• Explain basic virtualization concepts 
• Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure 
• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage 
• Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts 
• Describe the ESXi host architecture 

Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi host 

Recognize ESXi host user account best practices 

Install an ESXi host 

Use VMware Host Client™ to configure ESXi host settings 

Describe how to proactively manage your vSphere environment using VMware Skyline 

• Create and provision a virtual machine 
• Explain the importance of VMware Tools™ 
• Install VMware Tools 

• Identify the files that make up a VM 
• Recognize the components of a VM 
• Recognize virtual devices supported by a VM 
• Describe the benefits and use cases for containers 
• Identify the parts of a container system 

• Describe the vCenter Server architecture 
• Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server 
• Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance 

• Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory 
• Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server 
• Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory 
• Back up vCenter Server Appliance 
• Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health 

• Use VMware vCenter Server® High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance 

• Create and manage standard switches 
• Describe the virtual switch connection types 

• Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policies 
• Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches 

• Identify storage protocols and storage device types 
• Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage 

• Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores 
• Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage 
• Recognize the components of a VMware vSAN™ configuration 

• Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines 
• Modify and manage virtual machines 
• Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library 
• Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine 
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations 

• Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility feature 
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots 
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™ 
• Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Data Protection 

• Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment 
• Describe what overcommitment of a resource means 
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage 
• Use various tools to monitor resource use 

• Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events 

• Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster 
• Create a vSphere DRS cluster 

• Monitor a vSphere cluster configuration 
• Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available 
• Explain the vSphere HA architecture 
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster 
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance 

• Describe the function of the vSphere® Cluster Service 

• Getting Started 
• Making a reusable budget model template 
• Creating dynamic titles 
• Output 1: Calculating Cash Required for Budgeted Asset Purchases 
• Output 2: Calculating Budgeted Depreciation 

• Useful life 
• Written-down date  
• The depreciation schedule for the current year 
• Depreciation in prior periods  
• Output 3: Calculating the Written-Down Value of Assets for the Balance Sheet.