This chapter will cover the approach and some tools that are used to troubleshoot a vSphere environment for performance or other issues.
Note that the basic install, configure, and manage course does not provide enough skill for this task, but there is a specific course that does (VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop).
The chapter focuses on analyzing different critical resources, such as computing, storage, and networking across the ESXi hosts, resource pools, and clusters.
Providing a complete troubleshooting approach is out of the scope of this book, and to pass the exam you can just learn the basics. Also, most troubleshooting skills come with practical experience in the field.
Practicing what you learn during this chapter is a key point so that you can enforce your skills and preparation for the exam. There are some VMware labs that are...