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Course Introduction
Module 1
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Importance
This course will equip administrators with the knowledge,
skills, and abilities to build and run a VMware vSphere
environment. This course focuses on the installation and
configuration of VMware ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter
Server. This course also focuses on the management of ESXi
hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Server.
This course will help prepare IT professionals to achieve the
status of VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5).
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Learner Objectives
After this course, you should be able to do the following:
Deploy ESXi, vCenter Server (Windows-based) or vCenter
Server appliance
Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi host
networking and storage
Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
Manage user access to virtual datacenter objects
Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage and to
increase scalability
Use vCenter Server to manage data protection and high
availability
Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi host
patches
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You Are Here
Course Introduction
Introduction to Virtualization
Virtual Machines
VMware vCenter Server
Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
Configure and Manage Virtual Storage
Managing Virtual Machines
Data Protection
Access & Authentication Control
Resource Management and Monitoring
High Availability
Scalability
Patch Management
Installing vSphere Components
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Typographical Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in this course:

Monospace
Filenames, folder names, path
names, command names:
the bin directory
Monospace bold
What the user types:
Type ipconfig and press Enter.
Boldface Graphical user interface items:
the Configuration tab
Italic Book titles and emphasis:
vSphere Datacenter
Administration Guide
<filename> Placeholders:
<ESXi_host_name>
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What Is VMware vSphere?
An infrastructure
virtualization suite that does
the following:
Provides virtualization,
management, resource
optimization, application
availability, and
operational automation
capabilities
Aggregates physical
hardware resources and
provides virtual resources
to the datacenter
VMware vSphere
VMware vCenter Suite
App App App App App App App App
Existing Applications Future Applications
Application
Services
Infrastructure
Services
VMware vSphere
vMotion
vSphere Storage
vMotion
vSphere HA
Fault Tolerance
Data Recovery
VMware vShield
Zones
VMware VMsafe
DRS
Hot Add
VMware ESXi
DRS and
VMware DPM
Memory Overcommit
VMFS
Thin Provisioning
Storage I/O
Control
Distributed
Switch
Network I/O
Control
Private Cloud Resource Pools Public Cloud
Availability Scalability
Storage Network
Security
Compute
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VCP on vSphere 5 Certification
The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Program
For technical individuals who want to demonstrate their vSphere expertise and
advance their career
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/
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VMware Online Resources
VMware Communities: http://communities.vmware.com
Start a discussion, and access communities and user groups.
VMware Support: http://www.vmware.com/support
Access the knowledge base, documentation, technical papers, and
compatibility guides.
VMware Education: http://www.vmware.com/education
Access the course catalog and worldwide course schedule.
Access information about advanced courses to continue on your
virtualization training path.
For easy access to online resources, install the VMware toolbar.
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vSphere Production Documentation
For vSphere product documentation, go to
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
See the current vSphere manuals at this Web site for information
about configuration maximums and installation requirements.
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Key Points
This course teaches you how to install, manage, and configure your
vSphere environment.
This course helps prepare you to achieve the status of VMware
Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5).