools within VMware vSphere 6.5
• recall the importance of optimal vApp resource allocation
• configure resource pools using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Storage

vSphere 6.5 Storage

• start the course
• identify what storage needs are present in ESXi and vCenter Server
• identify the correct terms to describe storage on an ESXi server
• identify what forms of local storage are available for a vSphere environment
• identify what forms of NAS and SAN storage are available for a vSphere environment
• create a datastore on an attached disk
• create a datastore on an NFS share
• add a second ESXi host to an NFS datastore
• add an ESXi software iSCSI adapter
• connect ESXi to an existing iSCSI target LUN
• create a datastore on an iSCSI disk
• add a second ESXi host to an iSCSI datastore
• create a vCenter library
• navigate and transfer files with an ESXi datastore
• connect to a disk and mount it as a datastore on ESXi using the vCenter Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Update Manager

vSphere 6.5 Update Manager

• start the course
• describe the purpose of Update Manager in a vSphere environment
• recognize criteria for an Update Manager installation on a Windows server
• compare the different views of the Update Manager interface
• describe basic network configuration options within the Administration view of Update Manager
• recognize capabilities of the Download Settings configuration options within the Administration view of Update Manager
• specify the importance of VM snapshots and recognize capabilities of the virtual machine settings within the Administration view of Update Manager
• describe how the patch repository is used to maintain a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
• describe how ESXi images are imported within Update Manager
• specify the functionality of events and notifications settings within Update Manager
• describe how baselines and groups help organize patches within VMware vSphere 6.5
• recognize how to attach baselines to various objects within a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
• recognize the importance of baseline groups and scanning for compliance within a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
• create and apply an Update Manager baseline using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Creation

vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Creation

• start the course
• identify the minimum information and resources needed to create a virtual machine
• create a virtual machine on ESXi
• install an operating system onto a virtual machine running on ESXi
• install Vmware tools onto a virtual machine
• identify the differences and know when to use each of the virtual machine disk types
• create a virtual machine disk and correctly choose its placement and type
• identify the prerequisites and need for VM encryption
• create a VM according to business needs using the vSphere Web Client

vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Management

vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Management

• start the course
• describe a VMware virtual machine both conceptually and in terms of file structure
• describe VM hardware versions in VMware vSphere 6.5
• add or remove VM hardware resources such as network interfaces, RAM, and CPUs
• apply shares, limits, and reservations based on VM resource needs
• work with virtual machine templates in VMware vSphere 6.5
• create and manage virtual machine snapshots in VMware vSphere 6.5
• manually migrate a VMware vSphere 6.5 virtual machine between hosts
• use the vCenter Server vMotion tool to migrate VMs between hosts
• use the vCenter Server storage vMotion tool to migrate VM files between datastores
• use VMware Tools to manage virtual machines in VMware vSphere 6.5
• use the controls in vCenter to power off, shut down, or suspend VMs running on an ESXi host
• identify the purpose and implement VM Secure Boot
• correctly migrate a running VM between ESXi hosts using the vSphere Web Client