Target group
System architects and system administrators
Course structure
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to Troubleshooting
- Define the scope of troubleshooting
- Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and improve troubleshooting efficiency
Troubleshooting Tools
- Discuss the various methods to run commands
- Discuss the various ways to access ESXi Shell
- Use commands to view, configure, and manage your vSphere components
- Use the vSphere CLI
- Use ESXCLI commands from the vSphere CLI
- Use Data Center CLI commands
- Identify the best tool for command-line interface troubleshooting
- Identify important log files for troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi
- Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware SkylineTM
- Explain how VMware Skyline works
- Describe VMware SkylineTM Health
- Describe VMware Skyline AdvisorTM
Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
- Analyze and troubleshoot standard switch problems
- Analyze and troubleshoot virtual machine connectivity problems
- Analyze and troubleshoot management network problems
- Analyze and troubleshoot distributed switch problems
Troubleshooting Storage
- Discuss the vSphere storage architecture
- Identify the possible causes of problems in the various types of datastores
- Analyze the common storage connectivity and configuration problems
- Discuss the possible storage problems causes
- Solve the storage connectivity problems, correct misconfigurations, and restore LUN visibility
- Review vSphere storage architecture and functionality necessary to troubleshoot storage problems
- Use ESXi and Linux commands to troubleshoot storage problems
- Analyze log file entries to identify the root cause of storage problems
- Investigate ESXi storage issues
- Troubleshoot VM snapshots
- Troubleshoot storage performance problems
- Review multipathing
- Identify the common causes of missing paths, including PDL and APD conditions
- Solve the missing path problems between hosts and storage devices
Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters
- Identify and troubleshoot vSphere HA problems
- Analyze and solve vSphere vMotion problems
- Diagnose and troubleshoot common vSphere DRS problems
Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
- Discuss virtual machine files and disk content IDs
- Identify, analyze, and solve virtual machine snapshot problems
- Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on problems
- Identify possible causes and troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems
- Diagnose and recover from VMware Tools installation failures
Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi
- Analyze and solve vCenter Server service problems
- Diagnose and troubleshoot vCenter Server database problems
- Use vCenter Server Appliance shell and the Bash shell to identify and solve problems
- Identify and troubleshoot ESXi host problems
