Prepare for the VMware VCP-DCV exam. Learn all about vSphere version 8 and how to manage ESXi, vCenter, and more.

What you'll learn
Pass the VMware VCP for vSphere 8 exam
Design and Administer a vSphere 8 deployment
Upgrade to vSphere 8 from a previous version
Manage vSphere Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Clustering

Requirements
You should have a solid understandings of vSphere Foundational Concepts from my vSphere Technical Associate (VCTA) course.

Description
Are you looking for VMware vSphere Training? Do you want to learn from an experienced trainer who makes complex concepts simple and easy to understand? Do you need to prepare for the VMware vSphere Datacenter Virtualization (DCV) exam?I am a VMware Certified Instructor who has taught thousands of hours of live training directly for VMware. Most lectures in this course are 5 - 15 minutes long. A few deeper topics are slightly longer. There are over 50 real-life demos of tasks being performed in a vSphere 8 environment using the vSphere Client.VMware vSphere is everywhere. Non-virtualized datacenters are a thing of the past, and in order to stay relevant you must understand vSphere. This course builds off my "Clear and Simple vSphere Technical Associate" videos, and gives you a deeper understanding of vSphere.Topics covered in this course include (but are not limited to):NetworkingConfigure vSphere Standard and Distributed SwitchesNIC Teaming and failoverPort MirroringNetwork IO ControlTraffic ShapingPrivate VLANsTCP/IP StacksNetFlowStorageVMFS and NFSiSCSIFC and FCoEvSANVVOLsStorage Multipathing and failoverSecuritySingle Sign-OnHardening VMs and HostsEncrypted vMotionRoles and PermissionsUpdates and UpgradesLifecycle ManagerUpgrade VMware Tools and VM HardwareUpgrade ESXiUpgrade vCenterDeploying Virtual Machines and HostsTemplates and CloningAuto Deploy and Host ProfilesContent LibrariesvCenter ConverterWorking with VMX FilesResource ManagementConfiguring DRS ClustersDRS Affinity Rules, Overrides, and advanced settingsShares, Limits, and ReservationsResource PoolsTroubleshootingRestart ESXi Management AgentsCollect Diagnostic DataGenerate Log BundlesBackup and RecoveryvSphere Data ProtectionvSphere ReplicationHigh Availability (HA)Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP)

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Getting your VMware Certification

Section 2: Managing Networking in vSphere 8

Lecture 3 Foundation Review: Virtual Networking Concepts

Lecture 4 Foundation Review: vSphere Standard Switch Failure Detection

Lecture 5 Foundation Review: vSphere Standard Switch NIC Teaming

Lecture 6 vSphere Distributed Switch Concepts

Lecture 7 vSphere Standard Switch Resources

Lecture 8 Demo: Create a vSphere Distributed Switch

Lecture 9 CDP and LLDP

Lecture 10 Demo: Basic Settings for a vSphere Distributed Switch

Lecture 11 Private VLANs (PVLAN)

Lecture 12 Demo: Configure Private VLANs in vSphere

Lecture 13 Demo: Configure Distributed Port Groups

Lecture 14 Demo: Configure vSphere Distributed Switch Security Policies

Lecture 15 Foundation Review: Distributed Switch NIC Teaming

Lecture 16 Demo: Configure vDS NIC Teaming and Failover

Lecture 17 Foundation Review: Traffic Shaping

Lecture 18 Demo: Configure Traffic Shaping in vSphere

Lecture 19 Demo: Migrate VMs to a vSphere Distributed Switch

Lecture 20 Demo: Verify Network Configuration in vSphere

Lecture 21 Network I/O Control (NIOC)

Lecture 22 Demo: Configure NIOC in vSphere

Lecture 23 Filtering and Tagging

Lecture 24 Foundation Review: Netflow

Lecture 25 Demo: Configure Netflow

Lecture 26 Foundation Review - Port Mirroring

Lecture 27 Demo: Configure Port Mirroring in vSphere

Lecture 28 Network Health Check

Lecture 29 Demo: vSphere Distributed Switch Health Check

Lecture 30 Virtual Switch Features: Host Level Rollback

Lecture 31 Virtual Switch Features: Distributed Switch Rollback

Section 3: Managing Storage in vSphere 8

Lecture 32 vSphere Storage Performance Overview

Lecture 33 VMFS and NFS Datastores

Lecture 34 Foundation Review: NFS v3 and NFS v4.1

Lecture 35 Demo: Create an NFS Datastore in vSphere

Lecture 36 Foundation Review: iSCSI Storage

Lecture 37 Demo: Connect an ESXi Host to an iSCSI Storage Array

Lecture 38 Demo: Create a VMFS datastore using iSCSI

Lecture 39 Demo: Storage Port Bindings and Multipathing Policies

Lecture 40 Demo: Expand a VMFS Datastore

Lecture 41 Introduction to Storage DRS (SDRS)

Lecture 42 Demo: Create a Storage DRS (SDRS) Cluster in vSphere

Lecture 43 vSAN vs. Traditional Storage Arrays

Lecture 44 Introduction to vSAN

Lecture 45 vSAN Disk Groups

Lecture 46 vSAN Express Storage Architecture

Lecture 47 Demo: vSAN Network Configuration

Lecture 48 Demo: Create a vSAN Cluster

Lecture 49 Demo: Storage IO Control (SIOC) for vSphere

Section 4: vSphere Monitoring Tools

Lecture 50 The vSphere CPU Scheduler

Lecture 51 ESXi and Hyperthreading

Lecture 52 CPU Co-Scheduling and VM Right-Sizing

Lecture 53 vSphere Resource Management

Lecture 54 Memory Virtualization

Lecture 55 Demo: Performance Charts

Lecture 56 ESXTOP

Lecture 57 Demo: ESXTOP

Section 5: Securing a vSphere Deployment

Lecture 58 vCenter Single Sign On (SSO)

Lecture 59 Demo: vCenter Single Sign On (SSO)

Lecture 60 vCenter Identity Federation

Lecture 61 Demo: vSphere Roles and Permissions

Lecture 62 Demo: VM Encryption

Lecture 63 Demo: Secure Boot and Encrypted vMotion

Lecture 64 Demo: Working with ESXi Host Firewall and Services

Lecture 65 Demo: Configure Lockdown Mode on an ESXi Host

Section 6: vSphere 8 ESXi, vCenter, and VM Upgrades

Lecture 66 vCenter Multihoming

Lecture 67 vSphere Lifecycle Management

Lecture 68 vSphere Upgrade Planning

Lecture 69 Demo: Apply vCenter and vSphere License Keys

Lecture 70 Demo: Install VMware Tools on a Single VM

Lecture 71 Demo: Update VMware Tools

Lecture 72 Demo: Update VM Virtual Hardware

Lecture 73 Upgrading ESXi 7 to ESXi 8

Lecture 74 Demo: Interactive Upgrade of ESXi 7 to ESXi 8

Lecture 75 Demo: Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance (7 to 8)

Section 7: Deploying VMs and Hosts in vSphere 8

Lecture 76 Demo: How to Register and Un-Register a VM

Lecture 77 Demo: Working with VMX Files

Lecture 78 Demo - VM Advanced Settings

Lecture 79 Demo - Deploying VMs using vCenter Converter

Lecture 80 Assignable Hardware

Lecture 81 Using Auto Deploy to Image ESXi Hosts

Section 8: vSphere Resource Management

Lecture 82 Demo - Configuring VM Reservations and Limits

Lecture 83 Demo - Configuring Shares

Lecture 84 Demo - CPU Hot-Plug and Memory Hot-Add for VMs

Lecture 85 Resource Pools and vApps

Lecture 86 Scalable Shares

Lecture 87 Demo - Create Resource Pools

Lecture 88 Demo: Expandable Reservations

Lecture 89 Demo: Configure vApps for Multi-Tier Applications

Section 9: Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

Lecture 90 DRS Enhancements in vSphere 7

Lecture 91 Demo: Configure DRS

Lecture 92 Demo: vCLS VMs

Lecture 93 Demo - DRS VM Distribution and CPU Over-Commitment

Lecture 94 Demo - DRS Distributed Power Management (DPM)

Lecture 95 Demo - Monitor a DRS Cluster

Lecture 96 Demo: DRS Affinity Rules, Groups, and VM Overrides

Lecture 97 Demo: Avoiding Downtime with DRS and Maintenance Mode in vSphere 7

Lecture 98 vSphere Cluster Quickstart

Section 10: Troubleshooting, Backup, and Recovery in vSphere

Lecture 99 Demo - Working with vCenter Logs

Lecture 100 Demo - Migrating Hosts and Resource Pools to a DRS Cluster

Lecture 101 Demo - Working with ESXi logs

Section 11: vSphere High Availability (HA)

Lecture 102 Demo: Create an HA Cluster

Lecture 103 Demo: Configure Admission Control

Lecture 104 Demo: Configure Heartbeat Datastores

Section 12: Advanced vSphere Management

Lecture 105 Demo: vCenter PNID and FQDN Changes

Lecture 106 vCenter Server Profiles

Lecture 107 Demo: Precision Time Protocol

Administrators that want to learn more about vSphere.,Anyone who needs to pass the VMware VCP for vSphere 8 exam