VMware vSphere: Design [V7] - VSD7

Dieses Seminar richtet sich an:
Experienced system integrators and consultants responsible for designing and deploying vSphere environments

Für dieses Seminar werde folgende Vorkenntnisse empfohlen:
•  VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
•  VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]

 Course Introduction
•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

Infrastructure Assessment
•  Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
•  Define customer business objectives
•  Gather and analyze business and application requirements
•  Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
•  Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
•  Create a conceptual design

Core Management Infrastructure
•  Determine the number of VMware vCenter® Server ApplianceTM instances to include in a design
•  Choose the appropriate single sign-on identity source
•  Choose the time synchronization method
•  Choose methods to collect log files and VMware ESXi™ core dumps
•  Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data
   center

Virtual Data Center Infrastructure
•  Calculate total compute capacity requirements for a virtual data center
•  Create a virtual data center cluster design that meets business and workload requirements
•  Evaluate in the virtual data center the use of several management services, such as VMware vSphere®
   High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
•  Evaluate the use of resource pools in the virtual data center design

Compute Infrastructure
•  Create a compute infrastructure design that includes the appropriate ESXi boot, installation, and
   configuration options
•  Choose the ESXi host hardware for the compute infrastructure

Storage Infrastructure
•  Calculate storage capacity and performance requirements for a design
•  Evaluate the use of different storage platforms and storage management solutions
•  Design a storage platform infrastructure and storage management architecture that meets the needs of the
   vSphere environment

Network Infrastructure
•  Evaluate the use of different network component and network management solutions
•  Design a network component architecture that includes information about network segmentation and virtual
   switch types
•  Design a network management architecture that meets the needs of the vSphere environment

Virtual Machine Design
•  Make virtual machine design decisions, including decisions about resources
•  Design virtual machines that meet the needs of the applications in the vSphere environment and follow
   VMware best practices

Infrastructure Security
•  Make security design decisions for various layers in the vSphere environment
•  Design a security strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment and follows VMware best
   practices

Infrastructure Manageability
•  Make infrastructure manageability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
•  Design an infrastructure manageability strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment and
   follows VMware best practices

Infrastructure Recoverability
•  Make infrastructure recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
•  Design an infrastructure recoverability strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment and
   follows VMware best practices