VMware vSphere 5: Configuring
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers configuring VMware vSphere 5, including datacenters, hosts, virtual machines, virtual storage and more.
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Course Description
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers configuring VMware vSphere 5, including datacenters, hosts, virtual machines, virtual storage and more. This comprehensive course will show you how to virtualize your server and network infrastructure in an innovative, efficient, and reliable way using VMware vSphere 5. You'll walk away from this course able to install and configure ESXi 5 and vCenter 5 and able to manage virtual machines, virtual storage, networking and you'll also know how to leverage advanced features such as VMware High Availability, VMware Fault Tolerance and more. To get the most from this course, you should know the basics of virtualization, and some experience working with VMware vSphere will be helpful, but is not required.
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Course Syllabus
vCenter 5 - Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure- 40m 36s
—Introduction 2m 9s
—Planning the Virtual Infrastructure 3m 55s
—Naming Convention 4m 37s
—vSphere Network Virtualization Diagram 0m 34s
—Adding Datacenters and Hosts 6m 33s
—Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP 2m 8s
—Configuring vSphere Licensing 1m 54s
—Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status 2m 22s
—Removing Getting Started Tabs 1m 2s
—Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status 3m 14s
—vCenter Server Settings and Plugins 7m 13s
—Adding Folders 2m 58s
—What We Covered 1m 50sCreating and Modifying Virtual Guest Machines- 43m 34s
—Introduction 2m 29s
—Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines 1m 1s
—Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace 2m 10s
—VMware Guest OS Install Guide 0m 38s
—Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM 4m 8s
—Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media 1m 51s
—Using the vSphere Datastore Browser 3m 39s
—Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere 3m 33s
—Accessing ESXi Using SSH 3m 20s
—Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install 16m 7s
—vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option 1m 57s
—What We Covered 2m 34sInstalling and Configuring VMware Tools- 17m 39sUnderstanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms- 27m 54sVirtual Storage 101 and Storage Terminology- 1h 5mvSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)- 16m 33sCreating a Free iSCSI SAN with OpenFiler- 32m 30sAdministering VMware ESXi Server Security- 30m 31svSphere Virtual Networking- 46m 44sUsing the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch)- 27m 57sMoving Virtual Machines with vMotion- 22m 17sMoving Virtual Storage with svMotion- 17m 8s
