VMware vSphere: Design [V8]

Module 1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2 Infrastructure Assessment

• Describe various design framework principles
• Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
• Define customer business objectives and requirements
• Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model
• Create a logical design from a conceptual model
• Recognize key information contained in the physical design

Module 3 Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning

• Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
• Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment

Module 4 Designing for Manageability: Scalability

• Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 5 Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management

• Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices 6 Designing for Availability
• Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 6 Designing for Performance

• Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices 8 Designing for Security
• Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices 9 Designing for Recoverability
• Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices