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