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Lecture 01 - Introduction to Virtualization and It's core benefits
What is Virtualization? Why Virtualization
Core Benefits of Virtualization techniques
What is Server, Network, and Storage virtualization
Lecture01 - Introduction To Virtualization and Its Benefits
Lecture 02 - Types of Virtualization and Introduction To Virtual Machines
Architectural difference between Fully, Para and Hardware Assisted Virtualization
What is Hypervisor
What is Virtual Machines
Physical Architecture vs Virtual Architecture
Thin vs Thick Disk Provisioning and it's use cases
Understanding Fully, Para and Hardware Assisted Virtualization
Lecture 03 - Understanding ESXi Architecture and Its Components
What is Type-1 and Type-2 Hypervisor
VMware Workstation vs VMware ESXi
VMware ESX vs ESXi Architecture
ESXi vs Hyper-V Architecture
Why ESXi is better than Hyper-V
ESXi Partitioning layout
Configuring and Managing Host Networking using DCUI interface
Enabling ESXi Shell and SSH interface using DCUI for manageability
Lecture03 - Understanding ESXi Architecture and Its Installation
Lab 01 - How To Install ESXi 6.5 in a VM - Part I
Lab 02 - How To Manage ESXi Host using DCUI
Lab 03 - How To Manage ESXi using Host Client - Part I
Lab 04 - How To Manage ESXi using Host Client - PartII
Lab 05 - How To Manage ESXi using Host Client - PartIII
Lecture 04 - Virtual Machine Files and Snapshot Working
Virtual Machine creation and Its core benefits
Virtual Machines vs Physical Machines
Virtual Machine Architecture and Its key properties
What Files makes up a Virtual Machine
Why do VM have VMX, VMDK, VSWP, VMSS, VMSD files
What is Virtual Machine Snapshot and Why do we need it
Why Virtual Machine Snapshot is not a backup technology
How Virtual Machine Snapshot works and Its performance implications
How Virtual Machine Snapshot Chaining Process works
Create, Manage, Consolidate and Revert VM snapshots
Lecture04 - Virtual Machine Files and Snapshot Working
Lab 06 - How To Create a VM using Host Client
Lab 07 - How To Create a Linux Virtual Machine
Lab 08 - How To Create a Window Virtual Machine
Lab 09 - How To Create and Manage Snapshot - PartI
Lab 10 - How To Create and Manage Snapshot -PartII
Lecture05 - VMware Tools Installation and Its Benefits
What is VMware Tools in ESXi and Why do we need it
Benefits of VMware Tools Installation in Virtual Machine
Lab11 - How To Install VMware Tools in Linux VM
Lab12 - How To Install VMware Tools in Windows VM
Lab13 - How To Add/Remove Virtual Hardware - PartI
Lab14 - How To Add/Remove Virtual Hardware - PartII
Lecture06 - vCenter Server Architecture and Its Core Components
vSphere Architecture and Its Core Components
Overview of Platform Services Controller and Its deployment options
vCenter Server Architecture and Its Deployment options
Demystifying vSphere Web Client, vSphere Client and Host Client
ESXi and vCenter Server Communication Framework
Demystifying HOSTD, VPXA and VPXD daemon
Benefits of vCenter Server Appliance over Windows based vCenter Server
vCenter Server Single Sign On and User Authentication Framwork
vCenter Server Enhanced Linked Mode and Its Use Cases
How To Backup and Restore vCenter Server Appliance
How To Protect vCenter Server using vCenter Server High Availability
Lab15 - How To Install vCenter 6.5 for Windows
Lecture07 - vCenter Server Appliance Installation and Configuration
Overview of vCenter Server Appliance Installer
Step by Step installation of vCenter Server Appliance with Embedded PSC
Lab16 - How To Install vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
Lab17 - How To Manage VCSA using vSphere Client
Lab18 - How To Manage VCSA using Web Client
Lab19 - How To Deploy VCSA6.5 with External PSC
Lab20 - How To Install vCenter Server 5.5 for windows
Lab21 - How To Migrate Window vCenter5.5 to VCSA6.5
Lecture08 - vCenter Server Best Practices and VAMI Interface
Navigating through vCenter Server Appliance UI
Configuring and Monitoring vCenter Server Appliance using VAMI Interface
Lab22 - How To Manage VCSA using VAMI Interface
Lab23 - How To Migrate Embed PSC to External PSC
Lab24 - How To Perform Backup and Restore of VCSA
Lab25 - How To Protect VCSA with VCHA
Lecture09 - VM deployment using Clone, Templates, OVF
Understanding VMware Cloning, Templating and OVF deployment mechanism
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machine using Hot and Cold Cloning
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machine using Standard template Mechanism
Deploying and Managing Virtual Machine using OVF template Mechanism
Difference between Hot and Cold cloning mechanism for VM deployment
Difference between Standard and OVF template mechanism for VM deployment
Creating and Managing VMs using vAPPs
Lab26 - How To Create Clone of a Virtual Machine - PartI
Lab27 - How To Create Clone of a Virtual Machine - PartII
Lab28 - How To Deploy VM using Standard Template
Lab29 - How To Deploy VM using OVF Template
Lab30 - How To Create and Manage a vApp - PartI
Lab31 - How To Create and Manage a vApp - PartII
Lab32 - How To Create and Manage a vApp - PartIII
Lab33 - How To Create vApp using Web Client - PartI
Lab34 - How To Create vApp using Web Client - PartII
Lecture10 - vSphere Content Library and Its Benefits
What is Content Library and Its Use Cases
How to Add VM Templates to Content Library
Deploying VM from Templates in Content Library
Benefits of vSphere Content Libraries
Understanding Publisher and Subscriber Library
Lab35 - How To Create Content Library - PartI
Lab36 - How To Create Content Library - PartII
Lecture11 - vSphere Networking Basics and Its Architecture
What is Virtual Networking and Why Do we need it
Comparison between Physical vs Virtual Networking
Understanding Virtual Switch vs Physical switch
Demystifying vNIC, vmnic, vmknic, vPort, Portgroups
Demystifying VMXNET2, VMXNET3, E1000 and E1000E drivers
Supported and Unsupported Packet Flow and I/O Path in vSphere Networking
Discussing vSphere Standard Switch Limitations and its Drawbacks
Identifying various types of traffic handling in vSphere and their implementation
Creating, Configuring and Managing Virtual Machine Networking
Creating, Configuring and Managing Networking for VMkernel Traffic such as vMotion, FT, iSCSI etc..
Deep-Dive into VLAN policies such as VGT, VST and EST and Packet walk
Understanding MAC Address Changes vs Forged Transmits Policies
Lab37 - How To Configure vSS Networking - PartI
Lab38 - How To Configure vSS Networking - PartII
Lab 39- How To Configure vSS Networking - PartIII
Lab40 - How To Configure vSS using Web Client - PartI
Lab41 - How To Configure vSS using Web Client - PartII
Lab42 - How To Create VMKNIC Networking - PartI
Lab43 - How To Create VMKNIC Networking - PartII
Lab44 - How To Manage VMKnic Networking - PartI
Lab45 - How To Manage VMKnic Networking - PartII
Lab46 - How To Configure VST Policy in vSS
Lab47 - How To Configure VGT Policy in vSS
Lab48 - How To Enable Promiscuous Mode
Lab49 - How To Configure Forged Transmit Policy
Lab50 - How To Configure MAC Address Change Policy
Lecture12 - vSphere Networking Policies and Its Implementation
What is NIC Teaming in vSphere Networking and Its use cases
Demystifying Port ID based, MAC based and IP Hash based Teaming Policy
What is Failover policies in vSphere Networking and Its use cases
Demystifying Link Status Only vs Beacon Probing Failover Policy
What is Traffic Shaping Policy in vSphere Networking and Its use cases
Understanding Peak Bandwidth, Average Bandwidth and Burst Size
Why do we need Distributed Switch
What are the advantages of vDS over vSS based networking
How to configure vSphere Distributed Switch
Understanding DVPG, DVUplinks, DVPort Terminology in vDS
Feature comparison between vSS and vDS
Lab51 - How To Configure NIC Teaming Policy - PartI
Lab52 - How To Configure NIC Teaming Policy - PartII
Lab53 - How To Configure NIC Teaming Policy - PartIII
Lab54 - How To Enable Traffic Shaping in vSS
Lab55 - How To Configure vDS Networking - PartI
Lab56 - How To Configure vDS Networking - PartII
Lab57 - How To Configure vDS Networking - PartIII
Lecture13 - Introduction To NSX
Challenges of Traditional Physical Networking
How NSX Solves Traditional Networking Challenges
Benefits of Networking Virtualization
What is VMware NSX and its core components
VMware NSX Customer Use Cases
Overview VMware NSX Licenses and its use cases
Lecture14 - Virtual Storage and VMFS Fundamentals
Understanding Basics of SAN, NAS and DAS Technology
Understanding End to End Infrastructure requirements of SAN and NAS Solutions
Understanding FC protocols and its core components
Understanding Storage Initiator and Target Terminology
Understanding Role and Responsibilities of Storage and VMware Admin
Lab 56 - How To Configure Open Filer - PartI
Lab 57 - How To Configure Open Filer - PartII
Lab 58 - How To Configure Open Filer - PartIII
Lecture15 - Storage Multipathing and vSAN overview
Understanding iSCSI protocol and its core components
Understanding Independent vs Dependent vs Software based HBAs
Understanding difference between FCoE and iSCSI Protocol
Understanding VMFS clustering filesystem and its benefits
Creating and managing VMFS Datastores
Understanding Raw Device Mapping and Its use cases
Creating RDM and providing Virtual Machines direct access to SAN
Comparative study of VMFS vs RDM and its relevant use cases
Understanding Storage Multipathing policies like MRU, FP, RR
Understanding Active-Active and Active-Passive Storage Array
Lab 59 - How To Discover iSCSI Targets
Lab 60 - How To Configure and Manage iSCSI Datastore
Lab 61 - How To Assign RDM to Virtual Machine
Lab 62 - How To Increase VMFS Datastore Capacity
Lab 63 - How To Configure Open Filer as an NFS Server
Lab 64 - How To Configure and Manage NFS Datastore
Lab 65 - How To Configure iSCSI Multipathing - PartI
Lab 66 - How To Configure iSCSI Multipathing - PartII
Lecture16 - VSAN Overview and vSphere Memory Management
What is vSAN and why do we need it
How vSAN is different from Traditional Storage
What is the meaning of Policy Driven Storage
What is vSAN Datastore
What is Memory Management in vSphere
What is Memory Ballooning Technique and How it works
What is Memory Compression and Swapping Technique
Lecture17 - VMware Reservation, Shares and Limits
Understanding CPU Shares and Limits and how it works
Understanding Memory Reservation and how it works
Understanding Resource Pool and Its Use Cases
Understanding Standard and Expandable Reservation
Understanding Resource Pool and VM level Reservations
Understanding NETIOC and its Use Cases
Understanding SIOC and its Use Cases
Lab 72 - How To Configure Limit for I/O Control
Lab 73 - How To Gaurantee I/O using Reservation
Lab 74 - How To Configure Shares for I/O Control
Lab 75 - How To Create Resource Pool in vSphere
Lecture18 - VMware vMotion, sVMotion and XvMotion
Understanding the Use Cases of vMotion
Understanding vMotion CPU, Storage and Network requirements
Deep-Dive into vMotion Architecture and Its detailed workflow
Understanding the Use Cases of Storage vMotion
Deep-Dive into Storage vMotion Architecture and its detailed workflow
Understanding Use Cases of Shared Nothing vMotion
Performing vMotion, svMotion and xvMotion
Discussing Best Practices of vMotion, svMotion and xvMotion
Lab 67 - How To Perform vSphere vMotion - PartI
Lab 68 - How To Perform vSphere vMotion - PartII
Lab 69 - How To Perform Storage vMotion
Lab 70 - How To Perform Shared Nothing vMotion
Lab 71 - How To Perform Cross vCenter vMotion
Lecture19 - vSphere High Availability and vSphere DRS
Understanding vSphere Clustering and Its Use Cases
Understanding the vSphere HA Requirements and its Use Cases
Deep-Dive into vSphere HA Architecture and its components
Understanding vSphere HA networking and datastore heartbeat mechanism
Understanding vSphere HA Host Isolation, Network Partitioning scenarios and VM impact
Understanding vSphere HA Admissions Control and its Use cases
Understanding vSphere DRS and Its Use Cases and Requirements
Deep-Dive into DRS Recommendation Engine Algorithm
Configuring and Managing DRS enabled Cluster
Best practices for HA enabled Cluster
Lab 76 - How To Create Cluster in vSphere
Lab 77 - How To Create DRS enabled vSphere Cluster
Lab 78 - How To Create HA enabled vSphere Cluster
Lecture20 - vSphere Fault Tolerance and Its Use Cases
Understanding vSphere Fault Tolerance and its Use Cases
Understanding Hardware requirements of vSphere FT
Deep-Dive into vSphere FT Architecture and Its Limitations
Understanding Primary and Secondary FT VM creation and Failover
Configuring and Managing FT enabled Cluster
Simulating Host Failure scenario to validate Fault Protection
Lab 79 - How To Create FT enabled vSphere Cluster
Lecture21 - vSphere Update Manager, Alarms, Tasks and Events
Understanding vSphere Update Manager and its Use Cases
Understanding VUM components and its capabilities
Configuring vSphere Update Manager for Host Upgradation
Understanding Fixed vs Dynamic Baseline
Understanding Staging vs Remediation operations
Understanding Tasks, Events and Alarms
Configuring user-defined Alarms
Adding and Managing Alarms
Lab 80 - How To Upgrade using Update Manager - PartI
Lab 81 - How To Upgrade using Update Manager - PartII
Lab 82 - How To Upgrade using Update Manager - PartIII
Lab 83 - How To Upgrade using Update Manager - PartIV
Lab 84 - How To Configure ESXi Firewall
Lab 85 - How To Configure Lockdown Mode in ESXi
Lab 86 - How To Create Custom Roles in ESXi
Lab 87 - How To Assign Roles and Permissions - PartI
Lab 88 - How To Assign Roles and Permissions - PartII
Lecture22 - vSphere Basic Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting basic Host Networking issue using DCUI
Troubleshooting basic Host Not Responding issue using DCUI
Troubleshooting basic issues using ESXCLI command line Interface
Troubleshooting Virtual Machine basic power on/off issues
Troubleshooting basic VLAN and Teaming related issues
Troubleshooting vSphere Networking misconfiguration issues
Troubleshooting basic vMotion and Storage vMotion issues
Lecture23 - Overview of NSX, vSAN, VMC, VRA, VROPS and VCF
Overview of NSX and It's use cases
Overview of vSAN and its use cases
Overview of VMC on AWS and its use cases
Overview of VROPs and Its use cases
Overview of VCF and its use cases
Lecture 24 - Deep-Dive into CPU Virtualization and vCPU Allocation in vSphere
Understanding CPU terminology such as Socket, Core, Hyperthreading
Understanding vCPU/pCPU Socket and Core Allocation in vSphere
What is VMkernel CPU Scheduler and How it works
Understanding Strict Co Scheduling and Relaxed Co Scheduling Algorithm
Understanding CPU Allocation and Performance monitoring using ESXTOP command
Understanding UMA vs NUMA Architecture and How NUMA scheduler works
What is vNUMA and How NUMA architecture improvise CPU performance
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