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VMware vSphere 7: Build, Configure and Manage Like a Pro (Udemy.com)

VMware vSphere 7 Training for Beginners | Build a Complete Virtual Datacenter Lab | ESXi, vCenter & vSwitch

Created by: Ali Mansouri

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • VMware vSphere Foundation
  • Basics of Virtualization
  • Configure ESXi and vCenter
  • Configure Virtual Switches vSS & vDS
  • Configure Storage and Datastore
  • Upgrading vSphere 7
  • vCenter Features
  • Backing up VMs
  • Securing a vSphere 7 Deployment
  • Troubleshooting vSphere
  • vSphere 7 Monitoring Tools
  • Getting to know VMware vSAN concepts

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Course Description

Master VMware vSphere 7 | ESXi 7, vCenter Server 7, vSAN, Networking, Storage, Security & Monitoring | Complete Hands-On LAB Training

VMware vSphere is the foundation of modern datacenters and cloud infrastructure. Today, virtualization is everywhere, and understanding VMware vSphere is an essential skill for system administrators, virtualization engineers, cloud engineers, and IT professionals.

This comprehensive VMware vSphere 7 training course is designed to help you build real-world virtualization skills through intensive hands-on LAB practice. You will learn how to deploy, configure, manage, secure, monitor, troubleshoot, and back up VMware vSphere environments using VMware ESXi 7 and VMware vCenter Server 7.

*** If you have any questions or need help, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn. ***

What You Will Learn

VMware Networking

  • VMware Standard Switches (vSS)

  • VMware Distributed Switches (vDS)

  • NIC Teaming & Failover

  • Port Mirroring

  • Network I/O Control (NIOC)

  • Traffic Shaping

  • Private VLANs (PVLANs)

  • TCP/IP Stacks

  • NetFlow Configuration

VMware Storage

  • VMFS & NFS Datastores

  • iSCSI Storage

  • Fibre Channel (FC) & FCoE

  • VMware vSAN

  • VMware VVOLs

  • Storage Multipathing & Failover

VMware Security

  • VMware Single Sign-On (SSO)

  • Roles & Permissions

  • Hardening ESXi Hosts & Virtual Machines

  • Encrypted vMotion

  • Account Policies

  • Lockdown Mode

  • Firewall & Services Configuration

Deployment & Management

  • Install & Configure VMware ESXi 7

  • Deploy VMware vCenter Server 7

  • Deploy & Manage Virtual Machines

  • Templates & Cloning

  • Auto Deploy & Host Profiles

  • Content Libraries

  • VMware vCenter Converter

  • Working with VMX Files

Backup & Disaster Recovery

  • Virtual Machine Backup Strategies

  • Backup Using OVF Templates

  • Backup Using FileZilla

  • Installing Veeam Backup & Replication

  • Backup & Restore with Veeam

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

  • Restart ESXi Management Agents

  • Collect Diagnostic Logs

  • Generate Log Bundles

  • VMware ESXTOP Monitoring

  • Monitor vSphere with Veeam ONE

  • Monitor Virtual Machines & Hosts

  • Troubleshoot Common vSphere Problems

VMware vSAN Concepts

  • vSAN Architecture

  • vSAN Features & Benefits

  • Hybrid vs All-Flash

  • vSAN Use Cases

  • Software-Defined Storage Concepts

Complete Hands-On LAB Training

This course focuses heavily on practical, step-by-step LAB exercises designed to simulate real enterprise virtualization environments. You will build your own VMware infrastructure and gain experience with the same technologies used in production datacenters worldwide.

Course Includes

  • 8.5+ Hours of Practical Video Training

  • Downloadable LAB Files & Installation Media

  • VMware ESXi & vCenter Deployment LABs

  • VMware Networking & Storage Configuration

  • VMware Backup & Security LABs

  • Q&A Support

  • Valuable Resources & Links

What Makes This Course Different?

Instead of only teaching theory, this course gives you real operational experience managing VMware environments like an actual virtualization administrator.

You will learn:

  • How enterprise virtualization environments work

  • How to deploy highly available infrastructures

  • How to monitor and troubleshoot VMware systems

  • How to secure virtual infrastructures

  • How to manage VMware lifecycle operations

  • How to implement enterprise backup solutions

Who This Course Is For

  • VMware Beginners

  • System Administrators

  • Virtualization Engineers

  • Infrastructure Engineers

  • Network Engineers

  • Cloud Engineers

  • University Students

  • Anyone Preparing for VMware Certifications

Requirements

  • Basic Ethernet TCP/IP Knowledge

  • Basic Virtualization Knowledge

  • VMware Workstation Recommended for LAB Practice

Real Enterprise VMware Skills

This course prepares you to administer VMware environments of any size and serves as a strong foundation for advanced VMware technologies and software-defined datacenter concepts.

You will gain practical skills in:

  • ESXi Administration

  • vCenter Management

  • VMware Networking

  • VMware Storage

  • VMware Security

  • Backup & Recovery

  • Monitoring & Troubleshooting

  • VMware Lifecycle Management

Beginner-Friendly & Practical

The course is designed in a simple, practical, and easy-to-follow format so students can build confidence while learning enterprise VMware technologies from scratch.

PS: Check the Free Preview videos to learn more about the course and become familiar with my teaching style and accent.

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Instructor Details

Ali Mansouri

I’m Ali Mansoori, founder of Dynamips dot io and a certified instructor in Cisco, VMware vSphere, and Veeam VMCE technologies.

I’ve delivered thousands of hours of official live training to network engineers, system administrators, and IT professionals around the world.

My training goes beyond commands and certification theory. I focus on how technologies are actually deployed, operated, and troubleshot in real enterprise environment helping you bridge the gap between the lab and production.

Whether you're preparing for a certification, starting your IT career, or building deeper enterprise skills, my goal is simple: help you become a more confident, practical engineer.

Want to know more about my experience and background? Connect with me on LinkedIn: in/alimansoori

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Reviews

4.6

813 ratings on Udemy

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By Swapnil Gaikwad on 2/19/2024

Detail Explanation. More with all basic details has to be explain. If we take a name of any technical word related to the chapter. That has to explain what it does and there implementation

By Anonymized User on 12/6/2022

Since I was aware of VMWare 6.7, this course has really helped me to understand new features of v7. Really good way of explaining things.

By Quaseem on 10/18/2022

Good Course to learn for beginners who are trying to understand what VMware is, with hands on practice labs that give you idea about virtualization and deploying the bare metal onto servers , basics on managing storage and network management resources.

By Jorge Toledo on 10/5/2022

The course itself seems good. It covers a lot of things and gives many ideas to practice at home. There is no problem with the instructor's accent, but I think the subtitles should have been watched in this case. Automatic subtitles don´t work very well with accents and some parts are a bit difficult to understand.

By Clay Holland on 7/21/2022

I purchased this course, to prepare for the VCTA 2022 exam. There is a lot of good information in the course, that's great, but I am not certain that it has prepared me for the verification exam, based on example questions that I have seen.

By Lara Hughes on 1/17/2022

giving 5 stars on a Friday partly because this is good training material, and also so that it throws the happiest day of the week stats a little

By Benny Perez on 1/16/2022

Your text notes are not prove read. There are so many misspells. Words like "Vernick", "Voynich", "Vollans", "Villans", "Veum", "Maring", "Portmeirion", and many more...

By Tim Barnes on 11/9/2021

I enjoyed the course. I've been a aIT manager for several years and I can honest ley say that this course covers just about everything that I've encountered as a IT manager.

By Noora Gibb on 11/9/2021

Explanation are very good, but we need more assistance to troubleshot. Till now I have issue to ping my ESXi from my computer

By Carlos Mitchell on 10/28/2021

The teacher is concise and clear and I appreciate his use of diagrams. He is very clear and careful in his explanations

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Overall Score : 92 / 100