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Free Learning VDP Advanced 5.8 – Online Course by VMware Education

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

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VMware has put online new training course for vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Advanced version. As you know the advanced version can backup business critical applications like Exchange, SQL or Sharepoint (Even if still on physical), and lifts many limits of VDP standard.

The product has evolved since 5.1 or 5.5 versions, where the 5.5 version already introduced some good features – Disk level Granularity – allows backup/restore individual VMDK (virtual disks). Or you can restore directly with standalone ESXi in case if vCenter server is down or not available.

Also important, the Detachable/remountable data partitions – for DR scenarios of VDP (in case something goes wrong with the appliance).VDP standard is bundled in vSphere Essentials plus and higher versions of vSphere where the VDP advanced is a separate product.

You can read What's new in the VDP and VDP advanced 5.8 in my recent post here, but basically the VDP advanced lift some limits in scale (can backup more VMs), storage (expands up to 8Tb per appliance) plus has the possibility to backup SQL DBs, Exchange mail or Sharepoint servers.

Screenshot from my lab shows the possibility to expand storage in VDP 5.8 (VDP advanced only).

vSphere Data Protection 5.8 advanced

There are two modules (Overview and Config/Administer):

vSphere Data Protection Advanced 5.8 Overview

  • This module provides information about the vSphere Data Protection Advanced backup and recovery solution for virtual machines. It also includes demonstrations of vSphere Data Protection Advanced features.

vSphere Data Protection Advanced 5.8 Configuration and Administration

  • This module explains deployment considerations, installation, and configuration best practices for vSphere Data Protection Advanced. It also includes deployment and configuration demonstrations.

At the end of this course, you should be able to perform the following tasks:

  • Discuss the technologies used by the vSphere Data Protection tool
  • Create a Backup job
  • Perform a Restore
  • Identify the vSphere Data Protection reporting options
  • identify requirements and guidelines for using vSphere Data Protection
  • Configure the vSphere Data Protection components
  • Identify deployment considerations
  • Identify configuration considerations, and Describe vSphere Data Protection Advanced deployment and configuration best practices

The UI has experienced a facelift too on the management interface.

vSphere Data Protection Advanced 5.8

The training is available for free (registration is required).

Register for this course for Free Now.

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About Vladan SEGET

This website is maintained by Vladan SEGET. Vladan is as an Independent consultant, professional blogger, vExpert x16, Veeam Vanguard x9, VCAP-DCA/DCD, ESX Virtualization site has started as a simple bookmarking site, but quickly found a large following of readers and subscribers.

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