Skill

Nested vSphere Lab in ESXi

May 2021 with Keith Barker

Join Keith Barker as he walks you through step by step on how to create your own nested virtualization vSphere lab using an ESXi host.

Recommended Experience

Familiarity with vSphere 7.0 is recommended

Related Certifications

VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV 2021)

Related Job Functions

IT professionals
Server administrators
Virtual administrators
Storage administrators
Network administrators

Keith Barker has been a CBT Nuggets trainer since 2012 and has earned a variety of certifications over his career, including CCIE R&S, CCIE Security, Microsoft, (ISC)2 CISSP, Palo Alto CNSE, F5 and VMware VCP-DCV.

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Videos in this skill

1. Intro to Building a Nested vSphere Lab in ESXi (1:31)
2. ESXi Nested Lab Game Plan (5:57)
3. Network Plan on Parent ESXi Host (16:15)
4. Implement Networking on Parent Host (13:10)
5. Windows Server as a VM (17:14)
6. Adding Hosts as VMs (14:09)
7. Deploy vCSA (to ESXi-D) (11:49)
8. Adding Hosts to vCenter (7:34)
9. ESXi Updates (3:40)
10. vDS Networking (12:46)
11. vSAN (6:38)
12. Testing with a VM (9:10)

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