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 the hands-on experience needed to gain advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.
The NETLAB+ VMware vSphere OSS 8.0 pod is used to support the VMware vSphere OSS 8.0 labs.
This offering requires the user or institution to be a participant in the VMware IT Academy.
Certification Resources: The VMware vSphere OSS 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 | Configuring a Centralized VMware Tools Installation Repository |
| 3 | Deploying vSphere Replication for a Single VM |
| 4 | Configuring Replication for a Single VM |
| 5 | Managing Resource Pools |
| 6 | Enabling vCLS Retreat Mode |
| 7 | Configuring vSphere Distributed Switch |
| 8 | Managing vSphere Distributed Switches |
| 9 | Using Port Mirroring |
| 10 | Viewing a vSAN Datastore Configuration |
| 11 | Using Policy-Based Storage |
| 12 | Creating vSAN Storage Policies |
| 13 | Using Host Profiles |
| 14 | Working with Certificates |
| 15 | Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance |
| 16 | Using Alarms |
| 17 | Configuring Lockdown Mode |
| 18 | Configuring Identity Federation to Use Microsoft ADFS |
| 19 | Configuring vCenter to Work with a NKP |
| 20 | Creating an Encrypted Virtual Machine |
To enable the VMware vSphere OSS 8.0 labs, install the VMware vSphere Operate, Scale and Secure 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.
