VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V7]

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

•  Identify the effects of a system problem
•  Define the scope of troubleshooting
•  Use a structured approach
•  Understand the principles of troubleshooting
•  Follow a logical troubleshooting procedure
•  Examine examples of troubleshooting

•  Use command-line tools to identify and troubleshoot problems
•  Use vSphere CLI
•  Find and interpret important log files
•  Use VMware vRealize® Log InsightTM for log aggregation, efficient log search, and problem analysis

•  Explain the performance features of network adapters
•  Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
•  Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics

•  Identify the symptoms of network-related problems
•  Analyze and resolve standard switch and distributed switch problems
•  Analyze virtual machine connectivity problems and fix them
•  Examine common management network connectivity problems and restore configurations
•  Identify and prevent potential problems

•  Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
•  Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics

•  Troubleshoot storage (iSCSI, NFS, VMware vSphere® VMFS, VMware vSAN™, and VMware vSphere® 
   Virtual Volumes™) connectivity problems 
•  Analyze storage-related logs
•  Analyze hardware malfunction and software misconfiguration scenarios 
•  Identify multipathing-related problems, including permanent device loss (PDL) and all paths down (APD)
•  Analyze possible causes, recover from the faulty conditions, and restore storage visibility

•  Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance
•  Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
•  Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics

•  Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when 
   memory is overcommitted
•  Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics

•  Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance
•  Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource usage

•  Identify and recover from problems related to VMware vSphere® High Availability
•  Analyze and troubleshoot various types of vSphere vMotion problems related to virtual machine migrations 
•  Discuss and recover from VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource SchedulerTM problems to achieve 
   proper function and balanced resource use
•  Examine vSphere cluster failure scenarios and possible solutions

•  Analyze and resolve common virtual machine snapshot problems 
•  Identify possible causes and resolve virtual machine power-on problems
•  Troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems
•  Resolve problems seen during VMware Tools™ installations
•  Examine failure scenarios and provide solutions

•  Configure ESXi host access and authorization
•  Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines 
•  Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
•  Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps and VMware vSphere® vMotion® migrations

•  Understand the vCenter Server and VMware Platform Services Controller™ architecture in vSphere 6.x
•  Identify and resolve authentication problems
•  Troubleshoot VMware Certificate Authority and certificate problems
•  Analyze and fix problems with vCenter Server services 
•  Analyze and fix vCenter Server database problems
•  Identify VMware vCenter Server® High Availability problems
•  Examine ESXi host and vCenter Server failure scenarios and resolve the problems