VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale Lab Manual ESXi 7 and vCenter Server 7

Contents Lab 1 Accessing the Lab Environment ........................................................ 1 Task 1: Access Your Lab Environment .............................................................................. ...

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 Task 4: Add ESXi Hosts to vCenter Server............................................................................ 4 Lab 2 Configuring vSphere Distributed Switch ............................................6 Task 1: Create a Distributed Switch ...................................................................................... 6 Task 2: Add ESXi Hosts to the Distributed Switch.................................................................. 8 Task 3: Examine Your Distributed Switch Configuration......................................................... 9 Task 4: Migrate VMs to Another Distributed Switch Port Group ............................................10 Lab 3 Managing vSphere Distributed Switches ..........................................12 Task 1: Add a New Port Group to VDS ................................................................................ 12 Task 2: Enable the VDS Health Check ................................................................................. 13 Task 3: Investigate the VDS Health Check Status ................................................................. 14 Task 4: Remediate the VDS Issue ....................................................................................... 14 Task 5: Disable the VDS Health Check Service..................................................................... 15 Task 6: Back Up the VDS Configuration .............................................................................. 15 Lab 4 Using Port Mirroring...................................................................... 16 Task 1: Prepare to Capture Mirrored Network Traffic ............................................................ 16 Task 2: Configure Port Mirroring on the Distributed Switch................................................... 18 Task 3: Verify That Port Mirroring Is Capturing Traffic........................................................... 19 Task 4: Restore the Distributed Switch Configuration .......................................................... 20 vi Lab 5 Using Policy-Based Storage ............................................................21 Task 1: Add Datastores for Use by Policy-Based Storage...................................................... 21 Task 2: Use vSphere Storage vMotion to Migrate a VM's Storage......................................... 23 Task 3: Configure Storage Tags ......................................................................................... 23 Task 4: Create VM Storage Policies.................................................................................... 24 Task 5: Assign Storage Policies to VMs .............................................................................. 25 Lab 6 Creating vSAN Storage Policies...................................................... 29 Task 1: Examine the Default Storage Policy......................................................................... 29 Task 2: Create a Custom Policy with No Failure Tolerance................................................... 30 Task 3: Assign the Custom Policy to a VM ........................................................................... 31 Task 4: Make the VM Compliant ........................................................................................ 32 Task 5: Create an Invalid Storage Policy............................................................................. 33 Lab 7 Working with Certificates ............................................................... 35 Task 1: Examine the Machine SSL Certificate....................................................................... 35 Task 2: Generate a CSR for the Custom Certificate.............................................................. 37 Task 3: Request a Custom Certificate................................................................................. 39 Task 4: Replace the Current Certificate with a Custom Certificate.......................................... 41 Lab 8 Configuring Identity Federation to Use Microsoft ADFS ................... 45 Task 1: Configure vCenter Server Identity Provider Federation............................................. 45 Task 2: Add Permissions to vCenter Server for an AD Account ............................................ 48 Task 3: Log In to vCenter Server Using an AD Account ....................................................... 49 Lab 9 Assigning a vSphere Trust Authority Administrator...........................51 Task 1: Assign a vSphere Trust Authority Administrator ........................................................ 51 Lab 10 Enabling and Configuring vSphere Trust Authority......................... 52 Task 1: Preconfigure the Environment................................................................................ 52 Task 2: Export the TPM Certificate and ESXi Image Metadata .............................................. 53 Task 3: Export the Trusted User Principal ........................................................................... 55 Task 4: Enable vSphere Trust Authority Services................................................................. 55 Task 5: Import the Trusted Host Information to the Trust Authority Cluster ........................... 56 Task 6: Create a Trusted Key Provider on the Trust Authority Cluster ................................... 57 Task 7: Export the Trust Authority Cluster Settings .............................................................. 59 Task 8: Import the Trust Authority Cluster Settings into the Trusted Hosts Cluster................. 59 Task 9: Configure the Trusted Key Provider for the Trusted Hosts Cluster ............................ 60 vii Lab 11 Encrypting a VM with a Trusted Key Provider.................................. 62 Task 1: Encrypt a VM with a Trusted Key Provider ............................................................... 62 Lab 12 Using Host Profiles ....................................................................... 65 Task 1: Preconfigure ESXi Hosts......................................................................................... 65 Task 2: Create and Export a Host Profile ............................................................................ 68 Task 3: Import a Host Profile ............................................................................................. 69 Task 4: Duplicate and Edit a Host Profile............................................................................ 70 Task 5: Attach an ESXi Host to a Host Profile....................................................................... 71 Task 6: Run an Initial Compliance Check .............................................................................72 Task 7: Introduce a Configuration Drift............................................................................... 73 Task 8: Run a Compliance Check and Remediate the Configuration Drift.............................. 74 Task 9: Detach the Host Profile ......................................................................................... 76 Lab 13 Creating Content Libraries ............................................................ 77 Task 1: Create a Local Content Library................................................................................. 77 Task 2: Upload Data to the Content Library........................................................................ 78 Task 3: Create a Subscribed Content Library ...................................................................... 79 Task 4: Create a Subscription for VM Templates .................................................................. 81 Task 5: Clone a Template to the Local Library...................................................................... 81 Task 6: Synchronize the Content Libraries.......................................................................... 82 Task 7: Deploy a VM from the Subscribed Content Library .................................................. 83 Task 8: Clean Up for the Next Lab ..................................................................................... 84 Lab 14 Managing Resource Pools............................................................. 85 Task 1: Maintain VMs......................................................................................................... 85 Task 2: Create CPU Contention ......................................................................................... 87 Task 3: Create Resource Pools .......................................................................................... 88 Task 4: Verify Resource Pool Functionality......................................................................... 89 Lab 15 Monitoring CPU Performance........................................................ 91 Task 1: Run a Single-Threaded Program in a Single-vCPU VM .............................................. 91 Task 2: Start esxtop and View Statistics.............................................................................. 92 Task 3: Record Statistics for Case 1: Single Thread and Single vCPU..................................... 93 Task 4: Run a Single-Threaded Program in a Dual-vCPU VM............................................... 94 Task 5: Record Statistics for Case 2: One Thread and Two vCPUs ........................................ 95 Task 6: Run a Dual-Threaded Program in a Dual-vCPU VM ................................................. 95 viii Task 7: Record Statistics for Case 3: Two Threads and Two vCPUs ....................................... 96 Task 8: Analyze the Test Results ........................................................................................ 96 Lab 16 Monitoring Memory Performance.................................................. 97 Task 1: Generate Database Activity in the Test VM .............................................................. 97 Task 2: Check for Overcommitment of VM Memory............................................................. 98 Task 3: Configure esxtop to Report VM Memory Statistics ................................................... 98 Task 4: Observe Memory Statistics..................................................................................... 99 Task 5: Start a Memory Test on ResourceHog01 and ResourceHog02................................ 100 Task 6: Record Memory Statistics ......................................................................................101 Task 7: Clean Up for the Next Lab..................................................................................... 102 Lab 17 Monitoring Storage Performance................................................. 103 Task 1: Prepare to Run Tests ............................................................................................ 103 Task 2: Measure Continuous Sequential Write Activity to a Virtual Disk on a Remote Datastore .......................................................................................................................... 104 Task 3: Measure Continuous Random Write Activity to a Virtual Disk on a Remote Datastore105 Task 4: Measure Continuous Random Read Activity to a Virtual Disk on a Remote Datastore106 Task 5: Measure Continuous Random Read Activity to a Virtual Disk on a Local Datastore ...106 Task 6: Analyze the Test Results ....................................................................................... 107 Lab 18 Monitoring Network Performance ............................................... 108 Task 1: Prepare to Monitor Network Performance..............................................................108 Task 2: Prepare the Client and the Server VMs ..................................................................109 Task 3: Measure Network Activity on an ESXi Physical Network Interface..............................111 Task 4: Use Traffic Shaping to Simulate Network Congestion................................................111 Task 5: Position the Client and the Server on the Same Port Group...................................... 112 Task 6: Restart the Test and Measure Network Activity ....................................................... 114 Task 7: Stop the Test and Analyze Results .......................................................................... 115 Task 8: Clean Up .............................................................................................................. 115 Answer Key........................................................................................... 116