Administering VMware vSphere 8 (Learn, Setup ESXi + vCenter)

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Emilio Aguero

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1 - Intro to VMware

1 - Intro to course.mp4

03:40

2 - Summary of VMware ESXi and vCenter.mp4

11:06

3 - About VMware versions.mp4

00:48

2 - Setup VMware ESXi

4 - Setting up VMware ESXi 8.mp4

07:34

5 - ESXi Overview.mp4

09:53

6 - Licensing you Host.mp4

01:24

7 - Maintenance Mode.mp4

02:11

3 - Build some Virtual Machines VMs

8 - All about ISOs.mp4

07:08

9 - Building your first Virtual Machine.mp4

16:28

10 - Using the Console.mp4

03:27

11 - Using VMware Tools.mp4

04:34

12 - Edit VM Settings.mp4

17:38

13 - Networking Basics.mp4

15:42

4 - Setting Up VMware vCenter

14 - Downloading VMware vCenter.mp4

02:00

15 - Setting up VMware vCenter.mp4

10:19

16 - vCenter Overview.mp4

08:17

17 - Datacenters Clusters adding ESXi Hosts.mp4

22:20

5 - All About Storage

18 - Talking Datastores.mp4

15:27

19 - Thin vs Thick Disk Types.mp4

06:42

20 - Setting up a NFS Datastore using a NAS.mp4

10:28

6 - Managing VMs HA and Migration

21 - Intro to Migrations vMotion and DRS.mp4

26:47

22 - Using vMotion.mp4

13:52

23 - Using DRS.mp4

08:35

24 - High Availability Fault Toleranc.mp4

15:31

25 - Affinity Rules.mp4

10:44

7 - Security and Networking

26 - Standard vs Distributed Virtual Switches.mp4

33:12

27 - Access Security and Permissions.mp4

17:55

8 - Good Management

28 - Alerts and Performance Logs.mp4

09:17

29 - Importance of Snapshots.mp4

07:50

30 - VM Hardware Compatibility and vTools.mp4

09:34

31 - ESXi Services and SSH.mp4

05:44

32 - Other ESXi System Features Firewalls Certificates NTP Time.mp4

04:32

33 - Monitoring Storage Performance.mp4

01:32

34 - Clones and Templates.mp4

14:18

35 - Which Physical Host NIC is assigned to a VM.mp4

01:06

36 - Removing an Invalid VM.mp4

02:54

37 - Automating VM startup and shutdown.mp4

06:20

9 - Whats next

38 - Whats next.mp4

01:27

Description

You too can become a VMware Virtualization expert!

What You'll Learn?

Differences between VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter
How to setup VMware ESXi and vCenter 8
Building your own Virtual Machines, and keeping them healthy
Using advanced vCenter features such Auto Startup, vMotion, HA, FT and DRS
Using Virtual Networking switches
Managing storage and datastores
Diagnosing, Troubleshooting and Keeping your environment running great

Who is this for?

IT Support Administrators

System Administrator and Engineers

Cloud and Virtualisation Engineers

Service Desk and Helpdesk Analysts

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Description
Want to Learn all about VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter 8?

In this course we'll give you all the skills needed to start out with VMware, all the way up to becoming an expert.
We'll show you how to setup VMware vSphere 8, including VMware's Hypervisor ESXi and manaing vCenter. We'll also run you through the steps to start building your own Virtual Machines (VM's) and build your own Virtualization environment!
VMware is the leader in Virtualization technologies and used in thousands and thousands of businesses around the world. Whether you are new to IT or have worked in IT for a while we'll give you the skills needed to get that job, get promoted while improving your VMware skillset.

In this course weâ€™ll cover -
- Differences between VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.
- How to setup VMware ESXi and vCenter 8
- Building your own Virtual Machines, and keeping them healthy
- Using advanced vCenter features such Auto Startup, vMotion, HA, FT and DRS
- Using Virtual Networking switches
- Managing storage and datastores
- Diagnosing, Troubleshooting and Keeping your environment running great

This course is aimed at VMware vSphere 8 administration, however it is also relevant to earlier versions of VMware vSphere including v7.0 and v6.x.

Do I need to be an expert?
No, this course is designed for people who may be starting out with Virtualization technologies but also forming a strong foundation for those who already work with VMware.
We'll give you the skills to become a lot more proficient in VMware.

What hardware and software do I need?
You can just follow along but to make your learning better it's best to also have -
- a copy of VMware ESXi and vCenter (we'll cover how to get these)
- a few spare computers to load VMware software onto them
- a number of ISO's to build some VM's. These could be copies of Windows and Linux.

Throughout this course, below are some tasks you can complete yourself**
- download VMware ESXi off the VMware website
- setup some computers with VMware ESXi
- download or have ready some of your favorite Operating System ISO files
- build and configure a pool of VM's
- build and setup VMware vCenter
- Configure High Availability across a few hosts
- Deploy some virtual switches, both standard and distributed

Happy learning!
Who this course is for:
IT Support Administrators
System Administrator and Engineers
Cloud and Virtualisation Engineers
Service Desk and Helpdesk Analysts

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Emilio is an accomplished professional and leader with over 20 years of with experience in IT professional services, digital transformation, infrastructure and operations management. Emilio loves helping people learn and achieve their goals, providing them the skills and expertise to make their professional careers better and more rewarding.Areas of Expertise include -- Win Server, macOS + integration- Storage Architecture- Virtualisation, VMware- Cybersecurity Hardening- IT Governance- DR and Backup Design

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