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Course Overview
More than 80% of enterprise workloads now run on VMware, and keeping pace requires advanced operational expertise. This course provides hands-on training in real-world scenarios that mimic enterprise-scale challenges. Through lab-based activities and role-specific simulations, students learn how to effectively navigate and manage vSphere, perform complex cluster operations, and troubleshoot advanced configurations. Designed around the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy exam, this course equips administrators with the skills to configure, secure, and optimize virtual infrastructure.
Who Should Attend
- System administrators
- System engineers
Course Objectives
This course equips IT professionals with a range of skills from daily operations to advanced configurations. You’ll work through complex vSphere HA, DRS, and vSAN scenarios, implement identity federation, manage certificates, and fine-tune ESXi performance.
- Configure vCenter®, ESXi™, and management clusters
- Create storage and network configurations using iSCSI, VMFS, and NFS
- Implement vSphere HA, DRS, and vSAN solutions
- Perform lifecycle upgrades of ESXi, VMware Tools, and hardware compatibility
- Apply security best practices including VM encryption, KMS integration, and vMotion protection
- Diagnose and resolve troubleshooting scenarios related to clusters, storage, PowerCLI, and backups
Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Welcome and course logistics
- Review of course objectives
Creating and Configuring Management Clusters
- Create a vSphere cluster for core workloads
- Configure cluster features that improve resource allocation and VM availability
- Create storage (iSCSI, VMFS, NFS), NTP/PTP support, and host configuration profiles
- Apply user access best practices
Creating and Configuring Production Clusters
- Use Cluster Quickstart to create vSAN-enabled clusters
- Advanced vSphere HA settings
- Configure vCenter identity federation and ADFS roles
- Perform Cross vCenter migrations and configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- Share VM templates using content libraries
- Manage DRS rules and scalable shares
Troubleshooting vSphere and Backing Up Configurations
- Diagnose ESXi, storage, and cluster issues
- Troubleshoot PowerCLI commands
- Create vCenter log bundles and backup configurations
- Use vCenter profiles to standardize environment settings
Lifecycle Management
- Resolve upgrade-blocking issues
- Adjust logging levels and perform version upgrades for vCenter, ESXi, VMware Tools, and VM hardware
vSphere Security
- Implement KMS integration and VM encryption
- Secure vMotion traffic and apply CPU scheduler options
- Replace vCenter certificates and apply security hardening