Detailed Course Outline
1 Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 Cluster Enhancements
- Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
- Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
- Describe use cases for scalable shares
9 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
10 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