Clustering

Clustering

• start the course
• describe the new Proactive High Availability method in vCenter 6.5
• identify the components of HA Orchestrated Restart in vCenter 6.5
• characterize the new improvements to HA Admission Control in vCenter 6.5
• identify the benefits of the HA support for NVIDIA GRID vGPUs
• identify the improvements to fault tolerant virtual machines in vCenter 6.5
• identify the relationship between vRealize Operations Manager and Predictive DRS
• differentiate the older DRS model from the new one based on the mathematical algorithms now used in vCenter 6.5
• recognize the new options that have been added to ease administration in a DRS cluster
• recognize the new metrics used to provide DRS load balancing in vCenter 6.5
• list the advantages of using VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control using storage policy based management
• identify the vSphere elements of Containers and Docker Integration
• identify new features in vSphere 6.5 clustering

ESXi

ESXi

• start the course
• describe the ESXi 6.5 secure boot process
• manage an ESXi 6.5 host using the local host client
• specify how storage access in ESXi 6.5 has been enhanced
• recognize how network communication in ESXi 6.5 has been enhanced
• identify what is new in vSphere ESXi 6.5

vCenter

vCenter

• start the course
• list the new aspects of the vCenter server appliance administrative interfaces
• recognize the basic methods of migration to the vCenter 6.5 Server Appliance
• characterize the nature of the new vCenter backup and restore feature
• recognize the changes to Update Manager when integrated with the vCenter Server Appliance
• identify which pieces of information are aggregated with vCenter enhanced logging
• pinpoint the improvements to the Auto Deploy feature
• identify the enhancements to Host Profiles
• recognize the benefits available in the new vCenter Content Library
• enumerate what is new in the vSphere 6.5 vCenter Server and Server Appliance

Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines

• start the course
• recognize the changes to VMware Tools for virtual machines
• describe the nature of VM encryption
• define the purpose of supporting VM Secure Boot
• identify the new default topology of VM sandboxing
• describe the scope and method of encrypted vMotion
• identify new features in vSphere 6.5 virtual machines