VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]

In this 2-day course, you will explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter® 8.0, VMware ESXi™ 8.0, and VMware vSphere® 8.0. Through use-case scenarios, demonstrations, labs, and simulations, you develop skills to implement and configure vSphere 8.0.

Product Alignment 

  • VMware ESXi 8.0
  • VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Digital documentation:

It is important that you use an email for the registration that you can reach during the course.

  • You will receive 4 rolling licenses - 2 for a PC/MAC, and 2 for mobile devices.
  • You will receive the e-book in advance of the course; this will allow you to read the materials before the course starts.

Audience:

System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures.

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 instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] course.

Course objectives:

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

  • Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 8.0
  • Describe the purpose of VMware vSphere® Distributed Services Engine™
  • Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to update an ESXi host that has a data processing unit (DPU)
  • Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0 
  • Recognize enhancements to VM hardware compatibility settings 
  • Recognize changes related to vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation that improve VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ 
  • Describe the new virtual non-uniform memory access (vNUMA) topology settings in the VMware vSphere® Client™ 
  • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager and VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to manage configuration specifications for hosts in a cluster 
  • Recognize vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy enhancements in vSphere 8.0 
  • Describe new cluster management features in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0
  • Recognize the cloud benefits that VMware vSphere+ brings to on-premises workloads
  • Identify discontinued or deprecated features and technology in vSphere 8.0

Read official course description:
VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]

Certification:

Attending this course allows candidates who hold a valid VCP-DCV certification from 2022 or earlier to get the  Data Center Virtualization 2023 certification. 

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