VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop

• An understanding of virtualization fundamentals
• Experience with VMware vSphere or similar platforms
• Familiarity with basic networking and storage concepts

Audience

• IT infrastructure administrators
• System engineers
• Technical support personnel responsible for VMware environments

VMware vSphere is a leading virtualization platform used to build resilient IT infrastructure.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to gain practical skills in identifying and resolving issues in VMware vSphere environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Diagnose and resolve common problems related to virtual machines and vSphere services.
• Use VMware tools to analyze and fix performance and configuration issues.
• Troubleshoot virtual networking and storage configurations.
• Perform root cause analysis in production environments.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction to VMware vSphere Troubleshooting

• Overview of vSphere architecture
• Troubleshooting methodology and tools
• Best practices for issue tracking and resolution

Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

• Common VM power-on failures
• Snapshot issues and recovery
• Guest OS performance diagnostics

Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi Hosts

• vCenter Server service and database issues
• ESXi host connectivity and management issues
• Logs and CLI diagnostic tools

Virtual Networking Troubleshooting

• vSwitch and distributed switch configurations
• Network performance and connectivity issues
• Firewall and port group isolation problems

Virtual Storage Troubleshooting

• Datastore connection and latency problems
• VMFS and NFS mount errors
• Storage path and multipathing issues

Clusters and Resource Management Issues

• HA/DRS cluster behavior
• Resource contention and overcommitment
• Affinity rules and impact

Performance and Monitoring Tools

• vSphere Performance Charts
• esxtop and resxtop usage
• Proactive alerting and metrics analysis

Summary and Next Steps