VMware vSphere: What's New [V5.1]
Explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vSphere 5.1.
This course covers, new features in VMware vCenter Server 5.1 and VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1,VMware vSphere 5.1 installation and how to upgrade from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.1.
Objectives
- Key enhancements in vSphere 5.1
- Upgrade a deployment from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1
- Use the VMware vSphere Web Client to manage virtual machines
- Key networking enhancements, including the ESXi firewall and new features in vNetwork distributed switches
- Upgrade and manage a VMware vSphere VMFS-5 datastore
- Configure policy-driven storage
- Create a datastore cluster and configure Storage DRS
- Live migration of a virtual machine without shared storage
- Secure the virtual machines using VMware vShield Endpoint
- Back up and recover a vSphere environment using vSphere Data Protection
- Replicate vSphere for SRM deployments using vSphere Replication
- Use new displays to monitor VMware vSphere high availability cluster activity
- Use the Linux-based VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- Use Auto Deploy to install a stateless or stateful ESXi host
- Use Image Builder to modify and export an image profile
Who can take this course
- System administrators
- Systems engineers
- IT managers
- People responsible for implementing or managing vSphere environments
- People looking to upgrade their certification from VCP4
Prerequisites
Equivalent vSphere 4 administration experience or attendance in one of these VMware vSphere 4 courses:
- Install, Configure, Manage
- Fast Track
- What's New
Follow-On Course
Certification Programs
This course is part of the following programs
Course Content
1. VMware vSphere 5.1
- Enhancements in ESXi, vCenter Server, and VMware vSphere Update Manager
- Upgrading vSphere Components from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1
- vCenter Server, Update Manager, and ESXi
2. Virtual Machine Management
- New Virtual Machine Version 9 Hardware Features
- Virtual Machine Snapshot Consolidation
- vCenter Solutions Manager
- Upgrading a Virtual Machine to Version 9 Hardware
- Installing, Registering, and Using the vSphere Web Client
3. Network Management
- ESXi Firewall
- New Features of vNetwork Distributed Switches
- NetFlow, Port Mirroring, Link Aggregation (LACP), Link Layer Discover Protocol (LLDP), and SR-IOV
- Enhancements to network I/O control
- 802.1p Priority Tagging and User-Defined Virtual Machine Resource Pools
- Configuring the ESXi Firewall
- Configuring and Testing Port Mirroring
4. Storage Management
- New Storage Features
- VMFS-5
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet Software Adapters
- Policy-Driven Storage vStorage API for Storage Awareness
- VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
- Enhanced Features
- Snapshot Support for VMware vSphere Storage vMotion
- Solid-State Disk Support
- New Primitives in the vStorage API for Array Integration
- Upgrading VMFS-3 to VMFS-5
- Creating User-Defined Storage Capabilities and Virtual Machine Storage Profiles
5. Scalability and Security
- Scaling Enhancements to Resource Pools and VMware vSphere vMotion
- VMware vSphere Storage DRS Operation
- Creating a Datastore Cluster
- Configuring Storage DRS
- Configuring vShield Endpoint
6. High Availability
- Enhancements to VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance and Enhanced vMotion Compatibility Features
- vMotion a Virtual Machine without Shared Storage
- New Master-Slave Architecture of vSphere HA
- Viewing the New Informational Displays to Monitor vSphere HA Cluster Activity
- Replicating vSphere Using vSphere Replication
- Backing Up and Recovering Virtual Machines Using VMware vSphere Data Protection
7. New VMware vSphere Deployment Alternatives
- Configuring and Using the Linux-Based VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- Using Image Builder to Create an Installation Image Profile
- Using Auto Deploy to Deploy a Stateless ESXi Host
- Using Auto Deploy to Deploy a Stateful ESXi Host
Labs
You will spend approximately 40% of class completing hands-on labs.
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CCIE Bootcamp Schedule |
CCIE R&S 10-DAY BOOTCAMP
CCIE SERVICE PROVIDER V3.0 10-DAY BOOTCAMP
CCIE SECURITY V4.0 10-DAY BOOTCAMP
CCIE VOICE 10-DAY BOOTCAMP
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