Module 1: Storage Administration

• Managing VMFS Volumes
• LUN Identification
• Partitioning Disks
• VMFS Volume Operations
• Reading VMFS Volume Metadata
• Extending VMFS Volume
• Datastore Security, Replication, and HBA Configuration
• Securing Virtual Machine Access to Storage
• Supported Storage Types Distributed Lock Handling by VMFS-3
• Handling VMFS Replication
• VMFS LUN Replication
• Using LVM.EnableResignature
• View HBA Driver Configuration
• Modifying Adapter Properties
• Common Storage-Related Events
• VMkernel Messages
• Sample Rescan Event vmkernel Log Entries
• Failover to Standby HBA
• Failover to Standby Storage Processor
• Storage VMotion
• Introduction to Storage VMotion
• Storage VMotion - Performance
• Storage VMotion - Initial Implementation
• How Storage VMotion Works
• Requirements and Limitations

Module 2: Network Administration

• Create and Configure Virtual Switches
• Physical and Virtual Switch Comparison
• Virtual Switches and Spanning Tree Protocol
• Virtual Switch VLANs
• Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Locate Physical NICs
• Modify Physical NIC Attributes
• Enable/Disable TSO Support
• Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Virtual Network Security
• Using Network Segmentation
• Security Considerations for VLANs
• Virtual Switch Protection and VLANs
• Securing Virtual Switch Ports
• Notifying Switches
• Create and Configure VMkernel Ports
• Configure VMkernel Ports
• Handling VMkernel Traffic
• VMkernel Networking
• VMkernel Routing
• Managing Failover and Failure Detection
• Add an Uplink to a Port Group
• Define Failover Order
• Viewing Active/Standby NICs
• Display vSwitch Configuration
• Best Practices for NIC Teaming
• Troubleshooting NIC Teaming
• Service Console Networking
• Host-Name Resolution
• Configure Service Console Port Group
• Advanced Service Console NIC Configurations
• Service Console Firewall Management
• Required TCP and UDP Ports
• Configuring the Software iSCSI Initiator
• iSCSI Overview
• Set Up Networking for iSCSI Software Initiator
• Configure the Firewall for iSCSI
• View General Properties of iSCSI Software Adapter
• Configure iSCSI Targets
• iSCSI Software Initiator Troubleshooting

Module 3: DRS Configuration and Performance Monitoring

• Building and Monitoring DRS Clusters
• Guidelines for CPU Resources
• Guidelines for Memory Resources
• Guidelines for Resource Allocation
• Adding a Host to the DRS Cluster
• Removing a Host from the Cluster
• Monitor Cluster Usage
• Monitoring the DRS Cluster
• DRS Cluster Memory Resources
• Guidelines for DRS Clusters
• Using Performance Monitoring Tools
• Tools for Performance Analysis
• Advanced per-VM CPU Statistics
• Monitoring Memory Utilization
• Viewing Memory Using the VI Client
• Monitoring Disk Utilization
• I/O Virtualization
• Analyzing Disk Performance
• Top Indications of Storage I/O Bottleneck
• Monitoring Network Utilization
• Common Network Issues
• Troubleshooting a VM's Network Throughput

Module 4: Business Continuity and Data Protection

• Microsoft Cluster Services
• Clustering Options
• Implementing Cluster in a Box
• Implementing a Cluster Across Boxes
• Implementing Standby Host Clustering
• Shared Storage Summary
• Configuring VMware HA
• VMware HA Overview
• Cluster Configuration and Communication Details
• Viewing Your HA Cluster
• Customize VMware HA Cluster Behavior
• Customize VM Behavior
• Effect of DRS Affinity Rules
• VMware HA Best Practices
• Describe How VCB Works
• VMware Consolidated Backup
• VCB Components
• Virtual Machine Snapshots
• How a Snapshot Is Created
• File-Level Backup
• Full Virtual Machine Backup
• VCB and Storage Dependencies
• VCB Log Files
• Using VCB Command-Line Utilities
• Using VCB Command-Line Utilities
• Identify a Virtual Machine's Backup or Snapshot
• Perform a Full Virtual Machine Backup
• Back Up Individual Virtual Disks
• Restore from VCB Backups
• Image-Level Restoration
• File-Level Restoration
• Restoration Using VMware Converter

Module 5: Operational Maintenance

• Install and Configure VMware Update Manager
• VMware Update Manager Overview
• Installing VMware Update Manager
• VMware Update Manager Database
• Configuring VMware Update Manager Settings
• Scheduling Patch Metadata Downloads
• Installing the Guest Agent
• Baseline Management
• Report on a Noncompliant Virtual Machine
• Responding to Guest Remediation Failure
• Scanning ESX Hosts
• DRS-Enabled Remediation
• Troubleshooting Update Manager

Module 6: Modify Logging Behavior

• Configure Logging for vpxd and vpxa
• Windows Environment Variables
• VirtualCenter Installation Logs
• The VirtualCenter Server Configuration File
• VirtualCenter Server vpxd Logs
• Log Options for vpxd and vpxa
• Collecting Log Files
• Virtual Machine Logging
• Consolidating Service Console Log Files
• How to Configure /etc/syslog.conf
• ESX-Specific syslog.conf Entries
• Using the logger Command
• Time Synchronization
• Rotating Service Console Log Files
• Configure Log File Rotation
• Third-Party Logs

Module 7: Service Console Security

• Configure SSH
• Direct ESX Server Login Authentication Process
• Controlling Remote Service Console Access
• Preventing Remote Root Access
• Controlling User Access
• Enable an Illegal Access Warning
• Tracking User Access
• Employ TCP Wrappers
• Controlling Host Access
• Defining Host Rules

Module 8: Rapid Provisioning of ESX Servers

• Scripted ESX Server Installations
• Overview of Scripted Installation
• Create an Installation Script
• Installation Script Content
• Common Deployment Scenarios