vSphere 6.5 Foundations: Administer Virtual Machines and vApps
Watch this course to learn how to administer VMware vSphere 6.5 virtual machines, vApps, clones, and templates. This is the fifth course in the eight course vSphere 6.5 Foundations series.
What you'll learn
One of the most common tasks that vSphere administrators do on a daily basis is to administer VMware vSphere virtual machines (VMs.) In this course, vSphere 6.5 Foundations: Administer Virtual Machines and vApps, you'll delve into the fundamentals of vSphere virtual machine administration. First, you'll discover why you need to know how to create VMs and control VMs. Then, you'll learn about cloning VMs. Finally, you'll explore why you should create vApps in order to get your company's applications up and running as quickly as possible. By the end of this course, you'll have the necessary knowledge to efficiently administer VMs and vApps to utilize in practice.
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Identify Capabilities of Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 13m
- Identify Methods to Access and Use a Virtual Machine Console 8m
- Configure/Manage Virtual Machine Templates 5m
- Place Virtual Machines ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools 5m
- Configure and Deploy a Guest OS into a New Virtual Machine 6m
- Configure/Modify Virtual Hardware 9m
- Create/Convert Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks 3m
- Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware 6m
- Configure PCI Pass-through and Direct I/O 4m
- Configure Virtual Machine Time Synchronization 3m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Explain Cloning and Template Options 2m
- Clone an Existing Virtual Machine 3m
- Create a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine 2m
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template 2m
- Update Existing Virtual Machine Templates 2m
- Deploy Virtual Appliances and/or vApps from an OVF Template 7m
- Create a Local Library 3m
- Import an OVF Template 3m
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Content Library 1m
- Create a Remote Library With/Without External Storage 5m
- Publish/Subscribe/Share Content Library 2m
- New Content Library Features in vSphere 6.5 4m
- What This Module Covered 1m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Explain Files Used by Virtual Machines 7m
- Explain Common Practices for Securing Virtual Machines 5m
- Hot Extend a Virtual Disk 5m
- Configure Virtual Machine Options, Power, and Boot Settings 2m
- Administer Virtual Machine Snapshots 9m
- Assign a Storage Policy to a Virtual Machine 6m
- Verify Storage Policy Compliance for Virtual Machines 1m
- Adjust Virtual Machine Resources 4m
- Differentiate Between Power States of a Virtual Machine 5m
- What This Module Covered 2m
About the author
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more