VMware vSphere powers in the majority of the on-premises data centers in the world today and vSphere administrators are highly sought-after in the job market. With the launch of vSphere 7, VMware has unleashed a tremendous amount of innovation so it’s a great time to be learning vSphere! In this course, vSphere 7: Establishing and Maintaining vSphere Availability, you’ll discover how to efficiently administer VMware vSphere 7 availability, step by step. First, you’ll explore vSphere availability features like vSphere High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT). Next, you’ll discover how to use the magic of VMware VMotion and storage VMotion. Finally, you’ll wrap up by learning the new vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager and how to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) while minimizing downtime. By the end of the course, you’ll know everything you need to know to ensure high availability in your vSphere infrastructure.
Author Name: David Davis
Author Description:
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Introduction
  7mins
• Creating and Configuring VMware Clusters
  58mins
• Migrating Virtual Machines
  36mins
• Planning and Implementing vSphere Fault Tolerance
  20mins
• Configuring Advanced vSphere HA Features
  40mins
• Configuring Advanced vSphere DRS Features
  28mins
• Performing vSphere Updates with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
  47mins
• Performing vCenter Server Upgrades
  23mins