VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure Training Course

This in-depth technical course is designed to provide participants with the advanced skills needed to manage Proxmox VE-based virtualized infrastructure, focusing on storage, backup, high availability, security, and monitoring. Through theoretical lessons and numerous practical exercises, participants will learn how to:

• Manage local and remote storage, leveraging ZFS for advanced features and integrating Ceph for distributed storage scenarios.
• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies using snapshots, replication, restore, and Proxmox Backup Server.
• Design and administer high-availability clusters, enabling live VM migration and load balancing.
• Apply best practices for security reinforcement, configure firewalls, and protect VMs and containers.
• Monitor performance and logs with integrable tools like Zabbix, Prometheus, and Grafana, for comprehensive visibility into the infrastructure.
• Develop real-world use cases in academic and corporate settings, including DevOps environments, production service hosting, and HPC clusters.

The course is highly practical and operational, with hands-on sessions guiding participants from initial configuration to failover scenario simulation.

VMware vSphere is a leading virtualization platform used to build resilient IT infrastructure for government and other public sector organizations.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to gain practical skills in identifying and resolving issues in VMware vSphere environments within the context of government operations.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Diagnose and resolve common problems related to virtual machines and vSphere services for government IT systems.
• Use VMware tools to analyze and fix performance and configuration issues in public sector environments.
• Troubleshoot virtual networking and storage configurations specific to government IT infrastructure.
• Perform root cause analysis in production environments, ensuring compliance with public sector governance standards.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion tailored for government IT professionals.
• Extensive exercises and practice to reinforce learning objectives relevant to public sector workflows.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment, simulating real-world government scenarios.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, tailored to specific needs of your government agency, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level virtualization administrators who wish to transition to open-source platforms from VMware. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: - Install and configure KVM, oVirt, and Proxmox VE. - Migrate virtual workloads from VMware to these open-source solutions. - Implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies for government environments. - Optimize performance in open-source virtualization environments to meet the needs of public sector workflows and governance.

This instructor-led, live training in US (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and developers who wish to install, configure, monitor, and manage Kubernetes-based environments through VMware PKS (formerly known as Pivotal Container Service).

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install the necessary components and tools for VMware PKS.
• Deploy using BOSH and Pivotal Ops Manager.
• Integrate VMware Harbor capabilities with PKS.
• Manage and monitor infrastructures and applications using VMware tools, ensuring alignment with public sector workflows and governance standards for government.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers and developers who wish to use VMware Tanzu to build, deploy, and orchestrate cloud-native applications in a vSphere environment for government. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: - Set up the necessary environment to effectively manage Kubernetes clusters with VMware Tanzu. - Gain a comprehensive understanding of using the VMware portfolio of products to centralize management of clusters and applications. - Build, run, deploy, and orchestrate containerized applications using the VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service. - Learn how to manage and monitor the lifecycle of VMware Tanzu components in vSphere.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level system administrators who wish to use VMware vCenter for managing complex virtual environments. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: - Understand the architecture and components of VMware vSphere and vCenter Server. - Install, configure, and manage VMware ESXi and vCenter Server. - Implement advanced networking and storage configurations. - Create, manage, and migrate virtual machines. - Ensure high availability and disaster recovery in a virtualized environment. - Automate vSphere tasks and manage lifecycle and upgrades. - Troubleshoot common issues and apply best practices for government operations.

VMware vSphere 8 is a leading virtualization platform designed to support modern data center infrastructures for government and other sectors. This instructor-led, live training (available online or on-site) is targeted at intermediate-level IT professionals who are interested in installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere environments while preparing for the VCP certification. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: - Install and configure ESXi hosts. - Deploy and manage vCenter Server. - Configure vSphere networking and storage. - Create, deploy, and optimize virtual machines. **Format of the Course** - Instructor-guided presentations and technical discussions. - Extensive lab work and scenario-based exercises. - Practical configuration and management in a dedicated vSphere environment. **Course Customization Options** - For tailored VMware vSphere training solutions for government agencies, please contact us to discuss customization options.

VMware vSphere is a leading virtualization platform that facilitates the efficient management of virtual infrastructure across datacenters and hybrid cloud environments, tailored specifically for government use. This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for beginner-level to intermediate-level IT professionals who are responsible for installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere environments in public sector organizations. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: - Install and configure ESXi hosts and vCenter Server. - Create and manage virtual machines and vApps. - Configure virtual networking and storage resources. - Implement user permissions, monitoring, and basic troubleshooting. **Format of the Course** - Interactive lecture and discussion. - Hands-on lab exercises and demonstrations. - Practical implementation in real-world scenarios for government operations. **Course Customization Options** - To request a customized training for this course tailored to specific needs for government agencies, please contact us to arrange.

This five-day course offers comprehensive hands-on training focused on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7. This course prepares participants to effectively administer a vSphere infrastructure for government or any other organization of any size. This course serves as the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center (SDDC). **Product Alignment** - VMware ESXi 7.0 - VMware vCenter Server 7.0 **Objectives** By the end of the course, participants should be able to meet the following objectives: - Describe the concept of a software-defined data center (SDDC) - Explain the functions and roles of vSphere components within the infrastructure - Discuss the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline - Install and configure ESXi hosts - Deploy and configure VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ - Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage the vCenter Server inventory and configuration - Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance - Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches - Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere - Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage - Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores - Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots - Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library - Manage virtual machine resource usage - Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® - Create and manage a vSphere cluster enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ - Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle - Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines **Certifications** Attending this course meets the training requirement to achieve the following certification: - [VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)](https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vcp-dcv) **Audience** - System administrators - System engineers

This five-day course provides comprehensive, hands-on training focused on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere 8, which includes VMware ESXi™ 8 and VMware vCenter® 8. Designed to equip participants with the skills necessary to administer a vSphere infrastructure for organizations of any size, this course serves as the foundation for most VMware technologies in the software-defined data center. The training is tailored to align with public sector workflows and governance standards, making it particularly relevant for government agencies.