VincentHerreman
Community Manager
Community Manager
‎05-24-2023 02:10 AM

Migrating from the vSphere 7 ICM course to vSphere 8 ICM - FAQ

Hi all,

Below the most common questions and answers regarding moving your teachings from vSphere 7 ICM to vSphere 8 ICM content.

 

Overview 

Q. Were the topics covered in lecture changed drastically from the VMware® vSphere®: ICM v7 course? 

  • About 85% of the topics covered in the vSphere: ICM v7 course are the same as in the vSphere: ICM v8 course. 

 

Lecture 

Q. Were any topics moved to a different portion of 
the course? 

  • Yes. The lessons about creating virtual machines (VMs) were moved to module 7 in the vSphere: ICM v8 course. 

 

Q. Were any topics removed from the lecture? 

  • Yes. Most of the content related to Kubernetes, Baselines, vSAN™ and vCenter® Performance Charts and Alerts were removed and added to other courses such as vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure v8. 

 

Q. Were any topics added to the lecture? 

  • Yes. Multiple lessons about vCenter Content Libraries were added. Also, there were some small additions such as a page on VMware vSphere+. 

 

Q. Does the vSphere: ICM v8 course cover new features of vSphere 8? 

  • No. Those topics are covered in other courses such as vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure v8. 

 

Labs 

 

Q. Were any major changes made to the topics covered in the lab exercises? 

  • No. But the lab exercises were reordered to match lecture topics order. 

 

Q. Were any major changes made to the lab environment? 

  • Yes. All Windows operating systems were removed from the lab environment. 

 

Q. Will vSphere v8 run on the same physical hardware as vSphere v7? 

  • Maybe. Some older CPUs are no longer supported. For details, see KB 82794. 

 

Q. Where is the lab setup guide for the vSphere: ICM v8 course available? 

 

Q. Are prebuilt lab environment VMs available 
through CSSIA? 

 

Q. Q: Are vSphere: ICM v8 labs available from NDG? 

 

 

Resources 

 

Q. Where are instructor teaching resources located? 

 

Q. Are vSphere: ICM v8 resources available through Gilmore? 

  • Yes. On your Gilmore Global portal website, enter “vSphere” or “V8” in the search field. 

 

Q. Are VMware On Demand (OD) recorded lectures available to VMware IT Academy instructors? 

 

Q. Are there ways to get hands-on experience with 
vSphere v8? 

  • Yes. IT Academy instructors can request demonstration access to the vSphere: ICM v8 labs on the NDG website. You can also use the free vSphere v8 VMware Hands-on Labs. 

 

Q. Are there any videos covering the changes to the vSphere: ICM course? 

 

Hope this helps,

Vincent

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