vSphere 5 6: What is New (EDU-VSWN65)

Course IntroductionIntroductions and course logisticsCourse objectivesIntroduction to vSphere 6.5Discuss vSphere 6.5 feature enhancementsUse vSphere Client, VMware Host Client, and the appliance shell of vCenter Server ApplianceInstallation and UpgradeDescribe new vCenter Server architecture featuresChoose between a distributed configuration and an embedded configuration based on your requirementsDescribe the enhancements to vCenter Server ApplianceDescribe the vCenter Server Appliance deploymentDescribe the hardware requirements for installing vCenter Server ApplianceIdentify the information that is needed before you begin the installationDeploy a Platform Services Controller applianceDescribe how to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.x to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5Describe how to upgrade an ESXi 5.x host to an ESXi 6.5 hostList the benefits of using the content libraryCreate a basic content librarySynchronize a content library across vCenter Server instancesCompute EnhancementsDiscuss the enhancements to vSphere 6.5 scalability and performanceDiscuss the additional features to support hot-plug and SMART solid-state drivesDescribe new capabilities of host profiles introduced in vSphere 6.5Discuss the improvements to lockdown settingsDescribe the addition of smart-card authenticationExplain the changes that enhance user accountabilityDiscuss how virtual hardware 12 extends virtual machine resource configurationsDescribe how using large receive offload reduces CPU-associated costs for network packet processingDiscuss how hot-add memory is distributed across NUMA nodes in vSphere 6.5Storage EnhancementsDiscuss the benefits of using VMFS 6 with vSphereUpgrade from VMFS 5 to VMFS 6Discuss the benefits of using VMFS 6 with vSphereDiscuss the benefits of using NFS v4.1 with vSphereIdentify the differences between NFS v3 and NFS v4.1Describe the implications of using NFS v4.1Describe the advantages of the new VMware Virsto on-disk file systemDescribe the advantages of the vsanSparse snapshot formatDescribe the advantages of fault domains to withstand rack-local failuresDescribe the benefits of applying different default policies to different VMware Virtual SAN datastoresDescribe the benefits of using virtual volumesDescribe per virtual machine, policy-based policy managementDescribe how VMDK data operations are offloaded to storage arrays through the use of VMware vSphere API for Storage Awareness?Network EnhancementsWork with Network I/O ControlUpgrade Network I/O Control to version 3Enable network resource management on VMware vSphere Distributed SwitchConfigure bandwidth allocation for system and virtual machine traffic based on shares and reservations.Discuss IPv6 support in vSphere 6.5Management EnhancementList the core security modules that are part of Platform Services ControllerList the VMware certificate management componentsDescribe certificate use changes in vSphere 6.5List the certificate management components that are part of Platform Services ControllerDescribe the primary services provided by the VMware Certificate Authority componentDescribe the primary services provided by the VMware Endpoint Certificate Store componentDefine VMware CA certificate replacement optionsDescribe ESXi certificate replacement optionsDiscuss certificate-based guest authenticationAvailability EnhancementsDescribe the new TCP/IP stack for vSphere vMotionExplain the changes that make vSphere vMotion migrations across high-latency networks possibleDiscuss the requirements for migrating a virtual machine across vCenter Server instancesExplain how VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance supports virtual machines with multiple virtual CPUsDescribe how vSphere Fault Tolerance maintains the secondary virtual machine in a ready stateExplain the mechanism by which the primary virtual machine is determinedDiscuss the improvements made in handling all paths down and permanent device lost conditionsDescribe the increased scalability of vSphere HAExplain the additional compatibility supported by vSphere HASecurity EnhancementsPlan for secure boot support for ESXi hostDeploy enhanced vCenter Server events and alarms, and vSphere loggingEvaluate virtual machine encryptionEnable encrypted vSphere vMotionUse encrypted core dumps