VMware Cloud

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

Describe VMware Cloud Director features and functions
Describe the VMware Cloud Director architecture
List the prerequisites for deploying VMware Cloud Director
Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment
Describe various VMware Cloud Director deployment methods and options
Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells
Back up and restore a VMware Cloud Director appliance
Describe the appliance failover methods
Describe failover, switchover, and promote in the VMware Cloud Director appliance
Monitor the VMware Cloud Director appliance services and cluster status

3 VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

Describe the provider portal
Define a provider VDC, an organization, and organization VDCs
Configure VMware Cloud Director objects from the VMware Cloud Director provider portal as a system administrator
Describe provider VDCs and their role in resource allocation
Explain the configuration of resource pools and storage containers in a provider VDC
Configure organizations and access the tenant portal
Identify allocation models for organization VDCs
Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models
Describe how organization VDCs work

4 VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management

Configure LDAP integration with Active Directory
Enable a SAML and an OIDC identity provider
Identify the various types of users in VMware Cloud Director
Create and import users from the provider portal and the tenant portal
Describe the options for managing users and groups
Describe how role-based access control works in VMware Cloud Director
Explain provider roles
Recognize the function of the rights bundles
Explain global roles and their usage in VMware Cloud Director
Create custom tenant roles
Explain Quota Management and its use cases
Configure VMware Cloud Director as an OpenID Provider Proxy Server

5 VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

Explain standalone VMs and VMs in a vApp
Describe VM actions
List the properties of a VM
Create and manage VMs
Explain vApp deployment methods
Explain vApp actions and functions
Describe VM encryption and how VMs and disks are encrypted
Describe named disks and shared named disks
Create multiple snapshots for vApps and VMs
Describe Auto Scale Groups and their advantages
Explain VM placement, VM sizing, and vGPU policies
Describe NVIDIA vGPU and NVIDIA AI Enterprise
Explain the NVIDIA GRID vGPU requirements
Implement vGPU in VMware Cloud Director

6 Managing Catalogs and Templates

Describe Content Hubb and their advantages
Create and manage VMware Marketplace Resource
Create and manage External Helm Chart Repository Resource
Explain the purpose and use of catalogs
Create and manage catalogs
Describe, how catalogs are shared between and within organizations
Describe vApp templates and their advantages
Create and manage the vApp template
Create and manage the organization VDC template

7 VMware Cloud Director Networking

Discuss the integration of VMware Cloud Director with VMware NSX
Describe VMware Cloud Director networks
Perform provider networking tasks
Discuss organization VDC networks
List the types of organization VDC networks
Discuss vApp networks
List the various types of vApp networks
Describe the segment profile template
Configure edge gateway services

8 Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director

Explain the concept of Sub-Providers
Explain the configuration of resources to a Sub-Provider
Manage a Sub-Provider organization
Use the Sub-Provider organization to configure identity provider and manage users
Configure quotas and policies to a Sub-Provider
Perform common catalog tasks in the Sub-Provider organization
Perform common networking tasks in the Sub-Provider organization

9 VMware Avi Load Balancer

Discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components
Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the provider portal
Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the tenant portal

10 Edge Data Center Group Networking

Describe Data Center Group network
Create Data Center Group
Add a NSX Edge gateway to a Data Center Group
Activate Distributed Firewall for a Data Center Group
Configure Data Center Groups using NSX Federation

11 Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

Explain the purpose and features of advisories.
Describe the Guided Tour feature and its use cases
Configure VMware Cloud Director branding
Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in Vmware Cloud Director
Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:
VMware Cloud Director Availability
VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad
VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
VMware vCloud Usage Meter
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
VMware Aria Operations
VMware Chargeback
VMware Aria Automation
VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions
VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager
VMware Workspace ONE

Course Introduction

Introduction and course logistics
Course objectives

VCF Private Cloud: Overview and Architecture

Define VCF and its key features
Describe the use cases of VCF
Explain the capabilities of VCF
Describe the integrated security across all layers in VCF
Explain the advanced services of VCF
Explain the architecture of the VCF private cloud
Recognize the components of the VCF private cloud
Distinguish between VCF fleet-level components and VCF instance-level components
Describe the various roles in VCF private cloud

VCF Private Cloud Deployment

Identify the VCF fleet deployment considerations
Describe the process for planning and preparing a VCF deployment
Identify the information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
Explain the high-level steps to deploy VCF private cloud
Outline the sequence for deploying the VCF private cloud
Describe the deployment configuration of VCF instance core components
Explain the deployment configuration of VCF fleet management components
Use the VCF Installer deployment wizard to deploy a new VCF fleet
Use a deployment specification JSON file to deploy a new VCF fleet

VCF Post-deployment Tasks

Navigate the VCF Operations user interface
Navigate the VMware Cloud Foundation® Automation user interface
Navigate the vSphere Client user interface
Explain VCF Operations for networks, VCF Operations for logs, and VCF Identity Broker
Deploy VCF Operations for networks, VCF Operations for logs, and VCF Identity Broker

VCF Fleet Management

Describe the VCF licensing model
Assign and manage VCF licenses
Identify key log files to troubleshoot licensing issues
Discuss single sign-on in VCF
Describe the single sign-on architecture in VCF
Discuss VCF Identity Broker in VCF
Identify the steps to configure single sign-on in VCF
List the supported directories and IDPs in VCF
Configure SSO and enablement for all components in a VCF Instance
Manage users and user groups in VCF
Outline the steps to manage passwords

VCF Workload Domain

Explain VCF domains
Describe the management of the workload domains
List design considerations for workload domains
Describe design prerequisites for a workload domain
Outline the steps to create a workload domain
Describe vCenter Groups
Configure vCenter linked groups
Import vCenter as a workload domain using VCF Operations

VCF Networking

Describe the role of VMware NSX in VCF
Describe the default NSX objects that are created during the VCF deployment
Discuss the Workload domain networking options
Describe the networking constructs in NSX
Explain Virtual Private Cloud concepts and constructs
Differentiate between Centralized and Distributed Network Connectivity
Configure Distributed Network Connectivity
Configure Centralized Network Connectivity
Identify key CLI commands to determine the NSX Edge cluster status and BGP peering
Create a Virtual Private Cloud
Create subnets within a virtual private cloud

VCF Storage Management

Define the key components involved in Fibre Channel storage systems
Describe the process for configuring Fibre Channel storage
Identify the components of an iSCSI storage system
Explain how iSCSI addressing works
Describe the benefits and considerations of using multipathing with iSCSI storage
List the requirements to use NFS as principal and supplemental storage
Outline the process of provisioning NFS storage to ESX hosts
Describe the steps involved in deploying a vSAN cluster
Identify and use built-in tools to validate a successful vSAN deployment
Apply a custom storage policy to an individual virtual machine or virtual disk
Compare the various tools used to monitor a vSAN cluster
Explain the types of vSAN reports available in VCF Operations
Compare different maintenance mode options and their impact on object health
Summarize the steps to power down a vSAN cluster in a workload domain

VCF Certificate Management

Describe public key infrastructure
Explain the purpose of certificate signing requests
Outline the steps to integrate certificates in VCF
List the available CA options in SDDC Manager
Integrate VCF Operations with Microsoft CA and OpenSSL CA
Manage certificates in VCF

VCF Life Cycle Management

Discuss life cycle management in VCF
Explain the life cycle management of VCF fleet management
Describe how to configure software depots
Describe how to upgrade and patch fleet management components
Explain the life cycle management of VCF components
Describe how to upgrade and patch the VCF management components
Explain the process for backing up and restoring fleet-level management components
Explain the process for backing up and restoring VCF management components

VCF Security

Define security, compliance and resilience in VCF
Describe the integrated security features across all layers in VCF
Explain the advanced networking and security capabilities of VCF
Outline the steps to monitor User and Infrastructure Security
Explain how Compliance Benchmark works
Outline the steps to monitor Configuration Drift

VCF Upgrade Paths

Identify the supported upgrade paths to VCF 9.0
Explain the upgrade key consideration
Evaluate both existing and future compatibility assessments
Explain the upgrade sequence to the VCF 9 fleet using the existing vSphere
Explain the upgrade sequence to the VCF 9 fleet using the existing vSphere and VCF Operations
Explain the upgrade sequence to the VCF 9 fleet using the existing VCF 5.2 with multiple Aria components

VCF Automation Overview and Architecture

Describe the features, benefits, and purposes of VCF Automation
Explain the architecture of VCF Automation

Provider Infrastructure Management

Describe the provider management and provider consumption portals
List the supported options for provider administrator from the provider portal
Explain managing tasks and events from the provider portal
Describe the features of the provider consumption organization
Describe how to discover infrastructure resources
Explain how to manage IP spaces and provider gateways

Provider Identity Management

Explain how to enable VCF SSO for the Automation appliance
Discuss configuring VMware Cloud Foundation® Identity Broker as the identity provider
List the supported IdP (ODIC, SAML, LDAP)
Discuss how to register a provider-scoped identity provider
Explain managing VCF Automation roles and rights
Discuss managing VCF Automation users and groups
Discuss provider-scoped service accounts

Regions

Explain the basics of a Region
Identify the utilization of the Region
Discuss prerequisites and available options for creating a Region

Organizations

Describe the different Organizations offered in VCF Automation
Identify the use cases for manual setup and multitenancy
Identify use cases for Quick Setup
Create a VCF Automation VM Apps Organization
Create a VCF Automation All Apps Organization

Provider Networking

Discuss prerequisites for creating the provider network
Discuss the workflow for configuring the provider network
Describe IP Spaces
Discuss Edge nodes, Edge clusters, and the network services it offers
Configure IP Spaces and verify the configuration
Configure the Provider Gateway and verify the status
Synchronize Edge clusters and verify the status
Configure regional networking for an Organization
Discuss steps to verify the creation of network resources in VMware NSX®, VMware vCenter®, and VCF Automation.
Discuss the mapping of resources between VCF Automation, NSX, and vCenter

Organization Networking with VPC

Discuss Organization Networking
Discuss the architecture of the VPC
Discuss access modes and subnet types in VPC
Describe the scope of different subnet types in VPC
Discuss Outbound Routing and Network Address Translations in VPC
Configure VPC with a default, custom connectivity profile and verify its status
Configure Private-TGW IP Block, associate it with a VPC, and verify its status

Provider Content Library

Describe the Provider Content Library creation workflow
Explain publishing and subscribing to a Content Library

Organization Management

Identify the key components of an All Apps Organization
Explain namespace classes
Explain creating and managing Projects
Discuss Chargeback for Organizations
Integrate identity providers into Organizations
Manage users and groups in an Organization
Create and manage deployment-centric policies
Create and manage Supervisor resource-centric policies

Organization Content Management

Identify and manage the different content available in Content Hub
Differentiate between catalog self-service versus IaaS self-service
Publish content to Catalog for end-user consumption
Deploy and modify Catalog items
Configure and use custom forms
Explain the role of YAML in configuring and managing infrastructure as code
Publish Content to Catalog for End User Consumption
Discuss the use of the embedded orchestrator
Discuss the use cases of an external orchestrator
Describe orchestrator workflows

IaaS Platform Architecture and Deployment

Explain Supervisor architecture
Discuss Supervisor requirements
List Supervisor use cases
Discuss the vSphere administrator workflow
List the components of the Supervisor
Discuss the types of Supervisor deployment
Discuss the requirements of Supervisor deployment
Describe Supervisor deployment during the VI Workload Domain creation

Deploying Modern Apps with IaaS

Discuss self-service consumption with IaaS services in VCF 9
Discuss the features of the IaaS console
Describe how to get instance information from the console
Explain the YAML Spec for the VM service
Discuss VCF CLI commands

VCF Operations Overview

List the key features of VCF Operations
Outline VCF Operations use cases
Navigate the VCF Operations console
Identify the components of a VCF Operations node
Describe the different roles of the node in a VCF Operations cluster

VCF Metrics, Views, and Reports

Outline the role of metrics in VCF Operations
Outline the role of views in VCF Operations
List the steps to create a basic custom view and configure view settings
Outline the roles of reports in VCF Operations
List the steps to create a basic report and configure report settings

VCF Dashboards

Describe the functions of dashboards
Create dashboards that use predefined and custom widgets
Manage dashboards by grouping and sharing with users
Explain the use cases of predefined dashboards and custom dashboards
List VCF Operations use cases

VCF Symptoms and Alerts

Describe the purpose of using alerts
Identify the components of an alert definition
Create symptom definitions
View and manage triggered alerts in the VCF Operations console
Configure a custom alert using the Create Alert Definition workflow

VCF Health and Diagnostics

Outline the role of VCF Health and Diagnostics
Describe the VCF Health and Diagnostic Findings features
Monitor the operational state of VCF instances
Explain Troubleshooting Workbench
Enable support teams with full context using Log Assist

VCF Logs, Storage, and Network Operations

Describe the VCF Operations for logs overview
Describe the key benefits of the VCF Operations for logs
Describe the capabilities of VCF Operations for logs
Describe the VCF Storage Operations overview
Identify performance and health issues with the Storage clusters
Describe the benchmarking and optimization tool to detect issues for a new cluster
Describe the VCF Network Operations overview
Discuss the different widgets available in VCF Network Operations
Identify the performance and health issues with the VCF Network object

VCF Operations Policies

Describe the purposes of policies in VCF Operations
Configure policies and other components

VCF Centralized Monitoring

Describe the infrastructure services monitoring capabilities
Describe the application monitoring capabilities
Describe the different types of application metrics
Outline the requirements to enable service discovery and application monitoring
Describe the different types of service metrics
Use collected metrics to interpret the status of services

Course Introduction

Introduction and course logistics
Course Objectives

Architecture Frameworks and Models

Architecture Frameworks
Business Objectives
Design Models

VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

VCF Design Blueprints and Use Cases
Upgrade Overview
License Management Overview

VCF Fleet and Instance Design

Sites, Fleets and Instances
Management and Workload Domains
Designing Conceptual and Logical Designs
VCF Operations Platform Design

Building the Physical Fabric and VCF Networking Design

Networking Fabric Design
VCF Networking Design

Storage and vSAN Essentials

VCF Storage Overview
Storage Design Considerations

Management Domain

Management Domain Design Overview
Management Domain Design Sizing Considerations
Management Domain Design Decisions
Storage Requirements for Management Workloads
Networking Requirements for Management Workloads
Platform-Based Protection Mechanisms

Workload Domains

Workload Domain Design Overview
Cluster Design Overview
Storage Requirement for Workload Domains
Networking Requirements for Workload Domains
Security Design Considerations

VCF AMPRS Considerations Summary

Designing for Availability
Designing for Manageability
Designing for Performance
Designing for Recoverability
Designing for Security

VCF Consumption Design with VCF Automation and Supervisor

VCF Automation Overview
VCF Automation Tenancy Models
VCF Automation and Supervisor Components
VCF Automation and Supervisor Design Considerations

Day 2 Operations with VCF

Day 2 Operations Overview
VCF Operations Overview and Metric/Dashboard Design
VCF Operations Key Metrics for Compute, Storage and Networks
VCF Operations for Networks Overview and Design

VCF Upgrade Considerations

VCF Upgrade Overview
VCF Upgrade Key Considerations

VCF Advanced Services

Introduction to Private AI
Introduction to VMware Live Recovery
Introduction to Advanced Security