VMware vSphere: What’s New [V8]

Course Certification

This course helps you prepare to take the:
VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization Exam (VCP-DCV 2024);

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0
• Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0

Module 3: vSphere Distributed Services Engine

• Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine
• Explain how Distributed Services Engine works
• Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine
• Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU
• View DPU information in the vSphere Client
• Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster
• Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to update an ESXi host that contains a DPU
• Create a vSphere distributed switch for network offloads
• Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere distributed switch
• Configure a VM to use uniform passthrough mode

Module 4: vSphere and vCenter Management

• Describe improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts
• Describe enhancements to the vCenter recovery process

Module 5: ESXi Enhancements

• Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi
• Explain how ConfigStore affects interaction with ESXi configuration files
• Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0
• Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0
• Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi 8.0

Module 6: vSphere Storage

• Describe the VMware vSAN™ Express Storage Architecture
• Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture
• Describe the benefits of using NVMe
• Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere 8.0

Module 7: Guest OS and Workloads

• Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions
• Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20
• Identify the snapshot modes of NVDIMM devices

Module 8: Resource Management

• View energy and carbon emission metrics in VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
• Describe the vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality
• Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of DRS

Module 9: Security and Compliance

• Describe how to manage vTPM secrets when cloning a VM
• Manage OVF templates for VMs configured with vTPM
• Deploy an OVF template with vTPM
• Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi
• Describe ESXi 8.0 enhanced security features

Module 10: vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts
• Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster
• Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications
• Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel
• Stage an ESXi host image before remediation

Module 11: Auto Deploy

• Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy

Module 12: vSphere with Tanzu

• Describe the features of VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ 2.0

Module 13: Announcing vSphere+

• Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+

Course Mode

Instructor-Led Remote Live Classroom Training;

Trainers

Trainers are VMware Official Instructors and certified in other IT technologies, with years of hands-on experience in the industry and in Training.

Lab Topology

For all types of delivery, the Trainee can access real Cisco equipment and systems in our laboratories or directly at the Cisco data centers remotely 24 hours a day. Each participant has access to implement the various configurations thus having a practical and immediate feedback of the theoretical concepts.
Here are some VMware vSphere Labs topologies available: