Publication date : 06/26/2024

Course : VMware vSphere 8, monitoring and operation

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. VS8
Price : 2050 € E.T.

VMware vSphere 8, monitoring and operation




This course will give you all you need to operate VMware vSphere 8 efficiently. You'll learn how to manage and backup virtual machines (VMs) on a day-to-day basis, monitor resource utilization and update the infrastructure.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. VS8
  3d - 21h00
2050 € E.T.




This course will give you all you need to operate VMware vSphere 8 efficiently. You'll learn how to manage and backup virtual machines (VMs) on a day-to-day basis, monitor resource utilization and update the infrastructure.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Creating, configuring and administering virtual machines with vSphere 8
Manage virtual infrastructure updates with Update Manager
Monitor and manage virtual platform resources
Managing software replication of virtual machines

Intended audience
Operators in charge of running ESXi, ESX and/or vCenter Server servers, wishing to enhance their skills in the day-to-day management of virtual machines.

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Windows and/or Linux administration.

Course schedule

1
VMware vSphere 8 overview

  • vSphere 8 architecture.
  • vSphere 8 components.
  • License management.
  • vSphere inventory management.
  • Networking in vSphere 8.
  • Storage management (vStorage): different storage protocols.
  • Storage: Datastore management.

2
Virtual Machine (VM) creation, deployment and administration

  • VM components. vSphere license and inventory management.
  • Template creation and management.
  • Create a new VM and clone it.
  • Virtual machine snapshots.
  • Cold migration of a VM.
  • Virtual hardware management: Thin provisioning, VMDirectPath.
  • vApp, VMware VMotion, VMware Storage VMotion and VMware Enhanced VMotion.
Hands-on work
Create, configure and administer virtual machines in vSphere.

3
Monitoring and resource utilization

  • Manage VM resources (shares, limits, reservations).
  • Resource pools.
  • Technologies for optimizing processor and memory utilization.
  • Performance and infrastructure monitoring with alarms.
Hands-on work
Monitor and manage virtual platform resources.

4
VMware clusters

  • Using a Cluster Distributed Resource Scheduler.
  • VMware High Availability (HA) cluster management.

5
Virtual machine replication

  • VM replication with vSphere Replication.
  • VM recovery (on schedule or disaster recovery).
Hands-on work
Manage software replication of virtual machines.

6
Virtual infrastructure upgrade

  • Virtual infrastructure upgrade.
  • ESXi update management with VMware Update Manager.
Hands-on work
Manage virtual infrastructure updates with Update Manager.


Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
DE LA FUENTE CLÉMENT T.
15/10/25
5 / 5

great trainer
THOMAS H.
15/10/25
5 / 5

The instructor provided a very good balance of theory and practice, with lots of practical exercises, and was able to answer all our questions throughout the course.
PAUL C.
15/10/25
5 / 5

perfect



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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 16 Mar., 18 May, 14 Oct., 30 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 16 Mar., 18 May, 14 Oct., 30 Nov.