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VMware® Education Services VMware, Inc. www.vmware.com/education VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8] Lab Manual

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 ipconfig /release. Boldface Identifies user interface controls: • Click the Configuration tab. Italic Identifies book titles: • vSphere Virtual Machine Administration < > Indicates placeholder variables: • • ... the Settings/.txt file
iv Contents Lab 1 Accessing the Lab Environment .......................................................................................1 Task 1: Access Your Lab Environment......................................................................................................................... 1 Task 2: Verify That the vSphere Licenses Are Valid............................................................................................. 2 Task 3: (Optional) Assign Valid vSphere Licenses ................................................................................................. 3 Lab 2 Configuring a Centralized VMware Tools Installation Repository.....................5 Task 1: Preconfigure the Environment......................................................................................................................... 5 Task 2: Copy the VMware Tools Packages to a Datastore............................................................................... 7 Task 3: View the ESXi Advanced Settings................................................................................................................ 8 Task 4: Recreate the /productLocker Symlink ....................................................................................................... 9 Lab 3 (Simulation) Deploying vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Instances.11 Task 1: Lab Simulation.........................................................................................................................................................11 Lab 4 (Simulation) Configuring Replication for a Single VM...........................................12 Task 1: Lab Simulation........................................................................................................................................................12 Lab 5 Managing Resource Pools................................................................................................13 Task 1: Reconfigure VMs ..................................................................................................................................................13 Task 2: Create CPU Contention....................................................................................................................................15 Task 3: Create Resource Pools.....................................................................................................................................16 Task 4: Verify Resource Pool Functionality.............................................................................................................17 Task 5: Knowledge Check...............................................................................................................................................19 Lab 6 Enabling vCLS Retreat Mode .........................................................................................21 Task 1: Enable vCLS Retreat Mode and Monitor vCLS VMs.............................................................................21 Task 2: Revert the Changes ..........................................................................................................................................22