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VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]

VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]

In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7 and VMware ESXi™ 7. Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab...

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Course Code EDU-VSWN7

Duration 3 days

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In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7 and VMware ESXi™ 7. 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.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

List and describe the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 6.7 update releases and Sphere 7
Determine the proper upgrade path for a vCenter Server instance and upgrade VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ to version 7
Migrate a Windows vCenter Server system to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Manage and update VM templates located in content libraries
Use Identity Federation to configure vCenter Server to use Microsoft ADFS
Use the VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates
Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi™, storage, network, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 7
Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
Recognize improvements to VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to manage vSphere deployments, updates, and configurations
Discuss the purpose and capabilities of VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio

Who Can Benefit

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, or 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 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 vSphere DRS cluster
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster
Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ 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.

Course Details

Product Alignment

ESXi 7
vCenter Server 7

Outline

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Installation and Upgrade

Describe the new vCenter Server Appliance deployment model
Upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Migrate a Windows vCenter Server instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
Describe the enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance

Management Enhancements

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
Describe prefix-based MAC address allocation
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
Identify VMware NSX-T™ logical switches and their properties in the vSphere Client
Explain the benefits of using VMware Skyline™ to proactively monitor your environment

ESXi Enhancements

Upgrade an ESXi host to version 7
List the enhancements introduced with ESXi 7
Describe new device support for ESXi hosts
Describe support for Precision Time Protocol

VM Enhancements

Discuss the new functionality, virtual devices, and VM maximums supported by VM compatibility version 17
Describe the enhancements to guest customization
Perform a vSphere vMotion migration of VMs with remote devices

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
Recognize the changes made to the ESXi system storage layout
Describe the support for CAB deployment of WSFC in vSphere 6.7 and later
List the enhancements made to vSAN

Security Enhancements

Describe the enhancements to the VM encryption feature
Describe the enhancements to cloning, migration, and encryption operations
Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
Configure vSphere Trust Authority

Cluster Enhancements

Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
Describe use cases for scalable shares

vSphere Lifecycle Management

Use vCenter Server Update Planner to run vCenter Server upgrade prechecks
Compare vSphere Lifecycle Manager to vSphere Update Manager
Manage and update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes

Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
Identify the parts of a container system
Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes
Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow
Describe the purpose of vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu portfolio
Explain the vSphere with Kubernetes supervisor cluster
Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes grid service

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What does GTR stand for?

How do I find an ExitCertified training location?

Which delivery formats are available?

Does ExitCertified deliver group training?

Does ExitCertified deliver group training?

What does vendor-authorized training mean?

Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?

How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?

Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?

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