• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

VMware vSphere 6.5 provides dynamic load balancing using DRS clusters. However, there are many ways to control DRS behavior. This course covers how to deploy a DRS cluster.

Learning Objectives

Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

  • start the course
  • recognize uses of Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
  • describe methods of enabling Distributed Resource Scheduler in a VMware virtualized environment
  • compare the three levels of automation within Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • select an appropriate automation migration threshold within Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • create Distributed Resource Scheduler groups and apply rules
  • identify the components of HA Orchestrated Restart in vCenter 6.5

Monitoring DRS

  • describe how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) overrides function
  • use Schedule DRS to automatically manage resources in a VMware virtualized environment
  • use Distributed Resource Scheduler to monitor events, performance, and resource utilization
  • describe the benefits of Distributed Power Management in DRS
  • recognize how storage DRS assists with datastore management
  • describe various advanced Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) options

Practice: Configuring DRS

  • configure DRS cluster settings according to business needs using the vSphere Web Client

Framework Connections

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