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UdemyVMware Basics - vCenter Server Appliance VCSA
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Overview
A hands-on introduction to managing virtual machines with the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), covering the core administrative tasks IT professionals need to run a VMware environment day to day.
What You'll Learn
- Installing the vCenter Server Appliance and configuring Linked Mode with the Platform Services Controller
- Adding an ESXi host to a vCenter datacenter and cluster
- Cold migration and live migration (vMotion) of virtual machines
- Cloning a VM to another VM or to a VM template
- Creating customization specs for Linux and Windows VMs
- Deploying a new VM from a template and customization spec
Who It's For
Beginners looking to build practical VCSA administration skills, whether preparing for a virtualization role or managing an existing VMware infrastructure.
Key takeaway: a structured walkthrough of the exact workflows — migration, cloning, templating — that make day-to-day vCenter administration efficient.
About this course
This course will teach you about managing Virtual Machines with the vCenter Server Appliance or VCSA.
We will cover:
- Installation of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
- Linked Mode and the Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- How to Add an ESXi Host to a vCenter DataCenter and Cluster
- VM Cold Migration
- VM Live Migration (vMotion)
- Clone a VM to another VM
- Clone a VM to a VM Template
- Create a Customization Spec for a Linux VM
- Create a Customization Spec for a Windows VM
- Create a new VM from a Template and Customization Spec
Once you have completed this course please see my other courses on
- VMware vSphere Host Client
- Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)
- The History of the DataCenter - Mainframes to Virtualization
- NVIDIA GRID for Shared GPU and CUDA on VMware vSphere ESXi
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