VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale + Troubleshooting Fast Track [v7]
This five-day, hands-on, accelerated training course is a blend of VMware vSphere®: Optimize and Scale and VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting . This Fast Track course includes topics from each of these advanced courses to equip experienced VMware administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively optimize and troubleshoot vSphere at an expert level.
COD: VOSTFT7
Categorie: VMware
Teaching methodology
The course includes educational laboratories in which each student will be able to work in order to complete training exercises that will provide practical experience in using the instrument, for each of the topics covered during the course.
Who should participate
- Experienced system administrators
- System engineers
- System integrators
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:
- Participation in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course
- Equivalent administrative knowledge and experience with ESXi and vCenter Server.
- Experience working with the command prompt is highly recommended
Outgoing knowledge/skills
By the end of the course, you should be able to achieve the following objectives:
- Introduce troubleshooting principles and procedures
- Use the command line interfaces, log files, and VMware vSphere® Client™ to diagnose and troubleshoot your vSphere environment.
- Describe the benefits and features of VMware Skyline.
- Explain the purpose of the main vSphere log files.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators for compute, storage and network resources for VMware ESXi™ hosts.
- Optimize the performance of your vSphere environment, including VMware vCenter Server®.
- Identify network problems based on the reported symptoms, validate and fix the reported problem, identify the root cause and implement the appropriate resolution.
- Analyze storage failure scenarios using logical troubleshooting methodology, identify the root cause and apply the appropriate resolution to resolve the issue.
- Troubleshoot vSphere cluster failure scenarios and investigate possible causes.
- Diagnose common VMware vSphere® High Availability problems and provide solutions.
- Identify and validate ESXi host and vCenter Server problems, analyze failure scenarios and select the correct resolution.
- Troubleshoot virtual machine issues, including migration issues, snapshot issues, and connection issues.
- Troubleshooting performance issues with vSphere components.
Participation in this course meets the training requirements for the following certification:
- VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
Educational program
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 Introduction to troubleshooting
- Define the scope of troubleshooting
- Use a structured approach to troubleshoot configuration and operational issues.
- Apply a troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose failures and improve troubleshooting efficiency.
3 Troubleshooting tools
- Use command-line tools (such as ESXCLI) to identify and troubleshoot vSphere problems.
- Identify important vSphere log files and interpret their contents.
- Describe the benefits and features of VMware Skyline
- Explain how VMware Skyline works
- Identify uses of Skyline Advisor
4 Network optimization
- Explain the performance characteristics of network adapters
- Explain the performance characteristics of the vSphere network
- Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics.
5 Troubleshooting the virtual network
- Analyze and troubleshoot standard and distributed switches
- Analyze VM connectivity issues and fix them
- Investigate common management network connectivity issues and restore configurations.
6 Storage Optimization
- Describe the types of storage queues and other factors that affect storage performance.
- Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies.
- Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics.
7 Troubleshoot storage problems
- Troubleshoot storage connectivity and configuration (iSCSI, NFS, and VMware vSphere® VMFS).
- storage connectivity and configuration issues (iSCSI, NFS, and VMware vSphere®)
- Analyze and troubleshoot the most common virtual machine snapshot problems
- Identify and resolve issues related to multipathing, including the most common causes of permanent loss of device (PDL) and all paths downhill.
- (PDL) and all interrupted paths (APD).
8 CPU Optimization
- Explain the operation of the CPU scheduler and other functions that affect CPU performance.
- Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
- Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics.
9 Memory optimization
- Explain ballooning, memory compression, transparent page sharing, and host-swapping techniques for reclaiming memory in the event of memory overload
- Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics.
10 Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters
- Troubleshoot and troubleshoot vSphere HA
- Analyze and troubleshoot VMware vSphere® vMotion® configuration and operational issues.
- Analyze and troubleshoot common VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ problems.
11 Troubleshooting virtual machines
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot virtual machine snapshots.
- Troubleshoot virtual machine power-up problems
- Identify possible causes and troubleshoot VM connection status
- Diagnose and troubleshoot VMware Tools™ installation.
12 Optimizing vCenter Server Performance
- Describe the factors that affect vCenter Server performance.
- Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource usage.
13 Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi
- Analyze and troubleshoot problems with vCenter Server services
- Diagnose and troubleshoot the vCenter Server database
- Review ESXi host and vCenter Server failure scenarios and troubleshoot
Duration – 5 days
Delivery – in Classroom, On Site, Remote
PC and SW requirements:
- Internet connection
- Web browser, Google Chrome
- Zoom
Language
Instructor: English
Labs: English
Slides: English
