VMware vSphere 7 What is new

In this hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server® 7 and VMware ESXi™ 7. Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere® 7.
This course is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 7 in 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 6.7 update releases and 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

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

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 VM 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

6 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

7 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

8 Cluster Enhancements

• Demonstrate the Quickstart feature of the ESXi cluster
• Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
• Describe use cases for scalable shares

9 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

10 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

Deze training kwalificeert u voor de VMware Certified Professional 7 -Data Center Virtualization (VCP7-DCV) certificering indien u beschikt over een geldige versie 6.5 certificering.

De VCP7-DCV certificering behaalt u in drie stappen:

1. Volg een kwalificerende VMware training bij een erkend VMware trainingscentrum (optioneel)
2. Volg een examen voorbereidingsworkshop (optioneel)
3. Behaal het VCP7-DCV examen met de benodigde minimale score bij een Pearson VUE Testing Center (Examencode: 2V0-622).