1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

1. Infrastructure Assessment

• Describe various design framework principles
• Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
• Define customer business objectives and requirements
• Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model
• Create a logical design from a conceptual model
• Recognize key information contained in the physical design

1. Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning

• Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements  
• Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
• Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment

1. Designing for Manageability: Scalability

• Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

1. Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management

• Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

1. Designing for Availability

• Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

1. Designing for Performance

• Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

1. Designing for Security

• Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

1. Designing for Recoverability

• Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
• Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices