VSTDCM8 - VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage V8

Course Overview

During this three-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu® in a VMware vSphere® 8 environment. You learn how vSphere with Tanzu provides services to deploy and manage virtual machines, vSphere Pods, Supervisor Services, and VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ clusters. You will also gain experience with day 2 operations and life cycle management of a vSphere with Tanzu environment.

Product Alignment

VMware vSphere® 8 Update 1
VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ 22.1.3
VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ 2.0

Who should attend

vSphere administrators and platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in vSphere with Tanzu

Prerequisites

Experience deploying and managing vSphere
Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture
Attending one of the following courses is recommended:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components
Deploy and manage Supervisors
Describe vSphere Pod capabilities and components
Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service
Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
Perform a backup using Velero
Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment

Course Content

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
Identify the parts of a container system
List the steps in a basic Docker workflow
Explain the importance of Kubernetes
Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes
Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow

Introducing vSphere with Tanzu

Describe vSphere with Tanzu
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
Describe the Supervisor Services
Describe the VM Service
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
Describe storage policies
Describe content libraries
Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu

vSphere with Tanzu Architecture

Describe the Supervisor architecture
List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
Define content libraries and VM images
Explain VM classes
Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
Explain vSphere privileges
Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services

Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
List the components of vSphere Pods
Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
Describe the VM Service
Explain the use cases of the VM Service
List the VM Service parameters
Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service

Day 2 Operations

Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization
Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
Describe load balancer certificate management
Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the Supervisor updates
Describe the vSphere Namespace updates
Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components
Explain how to back up a Supervisor
Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero
Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters
Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI
Describe the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
Explain how to use SSH to connect to Supervisor control plane nodes