VMware vSphere: Design [V7]

Experienced system integrators and consultants responsible for designing and deploying vSphere environments

This course requires completion of the following prerequisites:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]

• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] Certifications

This course is recommended if you aim to achieve the following certification:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCAP-DCV) Design 

1  Course Introduction
•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

2  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

3  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 ESXi core dumps
•  Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data center

4  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

5  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

6  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

7  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

8  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

9  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

10  Infrastructure Manageability
•  Make lifecycle management, scalability, and capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements
•  Design lifecycle management, scalability, and capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

11  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