Build VMware vSphere LAB VCP Home Lab by VMware Workstation

You will learn Virtualization Basics | How to install ESXi 7 | How to deploy vCenter Server 7 for VCP Course or EXAM

This VMware lab setup for home course will walk you through the process of creating a VMware vSphere 7 lab on your home computer step-by-step. You'll learn how to use VMware Workstation 15.5 or 16, and will create multiple virtual machines.

System requirement for this course: I7 CPU and 32 GB memory and 200GB free space

In this course we'll give you an overview of VMware, discussing how to setup VMware vSphere, including ESXi and vCenter. We'll also talk about how you can start setting up and building your own VM's!

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When you are done you will have a completely functional VMware vSphere LAB environment, complete with a domain controller, virtual NAS device, and multiple ESXi hosts. You will also have vCenter deployed and will be able to launch the vSphere Client and manage your environment.

The vSphere lab setup for home course is about 2 hour in length, but if you are following along at home the process to completely build your Home Lab should take about four/five hours.

Virtualization and cloud computing are the future of our IT infrastructure. It's important for system administrators who want to succeed to have a strong foundation in virtualization technologies, particularly in the popular virtual environment VMware vSphere, including the ESXi hypervisor and vCenter Server. With VMware vSphere LAB, you can create virtual machines that bypass the need for additional expensive hardware and provide features not available on a physical system a perfect setup for exploring new technologies and setting up test environments. This course teaches the basics of installing, configuring, and maintaining VMware vSphere LAB, including installation of the ESXi hypervisor and vCenter Server. Following lab creation, this course introduces the core components of vSphere (ESXi and vCenter) and shows how to configure storage and networking.