VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.0] is a fast-paced, 5-day, hands-on admin course focused on VMware vSphere 8, including ESXi 8 and vCenter 8. You’ll learn how to stand up and manage a vSphere environment end-to-end, hosts, vCenter inventory, networking, storage, VMs, clusters, and lifecycle management, so you can confidently support production virtualization in organizations of any size.

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Why Take VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training in Maryland?

For Maryland/DC/VA organizations, vSphere skills are still a core requirement across government, defense contractors, healthcare, higher ed, and enterprise IT—especially for teams running private cloud and hybrid infrastructure.

TrainACE’s partner program ensures:

• Instructor-led + lab-first delivery that mirrors real admin workflows (not just slides).
• Convenient for DMV-area teams that need consistent, repeatable operations (patching, HA/DRS clusters, VM migrations, permissions).
• Ideal for group training: standardize vSphere operations across your admins/engineers (same build approach, same troubleshooting approach).

Who Needs VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training?

This course is a strong fit for:

• System Administrators
• System Engineers
• Virtualization Administrators
• Infrastructure Administrators / Engineers
• Data Center Technicians / Admins (who manage compute/storage/network platforms)

What Are the Benefits of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training?

By the end of the week, students can typically:

• Install/configure ESXi and deploy/configure vCenter
• Build usable vSphere inventory with roles/permissions and operational visibility (logs/events)
• Create standard + distributed switches, configure policies, and troubleshoot common connectivity issues
• Stand up storage (VMFS/NFS/iSCSI) and manage datastores
• Provision/administer VMs, templates, content libraries, and migrations (vMotion/Storage vMotion)
• Configure clusters with HA and DRS, and understand when to use Fault Tolerance
• Use Lifecycle Manager to keep hosts/tools/VM hardware up to date

What You Need to Know Before Taking VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training

Recommended background includes:

• System administration experience on Windows or Linux Helpful (not required, but you’ll move faster)
• Basic networking concepts (switching/VLANs), storage concepts (NFS/iSCSI/FC), and familiarity with server hardware and remote management.

How Long Does VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Training Take?

This course spans 5 full days, combining expert-led lectures with lab-based learning that reinforces real-world administrative tasks.

How Hard is the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Course?

Moderate-to-challenging if you’re new to virtualization, but very manageable for IT pros with Windows/Linux admin experience. Expect a lot of hands-on configuration and “why did that fail?” troubleshooting, exactly the kind of thinking you need on the job. (The lab outline is extensive, which is a good signal that this is not a “watch-and-forget” class.)

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Exam and Certification Requirements

This course is positioned as a foundation for VMware’s data center virtualization track and is commonly used as prep toward VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV).

Certification specifics can change over time, but EnterOne’s VCP-DCV guidance references the VMware vSphere 8.x Professional exam (2V0-21.23) and lists VSICM80 as a strongly recommended course for exam prep.