vSphere OSS Labs 8.0
Gain hands-on experience needed to gain advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure
About this course
Labs Expiring - VMware End of Life and Replacement
Due to the Termination of VMware IT Academy by Broadcom the VMware labs are now end of life (EOL) and
should no longer be used after August 2025.
Replacement Labs
NDG Proxmox VE 8: Setup and Management labs
- Replacement for VMware vSphere ICM
NDG Proxmox VE 8: Advanced Administration and Optimization
- Replacement for VMware vSphere OSS
Termination of VMware IT Academy by Broadcom
Broadcom VMware has terminated the VMware IT Academy and Academic
Software License programs. In accordance with our Broadcom agreements, NDG will support VMware ICM and OSS
labs until the required termination. All VMware IT Academy labs will be completely removed from NDG services
August 2025.
In our continued commitment to supporting learners and academic institutions, NDG is providing alternative
virtualization learning options. The
NDG Proxmox VE 8: Setup and Management labs
and
NDG Proxmox VE 8: Advanced Administration and Optimization
enable academic institutions to transition from VMware while continuing
to teach virtualization effectively.
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Instructor-led Only
VMware vSphere OSS Labs 8.0 is not available to self-paced learners.
This content is offered as instructor-led only and requires VMware IT Academy participation.
If you are a learner, ask your instructor if your institution is a VMware IT Academy. Please contact your instructor for enrollment and purchasing instructions.
Lab Details
NDG VMware vSphere Operate, Scale and Secure 8.0. These labs provide the hands-on experience needed to gain advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.
Lab 01: Accessing the Lab Environment
Lab 02: Configuring a Centralized VMware Tools Installation Repository
Lab 03: Deploying vSphere Replication for a Single VM
Lab 04: Configuring Replication for a Single VM
Lab 05: Managing Resource Pools
Lab 06: Enabling vCLS Retreat Mode
Lab 07: Configuring vSphere Distributed Switch
Lab 08: Managing vSphere Distributed Switches
Lab 09: Using Port Mirroring
Lab 10: Viewing a vSAN Datastore Configuration
Lab 11: Using Policy-Based Storage
Lab 12: Creating vSAN Storage Policies
Lab 13: Using Host Profiles
Lab 14: Working with Certificates
Lab 15: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Lab 16: Using Alarms
Lab 17: Configuring Lockdown Mode
Lab 18: Configuring Identity Federation to Use Microsoft ADFS
Lab 19: Configuring vCenter to Work with a NKP
Lab 20: Creating an Encrypted Virtual Machine
What's in this course
Certification Resources: The VMware vSphere OSS 8.0 Labs map to the VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization 2023 Certification. The VCP-DCV 2023 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
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