VMware vSphere: Advanced Administration [V8]

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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

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Central time

This is a 5-day class

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Register 11/17/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
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