VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]

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

• Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8

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 vSphere Client

• Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster

• Update an ESXi host equipped with a DPU using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• 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

• Review the improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts

• Review the enhancements to the vCenter recovery process

Module 5: ESXi Enhancements

• Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi

• Explain how ConfigStore affects your 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 ESX

Module 6: vSphere Storage

• Describe the 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

Module 7: Guest OS and Workloads

• Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions

• Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20

• Create a snapshot of a VM with an NVDIMM device

Module 8: Resource Management

• View energy and carbon emission metrics in vRealize Operations Manager

• Describe the VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality

• Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of vSphere DRS

Module 9: Security and Compliance

• Describe how to handle vTPM secrets when cloning a VM

• Manage OVF templates for VMs that are configured with vTPM

• Deploy an OVF template with vTPM

• Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi

• Describe ESXi 8 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 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• 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 prior to remediation

Module 11: Auto Deploy

• Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy

Module 12: vSphere with Tanzu

• Describe the features of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 offering

Module 13: Announcing vSphere+

• Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of one of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge, plus administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale

• VMware vSphere: Fast Track

• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting

• Experience with working at the command line is helpful.

The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Install and configure ESXi

• Install vCenter Server

• Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders

• Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions

• Create and modify a standard switch

• Create and modify a distributed switch

• Connect an ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or fibre channel storage

• Create a VMware vSphere VMFS datastore

• Use a content library template to create a virtual machine

• Modify a virtual machine’s hardware

• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion

• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster

• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster

• Use VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and VMs If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] course instead.