VMware vSphere™ 5.0 Advanced Troubleshooting (4-Day Class)

VMware vSphere 5.0 Advanced Troubleshooting Class Outline*

**HOL – A Hands-on Lab is provided for students on this chapter.

Chapter 1
Course Introduction and Methodology

Chapter 2
Tools for Troubleshooting

• Overview of 3rd Party Tools
• ESXi Management
  -Installation and use of the vMA
  -vSphere™ Command-Line Interface (vCLI)
  commands and syntax
  -ESXi technical support mode
  -SSH access in ESXi
• Linux Command Review

Chapter 3
Troubleshooting Log Files

• ESXi and vCenter™ Server Log Files
• Configure centralized Logging with syslog and vilogger

Chapter 4
Network Troubleshooting

• Creating & Modify Virtual Networks
• Creating & Modify Virtual Networks using CLI
• Creating & Modifying Distributed Virtual Switches using CLI

Chapter 5
Management Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting vCenter™ Server and Database
• Troubleshooting the vSphere® Client
• Controlling Management Access
• ESXi Active Directory (AD) Integration
• Managing Firewalls
• SSH Access
• Linked Mode Groups of vCenters™

Chapter 6
Storage Troubleshooting

• Storage Concepts
• iSCSI Storage
• Fibre Channel Storage
• VMFS Datastores

Chapter 7
vMotion Troubleshooting

• vMotion and Storage vMotion requirements
  and issues

Chapter 8
Infrastructure Troubleshooting

• DRS Cluster shares, pools, and limits
• HA slot calculations, admission control, and host monitoring
• Common Virtual Machine problems