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Publication date : 04/15/2024

Course : VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting V8 (VSTS8)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-21.23

Practical course - 5d - 35h00 - Ref. BMW

VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting V8 (VSTS8)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-21.23



With this training, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere® 8 environment. You'll learn how to use command-line interfaces, VMware vSphere® Client™, log files and other tools to analyze and resolve problems.


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With this training, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere® 8 environment. You'll learn how to use command-line interfaces, VMware vSphere® Client™, log files and other tools to analyze and resolve problems.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Present troubleshooting principles and procedures
Using command line interfaces, log files and vSphere Client
Explaining the purpose of vSphere log files
Identify network problems
Troubleshooting methods
Identify the causes of storage failure
Resolving vSphere cluster failure scenarios
Analyze possible causes of vSphere cluster failure
Diagnose common VMware vSphere® High Availability problems and provide solutions
Resolve VM problems, including migration, snapshot and connection issues
Identifying problems with VMware ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter Server
Analyze failure scenarios and find solutions
Troubleshooting performance problems with vSphere components

Intended audience
System administrators, system integrators.

Prerequisites
Completion of one of the following training courses: Ref. AMW or Ref. EMW or equivalent knowledge.

Certification
Successful completion of the 2V0-21.23 exam leads to VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2023 (VCP-DCV 2023) certification.
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Practical details
Teaching methods
Training in French. Official course material in digital format and in English. Good understanding of written English.

Course schedule

1
Introduction to troubleshooting

  • Define the scope of troubleshooting.
  • Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operating problems.
  • Apply troubleshooting methodology to diagnose faults and ensure efficient troubleshooting.

2
Troubleshooting tools

  • Identify the different methods for executing commands.
  • Learn about the different ways of accessing ESXi Shell.
  • Use commands to display, configure and manage your vSphere components.
  • Use the vSphere command line interface.
  • Use ESXCLI commands from vSphere CLI.
  • Use data center CLI commands.
  • Identify the best tool to use for CLI troubleshooting.
  • Identify important log files for troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi.
  • Describe the benefits and features of VMware SkylineTM.
  • Explain how VMware Skyline works.
  • Describe VMware SkylineTM Health and VMware Skyline AdvisorTM.

3
Virtual network troubleshooting

  • Analyze and solve problems related to standard and distributed switches.
  • Analyze and resolve virtual machine connectivity problems.

4
Storage troubleshooting

  • Understand the components of the vSphere storage architecture.
  • Identify the possible causes of problems in different types of datastores.
  • Analyze common connectivity and storage configuration problems.
  • Discuss possible causes of storage problems.
  • Solve storage connectivity problems.
  • Correct configuration errors.
  • Restore LUN visibility.
  • Use ESXi and Linux commands to solve storage problems.
  • Analyze log file entries to identify the root cause of storage problems.
  • Investigate ESXi storage problems.
  • Troubleshoot VM snapshots.
  • Solve storage performance problems.
  • Know how multipathing works.
  • Identify common causes of missing paths, including PDL and APD conditions.
  • Solve the problem of missing paths between hosts and storage devices.

5
Troubleshooting vSphere clusters

  • Identify and solve problems related to vSphere High Availability (HA).
  • Analyze and resolve problems with vSphere vMotion.
  • Diagnose and solve common vSphere DRS problems.

6
Troubleshooting virtual machines

  • Describe virtual machine files and disk content IDs.
  • Identify, analyze and solve problems related to virtual machine snapshots.
  • Troubleshoot virtual machine power-up problems.
  • Identify possible causes and resolve connection status problems on virtual machines.
  • Diagnose and remedy VMware Tools installation failures.

7
Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi

  • Analyze and solve problems related to vCenter Server services.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot vCenter Server database problems.
  • Use the vCenter Server Appliance shell and the Bash shell to identify and solve problems.
  • Identify and solve ESXi host problems.