VMware vSphere: Design [V7]

Target group

• Experienced system integrators and consultants responsible for designing and deploying vSphere environments

Course structure

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Infrastructure Assessment

• Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
• Define customer business objectives
• Gather and analyze business and application requirements
• Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
• Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
• Create a conceptual design

Core Management Infrastructure

• Determine the number of VMware vCenter® Server ApplianceTM instances to include in a design
• Choose the appropriate single sign-on identity source
• Choose the time synchronization method
• Choose methods to collect log files and ESXi core dumps
• Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data center

Virtual Data Center Infrastructure

• Calculate total compute capacity requirements for a virtual data center
• Create a virtual data center cluster design that meets business and workload requirements
• Evaluate in the virtual data center the use of several management services, such as VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
• Evaluate the use of resource pools in the virtual data center design

Compute Infrastructure

• Create a compute infrastructure design that includes the appropriate ESXi boot, installation, and configuration options
• Choose the ESXi host hardware for the compute infrastructure

Storage Infrastructure

• Calculate storage capacity and performance requirements for a design
• Evaluate the use of different storage platforms and storage management solutions
• Design a storage platform infrastructure and storage management architecture that meets the needs of the vSphere environment

Network Infrastructure

• Evaluate the use of different network component and network management solutions
• Design a network component architecture that includes information about network segmentation and virtual switch types
• Design a network management architecture that meets the needs of the vSphere environment

Virtual Machine Design

• Make virtual machine design decisions, including decisions about resources
• Design virtual machines that meet the needs of the applications in the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Infrastructure Security

• Make security design decisions for various layers in the vSphere environment
• Design a security strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment and follows VMware best practices

Infrastructure Manageability

• Make lifecycle management, scalability, and capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design lifecycle management, scalability, and capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Infrastructure Recoverability

• Make infrastructure recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design an infrastructure recoverability strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment and follows VMware best practices

Certification

This course is recommended if you aim to achieve the following certification:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCAP-DCV) Design