VMware vSphere: Advanced Administration [V8] (EDU-VSAA8)

Course VMVS-74

  • Duration:
    • 5 days

Dates:

  • Implementation planned - places still available
  • Implementation - probability high - still places available
  • There are no more seats available. For many courses, it may still be possible to participate online, via virtual classroom.
  • Course times: As a rule, our seminars are held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on day 1 and from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on the following days. Changes are possible. The concrete seminar times you will find in the binding order confirmation.
  • Dates with this symbol are bookable both on-site and in the Virtual Classroom.
17.11.2025 - 21.11.2025 Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
08.12.2025 - 12.12.2025 Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
12.01.2026 - 16.01.2026 Berlin, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
16.02.2026 - 20.02.2026 Frankfurt, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
13.04.2026 - 17.04.2026 Munich, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
18.05.2026 - 22.05.2026 Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
01.06.2026 - 05.06.2026 Virtual Classroom, Hamburg
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
20.07.2026 - 24.07.2026 Berlin, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
24.08.2026 - 28.08.2026 Frankfurt, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
05.10.2026 - 09.10.2026 Munich, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
09.11.2026 - 13.11.2026 Virtual Classroom, Hamburg
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German
14.12.2026 - 18.12.2026 Berlin, Virtual Classroom
  • 3750 EUR / Person
 German

This five-day course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware vSphere 8 administrative tasks to complex vSphere operations and configurations. Through lab-based activities, students are immersed in real-life situations faced by VMBeans, a fictitious company. These situations expose students to real-life scenarios faced by companies that are building and scaling their virtual infrastructure.

 

This course uses scenario-based lab exercises and does not provide guided step-by-step instructions. To complete the scenario-based lab exercises, you are required to analyze the task, research, and deduce the required solution. References and suggested documentation are provided. This course utilizes labs to teach students how to effectively navigate and manage vSphere. The course aligns fully with the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy exam objectives.

 

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

 

2 Creating and Configuring Management Clusters

  • Create a vSphere cluster for management workloads
  • Activate vSphere cluster features that help to improve resource allocation and availability of virtual machines
  • Use standard virtual switches to create networking in a cluster
  • Select the appropriate vSphere storage types to meet requirements
  • Configure iSCSI storage
  • Configure VMFS and NFS datastores
  • Recognize when to configure ESXi NTP and PTP support
  • Recognize ESXi user account best practices
  • Configure ESXi host settings
  • Use vSphere configuration profiles to maintain consistent ESXi host configurations

 

3 Creating and Configuring Production Clusters

  • Use Cluster Quickstart to create a vSAN-activated cluster
  • Configure advanced vSphere HA settings
  • Configure the vCenter identity provider
  • Assign specific permissions and roles to Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) users
  • Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on a cluster and a VM
  • Perform a Cross vCenter Server migration
  • Use content libraries to share virtual machine templates between sites
  • Manage VM and ESXi host resources using resource pools, scalable shares, and vSphere DRS rules

 

4 Troubleshooting vSphere and Backing Up Configurations

  • Troubleshoot ESXi connectivity issues
  • Troubleshoot ESXi storage issues
  • Troubleshoot vSphere cluster issues
  • Troubleshoot PowerCLI issues
  • Generate vCenter and ESXi log bundles
  • Back up vCenter
  • Create a vCenter profile to standardize configurations in the environment

 

5 Lifecycle Management

  • Troubleshoot upgrade-blocking issues
  • Increase logging levels on vCenter
  • Configure a VMware Tools™ shared repository
  • Upgrade vCenter
  • Upgrade ESXi
  • Upgrade VMware Tools
  • Upgrade virtual machine hardware compatibility

 

6 vSphere Security

  • Configure a key management server
  • Encrypt virtual machines using vSphere VM encryption
  • Secure VMs in transit with encrypted vSphere vMotion
  • Identify and implement different ESXi CPU scheduler options
  • Apply security hardening guidelines to ESXi hosts
  • Replace vCenter certificates with trusted CA-signed certificates
  • Reconfigure the primary network identifier for a vCenter instance
  • System administrators
  • System engineers

This course requires completion of the following prerequisites:

  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure
  • Working knowledge of VMware vSAN™
  • System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

This seminar will be conducted in collaboration with TD SYNNEX Germany GmbH & Co.OHG.

The course price includes the following:

the original VMware training material in English language, the language of the course: German
coffee breaks with pastries, refreshments and lunch

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