VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]

Get up to speed on the key enhancements in vSphere 8 in two days.

2 daysIntermediate13 modules

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Overview

About this course

Get up to speed on the key enhancements in vSphere 8 in two days. You will see how device groups and virtualisation extensions support AI and ML workloads, how Distributed Services Engine offloads work to DPUs, and what ConfigStore, vSAN Express Storage Architecture, NVMe and virtual hardware version 20 bring. You will also cover vMMR and its benefits for DRS, vTPM management, Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy improvements, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 and vSphere+.

What you'll learn

Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 8.0
Describe the purpose of VMware vSphere® Distributed Services Engine™
Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to update an ESXi host that has a data processing unit (DPU)
Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0
Recognize enhancements to VM hardware compatibility settings
Recognize changes related to vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation that improve VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
Describe the new virtual non-uniform memory access (vNUMA) topology settings in the VMware vSphere® Client™
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager and VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to manage configuration specifications for hosts in a cluster
Recognize vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy enhancements in vSphere 8.0
Describe new cluster management features in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0
Recognize the cloud benefits that VMware vSphere+ brings to on-premises workloads
Identify discontinued or deprecated features and technology in vSphere 8.0

Curriculum

13 modules

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0
Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0

Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine
Explain how Distributed Services Engine works
Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine
Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU
View DPU information in the vSphere Client
Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to update an ESXi host that contains a DPU
Create a vSphere distributed switch for network offloads
Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere distributed switch
Configure a VM to use uniform passthrough mode

Describe improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts
Describe enhancements to the vCenter recovery process

Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi
Explain how ConfigStore affects interaction with ESXi configuration files
Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0
Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0
Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi 8.0

Describe the VMware vSAN™ Express Storage Architecture
Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture
Describe the benefits of using NVMe
Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere 8.0

Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions
Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20
Identify the snapshot modes of NVDIMM devices

View energy and carbon emission metrics in VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
Describe the vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality
Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of DRS

Describe how to manage vTPM secrets when cloning a VM
Manage OVF templates for VMs configured with vTPM
Deploy an OVF template with vTPM
Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi
Describe ESXi 8.0 enhanced security features

Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts
Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster
Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications
Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel
Stage an ESXi host image before remediation

Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy

Describe the features of VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ 2.0

Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+

Who it's for

Experienced vSphere administrators and architects planning or evaluating an upgrade to vSphere 8.

Before you start

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
VMware vSphere: Fast Track
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting
Experience with working at the command line is helpful.

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