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1. Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2. Infrastructure Assessment

Define customer business objectives
Gather and analyze business and application requirements
Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
Create a conceptual design

3. Core Management Infrastructure

Determine the number of vCenter Server instances to include in a design
Choose appropriate platforms for vCenter Server components and databases
Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data center
Review a core management infrastructure design and deploy it as designed

4. Virtual Data Center Infrastructure

Calculate total capacity requirements for a design
Create a virtual data center cluster design that meets business and workload requirements
Evaluate the use of various management services, such as VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™, in the virtual data center design
Evaluate the use of resource pools in the virtual data center design
Deploy virtual data center components for the given vSphere design

5. Compute Infrastructure

Create a compute infrastructure design that includes the appropriate ESXi boot, installation, and configuration options
Choose the ESXi host hardware for the compute infrastructure
Review a compute infrastructure design and deploy it as designed
Configure and run a script to automate ESXi host installation

6. Storage Infrastructure

Calculate storage capacity and performance requirements for a design
Evaluate the use of different storage platform and storage management solutions
Design a storage platform and storage management architecture that meets the needs of the environment
Review a storage platform design and deploy it as designed
Review a storage management design and deploy it as designed

7. Network Infrastructure

Evaluate the use of different network component and network management solutions
Design a network component architecture that includes information about network segmentation and virtual switch types
Review a network component design and deploy it as designed
Design a network management architecture that meets the needs of the environment
Review a storage management design and deploy it as designed

8. Virtual Machine Design

Make virtual machine design decisions, including decisions for resources
Design virtual machines that meet the needs of the applications in the environment
Review a virtual machine design and deploy it as designed

9. Infrastructure Security

Make security design decisions for various layers in the vSphere environment
Design a security strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
Review an infrastructure security design and deploy it as designed

10. Infrastructure Manageability

Make VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ design decisions that meet the requirements of the data center
Review a vSphere Update Manager architecture design and deploy it as designed
Make infrastructure management design decisions for the required areas
Design an infrastructure management strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
Review an infrastructure management design and deploy it as designed

11. Infrastructure Recoverability

Make infrastructure recoverability design decisions in the required areas
Design an infrastructure recoverability strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
Review an infrastructure recoverability design and deploy it as designed