Title EDU-EN-VSICM8-LAB-IE.pdf ✅

VMware® Education Services VMware, Inc. www.vmware.com/education VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] Lab Manual Robusta Technology & Training

www.vmware.com/education Typographical Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this course. Conventions Usage and Examples Monospace Identifies command names, command options, parameters, code fragments, error messages, filenames, folder names, directory names, and path names: • Run the esxtop command. • ... found in the /var/log/messages file. Monospace Bold Identifies user inputs: • Enter ip a. Boldface Identifies user interface controls: • Click the Configuration tab. Italic Identifies book titles: • vSphere Virtual Machine Administration < > Indicates placeholder variables: • • ... the Settings/.txt file Robusta Technology & Training
iv Contents Lab 1 Accessing the Lab Environment .......................................................................................1 Task 1: Access the Student Console............................................................................................................................. 1 Task 2: Log In to an ESXi Host with VMware Host Client................................................................................... 2 Task 3: Log In to vCenter with the vSphere Client................................................................................................ 4 Lab 2 Configuring an ESXi Host.................................................................................................. 6 Task 1: Add an ESXi Host to an LDAP Server......................................................................................................... 7 Task 2: Log In to the ESXi Host as an LDAP User................................................................................................. 8 Task 3: Activate the SSH and vSphere ESXi Shell Services.............................................................................. 9 Task 4: Configure the ESXi Host as an NTP Client.............................................................................................. 10 Lab 3 Adding vSphere Licenses ................................................................................................. 11 Task 1: Add vSphere Licenses to vCenter ...............................................................................................................12 Task 2: Assign a License to the vCenter Instance ................................................................................................13 Lab 4 Creating and Managing the vCenter Inventory ......................................................15 Task 1: Create a Data Center Object..........................................................................................................................16 Task 2: Add Two ESXi Hosts to the Inventory ......................................................................................................17 Task 3: View Information About the ESXi Hosts ...................................................................................................19 Task 4: Configure an ESXi Host as an NTP Client............................................................................................... 20 Task 5: Create a Folder for the ESXi Hosts.............................................................................................................21 Task 6: Create Folders for VMs and VM Templates ...........................................................................................22 Lab 5 Adding an Identity Source ..............................................................................................23 Task 1: Add vclass.local as an LDAP Identity Source .........................................................................................23 Lab 6 Users Groups and Permissions .....................................................................................25 Task 1: View LDAP Users ...............................................................................................................................................26 Robusta Technology & Training