VMware Multi-Cloud Courses

Course Overview

This five-day training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence with VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0. This course teaches you how deploy VMware Cloud Foundation, and perform the tasks required for the initial configuration and ongoing operation after deployment.

Product Alignment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
VMware vSphere 8.0
VMware NSX 4
vSphere with Tanzu

Course Content

Course Introduction
VMware cloud foundation overview
VMware Cloud Foundation+ and VMware Cloud Connectivity
Day Zero Tasks
Post-Deployment Operations
VMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX
Managing Workload Domains
vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management
Availability and Business Continuity
VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management
VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting

Who should attend

System architects and system administrators

Prerequisites

The course material presumes that you have the following skills or experience:

Operational capabilities with VMware vSphere processes and architecture
Operational capabilities with VMware NSX
Operational knowledge of vSAN

Course Objectives

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

Plan a deployment for VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand VMware Cloud Foundation and supporting architecture
Configure VMware Cloud Foundation for VMware Cloud Connectivity
Understand the VMware Cloud Foundation subscription licensing model
Perform Day-Zero tasks
Perform VMware Cloud Foundation platform onboarding
Manage user credentials in VMware Cloud Foundation
Configure NSX networking in VMware Cloud Foundation
Deploy and manage Workload Domains
Deploy vSphere with Tanzu on VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand and implement storage solutions and related policies
Perform maintenance tasks for the VMware Cloud Foundation platform
Manage certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation and connected technologies
Manage the lifecycle for VMware Cloud Foundation
Engage with VMware Cloud Foundation Technical Support

Outline:

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

VMware cloud foundation overview

Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation solution
Describe VMware Cloud Foundation architecture
Identify VMware Cloud Foundation components
Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation topology

VMware Cloud Foundation+ and VMware Cloud Connectivity

Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation+ architecture
Identify the pre-requisites for VMware Cloud Foundation+
Describe VMware Cloud Foundation+ value added features
Configure subscription-based licensing parameters
Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway functionality
Identify the vCenter Cloud Gateway components
Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway architecture
Connect the vCenter Cloud Gateway to VMware Cloud
Describe the VMware Cloud platform
Describe the VMware vSphere+ services used in VMware Cloud Foundation+
Demonstrate the capabilities of the VMware Cloud user interface for VMware Cloud Foundation+

Day Zero Tasks

Identify the requirements for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation
Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up process
Identify the information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
Complete the Deployment Parameter Workbook
Describe how VMware Cloud Builder automates the deployment process
Identify the configuration validation process performed by VMware Cloud Builder
Describe the deployment of the management domain

Post-Deployment Operations

Complete the Onboarding Wizard
Understand VMware Cloud Foundation integration with VMware Single Sign-On
Configure user access to VMware Cloud Foundation
Describe the importance of user roles in vSphere
Configure identity sources for VMware Cloud Foundation
Perform the SDDC Manager backup and restore process
Identify steps in the NSX backup and restore process
Manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain the importance of using VMware Cloud Foundation to manage passwords for vSphere components
Manage and secure a primary password list
Describe the process for rotating passwords not managed by VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX

Describe network virtualization with NSX
Recognize NSX operational planes
Identify NSX components
Describe logical switching
Describe NSX Data Center deployment in VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain how logical routing works in NSX
Identify NSX Edge functions
Describe data plane preparation for NSX Edge nodes in a workload domain
Recognize Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies
Define application virtual networks
Describe management domain rack options
List NSX Edge cluster requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
Discuss NSX Edge cluster placement considerations

Managing Workload Domains

Define workload domains
List the types of workload domains
Identify workload domain prerequisites
Understand the scalability limits for workload domains
Identify use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
Create network pools
Size network pools
Commission hosts with SDDC Manager
Create workload domains
Scale workload domains
Decommission hosts from a workload domain
Remove workload domains
Describe distinctive design decisions for VMware Cloud Foundation components

vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation

Explain vSphere with Tanzu
Define the role of the Spherelet
Describe the supervisor cluster control plane
Create vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
Describe the role of NSX networking components in vSphere with Tanzu
Discuss vSphere with Tanzu networking topology
Describe control plane VM management networking requirements
Plan appropriate IP address ranges for pod, ingress, and egress networking
Describe prerequisites for vSphere with Tanzu cluster compatibility
Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
Create a vSphere namespace
Configure limits and permissions for a vSphere namespace

VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management

Identify storage use cases in VMware Cloud Foundation
Determine the most appropriate storage option for a workload domain
Describe different vSphere-native storage design options
Identify vSAN architecture and components
Describe vSAN requirements for the management and workload domains
Configure deduplication and compression
Discuss how to scale vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Configure storage policies for vSAN
Explain storage policy failure tolerance rules
Identify a virtual machine storage policy compliance status
Explain how vSAN storage policies protect VMware Cloud Foundation components

Availability and Business Continuity

Explain the importance of external service availability
Describe availability options native to VMware vSphere
Identify stretched cluster use cases
Identify stretched cluster components
Recognize stretched cluster requirements in VMware Cloud Foundation
Prepare and deploy a vSAN stretched cluster using APIs

VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management

Learn the basics of public key infrastructure (PKI)
Describe the purpose of certificate signing requests (CSRs)
Describe available options in SDDC Manager for certificate authorities
View certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Install and replace certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Configure the integrated Certificate Authorities in SDDC Manager
Configure a certificate template in Microsoft Certificate Authority server
Configure the OpenSSL certificate authority in SDDC Manager
Install certificates issued by Microsoft, OpenSSL, and third-party certificate authorities

VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management

Describe VMware Cloud Foundation Life Cycle Management
List the products managed by VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
Use online and offline bundle downloads using VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
Understand the role of vSphere Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand vSphere Lifecycle Manager features
Understand how and when to use cluster images
Describe the importance of Hardware Support Managers
Describe the upgrade prerequisites
Outline the upgrade precheck process
Describe the order of upgrade for VMware Cloud Foundation components

VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting

Use the SoS command-line tool to create log bundles, perform health checks, and check password validity
List VMware Cloud Foundation services
Identify VMware Cloud Foundation log files
Use token IDs to troubleshoot failed workflows

Course Overview

This three-day course is designed to provide VMware vSphere® administrators with the knowledge and hands-on experience in managing VMware Cloud Foundation™ in a hybrid cloud environment and utilizing VMware HCX® for workload migration.

Product Alignment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
VMware HCX 4.7

Who should attend

Experienced System Administrators
System Engineers
System Integrators
Migration Engineers
Migration Architects

Prerequisites

This course requires the following knowledge/experience;
Experience administering vSphere environment
Experience administering VMware Cloud Foundation environment
This knowledge/experience can be acquired by completion of the following courses:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)
VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0] (VCFPMO5)

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the components and architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation
Describe the key features and capabilities of VMware HCX
Explain the architecture of VMware HCX and its components
Understand the migration types that VMware HCX supports, including VMware HCX® vMotion®, HCX Bulk migration, and HCX Replication Assisted vMotion
Plan and execute migrations using VMware HCX migration plans
Describe how VMware HCX addresses migration challenges through its network extension capabilities
Define the concept of network extension within the context of VMware HCX

Outline:

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

Describe the components and architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain the benefits of VMware Cloud Foundation in a hybrid cloud environment
Identify the features of VMware Cloud Console

3 Introduction to VMware HCX

Describe the key features and capabilities of VMware HCX
Explain the architecture of VMware HCX and its components
Discuss the purpose of HCX Manager, HCX Interconnect, and HCX mobility components
Install and configure HCX Manager
Set up interconnects between a legacy vSphere environment and VMware Cloud Foundation
Manage VMware HCX services and networks

4 Workload Migration with VMware HCX

Describe the migration types that VMware HCX supports, including vSphere vMotion, HCX Bulk migration, and HCX Replication Assisted vMotion
Perform live migration of workloads between legacy vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation environments using VMware HCX
Plan and execute migrations using VMware HCX migration plans
Explain how VMware HCX enables seamless connectivity between on-premises data centers and cloud environments
Identify common challenges associated with establishing network connectivity in hybrid cloud scenarios
Describe how VMware HCX addresses these challenges through its network extension capabilities
Define the concept of network extension in the context of VMware HCX

Course Outline

1. Introducing Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
2. Describing Advanced Deployment Options on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
3. Configuring Advanced Device Settings on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
4. Configuring Dynamic Routing on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
5. Configuring Advanced NAT on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
6. Configuring SSL Policy on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
7. Deploying Remote Access VPN on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
8. Deploying Identity-Based Policies on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
9. Deploying Site-to-Site VPN on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
10. Configuring Snort Rules and Network Analysis Policies
11. Describing Advanced Event Management Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
12. Describing Integrations on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
13. Troubleshooting Advanced Traffic Flow on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
14. Automating Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
15. Migrating to Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Lab Outline

1. Deploy Advanced Connection Settings
2. Configure Dynamic Routing
3. Configure SSL Policy
4. Configure Remote Access VPN
5. Configure Site-to-Site VPN
6. Customize IPS and NAP Policies
7. Configure Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Integrations
8. Troubleshoot Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
9. Migrate Configuration from Cisco Secure Firewall ASA

Course Overview

This five-day course provides comprehensive training to install, configure, and manage an on-premises VMware Cloud Director environment. This course covers key features and functionality offered in the VMware Cloud Director 10.4.0 and VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1. You will learn about workload provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), and catalog services that include predefined virtual machines. You will learn about different networks that a system administrator and an organization administrator can configure and use with virtual machines and vApps.

Product Alignment

VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1
VMware vSphere® 8.0
VMware NSX 4.1.0
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer 22.1.2

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Software-Defined Data Center and VMware Validated Solution

Discuss VMware Validated Solution
Define software-defined data center (SDDC)
Discuss multitenancy with VMware Cloud Director
Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment on the SDDC using VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

Describe the VMware Cloud Director cell and server group
Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells
Demonstrate backing up and restoring a VMware Cloud Director appliance
Discuss VMware Cloud Director Appliance Clustering
Discuss failover mechanisms (automatic and manual) with VMware Cloud Director cells
Define the switchover, and promote options of the VMware Cloud Director appliance

VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware vCenter Server® and VMware NSX
Describe how the compute resources are provided to VMware Cloud Director
Describe how storage is provided to VMware Cloud Director
Configure and manage storage for Virtual Data Centers (VDCs)
Discuss network pools, external networks, and provider gateways
Describe VMware Cloud Director organizations
Understand organization policies
Explain how to access an organization using various portals
Understand the use cases of Allocation Models
Understand organization VDC
Discuss Linked Clone and Fast Provisioning

VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management

Discuss rights bundle
Describe role-based access
Explain custom roles and rights
Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory
Discuss OIDC integration with VMware Cloud Director
Discuss configuring the SAML identity provider in VMware Cloud Director
Discuss API Access Token and Service Accounts
Explain Quota Management and its use cases

VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

Understand standalone VMs
Discuss deployment methods of virtual machines
Explain VM properties
Discuss deployment methods of vApps
Discuss the vApp lease policies
Understand the vApps and VM actions
Explain vApp and VM badges
Demonstrate auto scaling groups

VMware Cloud Director Content Libraries

Explain the purpose of catalogs and how to create a catalog
Discuss catalog management and sharing catalogs
Understand media files in VMware Cloud Director and their usage
Discuss vApp templates
Understand vApp template operations
Discuss organization VDC templates
Discuss Fast Cross vCenter Server vApp Instantiation Utilizing Shared Storage

VMware Cloud Director Networking

Discuss provider gateway, external networks
Describe edge gateway
Discuss organization VDC networks
List the types of organization VDC networks
Discuss vApp networks
List the various types of vApp networks

Edge Gateway Services and Additional Networking Features

List the edge gateway services
Discuss DHCP, NAT, and firewall services on the edge gateway
Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT use cases
Explain routing and distributed firewall services
Understand IP space and its types
Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Describe the segment profile template

VMware Cloud Director Storage and Compute

Describe named disks and shared named disks
Demonstrate how to attach and detach a named disk and a shared named disk
Discuss how VMware Cloud Director VMs and disks are encrypted
Discuss vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Director IOPS storage policies usage
Discuss how to enable and use the storage IOPS limitation in VMware Cloud Director
Demonstrate VM sizing and placement in VMware Cloud Director
Discuss vGPU implementation in VMware Cloud Director

Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

Describe the usage and functionality of advisories
Demonstrate quick search
Discuss guided tours and use cases
Discuss Transfer Server Storage Monitoring
Demonstrate the VMware Cloud Director branding themes
Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in Vmware Cloud Director

VMware Cloud Director Integrated Solutions

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 Terraform
VMware Workspace ONE

Who should attend

Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following course and equivalent knowledge:

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V8 or equivalent knowledge

The following experience is helpful:

Working at the Linux command line
Substantial knowledge of general networking concepts

Course Outline

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

Describe the architecture and main components of VMware Cloud Director
Understand the features and benefits of VMware Cloud Director
Deploy the high availability VMware Cloud Director cluster
Create VMware Cloud Director provider virtual data centers and organizations
Configure and create vApps and VMs
Create users and role-based access control
Create and manage VMware Cloud Director catalogs
Create and manage VMware Cloud Director networks
Create VM sizing and placement policies
Discuss additional features of VMware Cloud Director

Course Overview

This three-day training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence with VMware HCX. This course teaches you how to deploy the different architectural components of HCX, and perform the tasks required to migrate and rebalance workloads across data centers and clouds.

Product Alignment

VMware HCX 4.7
VMware vSphere 8.x
VMware NSX 4.x

Who should attend

System administrators, system engineers, migration engineers, and migration architects.

Prerequisites

The course has the following required prerequisites:
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0] (NSXICM4) or equivalent strong networking experience.
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)
Disaster recovery and business continuity fundamentals.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the workload mobility challenges that VMware HCX addresses.
Recognize uses cases for VMware HCX.
Describe the HCX management plane and data plane components.
Describe the services provided by HCX and recognize the HCX appliances deployed to support each service.
Deploy HCX Cloud and HCX Connector and configure site-pairing.
Use network and compute profiles to deploy the HCX Service Mesh.
Explain the use cases and benefits of HCX+.
Perform site onboarding and configuration on HCX+
Describe and configure HCX Network Extension.
Describe the WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering capabilities of HCX.
Differentiate between HCX migration types and their use cases.
Use VMware HCX to implement a business continuity strategy.
Manage the lifecycle of VMware HCX.

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to VMware HCX

Describe the workload mobility challenges that VMware HCX addresses.
Recognize uses cases for VMware HCX.
Describe the VMware HCX uses cases related to application migration, upgrades or re-platforms, workload rebalancing, and business continuity and protection.

HCX Architecture

Describe the HCX management plane and data plane components.
Distinguish between the types of HCX Manager deployments.
Explain the role of HCX Cloud and HCX Connector.
Describe site-pairing at the management plane level.
Describe the services provided by HCX.
Recognize the HCX appliances deployed to support each HCX service.
Explain HCX Service Mesh and its benefits.

HCX Deployment

Identify the type of environments that can be interconnected in HCX.
Explain the different deployment topologies for HCX.
Deploy HCX Cloud on SDDC and on the public cloud.
Deploy HCX Connector on-premises.
Establish site pairing between the source and destination sites.
Troubleshoot common HCX Manager deployment and site pairing problems.

Service Mesh Deployment

Use network and compute profiles to deploy the HCX Service Mesh.
Recognize different types of Service Mesh topologies.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with Service Mesh deployments.

HCX+ Overview

Explain the use cases and benefits of HCX+.
Perform site onboarding and configuration on HCX+

HCX Network Extension

Explain the functionality, benefits and use cases of HCX Network Extension.
Compare HCX Network Extension with other L2 extension solutions.
Distinguish between HCX Network Extension topologies.
Describe the benefits of HCX Network Extension High Availability.
Create a network extension and validate its configuration.
Describe the benefits of Mobility Optimized Networking (MON).
Configure a HCX Network Extension with MON.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX Network Extension and MON.

WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering

Describe the benefits and used cases of WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.
Configure WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.

Workload Mobility

Identify the different phases of an HCX migration.
Differentiate between HCX migration types and their use cases.
Describe the workflow for HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
Explain the considerations and limitations of HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
Perform HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
Describe the workflow for Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
Explain the considerations and limitations of Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
Perform Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
Describe the workflow for HCX OS Assisted migrations.
Explain the considerations and limitations of HCX OS Assisted migrations.
Perform HCX OS Assisted migrations.
Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX OS Assisted migrations.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Explain disaster recovery concepts and considerations.
Use VMware HCX to implement a business continuity strategy.

HCX Lifecycle Management

Backup and restore the HCX Manager.
Upgrade HCX components.