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Introduction to VMware vSphere 8.0 Program
Course Introduction
Lecture01 : Challenges of Traditional x86 Architecture
Traditional x86 Architecture Overview
Challenge No.1 - Single OS per machine
Challenge No.2 - Vendor Lock-In Issues
Challenge No.3 - Underutilized Hardware
Challenge No.4 - Provisioning Challenges
Challenge No.5 -Application Conflicts
Challenge No.6 - Capital Expenditures
Challenge No.7 - Operational Expenditure
Video: Challenges of x86 Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture02 : What is Datacenter Virtualization
What is Datacenter Virtualization
Explain Virtualization to Mom
Example No.1 : School Bus vs Car
Example No.2 : Apartment vs House
Datacenter Virtualization Benefits
Benefit No.1: Reduced Capex and Opex
Benefit No.2: No Vendor Lock-In
Benefit No.3: Improve App Availability
Benefit No.4: Business Continuity
Benefit No.5: Increased Productivity
Benefit No.6: Faster Response Time
Benefit No.7: Increased HW Utilization
Benefit No.8: Go Green, Save Energy
Benefit No.9: Simplified Management
Video: What is Datacenter Virtualization
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture03 : Types of Virtualization
Types of Virtualization
Server Virtualization and its benefits
Storage Virtualization and Its benefits
Network Virtualization and Its benefits
Application Virtualization and Its benefits
Desktop Virtualization and Its benefits
Video: Types of Virtualization
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture04 : Overview of Virtual Machines and Hypervisor
What is Virtual Machines
Key feature and benefits of Virtual Machines
Physical Machines vs Virtual Machines
Introduction to Hypervisor
Types of Hypervisors
Hosted vs Bare Metal Hypervisor
ESX vs ESXi Hypervisor
ESXi Hypervisor Architecture
Video: Overview of VM and Hypervisor
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture05 : ESXi Architecture and Its Core Components
Demystifying ESXi Architecture
Explain VMM vs VMKernel Functions
Explain Storage Stack vs Network Stack
Video: ESXi Architecture and Its Core Components
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture06 : Physical vs Virtual Architecture
Physical vs Virtual Architecture
Physical vs Virtual CPU
Physical vs Virtual Memory
Physical vs Virtual Networking
Physical vs Virtual Storage
Virtual Machine Encapsulation
GPU Virtualization
Video: Physical vs Virtual Architecture
Video: Q&A session
Lecture07 : Explain SDDC and vSphere Architecture
Explain Software Defined Dataceter
Explain Benefits of SDDC
Explain Components of SDDC
Explain vSphere and Cloud Foundation
Explain vSphere Architecture
Explain various components of vSphere
Explain vSphere User Interfaces
Video: Explain SDDC and vSphere Architecture
Video: vSphere vs Host Client vs DCUI
Lecture08 : Installation of ESXi 8.0 Hypervisor
Explain Step by Step Installation of ESXi 8.0
Getting Familiar with ESXi DCUI Console
Accessing ESXi Host using Host Client
Explain NTP Protocol and Its Benefits
Explain PTP Protocol and Its Benefits
Configuring NTP Protocol using Host Client
Video: Installation of ESXi 8.0
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture09 : ESXi Boot Bank Architecture & Components
Explain ESXi Executives and their functions
Explain Tardisk & Ramdisk
Explain ESXi VMkernel and TPM functions
Explain ESXi Bootbank and its functions
Explain ESXi Bootbank Characteristics
Explain boot.cfg file and its importance
Video: ESXi 8.0 Bootbank
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture10 : ESXi Boot Process and Its Various Phases
Explain Boot Process Phase1 : Hardware
Explain Boot Process Phase1 : Bootloader
Explain Boot Process Phase1 : VMkernel
Explain Boot Process in a Nutshell
Video: ESXi 8.0 Boot Process
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture11 : ESXi Boot bank and Alt Bootbank
Explain ESXi Boot bank and Alt boot bank
Explain Dual boot bank architecture
Explain boot bank selection process
Explain Bootstate parameter in boot.cfg
Explain different state of bootstate
Explain Bootbank selection post upgrade
Explain How Rollback feature works
Video: Bootbank and Alt Bootbank
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture12 : Explain ESXi 8.0 Partitioning Layout
Explain ESXi Old Partitioning Layout
Explain ESXi New Partitioning Layout
Comparison between old vs new layout
Explain limitations of Old layout
Explain benefits of New Layout
Explain various sizes of New 8.0 Layout
Video: ESXi 8.0 Partitioning Layout
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture13 : Explain ESXi 8.0 DCUI Console
Resetting ESXi Password using DCUI
Network Configuration using DCUI
Test Host Connectivity using DCUI
Enabling ESXi Shell and SSH using DCUI
Explore ESXi System Logs using DCUI
Restart Management Agents using DCUI
Video: Access ESXi Host using DCUI
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture14 : Explain ESXi 8.0 Host Client
Explain Host view of ESXi Host Client
Explain Virtual Machine View of Client
Explain Networking View of Host Client
Explain Storage View of Host Client
Managing ESXi services using Host Client
Configuring NTP/PTP using Host Client
Explain Light/Dark and Classic Theme
Explain ESXi 8.0 support bundle collection
Video: ESXi 8.0 Host Client
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture15 : Explain ESXCLI and ESXTOP commands
Explain ESXCLI command
Explain ESXCLI network command
Explain ESXCLI storage command
Explain ESXCLI hardware command
Explain ESXCLI vm command
Explain ESXTOP command and its options
Explain CPU view of ESXTOP
Explain Memory view of ESXTOP
Explain Disk view of ESXTOP
Explain Network view of ESXTOP
Video: Explain ESXCLI and ESXTOP
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture16 : Explain ESXi Log files for Troubleshooting
Explain /var/log/vmkernel.log File
Explain /var/log/vmksummary.log File
Explain /var/log/vmwarning.log File
Explain /var/log/vobd.log File
Explain /var/log/hostd.log File
Explain /var/log/vpxa.log File
Video: Explain ESXi Log Files
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture17 : Top 2 Most Common ESXi Issues found in field
Explain ESXi Host Crash Issue
Explain ESXi PSOD Symptoms
Explain Recovery Steps from PSOD
Explain ESXi Not Responding Issue
Explain Symptoms of Host issue
Explain Recovery Steps of Host Issue
Video: ESXi Top2 Common Issues
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture18 : Virtual Machine Creation & GuestOS Installation
Explain VM Provisioning Methods
Explain VM creation using Host Client
Explain VM creation using vSphere Client
Explain VM Remote Console
Explain WinOS installation using VMRC
Explain Web Console vs VMRC Console
Video: Virtual Machine Creation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture19 : Virtual Machines Files and Its Significance
Explain <vm>*.VMX File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VSWP File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMDK File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMSS File and Its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMSD File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMSD File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMSN File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMEM File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.VMTX File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.LOG File and its Function
Explain <vm>*.HLOG File and its Function
Video: Virtual Machine Files
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture20 : Virtual Machine Devices and Hardware Versions
Explain Virtual Machine HW versions
Explain Hardware Version Compatibility
Explain Virtual Machine HW Version 20
Explain Virtual Storage Devices
Explain Virtual Network Devices
Explain Virtual CD/DVD and other devices
Explain VM Disk Creation Types
Explain Thin provision vs Thick Provision
Explain Lazy Zero vs Eager Zero Disk
Explain Pros and Cons of Thin Disk
Explain Pros and Cons of Thick Disk
Explain conversion steps of Thin to Thick
Explain conversion steps of Thick to Thin
Video: Virtual Machine Devices & HW
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture21 : VMware Tools Installation and Its Key Benefits
Explain VMware Tools and Its Key benefits
Explain Unregister VM vs Delete VM
Explain Hot Add/Remove Virtual Hardware
Explain Hot Add of HDD and vNIC Device
Explain CPU and Memory Hot Plug
Explain Dynamically Increase VM HDD size
Explain Virtual Machine Options
VMware Tools Installation in Linux VM
VMware Tools Installation in Windows VM
Video: VMware Tools Installation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture22 : CPU Terminology Socket vs Core vs Hyperthreading
Explain CPU terminology: Physical Socket
Explain CPU terminology: Physical Core
Explain CPU terminology: L1/L2/L3 Cache
Explain CPU terminology: Hyperthreading
Explain vSocket and vCore concepts
Explain Single Socket vs Multiple Socket
Explain Virtual CPU Topology in ESXi
Explain Standard OS Socket Limitations
Explain vSocket vs pSocket concepts
Explain vCPU vs pCPUs concepts
Video: Socket vs Core Concepts
Videos: Q&A Session
Lecture23 : Explain ESXi CPU Scheduler and Its Functions
Explain ESXi CPU Scheduler
Explain How ESXi CPU Scheduler works
Explain Key Functions of ESXi Scheduler
Explain various Virtual Machine worlds
Explain SMP Virtual Machines
Explain ESXi CPU Scheduler Algorithms
ESXi CPU Scheduler supports for SMP VM
Explain CPU Skew time
Explain Strict Co-Scheduling Algorithm
Explain Relaxed Co-Scheduling Algorithm
Explain Pros and Cons of CPU Algorithm
Explain CPU Overcommitment
Explain various CPU ESXTOP counters
Video: ESXi CPU Scheduler Algorithm
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture24 : Explain UMA vs NUMA vs vNUMA Architecture
Explain UMA Architecture
Explain NUMA Architecture
Explain Pros and Cons of UMA vs NUMA
Explain Local and Remote Memory
Explain Memory Locality in NUMA
Explain vNUMA Architecture
Explain Wide VMs or Monster VMs
Explain benefits of vNUMA
Explain ESXi NUMA Aware Scheduler
Explain NUMA Node Placement
Explain NUMA and vNUMA Benefits
Video: UMA Architecture
Video: NUMA Architecture
Video: vNUMA Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture25 : vCPU Best Practices and Recommendations
Optimize the number of cores per socket
Memory Considerations with vNUMA
Explain CPU Affinity and Its Drawback
Explain CPU Performance Factors
Co-Scheduling overhead for SMP VM
Descheduling of Low Priority vCPUs
CPU overcommitment and its limitations
vCPU vs pCPU sizing
Explain vCPU to pCPU: 1:1 Ratio
Explain vCPU to pCPU: 1:4 Ratio
Explain vCPU to pCPU: 1:10 Ratio
Video: vCPU: pCPU Ratio Sizing
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture26: vCPU to pCPU Scenario Based Acitivty
vCPU:pCPU Activity : Scenario No.1
vCPU:pCPU Activity : Scenario No.2
vCPU:pCPU Activity : Scenario No.3
vCPU:pCPU Activity : Scenario No.5
vCPU:pCPU Activity : Scenario No.6
Video: vCPUs: pCPUs Activity
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture27: Virtual Machine Snapshots and Its Use Cases
Explain Virtual Machine Snapshots
Explain Snapshot Use Cases and Benefits
Explain Take Snapshot Process
Explain What Does Snapshot Captures
Explain Snapshot Creation and Revert
Explain Snapshot Delete and Delete All
Explain Snapshot with VM Memory
Explain Quiesce Option in Snapshot
Explain VM Snapshot Files creation
Explain Manage Snapshot UI in vSphere
Video: Virtual Machine Snapshots
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture28: Virtual Machine Snapshots Files and Functions
Explain VM Snapshot DELTA DISK Files
Explain VM Snapshot VMSN Files
Explain VM Snapshot VMEM Files
Explain VM Snapshot BASE VMDK File
Explain VM Snapshot VMSD File
Explain Snapshot VM CTK Files
Explain Type of VM Snapshot Disk Files
Explain VMFSSPARSE and SESPARSE Files
Explain VSANSPARSE and SESPARSE Files
Explain VMFSSPARSE vs SESPARSE Files
Explain VM Snapshot Disk Modes
Explain Dependent vs Independent Disk
Explain Persistent vs NonPersistent Disk
Explain Use of VM Snapshot Disk Modes
Video: VM Snapshot Files and Disks
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture29: VM Snapshots Creation and Chaining Process
Demonstrate Snapshot Creation from UI
Demonstrate Snapshot Deletion from UI
Demonstrate Snapshot Revert Operation
Demonstrate Snapshot Delete Operation
Demonstrate Snapshot Delete All Ops
Explain Snapshot Files creation in ESXi
Explain How Snapshot Chain Works
Explain Base Disk vs Delta Disk Functions
Explain Backend Functioning of Revert
Explain Backend Functioning of Delete
Explain Backend Functioning of Delete All
Explain Snapshot Consolidation Process
Explain Why do we need Consolidation
Explain How Snapshot Commit works
Video: VM Snapshot Chaining Process
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture30: VM Snapshots Best Practices and Limitations
Explain SNAPSHOTs are not BACKUPs
Explain VM Snapshots vs VM Backups
Explain VM Snapshot Best Practices
Explain VM Snapshot Limitations
Video: VM Snapshot Best Practices
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture31: Virtual Watchdog Timer and Its Use Cases
Explain Virtual Watchdog Timer
Explain VWDT Benefits & Use Cases
Explain VWDT Architecture
Explain VWDT Run On Boot Option
Explain Watchdog Daemon
Explain VWDT Requirements
Explain VWDT assignment to VM
Explain Troubleshooting VM with VWDT
Video: Virtual Watchdog Timer
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture32: Explain Precision Clock Device and Use Cases
Explain Time Synchronization Importance
Explain Clock Accuracy and Its Benefits
Explain Guest Time Synchronization
Explain Precision Clock and its Benefits
Explain Precision Clock Use Cases
Explain Precision Clock Adding to VM
Explain Precision Clock Requirements
Explain Precision Clock Architecture
Explain Precision Clock Components
Explain Precision Clock Restrictions
Video: Precision Clock Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture33: Selective Latency Sensitivity and Its Use Cases
Explain Latency Sensitivity per VM
Explain Latency Sensitivity Benefits
Explain High and Normal Latency per VM
Explain How Latency Sensitivity Works
Explain Selective Latency Sensitivity
Explain Benefits of Per vCPU SLS
Explain per VM vs per vCPU Latency
Explain How per VM SLS works
Explain Selective LS Use Cases
Explain Selective LS Requirements
Explain Selective LS Restrictions
Explain Troubleshooting Selective LS
Video: Selective Latency Sensitivity
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture34: Intel SGX Architecture and Its Use Cases
Explain Intel SGX Architecture
Explain Intel SGX Benefits and Use Cases
Explain Enclave and EPC in SGX
Explain SGX Customer Use Cases
Explain Intel SGX Architecture
Explain Virtual SGX Requirements
Explain Virtual SGX Restrictions
Explaining Enable/Disable vSGX at VM
Video: Intel SGX Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture35: Assignable Hardware and Its Use Cases
Explain why Hardware Accelerators
Explain Passthrough Devices
Explain Drawback of Old Architecture
Explain Limitation with Old Architecture
Explain Assignable Hardware
Explain Benefits of Assignable Hardware
Explain Use Cases of Assignable HW
Explain How Assignable HW works
Explain Key Benefits of Assignable HA
Explain Hardware Label in Assignable HW
Explain Assignable HW Requirements
Video: Assignable Hardware in 8.0
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture36: vCenter Server Overview and Its Benefits
Explain What is vCenter Server
Explain Why do we need vCenter
Explain Benefits of vCenter Server
Explain Use Cases of vCenter Server
Explain vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
Explain Benefits of vCenter Appliance
Explain Drawback of Windows VC
Explain VCSA vs Windows Based VC
Explain vCenter Server Key Features
Explain Key Benefits of VCSA 8.0
Video: vCenter Server Appliance 8.0
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture37: vCenter Server Architecture and Components
Explain vCenter Server 8.0 Architecture
Explain vCenter Server Photon OS
Explain vCenter Server Database
Explain vSphere Client Interface
Explain vCenter Appliance UI
Explain vCenter Services in VCSA 8.0
Explain Platform Service Controller (PSC)
Explain Single Sign-On in VCSA 8.0
Explain Identity Providers in VCSA 8.0
Explain SSO Authentication Process
Explain VCSA 8.0 Components
Explain Enhanced Linked Mode in VCSA
Explain ESXi and VCSA Communication
Explain VPXD Process in VCSA 8.0
Explain VPXA Process in ESXi 8.0
Explain HOSTD Process in ESXi 8.0
Explain Port Details of VCSA and ESXi
Explain VCSA 8.0 Maximums
Video: VCSA 8.0 Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture38: How To Install vCenter Server 8.0 Appliance
Explain VCSA 8.0 Installation
Explain Stage1 of VCSA 8.0 Installation
Explain Stage2 of VCSA 8.0 Installation
Explain vSphere Client Interface
Accessing VCSA 8.0 using vSphere Client
Accessing Management UI of VCSA 8.0
Explain Datacenter creation workflow
Explain Add Host workflow in VCSA 8.0
Video: VCSA 8.0 Installation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture39: vCenter Server Deployment Models in VCSA 8.0
Explain External vs Embedded PSC model
Explain Why External PSC got removed
Explain benefits of Embedded PSC
Explain 8.x deployment enhancement
External to Embedded PSC Migration
Explain Stage1 of Migration Workflow
Explain Stage2 of Migration Workflow
Explain External PSC Decommissioning
Video: VCSA 8.0 Deployment Models
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture40: Linked Mode Configuration in VCSA 8.0
What is Linked Mode in VCSA 8.0
Explain Stage1 process of Linked Mode
Explain Stage2 process of Linked Mode
Explain SSO domain configuration in LM
Accessing Linked Mode VC
Explain Benefits of Linked Mode
Explain requirements of Linked Mode
Video: Linked Mode in VCSA 8.0
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture41: Backup and Restore capabilities in VCSA 8.0
Explain File Based Backup Solutions
Explain Image Based Backup Solutions
Explain File vs Image Backup Solution
Explain Benefits of Backup & Restore
Explain Manual vs Scheduled Backup
Taking Backup of VCSA 8.0 config
Perform Restore operation of VCSA 8.0
Explain Stage1 of Restore operation
Explain Stage2 of Restore operation
Validating Backup and Restore
Video: VCSA 8.0 Backup & Restore
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture42: vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA)
Explain vCenter Server High Availability
Explain the need of protecting VCSA 8.0
Explain benefits of VCHA 8.0
Explain Active node and Its Functions
Explain Passive Node and Its Functions
Explain Witness Node and Its Functions
Explain Active vs Passive Node
Explain Split Brain Scenario Situation
Configuring VCHA feature in VCSA 8.0
Explain VCHA Prerequisites
Explain mgmt network vs vcha network
Explain VCHA Cluster creation process
Simulate the Failure to validate VCHA
Explain and Validate Failover Process
Explain VCHA cluster deletion
Video: VCSA 8.0 High Availability
Vide: Q&A Session
Lecture43: Getting Familiar with vSphere Client and VAMI UI
Explain Inventory view of vSphere Client
Explain Folder and Datacenter creation
Explain Monitor Tab of vSphere Client
Explain Configure Tab of vSphere Client
Explain vCenter Advanced Settings
Explain vSphere Tasks and Events
Explain Appliance Management UI
Explain Support Bundle creation
Explain CPU, Memory, Disk Usage
Explain Network and Time configuration
Explain various vCenter Services
Explain Log Forwarder and Shell Access
Video: vSphere Client & VAMI UI
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture44: PNID Change Support in VCSA 8.0
What is PNID
How PNID works and what it does
PNID Limitations and Drawbacks
Changing the PNID Use Cases
Backend Process of Change PNID in 8.0
Explain Change FQDN and IP Address
Explain PNID Change Considerations
Validate VC Access after PNID change
Video: PNID Change Support in 8.0
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture45: Explain DDNS Client/Multi Homing Support
Explain What is DDNS Client
Limitation of DDNS Client in VCSA 8.0
Why do we need DDNS client in VCSA 8.0
Explain How DDNS Client works
Explain DDNS Client Use Cases
Explain Customer Use Cases of DDNS
Explain DDNS Client Workflow
Explain Multi-Homing Feature in VCSA 8.0
Explain Use Cases of Multi-Homing
Explain BRS Enhancements in VCSA 8.0
Video: DDNS Client & Multi-Homing
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture46: vCenter Log Files for Troubleshooting
Explain vCenter Server Logs Location
Logs Location for specific VCSA Service
Explain VPXD.log file in VCSA 8.0
Explain Exporting VCSA 8.0 logs
VCSA Initial Troubleshooting using VAMI
Explain Performance Charts of VCSA 8.0
Explain VCSA Disk Monitoring using VAMI
Enabling SSH and Shell Access to VCSA
Explain VCSA service-control command
Explaining VCSA CLI to restart all services
Explain VCSA CLI to start specific service
Video: vCenter Troubleshooting Basic
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture47: VM Deployment using VMTX and OVF Templates
Explain VM Templates
Explain Benefits of VM Templates
Explain Use Cases of VM Templates
Explain Clone VM to Template Creation
Explain Convert VM to Template Creation
Explain VM Deployment from Template
Explain OVF Template vs VM Templates
Explain OVF Template Creation
Explain OVF Template Files
Explain VM deployment from OVF
Explain OVF vs OVA Template
Video: Deploy VM from Templates
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture48: Clone Virtual Machine and Guest OS Customization
Explain Virtual Machine Clone Operation
Explain Hot Clone vs Cold Clone
Explain Templates vs Clone Process
Explain Cloning a Virtual Machine
Explain Guest OS customization in Win
Explain Guest OS customization in Linux
Clone VM using Guest OS customization
Explain Instant Clone
Explain Instant vs Traditional Clone
Explain Benefits of Instant Clone
Explain How Instant Clone works
Video: Clone a Virtual Machine
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture49: Creating and Using a Content Library
Explain Content Library and Its Benefits
Explain Use Cases of Content Library
Explain How Content Library works
Explain Local Library & Its Creation
Explain Publisher Library & Its Creation
Explain Subscriber Library & Its Creation
Explain VM Templates and OVF Templates
Explain Adding VM Template to Library
Explain Adding OVF Template to Library
Explain VM deployment in Local Library
Explain VM deployment in Subscribe Lib
Explain VM Templates Versioning
Explain Check out and Check In Process
Explain VM deployment with versions
Video: Manage Content Library Items
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture50: Introduction to vSphere Networking and its Anatomy
Explain Why we need Virtual Networking
Explain Benefits of Virtual Networking
Explain Physical vs Virtual Networking
Explain What is Virtual Network
Explain Anatomy of Virtual Networking
Explain vNIC, VMKNIC and VMNIC
Explain vSwitch, Portgroups and vPorts
Explain Uplink Ports and NIC Teams
Video: Anatomy of Virtual Networking
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture51: vSphere Standard Switch & Its Capabilities
Explain What is Layer2 Switching
Explain How Layer2 Switching Works
Explain Frame Forwarding in Switching
Explain Virtual Switches in vSphere 8.0
Explain Virtual Switch Connections Types
Explain Traffic Types in Virtual Networks
Explain Types of vSwitches
Explain Creation of Virtual Networks
Explain VM Portgroup vs VMKNIC creation
Explain vSwitch vs pSwitch Similarities
Explain vSwitch vs pSwitch Differences
Explain vSS Capabilities
Explain Forwarding Rules in vSS
Video: vSphere Standard Switch
Video: Creation of Virtual Networks
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture52: vNIC Adapter Types and Their Differences
Explain E1000 vs E1000E adapter
Explain VMXNET vs VMXNET2 Adapter
Explain VMXNET3 vs E1000E Adapter
Explain PVRDMA Adapter and Its Benefits
Explain Vlance vs Flexible Adapters
Explain SRIOV Adapters and Its Benefits
Explain VMKNIC vs pNIC vs vNIC
Video: vNIC Adapter Types
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture53: Distributed Switch Architecture and Its Benefits
Explain Challenges with Standard Switch
Explain Control Plane and Its Function
Explain Data Plane and Its Function
Explain Limitation of vSS
Explain vSphere Distributed Switch
Explain Architecture of Distributed Switch
Explain CP and DP in Distributed Switch
Explain CP and DP Interaction in vDS
Explain Network vMotion in vDS
Explain Standard vs Distributed Switch
Video: Standard vs Distributed Switch
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture54: Create and Manage a vSphere Distributed Switch
Explain Distributed Switch Creation
Explain Adding Host to Distributed Switch
Explain Creation of dvPG and Uplink PG
Migrate VMK Networking from vSS to vDS
Explain Port vs Portgroup Policies in vDS
Explain Virtual Machine I/O Path in vDS
Video: Creating a Distributed Switch
Lecture55: VLAN Tagging Policies in vSphere 8.x
Explain What is VLAN
Explain How Traditional VLAN works
Explain VLAN Tagging and Untagging
Explain Access Port and Trunk Port
Explain Virtual Switch Tagging in vSphere
Explain Virtual Guest Tagging in vSphere
Explain External Switch Tagging
Explain VST vs VGT vs EST
How VLAN Tagging Works in VST & VGT
Video: VLAN Tagging Policy
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture56: NIC Teaming Policies in vSphere 8.x
Explain What is NIC Teaming
Explain Why do we need NIC Teaming
Explain Load Distribution and Failover
Explain Load Balancing: Src PortID Based
Explain Load Balancing: Src MAC Hash
Explain Load Balancing: IP Hash
Explain Load Balancing: pNIC Load Based
Explain Failover Detection: Link Status
Explain Failover Detection: Beaconing
Explain Failback Policy and Use Cases
Video: NIC Teaming Policies
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture57: Layer2 Security and Traffic Shaping Policies
Explain Layer2 Security Policies
Explain Promiscuous Mode Policy
Explain MAC Address Changes Policy
Explain Forged Transmits Policy
Explain Layer2 Security Configuration
Explain Traffic Shaping Policies
Explain Peak and Average Bandwith
Explain Ingress and Egress Traffic Shaping
Explain Traffic Shaping Configuration
Video: Layer2 Security Policies
Video: Traffic Shaping Policies
Video: Layer2 Security Q&A Session
Video: Traffic Shaping Q&A Session
Lecture58: Distributed Switch Features and Capabilities
Explain PNIC Load Based Teaming
Explain CDP and LLDP protocols
Explain Static and Ephemeral Port Binding
Explain Fixed and Elastic Port Allocation
Explain Ingress and Egress Traffic Shaping
Video: VDS additional capabilities
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture59: vSphere Network Troubleshooting Basics
Explain vSphere Networking CLIs
Explain Troubleshooting Approach
Explain Network Problem No. 1
Explain Network Problem No. 2
Explain ESXCLI commands for vSS & vDS
Explain ESXCLI for Portgroup and VMs
Explain ESXCLI commands for pNICs
Video: vSphere Networking CLIs
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture60: Overview of NSX and Its Use Cases & Benefits
Explain Challenges with Traditional DC
Explain Traditional Networking Challenges
Explain Traditional Firewall Challenges
Explain Traditional Routing Challenges
Explain VM Migration Challenges
Explain VM Provisioning Challenges
Explain Traditional Security Challenges
Explain Perimeter Security Challenges
Explain Operational Challenges
Explain NSX and What it does
Explain Benefits of NSX Solution
Explain NSX Use Cases and Capabilities
Video: NSX Overview and Its Benefits
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture61: Basics of SAN vs NAS vs DAS vs HCI Storage Solutions
Explain Why do we need Storage
Explain What is Storage
Explain Structured vs Unstructured Data
Explain What is DAS and How it works
Explain Pros and Cons of DAS
Explain NAS storage and How it works
Explain Pros and Cons of NAS Solutions
Explain What is SAN and How it works
Explain Pros and Cons of SAN Solutions
Explain File Level vs Block Level Access
Explain Object Storage and How it works
Explain File vs Block vs Object Storage
Explain Converged vs Hyperconverged
Video: DAS vs NAS vs SAN vs HCI
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture62: Overview of RAID Types and Its Use Cases and Benefits
Explain What is RAID
Explain Use Cases and Benefits of RAID
Explain RAID-0 Configuration & Benefits
Explain RAID-1 Configuration & Benefits
Explain RAID-5 Configuration & Benefits
Explain RAID-6 Configuration & Benefits
Explain RAID-10 Configuration & Benefits
Explain RAID-0 vs RAID-1 differences
Explain RAID-5 vs RAID-6 differences
Explain RAID-0 vs RAID-10 differences
Video: RAID-0 vs RAID-1 vs RAID-10
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture63: Explain Storage Latency, Throughput and IOPS
Explain Storage Hardware Components
Explain Storge Array, SAN Switches, HBAs
Explain Host Bus Adapters in SAN Storage
Explain Storage Latency and Throughput
Explain Cost of Capacity vs Performance
Explain Sequential vs Random Access
Explain Deduplication vs Replication
Explain Storage Snapshot vs Encryption
Explain What is LUN and Its Key Attributes
Explain HDDs and SSDs and Use Cases
Explain HDDs vs SSDs differences
Explain Traditional SSDs vs NVMe SSDs
Explain NVMe vs NVMe-oF Protocol
Explain SATA vs NVMe Differences
Video: Storage Latency & HDD vs SSD
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture64: Explain FC vs FCoE vs iSCSI SAN Storage Components
Explain What is SAN and Its Benefits
Explain SAN Architecture & Design
Explain SAN Components and Functions
Explain SAN Storage Protocols
Explain FC vs FCoE vs iSCSI vs NVMe
Explain Fiber Channel SAN Components
Explain Fiber Channel SAN Addressing
Explain Zoning vs LUN Masking in SAN
Explain Fiber Channel over Ethernet
Explain FCoE Adapters and Switches
Explain What is iSCSI Protocol
Explain FC vs iSCSI Protocol differences
Explain iSCSI SAN Components
Explain iSCSI Addressing
Explain WWN vs IQN in SAN
Explain NFS Components and Addressing
Video: FC vs FCoE vs iSCSI Protocol
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture65: Explain Software iSCSI vs Hardware Based iSCSI HBAs
Explain Software iSCSI HBAs
Explain Pros and Cons of Software iSCSI
Explain Hardware Dependent iSCSI HBA
Explain Pros & Cons of H/W Dependent
Explain Hardware Independent HBA
Explain Pros & Cons of H/W Independent
Software vs Hardware iSCSI HBAs
Video: Software vs Hardware HBAs
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture66: Explain Datastores and Types of Datastores in vSphere
Explain Datastore in vSphere 8.x
Explain Key Characteristics of Datastore
Explain VMFS Datastore and Its Benefits
Explain File vs Object based Datastore
Explain Storage Devices Representation
Explain of Overview of Storage Protocols
Video: Datastore Types in vSphere 8.x
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture67: Explain VMFS Clustering File System & Benefits
Explain VMFS Clustering File System
Explain Capabilities of VMFS File System
Explain Benefits of VMFS File System
Explain VMFS On-Disk Locking
Explain VMFS SCSI Reservations
Explain VMFS ATS Locking Mechanism
Explain SCSI Reservation vs ATS
Explain ATS vs ATS+iSCSI Mechanism
Explain Heartbeat Region in VMFS
Video: VMFS Clustering File System
Lecture68: Explain Creation & Expansion of VMFS Datastore
Explain VMFS Datastore creation
Explain VMFS Datastore Summary
Explain Capacity vs Provisioned Space
Explain Expansion of VMFS Datastore
Explain Unmount Datastore operation
Explain Delete Datastore operation
Explain Datastore Maintenance Mode
Explain Extent vs Expand Datastore
Video: VMFS Datastore Creation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture69: Explain VMFS versioning and Space Reclaimation
Explain VMFS5 vs VMFS6 differences
Explain VMFS6 Datastore Capabilities
Explain Various Storage Device Formats
Explain 512n vs 512e vs 4Kn Devices
Explain Upgrade from VMFS5 to VMFS6
Explain vSphere Storage APIs for Array
Explain Hardware Acceleration in vSphere
Explain Why Space Reclamation
Explain What is Space Reclamation
Explain How Space Reclamation works
Explain Space Reclamation in VMFS6
Video: VMFS5 vs VMFS6
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture70: Configure iSCSI Storage in vSphere 8.x
Explain Storage Device Naming
Explain ESXi Network Configuration
Activating Software iSCSI Adapter
Discovering iSCSI Targets
Static vs Dynamic Discovery
Deploy Openfiler Virtual Machine
Configure Openfiler VM as iSCSI Target
Create Volume Group and LUN
Create Target IQN and LUN Mapping
Discover iSCSI LUN in ESXi Host
Create VMFS6 Datastore on iSCSI LUN
Video: Configure iSCSI Storage
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture71: Explain Multipathing Policies in vSphere 8.x
Explain Storage Multipathing & Use Cases
Explain Multipathing with Software iSCSI
Explain Multipathing with Hardware iSCSI
Explain Fixed Path Multipathing Policy
Explain MRU Multipathing Policy
Explain Round Robin Multipathing Policy
Explain iSCSI Port Binding in vSphere
Explain iSCSI Port Binding Configuration
Explain Multipathing Policy configuration
Explain Enabling/Disabling Path for IO
Explain All Path Down Condition
Explain Permanent Device Loss Condition
Explain APD vs PDL differences
Video: Fixed vs MRU vs RR Policy
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture72: Explain NFS Datastore creation in vSphere 8.x
Explain NFS Datastore and Its Use Cases
Explain NFS Components
Explain NFSv3 and NFSv4.1
Explain NFSv3 vs NFS4.1 feature support
Explain Creation of NFS Datastore
Explain Multipathing with NFS Storage
Video: NFS Datastore Creation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture73: Explain Raw Device Mapping and Its Use Cases
Explain What is RDM
Explain VMFS vs RDM Implementation
Explain RDM Use Cases
Explain P2V Migration Use Case
Explain Windows Clustering Use Case
Explain RDM Pointer File and Use Case
Explain Virtual Compatibility Mode RDM
Explain Physical Compatibility Mode RDM
Explain vRDM vs pRDM Differences
Explain RDM Assignment to VM
Video: Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture74: vSphere Storage Troubleshooting Basics
Best Practices: Unmount & Delete VMFS
Managing Overcommitted Datastore
Physical Storage Considerations
vSphere Storage Log Files
Explain Common Storage Problem No. 1
Explain Common Storage Problem No. 2
Explain ESXCLI storage commands
Video: Storage Troubleshooting Tips
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture75: Overview of vSAN and vVOL Datastore & Use Cases
Explain vSAN datastore
Explain Benefits of vSAN datastore
Explain Use Cases of vSAN Datastore
Explain vSAN objects vs Traditional Files
Explain Hybrid vs All Flash vSAN Datastore
Explain Hardware Requirements of vSAN
Explain Policy Driven Capabilities of vSAN
Explain vVOL datastore
Explain benefits of vVOL datastore
Explain Use Cases of vVOL Datastore
Video: vSAN Datastore & Use Cases
Video: vVOL Datastore & Use Cases
Video: vSAN Q&A Session
Video: vVOL Q&A Session
Lecture76: vSphere vMotion Architecture and Use Cases
Explain VMware Migration Techniques
Explain Use Cases of VMware Migrations
Explain Hot vs Cold Migration
Explain VMware vSphere vMotion
Explain Use Cases of vSphere vMotion
Explain Network Best Practices
Explain VM Requirements of vMotion
Explain Host Requirements of vMotion
Explain vMotion Architecture
Explain How vSphere vMotion Works
Lab: Perform Live Migration of VMs
Video: vSphere vMotion Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture76: Storage vMotion Architecture and Use Cases
Explain Storage vMotion
Explain Use Cases of Storage vMotion
Explain Benefits of Storage vMotion
Explain How Storage vMotion works
Explain Data Mover vs Mirror Module
Explain vMotion vs svMotion
Lab: Perform Storage vMotion
Video: Storage vMotion Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture77: Shared Nothing vMotion & Cross vCenter Migration
Explain Shared Nothing vMotion
Explain Use Cases of xvMotion
Explain How xvMotion works
Explain Default Stack vs vMotion Stack
Explain vMotion across L3 boundaries
Explain Cross vCenter Migration
Explain Use Cases of Cross VC Migration
Explain Long Distance vMotion
Explain Use Cases of LD vMotion
Explain Requirements of LD vMotion
Lab: Perform Shared Nothing vMotion
Video: Shared Nothing vMotion
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture78: Memory Management in vSphere 8.x
Explain Virtual vs Physical Memory
Explain Physical vs Machine Memory
Explain Memory Management Concepts
Explain Allocation vs Free List in Guest OS
Explain Memory Reclamation
Explain Why Memory Reclamation
Explain ESXi challenges of Reclamation
Explain Allocated vs Free Memory
Explain Active vs Idle Memory
Video: Memory Management
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture79: Explain Memory Ballooning vs TPS vs Swapping
Explain Memory Reclamation Techniques
Explain Transparent Page Sharing
Explain How TPS works
Explain Memory Ballooning
Explain How Balloon Driver works
Explain Limitation of Ballooning
Explain Memory Compression Technique
Explain How Memory Compression works
Explain Host Level SSD Swapping
Explain Host Level Swapping
Explain Drawbacks of Swapping
Video: TPS vs Ballooning vs Swapping
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture80: Explain Reservation Shares and Limits
Explain the need of Resource Control
Explain Reservation Concept in vSphere
Explain How Reservation Works
Explain Benefits of Reservation
Explain Limit Concepts in vSphere
Explain How Limit works
Explain Benefits of Limit
Explain Shares Concepts in vSphere
Explain How Share Algorithm works
Explain Resource Control using Shares
Lab: Configure CPU shares in vSphere
Video: Reservation Shares & Limits
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture81: Explain Resource Pools and Expandable Reservation
Explain the need of Resource Pools
Explain Use Cases of Resource Pool
Explain How Resource Pool works
Explain Expandable Reservation
Explain How Expandable-Rsrv works
Explain Benefits of Expandable-Rsrv
Lab: Creating Resource Pool
Lab: Adding VMs to Resource Pool
Lab: Configure Expandable Rsrv
Video: Resource Pool & Expandable-R
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture82: vSphere HA Overview and Failure Scenarios
Explain What is Clustering
Explain Clustering Benefits
Explain vSphere HA Benefits
Explain vSphere HA Use Cases
Explain vSphere HA Failure Scenarios
Explain HA Failure Scenario: Host Failure
Explain HA Failure Scenario: VM Failure
Explain HA Failure Scenario: App Failure
Explain HA Failure Scenario: APD/PDL
Explain HA Failure Scenario: Host Isolation
Video: vSphere HA Failure Scenarios
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture83: vSphere HA Architecture and Heartbeat
Explain vSphere HA Architecture
Explain vSphere HA Agents (FDM)
Explain Master and Slave Concepts in HA
Explain Role of Master Node in HA
Explain Role of Slaves Node in HA
Explain Election Process in vSphere HA
Explain HA Election Process Algorithm
Explain Heartbeat Mechanisms in HA
Explain Network Heartbeat in HA
Explain Storage Heartbeat in HA
Explain Network vs Storage Heartbeat
Explain How HA Respond to Failures
Explain Networking Best Practices for HA
Explain Conservative vs Aggressive Policy
Video: vSphere HA Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture84: vSphere HA Configuration and Its Policies
Explain vSphere Cluster creation
Explain Adding Host to vSphere Cluster
Explain vSphere HA Enabled Cluster
Explain vSphere HA in action
Explain Failure and Responses in HA
Explain Heartbeat Datastore in HA
Explain HA Admission Control Policies
Explain Cluster Resource Percentage
Explain Host Failure Cluster Tolerates
Explain Defining Host Failover Capacity
Explain vSphere HA Prequisites
Explain VM vs Application Monitoring
Explain Slot Size and Slot Calculation
Explain Orchestrated Restart in HA
Video: vSphere HA Cluster creation
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture85: vSphere DRS Architecture & Its Use Cases
Explain VMware vSphere DRS
Explain Use Cases of vSphere DRS
Explain Benefits of vSphere DRS
Explain Prerequisites of DRS Cluster
Explain DRS 1.0 Algorithm
Explain Limitations of DRS 1.0 Algorithm
Explain DRS 2.0 Algorithm
Explain Benefits of DRS 2.0 Algorithm
Explain VM vs Cluster Happiness
Explain Cluster DRS Score
Explain VM DRS Score
Explain New UI of DRS 2.0
Explain Each VM DRS Score List
Video: Explain DRS Architecture
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture85: vSphere DRS Configuration and Its Parameters
Explain DRS Settings: Automation Level
Explain Manual vs Fully Automation
Explain Partial vs Fully Automation
Explain Migration Threshold in DRS 2.0
Explain Conservative vs Aggressive
Explain Priority1 Recommendations
Explain Priority2 Recommendations
Explain Priority3 Recommendations
Explain Priority4 Recommendations
Explain Priority5 Recommendations
Lab: Enabling DRS on vSphere Cluster
Lab: DRS Recommendation for VM
Lab: DRS Recommendation for vMotion
Lab: Monitoring DRS Cluster vs VM Score
Lab: DRS Manual to Fully Automated
Video: Configuring DRS on Cluster
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture86: vSphere DRS Affinity and Anti Affinity Rules
Explain DRS Affinity Rules
Explain DRS Anti-Affinity Rules
Explain VM to Host Affinity Rules
Explain VM groups and Host Groups
Explain Maintenance Mode in DRS
Explain Standby Mode in DRS
Explain Distributed Power Management
Lab: VM-to-VM Affinity Rule
Lab: VM-to-VM Anti-Affinity Rule
Lab: VM and Host Group
Lab: VM-to-Host Affinity Rules
Lab: VM-to-Host Anti-Affinity Rules
Video: vSphere DRS Rules
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture86: Predictive DRS vs Proactive HA vs Network DRS
Explain Predictive DRS in vSphere
Explain Predictive DRS Use Cases
Explain How Predictive DRS works
Explain Proactive HA in vSphere
Explain Proactive HA Use Cases
Explain How Proactive HA works
Explain Quarantine Mode in Proactive HA
Explain Quarantine vs Maintenance Mode
Explain Network Aware DRS
Explain Benefits of Network Aware DRS
vSphere HA and DRS works together
Video: Predictive DRS vs Proactive HA
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture87: vSphere Cluster Services and Its Benefits
Question: Will HA work if vCenter down
Question: Will DRS work if vCenter down
Explain what is vSphere Cluster Services
Explain benefits of vCLS VMs
Explain vCLS VM : ESXi Host Mapping
Explain the function of vCLS VMs
Explain key attributes of vCLS VMs
Explain vCLS VM creation workflow
Explain vCLS VM upgrade workflow
Explain vCLS Cluster Services Health
Explain Lifecycle management of vCLS
Video: vSphere Cluster Services
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture88: Protect VMs with vSphere Fault Tolerance
Explain What is Fault Tolerance
Explain why do we need vSphere FT
Explain vSphere FT vs vSphere HA
Explain benefits of vSphere FT
Explain how vSphere FT works
Explain vSphere FT Fast Checkpointing
Explain Primary and Secondary VM
Explain vSphere FT Shared Files
Explain Interoperability between FT & HA
Explain Interoperability between FT & DRS
Explain vSphere FT Features
Lab: Protecting VM with vSphere FT
Lab: Primary & Secondary VM creation
Lab: Simulate Failover to validate FT
Video: vSphere Fault Tolerance
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture89: Managing vCenter Server Updates and Upgrades
Explain Upgrades vs Updates
Explain Updates vs Patches
Explain prerequisites of VC Upgrades
Explain vCenter Interoperability Report
Explain vCenter Patching using VAMI UI
Explain vCenter Upgrade using ISO
Explain Sequence of VC Upgrade
Lab: vCenter Upgrade from 6.7 to 8.0
Lab: Stage1 of vCenter Upgrade
Lab: Stage2 of vCenter Upgrade
Video: vCenter Upgrades & Updates
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture90: Upgrading ESXi Host using ISO and ESXCLI
Lab: ESXi host upgrade using ISO Installer
Lab: ESXi host upgrade using ESXCLIs
Video: ESXi upgrade using ISO & CLIs
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture91: Upgrading ESXi host with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Explain What is Lifecycle Manager
Explain the benefits of Lifecycle Manager
Explain differences VUM vs VLCM
Explain ESXi Image in VLCM
Explain Elements of ESXi Image in VLCM
Explain Base Image vs Compnents
Explain Vendo Add on vs Firmware
Explain workflow of vSphere vLCM
Explain Staging vs Remediation in vLCM
Lab: Setting up the ESXi Image in VLCM
Lab: Compliance Check in VLCM
Lab: Upgrading ESXi Cluster using VLCM
Lab: Upgrade VM Hardware using VLCM
Video: vSphere Life Cycle Manager
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture92: vSphere Users, Roles and Permissions
Explain Role Based Access Control
Explain Roles and their Permissions
Explain User Management Tasks in VC
Explain Role Assignment to User/Groups
Lab: Create a Custom Role
Lab: Create a Custom privileges
Lab: Create User in vSphere.local
Lab: Assign Custom Role to User
Lab: Validating RBAC in vSphere 8.x
Video: vSphere Roles & Permissions
Video: Q&A Session
Lecture93: vSphere Alarms, Events and Tasks
Explain vSphere Alarms
Explain Default Alarm Definitions
Explain Events and Tasks in vSphere
Explain Performance Charts in vSphere
Lab: Create a custom Alarm
Lab: Validate the Alarm Trigger
Video: vSphere Alarms, Events & Task
Video: Q&A Session