We have introduced combo course program of Linux and VMware vSphere to make you are eligible for fully Administrator job role. This Combo course will the  best  option  for  you  to  pursue  if  you’re looking  forward  to  establish  your  career  in  networking technology with a vast scope and growth.

This course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere 7.0, which includes VMware ESX 7.0 and VMware vCenter Server 7.0. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. It is the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data centre.

Course content

Linux Administration

Introduction to Linux

• Introduction to Linux
• Basics of Shell
• Basics of Kernel
• CentOS 8 installation and VBox additions
• Basic Linux Commands
• ECHO and EXPR command
• Set and unset a variable
• Header of a shell script (#!)

Labs: Executing basic Linux commands, Installing CentOS 8 on VirtualBox and adding guest additions to the installed OS.

 File Management

• Text editors and file creation
• Users, Groups and Processes
• Root and Linux file hierarchy
• Understanding file hierarchy
• Understanding file permissions
• chmod and chown commands
• the LS command
• Metacharacters
• Editing a file using VIM
• Displaying contents of a file
• Copy, Move and Remove files

Labs: Using VIM, Creating users and groups, Creating files and directories, Assigning file permissions and ownership using chmod and chown, Editing files in VIM.

Files and Processes

• Everything is a file in UNIX/Linux (files, directories, executables, processes)
• Process control commands (ps and kill)
• other process control tools (top, nice, renice).

Labs: Executing ps and kill commands on running services, Monitoring the OS using top.

Introduction to Shell Scripting

• What is shell scripting
• Types of shell
• Creating and writing a shell script
• Changing the permission of the shell script
• Executing the script
• Environment variables
• Defining a local and a global variable
• User input in a shell script.

Labs: Creating a shell script, Writing and executing the shell script, creating a local and a global variable, taking input from the user in a shell script.

Automating Programs

• Run Levels
• /etc/rc.d Files
• Customization of Run Levels
• cron and anacron
• at and batch

Login Options

• Console Logon
• Controlling Console Login
• Virtual Consoles
• Serial Login
• Remote Login
• ssh Login

Building a Custom Linux Kernel 

• Kernel Versions
• Kernel Source Files
• Kernel Patch Files
• Kernel Configuration
• Kernel Building
• Testing a New Kernel

The GNU/Linux Filesystem 

• Partition Types
• Filesystem Types
• Mounting
• Automount
• File Types
• File Security

Key Filesystem Locations

• Boot Files
• User Files
• Administrator Files
• Configuration Files
• Log Files

The /proc Pseudo Filesystem

• Process Info
• Kernel Config Info
• Hardware Info
• Changing /proc Info
• Sysctl

BASH – Borne Again Shell 

• Key /bin Commands
• Key /sbin Commands
• History
• man and info
• vi
• Using Shell Scripts

User Management 

• Users and Groups
• Home Directories
• Password Files
• PAM
• Quotas
• NIS Intro

Software Management 

• tar Files
• Patch Files
• RPM

Hardware Management

• Types of Devices
• /dev Namespace
• Modules

Database Connectivity

• Installing and configuring MySQL
• Securing MySQL
• Running Queries from terminal
• Running Queries from a shell script.

Labs: Downloading and installing MySQL, Connecting to MySQL from terminal, Querying directly from the terminal, Pushing the query result inside a file, CRUD operations from a shell script.

Network Management 

• Types of Network Devices
• Monitoring Network Devices
• Controlling Network Services
• xinted
• iptables

Network Services – Part I 

• DHCP
• DNS
• SSH

Network Services – Part II

• FTP
• NFS
• Samba

Network Services – Part III 

• Sendmail
• Apache
• Squid Proxy Server

The X Window System 

• X Servers and X Clients
• XFree86
• X Fonts
• GTK and KDE

Exam Practice

Installation Challenges

Configuration Challenges

Troubleshooting Challenges

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center

• Explain basic virtualization concepts
• Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage
• Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
• Describe the ESXi host architecture
• Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi host
• Recognize ESXi host user account best practices
• Install an ESXi host
• Use VMware Host Client™ to configure ESXi host settings
• Describe how to proactively manage your vSphere environment using VMware Skyline

Virtual Machines

• Create and provision a virtual machine
• Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
• Install VMware Tools
• Identify the files that make up a VM
• Recognize the components of a VM
• Recognize virtual devices supported by a VM
• Describe the benefits and use cases for containers
• Identify the parts of a container system

vCenter Server

• Describe the vCenter Server architecture
• Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
• Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
• Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server
• Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory
• Back up vCenter Server Appliance
• Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health
• Use VMware vCenter Server® High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance

Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Create and manage standard switches
• Describe the virtual switch connection types
• Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policies
• Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches

Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Identify storage protocols and storage device types
• Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
• Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Recognize the components of a VMware vSAN™ configuration

Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
• Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility feature
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™
• Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Data Protection

Resource Management and Monitoring

• Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment
• Describe what overcommitment of a resource means
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Use various tools to monitor resource use
• Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events

vSphere Clusters

• Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
• Create a vSphere DRS cluster
• Monitor a vSphere cluster configuration
• Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available
• Explain the vSphere HA architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
• Describe the function of the vSphere® Cluster Service

vSphere Lifecycle Management

• Recognize the importance of vCenter Server Update Planner
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ works
• Describe how to update ESXi hosts using baselines
• Validate ESXi host compliance using a cluster image
• Describe how to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware
• Describe VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ and VMware vSAN™ integration

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