VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] – On Demand
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- Format:
Subscription
- Length: 30 Days
Overview:
In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7.0 and VMware ESXi™ 7.0. Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere® 7.
This course is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 7 in their existing vSphere environment. This course is also available in an Instructor-Led Training (ILT) format. For more information, select this link: VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]. Product Alignment • VMware ESXi 7.0 • VMware vCenter Server 7.0 |
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| Objectives: | By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 6.7 update releases and vSphere 7 • Migrate a vCenter Server system for Windows to VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ 7.0 • Upgrade a vCenter Server instance to vSphere 7 • Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi™, storage, network, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 7 • Update templates in the content library • Use Identity Federation to configure vCenter Server to use external identity sources • Use the VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates • Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs • Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to manage vSphere deployments and updates • Describe the cloning and migration operations on encrypted VMs • Describe the purpose of scalable shares and the improvements to vSphere DRS • Describe how to change the IP address or FQDN of vCenter Server • Identify new hardware device support in ESXi 7.0 • Recognize the enhancements available with VM compatibility version 17 • Recognize the enhancements available with VM compatibility version 18 • Recognize the importance of containers and Kubernetes in a modern data center Certifications Attending this course allows candidates who hold a valid VCP-DCV 2019 to upgrade to VCP-DCV 2020 without taking the certification exam. |
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| Intended Audience: | System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures | |
| Prerequisites: | This course requires completion of one the following courses or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server: • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale • VMware vSphere: Fast Track • VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course: • Install and configure ESXi • Install vCenter Server • Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders • Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions • Create and modify a standard switch • Create and modify a distributed switch • Connect an ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage • Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore • Use a content library template to create a virtual machine • Modify a virtual machine’s hardware • Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® • Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ cluster • Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster • Use VMware vSphere® Update ManagerTM to apply patches and perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and VMs If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course. |
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| Outline: | 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 Installation and Upgrade • Describe the new vCenter Server Appliance deployment model • Upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 • Migrate a Windows vCenter Server instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 • Identify enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance • Upgrade an ESXi host to version 7.0 3 Management Enhancements • Recognize how to create and apply vCenter Server profiles • Identify the scaling and performance improvements for vCenter Server Appliance • Describe the support provided for dynamic DNS • Recognize how to change the IP address or FQDN of vCenter Server • Identify enhancements to the vCenter Server file-based backup • Identify enhancements to tools provided by the vSphere Client Developer Center • Describe prefix-based MAC address allocation • Identify VMware NSX-T™ logical switches and their properties in the vSphere Client • Use virtual distributed port groups to connect to NSX-T Data Center logical switches • Use vSphere Bitfusion to support artificial intelligence and machine learning based workloads • Describe version control and management of VM templates in Content Library • Perform a VM template in-place update in Content Library • Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases • Configure identity federation • Manage certificates using the vSphere Client • Explain the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline™ 4 ESXi Enhancements • Recognize the enhancements made to ESXi security • Identify hardware support updates in ESXi 7.0 • Describe the support for AMD SEV-ES in vSphere 7 • Recognize layout changes in the ESXi 7.0 system storage partitions • Describe the enhancements made to ESXi timekeeping options in vSphere 7 • Describe the enhancement to vSphere vMotion in vSphere 7 5 VM Enhancements • Identify the characteristics of VM compatibility level for ESXi 7.0 • Describe the support provided for new virtual devices in vSphere 7 • Recognize improvements to guest customization • Migrate VMs with attached devices 6 Storage Enhancements • Describe the enhancements to NVMe support • Describe the enhancements to VMware Pluggable Storage Architecture • Describe the purpose of the High-Performance Plug-in • Describe the support for iSER in vSphere 7 • Describe support for iSER in vSphere 7 • Identify VMware vSAN™ enhancements for vSphere 7 7 Security Enhancements • Describe the enhancements to cloning, migration, and encryption operations • Identify the enhancements to the VM encryption architecture in vSphere 7 • Recognize new VM encryption events and alarms • Describe the benefits and use cases of VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ • Explain the general architecture of vSphere Trust Authority • Configure vSphere Trust Authority 8 Cluster Enhancements • Recognize how to configure clusters using the vSphere Cluster Quickstart workflow • Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS • Identify improvements to vSphere ESX Agent Manager • Describe scalable shares • Configure VMware vSphere® DirectPath I/O™ 9 vSphere Lifecycle Management • Describe features of vCenter Server Update Planner • Run vCenter Server upgrade prechecks and interoperability reports • Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager • Compare vSphere Lifecycle Manager to vSphere Update Manager • Identify the components of an ESXi image • Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager and NSX-T Data Center integration • Define a cluster image and update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager 10 Introduction to VMware vSphere® with Tanzu • Differentiate between containers and virtual machines • Identify the parts of a container system • Recognize the steps in a basic Docker workflow • Explain the importance of Kubernetes • Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes • Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow • Identify the capabilities and benefits of vSphere with Tanzu • Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service |
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