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.
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Who Should Attend
Module 1: Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Module 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
Module 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
Module 4: vSphere and vCenter Management
Review the improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts
Review the enhancements to the vCenter recovery process
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 11: Auto Deploy
Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy
Module 12: vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the features of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 offering
Module 13: Announcing vSphere+
Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+
This course requires completion of one of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge, plus administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server:
Experience with working at the command line is helpful. The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] course.
