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VMware vSphere: Advanced Administration [V8]

This five-day course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware vSphere 8 administrative tasks to complex vSphere operations and...

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$4,625 USD
Duration 5 days
Course Code EDU-VSAA8
Available Formats Classroom, Virtual

Overview

This five-day course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware vSphere 8 administrative tasks to complex vSphere operations and configurations. Through lab-based activities, students are immersed in real-life situations faced by VMBeans, a fictitious company. These situations expose students to real-life scenarios faced by companies that are building and scaling their virtual infrastructure. This course uses scenario-based lab exercises and does not provide guided step-by-step instructions. To complete the scenario-based lab exercises, you are required to analyze the task, research, and deduce the required solution. References and suggested documentation are provided. This course utilizes labs to teach students how to effectively navigate and manage vSphere. The course aligns fully with the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy exam objectives.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Configure VMware vCenter® and VMware ESXi™
  • Configure and manage a vSphere cluster solution for vSphere HA, vSphere DRS, and vSAN
  • Configure vSphere storage and networking
  • Perform lifecycle operations on vSphere components
  • Troubleshoot vSphere infrastructure and connectivity issues
  • Back up vCenter configurations
  • Implement solutions for securing the vSphere infrastructure

Who Can Benefit

  • System administrators
  • System engineers

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following prerequisites:

  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure
  • Working knowledge of VMware vSAN™
  • System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Course Details

Course Modules

Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Creating and Configuring Management Clusters

  • Create a vSphere cluster for management
  • workloads
  • Activate vSphere cluster features that help to
  • improve resource allocation and availability of
  • virtual machines
  • Use standard virtual switches to create networking
  • in a cluster
  • Select the appropriate vSphere storage types to
  • meet requirements
  • Configure iSCSI storage
  • Configure VMFS and NFS datastores
  • Recognize when to configure ESXi NTP and PTP
  • support
  • Recognize ESXi user account best practices
  • Configure ESXi host settings
  • Use vSphere configuration profiles to maintain
  • consistent ESXi host configurations

Creating and Configuring Production Clusters

  • Use Cluster Quickstart to create a vSAN-activated
  • cluster
  • Configure advanced vSphere HA settings
  • Configure the vCenter identity provider
  • Assign specific permissions and roles to Active
  • Directory Federation Services (ADFS) users
  • Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on a
  • cluster and a VM
  • Perform a Cross vCenter Server migration
  • Use content libraries to share virtual machine
  • templates between sites
  • Manage VM and ESXi host resources using
  • resource pools, scalable shares, and vSphere DRS
  • rules

Troubleshooting vSphere and Backing Up Configurations

  • Troubleshoot ESXi connectivity issues
  • Troubleshoot ESXi storage issues
  • Troubleshoot vSphere cluster issues
  • Troubleshoot PowerCLI issues
  • Generate vCenter and ESXi log bundles
  • Back up vCenter
  • Create a vCenter profile to standardize
  • configurations in the environment

Lifecycle Management

  • Troubleshoot upgrade-blocking issues
  • Increase logging levels on vCenter
  • Configure a VMware Tools™ shared repository
  • Upgrade vCenter
  • Upgrade ESXi
  • Upgrade VMware Tools
  • Upgrade virtual machine hardware compatibility

vSphere Security

  • Configure a key management server
  • Encrypt virtual machines using vSphere VM
  • encryption
  • Secure VMs in transit with encrypted vSphere
  • vMotion
  • Identify and implement different ESXi CPU
  • scheduler options
  • Apply security hardening guidelines to ESXi hosts
  • Replace vCenter certificates with trusted CA-signed
  • certificates
  • Reconfigure the primary network identifier for a
  • vCenter instance
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  • Jul 14, 2025 - Jul 18, 2025 (5 days)
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FAQ

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.

What languages are used to deliver training?

Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.

What does GTR stand for?

GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.

Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?

Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.

What does vendor-authorized training mean?

As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.

Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?

It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.

How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?

We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.

Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?

Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.

Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?

Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.

Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?

We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth.  We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.

How do I get started with certification?

Getting started on a certification pathway depends on your goals and the vendor you choose to get certified in. Many vendors offer entry-level IT certification to advanced IT certification that can boost your career. To get access to certification vouchers and discounts, please contact info@ascendientlearning.com.

Will I get access to content after I complete a course?

You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.

How do I request a W9 for Ascendient Learning?

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Reviews

vary good online learning. instructor is vary good the way he explained every thing.

Very good company. I've done technical trainings at their facility in downtown Montreal in the past and I'Ve always appreciated them.

Very interactive and in-depth course that really got me ready for the industry

The training was good but needed the basic skills of maximo before getting deep in the configuration of it.

Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.