VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
     
 
    
      
        
  
  
      
    
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      Course Overview
      Over 70% of VMware environments experience recurring issues due to misconfiguration or insufficient troubleshooting skills. Are your teams prepared to respond quickly?
This course equips IT professionals with the skills to confidently identify, diagnose, and resolve issues in the vSphere 8 environment. Through hands-on labs and expert-led instruction, you'll gain fluency in troubleshooting using the vSphere Client, CLI tools, and log analysis—ensuring you can handle real-world storage, network, and cluster failures with confidence.
    
  
  
      Who Should Attend
    
      System architects and system administrators
    
  
  
      Course Objectives
    
      By the end of this course, you’ll be able to troubleshoot and resolve critical issues in vSphere 8 environments using VMware tools and structured methods.
- Apply structured troubleshooting techniques to identify and resolve vSphere issues
- Diagnose and fix network, storage, and virtual machine problems
- Analyze log files and use command-line tools for advanced diagnostics
- Troubleshoot vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, and cluster-level failures
- Restore functionality in common vCenter Server and ESXi failure scenarios
	
  
  
	
  
  
	
  Course Outline
    
            
                Course Introduction
- Introductions and logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to Troubleshooting
- Scope and methodology of troubleshooting
- Applying logical diagnostics
Troubleshooting Tools
- Using ESXi Shell, vSphere CLI, and log files
- Overview of VMware Skyline and Advisor
Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
- Resolving VM connectivity and network switch issues
- Distributed switch and management network problems
Troubleshooting Storage
- Identifying and solving storage connectivity and configuration problems
- Snapshot issues and storage performance bottlenecks
Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters
- Diagnosing vMotion, HA, and DRS problems
Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
- Power-on failures, snapshot corruption, and connection state issues
- VMware Tools failures
Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi
- Solving vCenter Server service/database issues
- Identifying and recovering from ESXi host failures
 
        
 
     
    
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Class times are listed Central time
    This is a 5-day class
      
  
    | Register | When | Time | Where | How | 
  
    | Register | 12/15/2025 | 9:00AM -  5:00PM | Online | VILT | 
  
    | Register | 01/26/2026 | 9:00AM -  5:00PM | Online | VILT | 
  
    | Register | 03/09/2026 | 9:00AM -  5:00PM | Online | VILT |