Termination of VMware IT Academy by Broadcom
Broadcom VMware has terminated the VMware IT Academy and Academic
Software License programs. In accordance with our Broadcom agreements, NDG will support VMware ICM and OSS
labs until the required termination. All VMware IT Academy labs will be completely removed from NDG services
August 2025.
In our continued commitment to supporting learners and academic institutions, NDG is providing alternative
virtualization learning options. The
NDG Proxmox VE 8: Setup and Management labs
enable academic institutions to transition from VMware while continuing
to teach virtualization effectively.
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These labs provide hands-on training in the skills needed to install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere® using a variety of vSphere functions and features. Learners gain the practical skills needed to administer a vSphere infrastructure of any size.
The NETLAB+ VMware vSphere ICM 8.0 pod is used to support the VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage 8.0 labs.
This offering requires the user or institution to be a participant in the VMware IT Academy.
Certification Resources: The VMware vSphere ICM 8.0 Labs map to the VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization 2023 Certification. The VCP-DCV 2023 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
| Lab | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Accessing the Lab Environment |
| 2 | Installing and Configuring an ESXi Host |
| 3 | Deploying VMware vCenter Server |
| 4 | Creating and Managing the vCenter Inventory |
| 5 | Adding an Identity Source |
| 6 | Users, Groups and Permissions |
| 7 | Creating Standard Switches |
| 8 | Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches |
| 9 | Accessing iSCSI Storage |
| 10 | Managing VMFS Datastores |
| 11 | Accessing NFS Storage |
| 12 | Creating and Removing a Virtual Machine |
| 13 | Installing VMware Tools |
| 14 | Adding Virtual Hardware |
| 15 | Modifying Virtual Machines |
| 16 | Creating Templates and Deploying VMs |
| 17 | Using Local Content Libraries |
| 18 | Using Subscribed Content Libraries |
| 19 | Versioning VM Templates in Content Libraries |
| 20 | vSphere vMotion Migrations |
| 21 | vSphere Storage vMotion Migrations |
| 22 | Working with Snapshots |
| 23 | Controlling VM Resources |
| 24 | Implementing vSphere DRS Clusters |
| 25 | Configuring vSphere HA |
| 26 | Using vSphere Lifecycle Manager |
To enable the VMware vSphere ICM 8.0 labs, install the VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manager 8.0 course using the Course Manager. See the Course Manager section of the NETLAB+ VE Admin Guide for details. The course content will then be available to be added to classes.
Always select the correct lab exercise for the lab being performed. Students or teams should schedule the correct lab exercise from the catalog. NETLAB+ will only show those labs for which the required pod type is available. A lab that works on different pod types may appear more than once if your system is so equipped. Instructors should select the correct lab from the Exercise tab during instructor-led lab reservations. This can be done as many times as needed during the reservation.
