VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V7]

• Experienced system administrators

• System engineers

• System integrators

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

• Introduce troubleshooting principles and procedures

• Practice Linux commands that aid in the troubleshooting process

• Use command-line interfaces, log files, and the vSphere Client to diagnose and resolve problems in the vSphere environment

• Explain the purpose of key vSphere log files

• Monitor and optimize compute, network, and storage performance on ESXi hosts

• Monitor and optimize vCenter Server performance

• Identify networking problems based on reported symptoms, validate and troubleshoot the reported problem, identify the root cause and implement the appropriate resolution

• Analyze storage failure scenarios using a logical troubleshooting methodology, identify the root cause, and apply the appropriate resolution to resolve the problem

• Troubleshoot vSphere cluster failure scenarios and analyze possible causes

• Diagnose common VMware vSphere® High Availability problems and provide solutions

• Identify and validate VMware ESXi™ host and VMware vCenter Server® problems, analyze failure scenarios, and select the correct resolution

• Troubleshoot virtual machine problems, including migration problems, snapshot problems, and connection problems

• Troubleshoot performance problems with vSphere components

This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:

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

• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server

Experience in working at the command prompt is highly recommended.

• Identify multipathing-related problems, including common causes of permanent device loss (PDL) and all paths down (APD) events and resolve these problems

8 CPU Optimization

• Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance

• Explain NUMA and vNUMA support

• Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics

9 Memory Optimization

• Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted

• Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics

10 Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters

• Identify and recover from problems related to vSphere HA

• Analyze and resolve VMware vSphere® vMotion® configuration and operational problems

• Analyze and resolve common VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ problems

11 Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

• Identify possible causes and resolve virtual machine power-on problems

• Troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems

• Resolve problems seen during VMware Tools™ installations

12 vCenter Server Performance Optimization

• Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance

• Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource use

13 Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi

• Analyze and fix problems with vCenter Server services

• Analyze and fix vCenter Server database problems

• Examine ESXi host and vCenter Server failure scenarios and resolve the problems