H46DGS | HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software, Rev. 26.11

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HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software, Rev. 26.11 (0001215541)

H46DGS

Course ID	H46DGS
Duration	3 days
Format	ILT/VILT
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Overview

This course exposes you to HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software. It focuses on the full lifecycle of the VM Essentials environment from initial requirements, architecture, and installation of the solution, to the operation, management, security, and troubleshooting of the infrastructure.

Course ID	H46DGS
Duration	3 days
Format	ILT/VILT
Schedule, pricing & registration
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Audience

This course is ideal for any HPE partner, customer, or employee who needs to learn how to describe, position, recommend, demonstrate, set up, and configure virtualized environments using HPE solutions to meet an SMB customer’s business and technology requirements.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should have fundamental knowledge of IT concepts, including compute, storage, networking, and cloud computing.

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Provide an overview of VM Essentials by evaluating trends in virtualization markets, and differentiate and describe VM Essentials features
Examine, analyze, and evaluate VM Essentials architecture and networking requirements
Describe VM Essentials deployment and configuration
Prepare VM Essentials for operations and examine its interfaces
Integrate VM Essentials with VMware infrastructure
Summarize and discuss security and troubleshooting options

Certifications and related exams

This course prepares you for the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software exam.

Course outline

Module 1: HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Introduction	Evaluate trends and strategies in virtualization markets Competitor offerings Modern virtualization architecture Differentiate and describe VM Essentials features, benefits, and licensing Value proposition Feature comparisons HPE solutions combined with VM Essentials
Module 2: HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Architecture	Examine VM Essentials and its components HVM hypervisor and logical architecture Components features and operations HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software console HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software manager appliance Analyze different networking deployment options for VM Essentials Network types Network bonding Logical network view Network setup examples Network traffic flow Evaluate different storage deployment options for VM Essentials Storage types overview, including pros and cons Directory pool datastores NFS GFS2 HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 integration MPIO and non-MPIO network configurations Explain the concept of integration with VMware by Broadcom Components Cloud sync
Module 3: HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Deployment and Initial Configuration	Describe the prerequisites and steps for VM Essentials installation Host requirements Installation sequence Install and configure VM Essentials using an integrated installer HPE Unified ISO Installer HVM installation and configuration process VM Essentials console installation and configuration process VM Essentials manager installation and upgrade steps Discuss how to set up a shared datastore NFS GFS2
Module 4: Using HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software	Prepare VM Essentials for operations Groups Clouds Clusters Explore and use VM Essentials interface, including Operations Provisioning Library Infrastructure Backup Tools AdministrationTopic
Module 5: Integrating HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software with VMware Infrastructure	Integrate and manage VMware components with VM Essentials VMware Cloud VMware resources Cloud synchronization Provisioning VMware VMs Migrate VMware virtual machines to VM Essentials Migration overview and prerequisites Preparation process Creating a migration plan Migration
Module 6: HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Security and Troubleshooting	Explain security options in VM Essentials Identity sources Roles and permissions Discuss VM Essentials troubleshooting options and CLI management Cluster monitoring Logs Instance history HPE Support Center Typical issues with troubleshooting guidance, including with the CLI

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Lab Outline

Lab 1: Exploring HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software	Exercise 1: Exploring the VM Essentials interface
Lab 2: Creating a Group, Cloud, and HVM Cluster	Creating a group using the VM Essentials interface Creating a cloud using the VM Essentials interface Creating a cluster using the VM Essentials interface Expanding an existing HVM cluster
Lab 3: Storage Management for an HVM Cluster	Creating an NFS data store for an HVM cluster Creating a GFS2 data store for an HVM cluster Creating a File Share for an HVM cluster Creating a Storage Bucket for an HVM cluster Migrating VM Essentials manager to the shared storage
Lab 4: Images and Instances Management	Uploading supported images to VM Essentials Exercise 2: Configuring an IP pool VM Essentials Deploying instances using available images to VM Essentials Adding a node to an existing instance Creating and changing the service plan for an existing instance Migrating a virtual machine to a different node Creating a snapshot for a virtual machine Adding a virtual disk to an existing virtual machine Testing affinity and anti-affinity rules Maintaining hosts Testing high availability features of VM Essentials
Lab 5: Integrating with VMware Infrastructure	Preparing VMware inventory Integrating VMware with VM Essentials Managing VMware virtual machines with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software interface Integrating HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software with VMware content library Preparing Windows virtual machines for migration Migrating multiple Windows virtual machines from VMware to VM Essentials Deploying VMware Linux machines Migrating VMware Linux machines to VM Essentials
Lab 6: Security and Troubleshooting	Creating a custom role and user Using logs in VM Essentials Managing the environment using the CLI Creating and restoring a backup Testing VM Essentials manager HA Removing a node from an HVM cluster

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