VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale

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5 days

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English

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Virtualized infrastructures must grow flexibly while delivering maximum performance. Structured optimization creates the basis for stable IT services.

Key topics

  • Interpreting performance metrics correctly.
  • Cluster design and scaling models
  • vSAN optimization and storage strategies
  • High availability concepts
  • Capacity and resource planning

Prerequisite
Experience in the administration and operation of vSphere environments.

Target audience
IT professionals from infrastructure, cloud, and platform operations.

Efficient scaling strengthens the resilience, transparency, and future-proofing of modern IT landscapes.

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Course content
  • Course organization
  • Learning objectives
  • Configuration and management of distributed vSphere switches
  • Improving performance with VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control
  • Distributed switch features: port mirroring, NetFlow
  • VMware vSphere® VMFS: Powerful and scalable
  • VMware vSphere® Storage APIs: Integration, Storage Awareness, I/O Filtering
  • Configuring and assigning storage policies for VMs
  • Create VMware vSAN™ storage policies
  • Identify VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ components
  • Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and I/O Control
  • Managing vSphere certificates with the vSphere Client
  • Identity federation and use cases
  • Configuring external identity providers for vCenter Server
  • Benefits of vSphere Trust Authority
  • Configuring vSphere Trust Authority
  • Using host profiles for ESXi compliance
  • Creating and Subscribing to a Local Content Library
  • Deploy VMs from content library
  • Create and manage resource pools in the cluster
  • How scalable shares work
  • CPU scheduler and performance features
  • NUMA and vNUMA support
  • esxtop for CPU monitoring
  • Memory reclamation techniques: ballooning, compression, page splitting, swapping
  • esxtop for monitoring
  • Storage queues and performance factors
  • vSphere support for NVMe and iSER
  • esxtop for storage monitoring
  • Network Adapter Features
  • vSphere network performance features
  • esxtop for network monitoring
  • Factors Affecting vCenter Server Performance
  • vCenter Server Appliance™ Resource Monitoring Tools
  • VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI
  • VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™
  • Booting an automatically deployed ESXi host
  • Configuring the vSphere Auto Deploy environment
  • Configuring ESXi Host Access and Authentication
  • Strategies for securing vSphere components
  • vSphere support for security standards
  • Security features for virtual machines
  • VM encryption architecture
  • Creating, managing, and migrating encrypted VMs
  • Encrypt core dumps
  • VM encryption events and alerts

Frequently asked questions

  • The course is suitable for experienced vSphere administrators with basic knowledge of installation and configuration. Topics covered include performance tuning, resource management, cluster optimization, and high availability. The ideal target audience is system engineers, consultants, and IT administrators in productive VMware environments.
  • In-depth knowledge of vSphere installation, configuration, and administration is required. Practical experience with ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, clusters, and network configuration is expected. Basic knowledge of storage and virtual networking is necessary.
  • The focus is on performance analysis, resource optimization, cluster design, DRS, HA, and storage optimization. In addition, advanced network concepts, host profiles, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting strategies are covered.
  • Participants specifically improve the performance, stability, and scalability of existing environments. Resource bottlenecks, misconfigurations, and failure risks are reduced. At the same time, the efficiency of operating large clusters increases.
  • Yes, the course covers key exam content for advanced vSphere certifications. It teaches practical scenarios, analysis methods, and best practices that are typically included in professional and advanced-level exams.
  • The course covers current versions of VMware vSphere, including modern functions such as vSphere Lifecycle Manager, DRS optimizations, and advanced performance features. Content is based on the current VMware standard.
  • Topics covered include performance bottlenecks, incorrect resource allocation, HA configuration problems, storage latencies, and scaling limits. Structured analysis and solution approaches for productive environments are taught.
  • Companies benefit from more stable, efficient, and scalable virtualization environments. Optimized clusters reduce operating costs, minimize downtime, and increase predictability for growth and migration.
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