1 Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Other vSphere 5 learning resources
2 Introduction to VMware vSphere 5.0
Key enhancements in ESXi, vCenter Server, and VMware vSphere Upgrade Manager
Upgrade vSphere components from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.0, including vCenter Server, Update Manager, and ESXi
3 Virtual Machine Management
Describe new virtual machine version 8 hardware features
Explain virtual machine snapshot consolidation
Describe the vCenter Solutions Manager
Upgrade a virtual machine to version 8 hardware
Install, register, and use the Web-based vSphere Client
4 Network Management
Describe the ESXi firewall
Describe new features of vNetwork distributed switches including NetFlow, port mirroring, and Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Describe enhancements to network I/O control, including 802.1p priority tagging, user-defined virtual machine resource pools, and the host-based replication traffic pool
Configure the ESXi firewall
Configure and test port mirroring
5 Storage Management
Describe new storage features, including VMFS5, Fibre Channel over Ethernet software adapters, policy-driven storage management and vStorage API for Storage Awareness, solid-state disk support, and VMware vSphere vStorage Appliance
Describe enhanced features, including snapshot support for VMware vSphere Storage vMotion, increased storage performance, and new primitives in the vStorage API for Array Integration
Upgrade VMFS3 to VMFS5
Create a storage policy
6 Scalability
Scaling enhancements to resource pools and VMware vSphere vMotion™
Describe Storage DRS operation
Create a datastore cluster for Storage DRS
Configure Storage DRS
7 High Availability
Describe enhancements to the VMware Fault Tolerance and Enhanced vMotion Compatibility features
Describe the operation of VMware HA using the new Fault Domain Manager agents
Create a VMware HA cluster
8 New VMware vSphere Deployment Alternatives
Configure the Linux-based vCenter Server Appliance
Use Image Builder to create an installation image profile
Use Auto Deploy to deploy a stateless ESXi host