VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [v7]
This five-day hands-on training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and advanced skills to achieve proficiency in troubleshooting your VMware vSphere® 7.x environment. This workshop builds your skills and proficiency in using the command line interface, VMware vSphere® Client™, log files, and other tools to analyze and troubleshoot.
COD: VSTS7
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
- System administrators
- System integrators
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of one of the following courses:
- VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x]
- VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
- Equivalent administrative knowledge and experience with ESXi and vCenter Server
Some experience with a command line interface 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 command line interfaces, log files, and the vSphere client to diagnose and troubleshoot problems in the vSphere environment.
- Describe the benefits and features of VMware Skyline.
- Explain the purpose of the main vSphere log files.
- Identify network issues based on reported symptoms, validate and resolve reported issues, identify root cause, and implement 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 VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server® host problems, analyze failure scenarios and select the correct resolution.
- Troubleshoot virtual machines, including migration, snapshot, and connection issues.
- Troubleshooting performance issues with vSphere components
Participation in this course satisfies the training requirement for the achievement of the following certification:
- VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
Participation in this course is also recommended for the achievement of the following certification:
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCAP-DCV) Deploy
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 Troubleshooting virtual network
- Analyze and troubleshoot standard and distributed switches
- Analyze virtual machine connectivity issues and fix them
- Investigate common management network connectivity issues and restore configurations.
5 Troubleshoot storage problems
- Troubleshoot and troubleshoot storage connectivity and configuration (iSCSI, NFS, and VMware vSphere® VMFS).
- 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 broken paths.
6 Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters
- Identify and troubleshoot vSphere HA issues
- Analyze and troubleshoot VMware vSphere® vMotion® configuration and operational issues.
- Analyze and troubleshoot common VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ problems.
7 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.
8 Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi
- Analyze and troubleshoot problems with vCenter Server services
- Diagnose and troubleshoot vCenter Server database problems
- 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
