VMware vSphere: Advanced Fast Track (VAFT)

• Systems administrators, systems engineers, consultants, or help desk personnel who need the knowledge, skills, and abilities to troubleshoot performance, configuration, or operational problems in vSphere deployments.

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Datacenter Administration (VCAP4-DCA)

Completion of one of the following courses:

• VMware vSphere 5: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 5.0) (VICM)
• VMware vSphere 5 Fast Track Boot Camp (VVFT)
• VMware vSphere 5: What´s New (VIWN)

Or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server

At the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:

• Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of VMware ESX™/ESXi hosts
• Diagnose performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host
• Apply guidelines for monitoring application performance
• Use the VMware vSphere Client and command-line utilities to diagnose and rectify ESX/ESXi, VMware vMotion™, VMware Storage vMotion, VMware High Availability, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, and virtual machine power-on problems
• Use ESXi technical support mode to diagnose and rectify problems on ESXi
• Create and use a network packet capture utility to capture and display virtual switch network traffic

This fast-paced, extended-hour, lab-intensive course includes the content of the VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance (VMP) and VMware vSphere 4: Troubleshooting (VSTS) courses. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and meet performance goals in a deployed VMware vSphere™ installation. This course also provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the vSphere virtual infrastructure. This course includes a prepaid voucher for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Datacenter Administrator examination.