• Online, Self-Paced

Virtual machines are files, which means that VM management is in part storage management. This course covers storage management for a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment. It also covers virtual machine creation and management.

Learning Objectives

Defining vSphere Storage Concepts

  • start the course
  • identify what storage needs are present in ESXi and vCenter Server
  • identify the correct terms to describe storage on an ESXi server
  • identify what forms of local storage are available for a vSphere environment
  • identify what forms of NAS and SAN storage are available for a vSphere environment

Configuring vSphere Storage

  • create a datastore on an attached disk
  • create a datastore on an NFS share
  • add a second ESXi host to an NFS datastore
  • add an ESXi software iSCSI adapter
  • connect ESXi to an existing iSCSI target LUN
  • create a datastore on an iSCSI disk
  • add a second ESXi host to an iSCSI datastore
  • create a vCenter library

Using vSphere Storage

  • navigate and transfer files with an ESXi datastore

Practice: Configuring Datastores

  • connect to a disk and mount it as a datastore on ESXi using the vCenter Web Client

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Systems Administration

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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