vSphere 8: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability
In this course, vSphere 8: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability, you'll learn how configure and administer vSphere high availability (HA), fault tolerance (FT), Lifecycle Manager, and vSphere upgrades.
What you'll learn
Learning how to establish and maintain vSphere availability is an important skill to have. In this course, vSphere 8: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability, you'll learn step by step how to efficiently administer VMware vSphere 8 availability. First, you'll explore vSphere availability features like vSphere high availability (HA) and fault tolerance (FT). Next, you'll discover migrating virtual machines. Finally, you'll delve into the vSphere Lifecycle Manager and learn how to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) while minimizing downtime. By the end of this course, you'll know everything you need to know to ensure high availability in your vSphere infrastructure.
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Describe the Purpose of Cluster and the Features It Provides 2m
- Describe HA Solutions for vSphere 6m
- vSphere HA and DRS Overview 7m
- Identify vCenter High Availability (HA) Requirements 3m
- Understanding vSphere Cluster Service (vCLS) 3m
- Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster 6m
- Add ESXi Hosts to a DRS/HA Cluster 5m
- Add Virtual Machines to a DRS/HA Cluster 5m
- Enabling HA and DRS on a vSphere Cluster 3m
- Configure Storage DRS 9m
- Configure Distributed Power Management (DPM) 6m
- Monitor a DRS/HA Cluster 6m
- Describe and Differentiate among vSphere, HA, DRS, and SDRS Functionality 3m
- What This Module Covered 4m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Describe vMotion and Storage vMotion Technology 8m
- Explain Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) 7m
- Explain Process for vMotion/Storage vMotion Migrations 4m
- Explain Long Distance vMotion 7m
- Configure Virtual Machine Swap File Location 4m
- Migrate a Powered-off or Suspended Virtual Machine 3m
- Migrate Virtual Machines Using vMotion/Storage vMotion 6m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Configure a Network for Use with HA Heartbeats 3m
- Implement vSphere HA on a Virtual SAN Cluster 2m
- Configure Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) Settings 4m
- Apply Virtual Machine Monitoring for a Cluster 4m
- Understanding HA Admission Control 11m
- Configure Different Heartbeat Datastores for an HA Cluster 2m
- Understand the Features of Proactive HA 3m
- Configure HA Cluster-wide VM Restart Ordering 4m
- Configure VM Overrides for vSphere HA Settings 1m
- Enable/Disable Host Monitoring 2m
- Modify vSphere HA Advanced Cluster Settings 6m
- What This Module Covered 5m
- What This Module Covers 1m
- Understanding VM DRS Score 4m
- Configuring Scalable Shares 8m
- Configure the Proper DRS Automation Level 5m
- Explain How DRS Affinity Rules Effect VM Placement 2m
- Configure VM-Host and VM-VM Affinity/Anti-affinity Rules 5m
- Understand the Features of Predictive DRS 3m
- What This Module Covered 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Understanding vSphere Lifecycle Manager Architecture 6m
- Understanding Baselines and Images 5m
- Understanding vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depots 3m
- Moving from Baselines to Images 7m
- Performing Updates with Remediation 2m
- Verifying Cluster Compliance 4m
- Configuring Download Sources 7m
- Remediation of vSAN Clusters 3m
- Updating VMware Tools 3m
- Updating Virtual Machine Hardware 1m
- 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