vSphere 8: Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
In this course, you will learn how to create, configure, administer, and protect new virtual machines, templates, clones, vApps, and virtual appliances.
What you'll learn
Learning to create and protect virtual machines and other appliances doesn't have to be intimidating. In this course, vSphere 8: Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps, you will learn how to effectively create, manage, and protect new virtual machines, vApps, and virtual appliances in vSphere 8. First, you will discover that administration of vSphere virtual machines can be easy and fun. Next, you will learn how to rapidly deploy new virtual machines from templates and content libraries. Finally, you will explore how to protect your virtual machines with Veeam Backup and vSphere Replication. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of vSphere 8 virtual machine administration needed to confidently manage and protect your vSphere virtual machines.
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 3m
- Identify Capabilities of Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 2m
- New Features in VM Hardware 3m
- Identify Methods to Access and Use a Virtual Machine Console 7m
- Creating Your First Virtual Machine 8m
- Place Virtual Machines ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools 4m
- Configure and Deploy a Guest OS into a New Virtual Machine 8m
- Configure and Modify Virtual Hardware 3m
- Create/Convert Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks 6m
- 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 3m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Explain Cloning and Template Options 3m
- Clone an Existing Virtual Machine 5m
- Create a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine 2m
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template 3m
- Update Existing Virtual Machine Templates 2m
- Deploy Virtual Appliances and/or vApps from an OVF Template 5m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Manage vCenter Inventory Efficiently 12m
- Explain Files Used by Virtual Machines 9m
- Hot Extend a Virtual Disk 5m
- Configure Virtual Machine Options, Power, and Boot Settings 6m
- Administer Virtual Machine Snapshots 5m
- Assign a Storage Policy to a Virtual Machine 3m
- Verify Storage Policy Compliance for Virtual Machines 4m
- Adjust Virtual Machine Resources 5m
- Differentiate between Power States of a Virtual Machine 4m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Enable/Disable Advanced Virtual Machine Settings 5m
- Interpret Virtual Machine Configuration File (.VMX) Settings 5m
- Configure Virtual Machines for Multicore vCPUs 8m
- Determine How Using a Shared USB Device Impacts the Environment 5m
- Configure Virtual Machines for vGPUs 3m
- What This Module Covered 3m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Understanding Content Libraries 3m
- Create a Content Library 4m
- Import Objects to a Content Library 9m
- Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Content Library 2m
- VM Template Check-in and Check-out 3m
- Publish/Subscribe/Share Content Library 4m
- Multi-site Content Library Considerations 3m
- 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