VMware vSphere – Virtualisation & Administration

Module 1: Introduction to VMware vSphere

• Virtualisation fundamentals: hypervisors, VMs, and resource abstraction
• vSphere overview: vCenter Server and ESXi architecture
• vSphere editions: Standard, Enterprise Plus, and vSphere+
• VMware Tools: installing and configuring guest OS tools

Module 2: ESXi Installation and Configuration

• ESXi installation: hardware requirements and interactive setup
• ESXi host configuration: networking, storage, and management settings
• ESXi Shell and SSH: enabling and using command-line access
• Host profiles: standardising ESXi configuration at scale

Module 3: vCenter Server

• vCenter Server installation: appliance deployment and initial setup
• vCenter inventory: datacenters, clusters, hosts, and VM organisation
• Roles and permissions: vCenter RBAC with global and local permissions
• vCenter High Availability: protecting vCenter with vCenter HA

Module 4: Virtual Machine Management

• Creating VMs: hardware version, guest OS, and resource allocation
• VM snapshots: creating, reverting, and deleting snapshot trees
• VM templates: cloning and deploying VMs from templates
• vMotion: live VM migration between ESXi hosts

Module 5: Networking

• vSphere Standard Switch (vSS): port groups, uplinks, and VLANs
• vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS): centralised network management
• Network I/O Control: bandwidth allocation for VM traffic types
• NSX-T basics: software-defined networking overview

Module 6: Storage

• Storage types: VMFS, NFS, vSAN, and raw device mapping
• Datastores: creating and managing VMFS and NFS datastores
• Storage vMotion: migrating VM storage without downtime
• vSAN: hyper-converged storage cluster configuration overview

Module 7: High Availability and DRS

• vSphere HA: automatic VM restart on host failure
• vSphere DRS: automated load balancing across cluster hosts
• Fault Tolerance: zero-downtime protection for critical VMs
• Resource pools: hierarchical CPU and memory allocation

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• vSphere cluster setup: ESXi hosts, vCenter, and vDS networking
• VM lifecycle: create, clone, snapshot, and vMotion migration
• HA and DRS configuration: cluster resource management project
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Learn from VMware-certified administrators who have designed and managed vSphere virtualisation environments for enterprise data centres supporting hundreds of VMs across production, development, and DR sites.

Backgrounds at the Top Our vSphere trainers have worked at enterprise IT infrastructure teams and VMware partner organisations delivering vSphere implementations, migrations, and ongoing virtualisation management.

Clear & Effective Teaching ESXi installation, vCenter Server, VM management, vSphere networking, storage, vMotion, vSphere HA, DRS, Fault Tolerance, and vSAN are explained with real enterprise virtualisation examples.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students install ESXi and vCenter, create and manage VMs, configure distributed switches, set up datastores, perform vMotion migrations, and configure HA and DRS through structured hands-on vSphere lab exercises.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest VMware vSphere releases, Broadcom acquisition changes, vSphere+ subscription model, and evolving enterprise virtualisation best practices.