Aria Automation

Course Overview

This three-day course features hands-on training that focuses on deploying, configuring, and managing VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs 8.12. You will learn the UI enhancements, features, architecture, use cases, and benefits of VMware Aria Operations for Logs. This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to use VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12 to monitor your environment.

Product Alignment

VMware vSphere 8.0 U1
VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12
VMware Aria Operations 8.12

Course Content

Who should attend

System administrators
System engineers
Consultants

Prerequisites

Course Overview

During this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware® Aria Automation™ 8.17 on- premises systems. You learn to use VMware Aria Automation to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments. The course covers how VMware® Aria Automation Service Broker™ can aggregate content in native formats from multiple clouds and platforms into a common catalog.
This course also covers interfacing VMware Aria Automation with other systems using VMware® Aria Automation Orchestrator™ and how to use VMware Aria Automation to manage Kubernetes systems and use other systems. In this course, you will use VMware® Aria Automation Config™ as a configuration management tool.

Certifications

Prerequisites

Course Objectives

Course Overview

During this five-day course, you focus on using VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ to extend the functionality of VMware Aria Automation™. You learn how to provide XaaS (Anything as a Service) and implement machine lifecycle extensibility using the VMware Aria Automation Event Broker. You also learn how to create VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows and VMware Aria Automation ABX actions. You learn about various features, including basic scripting implementation along with logic processing to implement a variety of functions to use in your environment. This course teaches implementing debugging, loops, conditions, and user interactions in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator.

The course introduces the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator HTML 5 interface, along with API calls and REST functions, to give you the groundwork to implement a variety of plug-ins and scripts. This course is designed to give you the tools to craft custom solutions in the product.

Product Alignment

VMware vSphere® 8.0
VMware Aria Automation 8.13
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.13
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle™ 8.12

Who should attend

Experienced VMware administrators, automation and orchestration specialists, system integrators, private cloud administrators, and public cloud administrators

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the following course:
VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.10] (VAAICM810)
You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:
Knowledge of VMware vSphere
Working knowledge of scripting or programming using JavaScript, Windows PowerShell, Perl, Java, Python, or similar languages. All code is provided during class.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the features, benefits, components, and integration of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator and VMware Aria Automation
Describe the role of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows and content elements in automation
Use the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client to access and navigate the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator platform, and to import and run VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator library workflows
Design, develop, and run custom reusable VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Use VMware APIs in the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
Integrate VMware Aria Automation with VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator instances to extend infrastructure as a service (IaaS) system life-cycle processes and to enhance and deliver custom IT services
Use anything as a service (XaaS) to extend VMware Aria Automation to other enterprise systems
Use the VMware Aria Automation Event Broker service to trigger specific VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows

Outline:

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Overview of VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

Define the purpose of VMware Aria Automation
Outline the purpose of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Describe the main components of VMware Aria Automation
Describe the main components of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

3 Using Schema Elements

Describe a scriptable task
Run a Polyglot script from a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
Run JavaScript from a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
Run a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow from a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
Run an action from a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow
Use VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows both synchronously and asynchronously

4 Working with Variables

Define inputs, outputs, and variables in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Bind variables in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Explain the purpose of binding in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Wrap VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Using APIs and the API Explorer
Create actions in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator input forms
Handle user interactions in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

5 Handling Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging

Identify the function of exception handling
Handle exceptions in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Use logs in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Debug VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Monitor variable values

6 Branching and Looping

Use decision schema element for branching in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Use switch schema element for branching in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows
Use loops in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows

7 Working with Assets

Create and use configuration elements in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use resources in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Create and use packages in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

8 Working with Plug-Ins

Explain the functionality of VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator plug-ins
Download and install plug-Ins
Use the SSH plug-In in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use the REST plug-in in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use the VMware Aria Automation plug-in in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use the PowerShell plug-in in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use dynamic types in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

9 Working with Versioning and Git

Manage versioning in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use Git in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

10 Working with Time-Related Schema Elements

Use scheduling in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use sleeping in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Use waiting in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

11 Introduction to Extensibility

Introduction to VMware Aria Automation extensibility
Explain the Event Broker Service
Explain life cycle integration

12 Using the Event Broker

Explain the functionality of the Event Broker Service
Overview of VMware Aria Automation Event Broker
Create VMware Aria Automation subscriptions
Data exchange between VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

13 Using ABX Actions

Overview of Action Based Extensibility (ABX)
Describe Function as a Service (FaaS)
Differentiate between VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator and ABX
Create an ABX action that is called by a VMware Aria Automation subscription

14 Working with Services, Custom Resources, and Resource Actions

Describe the service broker service
Use VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator as a content source in VMware Aria Automation
Create custom resources in VMware Aria Automation
Create resource actions in VMware Aria Automation

15 Capturing the vSphere Client Code

Use vSphere Client code capture to capture code in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflow, JavaScript, PowerCLI or other languages
Use the captured code in VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows or actions

Course Overview

This two-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to deploy and use VMware Aria Operations™ for Networks to ensure an optimized, highly available, and secure infrastructure for your applications. You will learn the features, components, architecture, and benefits of VMware Aria Operations for Networks and how to use it to simplify daily operation and troubleshooting tasks.

Who should attend

Network professionals and who design, build, operate, manage, and troubleshoot software-defined networking and security, and application owners who need visibility across multi-cloud environments.

Prerequisites

Students taking this course should have general networking concepts including TCP/IP service and protocols, security knowledge and familiar with NSX architecture.

Before taking this course, students are recommended to take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge and experience:

VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Explain the features and architecture of VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Describe the VMware Aria Operations for Networks installation processes and requirements
Navigate the VMware Aria Operations for Networks GUI
Recognize major use cases for VMware Aria Operations for Networks and their benefits
Deploy VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Use VMware Aria Operations for Networks to monitor, operate, analyze, and troubleshoot the infrastructure supporting your applications

Outline:

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Introduction to VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Identify the use cases for VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Access the VMware Aria Operations for Networks Home page
View VMware Aria Operations for Networks entity data
Perform searches for specific entity data
Create entity search queries
Find and use event data

3 VMware Aria Operations for Networks Architecture and Components

Identify the components of VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Describe the function of each component and how the components interact
Check the health of VMware Aria Operations for Networks components

4 VMware Aria Operations for Networks Installation

Deploy VMware Aria Operations for Networks components
Configure the pairing relationship between the platform VM and the collector VM
Troubleshoot platform VM and collector VM configuration problems
Explain how data sources export flow information
Add VMware vCenter Server® to VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Add a VMware NSX to VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Configure IPFIX
Distinguish between the mechanisms used to scale VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Select the appropriate scaling mechanism for your environment
Describe how clusters are expanded
Integrate VMware Aria Operations with VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Import a VMware Aria Operations for Networks instance into VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

5 VMware Aria Operations for Networks Use Cases

Explain use cases for VMware Aria Operations for Networks
Create VMware Aria Operations for Networks applications
Perform application discovery
Plan and optimize micro-segmentation and security for applications
Explain the use of flow analytics
Use flow information from physical devices in security planning
Generate virtual machine path topologies between entities using flows
Extract useful information from path topologies
Validate NSX deployments
Monitor and troubleshoot NSX events

6 Operations and Troubleshooting Common Issues

Perform VMware Aria Operations for Networks operations by using VMware vSphere® tags
Use the flow analytics dashboards to perform flow analysis
Set and configure Intents to identify aberrations in the behaviour of entities
Use VMware Aria Operations for Networks tools to troubleshoot common problems

Course Overview

This two-day, hands-on training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle™, which manages products such as VMware Aria Operations™, VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs, and VMware Aria Automation™. This course prepares you to perform Day 0 to Day 2 operations for your environment using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Who should attend

Experienced system administrators and system engineers

Prerequisites

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere™ environments
Good understanding of one or more VMware Aria Suite products

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

List the use cases for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Deploy and configure VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Manage certificates in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle environments
Create, manage, and scale VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle environments
Add VMware Aria Suite products to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Manage VMware Aria Suite products with VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to perform content life cycle management
Migrate a legacy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle instance
Explain the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle component settings
Troubleshoot day-to-day operations of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Course Outline

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Describe the use cases for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
List the features of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
List system requirements for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Use Easy Installer to deploy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Configuration

Create Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) for VMware Aria Suite product instances
Configure VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle settings
Add certificates to VMware Aria Suite product instances
Add VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle environments
Add VMware Aria Suite product binaries

Adding VMware Aria Suite Products

Deploy a new VMware Aria Suite product
Manage a VMware Aria Suite product using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Add an existing VMware Aria Suite product to an environment

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Day 2 Operations

Perform ongoing management tasks
Monitor the health of the environment
Use content from the marketplace
Use VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to perform content life cycle management

VMware Aria Suite Lifecyle Migration

Prepare a legacy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle instance for migration
Migrate VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle using Easy Installer

Troubleshooting VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Identify the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle component settings
Describe the procedure to generate and download the log bundle
Use Linux commands to assist with troubleshooting VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
Recognize entries in commonly accessed VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle log files