Getting Started with VMware vSphere

In this document we will go through the VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage [V6] training.
This guide will help to all the beginners to learn VMware vCenter, ESXi Host, VMware HA, DRS Clusters and do the management of VMs and ESXi Host using vCenter server.
  Topics Covered

1. Introduction to Virtualization
2. Install VMware ESXi
   • How to Set Management IP for ESXi?
   • How to Connect to ESXi?
   • Introduction to ESXi console Menu options
3. Install VMware vCenter Server Appliance
• Add vCenter Appliance in Active Directory ( vCSA 6 )
• Add Active Directory as Identity Source
• Provide vCenter permissions to Domain Users
4. Add ESXi Host in vCenter
5. Creating Virtual Machines
6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
7. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
8. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance
9. Host Scalability
10. Virtual Machine Management
11. Resource Management and Monitoring
12. vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
• How to Install VMware Update Manager
• How to Configure Update manager settings
• How to Install ESXi Patches using Update manager
• How to Upgrade ESXi Host using Update manager
• What is Update Manager utility
13. VMware Virtual Distributed Switch
14. Role based Access to vCenter Server

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What’s Next?
Introduction to Virtualization