In this two-day course, you explore the new features and enhancements following VMware vCenter Server 8.0 and VMware ESXi 8.0. Real-world use-case scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere 8.0.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 8.0
Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi, storage, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 8.0
Describe the purpose of vSphere Distributed Services Engine
Update an ESXi host equipped with a Data Processing Unit (DPU) using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0
Recognize enhancements to VM hardware compatibility settings
VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation and the improvements to vSphere DRS
Recognize the new Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (vNUMA) topology settings of a VM in vSphere Client
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy to manage the configuration specifications for the hosts in a cluster
Recognize the vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy enhancements in vSphere 8.0
Recognize the cloud benefits that VMware vSphere+ brings to on-premises workloads
Recognize technology that is discontinued or deprecated in vSphere 8.0

1

  • COURSE INTRODUCTION

  • Introductions and course logistics

    Course objectives

2

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING

  • Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8

    Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8

3

  • VSPHERE DISTRIBUTED SERVICES ENGINE

  • Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine

    Explain how Distributed Services Engine works

    Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine

    Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU

    View DPU information in vSphere Client

    Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster

    Update an ESXi host equipped with a DPU using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

    Create a vSphere Distributed Switch for network offloads

    Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere Distributed Switch

    Configure a VM to use Uniform Passthrough Mode

4

  • VSPHERE AND VCENTER MANAGEMENT

  • Review the improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts

    Review the enhancements to the vCenter recovery process

5

  • ESXI ENHANCEMENTS

  • Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi

    Explain how ConfigStore affects your interaction with ESXi configuration files

    Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0

    Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0

    Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi

6

  • VSPHERE STORAGE

  • Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture

    Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture

    Describe the benefits of using NVMe

    Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere

7

  • GUEST OS AND WORKLOADS

  • Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions

    Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20

    Create a snapshot of a VM with an NVDIMM device

8

  • RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • View energy and carbon emission metrics in vRealize Operations Manager

    Describe the VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality

    Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of vSphere DRS

9

  • SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE

  • Describe how to handle vTPM secrets when cloning a VM

    Manage OVF templates for VMs that are configured with vTPM

    Deploy an OVF template with vTPM

    Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi

    Describe ESXi 8 enhanced security features

10

  • VSPHERE LIFECYCLE MANAGER

  • Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts

    Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster with vSphere Lifecycle Manager

    Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications

    Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel

    Stage an ESXi host image prior to remediation

11

  • AUTO DEPLOY

  • Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy

12

  • VSPHERE WITH TANZU

  • Describe the features of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 offering

13

  • ANNOUNCING VSPHERE+

  • Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+

Audience

System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures who want to deploy vSphere 8.0 into their existing vSphere environment.

Language

English

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of one of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge, plus administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale VMware vSphere: Fast Track VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Experience with working at the command line is helpful.

$1,700

Length: 2.0 days (16 hours)

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