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VMware ESXI Server Enterprise
Course: CIS197

First Term: 2018 Fall
Lec + Lab   3.0 Credit(s)   4.0 Period(s)   4.0 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: T


Description: Introduction to vSphere and VMware ESXI server in the enterprise. Covers many aspects of virtualization for VMware ESXI server administration. Designed to develop knowledge and skills required to install, configure and troubleshoot a VMware ESXI Server (vSphere) including basic network functions.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Explain the importance of the software-defined data center. (I)
2. Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines. (II, XI)
3. Install, configure, and deploy ESXI server and vCenter server instance and appliance. (III)
4. Use vCenter VMware tools to audit, monitor, a secure an ESXI server environment. (VI)
5. Explain vSphere SAN and NAS storage options. (V)
6. Configure ESXi storage using vCenter Server. (V)
7. Create, install, and configure Virtual Machines (VMs) within an ESXI server. (II, VI)
8. Configure networking within the ESXI server environment. (IV)
9. Explain the difference between a standard virtual switch and a virtual distributed switch.(IV)
10. Configure a virtual appliance using the vSphere vCenter server. (XI)
11. Configure and manage memory including virtual memory for virtual machines using vCenter. (II, VI)
12. Manage VMs using vCenter server. (II, VI)
13. Configure High Availability (HA), Fault Tolerance (FT) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). (VIII, IX)
14. Explain the importance of VMotion as it relates to Distributed Resource Scheduler. (IX)
15. Update the vCenter environments using Update Manager. (X)
16. Troubleshoot an vSphere network environment. (VII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Software Defined Data Center
   A. Introduce components of the software-defined data center
   B. Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
   C. Install and use vSphere Client
   D. Overview of ESXi
II. Creating Virtual Machines
   A. Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
   B. Create and work with virtual machines and templates
III. vCenter Server
   A. Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
   B. Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
   C. Use vSphere Web Client
   D. Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
IV. Installing VMware ESXI Enterprise Server Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
   A. Describe, create, and manage standard switches
   B. Configure virtual switch security and load-balancing policies
   C. Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
V. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
   A. Introduce storage protocols and storage device types
   B. Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI and NFS storage
   C. Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
   D. Introduce VMware Virtual SAN
   E. Introduce Virtual Volumes
VI. Virtual Machine Management
   A. Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
   B. Modify and manage virtual machines
   C. Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
   D. Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
   E. Create vApps
   F. Introduce the types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them
VII. Resource Management and Monitoring
   A. Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
   B. Configure and manage resource pools
   C. Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
   D. Use various tools to monitor resource usage
   E. Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
   F. Identify and troubleshoot virtual machine resource issues
   G. Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management
VIII. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance
   A. Explain the vSphere HA architecture
   B. Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
   C. Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance and enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
   D. Introduce vSphere Replication
   E. Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
IX. Host Scalability
   A. Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
   B. Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
   C. Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
   D. Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity
X. vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
   A. Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
   B. Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
   C. Create patch baselines
   D. Use host profiles to manage host configuration compliance
   E. Scan and remediate hosts
XI. Installing vSphere Components
   A. Install ESXi
   B. Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
   C. Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
   D. Discuss installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server instance
   E. Demonstrate vCenter Server installation

 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 28, 2016

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