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VMware vSphere 6.7 to 7: what's new

In this three-day, hands-on training course, you will explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7 and VMware ESXi™ 7. This course is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 7 into their existing vSphere environment.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • List and describe the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 7
  • Determine the proper upgrade path for a vCenter Server instance and upgrade VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ to version 7
  • Migrate a Windows vCenter Server system to vCenter Server Appliance 7
  • Manage and update VM templates located in content libraries
  • Use Identity Federation to configure vCenter Server to use Microsoft ADFS
  • Use the VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage certificates
  • Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi™, storage, network, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 7
  • Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
  • Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
  • Recognize improvements to VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
  • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to manage vSphere deployments, updates, and configurations
  • Discuss the purpose and capabilities of VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio

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Intended for

System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures.

Background

This course requires completion of VMware vSphere 8: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESX®/ESXi and vCenter Server:

Experience with working at the command line is helpful.

Main topics

  • Course Introduction
  • Installation and upgrade
    • Describe the new vCenter Server Appliance deployment model
    • Upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
    • Migrate a Windows vCenter Server instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7
    • Describe the enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance
  • Management Enhancements
    • Identify the scaling and performance improvements for vCenter Server Appliance
    • Describe the support provided for dynamic DNS
    • Recognize how to change the IP address or FQDN of vCenter Server
    • Describe prefix-based MAC address allocation
    • Perform a VM template in-place update in Content Library
    • Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
    • Configure identity federation
    • Manage certificates using the vSphere Client
    • Identify VMware NSX-T™ logical switches and their properties in the vSphere Client
    • Explain the benefits of using VMware Skyline™ to proactively monitor your environment
  • ESXI Enhancements
    • Upgrade an ESXi host to version 7
    • List the enhancements introduced with ESXi 7
    • Describe new device support for ESXi hosts
    • Describe support for Precision Time Protocol
  • Virtual Machine Enhancements
    • Discuss the new functionality, virtual devices, and VM maximums supported by VM compatibility version 17
    • Describe the enhancements to guest customization
    • Perform a vSphere vMotion migration of VMs with remote devices
  • Storage Enhancements
    • Describe the enhancements to NVMe support
    • Describe the enhancements to VMware Pluggable Storage Architecture
    • Describe the purpose of the High-Performance Plug-in
    • Describe the support for iSER
    • Recognize the changes made to the ESXi system storage layout
    • Describe the support for CAB deployment of WSFC in vSphere 6.7 and later
    • List the enhancements made to vSAN
  • Security Enhancements
    • Describe the enhancements to the VM encryption feature
    • Describe the enhancements to cloning, migration, and encryption operations
    • Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
    • Configure vSphere Trust Authority
  • Cluster Enhancements
    • Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
    • Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
    • Describe use cases for scalable shares
  • vSphere Lifecycle Management
    • Use vCenter Server Update Planner to run vCenter Server upgrade prechecks
    • Compare vSphere Lifecycle Manager to vSphere Update Manager
    • Manage and update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
  • Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
    • Identify the parts of a container system
    • Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes
    • Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow
    • Describe the purpose of vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu portfolio
    • Explain the vSphere with Kubernetes supervisor cluster
    • Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes grid service

Training method

Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures.

Duration

3 days.

Course leader

Fast Lane.


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