VMware vSphere 6.7: Whats New

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

• List and describe key enhancements in vSphere 6.7

• Use the user interface of the new VMware vSphere® Client™, the new VMware Host Client™, and the appliance shell of VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™

• Add users to the lockdown exception users list and test the lockdown mode

• Configure virtual machines to check for and install newer versions of VMware Tools™

• Upgrade virtual machines to the current hardware

• Create a multisite content library for synchronizing virtual machine templates, vApps, ISO images, and scripts across vCenter Server instances

• Enable the VMware vSphere® Authentication Proxy service to automatically add new hosts to the Active Directory domain

• Configure NFS- and iSCSI-backed virtual volumes to provide a common storage platform, independent of the underlying storage hardware

• Create storage policies and use these policies with virtual machines and virtual volume datastores

• Work with VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control to create and configure a distributed switch

• Use VMware vSphere® vMotion® to migrate virtual machines across vCenter Server instances

• Activate the high availability feature of vCenter Server Appliance

• Back up vCenter Server Appliance by using a file-based backup solution from the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface

• Set up your environment to encrypt and decrypt virtual machines

• Set up your environment to use encrypted vSphere vMotion to securely migrate encrypted virtual machines

• Migrate from Windows vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance

• Configure vCenter Server and associated services to use VMware Platform Services Controller™ high availability