VMware vSphere 8.0 Certification Boot Camp Training (VCP-DCV)

Details

Duration: 5 Days

About the Course

This five-day VMware vSphere 8.0 Certification Boot Camp provides accelerated, hands-on training to prepare you for the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) certification exam.

Through expert-led lectures and guided labs, you will learn to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot VMware vSphere 8 environments.

This course covers both introductory and advanced management skills, preparing you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for organizations of any size.

Certification Exam: This boot camp prepares students for the VMware vSphere 8.x Foundation Exam (2V0-21.23), the core requirement for the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) credential. An exam voucher is included.

Audience Profile

This VMware vSphere training is designed for IT professionals who need to implement, manage, or support VMware environments, including:

  • System Administrators & Engineers

  • Virtualization Engineers

  • Data Center Operators

  • Cloud Infrastructure Specialists

  • IT Consultants supporting VMware environments

  • DoD 8570/8140 workforce members requiring VMware certification

Learning Objectives

By the end of this VMware vSphere 8.0 boot camp, you will be able to:

  • Install and configure ESXi hosts

  • Deploy and configure vCenter Server

  • Create and manage the vCenter inventory

  • Configure vCenter High Availability (HA)

  • Create and configure virtual networks (standard & distributed switches)

  • Configure and manage vSphere storage (VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, vSAN)

  • Deploy and manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots

  • Configure VMware Tools repositories and content libraries

  • Perform live migrations with vSphere vMotion & Storage vMotion

  • Build and manage clusters enabled with vSphere HA and DRS

  • Use Host Profiles for compliance and lifecycle management

  • Monitor performance and configure alerts in vCenter

  • Maintain and upgrade ESXi hosts and vCenter using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Prerequisites

Learners should have:

  • System administration experience with Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

  • Basic understanding of virtualization concepts

What's Included

What’s included?

  • Authorized Courseware
  • Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
  • Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
  • Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
  • Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
  • Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation

Training Solutions

With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.

Methods

  • Instructor Led (the best training format we offer)
  • Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor Led
  • Self-Paced Video

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Schedule

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Curriculum

Curriculum

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Course objectives, logistics, and overview

Module 2: vSphere and Virtualization Overview

  • Virtualization concepts, ESXi installation, vSphere in cloud/data center

Module 3: vCenter Management

  • Deploy vCenter Server Appliance, configure settings, manage inventory and permissions, vCenter HA

Module 4: Deploying Virtual Machines

  • VM creation, VMware Tools, templates, cloning, content libraries

Module 5: Configure and Manage vSphere Networking

  • Standard switches, distributed switches, networking policies

Module 6: Configure and Manage vSphere Storage

  • VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, storage technologies and configuration

Module 7: Managing Virtual Machines

  • vMotion, Storage vMotion, snapshots, resource allocation, VMware Tools Repository

Module 8: vSphere Monitoring

  • Performance monitoring, alarms, Skyline Advisor Pro

Module 9: Deploying and Configuring vSphere Clusters

  • DRS, HA, Fault Tolerance, vCLS, redundancy options

Module 10: ESXi Operations

  • Host Profiles, configuration compliance

Module 11: Managing the vSphere Lifecycle

  • Lifecycle Manager, ESXi image management, upgrades, remediation

Module 12: Network Operations

  • Distributed switches, Network I/O Control, Distributed Services Engine

Module 13: Storage Operations

  • vSAN configuration, vSphere Virtual Volumes, Storage I/O Control