VMware Hands-On Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC - VCHA Lab PDF

1/20/2019  VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
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Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02
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SDC - Getting Started with
vSphere with Operations
Manager Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02-
Module 1 - vCenter Server  SDC - Getting Started with
Appliance as a First Choice
(60 minutes) vSphere with Operations
Module 2 - Next Generation  Manager
Management Clients (45
Minutes) Lab Guidance
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Note: It will take more than 90 minutes to complete this lab. You should
with vRealize Operations (30 expect to only finish 2-3 of the modules during your time. The modules are
independent of each other so you can start at the beginning of any module
Minutes)
and proceed from there. You can use the Table of Contents to access any
Module 4 - Introduction to  module of your choosing.
The Table of Contents can be accessed in the upper right-hand corner of the
vRealize Log Insight (30 Lab Manual.
Minutes) This introductory lab will explore the components and their capabilities within
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vSphere 6.7. It will cover how to implement these in addition to basic administration
Module 5 - Administration topics. This lab also explores the key features of vSphere 6.7 and how to
operationalize them. You will learn how to deploy and manage upgrades and
Basics (60 Minutes) migrations, enhance availability, monitor and optimize workload performance, and
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  learn how proactive analysis of logs can detect problems before they affect your
workloads. This is an excellent place to begin your experience with VMware vSphere.
The lab is broken into 8 Modules which can be taken in any order:
Lab Module List:
Module 1 - vCenter Server Appliance as a First Choice (60 minutes) (Basic)

This module will cover deployment models, management, and availability of the
vCenter Server Appliance and the Platform Services Controller. In this lab we'll
also discuss the interoperability between the vCenter Server Appliance and
vSphere Update Manager.
Module 2 - Next Generation Management Clients (45 minutes) (Basic) This
module will cover the next generation of HTML5-based management clients. First
well discuss the VMware Host Client which enables vSphere Administrators to
manage their ESXi hosts through an HTML5 web interface. Then well cover the
enhancements made to the current vSphere Web Client as well as introduce the
next generation of vSphere Client using HTML5.
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3 - Getting Familiar
Hands-on with vRealize Operations (30 minutes) (Basic) In
Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
this section we will highlight a few of the major interface components, so that you
HOL-1911-02- can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to
data, as well as Data Visualizations using Dashboards and Reports.
SDC Module 4 - Introduction to vRealize Log Insight (30 minutes) (Basic) In this
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module we will introduce you to some of the main features of vRealize Log Insight,
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 VMware's log management and analysis tool.
Module 5 - Administration Basics (60 minutes) (Basic) This module will cover
SDC - Getting Started with basic administration of a vSphere environment. Topics will include management
of vSphere clusters, virtual machines, ESXi hosts, storage, and networking.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCenter (30 minutes) (Basic) This module will help you
Manager decide on an upgrade path for moving to the latest version vCenter Server.
Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration (30 minutes) (Basic) This
Module 1 - vCenter Server  module will explore migrating from vCenter Server running on Windows to the
vCenter Server Appliance. Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance decreases
Appliance as a First Choice complexity, simplifies management, and removed the need for an external
database for vCenter Server.
(60 minutes) Module 8 - High Availability and Business Continuity (60 minutes) (Basic) In
Module 2 - Next Generation  this module vSphere Administrators will learn how to deploy and configure a
vSphere environment for high availability including vCenter Server, the Platform
Management Clients (45 Services Controller, and virtual machines. You'll also explore how vSphere is also
resilient during network failures and follow a Business Continuity demonstration
Minutes) using vSphere Replication and vSphere Data Protection.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Lab Captains:
Modules 1-8 Peter Kieren (Sr. Solutions Engineer)

with vRealize Operations (30 Modules 1-8 Jarrett Blandin (Sr. Solution Engineer)
Modules 1-8 Laura Garro (Technical Account Manager)
Minutes)
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Module 4 - Introduction to This lab manual can be downloaded from the Hands-on Labs Document site found
vRealize Log Insight (30 here:
http://docs.hol.vmware.com (http://docs.hol.vmware.com)
Minutes)
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This lab may be available in other languages. To set your language preference and
Module 5 - Administration have a localized manual deployed with your lab, you may utilize this document to help
guide you through the process:
Basics (60 Minutes)
http://docs.hol.vmware.com/announcements/nee-default-language.pdf
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  (http://docs.hol.vmware.com/announcements/nee-default-language.pdf)
Location of the Main Console
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Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server 

(60 minutes)

Module 2 - Next Generation  1. The area in the RED box contains the Main Console. The Lab Manual is on the tab
to the Right of the Main Console.
Management Clients (45 2. A particular lab may have additional consoles found on separate tabs in the upper
left. You will be directed to open another specific console if needed.
Minutes)
3. Your lab starts with 90 minutes on the timer. The lab can not be saved. All your
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  work must be done during the lab session. But you can click the EXTEND to
increase your time. If you are at a VMware event, you can extend your lab time
with vRealize Operations (30 twice, for up to 30 minutes. Each click gives you an additional 15 minutes.
Outside of VMware events, you can extend your lab time up to 9 hours and 30
Minutes) minutes. Each click gives you an additional hour.
Module 4 - Introduction to 

vRealize Log Insight (30
Alternate Methods of Keyboard Data Entry
Minutes) During this module, you will input text into the Main Console. Besides directly typing it
Module 5 - Administration  in, there are two very helpful methods of entering data which make it easier to enter
complex data.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent 
Click and Drag Lab Manual Content Into Console Active

Window
HOL-1911-02- Drag and Drop Text Feature
SDC
Manager

You can also click and drag text and Command Line Interface (CLI) commands directly
(60 minutes)
from the Lab Manual into the active window in the Main Console.
Module 2 - Next Generation 
Minutes) Accessing the Online International Keyboard
Module 3 - Getting Familiar 

with vRealize Operations (30
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  You can also use the Online International Keyboard found in the Main Console.
1. Click on the Keyboard Icon found on the Windows Quick Launch Task Bar.

Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Click once in active console window

Basics (60 Minutes)
In this example, you will use the Online Keyboard to enter the "@" sign used in email
addresses. The "@" sign is Shift-2 on US keyboard layouts.
1. Click once in the active console window.

2. Click on the Shift key.
HOL-1911-02-
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Manager


(60 minutes)
1. Click on the "@ key".
Module 2 - Next Generation  Notice the @ sign entered in the active console window.
Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Activation Prompt or Watermark

Minutes)
Minutes)

Module 5 - Administration  When you first start your lab, you may notice a watermark on the desktop indicating
that Windows is not activated.
Basics (60 Minutes)
One of the major benefits of virtualization is that virtual machines can be moved and
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  run on any platform. The Hands-on Labs utilizes this benefit and we are able to run
the labs out of multiple datacenters. However, these datacenters may not have
identical processors, which triggers a Microsoft activation check through the Internet.
Rest assured, VMware and the Hands-on Labs are in full compliance with Microsoft
licensing requirements. The lab that you are using is a self-contained pod and does
not have full access to the Internet, which is required for Windows to verify the
activation. Without full access to the Internet, this automated process fails and you
see this watermark.
This cosmetic issue has no effect on your lab.
Look at the lower right portion of the screen

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Manager

(60 minutes)
Please check to see that your lab is finished all the startup routines and is ready for
you to start. If you see anything other than "Ready", please wait a few minutes. If after
Minutes) 5 minutes your lab has not changed to "Ready", please ask for assistance.

Module 1 - vCenter Server
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Appliance as a First Choice

vRealize Log Insight (30 (60 minutes)
Minutes)
Introduction
Module 5 - Administration 
Basics (60 Minutes)
This Module contains the following lessons:
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Lesson 1: vCenter Server Appliance Overview - This lesson introduces you to the
vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the new baseline for vCenter.
Lesson 2: vSphere Update Manager Integration - As of vSphere 6.5, vSphere
Update Manager has been incorporated into the VCSA. This lesson describes what
else is new with Update Manager.
Lesson 3: vCenter Server Availability - This module introduce the new vCenter
Server High Availability feature
Lesson 4: Platform Services Controller Topologies & Platform Services Controller
High Availability - This lesson outlines various Platform Services controller
architectures and describes how to implement the Platform Services Controller.
Lesson 5: vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) Backup - Here you will perform a
backup of the vCenter Server Appliance using the built in tools.
Lesson 6: Hands-on Lab Interactive Simulation: vCenter Appliance Restore - This
lesson simulates the restore of a vCenter Server Appliance and its associated
Platform Services Controller from backup.
1/20/2019  Lesson 7:VMware
Migration Assistant
Hands-on - This lesson provides an overview of the migration
from vSphere 5.5 or 6.0 to 6.5/6.7
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vCenter Server Appliance Overview
SDC - Getting Started with With the release of vSphere 6.7, the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) has surpassed
the feature set and performance of the Windows Installable vCenter server.
vSphere with Operations Configuration maximums have been equal between the two since vSphere 6.0. There
Manager are two components: vCenter and Platform Services Controller. Depending on the
size/deployment model, these can be embedded or external. These concepts and
Module 1 - vCenter Server  the architecture will be covered later in this module.

(60 minutes)
Why VCSA 6.7 Should Be The Default Deployment
Module 2 - Next Generation  Choice
Management Clients (45 For starters, the installer has gotten an overhaul with a new modern look and feel.
Users of both Linux and Mac will also be ecstatic since the installer is now supported
Minutes) on those platforms along with Microsoft Windows. If that wasn’t enough, the vCenter

Server Appliance now has features that are exclusive such as:
Module 3 - Getting Familiar
Migration
with vRealize Operations (30 Improved Appliance Management
Native High Availability
Minutes) Built-in Backup / Restore
Module 4 - Introduction to  There are several other general improvements:
VMware Update Manager is now part of the vCenter Server Appliance

vRealize Log Insight (30 Performance improvements to the vSphere Web Client and the fully supported
Minutes) HTML5-based vSphere Client
Improved alerting and monitoring
Module 5 - Administration  vRealize Operations Manager integration.

Full Networking and Storage interfaces
Basics (60 Minutes) Content Library
Host Profiles and Licensing
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Improved Migration Wizard in the Installer
Security
Although the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) has previously been built on a
customized 'VMware edition' of a SUSE Enterprise Linux appliance, the vCSA 6.7 runs
PhotonOS. PhotonOS is a Linux OS that is purpose-built for virtualization by VMware.
Therefore it comes pre-hardened and does not support the installation of third party
software. The configuration disables unnecessary services, uses special host firewall
and network interfaces, and removes local accounts except for the application's
administration. VMware pre-hardens the vCenter Server Appliance using the
applicable guidelines of the Unix SRG STIG
(https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/unix_srg/2013-03-26). Customers do not install
1/20/2019  software within theHands-on
VMware VCSA except for updates obtained from VMware. There is no
general-purpose interface to the Linux operating system. Even the SSH interface,
HOL-1911-02- reserved for administrators, is disabled by default.
SDC
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Module Lessons
SDC - Getting Started with The remainder of this module focuses on lessons around these feature
enhancements.

Manager
vSphere Update Manager Integration
vSphere Update Manager is now integrated with the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).
(60 minutes) When you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), the VMware vSphere
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Update Manager Extension service starts automatically. You can no longer
Module 2 - Next Generation connect a vSphere Update Manager instance that is installed on a Windows Server
machine with the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). Attempts to connect vSphere
Management Clients (45 Update Manager during installation on a Windows operating system to a vCenter
Server Appliance (vCSA) fail with an error.
Minutes)
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With the release of vCenter 6.7 Server Appliance the Update Manager is now available
Module 3 - Getting Familiar in the HTML5 interface. The initial release of the HTML5 Update Manager will
accomodate host updating for now. Later in 2018 the HTML5 interface will up
with vRealize Operations (30 updated for full support of Update Manager functions.
Minutes) vSphere Update Manager deployed with the vCenter Server Appliance uses a
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PostgreSQL database. While vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server
Module 4 - Introduction to Appliance (vCSA) share the same PostgreSQL database, they use separate PostgreSQL
databases instances which run on the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). In case you
vRealize Log Insight (30 need to reset the vSphere Update Manager database, the vCenter Server Appliance
Minutes) (vCSA) database remains intact.
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vSphere Update Manager enables centralized, automated patch and version
Module 5 - Administration management for VMware vSphere and offers support for VMware ESXi hosts, virtual
machines, and virtual appliances (Upgrade and patch operations of virtual appliances
Basics (60 Minutes) will be deprecated in a future release).
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  With vSphere Update Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
1. Upgrade and Patch ESXi hosts (HTML5 Support in initial 6.7 release)
2. Install and update third-party software on hosts
3. Upgrade virtual machine hardware, VMware Tools, and Virtual Appliances
4. Indicates which hosts are Quick Boot Capable or disabling Quick Boot
vSphere Update Manager Web Client
1. vSphere Update Manager Web Client for the vSphere Web Client - View scan
results and compliance states for vSphere Inventory
It is also recommended to complete HOL-1911-03-SDC "vSphere with

Operations Management: Advanced Topics" to gain in-depth knowledge
about administering vSphere Update Manager.
HOL-1911-02- What's new in vSphere Update Manager 6.7

Update Manager 64-bit application support: The Update Manager server 6.7
SDC and UMDS 6.7 are now supported 64-bit applications.
Update Manager as a service in the vCenter Server Appliance: The Update
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Manager server is fully integrated with the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) and is
enabled by default with the deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).
SDC - Getting Started with Support for UMDS installation on Linux: You can install the UMDS on a 64-bit
Linux-based operating system. UMDS 6.7 installer is delivered with the ISO file of
vSphere with Operations the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).
Manager Support for Update Manager Utility installation on Linux: You can install the
Update Manager Utility on a 64-bit Linux-based operating system.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Support for migration of Update Manager on Windows to vCenter Server
Appliance 6.7: VMware provides supported paths for migrating Update Manager
Appliance as a First Choice from a Windows operating system to a vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).
Update Manager tab changed position in the vSphere user interface: The
(60 minutes) Update Manager tab is now a top-level tab, same as the Monitor tab, the
Module 2 - Next Generation  Configure tab, the Datacenters tab, the Host & Clusters tab, etc.
Quick Book Capability exposed in the Update Manager Interface
Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Update Manager Web Client

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

The client component of Update Manager is a plug-in to the vSphere Web Client. The
Update Manager client component provides you with the full set of capabilities you
need to perform patch and version management for your vSphere inventory.
The Update Manager plug-in for the vSphere Web Client requires no installation. After
starting the Update Manager service in the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), the
Update Manager client component is automatically enabled in the vSphere Web
Client. An Update Manager icon appears on the Home screen, and the Update
Manager appears amongst the top-level tabs in the vSphere Web Client.
1/20/2019  You can access the Hands-on
VMware Administration view of Update Manager from vSphere Web Client
Home screen. You can access the Compliance view of Update Manager by selecting
HOL-1911-02- an object from the vSphere inventory and navigating to the Update Manager tab.
SDC


Update Manager Download Service
SDC - Getting Started with vSphere Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) is an optional module of Update
Manager that you can use to download patch definitions on a system that is separate
vSphere with Operations from the Update Manager server. Use UMDS in case your Update Manager
Manager deployment system is secured and the machine on which the Update Manager server
is installed has no access to the Internet.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  You have two options for installation of UMDS. You can install UMDS on a 64-bit
Windows operating systems. You must not install the UMDS on the same Windows
Appliance as a First Choice machine where the Update Manager server is installed.  You can also install the
(60 minutes) UMDS on a Linux-based system. In vSphere 6.7 release, an installer for UMDS 6.7 is
delivered with the ISO file of the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). As a prerequisite to
Module 2 - Next Generation  install the UMDS on Linux, you need a Linux server on which you must preconfigure
the PostgreSQL database and a 64-bit DSN. Mount the ISO file of the vCenter Server
Management Clients (45 Appliance (vCSA) to the Linux machine, and install and configure UMDS 6.7.
Minutes) To use UMDS, the download service must be of a version that is compatible with the
Update Manager server. For more information about the compatibility between
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Update Manager and the UMDS, see the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere
Update Manager (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-
with vRealize Operations (30 vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-F7191592-048B-40C7-
A610-CFEE6A790AB0.html) documentation.
Minutes)

Minutes) Update Manager Utility

The Update Manager Utility allows you to change the database password and proxy
Module 5 - Administration authentication, re-register Update Manager with vCenter Server, and replace the SSL
certificates for Update Manager. For more information about reconfiguring the
Basics (60 Minutes) Update Manager settings by using the utility, see the Reconfiguring VMware vSphere
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Update Manager (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-

vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager_utility.doc/GUID-3B44E90F-2589-
4FFF-B39F-CA407AFE0619.html) documentation.
When you install Update Manager or UMDS, vSphere Update Manager Utility is silently
installed on your system as an additional component.
Migration Options
VMware provides supported paths for migrating Update Manager from a Windows
operating system to run in the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).
Update Manager can be migrated to vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) in the following
vCenter Server deployment models:
vCenter Server and

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Labs -Manager run on different Windows machines
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Update Manager runs on a Windows machine and is connected to a vCenter
HOL-1911-02- Server Appliance (vCSA)
SDC For detailed information how to perform migration, see the Installing and
Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-

vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-F7191592-048B-40C7-
SDC - Getting Started with A610-CFEE6A790AB0.html) and the vSphere Upgrade
(http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-65/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc/GUID-
vSphere with Operations 18B7B4BB-C24A-49CD-AE76-13285157B29F.html) documentation.
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  vCenter Server Availability

(60 minutes)

Module 2 - Next Generation  Architecture Overview
Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
A vCenter HA cluster consists of three vCenter Server Appliance instances. The first
instance, initially used as the Active node, is cloned twice to a Passive node and to a
Witness node. Together, the three nodes provide an active-passive failover solution.
Deploying each of the nodes on a different ESXi instance protects against hardware
failure. Adding the three ESXi hosts to a DRS cluster can further protect your
environment. If using the Basic workflow to enable vCenter HA, then the workflow will
1/20/2019  automaticallyVMware
placeHands-on
the nodes
Labson different hosts and create anti-affinity rules for you
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if DRS is enabled. If the Advanced workflow is being used then node placement is
HOL-1911-02- manual as is the creation of any DRS rules.
SDC When the vCenter HA configuration is complete, only the Active node has an active
management interface (public IP). The three nodes communicate over a private
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  network called vCenter HA network that is set up as part of configuration. The Active
node and the Passive node are continuously replicating data.
Manager Roles for each type of node in a vCenter HA cluster

Active Node:
Node that runs the active instance of vCenter Server
Appliance as a First Choice Enables and uses the public IP address of the cluster
(60 minutes) Passive Node:
Module 2 - Next Generation  Node that runs as the passive instance of vCenter Server
Constantly receives state updates from the Active node via both PostgreSQL
replication (synchronous) and rsync file-based replication (near synchronous)
Management Clients (45 Equivalent to the Active node in terms of resources
Minutes) Takes over the role of Active Node in the event of failover
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Witness Node:
Serves as a quorum node

with vRealize Operations (30 Used to break a tie in the event of a network partition causing a situation where
the Active and Passive nodes cannot communicate with each other
Minutes) A light-weight VM utilizing a reduced set of hardware resources (1 vCPU & 1 GB
Module 4 - Introduction to  RAM, same disk footprint as the original vCenter Server)
Does not take over role of Active/Passive nodes
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  How does vCenter Server High Availability work?

Availability of the vCenter Server Appliance works as follows under the following
Basics (60 Minutes) failure conditions:
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  1. Active node fails: As long as the Passive node and the Witness node can
communicate with each other, the Passive node will promote itself to Active and
start serving client requests.
2. Passive node fails: As long as the Active node and the Witness node can
communicate with each other, the Active node will continue to operate as Active
and continue to serve client requests.
3. Witness node fails: As long as the Active node and the Passive node can
communicate with each other, the Active node will continue to operate as Active
and continue to serve client requests. The Passive node will continue to watch the
Active node for failover.
4. More than one node fails or is isolated: This means all three nodes - Active,
Passive, and Witness - cannot communicate with each other. This is more than a
single point of failure and when this happens, the cluster is assumed non-
functional and the vCenter Server application shuts down to protect itself from
data corruption.
1/20/2019  5. Isolated VMware
node behavior: When
Hands-on Labs a single node gets isolated from the cluster, it is
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automatically taken out of the cluster and all services are stopped. For example, if
HOL-1911-02- an Active node is isolated, all services are stopped to ensure that the Passive node
can take over as long as it is connected to the Witness node. Isolated node
SDC detection takes into consideration intermittent network glitches and resolves to

an isolated state only after all retry attempts have been exhausted.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Note that the RTO for a failover is approximately 5 minutes.
SDC - Getting Started with VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ (vCSA) sits at the heart of vSphere and provides
services to manage various components of a virtual infrastructure like ESXi hosts,
virtual machines, and storage and networking resources. As large virtual
Manager infrastructures are built using vSphere, vCenter Server becomes an important
element in ensuring the business continuity of an organization. vCenter Server must
Module 1 - vCenter Server  protect itself from a set of hardware and software failures in an environment and
must recover transparently from such failures. vSphere 6.5 and above provide a new
Appliance as a First Choice high availability solution for vCenter Server, known as vCenter Server High Availability,
or VCHA. VCHA is only available for the vCenter Server Appliance.
(60 minutes)
vCenter Server High Availability protects vCenter Server Appliance against host and
Module 2 - Next Generation  hardware failures. The active-passive architecture of the solution can also help you
reduce downtime significantly when you patch the vCenter Server Appliance.
vCenter High Availability is a three-node cluster that contains an Active, Passive, and
Minutes) Witness nodes. Two different configuration paths are available called Basic and

Advanced. What you select depends on your existing configuration but both Basic and
Module 3 - Getting Familiar Advanced result in exact same capabilities. In other words, use Basic whenever
possible. If the vCenter Server being enabled for vCenter HA is being managed by a
with vRealize Operations (30 different vCenter Server in a separate SSO Domain or the Active, Passive, and Witness
nodes are going to be managed by different vCenter Servers, the Advanced workflow
Minutes)
will be required.
vRealize Log Insight (30 Platform Services Controller Topologies &

Minutes) Platform Services Controller High Availability
Basics (60 Minutes) The Platform Services Controller provides a set of common infrastructure services to
the vSphere environment. The services include licensing, certificate management, and
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On. In this module we will cover each of these
topologies and the High Availability options for the Platform Services Controller.
vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller

Deployment Types
As mentioned, you can deploy vCenter Server as an Appliance or install vCenter
Server for Windows. With Windows, you can also install/configure with an embedded
or external Platform Services Controller. Like vCenter, the Platform Services Controller
can be installed as an appliance or installed on Windows.
Before you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance or install vCenter Server for Windows,
you must determine the deployment model that is suitable for your environment. The
different types of deployment models are discussed in detail in the following lessons.
HOL-1911-02-
SDC vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services

Controller
Manager

(60 minutes)


Minutes)
All services that are bundled with the Platform Services Controller are deployed
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  together (embedded) with the vCenter Server services on the same virtual machine
or physical server.
You cannot join additional vCenter Server or Platform Services Controller instances to
Minutes) this vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
Module 4 - Introduction to  In vSphere 6.0, replicating embedded PSCs (also called Enhanced Linked Mode) was
deprecated. Therefore, in vSphere 6.5, connecting multiple embedded PSCs in
Enhanced Linked Mode is not supported. With vSphere 6.7, we have now brought
back Enhanced Linked Mode and support up to 15 instances linked together. With
Minutes) the additional capacity and maximum configuration limits in vCenter Server Appliance
6.7 this will allow robust deployments with the Embedded PSC. Hybrid Linked Mode
Module 5 - Administration  connectivity to cloud services are also supported for Embedded Platform Services
Controller deployments.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Support for Enhanced Linked Mode will be available for Greenfield deployments.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  There will not be a tool to convert existing External Platform Service Controller
deployments back to an Embedded model. You will not be able to mix Embedded and
External PSCs.
Embedded PSCs in vSphere 6.7 have the same performance and scale characteristics
as external PSCs. The embedded PSC topology will be preferred by most customers
because it is much simpler, requires no load balancers for HA, and the SSO Site
construct is gone.
Deployment Workflow of a vCenter Server Appliance

with an Embedded Platform Services Controller
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(60 minutes)


Minutes)
Prerequisites:
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Verify that your system meets the minimum software and hardware requirements.
Download the vCenter Server Appliance Installer.
Procedure:
Minutes)
Stage 1 - Deploy the OVF file as a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Module 4 - Introduction to  Platform Services Controller.
With stage 1 of the deployment process, you deploy the OVF file, which is included
in the vCenter Server Appliance installer, as a vCenter Server Appliance with an
Minutes) embedded Platform Services Controller.
Module 5 - Administration  Stage 2 - Set Up the newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller.
Basics (60 Minutes) When the OVF deployment completes, you are redirected to stage 2 of the

deployment process to set up and start the services of the newly deployed
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
Note: Due to the existing configuration required within vCenter for this lab, it was not
possible to have you perform this process in this lab.
Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server

Appliance with an External Platform Services
Controller
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(60 minutes)

You can deploy a vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform
Module 2 - Next Generation Services Controller. This way you deploy two different appliances.
Management Clients (45 To have the Platform Services Controller and the vCenter Server instance deployed as
two different appliances, first deploy the Platform Services Controller, then deploy
Minutes) vCenter Server as another virtual appliance. Then register the vCenter Server

Appliance to the Platform Services Controller.
You can also register multiple instances of vCenter Server to work with one common
with vRealize Operations (30 external Platform Services Controller instance. All vCenter Server instances that are
registered with one or multiple joined Platform Services Controller instances are
Minutes) connected in Enhanced Linked Mode.
Module 4 - Introduction to  Installing vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller has
the following advantages:
vRealize Log Insight (30 Less resources consumed by the shared services in the Platform Services
Minutes) Controller instances enables a reduced footprint and reduced maintenance.
This model is suitable for large-scale environments that consist of multiple
Module 5 - Administration  vCenter Server instances.
Installing vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller has

Basics (60 Minutes)
the following disadvantages:
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  The connection between vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller is over
the network and is prone to connectivity and name resolution issues.
If you install vCenter Server on Windows virtual machines or physical servers, you
need more Microsoft Windows licenses.
You must manage more virtual machines or physical servers.
Deployment Topologies with External Platform

Services Controller Instances
Multiple external PSCs can be deployed at a single site serving one or more vCenter
Server system. A load balancer is required to front-end the PSC instances. By having
more than one PSC instance behind the load balancer, the PSC can be made highly
available.
1/20/2019  CompatibleVMware
Load Hands-on
Balancers:
HOL-1911-02- F5 Networks Big-IP

NSX for vSphere (NSX-v)
SDC Citrix NetScaler


Example of a Pair of Platform Services Controller
vSphere with Operations Instances in High Availability
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1 vSphere Single Sign-On domain

2 vSphere Single Sign-On sites
Module 4 - Introduction to  2 or more external Platform Services Controllers per Single Sign-On Site
1 or more vCenter Server with external Platform Services Controllers
vRealize Log Insight (30 1 third-party load balancer per site
Minutes)
Platform Services Controller Across vCenter Single

Basics (60 Minutes)
Sign-On Sites
1 Single Sign-On domain

2 Single Sign-On sites
2 or more external Platform Services Controllers per Single Sign-On Site
1 or more vCenter Server with external Platform Services Controllers
1/20/2019  LimitationsVMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02- In the event of a Platform Services Controller failover the vCenter Servers will
need to be manually repointed to the functioning Platform Services Controller.
SDC vCenter Servers attached to higher latency Platform Services Controller may
experience performance issues
vSphere with Operations Upgrade Considerations for Platform Services

Controller with High Availability
Manager
You may refer to this KB article (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-
Module 1 - vCenter Server  vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vcenter.upgrade.doc/GUID-62CC201A-01ED-4116-

8604-FF123481DAFC.html) for upgrade considerations from Platform Services
Appliance as a First Choice Controllers with various scenarios.
Remember to close your browser tab/window to return to the lab.

(60 minutes)


Module 2 - Next Generation
vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) Backup
Minutes)
In vSphere 6.7, the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) has an out-of-the-box file-based
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  backup and restore solution. You can back up to a single folder all of vCenter Server’s
core configuration, inventory, and historical data. All of this data is streamed over FTP
with vRealize Operations (30 (or SFTP / FTPS) or HTTP / HTTPS. When it is time to restore to a previous backup, you
can deploy a fresh appliance, point to the folder location of the vCenter Server backup
Minutes) files, and restore all of vCenter Server's configuration and inventory data (with
Module 4 - Introduction to  optional historical data) from the backup. Improvements to the Backup functionality
in vCenter 6.7 include a scheduling option!
vRealize Log Insight (30 In this lesson we will go through the steps to create a backup of the vCenter Server
Appliance (vCSA) and then verify the back up. The restore process will be described
Minutes)
and shown in the following lesson Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: vCenter
Module 5 - Administration  Appliance Restore in the next lesson.
Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Open Chrome Browser from Windows Quick Launch
Task Bar
1. Click on the Chrome Icon on the Windows Quick Launch Task Bar.
Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out

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(60 minutes)
1. Select the Options menu in Chrome.

Management Clients (45 2. Click the '-' button to zoom out to 90%
Minutes) This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.

Log in to Appliance Management UI
Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
You will back up your vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) configuration files, inventory,
and selected historical data to a folder of files placed on an FTP server.  
Log in to the Appliance Management UI to monitor the vCenter Server

Appliance (vCSA) and begin the vCenter Server backup process.
1/20/2019  1. Click theVMware
HOL Admin
Hands-onbookmark.
2. Click the vcsa-01a Mgmt shortcut in the drop-down.
HOL-1911-02- 3. Type root for the username.
4. Type VMware1! for the password.
SDC 5. Click the Login button.

Back up the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) using the
Backup Appliance Wizard
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) Backing up the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) starts on the summary page of the

Appliance Management UI (port 5480 of your vSphere web client IP / hostname).
Module 4 - Introduction to  To begin the process of backing up the appliance:
vRealize Log Insight (30 1. Select the Backup Tab in the VAMI Console
2. Click the Backup Now icon in the Appliance Management UI. This will start the
Minutes)
backup wizard for an immediate backup.
Module 5 - Administration  To schedule a recurring backup job for the VCSA, vCenter 6.7 has now added a built in
scheduler. To configure this, go to the "Configure" in the Backup Schedule area.
Basics (60 Minutes)

Backup Appliance Wizard - Enter Backup Type and

Location
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(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  You also have the option of encrypting your data before any of it is transferred to the
backup location, by checking the “Encrypt Backup Data” box. Note that the password
Management Clients (45 you set here would be needed during the Restore process to access the vCenter
Server Appliance (vCSA) backup. For this lab, leave “Encrypt Backup Data” unselected.
Minutes)
You will need to access this FTP server to place your vCenter Server backup files. You
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  can create a new folder on the FTP path by adding to the path name after the IP
address of the FTP server. Please name the VC backup folder “vcsa01a-backup”.
1. For the backup location, please use the following FTP address:
Minutes) ftp://192.168.110.60
2. User Name: root
Module 4 - Introduction to  3. Password: VMware1!
4. Ensure the Stats, Events and Tasks is checked
vRealize Log Insight (30 5. Give a description of the backup: HOL Test Backup
6. Click on the Start button
Minutes)
Note: The path in the Backup UI should be entered without ftp://, so that the Backup
Module 5 - Administration  location should start with the FTP server’s IP address itself. You will also notice (see
arrows) that you can Encrypt the backup and it will warn you when you are using the
Basics (60 Minutes) unsecure FTP/HTTP protocols. This is a fenced lab, so the need for a secured protocol

is not necessary.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent

Backup Appliance Wizard - Status

HOL-1911-02- This step provides a backup status summary which gives you a confirmation of your
SDC backup protocol, location, credentials, encryption, and optional data.
NOTE: Due to the lack of storage in the lab, the transfer will error out.
vSphere with Operations Configuring a Schedule in the Backup Wizard

Manager

(60 minutes)

Module 2 - Next Generation  New to vCenter 6.7 is the ability to create a recurring backup schedule. We will walk
Management Clients (45 through setting up a schedule to finish off this part of the lab.
1. Click on the Configure button in the Backup Schedule section.

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
To create the schedule we must select the destination, protocol (FTP, FTPS, HTTP,
HTTPS, SCP), user information, schedule information and retention as well as the data
to backup.
1. Enter ftp://192.168.110.60 (ftp://192.168.110.60) in the destination

2. Enter root for the username
3. Enter VMware1! as the password
1/20/2019  4. Leave the default
VMware value Labs
Hands-on for the schedule (Daily at 11:59PM ETC)
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5. Leave the retention at the default value
HOL-1911-02- 6. Ensure the Stats, Events and Tasks are selected
7. Click on the Create button to finish creating the scheduled backup job
SDC

SDC - Getting Started with Confirm the Schedule Creation

Manager

(60 minutes)


Click on the small chevron beside the Status to expand the Schedule selection.
Management Clients (45 Confirm that the schedule has been created. You can use the Edit, Disable, or Delete
buttons to manage the scheduled backup job.
Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: vCenter
Server Appliance Restore
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  The vCenter Server Appliance Restore process consists of two stages:
vRealize Log Insight (30 Stage 1: Deploy a fresh appliance / OVF

Stage 2: Setting up the vCenter Server Appliance
Minutes)
This part of the lab is presented as a Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation. This
Module 5 - Administration  will allow you to experience steps which are too time-consuming or resource intensive
to do live in the lab environment. In this simulation, you can use the software
Basics (60 Minutes) interface as if you are interacting with a live environment.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  This simulation will go through each stage to restore a vCenter Server Appliance.
1. Click here to open the interactive simulation (http://docs.hol.vmware.com/hol-

isim/HOL-2018/hol-1811-vcsarestore.htm). It will open in a new browser window
or tab.
2. When finished, click the "Return to the lab" link or close the windows to continue
with this lab.
Migration Assistant
VMware provides supported paths for migrating and upgrading from vCenter Server
version 5.5 and version 6.0 installations on Windows to the vCenter Server 6.5
Appliance. This section will provide a brief overview of these migration paths and the
1/20/2019  Migration Assistant for vSphere
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HOL-1911-02-
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Supported vSphere Migration Paths

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  The upgrade to vCenter Server 6.7 affects other software components of the data
center.
vCenter Server 6.7 can manage ESXi version 6.0 or 6.5 hosts in the same cluster with
vSphere with Operations ESXi 6.7 hosts. vCenter Server 6.7 cannot manage ESXi 5.5 or earlier hosts.
Manager vSphere supports upgrades from vCenter Server 6.0 and later to vCenter Server
6.7.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  To upgrade from vCenter Server 5.0, 5.1 or 5.5, you must first upgrade the vCenter
Server instance to version 6.0 or later releases, and then upgrade to vCenter Server
6.7.
(60 minutes) For information about upgrading vCenter Server 5.0, 5.1, or 5.5 to version 6.0 or 6.5,
Module 2 - Next Generation  see the VMware vSphere 6.0 Documentation or VMware vSphere 6.5 Documentation
Please see the following vCenter Server 6.7 Upgrade Guide

Management Clients (45 (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/vsphere-vcenter-server-67-
upgrade-guide.pdf) for further information.
Minutes)

with vRealize Operations (30 Overview of Migration from vCenter Server on

Minutes) Windows to an Appliance
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02- The Migration Assistant contains the following characteristics:
Windows console application (see screen capture).

SDC Guides the user with the migration process.

Enables target vCenter Server Appliance to run remote commands on the source
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 vCenter Windows machine.
Delivered as part of the vCenter Server Appliance ISO.
SDC - Getting Started with No installation is required.
Migration through GUI or CLI.

Manager

Module 1 - vCenter Server  vCenter 6.7 High-level Migration Workflow
(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
The workflow shown here describes the high level tasks for vCenter Server on
Windows Migration to a vCenter Server Appliance on Linux.
Note: For a deeper understanding of the Migration Assistant, make sure to

complete HOL-1911-02-SDC Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration as it
demonstrates use cases for the Migration Assistant.

Conclusion
1/20/2019 VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02-
SDC The vCenter Server Appliance is the new standard when it comes vCenter. It
has surpassed the Windows based vCenter in functionality and matches it in
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  scalability. This module introduced to many of the new features that are part
of the vCenter Server Appliance, discussed architectural considerations, and
SDC - Getting Started with described migrations paths to assist with moving to the Appliance. We also
explored some of the new functionality introduced in vCenter 6.7.
Congratulations on completing Module 1.
Manager
If you are looking for additional information on vCenter Server Appliance, try one of
Module 1 - vCenter Server  these:
Click on this link for a playlist of videos that describe many of the enhancements
Appliance as a First Choice and new features in vSphere 6.7: VMware vSphere 6.7 Youtube videos.
(60 minutes) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=M8kXo4r7IsE&list=PL6611Q6qmwxWsYigoQLhzC9lf1VP9otR5)
Module 2 - Next Generation  You may also explore VMware 6.7 What's New (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=M8kXo4r7IsE&t=8s) which will step you through a number of the new features
Management Clients (45 in vSphere 6.7 so you can explore them at your pace.
Consider taking 1911-03-SDC vSphere with Operations Management: Advanced
Minutes) Topics to learn about advanced administration topics and learn more about the
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  new integration with vRealize Operations Manager
Proceed to any module below which interests you most.

Minutes) module will cover the next generation of HTML5-based management clients. First
Module 4 - Introduction to  manage their ESXi hosts through an HTML5 web interface. Then well cover the
vRealize Log Insight (30 next generation of vSphere Client using HTML5.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar with vRealize Operations (30 minutes) (Basic) In
Minutes) this section we will highlight a few of the major interface components, so that you
Module 5 - Administration  can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to
Module 4 - Introduction to vRealize Log Insight (30 minutes) (Basic) In this
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  VMware's log management and analysis tool.

basic administration of a vSphere environment. Topics will include management
decide on an upgrade path for moving to the latest version vCenter Server.
module will explore migrating from vCenter Server running on Windows to the
complexity, simplifies management, and removed the need for an external
Module 8 - High Availability and Business Continuity (60 minutes) (Basic) In
this module vSphere Administrators will learn how to deploy and configure a
Services Controller, and virtual machines. You'll also explore how vSphere is also
1/20/2019  resilient VMware
during Hands-on
networkLabs
failures and follow a Business Continuity demonstration
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
using vSphere Replication and vSphere Data Protection.
HOL-1911-02-

SDC
How to End Lab

Manager

If this is the last module you would like to take in this lab, you may end your lab by
(60 minutes) clicking on the END button.

Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Management Clients (45
with vRealize Operations (30 Minutes)
Minutes)
Introduction
Minutes)
Lesson 1: VMware Host Client Overview - This lesson will introduce you to an
Module 5 - Administration  HTML-5 based client specifically for managing individual hosts.
Lesson 2: vSphere HTML5 Client and Web Client Enhancements - This lesson
Basics (60 Minutes) explain the different clients that can be used to manage vCenter and does a basic

walkthrough of the Web Client.
VMware Host Client Overview
The VMware Host Client is an HTML5-based client that is used to connect to and
manage single ESXi hosts.
You can use the VMware Host Client to perform administrative and basic
troubleshooting tasks, as well as advanced administrative tasks on your target ESXi
host. You can also use the VMware Host Client to conduct emergency management
when vCenter Server is not available.
It is important to know that the VMware Host Client is different from the vSphere Web
Client, regardless of their similar user interfaces.
1/20/2019  VMware Host ClientHands-on
VMware functions
Labsinclude, but are not limited to the following operations:
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02- Basic virtualization operations, such as deploying and configuring virtual machines
of various complexity
SDC Creating and managing networking and datastores
Advanced tuning of host level options to improve performance
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  NOTE: The VMware Host Client only works for administrative users.

Manager VMware Host Client Requirements

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Make sure that your browser supports the VMware Host Client.
with vRealize Operations (30 The following Guest Operating systems and Web Browser versions are supported for
the VMware Host Client.
Minutes)
Supported Guest Operating Systems and Browser Versions for the VMware Host
Module 4 - Introduction to  Client are shown here in the above table.


Minutes)
Using the VMware Host Client
Module 5 - Administration  The embedded VMware Host Client is an HTML5-based client that has a similar
interface to the vSphere Web Client.
Basics (60 Minutes)

Open Chrome Browser from Windows Quick Launch

Task Bar
1/20/2019  Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out
VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Management Clients (45 1. Select the Options menu in Chrome.
2. Click the '-' button to zoom out to 90%
Minutes)

This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.

Minutes) VMware Host Client and Log In
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02- Procedure
In the Google Chrome Web browser enter the target host name or IP address using
SDC the address https://esx-01a.corp.local/ui (https://esx-01a.corp.local/ui)
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  A log in screen appears.
1. Enter User name: root and Password: VMware1!

SDC - Getting Started with 2. Click Login to continue.
vSphere with Operations You may or may not be presented with a VMware Customer Experience Improvement
Program (CEIP) page. If so, uncheck you want to join the program and click OK.
Manager
You are now logged in to your target ESXi host.
(60 minutes) Host Management

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
A similar interface to the vSphere Web Client, it too has a Navigation pane and
shortcuts that you can use to manage the individual host.
1. Minimize Recent Tasks to expand your view of the Host window
Manage Advanced Settings in the VMware Host Client
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Manager
With the VMware Host Client, you can manage advanced host settings, assign or
Appliance as a First Choice remove licenses to your host, configure start and stop policies for host services, and
(60 minutes) manage time and date configuration for the host.

1. Select Manage within Navigator
Module 2 - Next Generation 2. Click each tab to view
Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Monitoring an ESXi Host in the VMware Host Client

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
When you connect to a host using the VMware Host Client, you can monitor the host
health status, and view performance charts, events, tasks, system logs, and
notifications.
1. Select Monitor within Navigator

2. Click each tab to view
Log Out of the VMware Host Client
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Manager
When you no longer need to view or manage your target ESXi host, log out of the
Module 1 - vCenter Server  VMware Host Client.
NOTE: Closing a VMware Host Client session does not stop the host.
Procedure
(60 minutes)
To log out of the ESXi host, click the user name at the top of the VMware Host
Module 2 - Next Generation  Client window and select Log out from the drop-down menu.
You are now logged out of the VMware Host Client. Your target ESXi host continues to
run all its normal activities.
Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  vSphere HTML5 Client and Web Client

with vRealize Operations (30 Enhancements
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  New Web Client UI features like Custom Attributes, Object Tabs, and Live
Refresh are presented alongside other performance and usability improvements.
In the following steps lets explore the vSphere Web Client's latest features as part of
Minutes) this overview.
Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  HTML5-based vSphere Client
The HTML5-based vSphere Client (or just vSphere Client) is now the preferred method
for managing your vSphere infrastructure. For the time being, there are some tasks
which still require the Web Client, which has also been improved in 6.7.
There are currently two versions of the new HTML5-based vSphere Client (or just
vSphere Client) – an unsupported Fling version that receives regular (sometimes
weekly) updates with new features and bug fixes. There is also a GA (generally
available) fully supported version that is bundled with vCenter Server 6.5 and later. As
we add new features and functionality to the vSphere Client, they will be added first to
the Fling version and once mature will be moved to the GA version of vCenter Server
through patches and updates. For example, the original release of vCenter Server 6.5
(November 15, 2016) contained a version of the vSphere Client that was roughly v2.7
of the vSphere Client Fling. When VMware released vCenter Server 6.5.0b (March 14,
2017) the vSphere Client was updated to be roughly equivalent to version 3.2 of the
1/20/2019  Fling but in aVMware
fully supported package.
Hands-on Labs More information about this particular update
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
can be found here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/03/first-vsphere-client-
HOL-1911-02- html5-update-vsphere-6-5-b.html (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/03/first-
vsphere-client-html5-update-vsphere-6-5-b.html).
SDC
VMware will continue to release updates to the vSphere Client Fling on a frequent
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  basis and then bring those features into the GA product through patches and updates
until the vSphere Client is complete. The vSphere Client is a top priority for VMware
SDC - Getting Started with and feedback remains to be very important. Please consider using the built-in
feedback tool within both the Fling and GA versions of the vSphere Client to help us
vSphere with Operations prioritize features and deliver a cross-platform client that enables a smooth,
performant, and enjoyable vSphere administration experience.
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Some of the key features of the HTML5 vSphere Client are:

VM Power Operations (common cases)
Minutes) VM Edit Settings (simple CPU, Memory, Disk changes)
VM Console
Module 5 - Administration  VM and Host Summary pages
VM Migration (only to a Host)
Basics (60 Minutes) Clone to Template/VM

Create VM on a Host (limited)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent Additional monitoring views (Performance charts, Tasks, Events)
Global Views (Recent tasks, Alarms--view only)
Functionality Updates for the vSphere Client
http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-client-65-html5-
functionality-support.html
(http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-client-65-html5-
functionality-support.html)
Storage Features only in HTML5 vSphere Client are:
Upload and download folders and multiple fies using the Datastore Browser
Use the fixed rate method to configure VMFS space reclamation
Review storage resources of a host cluster in the Storage Overview page
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vSphere Web Client

SDC As mentioned before, while the vSphere Client is the preferred tool to manage
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  vSphere, there are some tasks that will still require you to use the vSphere Web Client.
The rest of this lesson walks you through the Web Client to make sure you are familiar
with it.


Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Task Bar
(60 minutes)

Minutes)

with vRealize Operations (30 Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out
Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02- 1. Select the Options menu in Chrome.

SDC This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.

Navigation and shortcuts
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  1. Open the vSphere Web Client for the RegionA vCenter using your Google
Chrome web browser by clicking the "RegionA" folder and clicking the "RegionA
vSphere Client (Flash)" link.
Basics (60 Minutes)
2. User name: administrator@corp.local
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  3. Password: VMware1!

4. Click Login
Note: The Inventory Tree will be the default view.
Task #1 - Use Keyboard Short Cuts for Navigation and

View Them in Home Menu
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Manager

(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  Keyboard shortcuts are present in the 5.5 and 6.0 vSphere Web Client, but were not
visible. You can now see these shortcuts by hovering your mouse over the
Management Clients (45 Home menu(see above screen capture).
Minutes) View the objects in your vSphere environment using the key combinations in the
following steps to quickly navigate between Home, the vCenter Inventory Lists, and
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  the 4 inventory trees:
1. Ctrl+Alt+1 Home screen

2. Ctrl+Alt+2 Hosts and Clusters tree
Minutes) 3. Ctrl+Alt+3 VMs and Templates tree
4. Ctrl+Alt+4 Storage tree
Module 4 - Introduction to  5.
6.
Ctrl+Alt+5 Networking tree
Ctrl+Alt+6 Content Libraries
vRealize Log Insight (30 7. Ctrl+Alt+7 Global Inventory Lists
Minutes) Note: On a Mac, Ctrl+Command is used. In the HOL environment these keyboard
combinations are not passed through.
Module 5 - Administration  After reviewing these Click Home to enter the Home Screen
Basics (60 Minutes)
Object Details Titlebar: Action Icons

1/20/2019  The Object VMware
Details titlebar
Hands-on displays
Labs the selected object’s icon and name,
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
action icons, and the Actions menu. Using the action icons, you can now perform
HOL-1911-02- common actions with a single click.
SDC This example shows "vcsa-01b.corp.local" is the selected object.


SDC - Getting Started with Custom Attributes
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes) The following steps will cover creating, renaming and deleting Custom Attributes.
Module 5 - Administration  1. Select "vcsa-01b.corp.local"

2. Click Home button
Basics (60 Minutes) 3. Select Tags & Custom Attributes
Task 1. Creating Custom Attributes using the Global

Custom Attributes View (Copy)
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager


(60 minutes)

Module 2 - Next Generation  1. Select the Custom Attributes tab. You can see all the custom attributes defined
in this vCenter Server.
Management Clients (45 2. Select "vcsa-01a.corp.local"
3. To create a new Custom Attribute, click the Add icon and the New Custom
Minutes)
Attribute dialog appears.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  4. Enter VM_custom in the Attribute field and choose Virtual Machine from the
Type combo box.  The new attribute will be available for objects of the
with vRealize Operations (30 selected type. If you choose Global, the new attribute will be available for all
object types. Click OK or press Enter. The new attribute appears in the list.  
Minutes) 5. Repeat steps 3-4 to create another custom attribute: Attribute name:

vApp_custom Type: Virtual App
Module 4 - Introduction to
Minutes) Task 2: Renaming Custom Attributes using the Global
Module 5 - Administration  Custom Attributes view
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02- 1. Select VM_custom in the list.

2. Click the Edit… button. The Edit Custom Attribute dialog appears. The name is
SDC preselected in the Attribute text field.
3. Rename the attribute: VM_custom_upd and click OK. In the list, the selected

attribute’s name changes to the one you just entered.

Task 3: Deleting Custom Attributes using the Global
Manager
Custom Attributes view
(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
1. Select VM_custom_upd from the list view
Minutes) 2. Click the Delete button.
Module 5 - Administration  3. A confirmation appears. Press TAB to highlight the Yes button and press Enter
(or click Yes). The attribute is removed from the list and repeat the previous steps
to delete custom attribute: VM_custom before moving to Step 4
Basics (60 Minutes)
4. Click drop down arrow next to Administrator@vsphere.local

5. Click Logout
Live Refresh
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  Live refresh improves the original mechanism for refreshing recent tasks, triggered
alarms and the trees to now happen in real time. All users logged into vSphere Web
Management Clients (45 Client will see the real time updates as long as they have permission to see the
changes.
Minutes)

Minutes) Conclusion
This concludes the section "vSphere HTML5 Client and Web Client Enhancements".
Module 4 - Introduction to  You should now have a solid understanding of the enhancements made to the
vSphere Web Client and the difference between the various clients.

Minutes)
Conclusion
Basics (60 Minutes)
This module introduced you to the tools you will be using to manage your
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  ESXi hosts and your virtual infrastructure. As you complete other Modules in
this lab, you will be using the vSphere Client, they preferred client moving
forward, except where one of the other clients is required.
You've finished Module 2

If you are looking for additional information on Management Clients, try one of these:
and new features in vSphere 6.7: VMware vSphere 6.5 Youtube videos.
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymLY4xJSThro4OL4w3PGSwsKi4zKT3Rs)
You may also explore VMware 6.5 Feature Walkthrough
(https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-5) which will step you
1/20/2019  through VMware
a number of the
Hands-on new
Labs features in vSphere 6.5 so you can explore them at
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
your pace.
HOL-1911-02- Consider taking 1911-03-SDC vSphere with Operations Management: Advanced
Topics to learn about advanced features in vSphere that require the use of the
SDC vSphere Web Client for management.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Proceed to any module below which interests you most.

SDC - Getting Started with This module will cover deployment models, management, and availability of the
Manager vSphere Update Manager.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  module will cover the next generation of HTML5-based management clients. First
Appliance as a First Choice manage their ESXi hosts through an HTML5 web interface. Then well cover the
(60 minutes) next generation of vSphere Client using HTML5.
Module 2 - Next Generation  Module 3 - Getting Familiar with vRealize Operations (30 minutes) (Basic) In
Management Clients (45 can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to
Minutes) Module 4 - Introduction to vRealize Log Insight (30 minutes) (Basic) In this

Module 3 - Getting Familiar VMware's log management and analysis tool.
with vRealize Operations (30 basic administration of a vSphere environment. Topics will include management
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  decide on an upgrade path for moving to the latest version vCenter Server.
vRealize Log Insight (30 module will explore migrating from vCenter Server running on Windows to the
Minutes) complexity, simplifies management, and removed the need for an external

Module 5 - Administration Module 8 - High Availability and Business Continuity (60 minutes) (Basic) In
Basics (60 Minutes) vSphere environment for high availability including vCenter Server, the Platform
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Services Controller, and virtual machines. You'll also explore how vSphere is also
How to End Lab

1/20/2019  If this is the last module
VMware youLabs
Hands-on would like to take in this lab, you may end your lab by
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
clicking on the END button.
HOL-1911-02-

SDC
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Module 3 - Getting Familiar
SDC - Getting Started with with vRealize Operations (30
Manager
Minutes)
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Overview of vRealize Operations Management
(60 minutes) VMware vSphere with Operations Management (vSOM) delivers an environment

optimized for efficient server virtualization management. This is accomplished by
Module 2 - Next Generation pairing VMware vSphere, the world's leading virtualization platform along with
vRealize Operations Manager. This combination adds critical capacity management,
Management Clients (45 intelligent alerting, performance monitoring and a host of other features/capabilities.
It is designed for businesses of all sizes to run applications at high service levels and
Minutes)
maximize hardware savings through higher capacity utilization and consolidation
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  ratios.

Minutes)
Simplify IT Management of Virtual Infrastructure
Module 4 - Introduction to  Environments
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
vSphere with Operations Management offers a more intuitive user interface than
vCenter Server and improves monitoring capabilities by adding predictive analytics to
enable faster problem discovery and remediation as well as more efficient resource
1/20/2019  management.
HOL-1911-02- Key Features of VMware vSphere with Operations Management
Unified Command Console displays key performance indicators in easily identifiable

SDC colored badges and provides a comprehensive view into what is driving current and

potential future performance and capacity management issues.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Performance Monitoring and Capacity Management analyzes vCenter Server
SDC - Getting Started with performance data and establishes dynamic thresholds that adapt to the environment
and provide smart alerts about health degradations, performance bottlenecks and
vSphere with Operations capacity shortfalls:
Manager Performance data is abstracted to health, risk and efficiency measures that
provides IT with operations visibility to effectively identify developing performance.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  problems with less time and effort.
Capacity management helps identify powered off, idle and over-provisioned VMs
Appliance as a First Choice to reclaim excess capacity and increase VM density without impacting
performance.
(60 minutes)
Project modeling allows a user to model infrastructure changes (addition/deletion
Module 2 - Next Generation  of Hosts and VMs) to further assist with capacity planning.
All of these capabilities are available in the Standard edition of vRealize
Operations Manager and the appliance can be deployed / accessible within
minutes.
Minutes)

with vRealize Operations (30 Video: vSphere with Operations Management -

Minutes) Overview (3:13)
Module 4 - Introduction to  vSphere with Operations Management Overview

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Here is a short video that will show you the benefits of using vSOM in your
environment.
Understanding the User Interface - vSphere

Client Plugin for vRealize Operations
1/20/2019  One of the most exciting
VMware parts
Hands-on Labsof the vSphere 6.7 release is a new plugin for the
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
vSphere Client. This plugin is available out-of-the-box and provides some great new
HOL-1911-02- functionality. When interacting with this plugin, you will be greeted with 6 vRealize
Operations Manager (vROps) dashboards directly in the vSphere client! The
SDC dashboards are an overview, cluster view, and alerts for both vCenter and vSAN views.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  The plugin requires vROps 6.7 to function. If you are already using vROps 6.7, the
plugin will automatically connect through the vROps configured user. If you are not on
SDC - Getting Started with vROps 6.7, you must upgrade to make use of this plugin. If you do not have vROps
deployed at all, this plugin can help walk you through the deployment process to get
vSphere with Operations vROps up and running within your environment!
Manager

Task Bar
(60 minutes)

Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  If the Google Chrome browser is not open from a previous lesson, launch the Chrome
browser:
with vRealize Operations (30 1. Click on the Chrome Icon on the Windows Quick Launch Task Bar.
Minutes)
Gain screen space in vSphere Client UI by zooming out

- (Chrome)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)


Minutes)
You may find that all information cannot be properly viewed on the screen. If this is
Module 4 - Introduction to  the case:

2. Click the '-' button to zoom out to 90% or whatever percent allows for adequate
Minutes) viewing.
Module 5 - Administration  Note: This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.

Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Log into the vSphere Client
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
vRealize Log Insight (30 1. Click on the Bookmark folder called RegionB.
2. Click on the Bookmark RegionB vSphere Client (HTML).
Minutes) 3. Check the box to Use Windows session authentication.

4. Click Login
Module 5 - Administration

Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  vRealize Operation Plugin
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Click on the Menu icon

2. Click on vRealize Operations

Minutes)

Module 5 - Administration  vRealize Operations Overview Dashboard

Basics (60 Minutes)

1/20/2019  The new vRealize Operations
VMware Manager
Hands-on Labs plugin in vCenter Server, provides a
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
mechanism to view specific metrics and high-level information about data centers,
HOL-1911-02- datastores, VMs, and hosts, for the vCenter Server and vSAN. The overview
dashboard contains information about the following:
SDC
1. Environment Summary - Provides an overview of the environment.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  2. Are there any Issues? - Displays the critical alerts.
3. Am I running out of capacity? - Displays whether there is sufficient storage,
SDC - Getting Started with memory and CPU capacity.
4. What can be reclaimed? - Displays the CPU, memory, and storage resources
vSphere with Operations that can be reclaimed. Potential cost saving data is also displayed if present, in the
appropriate currency.
Manager 5. Scroll down the page to continue.

(60 minutes) vRealize Operations Overview Dashboard (con't)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes) 1. How many VMs are running? - Displays the number of VMs that are running
including details of VMs that are powered off and idle.
Module 5 - Administration  2. What is the operating system distribution? - Displays the operating system
distribution of the different VMs in the vCenter Server.
Basics (60 Minutes) 3. Are clusters configured for HA? - Displays the number of clusters that are
configured with and without HA.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  4. Are clusters Workload Balanced? - Displays whether DRS is enabled in a
cluster.
5. Lets now review the two remaining vSphere dashboards included with the plugin.
Scroll back to the top of the page.
Open Cluster View Dashboard
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
1. Click on the Quick Links drop down menu

with vRealize Operations (30 2. Click on Cluster View
Minutes)
Cluster View
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
The cluster view dashboard is focused on providing information related to a specific

cluster from this dashboard you can view the number of hosts, VMs, and datastores in
the cluster. You can also view whether the cluster is HA and DRS enabled. The
following information is available on this dashboard.
1/20/2019  1. Are there any Hands-on
VMware issues?Labs
- Displays the critical alerts.
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
2. Time remaining before capacity runs out. - Displays the time remaining
HOL-1911-02- before CPU, memory, and storage capacity runs out.
3. What can be reclaimed? - Displays the CPU, memory, and storage resources
SDC that can be reclaimed.

4. Scroll the view down to continue
vSphere with Operations Cluster View (con't)

Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
with vRealize Operations (30 1. How is my infrastructure utilized? - Displays the time series data for the last
24 hours, for storage compute and network utilization data.
Minutes) 2. Top VMs facing CPU contention. - Displays the top-five VMs that face CPU.
Module 4 - Introduction to  3. Top VMs facing memory contention. - Displays the top-five VMs that face
memory contention.
4. Top VMs facing disk latency. - Displays the top-five VMs that face disk latency.
vRealize Log Insight (30 5. When you have completed, scroll back to the top of this page.
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes) Open Alerts Dashboard
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
1. Click on the Quick Links button.

with vRealize Operations (30 2. Click on Alerts.
Minutes)
Alerts Dashboard
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
You can view alerts pertaining to objects in the vCenter Server. You can view the alerts
based on their criticality. The datagrid displays a list of alerts and the relevant details
such as the criticality of each alert, the object it is triggered on, and the type of alert.
1/20/2019  You can clickVMware
the Open in vRealize
Hands-on Operations link at any time in the data grid to
navigate to the user interface of vRealize Operations Manager. You can find out the
HOL-1911-02- object for which the alert is triggered and the remediation details.
SDC


Conclusion
SDC - Getting Started with This concludes the section "Understanding the User Interface - vSphere Client Plugin
for vRealize Operations". You should have a solid understanding of navigating and
vSphere with Operations identifying where key content is located within the vSphere Client Plugin for vRealize
Manager Operations.


Conclusion
(60 minutes)

This module introduced you to the vSphere Client Plugin for vRealize
Module 2 - Next Generation Operations and how to use it to manage your ESXi hosts and your virtual
infrastructure.
Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  You have finished Module 3

with vRealize Operations (30 Congratulations on completing Module 3.
If you are looking for additional information on the vSphere Client for vRealize
Minutes)
Operations, try one of these:
Module 4 - Introduction to  Click on this link for a playlist of videos that describe many of the enhancements
vRealize Log Insight (30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=T3OZiuAJnmE&list=PLymLY4xJSThro4OL4w3PGSwsKi4zKT3Rs)
Minutes)
You may also explore VMware vSphere 6.7 What's New Video
Module 5 - Administration  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8kXo4r7IsE) which will step you through a

number of the new features in vSphere 6.7 so you can explore them at your pace.
Basics (60 Minutes) Explore vRealize Operations Manager Plugin in vCenter Server
(https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/vsphere-vrealize-operations-
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  67-user-guide.pdf) to learn more about the vSphere Client Plugin for vRealize
Operations Manager
Consider taking HOL-1911-03-SDC - vSphere with Operations Management:
Advanced Topics to learn about advanced features in vSphere that require the use
of the vSphere Web Client for management.

manage their ESXi hosts through an HTML5 web interface. Then well cover52/166
http://docs.hol.vmware.com/HOL-2019/hol-1911-02-sdc_html_en/#l883691 the
1/20/2019  enhancements made toLabs
VMware Hands-on the- current vSphere Web Client as well as introduce the
HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02- Module 3 - Getting Familiar with vRealize Operations (30 minutes) (Basic) In
SDC can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Module 4 - Introduction to vRealize Log Insight (30 minutes) (Basic) In this
SDC - Getting Started with VMware's log management and analysis tool.
Manager of vSphere clusters, virtual machines, ESXi hosts, storage, and networking.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  decide on an upgrade path for moving to the latest version vCenter Server.
Appliance as a First Choice module will explore migrating from vCenter Server running on Windows to the
(60 minutes) complexity, simplifies management, and removed the need for an external
Module 2 - Next Generation  database for vCenter Server.

Management Clients (45 this module vSphere Administrators will learn how to deploy and configure a
Minutes) Services Controller, and virtual machines. You'll also explore how vSphere is also

Module 3 - Getting Familiar using vSphere Replication and vSphere Data Protection.

Minutes)


How to End Lab
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  If this is the last module you would like to take in this lab, you may end your lab by
Minutes)
Overview of vRealize Log Insight
1/20/2019  vRealize LogVMware
InsightHands-on
deliversLabs
real-time log management for VMware environments,
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
with machine learning-based Intelligent Grouping, high performance search and
HOL-1911-02- better troubleshooting across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
SDC High Performance Ingestion

vRealize Log Insight can process any type of log or machine generated data. vRealize
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Log Insight supports very high throughput rates and low latency. vRealize Log Insight
possesses a collection framework, which accepts data through syslog, Windows and
SDC - Getting Started with Linux agents, or via a RESTful Ingestion API.
vSphere with Operations Scalability
Manager vRealize Log Insight can scale out by using multiple virtual appliance instances. This
enables linear scaling of the ingestion throughput, increases query performance and
Module 1 - vCenter Server  allows for ingestion high availability. In cluster mode, vRealize Log Insight provides
master and worker nodes. Both master and worker nodes are responsible for a
Appliance as a First Choice subset of data. Master nodes can query all subsets of data and aggregate the results.
vRealize Log Insight provides an internal Load Balancer for scale out, allowing you to
(60 minutes)
load balance and scale out from out of the box.
Module 2 - Next Generation  Real-Time Search
Data ingested by vRealize Log Insight is available for search within seconds. Also,
historical data can be searched from the same interface with the same low latency.
Minutes)
vRealize Log Insight supports complete keyword queries. Keywords are defined as any
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  alpha-numeric, hyphen, or underscore characters. In addition to the complete
keyword queries, vRealize Log Insight supports glob queries (for example, erro?, vm*)
with vRealize Operations (30 and field based filtering (for example, hostname does NOT match test*, IP contains
"10.64"). Furthermore, log message fields that contain numeric values can be used to
Minutes) define selection filters (for example, CPU>80, 10<threads<100, and so on).
Module 4 - Introduction to  Search results are presented as individual events. Each event comes from a single
source, but search results may come from multiple sources. You can use vRealize Log
vRealize Log Insight (30 Insight to correlate the data on one or multiple dimensions (for example, time and
request identifiers) providing a coherent view across the stack. This way, root cause
Minutes) analysis becomes much easier.
Module 5 - Administration  vRealize Log Insight Agent
vRealize Log Insight uses a native Windows and Linux agent to gather log data from
Basics (60 Minutes) Windows and Linux servers as well as desktops. You can collect events from Windows
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  event channels and log files, and forward them to the vRealize Log Insight server.
Some of the benefits are centralized configuration, ease of use, data compression,
and encryption. 3rd party agents are supported as well, but those benefits listed
above provide unique advantages by using our native agent.
Intelligent Grouping
vRealize Log Insight uses a new machine learning technology. Intelligent Grouping
scans incoming unstructured data and quickly groups messages together by problem
type in order to give you the ability to rapidly understand issues that may span your
physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud environments. The Event Trends tab in the
Interactive Analytics page provides automatic analysis of your events with
context around new insights and anomaly detection. We can now see how events are
trending in a specified time interval and easily detect ones that are potentially
affecting the health of your environment or application.
Aggregation
1/20/2019  Fields that are extracted
VMware from
Hands-on Labslog data can be used for aggregation. This is similar to
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
the functionality that GROUP-BY queries provide in a relational database or pivot-
HOL-1911-02- tables in Microsoft Excel. The difference is that there is no need for extract, transform,
and load (ETL) processes and vRealize Log Insight scales to any size of data.
SDC
You can generate aggregate views of the data and identify specific events or errors
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  without having to access multiple systems and applications. For example, while
viewing an important system metric, for example the number of errors per minute,
SDC - Getting Started with you can drill down to a specific time-range of events and examine the errors that
occurred in the environment.
Runtime Field Extraction
Manager Raw log data is not always easy to understand, and you might need to process some
Module 1 - vCenter Server  data to identify the fields that are important for searching and aggregation. vRealize
Log Insight extracts most fields automatically, and you can dynamically extract a new
field from the data. It is as easy as double-clicking the message text and selecting
“Extract Field”. The regex is provided automatically based on your selection. The
(60 minutes) extracted fields can be used for selection, projection, and aggregation.
Module 2 - Next Generation  Dashboards
You can create dashboards of useful metrics that you want to monitor closely. Any
Management Clients (45 query can be turned into a dashboard widget and summarized for any range in time.
You can check the performance of your system for the last five minutes, hour, or day.
Minutes)
You can view a breakdown of errors by hour and observe the trends in log events.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Security Considerations
with vRealize Operations (30 IT decision makers, architects, administrators, and others who must familiarize
themselves with the security components of vRealize Log Insight must read the
Minutes) VMware vRealize Log Insight Security Guide. For more information, you can visit the

vRealize Log Insight Documentation found at
Module 4 - Introduction to https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/log-insight-pubs.html
(https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/log-insight-pubs.html)
The Security Guide contains concise references to the security features of vRealize
Minutes) Log Insight. Topics include the product external interfaces, ports, authentication

mechanisms, and options for configuration and management of security features.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Dashboards Overview
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Dashboards – Think of the dashboards page as an overview section. Dashboards
Module 2 - Next Generation provide the ability to quickly visualize log data and determine potential issues within
an environment. Log Insight provides two different types of widgets inside a
Management Clients (45 dashboard: charts and queries. Charts are a visual representation of data and the
Minutes) most commonly used widget. Queries are saved pieces of information that provide
both a visual and textual representation of data on the Interactive Analytics page, but
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  they are listed only by a defined name on the dashboards page. Query widgets are
typically used when a chart widget does not necessarily provide useful information.
with vRealize Operations (30 Interactive Analytics – Allows administrators and engineers to perform searches
Minutes) using plain language or REGEX strings and view log message detail to determine
problem areas and perform root cause analysis.
Minutes) Interactive Analytics Overview
Basics (60 Minutes)
The Interactive Analytics page allows administrators and engineers to drill down into
log messages, to determine problem areas, and to perform root cause analysis.
1/20/2019  At the top ofVMware
the page, just Labs
Hands-on below the navigation bar, you will notice a section with a
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
black background. This section gives you a visual representation of your log data.
HOL-1911-02-
The chart in this section should look similar to the chart widgets that you saw on the
SDC Dashboards page. By default, the overview chart is a bar chart that displays the count
of all events over time for the log messages seen over the last five minutes. Log
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Insight refers to ingested data as events. The events visually represented on the
overview chart can be manipulated in a variety of ways, but most commonly are
SDC - Getting Started with changed through the use of functions and groupings.
There are many options available once you have created a custom query in the
Interactive Analytics page:
Manager Add current query to favorites - You can save your current query and time
Module 1 - vCenter Server  range in Log Insight to view it later. Saved queries can only be loaded from the
Interactive Analytics page.
Add current query to dashboard - You can save lists of search queries to your
custom dashboards by creating query list widgets.
(60 minutes) Export or share current query - In addition to saving a dashboard you can also
choose to save a query. NOTE: A saved query stores the time range in addition to
Module 2 - Next Generation  the query. This is different than how all other pieces of information are saved in
Log Insight (i.e. everything else you can save does not include the time range.)
Management Clients (45 Create or Manage Alerts - When you find a query you care about you might
want to configure an alert when that query returns one or more results. Log
Minutes)
Insight allows for alerts to be sent via email or vCenter Operations.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Manage Extracted Fields - This is important if you wish to find an extracted field
that does not appear on the current query page.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Content Packs Overview

Content packs provide a powerful way to extend Log Insight through pre-defined
vRealize Log Insight (30 knowledge about particular events. To browse to the Content Packs section, select the
three bars icon in the navigation bar and select Content Packs.
Minutes)
A content pack is made up of various components. These components can include:
Module 5 - Administration  Dashboards – the dashboard groups (i.e. pages) that make up the selected
dashboard
Basics (60 Minutes)
Queries
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Chart widgets

Saved queries – located under Saved Searches
Alerts – remember always disabled when exported
Agent Groups - contain configuration for monitoring, parsing, and tagging event to
be sent to Log Insight
Fields – labeled as Extracted Fields
Administration Overview
The administration section provides health information as well as allows for the
modification of configuration settings. All information displayed during the initial
configuration wizard of the product can be modified from the administration section.
1/20/2019  There are other aspects
VMware of the
Hands-on Labs administration section that are not configurable during
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the initial configuration wizard such as where cluster members and agents can be
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SDC


Configuring vRealize Log Insight
SDC - Getting Started with Now that we understand the purpose of vRealize Log Insight, the next step is to
configure our environment.

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Exploring vSphere Log Events
In this section we will use Log Insight explore the logs of a vSphere environment.
(60 minutes) Often, without a log analysis tools such as Log Insight, log errors are not viewed until

production workloads have degraded or failed and the business is impacted. With Log
Module 2 - Next Generation Insight we can uncover log events and patterns that may ultimately lead to problems
so we can take action beforehand. In this section we will focus on log analysis and
Management Clients (45 dashboards, though you can use these same principles to create alerts and forward
them to vRealize Operations or via SMTP.
Minutes)

Launch Chrome
Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  1. Open Google Chrome browser by double clicking on "Google Chrome" icon on
desktop
View Logs in vRealize Log Insight

1. Click on "vRealize Log Insight" Favorite in the tool bar
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Login to Log Insight
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Username: admin

2. Password: VMware1!
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Click Login
Minutes)
Log Insight Dashboard General Overview

Basics (60 Minutes)

1/20/2019  If you have successfully connected
VMware Hands-on to a vCenter, earlier in this module, the first screen
you will see is the General Overview dashboard.
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1. If you are not already at this screen click the Dashboard tab.
SDC 2. This is the dashboard category tile; it tells you the source of the dashboards that
are available (to see a complete list of installed dashboards click the down arrow
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  next to the category title). Dashboards are either created within Log Insight or
come as part of a Content Pack. By default, the vSphere Content Pack comes pre-
SDC - Getting Started with installed. Dashboards from any other content pack that you install can be found
by clicking the arrow.
vSphere with Operations 3. This section is a list of actual dashboards for the current category - The image
above shows the dashboards from the VMware - vSphere content Pack.
Manager 4. This section of the screen allows you to apply a date/time range filter to limit the
Module 1 - vCenter Server  data you are viewing within the dashboard.
5. This section shows the filters which are available as part of this dashboard. The
filters allow you to quickly focus the dashboard on a specific object/item of
interest.
(60 minutes) 6. Widgets, the widget in Log Insight are configured to query the consolidated log
database and show specific areas of regular interest. In this case, the widget is
Module 2 - Next Generation  showing a graphical representation of all the vSphere log messages and when
they were generated. Widgets can be arranged in multiple ways and sizes.

Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Switch to Interactive Analytics

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
1. Click the Interactive Analytics tab
The Interactive Analytics Screen
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Manager

(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  The following describes the different sections of the Interactive Analytics Screen:
1. This area shows the graphical representation of the current Query, because we
Management Clients (45 have not specified anything as a query or filter all the events are being shown.
Minutes) 2. This section modifies how the graph displays the data.
3. With the Search box, you can enter anything here you would like to search for
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  within the logs. For example, this could be a host name, error message or
number.
with vRealize Operations (30 4. With Data Range, Log Insight auto-correlates all log data, in this field you can
specify a specific time range you would like to search for log entries. By default,
Minutes) the time range field is set to Latest 5 minutes of data. Be advised: large date
Module 4 - Introduction to  ranges will take a longer time to return the complete set of data, but that data will
stream in as the query result is returned. In this lab we have only just connected
to the vCenter thus we have a limited time range where data is available.
5. Events are the log entries which match the query and will be displayed here. The
Minutes) key words (Fields) contained in each of the log messages will be called out in blue
below the log message. By default, Log Insight understands all the Syslog defined
Module 5 - Administration  fields. As part of content packs Fields are added which are specific to their
domain. In this case all the vSphere and Syslog Fields are available.
Basics (60 Minutes) 6. The Field List is all the defined fields from all the log messages which are part of

the result set from the query. You can click on any one of them and they will show
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent you a graphical representation of the number of log messages which are
associated to that field.
Searching Log Events
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(60 minutes)

As you enter keyword searches inside the search box, Log Insight will provide auto
Module 2 - Next Generation complete options as you type.
Management Clients (45 1. In the search field type vcsa* (remember to type in the asterisk), in this case we
are looking for all messages which are related to the vCenter vcsa-01a. In English,
Minutes) simply type in what you are looking for and add an asterisk as the wildcard.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  2. Enter the data range, Latest 5 minutes of data.
3. Click the search Icon.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Event Types

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

Event Types are used when troubleshooting to quickly narrow down the resulting set
of log messages into pattern matched clusters. This capability allows you to quickly
eliminate irrelevant log messages.
1. Click the Event Types Tab. This will sort the result set of log messages by Event
type.
2. The Events column will provide the count of messages of the pattern matched
type
3. Click the x to remove this message type from the result set and automatically
creates a filter for that message type (you must hover the mouse over the area for
the "x" to display.
HOL-1911-02- Note: The lab you are taking is a live dynamic environment. What you see will differ
from what is captured in the screenshot. Please choose any event in the window and
SDC proceed to the next step.


Filters
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(60 minutes)

After deleting the Event Type, the log messages are retained. They are only removed
Minutes) from this query and the system automatically creates a filter or constraint excluding

that specific event type.

Minutes)
Creating a Filter
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Now we will create a new filter to only include log messages based on the text API
invocations. This will show the number of API connections to your vCenter Server.
1. Click Add Filter
Set Filter Constraints
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Manager 1. Set Filter to text.

2. Set the Operator to contains
Module 1 - vCenter Server  3.
4.
Type API invocations
Click the search button (you may need to adjust the time field to "All Time")
Appliance as a First Choice 5. At this point the result list will only show log messages related to the text API
invocations that are not event_type you filtered.
(60 minutes)
NOTE: Now we have narrowed down our results. Prior to adding filters there were
Module 2 - Next Generation  over a dozen different event types.


Minutes)
Field Extraction
Minutes)
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Extracted fields provide a powerful way to construct queries in Log Insight. You can
also create your own custom extracted fields.
Basics (60 Minutes) 1. Switch back to the Events tab.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  2. Highlight the value next to "API invocations:". In the example above, its listed as 1,
but this number could be different.
3. A pop up window appears, select Extract field.
Fields configuration
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A Fields configuration will appear on the right side of your screen. We now need to
Manager name the extracted field, determine who can use the field, then save the field for use

in the future. You will use this extracted field later in this module when we integrate
Module 1 - vCenter Server with vRealize Operations Manager.
Appliance as a First Choice 1. In the Field Name input box, type vmw_vc_api.
2. Under Available for drop down, you have the option to make this extracted field
(60 minutes)
available to just yourself or all users. Leave this as Me Only.
Module 2 - Next Generation  3. Click Save.

Minutes)
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Extracted Field Complete

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

Notice that we now have a new field called vmw_vc_api. We will leverage this later in
the module. For now, we will move to the next step.
Grouping Events
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(60 minutes)

Now we want to group these events which add some additional data into our graph.
Minutes) 1. Select over time drop down
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  2. Place a check next to vmw_vc_auth_source (VMware - vSphere) and
vmw_vc_auth_user (VMware - vSphere)
3. Click Apply
Minutes)

vRealize Log Insight (30 Legend Created

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

Notice that a legend has been created on the right side of the graph to display the IP
address and the username for who was connecting to the vCenter appliance.
Add Query to Dashboard
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vSphere with Operations Now we will create a new dashboard called API Invocation Events based on our search
Manager results.

1. Click Add to Dashboard.

(60 minutes)
Add Chart to Dashboard
Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes) 1. Enter API Invocation Events in the Name field, replacing the default content

2. Ensure the Dashboard 1 is selected. You can change the dashboard you are
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent adding this query to any dashboard you have rights to modify or create a new
dashboard
3. Click Add
Navigate to the Dashboards page
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Appliance as a First Choice 1. Click the Dashboards tab
(60 minutes)
Select My Dashboards
Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
1. Click the drop down arrow for the dashboard list

Basics (60 Minutes) 2. Select My Dashboards
Observe the Modified Dashboard
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(60 minutes) Observe that a new widget named API Invocation Events is now included with
Module 2 - Next Generation  Dashboard 1.


Minutes)
Section Complete
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  You now know how to use Log Insight to explore the logs of a vSphere environment.
You can leave the browser open for the next section.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Module 5 - Administration

vRealize Log Insight (30 Basics (60 Minutes)
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Introduction

Basics (60 Minutes)

Lesson 1: Cluster Management - This lesson walks you through the creation of
various constructs that allow you to organize your virtual infrastructure.
Lesson 2: Create and Edit a Virtual Machine - You will create a new virtual machine
and edit its properties
Lesson 3: Migrate a Virtual Machine - This lesson introduces you to vMotion, a key
vSphere feature for reducing downtime and optimizing your environment.
Lesson 4: Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots - Here you will learn about VM
snapshots and practice creating and managing them.
Lesson 5: Cloning Virtual Machines and Using Templates - Using templates can
greatly speed up the process of creating new VMs. You will learn how to leverage
these time saving tools by creating template and then using that template to
create a new VM.
Lesson 6: Abstraction of Storage for More Efficient Management and Better
Control - You will receive an overview of the different types of storage available in
1/20/2019  vSphere VMware
and learn where
Hands-on to- go
Labs in the vSphere client to get details around your
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storage.
HOL-1911-02- Lesson 7: Manage Your Storage - vSphere with Operations Management includes
vRealize operations tools to assist with storage monitoring and other operational
SDC tasks. Here you will learn about some of the dashboards that will let you monitor

your infrastructure's health.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Lesson 8: Build and Manage your Virtual Infrastructure - Learn how far vSphere
will scale and get an introduction to the architecture than can get you there.
Manager Cluster Management
Module 1 - vCenter Server  A vSphere cluster is a construct that lets you aggregate compute resources. The
Appliance as a First Choice Clusters construct allows for features like vSphere High Availability (HA) and vSphere
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). The cluster construct provides the ability to
(60 minutes) manage a group of VMs and ESXi hosts to improve resource utilization. When you
Module 2 - Next Generation  power on a virtual machine that is part of a cluster, it can be given resources from
anywhere in the cluster, rather than being tied to a specific vSphere ESXi host. If an
ESXi host fails, the VM is restarted on another ESXi host within the cluster (assuming
HA is configured). If an ESXi host experiences contention, DRS provides the ability to
Minutes) vMotion the VM to another ESXi host in the cluster that has available resources.

Video: Create vCenter Inventory (Datacenter, Cluster,
Minutes)
Hosts) for VMware vSphere (2:51)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Create vCenter Inventory (datacenter, cluster, hosts) for VMwar
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
The following video will show the basics to getting started creating your VMware
vCenter Server Inventory using the vSphere Web Client. Please note that these tasks
can also be completed using the vSphere Client, which is also known as the HTML5
Client.
Create and Edit a Virtual Machine

1/20/2019  In this lesson, you will
VMware walk Labs
Hands-on through creating a virtual machine and editing its settings.
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Launch Google Chrome

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(60 minutes)
Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out
Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)

Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.
Login to the VMware vSphere Client
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)

2.
Click RegionA from the Google Chrome bookmark.
Click RegionA vSphere Client (HTML)
3. Check the "Use Windows session authentication" checkbox
Minutes) 4. Click the "Login" button.
Module 5 - Administration  Note: All of the user credentials used in this lab are listed in the README.TXT file on
the desktop.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Create a Virtual Machine
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Manager

(60 minutes)
There are several ways to create a new VM using the vSphere Client. We will be using
Management Clients (45 the Actions Menu under the VMs and Templates dropdown.
Minutes) 1. Click on the Menu dropdown at the top of the screen.

2. Select "VMs and Templates" from the drop-down menu.
Minutes) Starting the Virtual Machine Wizard

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
1. Click on the "RegionA01" datacenter

2. In the "Actions" dropdown
3. Click the "New Virtual Machine..." option.
Virtual Machine Wizard - Select a creation type

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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Insure you are highlighted on "Create a virtual machine".

2. Click the Next button to advance to the next wizard option.
Module 4 - Introduction to  Note: There are many options for deploying a new virtual machine. For this lesson, we
vRealize Log Insight (30 will use the Create a New Virtual Machine option.

Minutes)


Virtual Machine Wizard - Select a name and folder
Basics (60 Minutes)
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. In the "Enter a name for the virtual machine" text box, type linux-Web-01a.

2. Insure "RegionA01" datacenter is selected.
Module 4 - Introduction to 3. Click the "Next" button to advance to the next wizard option.
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Virtual Machine Wizard - Select a compute resource
Basics (60 Minutes)
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Toggle the drop down triangle for "RegionA01-COMP01" cluster.

2. Select "esx-01a.corp.local".
Module 4 - Introduction to 3. Confirm Compatibility says "Compatibility checks succeeded".
4. Click the "Next" button to advance to the next wizard option.
Note: If you know Distributed Resource Scheduling {DRS} is enabled you can select
Minutes) "RegionA01-COMP01" cluster and DRS will find the best location for the VM. For the
Module 5 - Administration  purposes of this lab we are showing the granular capability of being able to select a
specific ESXi host.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Virtual Machine Wizard - Select Storage
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) We need to select a datastore to place the new virtual machine.
2.
Confirm the VM Storage Policy is set to Datastore Default.
Confirm RegionA01-ISCSI01-COMP01 datastore is highlighted.
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Confirm Compatibility says Compatibility checks succeeded.
4. Click the Next button to advance to the next wizard option.
Minutes)
Note: If you have Storage Policy Based Management, you can enable and configure
Module 5 - Administration  storage policies for the VM. For the purposes of this demonstration, we are not
enabling this feature.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Virtual Machine Wizard - Select Compatibility
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) The version of virtual hardware that your virtual machine is built on will determine

which hosts it can run on. If you have older hosts in your environment, you would
Module 4 - Introduction to need to select the corresponding version of virtual hardware.
vRealize Log Insight (30 1. Confirm "ESXi 6.7 and later" is selected from the drop-down menu.
Minutes)

Basics (60 Minutes) Virtual Machine Wizard - Select a Guest OS

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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) We need to identify which guest OS will be installed on the new virtual machine. This

will allow the wizard to provide appropriate default installation parameters
1. From the "Guest OS Family" drop-down select "Linux".
vRealize Log Insight (30 2. From the "Guest OS Version" drop-down, scroll to the bottom and select "Other
Linux (64-bit)".
Minutes) 3. Click the "Next" button to advance to the next wizard option.
Module 5 - Administration  Note: You may see an operating system is not fully supported. This is expected as we
are in a lab situation with limited resources.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Virtual Machine Wizard - Customize Hardware
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) We can now verify the virtual hardware for our new virtual machine and make

modifications if necessary. We can easily add or modify hardware for the virtual
Module 4 - Introduction to machine including CPU. Memory, or Hard drive space if necessary from the
corresponding drop-down boxes on this page.
1. Make sure "VM-RegionA01-vDS-COMP" is the selected network.
Minutes) 2. Ensure that the "Connect..." Checkbox is checked

3. We are not making any other changes, so click the "Next" button to advance to the
Module 5 - Administration next wizard option.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Virtual Machine Wizard - Ready to complete
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Review the settings for the new virtual machine.

2. Click the "Finish" button to start the creation task.

Minutes) Power On linux-Web-01a
Basics (60 Minutes)

HOL-1911-02- Once the virtual machine has been created, we can now power it on.
SDC 1. Toggle the drop down triangles for "RegionA01".
2. Click on "linux-Web-01a:.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  3.
4.
Click on the "Actions" drop-down.
Expand the drop-down menu by hovering over "Power".
SDC - Getting Started with 5. Click "Power On".
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Power Off linux-Web-01a

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Let's power off our virtual machine now.
Minutes)
1. Right-Click on "linux-Web-01a".
Module 5 - Administration  2. Expand the drop-down menu by hovering over "Power".

3. Click "Power Off" from drop-down and select "Yes" in the pop-up box.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Delete linux-Web-01a
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Let's delete linux-Web-01a.
1. Right-Click on "linux-Web-01a".
2. Click on "Delete from Disk" and select "Yes" when prompted from the pop-up box.
Note: Worth noting is there is "Remove from Inventory" and "Delete from Disk". We
selected "Delete from Disk" to remove the VM from inventory and also remove it from
the disk.
Video: Create VM, Install Guest OS and Install VMware

Tools (4:09)
HOL-1911-02- Create VM, Install Guest OS and Install VMware Tools (vSOM)
SDC
Manager

We have just completed creating our virtual machine, but at this point, there is no
(60 minutes) operating system installed. The Hands-on Lab Environment does not have sufficient
Module 2 - Next Generation  resources to allow us to complete the process of installing the guest OS and VMware
tools. The following video will show the remainder of the process. Note that the video
Management Clients (45 uses the vSphere Web Client. This will give you a chance to see what that client looks
like. All of these tasks can also be completed using the vSphere Client.
Minutes)

with vRealize Operations (30 Edit the Settings of a Virtual Machine

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

1/20/2019  Once we have created
VMware a virtual
Hands-on Labs -machine, we can change the hardware that is
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associated with it, just like a physical machine.
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1. Right-Click on "core-01a".
SDC 2. Click "Edit Settings" to add additional physical resources to the virtual machine.


SDC - Getting Started with Add a New Device to the Virtual Machine
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  We now see the hardware associated with the VM. From this screen we can add
additional hardware to the VM. For this example, we will add a second network
Basics (60 Minutes) adapter.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  1. Click the "Add New Device" drop-down list.
2. Click the "Network Adapter" option.
Configure the New Hardware
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)
We have added the new network adapter, now we need to configure it.
1. Toggle the drop down triangle next to "New Network" to expand and view its
Minutes) settings. At this time, you will also select which network to connect the NIC to as
Module 4 - Introduction to  well as what type of Adapter you would like to use. Notice that the MAC Address
is blank at this point. A new MAC address will be generated once this NIC is added
or we can specify (with some rules) our own MAC address.
2. Deselect the "Connect At Power On" checkbox.
Minutes) 3. Click the "OK" button to add the device to the VM. When you select "OK" a new
task to create the network adapter is started.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Prepare to Delete the New Hardware
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
vRealize Log Insight (30 We will can also delete resources from our virtual machine.
Minutes) 1. Right-Click on "core-01a".

2. Click "Edit Settings" from the drop-down menu.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Delete the Network Adapter
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)
Now that we are done with this portion of the lab, let's remove the new network
adapter since we're not going to use it.
Minutes) 1. Hover or click on "Network Adapter 2".
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. Click on the "X" that appears on the right side of the window. The device details
will change and will show as "Device will be removed"
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Delete the Network Adapter - Confirm
Basics (60 Minutes)
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
1. Confirm "Network adapter 2" says "Device will be removed".

2. Click the "OK" button to commit the change.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Migrate a Virtual Machine

Minutes) VMware vMotion enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one
Module 5 - Administration  physical server to another with no perceivable impact to the end user. vMotion is a
key technology for creating a dynamic, fully automated datacenter.
Basics (60 Minutes) With vMotion you can:
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Perform scheduled maintenance without scheduled downtime by moving
powered on virtual machines from one host to another.
Proactively migrate virtual machines away from failing or underperforming
servers.
Automatically optimize and allocate entire pools of resources for optimal
hardware utilization and alignment with business priorities.
Migrate Powered-On Virtual Machine with vMotion
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First we want to confirm where the Virtual Machine (VM) is running.

1. Confirm you are still highlighted on the VMs and Templates tab in the navigation
(60 minutes) pane.
2. Verify that the core-01a VM is powered on, and if not, power it on.
Module 2 - Next Generation  3. Click on "core-01a".
4. Click the "Summary" tab in the context pane.
Management Clients (45 5. Note that the IP address for the VM is 192.168.120.51
6. Confirm the "Host" the VM is running on. In this case, the VM is running on "esx-
Minutes) 02a.corp.local".

Minutes) Start the Migrate wizard
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
You can use the Migrate wizard to migrate a powered-on virtual machine from one
host to another using vMotion technology. To relocate the disks of a powered-on
virtual machine, the Migrate wizard uses Storage vMotion technology.
Before migrating a virtual machine with vMotion, you should ensure that your hosts
and virtual machines meet the requirements for migration with vMotion.
1. Locate "core-01a" and right-click on the virtual machine.

2. From the drop-down menus, select "Migrate...".
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Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  The Wizard will prompt you to select the type of migration you wish to perform:
compute resource, storage, or both. For our lab, we will migrate to the other host in
vRealize Log Insight (30 "Region01A"
1. Confirm the "Change compute resource only" radio button is selected.

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Migration Wizard - Select a compute resource
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)


Currently, the virtual machine is running on host esx-01a.corp.local. Let's migrate it to
with vRealize Operations (30 the other host in the cluster.
Minutes) 1. Confirm the "Hosts" tab is selected.

2. Select the host "esx-01a.corp.local".
4.
Confirm "Compatibility" says "Compatibility checks succeeded".
Click the "Next" button to advance to the next wizard option.
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Migration Wizard - Select networks

Basics (60 Minutes)
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)


Select the destination network from the dropdown box to provide network
with vRealize Operations (30 connectivity for the virtual machine.
Minutes) 1. We are not changing the virtual switch, so confirm "VM-RegionA01-vDS-COMP" is

still selected in the drop-down menu.
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. Confirm "Compatibility" says "Compatibility checks succeeded".

Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Migration Wizard - Select vMotion priority

Basics (60 Minutes)
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1. Confirm the "Schedule vMotion with high priority (recommended)" radio button is
with vRealize Operations (30 selected.
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vRealize Log Insight (30 Migration Wizard - Ready to complete

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HOL-1911-02- 1. Review the information in the wizard to make sure it is correct.

2. Launch a Command Prompt and type: ping 192.168.120.51 -t
SDC 3. Click the Finish button to start the migration.
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The migration task is now complete. You will notice the VM is still reachable via the
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 ping that was executed.
SDC - Getting Started with The running virtual machine has been migrated to the other host in our cluster. You
have now accomplished moving a running workload between physical hardware
vSphere with Operations without interruption.
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Module 1 - vCenter Server  Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots

(60 minutes) Snapshots preserve the state and data of a virtual machine at the time you take the
snapshot. Snapshots are useful when you must revert to a previous virtual machine
Module 2 - Next Generation  state. You can also take multiple snapshots of a virtual machine to create restoration
points in a linear process. With multiple snapshots, you can save many positions to
Management Clients (45 accommodate many kinds of work processes. The Snapshot Manager in the vSphere
Web Client provides several operations for creating and managing virtual machine
Minutes) snapshots and snapshot trees. These operations let you create snapshots, restore
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  any snapshot in the snapshot hierarchy, delete snapshots, and more.
A Virtual Machine snapshot preserves the following information:

Virtual machine settings - The virtual machine directory, which includes disks that
Minutes) were added or changed after you took the snapshot.
Power state - The virtual machine can be powered on, powered off, or suspended.
Module 4 - Introduction to  Disk state - State of all the virtual machine's virtual disks.
Memory state (optional) - The contents of the virtual machine's memory.
In this lesson, you will create a Virtual Machine snapshot, make changes to the Virtual
Minutes) Machine's hardware and configuration state, and then revert back to the original state
of the Virtual Machine by leveraging the vSphere Client Snapshot Manager.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Taking a Snapshot
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Module 3 - Getting Familiar  The previous lesson left the vSphere Client open at the VMs and Templates navigation
pane. If you closed Google Chrome or the Web Client, navigate back to VMs and
with vRealize Operations (30 Templates in the vSphere Client.
Minutes) To start the VM Snapshot Wizard:
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Locate core-01a and right click on the VM

2. Hover over Snapshots
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Select Take Snapshot in the drop-down menu

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Snapshot Wizard - Take Snapshot
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1. Type Snapshot-1 in the Name field

with vRealize Operations (30 2. Type Snapshot prior to settings changes. in the Description field. You should
Minutes) always provide a meaningful description for the Snapshot
3. Click the OK button to complete the process
Module 4 - Introduction to  Note: The snapshot creation will be visible in the Recent Tasks pane.
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Manage Snapshots
Basics (60 Minutes)

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the snapshot
Hands-onhistory of the virtual machine with the Snapshot.
HOL-1911-02- 1. Locate core-01a and right click on the VM

SDC 3. Select Manage Snapshots in the drop-down menu
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SDC - Getting Started with Manage Snapshots - View VM Snapshot Details
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
vRealize Log Insight (30 1. Click on Snapshot-1. Note the operational state of the VM relative to the
snapshot timeline. We can see the current state of the virtual machine as well as
Minutes) the snapshots that are present.
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2. There are buttons to Delete All, Delete, and Revert To, which can be used to
Module 5 - Administration manage snapshots.
3. There is also an Edit button to change the snapshot's name or description.
Basics (60 Minutes) 4. Click Done to exit this window.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Note: Snapshots are not a substitue for back-ups. If you "Revert" to an earlier
snapshot, then all changes since the snapshot are lost, so backing up data remains a
critical infrastructure process.
Reconfigure the Virtual Machines - Power Off VM
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Management Clients (45 Let's power off our virtual machine now:
Minutes) 1. Right-Click on core-01a
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2. Expand the drop-down menu by hovering over Power
Module 3 - Getting Familiar 3. Click Power Off from drop-down and select Yes in the pop-up box
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Reconfigure the Virtual Machines - Edit the Virtual

Machines Settings
Minutes)
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Minutes)
In this step, we will adjust the Memory setting for the Virtual Machine:
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Locate core-01a and right click on the VM
2. Select Edit Settings from the drop-down menu

Minutes)
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Reconfigure the Virtual Machines - Change the
Basics (60 Minutes) CPU/Memory Settings
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with vRealize Operations (30 1. Select the drop-down menu for the CPU Settings and select "2"
2. Enter "512" (MB) for the memory
Minutes) 3. Click the OK button to save the changes.

Manage Snapshots - Revert Virtual Machine Settings
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
In this step, you will revert the VM's CPU/Memory configuration back to the original
state using the latest snapshot
1. Select core-01a in the navigation pane, if it is not already highlighted

1/20/2019  2. Click on VMware
the Actions drop-down
Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02- 4. Click Revert to Latest Snapshot
5. Click Yes
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Note: This could also be completed by selecting "Manage Snapshots". That method
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  provides greater control when you have multiple snapshots.


Manage Snapshots - Confirm Revert Virtual Machine
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Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  1. Locate core-01a and right click on the VM

2. Select Edit Settings from the drop-down menu
Note: If there had been any changes to data on the disk, this would be lost as well.
Snapshots have many use-cases, but are not a substitue for backups.
Confirm the VM state
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Reverting to the Snapshot will take the VM back to the state it was in before we added
with vRealize Operations (30 the additional CPU/Memory. To confirm:
Minutes) 1. Confirm the CPU has been reset to 1 CPU from 2 CPUs
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. The Memory has been reset to 256 MB from 512 MB
3. Click the OK button to close the window
vRealize Log Insight (30 Note: You may see that Network adapter 2 that was deleted in an earlier lesson has
re-appeared. This will be a rare circumstance in the lab when the VM times out on
Minutes) deleting the network adapter. If this has happened in your lab, just ignore this and
Module 5 - Administration  continue on with the lessons.

Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Lab Clean-up - Delete Snapshots
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Module 2 - Next Generation  1. Locate core-01a and right click on the VM

Management Clients (45 3. Select Manage Snapshots in the drop-down menu
Minutes)
Lab Clean-up - Delete Snapshots (Continued)

Minutes)
Minutes)
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1. Click the Delete All button, and click OK on the pop up that appears.
2. Click Done.

1/20/2019  Video: Virtual Machine Snapshots for VMware vSphere
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(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  For our lab, the snapshot was used to revert our virtual machine to a previous
hardware state. A typical use case can be to take a snapshot of a virtual machine
Management Clients (45 before the installation of a software package. If something goes wrong, you can revert
to a previous state and retry the installation. The following video will provide
Minutes)
additional insight into the value of virtual machine snapshots. Note that the video
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  uses the vSphere Web Client. This will give you a chance to see what that client looks
like. All of these tasks can also be completed using the vSphere Client.
Minutes)
Cloning Virtual Machines and Using Templates
vRealize Log Insight (30 VMware provides several ways to provision vSphere virtual machines. One method is
to create a single virtual machine, install an operating system on it and then use that
Minutes)
virtual machine as a base image from which to clone other virtual machines. Cloning a
Module 5 - Administration  virtual machine can save time if you are deploying many similar virtual machines. You
can create, configure, and install software based on a single virtual machine. You can
Basics (60 Minutes) clone it multiple times, rather than creating and configuring each virtual machine
individually.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Another provisioning method is to clone a virtual machine to a template. A template is
a master copy of a virtual machine that you can use to create and provision virtual
machines. Creating a template can be useful when you need to deploy multiple virtual
machines from a single baseline, but want to customize each system independently of
the next. A common value proposition for using templates is to save time. If you have
a virtual machine that you will clone frequently, make that virtual machine a template
and deploy your virtual machines from that template.
In this lesson, you will clone an existing Virtual Machine to a Template and deploy a
new Virtual Machine from that Template.
Clone Virtual Machine to Template

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(60 minutes)
You should still be on the VMs and Templates tab in the navigation pane.
1. Locate core-01a and right-click on the VM.
Minutes) 2. Hover over Clone

3. Select Clone to Template

Minutes)
Clone Virtual Machine to Template Wizard - Select a
Module 4 - Introduction to  Name and Folder
Minutes)
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1. Type Tiny Linux Template In the "VM template name" field
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2. Confirm the location is RegionA01
3. Click the Next button to advance to the next option

Minutes)
Clone Virtual Machine to Template Wizard - Select a
Module 5 - Administration  compute resource
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(60 minutes)

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1. Toggle the drop down triangles for RegionA01 and RegionA01-COMP01
Minutes) 2. Click on esx-02a.corp.local
4.
Confirm "Compatibility" says "Compatibility checks succeeded."
Click the Next button to advance to the next option
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Clone Virtual Machine to Template Wizard - Select

Storage
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

1. Click the "Select virtual disk format:" drop-down and select Thin Provision (This is
Minutes)
a lab environment, so Thick Provisioned will utilize unnecessary space)
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. There is only one datastore in the lab, so RegionA01-ISCSI01-COMP01 will
already be highlighted
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Confirm "Compatibility" says "Compatibility checks succeeded."
Minutes)
Note: The datastore with the most free space is automatically chosen.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Clone Virtual Machine to Template Wizard - Ready to

Complete
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1. Review the VM Template Settings

Minutes)
2. Click the Finish button to start the clone process
Minutes) Monitor Task Progress / Confirm Template creation
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Minutes)
Minutes) 1. If your Recent Tasks pane is minimized, you can open it and view the status
2. You can also confirm by viewing the navigation pane and locating the Tiny Linux
Template Template object
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Deploy a Virtual Machine from a Template
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Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  1. Right Click the Template Tiny Linux Template

2. Click on "New VM from This Template..."
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Deploy from Template Wizard - Select a name and

folder
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Minutes)

1. Type TinyLinux-VM In the "Enter a name for the virtual machine" field
Minutes) 2. Confirm the location is RegionA01

Minutes)
Deploy from Template Wizard - Select a compute
Module 5 - Administration  resource
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Toggle the drop down triangles for "RegionA01" and "RegionA01-COMP01"

2. Click on esx-02a.corp.local
Module 4 - Introduction to 3. Confirm "Compatibility" says Compatibility checks succeeded

Minutes)

Module 5 - Administration  Deploy from Template Wizard - Select Storage

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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Click the "Select virtual disk format:" drop-down and select Thin Provision (This is

a lab environment, so Thick Provisioned will utilize unnecessary space)
Module 4 - Introduction to 2. There is only one datastore in the lab, so RegionA01-ISCSI01-COMP01 will
already be highlighted
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Confirm "Compatibility" says Compatibility checks succeeded
Minutes) 4. Click the Next button to advance to the next option

Note: The datastore with the most free space is automatically chosen.

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Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Deploy from Template Wizard - Select clone Options
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Minutes) 1. Check the Power on virtual machine after creation checkbox
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Note: In order to manage the time to complete this module, the template OS
vRealize Log Insight (30 installed will not be customized.

Minutes)
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Deploy from Template Wizard - Ready to Complete
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Minutes) 1. Review the Deploy From Template Settings.
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2. Click the Finish button to start the "Deploy from Template" process

Minutes)
Monitor the Task Progress
Basics (60 Minutes)
1. Note the new VM TinyLinux-VM in the navigation Pane

HOL-1911-02- Cleanup - Power Off TinyLinux-VM
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(60 minutes)

Minutes) Let's power off our virtual machine now:
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  1. Right-Click on TinyLinux-VM

2. Expand the drop-down menu by hovering over Power
with vRealize Operations (30 3. Click Power Off from drop-down and select Yes in the pop-up box
Minutes)
Cleanup - Delete TinyLInux-VM

Minutes)
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Minutes)
Minutes)
Let's delete this Virtual machine from our environment:

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1. Right-click on TinyLinux-VM
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  2. Click Delete from Disk from the drop-down menu and select the Yes button
when prompted from the pop-up box
Video: Virtual Machine Cloning and Templates for

VMware vSphere (4:04)
HOL-1911-02- Virtual Machine Cloning and Templates for VMware vSphere (v
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For additional features of cloning and templates for vSphere, please watch the
(60 minutes) following video. Note that the video uses the vSphere Web Client. This will give you a
Module 2 - Next Generation  chance to see what that client looks like. All of these tasks can also be completed
using the vSphere Client.
Minutes)
Abstraction of Storage for More Efficient
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Management and Better Control
Minutes)


vSphere Storage Overview
vRealize Log Insight (30 The following lesson provides an overview of the different types of storage available in
vSphere. The vSphere Hypervisor, ESXi, provides host-level storage virtualization,
Minutes)
which logically abstracts the physical storage layer from virtual machines.
Module 5 - Administration  A vSphere virtual machine uses a virtual disk to store its operating system, program
files, and other data associated with its activities. A virtual disk is a large physical file,
Basics (60 Minutes) or a set of files, that can be copied, moved, archived, and backed up as easily as any

other file. You can configure virtual machines with multiple virtual disks.
To access virtual disks, a virtual machine uses virtual SCSI controllers. These virtual
controllers include BusLogic Parallel, LSI Logic Parallel, LSI Logic SAS, and VMware
Paravirtual. These controllers are the only types of SCSI controllers that a virtual
machine can see and access.
Each virtual disk resides on a vSphere Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore or
an NFS-based datastore that are deployed on physical storage. From the standpoint
of the virtual machine, each virtual disk appears as if it were a SCSI drive connected to
a SCSI controller. Whether the actual physical storage device is being accessed
through parallel SCSI, iSCSI, network, Fibre Channel, or FCoE adapters on the host is
transparent to the guest operating system and to applications running on the virtual
machine.
The vSphere storage management process starts with storage space that your storage
administrator allocates on different storage systems prior to vSphere ESXi
assignment. vSphere supports two types of storage - Local and Networked. Both
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Module 3 - Getting Familiar  The illustration depicts virtual machines using Local VMFS storage directly attached to
a single ESXi host.
with vRealize Operations (30 Local storage can be internal hard disks located inside your ESXi host, or it can be
external storage systems located outside and connected to the host directly through
Minutes) protocols such as SAS or SATA.

Minutes) Networked Storage
Basics (60 Minutes)
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VMware virtual
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multiple ESXi hosts.
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Networked storage consists of external storage systems that your ESXi host uses to
SDC store virtual machine files remotely. Typically, the host accesses these systems over a
high-speed storage network. Networked storage devices are typically shared.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Datastores on networked storage devices can be accessed by multiple hosts
concurrently, and as a result, enable additional vSphere technologies such as High
SDC - Getting Started with Availability host clustering, Distributed Resource Scheduling, vMotion and Virtual
Machines configured with Fault Tolerance. ESXi supports several networked storage
vSphere with Operations technologies - Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and Shared SAS.
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Viewing a Datastores Configuration

Appliance as a First Choice This lab will show you where you can examine details about the storage used by your
(60 minutes) virtual infrastructure.

Minutes) Task Bar
Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out

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Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. Click the '-' button to zoom out to 90%

Minutes)

Module 5 - Administration  Login to the VMware vSphere Client

Basics (60 Minutes)
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Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Click "RegionA vSphere Client (HTML)" from the Google Chrome bookmark.
2. Check the "Use Windows session authentication" Checkbox
vRealize Log Insight (30 3. Click the "Login" button.
Minutes) Note: All of the user credentials used in this lab are listed in the README.TXT file on
the desktop.
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Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Navigate to Storage
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1. Select "Storage" from the Menu drop-down.


Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Storage - Summary

Minutes)
Minutes)
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You will now see the datastores that are provisioned in your environment.
1. Toggle the drop down triangles for "vcsa-01b.corp.local" and "RegionB01".

2. Select the "RegionB01-ISCSI01-COMP01" datastore.
3. Click on the "Summary" tab for additional information about the datastore.
4. Toggle the drop down triangle for the "Details" sub-pane. This pane provides the
Location; Type; and the number Hosts connected, Virtual Machines risiding on the
storage and templates residing on the storage.
Note: There is also a handy image showing you the used and free capacity fo the
particular datastore.

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(60 minutes) 1. Click on the "VMs" tab.
Module 2 - Next Generation  2. Click the "Virtual Machines" sub-tab. You now have a list of the three virtual
machines mentioned in the "Summary" tab.
3. This includes a summary of all the virtual machines running on the highlighted
datastore.
Minutes) Note: You can also click on the "VM Templates in Folders" sub-tab to see the two
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  templates. Your lab may only have one template, if you did not complete the lesson
that generated the second template.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Common Virtualized Storage terms

This lesson will wrap up by providing an overview of a few common terms:
vRealize Log Insight (30 Virtual Machine Disks
Minutes) Storage vMotion
vSphere Replication
Virtual Volumes
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

Virtual Machine Disks
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Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  The illustration depicts virtual machines using different types of virtual disk formats
with vRealize Operations (30 against a shared VMFS Datastore.
When you perform certain virtual machine management operations, such as creating
Minutes)
a virtual disk, cloning a virtual machine to a template, or migrating a virtual machine,
Module 4 - Introduction to  you can specify a provisioning policy for the virtual disk file format. There are three
types of virtual disk formats:
vRealize Log Insight (30 Thin Provision
Minutes) Use this format to save storage space. For the thin disk, you provision as much

datastore space as the disk would require based on the value that you enter for the
Module 5 - Administration disk size. However, the thin disk starts small. When deployed, it only uses as much
datastore space as the disk needs for its initial operations. It then expands on the
Basics (60 Minutes) physical disk as more space is required. Thin Provisioned disks can be converted to
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  thick assuming there is sufficient physical storage available.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the virtual disk is
allocated when the virtual disk is created. Data remaining on the physical device is not
erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from
the virtual machine. Using the thick-provision, lazy-zeroed format does not zero out
or eliminate the possibility of recovering deleted files or restoring old data that might
be present on this allocated space. You cannot convert a thick-provisioned, lazy-
zeroed disk to a thin disk, however you can use the migrate wizard to perform this
function.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
A type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance.
Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to the
thick provision, lazy-zeroed format, the data remaining on the physical device is
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is created. In general, it takes much longer to create
disks in this format than to create other types of disks. For disk write intensive and
HOL-1911-02- disk latency sensitive applications, the disks should be prepared as Thick Provision
Eager Zeroed to maximize write performance.
SDC

SDC - Getting Started with Storage vMotion

Planned downtime typically accounts for over 80% of datacenter downtime. Hardware
vSphere with Operations maintenance, server migration, and firmware updates all require downtime for
Manager physical servers. To minimize the impact of this downtime, organizations are forced to
delay maintenance until inconvenient and difficult-to-schedule downtime windows.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  The vMotion. and Storage vMotion functionality in vSphere makes it possible for
organizations to reduce planned downtime because workloads in a VMware
Appliance as a First Choice environment can be dynamically moved to different physical servers or to different
(60 minutes) underlying storage without service interruption. Administrators can perform faster
and completely transparent maintenance operations, without being forced to
Module 2 - Next Generation  schedule inconvenient maintenance windows. With vSphere vMotion and Storage
vMotion, organizations can:
Management Clients (45 Eliminate downtime for common maintenance operations.
Minutes) Eliminate planned maintenance windows.
Perform maintenance at any time without disrupting users and services.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Note: There are not two datastores in this lab to demonstrate a storage vMotion,
although storage vMotion uses the same "Migrate" wizard as vMotion.

Minutes)

Module 4 - Introduction to  Datastore Cluster
vRealize Log Insight (30 A vSphere Datastore Cluster balances I/O and storage capacity across a group of
vSphere datastores. Depending on the level of automation desired, Storage Dynamic
Minutes) Resource Scheduler will place and migrate virtual machines in order to balance out

datastore utilization across the Datastore Cluster.

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Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  vSphere Replication

VMware vSphere Replication, the VMware proprietary replication engine, provides
data protection and disaster recovery for the vSphere platform by replicating virtual
machine disks within the same site and across sites. It is tightly integrated with
vSphere and is managed using the vSphere Web Client. It is included with vSphere
Essentials Plus Kit and higher editions of vSphere. Multiple points in time recovery can
be enabled to provide as many as 24 recovery points for a replicated virtual machine.
vSphere Replication is used as a standalone solution and as a replication engine for
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager and VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery.
For more on VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, take the "HOL-1805-01-SDC
Site Recovery Manager Data Center Migration and Disaster Recovery" lab.
The recovery point objective (RPO) can be set on a per–virtual machine basis and can
range from 5 minutes to 24 hours. After initial synchronization between the source
and the target locations, only changes to the virtual machines are replicated, enabling
1/20/2019  vSphere Replication to minimize
VMware Hands-on network bandwidth consumption. New to vSphere
Replication in vSphere 6.5 to further improve efficiency is the option to compress
HOL-1911-02- replicated data as it is sent across the network. It is now possible to easily isolate
network traffic associated with vSphere Replication. This enables vSphere
SDC administrators to control bandwidth by configuring more than one network interface

card in a vSphere Replication virtual appliance and by using vSphere Network I/O
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Control to separate network traffic. The result is improved performance and security.
SDC - Getting Started with Enhancements have been made to the way vSphere Replication performs a full
synchronization. Previous versions of vSphere Replication requested and compared
vSphere with Operations remote checksums with local checksums to determine the regions of a virtual disk
that had to be replicated. With some storage platforms and vSphere 6.5, vSphere
Manager Replication can query vSphere for storage allocation information, to reduce the
Module 1 - vCenter Server  amount of time and network bandwidth required to perform a full synchronization.
vSphere Replication is fully compatible with VMware vSphere Storage vMotion at both
Appliance as a First Choice the source and target locations. Prior to vSphere 6.0, moving a replica at the target
location required vSphere Replication to perform a full synchronization. With vSphere
(60 minutes) 6.0, migrating a replica with vSphere Storage vMotion no longer requires this. That
Module 2 - Next Generation  makes it much easier to balance storage utilization with vSphere Storage vMotion and
VMware vSphere Storage DRS while avoiding RPO violations. Improvements have also
Management Clients (45 been made to VMware Tools for Linux virtual machines. With some Linux OSs,
VMware Tools features the ability to quiesce the guest OS during replication and
Minutes) backup operations. vSphere Replication can utilize this new functionality to enable file

system–consistent recovery of Linux virtual machines.
Minutes) Virtual Volumes

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
1/20/2019  Virtual Volumes (VVOL)
VMware is a Labs
Hands-on new- integration and management framework that
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virtualizes SAN/NAS arrays, enabling a more efficient operational model that is
HOL-1911-02- optimized for virtualized environments and is centered on the application instead of
the storage infrastructure. Currently, storage management is generally LUN-centric,
SDC or volume-centric. With VVOL's, we can manage our storage based on the

requirements of the application.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Virtual Volumes simplifies operations through policy-driven automation that enables
SDC - Getting Started with more agile storage consumption for VMs and dynamic adjustments in real time. It
simplifies the delivery of storage service levels to individual applications by providing
vSphere with Operations finer control of hardware resources and native array-based data services that can be
instantiated with per VM granularity.
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Some of the key features are:
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Simplifies Storage Operations - Virtual Volumes simplifies storage operations
by automating manual tasks and eliminating operational dependencies between
the VI Admin and the Storage Admin that have traditionally added complexity.
(60 minutes) Provisioning is faster and change management is simpler as the new operational
model is built upon policy-driven automation.
Module 2 - Next Generation  Simplifies the Delivery of Storage Service Levels - Virtual Volumes simplifies
the delivery of storage service levels to applications by providing administrators
Management Clients (45 with finer control of storage resources and data services at the VM level that can
be dynamically instantiated and controlled in real-time.
Minutes)
Improves Resource Utilization - Virtual Volumes improves resource utilization
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  by enabling more flexible consumption of storage resources, when needed and
with greater granularity. The precise consumption of storage resources eliminates
with vRealize Operations (30 overprovisioning.
For more on Virtual Volumes (VVOL), take the "HOL-1827-01-HCL VMware Storage
Minutes)
Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy Based Management" lab.
vRealize Log Insight (30 Managing Your Storage

Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  vRealize Operations Manager has various tools that will assist you in managing your
storage. Alerts that will identify when there are problems in the environment,
Basics (60 Minutes) dashboards that will allow you to monitor your environment proactively, and out of

the box reports that can be fully customized.

Task Bar
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes) 2. Click the '-' button to zoom out to 90%
Module 5 - Administration  This will provide more viewing space while still allowing you to read the text.

Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Log into vRealize Operations Manager
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Click the "vROps" bookmark in Google Chrome. Insure you are connecting to
"vrops-01a.corp.local".
2. In sure the "Authentication Source:" is "Local Users".
3. Type admin in the User name field.
Minutes) 4. Type VMware1! in the Password field.
5. Click the "Log in" button.
Module 5 - Administration  Note: All of the user credentials used in this lab are listed in the README.TXT file on
Basics (60 Minutes) the desktop.



Navigate to Dashboards
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(60 minutes)
1. Click on Dashboards
Module 2 - Next Generation  2. Click on the All Dashboard dropdown menu
3. Check the Operations checkbox

Minutes)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  vSphere Datastores Dashboard

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)

vRealize Operations has numerous dashboards that we can use to help manage our
infrastructure, including our storage.
1. Under the Dashboards list, click on Datastore Usage Overview.
vSphere Datastores Dashboard - Exploring content

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(60 minutes)

Module 2 - Next Generation  When we open the vSphere Datastore Dashboard, we will see a view of the Datastore
data via a heatmap dashboard widget. Dashboards remain a very powerful way to
Management Clients (45 depict objects/metrics in your environment and illustrate the interaction between
different objects/metrics.
Minutes)

The Datastore Heatmaps widget depicts "Commands per Second" and "Total Latency"
Module 3 - Getting Familiar organized by Virtual Machine. The heat map is a powerful two dimensional view. The
size of the block represents the first metric (Commands per Second). The color
with vRealize Operations (30 represents the second metric (Total Latency). We can quickly see that while some
VMs do have more disk activity, the latency for all the VMs fairly low. In the lab
Minutes)
environment we are all good and there is no need to do any form of redistribution.
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. It might not look like there is much value in just looking at a heatmap, because
there is no visible data displayed. To see the data, hover or click on a box which
vRealize Log Insight (30 represents a specific Virtual Machine. In the screen capture, Virtual Machine db-
Minutes) 01a was selected and we get back information about the metrics displayed along
with the cluster compute resource associated with this VM.
Module 5 - Administration  2. We could easily click the Show Sparkline link to drill down even further. Because
this is a lab environment, the sparklines will not have any data to show as the VMs
Basics (60 Minutes) will not have been running long enough. In an environment where vROPs has had
the chance to collect data for a while, these sparklines will populate with a
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  historical line graph.
Operations Overview
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(60 minutes)

1. Under Dashboards click on Operations Overview
Minutes)

with vRealize Operations (30 Operations Overview - Widget Types

Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
This Dashboard has a number of different types of widgets including:
1. Scoreboard which shows the current value for each metric of an object you select
2. Object List - In this case this widget is being used to populate some of the other
widgets. We will discuss this further in the next step.
3. Health Chart - shows the Health, Risk Efficiency, or custom metric for a selected
object or objects
4. Alert Volume - A trend report of alerts generated for an object
1/20/2019  5. Top-N widgets
VMware -Hands-on
DisplayLabs
the- top-n (in this case 15) results from analysis of an
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object or objects.
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There are more than 45 widget types to select from when building custom
SDC dashboards. Custom dashboards do require Advanced or Enterprise versions of
vRealize Operations.
vSphere with Operations Operations Overview - Exploring Widget Interaction

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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)


At times, interacting with one widget will effect the output of another widget. In this
vRealize Log Insight (30 case:
Minutes) 1. The Select a Datacenter Object List widget would allow to change the focus of
the other widgets on this dashboard if you had more than one datacenter.
Module 5 - Administration  Selecting another datacenter in the Select a Datacenter (DC) widget would
change the:
Basics (60 Minutes) 2. Cumulative Up-TIme of all Clusters (in selected DC)
3. Alert Volume (in selected DC)
Native vSAN Management
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(60 minutes)

vSAN Management is natively integrated with the latest versions of vRealize
Minutes) Operations Manager.
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  1. The lab environment does not use vSAN, however clicking on the vSAN Operations
Overview or the Optimize vSAN deployments would provide you important
information to help you manage any vSAN clusters that are in use.
For additional visibility into your storage environment, the vRealize Operations
Minutes) Management Pack for Storage Devices (MPSD) can be installed on any Advanced or
Module 4 - Introduction to  Enterprise edition of vRealize Operations Manager. The Management Pack can
connect to any storage device that has a VASA provider, and SAN/NAS Switches from
Brocade or Cisco using SMI-S. Performance Data is collected from Host HBA’s, NIC,
VMs, and SAN/NAS switches.
Minutes) MPSD provides visibility into your storage environment. Using Common Protocols to
Module 5 - Administration  collect performance and health data from the storage devices. Pre-defined
dashboards allow you to follow the path from a VM to the storage volume and identify
Basics (60 Minutes) any problem that may exist along that path. There is no visibility beyond the storage
path unless additional vendor hardware storage management packs are installed and
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  these again would require Advanced or Enteprise editions of vRealize Operations
Manager. Here are some of the benefits of MPSD:
End to End view of the data path through the SAN and NAS; from VM to Storage
Volume
Support for both NFS/iSCSI and FC/FCoE protocols
Access to Storage devices leveraging standardized protocols; CIM, SMI-S, & VASA
Ready to use dashboards for Health and Performance
Analytics for common APD and PDL storage conditions
Note: Management Packs allow for extensibility of vRealize Operations Manager.

Management Packs dealing with infrastructure components require Advanced or
Enterprise editions of vROps. There are also application level management packs for
SQL, Oracle and others. Application level management packs require the Enterprise
edition of vROPs.


Build and Manage your Virtual Infrastructure -
HOL-1911-02- Scale Out

SDC
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  vSphere with Operations Manager is suitable for small environment and scales up to
meet the demands of large enterprises. With a scale up and scale out architecture
SDC - Getting Started with vSOM can grow with your environment. The flexible architecture allows for
geographical deployments.
Manager

Module 1 - vCenter Server  vCenter Server - Configuration Maximums

vCenter Server - architected to provide larger than ever scale for the biggest
virtual environments:
(60 minutes) Hosts per vCenter Server System: 2,000
Powered-on Virtual Machines per vCenter Server System: 25,000
Module 2 - Next Generation  Hosts per Cluster: 64
Virtual Machines per Cluster: 8,000
Note: Click on the link for a complete list of current vSphere v6 Configuration
Minutes) Maximums (https://configmax.vmware.com/guest). Guidance for future releases are
provided at GA (General Availability).
Minutes) vRealize Operations - Architecture Overview Video

Module 4 - Introduction to  (3:30)
vRealize Log Insight (30 vRealize Operations - Architecture Overview

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
vRealize Operations Manager - Configuration

Maximums
vRealize Operations (vROps) provides a scalable cluster/node architecture that can
scale to the largest of environments.
1/20/2019  Maximum 120,000
VMware Objects
Hands-on Labs -- HOL-1911-02-SDC
10 times better than 5.8.x!!! (12,000 objects in 5.8.x)
Maximum 16 node cluster (1 master and 15 data nodes). With HA it would be 1
HOL-1911-02- master, 1 replica master and up to 14 data nodes.
HA requires DOUBLE the nodes, but there is still a 16 node maximum. HA
SDC reduces maximum objects to 60,000.

Maximum 50 Certified Remote Collectors per cluster.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Maximum 30 Adapter Instances per cluster.
Maximum 200 certified concurrent users.
Note: Configuration maximums apply to vRealize Operations v6.1 and v6.2. Guidance
vSphere with Operations for future releases are provided at GA (General Availability).
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vRealize Operations - Scalability Video (3:03)

(60 minutes) vRealize Opertaions - Scalability

Minutes)

Minutes)
Minutes)
Conclusion
Basics (60 Minutes) This module walked you through many of the daily management tasks that are
performed by virtualization administrators world wide on a daily basis. You learned
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  various ways to create, edit, and manage Virtual Machines. You also learned about the
various types of storage that Virtual Machines can leverage, and the tools that
vSphere with Operations Management provides to help you monitor that storage.
Finally you learned about vSphere's scalability.
We hope you have enjoyed taking this module and have a better understanding of
using vSphere 6.5. Be sure to take the survey at the end.

If you are looking for additional information on administering and managing vSphere
with Operations Management, try one of these:
1/20/2019  Click on VMware
this linkHands-on
for a playlist of videos that describe many of the enhancements
HOL-1911-02- (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymLY4xJSThoK0Ff_zqTMRNf3au1EMkV_)
You may also explore VMware 6.5 Feature Walkthrough
SDC (https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-5) which will step you

through a number of the new features in vSphere 6.5 so you can explore them at
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 your pace.
Consider taking 1811-03-SDC vSphere with Operations Management: Advanced
SDC - Getting Started with Topics to learn how to perform additional, advanced administration tasks,
including management of storage, networking and the Content Library.
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  This module will cover deployment models, management, and availability of the
Appliance as a First Choice also discuss the interoperability between the vCenter Server Appliance and
(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  module will cover the next generation of HTML5-based management clients. First
Minutes) next generation of vSphere Client using HTML5.

Module 3 - Getting Familiar this section we will highlight a few of the major interface components, so that you
can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to
with vRealize Operations (30 data, as well as Data Visualizations using Dashboards and Reports.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  VMware's log management and analysis tool.

vRealize Log Insight (30 basic administration of a vSphere environment. Topics will include management
Minutes) Module 6 - Upgrading vCenter (30 minutes) (Basic) This module will help you

Module 5 - Administration Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration (30 minutes) (Basic) This
Basics (60 Minutes) vCenter Server Appliance. Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance decreases
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  complexity, simplifies management, and removed the need for an external
How to End Lab
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
SDC - Getting Started with clicking on the END button.
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Module 6 - Upgrading

Appliance as a First Choice vCenter (30 Minutes)
(60 minutes)
Module 2 - Next Generation  Introduction

Minutes)
Lesson 1: Upgrading vCenter - This lesson will outline the tasks and methods to
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  upgrade an existing vSphere environment to vSphere 6.5.

Minutes) Upgrading vCenter
Module 4 - Introduction to  vSphere provides many options for upgrading your vSphere deployment. For a
successful vSphere upgrade, you must understand the upgrade options, the
Minutes) configuration details that impact the upgrade process, and the sequence of tasks.
This module will discuss how to upgrade vCenter Server to the latest version using
Module 5 - Administration  the standard upgrade workflows. Due the time required to upgrade an environment,
we will only be discussing each upgrade path.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Overview of the vCenter Server Upgrade Process

VMware provides many options to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.7.
You can upgrade or migrate your vCenter Server version 6.0 or later installation to
version 6.7 using the method that best addresses your deployment goals and
requirements. You will not be able to upgrade directly to vCenter Server 6.7 from
vCenter Server 5.5 or earlier. You must first upgrade to vCenter Server version 6.0.
vCenter Server High-level Upgrade Tasks
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(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Select your upgrade:

Minutes)

Upgrade existing vCenter Server Appliance
Module 5 - Administration Upgrade existing vCenter Server on Windows
Migrate vCenter Server on Windows to vCenter Server Appliance (This will be
Basics (60 Minutes) covered in "Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration")
vCenter Server Supported Upgrade Methods

If you plan to run vCenter on a Physical Server on Windows, verify your hardware
meets the necessary to requirements to run vCenter.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) Installer

The GUI installer provides a two-step upgrade method using OVF and the vCenter
Server Appliance Management GUI. The first step deploys an unconfigured Platform
Services Controller appliance or vCenter Server Appliance as an OVF file. The second
1/20/2019  step uses the vCenter
VMware Server
Hands-on Appliance
Labs Management GUI to configure the new
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
appliance using the source deployment data.
HOL-1911-02-

SDC

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Command Line Interface (CLI) Installer
The CLI installer provides advanced users with a CLI method for upgrading the
SDC - Getting Started with vCenter Server Appliance or migrating vCenter Server on Windows to an appliance.
You can upgrade or migrate to vCenter Server Appliance configurations using
vSphere with Operations customized CLI templates.
Manager
Appliance as a First Choice Migration Assistant Interface for Migrating vCenter

Server (6.0 or 6.5) on Windows to vCenter Server
(60 minutes)
Appliance 6.7
Module 2 - Next Generation  When you migrate a legacy vCenter Single Sign-On, Platform Services Controller, or
vCenter Server on Windows to an appliance using the Migration Assistant interface.
Management Clients (45 You can use either the GUI method or the CLI method to migrate the legacy Windows
installation data to a target appliance (This will be covered in "Module 7 - vCenter
Minutes) Server Appliance Migration").

Minutes)
vCenter Server Components and Services
vCenter Server 6.7 provides a centralized platform for management, operation,
Module 4 - Introduction to  resource provisioning, and performance evaluation of virtual machines and hosts.
When you upgrade to vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller,
vRealize Log Insight (30 or to vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller,
vCenter Server, the vCenter Server components, and the services included in the
Minutes)
Platform Services Controller are deployed on the same system.
Module 5 - Administration  When you upgrade to vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller, or
deploy the vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller,
Basics (60 Minutes) vCenter Server and the vCenter Server components are deployed on one system, and
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  the services included in the Platform Services Controller are deployed on another
system.
The following components are included in the vCenter Server and vCenter Server
Appliance installations:
The VMware Platform Services Controller group of infrastructure services contains

vCenter Single Sign-On, License service, Lookup Service, and VMware Certificate
Authority.
The vCenter Server group of services contains vCenter Server, vSphere Web
Client, vSphere Auto Deploy, and vSphere ESXi Dump Collector. vCenter Server for
Windows also contains the VMware vSphere Syslog Collector, while the vCenter
Server Appliance uses the built-in Rsyslog service of the Linux OS.
1/20/2019  vCenterVMware
Server Upgrade Compatibility
HOL-1911-02- The upgrade to vCenter Server affects other software components of the data center.
vCenter Server 6.7 can manage ESXi version 6.0 hosts in the same cluster with the
SDC next version ESXi.
As mentioned at the beginning of this module, you cannot upgrade to vCenter Server
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  6.7 from vCenter Server 5.5 or earlier. You must first upgrade to vCenter Server
version 6.0 or 6.5.

Conclusion
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  This module introduced you to some of the considerations you will have
Appliance as a First Choice when upgrading from a previous version of vSphere to vSphere 6.5
(60 minutes)


Management Clients (45 Congratulations on completing Module 6.
Minutes) If you are looking for additional information on upgrading for vSphere 6.5, try one of

these:
Module 3 - Getting Familiar Click on this link for a playlist of videos that describe many of the enhancements
with vRealize Operations (30 and new features in vSphere 6.5: VMware vSphere 6.5 Youtube videos.
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymLY4xJSThoK0Ff_zqTMRNf3au1EMkV_)
Minutes) You may also explore VMware 6.5 Feature Walk through

(https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-6-5) which will step you
Module 4 - Introduction to through a number of the new features in vSphere 6.5 so you can explore them at
your pace.
vRealize Log Insight (30 Consider taking 1811-03-SDC vSphere with Operations Management: Advanced
Topics for further information on some of the topics we considered in this
Minutes)
module. Specifically consider Module 5 which discusses how to use Autodeploy to
Module 5 - Administration  perform this upgrade.

Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  This module will cover deployment models, management, and availability of the
module we will introduce you to some of the main features of vRealize Log
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1/20/2019  VMware's log management
VMware Hands-on Labs and analysis tool.
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HOL-1911-02- basic administration of a vSphere environment. Topics will include management
SDC Module 6 - Upgrading vCenter (30 minutes) (Basic) This module will help you

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration (30 minutes) (Basic) This
SDC - Getting Started with vCenter Server Appliance. Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance decreases
Manager Module 8 - High Availability and Business Continuity (60 minutes) (Basic) In
Module 1 - vCenter Server  vSphere environment for high availability including vCenter Server, the Platform
Appliance as a First Choice resilient during network failures and follow a Business Continuity demonstration
(60 minutes)

Management Clients (45 How to End Lab
Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  If this is the last module you would like to take in this lab, you may end your lab by
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Module 7 - vCenter Server

Basics (60 Minutes) Appliance Migration (30
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Minutes)
Introduction
Lesson 1: Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: vCenter Server Appliance

Migration - This simulation will walk you through using the built-in migration
process to upgrade and migrate various vSphere with Operations Management
components to 6.7.

Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: vCenter
HOL-1911-02- Server Appliance Migration

SDC
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  The purpose of this module is to demonstrate how to upgrade and migrate a
“Windows vCenter Server 5.5” with a local “SQL Server Database” connected to an
SDC - Getting Started with external “Windows SSO Server” to the new “vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)” with a
“vPostgres Embedded Database” connected to an external “Platform Services
vSphere with Operations Controller (PSC)”.
Manager You can accomplish this by using the Migration Assistant for vSphere 6.5, which is
initiated separately on the source Windows vCenter Server and Windows Single Sign-
Module 1 - vCenter Server  On Server respectfully.
Please note: VMware recently announced vCenter Server Migration Tool:

vSphere 6.0 Update 2m. This is a separate release from the Migration Assistant
(60 minutes) for vSphere 6.5 we are discussing in this module. During 2013, VMware released the
VCS to VCVA Converter Fling based on a winning idea from the annual Fling contest.
Module 2 - Next Generation  The VCS to VCVA Converter Fling allowed customers to migrate their entire Windows
vCenter Server 5.5 which included configuration, inventory, historical data, and
Management Clients (45 identity to a vCenter Server Appliance 5.5. While the VCS to VCVA Converter Fling was
able to address our needs for an end to end migration tool, it was released with a
Minutes)
subset of features. This allowed for quicker availability of the Fling and customer
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  feedback. VMware took its learning from the VCS to VCVA Converter Fling improving
and adding more features, resulting in vSphere 6.0 Update 2m.
with vRealize Operations (30 A key difference between these two releases is vSphere Update Manager 5.5 /
6.0 is able to be upgraded and migrated to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 using
Minutes)
the Migration Assistant for vSphere 6.5. This is because vSphere Update
Module 4 - Introduction to  Manager will run on the vCenter Server Appliance version 6.5.

Minutes)
Migration Process Overview
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02- Migrating a Windows vCenter with an external SSO to the new vCenter Server
Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller is a 2-step process. If you
SDC choose to, the process will enable you to migrate everything (Configuration, events,
tasks, and performance metrics) to the new vCenter Server Appliance. This is optional
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  and may impact migration's length of time to complete.
Prior to this tool, a manual migration like this would result in a new Universal Unique
SDC - Getting Started with Identifier (UUID) and new Managed Object Reference (MoRef) ID, thus causing
challenges for external applications.
This vCenter Server Appliance migration process consists of two stages (for
Manager each source):
Module 1 - vCenter Server  • Stage 1: Deploy a fresh appliance / OVF
• Stage 2: Setting up the appliance server

This simulation will go through each stage of the vCenter Server Appliance
(60 minutes) Migration which is too time-consuming and resource intensive to do live in
Module 2 - Next Generation  the lab environment.
1. Click here to open the interactive simulation. (http://docs.hol.vmware.com/hol-

Management Clients (45 isim/HOL-2019/hol-1911-02-vcentermigration.htm) It will open in a new browser
window or tab.
Minutes)

2. When finished, click the "Return to the lab" link or close the window to continue
Module 3 - Getting Familiar with this lab.
Minutes) Conclusion
Module 4 - Introduction to  In this module you were able to step through the migration process to move
to vSphere 6.5. The built in migration tool greatly simplifies this process as
Minutes) compared to previous versions of vSphere.
Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Congratulations on completing Module 7.
If you are looking for additional information on vCenter Server Appliance Migration,
try one of these:
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymLY4xJSThro4OL4w3PGSwsKi4zKT3Rs)

1/20/2019  Module VMware
2 - Next Generation
Hands-on Management Clients (45 minutes) (Basic) This
HOL-1911-02- well discuss the VMware Host Client which enables vSphere Administrators to
SDC enhancements made to the current vSphere Web Client as well as introduce the

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Module 3 - Getting Familiar with vRealize Operations (30 minutes) (Basic) In
SDC - Getting Started with can easily navigate the Product UI. Focusing on the new simplified UI, less clicks to
Manager module we will introduce you to some of the main features of vRealize Log Insight,
VMware's log management and analysis tool.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Module 5 - Administration Basics (60 minutes) (Basic) This module will cover
Appliance as a First Choice of vSphere clusters, virtual machines, ESXi hosts, storage, and networking.
(60 minutes) decide on an upgrade path for moving to the latest version vCenter Server.
Module 2 - Next Generation  Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration (30 minutes) (Basic) This
Management Clients (45 vCenter Server Appliance. Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance decreases
Minutes) database for vCenter Server.

Module 3 - Getting Familiar this module vSphere Administrators will learn how to deploy and configure a
with vRealize Operations (30 Services Controller, and virtual machines. You'll also explore how vSphere is also
Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  How to End Lab
Basics (60 Minutes)

Module 8 - High Availability

and Business Continuity (60
Minutes)

Introduction
HOL-1911-02-
SDC This Module contains the following lessons:
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Lesson 1: vCenter Server High Availability Overview - Introduces you to the new
High Availability feature for the vCenter Server Appliance.
Lesson 2: Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: vCenter HA - You will step
through configuring High Availability for the vCenter Server Appliance
vSphere with Operations Lesson 3: Demonstrate resilience to network component failures - Demonstrates
how vSphere can use virtual networking constructs to protect against network
Manager component failures.

Lesson 4: vSphere Replication - Introduces vSphere Replication and lets you know
Module 1 - vCenter Server where to go for more information.

(60 minutes) vCenter Server High Availability Overview
Management Clients (45 The next release of vCenter introduces a native option to protect a vCenter Server
deployment from hardware failures
Minutes)
High availability (HA) involves setting up a vCenter Server passive node and a witness
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  node in addition to the vCenter Server active node that you are trying to protect.
vCenter Server HA provides a much improved HA experience. This lab will explain
with vRealize Operations (30 vCenter Server HA
Minutes)
vCenter Server High Availability

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02-
The high availability setup involves setting up a vCenter Server passive node and a
SDC Witness node in addition to the vCenter Server active node that you are trying to
protect. The three nodes form the vCenter Server HA cluster.
vSphere with Operations Basic and Advanced Workflows for vCenter Server HA
There are two workflows that can deploy vCenter server HA – Basic & Advanced. The
Manager Basic workflow can be used in most circumstances such as when a vCenter Server is
Module 1 - vCenter Server  self-managed (i.e. the vCenter Server is managing the hosts that itself is running on)
or if it is running under another management vCenter Server that is part of the same
SSO Domain. As its name suggests, this workflow is very simple and creates the
Passive and Witness nodes automatically. It also creates DRS anti-affinity rules if DRS
(60 minutes) is enabled on the destination cluster and uses Storage DRS for initial placement if
enabled. There is some flexibility built into this workflow such that users can choose
Module 2 - Next Generation  specific destination hosts, datastores, and networks for each node. But the idea is
that this is a very simple, easy way to get a vCenter HA cluster up and running.
The alternative is the Advanced workflow. This workflow can be used when the Active,
Minutes) Passive, and Witness nodes are to be deployed to different clusters, vCenter Servers
that are not part of the same SSO Domain, or even other data centers. This process
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  requires the administrator to manually clone the source vCenter Server for the
Passive and Witness nodes and then place those nodes in the desired locations with
with vRealize Operations (30 the appropriate IP address settings. This is certainly a more involved process but
allows for greater flexibility for those customers who require it.
Minutes)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
The graphic above breaks down when to use the Basic or Advanced workflows to
enable vCenter HA. Remember that these two workflows produce an identical
solution. There is no additional functionality gained by using the advanced workflow.
The Basic workflow should be used whenever possible as it is really the easy button
for enabling vCenter Server HA. There is far more work when performing the
Advanced workflow.

HOL-1911-02- vCenter High Availability Additional Information

For more information in VCHA, please refer this lightboard
SDC (https://youtu.be/Z8VeYMxcSBM)) video. Also, the next lesson will walk you through
configuring VCHA using a simulation.

vCenter Server Appliance: Platform Services
Controller High Availability (PSC HA)
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  The vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 introduces a native option to protect a vCenter
Server deployment from failures in hardware, hosts, and vCenter Appliance services.
The Platform Services Controllers (PSC) will also support High Availability natively, but
(60 minutes) do require an external load balancer when configuring external Platform Services
Module 2 - Next Generation  Controllers for High Availability. In this lab, we have provided an Interactive
Simulation (iSIM) on configuring High Availability for the vCenter Server Appliance.
Also configuring the Platform Services Controllers for High Availability is an advanced
Management Clients (45 task, so we have only provided some basic architectural information about this
Minutes) configuration.

Platform Services Controller High Availability (PSC HA)
Minutes) In a few pages from this one, we have an Interactive Simulation (iSIM) on configuring
Module 4 - Introduction to  vCenter Server High Availability, it contains the previous version of the vSphere Web
Client. So be aware in the simulation after clicking on the vCenter server, we then click
on the Manage tab instead of the Configuration tab that is in the new version. There
vRealize Log Insight (30 will be some name differences as well as what is in the pages that will look different
Minutes) between the old and newer version of the vSphere Web Client. But the setup is
essentially the same process.
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) We are also providing Platform Services Controller High Availability (PSC HA) which

means you will need to use a third-party load balancer to get High Availability (HA) for
Module 4 - Introduction to your Platform Services Controller (PSC) infrastructure.
vRealize Log Insight (30 The PSC will operate more like DNS, where each vCenter will now know where all the
Platform Services Controllers are in it’s domain. In the event that any Platform
Minutes) Services Controllers service fails, then the vCenter will automatically fail over to the
Module 5 - Administration  next Platform Services Controller. The diagram above shows how this works. The large
arrows are where the vCenter is affinitized to (where it was installed against). If a
Platform Services Controller fails, the vCenter can fail over through one of the dotted
Basics (60 Minutes) lines to another Platform Services Controller.
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  The High Availability mode is realized when the vCenters and Platform Services
Controllers are all at the same functional level (everything is at same major build
level). You can operate in mixed mode but PSC HA won’t be operational.
For more detailed information on how to configure High Availability for the Platform
Services Controllers along with the vCenter Server Appliance 6.7, refer to this VMware
KB article here (https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2147018).
NOTE: Links in the lab manual are for reference only and the Hands On Lab
environments MAY NOT be connected to the internet. So we are unable to access
them in most cases, however we can save the link by taking note of the web address
or taking a picture with the camera on a cellular phone.

1/20/2019  vSphereVMware
WebHands-on
Client (Newest Version)
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager
Module 1 - vCenter Server  NOTE: In this lesson, we are only referring the screen captures and not actually
looking at and manipulating anything in the lab environment you are currently
Appliance as a First Choice working in.
(60 minutes) Depending on what version of the vSphere Web Client we may be looking at, we will
see some slight differences such as names of tabs and buttons in the main content
Module 2 - Next Generation  pane. In this particular lesson where we are discussing the configuration of High
Availability for the vCenter Server:
Management Clients (45 1. We see that the tab name is called Configure to get to the configuration section
Minutes) for vCenter Server High Availability. (in the new version the tab is called Manage)
2. Then once we click on vCenter HA, we then click on the Configure button. (in the
old client the button is called New Configuration)

Minutes)
vSphere Web Client (Previous Version)
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
In the Interactive Simulation (iSIM) that we will watch shortly, we have the previous
version of the vSphere Web Client than what is currently in the lab environment:
1. The simulation has us click on the vCenter Server and then the Manage tab. (in
the new client the tab is called the Configure tab)
2. Then we will select vCenter HA and click on the New Configuration button to
start to configure High Availability. (in the new client the button is called
Configure)

HOL-1911-02- Hands On Labs - Interactive Simulation (iSIM): vCenter

Server High Availability
SDC Now we are going to launch the Interactive Simulation (iSIM). This simulation will walk

us through the configuration of vCenter Server High Availability. Once finished with
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 the Interactive Simulation (iSIM), please return to this page of the lab manual to
continue with this module.
Interactive Simulation (iSIM): vCenter Server High Availability - CLICK HERE
vSphere with Operations TO START THE INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (iSIM)
(http://docs.hol.vmware.com/hol-isim/HOL-2018/hol-1811-02-vcenterha.htm)
Manager

NOTE: The current video was recorded with the previous version of the vSphere Web
Module 1 - vCenter Server Client. So you will see some the tab names and screens are slightly different from the
most current version of the vSphere Web Client. Also, when in the Interactive
Appliance as a First Choice Simulation (iSIM) where it has you type something into a text field, it will enter in the
proper text for you no matter what you try to type into the text fields.
(60 minutes)


vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services
Minutes) Controller High Availability Overview Complete

Although this was a brief overview of the architecture associated to setting up
Module 3 - Getting Familiar external Platform Services Controllers in High Availability, we hope that the options for
vCenter Server architecture makes more sense now as to why and how you may
with vRealize Operations (30 architect a vSphere environment based on individual needs.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Demonstrate resilience to network component

vRealize Log Insight (30 failures
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  This lab shows how to use the VMware vSphere web client to enable and configure
network redundancy to protect the systems against network failures.
Basics (60 Minutes)

Task Bar

1/20/2019  Gain screen space in Chrome by zooming out
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  1. Select the Options menu in Chrome.

Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes) Login to vCenter
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes)


Module 4 - Introduction to Firstly let’s look at the status of the lab and the Platform Services Controller
vRealize Log Insight (30 configuration:
Login in to RegionA vCenter and verify it is operating as expected

Minutes)

1. Click on link in Favorites Bar - RegionA - RegionA vSphere Client (Flash)
Module 5 - Administration 2. Check the Use Windows session authentication checkbox
3. Click Login
Basics (60 Minutes)

Navigate to Hosts and Clusters
HOL-1911-02-
1. First, go to the "Home" button

SDC 2. Select "Hosts and Clusters"

Verify the Teaming and failover virtual switch
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) 1. Ensure you are on the Networking navigation tab.

2. Expand vcsa-01a vCenter and Click VM-RegionsA01-vDS-COMP.
Module 4 - Introduction to 3. Select the Configure tab.
4. Click the Policies under Settings section.
vRealize Log Insight (30 5. Observe the Teaming and Failover configuration for the VM Network
portgroup.
Minutes)

Here we can see that the portgroup has been configured to distribute the network
Module 5 - Administration traffic across all available uplinks using the Route based on originating virtual
port policy. It will detect a network failure only if a link is declared down at the layer 2
Basics (60 Minutes) level. We can also see that if an uplink comes back online again after a failure, it will be
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  automatically added to the network team.
Verify the virtual switch uplinks configuration on the

hosts
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager


(60 minutes)
1. Ensure you are on the Hosts and Clusters navigation tab.
Module 2 - Next Generation  2.

3.
Click esx-01a.corp.local under RegionA01 cluster
Select the Configure tab.
Management Clients (45 4. Under Networking, select Virtual switches from the menu.
5. click RegionA01-vDS-COMP
Minutes) 6. Expand the first and the second uplink of the VM-RegionA01-vDS-COMP01

virtual switch
Module 3 - Getting Familiar 7. Confirm that the app-01a VM is running, and if it isn't, start it.
with vRealize Operations (30 From that screen you can easily observe that there are two active uplinks for
RegionA01-vDS-COMP on that host. The first uplink is vmnic0. As we can see, the
Minutes) Management Network, the Storage Network and the vMotion Network rely on the two

uplinks to communicate with storage, other ESXi hosts and allow remote
Module 4 - Introduction to management.
vRealize Log Insight (30 We will simulate an uplink failure, where one of the two uplinks will get disconnected.
Minutes)
Simulate and network link failure

Basics (60 Minutes)

1/20/2019  Using the vSphere
VMware Web Client,
Hands-on Labswe can easily trace the network interfaces being used
- HOL-1911-02-SDC
by a virtual machine for example. In this case we can see that virtual machine app-
HOL-1911-02- 01a has network traffic being routed through vmnic0 and vmnic1.
SDC


Test network connectivity
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)


Minutes)
1. Click the Command Prompt icon on the ControlCenter Desktop.
Module 4 - Introduction to  2. Type ping 192.168.110.104 -t and press Enter.
3. Confirm that you are receiving a response from app-01a.
Let the ping command continue sending requests.
Minutes)

Basics (60 Minutes) Connect to the ESXi host
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
1. Click the Putty icon on the ControlCenter Desktop.

with vRealize Operations (30 2. Select esx-01a.corp.local in the Saved Sessions list.
3. Click Load
Minutes) 4. Click Open

Minutes) Change the link status of the uplink vmnic0
Basics (60 Minutes)

1/20/2019  Type VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02- esxcli network nic down -n vmnic0
SDC and press Enter.

Network response time
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)

Minutes) Switch back to the Command Prompt and stop the ping command by pressing CTRL-C

Scroll up until you can spot slightly longer response time. In this example we were
Module 4 - Introduction to consistently getting our response under 1ms. At the moment we disabled the uplink,
the response time increased to 2ms.
Please note that because of the HOL environment, you may not see a ping with a
Minutes) delayed response.

Basics (60 Minutes)
Taking note of the error message
Switch back to Chrome
1. Select RegionA01-COMP01.
2. Click on the Summary tab.
1/20/2019  3. ObserveVMware
the error message
Hands-on Labs -being displayed.
HOL-1911-02-SDC
HOL-1911-02-

SDC
Verify the uplink state on the host
Manager

(60 minutes)

Minutes)
1. Select esx-01a.corp.local.
2. Select the Configure tab.
Minutes) 3. Click Virtual switches.
4. Select RegionA01-vDS-COMP.
Module 4 - Introduction to  5. Scroll to see the uplinks status.
Here we can see that the state of the uplink is being reflected on that screen.

Minutes)

Module 5 - Administration  Physical adapter status
Basics (60 Minutes)
HOL-1911-02-
SDC
Manager

(60 minutes)


Minutes) 1. Click on Physical adapters
Module 3 - Getting Familiar  2. Select vmnic0

3. Observe the detailed information for the vmnic0 that we disabled.
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Change the link status of the uplink vmnic0 back to
normal
Minutes)
Basics (60 Minutes)
Type
esxcli network nic up -n vmnic0
HOL-1911-02-
and press Enter.
SDC
Conclusion
This concludes the Teaming and Failover lesson.
vSphere with Operations We were able to successfully demonstrate the vSphere is able to transparently
Manager balance network traffic and failover in the advent of a network link failure.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Lesson clear up - please close the command prompt and putty session.

(60 minutes)
vSphere Replication
Module 2 - Next Generation  VMware vSphere Replication is a hypervisor-based, asynchronous replication solution
Management Clients (45 for vSphere virtual machines. It is fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server and the
vSphere Web Client. vSphere Replication delivers flexible, reliable and cost-efficient
Minutes) replication to enable data protection and disaster recovery for all virtual machines in

your environment.
VMware Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) solutions drive
with vRealize Operations (30 automation, efficiency, data protection, and validation of an organization's enterprise-
level BC/DR strategy. Learn how to reduce downtime and increase availability for your
Minutes) applications and services with Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
Module 4 - Introduction to  For a deeper level of understanding of Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and vSphere
Replication, please consider the following lab: HOL-1805-01-SDC: Site Recovery
vRealize Log Insight (30 Manager - Data Center Migration and Disaster Recovery.
Minutes)
Module 5 - Administration  Conclusion

Basics (60 Minutes)
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  This module introduced you to the tools and features that you have access to
that will help you ensure that your virtual infrastructure stays available
through a variety of use cases and scenarios. It discussed the new High
Availability feature for the vCenter Server Appliance. It also showed you you
could protect your network against failure, and this in introduced some
advanced Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery topics.

If you are looking for additional information on High Availability and Business
Continuity, try one of these:
1/20/2019  Click on VMware
this linkHands-on
for a playlist of videos that describe many of the enhancements
HOL-1911-02- (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymLY4xJSThro4OL4w3PGSwsKi4zKT3Rs)
Consider taking 1805-01-Site Recovery Manager - Data Center Migration and
SDC Disaster Recovery for additional ways and options for protecting your virtual

infrastructure.
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 Proceed to any module below which interests you most.
SDC - Getting Started with Module 1 - vCenter Server Appliance as a First Choice (60 minutes) (Basic)
Manager also discuss the interoperability between the vCenter Server Appliance and
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Module 2 - Next Generation Management Clients (45 minutes) (Basic) This
Appliance as a First Choice well discuss the VMware Host Client which enables vSphere Administrators to
(60 minutes) enhancements made to the current vSphere Web Client as well as introduce the
Module 2 - Next Generation  next generation of vSphere Client using HTML5.

Management Clients (45 this section we will highlight a few of the major interface components, so that you
Minutes) data, as well as Data Visualizations using Dashboards and Reports.

Module 3 - Getting Familiar module we will introduce you to some of the main features of vRealize Log Insight,
VMware's log management and analysis tool.
with vRealize Operations (30 Module 5 - Administration Basics (60 minutes) (Basic) This module will cover
Minutes)
Module 4 - Introduction to  Module 6 - Upgrading vCenter (30 minutes) (Basic) This module will help you
vRealize Log Insight (30 Module 7 - vCenter Server Appliance Migration (30 minutes) (Basic) This
Minutes) vCenter Server Appliance. Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance decreases

Module 5 - Administration database for vCenter Server.
Basics (60 Minutes) this module vSphere Administrators will learn how to deploy and configure a
Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  vSphere environment for high availability including vCenter Server, the Platform
How to End Lab
HOL-1911-02- If this is the last module you would like to take in this lab, you may end your lab by
SDC
Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  Conclusion

vSphere with Operations Thank you for participating in the VMware Hands-on Labs. Be sure to visit
http://hol.vmware.com/ (http://hol.vmware.com/) to continue your lab experience
Manager online.
Module 1 - vCenter Server  Lab SKU: HOL-1911-02-SDC
Version: 20181104-125235
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Minutes)
Minutes)
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Module 4 - Introduction to  module of your choosing.

Lab Module List:

Module 1 - vCenter Server Appliance as a First Choice (60 minutes) (Basic)

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Lab Captains:

Modules 1-8 Peter Kieren (Sr. Solutions Engineer)

Location of the Main Console

Module 1 - vCenter Server 

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent 

Click and Drag Lab Manual Content Into Console Active

HOL-1911-02- Drag and Drop Text Feature

Module 1 - vCenter Server 

Module 2 - Next Generation 

Management Clients (45

Minutes) Accessing the Online International Keyboard

Module 3 - Getting Familiar 

Module 5 - Administration  Click once in active console window

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent 

1. Click once in the active console window.

SDC Click on the @ key

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02 

Module 1 - vCenter Server 

Management Clients (45

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Activation Prompt or Watermark

with vRealize Operations (30

This cosmetic issue has no effect on your lab.

Look at the lower right portion of the screen

Module 1 - vCenter Server 

Module 2 - Next Generation 

Module 3 - Getting Familiar 

with vRealize Operations (30

Module 4 - Introduction to  Appliance as a First Choice

Appliance as a First Choice

Module 4 - Introduction to  There are several other general improvements:

VMware Update Manager is now part of the vCenter Server Appliance

Module 5 - Administration  vRealize Operations Manager integration.

vSphere Update Manager Web Client

It is also recommended to complete HOL-1911-03-SDC "vSphere with

HOL-1911-02- What's new in vSphere Update Manager 6.7

Management Clients (45

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Update Manager Web Client

with vRealize Operations (30

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent 

vRealize Log Insight (30

Minutes) Update Manager Utility

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent  Update Manager (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-

vCenter Server and

Lab Overview - HOL-1911-02  (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-

Module 1 - vCenter Server  vCenter Server Availability

Module 3 - Getting Familiar 

Module 6 - Upgrading vCent 

vSphere with Operations

Manager Roles for each type of node in a vCenter HA cluster

(60 minutes) Passive Node:

Module 3 - Getting Familiar  Witness Node:

Serves as a quorum node

vRealize Log Insight (30

Module 5 - Administration  How does vCenter Server High Availability work?

vRealize Log Insight (30 Platform Services Controller Topologies &

vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller

SDC vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services

Module 1 - vCenter Server 

Module 2 - Next Generation 