vSphere 6 Administration Essentials

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In this vSphere 6 Administration Essentials training course, expert author Duane Anderson will teach you how to design, create, and manage virtual infrastructures. This course is designed for users that are already familiar with virtualization.

You will start by learning how to install and manage ESXi and Vcenter. From there, Duane will teach you how to configure and manage the network, storage, and virtual appliances, including creating a VM, managing virtual machines, and VMware converter. This video tutorial also covers configuring and managing distributed switches, vSphere management, and vSphere performance. Finally, you will learn about backup and disaster recovery and vSphere upgrading and patch management.

Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will have learned how to successfully design, create, and manage virtual infrastructures.

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Table of contents

  1. Course Introduction
    1. Course Introduction 00:09:32
    2. About The Author 00:01:38
    3. Overview Of Virtualization 00:11:21
    4. Overview Of Cloud Technologies 00:08:07
    5. SaaS 00:06:39
  2. Installing And Managing ESXi
    1. Planning The Installation - Part 1 00:05:39
    2. Planning The Installation - Part 2 00:08:44
    3. Planning The Installation - Part 3 00:06:10
    4. Installing ESXi - Part 1 00:05:28
    5. Installing ESXi - Part 2 00:05:41
    6. Installing ESXi - Part 3 00:05:13
    7. Installing ESXi - Part 4 00:08:30
    8. Accessing ESXi - Part 1 00:07:21
    9. Accessing ESXi - Part 2 00:05:07
    10. Accessing ESXi - Part 3 00:06:02
    11. Managing ESXi - Part 1 00:10:31
    12. Managing ESXi - Part 2 00:06:54
    13. Managing ESXi - Part 3 00:06:57
  3. Installing And Managing vCenter
    1. vSphere/vCloud Licensing - Part 1 00:05:02
    2. vSphere/vCloud Licensing - Part 2 00:06:41
    3. vSphere/vCloud Licensing - Part 3 00:06:30
    4. vCenter Architecture Overview 00:08:14
    5. Server And Hardware Requirements 00:03:16
    6. SQL Database Setup, SSO, And Certificate Authority 00:08:13
    7. Planning The Deployment 00:04:55
    8. Installing vCenter 00:07:44
    9. Managing vCenter - Part 1 00:04:56
    10. Managing vCenter - Part 2 00:06:05
    11. Managing vCenter - Part 3 00:05:17
  4. Configuring And Managing The Network
    1. Virtual Networking - Part 1 00:07:47
    2. Virtual Networking - Part 2 00:07:01
    3. vSwitch Features - Part 1 00:10:58
    4. vSwitch Features - Part 2 00:09:37
    5. vSwitch Features - Part 3 00:10:15
    6. vSwitch Features - Part 4 00:06:12
  5. Configuring And Managing Storage
    1. Storage Overview - Part 1 00:07:05
    2. Storage Overview - Part 2 00:06:06
    3. Storage Overview - Part 3 00:06:09
    4. iSCSI Storage - Part 1 00:03:25
    5. iSCSI Storage - Part 2 00:08:46
    6. iSCSI Storage - Part 3 00:08:08
    7. iSCSI Storage - Part 4 00:07:48
    8. iSCSI Storage - Part 5 00:05:20
    9. Chapter Review 00:03:05
  6. Configuring And Managing Virtual Appliances
    1. Virtual Appliance - Part 1 00:06:12
    2. Virtual Appliance - Part 2 00:02:43
    3. Virtual Machines - Part 1 00:07:44
    4. Virtual Machines - Part 2 00:05:57
    5. Creating A VM - Part 1 00:02:08
    6. Creating A VM - Part 2 00:15:07
    7. Managing Virtual Machines 00:03:32
    8. Clones, Templates, And Snapshots - Part 1 00:07:00
    9. Clones, Templates, And Snapshots - Part 2 00:07:06
    10. VMware Converter - Part 1 00:05:09
    11. VMware Converter - Part 2 00:07:32
    12. VMware Converter - Part 3 00:02:21
  7. Configuring And Managing Distributed Switches
    1. Distributed Switch Design Concepts 00:04:33
    2. Distributed Switch Hands On - Part 1 00:08:43
    3. Distributed Switch Hands On - Part 2 00:05:53
    4. Distributed Switch Hands On - Part 3 00:05:43
    5. Distributed Switch Hands On - Part 4 00:07:04
  8. vSphere Management
    1. vSphere Management - Part 1 00:06:29
    2. vSphere Management - Part 2 00:06:24
    3. vSphere Management - Part 3 00:06:21
    4. vSphere Management - Part 4 00:05:37
    5. vSphere Management - Part 5 00:01:20
    6. vSphere Cluster - Part 1 00:07:13
    7. vSphere Cluster - Part 2 00:07:39
  9. vSphere Performance
    1. VM Performance - Part 1 00:05:48
    2. VM Performance - Part 2 00:07:41
    3. VM Performance - Part 3 00:05:54
    4. VM Performance - Part 4 00:05:08
    5. Resource Pools 00:05:01
    6. vCenter Alarms 00:06:20
    7. Performance Charts - Part 1 00:05:27
    8. Performance Charts - Part 2 00:04:53
  10. Backup And Disaster Recovery
    1. Business Continuity 00:04:43
    2. High Availability - Part 1 00:07:51
    3. High Availability - Part 2 00:03:35
    4. vSphere Backups - Part 1 00:04:06
    5. vSphere Backups - Part 2 00:02:28
    6. vSphere Backups - Part 3 00:07:50
    7. vSphere Backups - Part 4 00:08:22
    8. Disaster Recovery 00:09:15
    9. Review 00:01:47
  11. vSphere Upgrading And Patch Management
    1. Patching - Part 1 00:05:06
    2. Update Manager Demonstration - Part 1 00:06:01
    3. Update Manager Demonstration - Part 1 00:06:25
    4. Upgrading 00:06:07
    5. vCenter Separate Upgrade 00:08:49
  12. Conclusion
    1. Course Wrap Up 00:05:45

Product information

  • Title: vSphere 6 Administration Essentials
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: November 2015
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771374323