vSphere 7: Troubleshooting a vSphere Implementation
The VMware Certified Professional (or VCP) is the most popular virtualization certification in the world. Watch this hands-on course, taught by 12-time vExpert and veteran vSphere trainer - David Davis, to help you prepare for the new vSphere 7 VCP exam and gain valuable VMware vSphere administration knowledge!
What you'll learn
VMware vSphere is a powerful and advanced virtualization platform for the modern data center, but it isn't without its complexities and potential trouble. With so many enterprises virtualizing their most critical applications with vSphere, as a vSphere administrator, you must be prepared.
In this course, vSphere 7: Troubleshooting a vSphere Implementation, you'll learn how to efficiently troubleshoot any potential problems in vSphere when they occur:
- learn how to troubleshoot problems with ESXi and vCenter installation
- discover how to use VMware's knowledgebase (KB) system to fix problems with the vSphere environment, like storage and networking
- work with vSphere to find misconfigurations and fix issues
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Verify Network Configurations 5m
- Troubleshoot Common Virtual Machine Issues 4m
- Verify a VM Is Configured with the Correct Network Resources 4m
- Troubleshoot Virtual Switch and Port Group Configuration Issues 6m
- Identify and Detect Common Knowledge Base Article Solutions 5m
- Troubleshoot Physical Network Adapter Configuration Issues 4m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Troubleshoot Virtual Machine Resource Contention Issues 9m
- Identify Fault Tolerant Network Latency Issues 4m
- Troubleshoot VMware Tools Installation Issues 5m
- Identify and Troubleshoot VM Various States 3m
- Identify Virtual Machine Constraints 3m
- Identify and Troubleshoot the Root Cause of a Storage Issue 3m
- Identify Common Virtual Machine Boot Disk Errors 1m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Monitor ESXi System Health 3m
- Monitor Status of the vCenter Server Service 4m
- Monitor Status of ESXi Management Agents 4m
- Determine ESXi Host Stability Issues and Gather Diagnostics Information 7m
- Locate and Analyze vCenter Server and ESXi Logs 4m
- Perform Basic Maintenance of a vCenter Server Database 6m
- Determine the Appropriate CLI Command 6m
- What This Module Covered 3m
- What This Module Covers 3m
- Verify Network and Storage Configuration 6m
- Recognize a Connectivity Issue Caused by a VLAN/PVLAN 2m
- Identify Network and Storage Resource Contention and Latency Issues 6m
- Recognize the Impact of NIOC/SIOC Configurations 3m
- Differentiate Between SIOC and Dynamic Queue Depth Throttling Features 3m
- Troubleshoot VMFS Metadata Consistency 3m
- Monitor Networking and Storage Resources Using vRealize Operations 4m
- What This Module Covered 3m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Monitor CPU and Memory Usage 4m
- Compare and Contrast Overview and Advanced Charts 6m
- Monitor Performance Through esxtop 8m
- Describe and Differentiate Critical CPU Metrics 3m
- Describe and Differentiate Critical Memory Metrics 4m
- Describe and Differentiate Critical Storage Metrics 3m
- Describe and Differentiate Critical Network Metrics 2m
- Monitor vSAN Performance in vCenter 4m
- Troubleshoot VM Performance with vRealize Operations 10m
- What This Module Covered 3m
Course FAQ
In this course, you will learn how to troubleshoot any potential problems you may run into while using vSphere. Some potential issue you may run into are: installation, storage, networking, vCenter, virtual machines, vSphere High Availability, and Disributed Resource Scheduler.
Prerequisites for this course is an understanding of VMware vSphere.
This course will give you the skills and knowledge to properly prepare for the new vSphere 7 VCP exam.
vSphere Client is a Windows program that is used to configure the host and to operate its virtual machines.
Esxtop is a command-line tool that gives administrators real-time informtaion about resource usage in a vSphere environment.
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