VMware VSphere 6.5 – How To Create Professional Lab
Learn how to setup your advanced, comprehensive VMware lab environment
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What others say
- Building a LAB is bit more complicated than I thought it would be. Really good course that helped me to build my own advanced LAB. Thank you!
- Good course, good explanaition, and the instructor knows about all he is speaking
overview
VMware vSphere is the most popular platform for deploying virtualized workloads. In this course you will learn how to setup your own advanced vSphere LAB that you can utilize for learning about VMware vSphere, testing advanced products like VMware vSAN or NSX or you can use this lab for preparation to your VCP exam.
is this course reight for me?
Have you ever wondered how to set-up your own VMware vSphere infrastructure? What components are necessary for building advanced vSphere LAB? I have designed this course to cover all aspects of your LAB deployment from the scratch.
what is covered
We will start with basic information regarding hardware for your LAB. I will use dedicated server from third-party service provider to support our LAB. We will deploy virtual router that will be used for connecting your LAB to outside, public network and provide several networking features for our LBA. You will also learn how to setup your supporting Microsoft environment for your LAB where you will learn how to setup your Active Directory and iSCSI storage server that will host our shared storage. Then we will work on the configuration of our master ESXi server in terms of advanced networking and storage. And finally, we will setup several virtualized ESXi servers that will together with VMware vCenter server forms your advanced LAB.
am i going to be bored?
I have tried to be as practical as possible. I will show you everything in real world. No PowerPoint how-to but real hands-on experience with the configuration itself.

course introduction
- Course overview
- About author
- Should I take this course?
- Lab overview
Prerequisites
- Introduction
- Overview
- Dedicated servers
- Microsoft trial software
- VMware trial software
- Virtual routers
Installation
- Introduction
- Overview
- Default installation
- Hardware Compatibility List
- Custom image creation
- Custom installation
Master ESXi configuration
- Introduction
- Overview
- ESXi IP configuration
- ESXi initial setup
- Storage overview and configuration
- Storage performance workaround
- Network overview and configuration
- ISO installation files upload
- Virtual router installation
- Virtual router configuration
- Management station installation
Preparing virtual LAB environment
- Introduction
- Overview
- Domain controller installation
- Management station AD integration
- iSCSI storage server installation
- iSCSI storage server configuration
- Virtualized ESXi virtual machine
- Virtualized ESXi installation
- Virtualized ESXi configuration
- Virtual router advance configuration
- vCenter server installation
- vCenter server initial configuration