VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course for experienced users of VMware® vSphere® teaches skills in the use of VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ as a forensic and predictive tool. The course is based on VMware ESXi™ 5.x, VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.x, and vCenter Operations Manager 5.x. This course is 60 percent lecture and 40 hands-on lab.
PREREQUISITES
- Hands-on experience administering vSphere 5 deployments
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5] recommended (HL235S)
AUDIENCE
- Experienced system administrators and system integrators
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:
- Understand major and minor badges and their underlying metrics
- Use these badges to find root causes of common operational issues in a vSphere environment
- Perform capacity management and what-if analyses
- Use the Operations tab, the Planning tab, the Alerts tab, the Analysis tab, and the Reports tab
- Navigate the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 user interface
- Use heat maps and create a custom heat map
- Use smart alerts to detect system issues
- Articulate the use case for the new policy structure in vCenter Operations Manager and how itcan be used to define configuration settings for objects in a vSphere environment
- Work with groups to classify virtual objects in logical and business-related structures and howto apply them to policies
- Define new use cases based on the optimized integration with VMware® vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ products like VMware® vCenter Configuration Manager™, VMware® vFabric™ Hyperic®, VMware® vCenter™ Infrastructure Navigator™, and other adapters
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
- Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
- Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite and its packaging
Module 3: Architecture and Concepts
- Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
- Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
- Master the main components of the dashboard view
- Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane
Module 4: Working with Dashboards and Badges
- Understand the functions of major and minor badges
- Use the Health major badge
- Use the Risk major badge
- Use the Efficiency major badge
- Use the Operations tab to navigate to details
Module 5: Analyzing with Heat Maps
- Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab
Module 6: Working with Smart Alerts
- Configure and use smart alerts
- Set up email notifications
Module 7: Working with Capacity Planning and Reports
- Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
- Perform what-if analyses
Module 8: Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager
- Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
- Install vCenter Operations Manager
- Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment
Module A: VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update
- Discuss the VMware management suite solution and products
- List the key components and capabilities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
- Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions
Module B: VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes
- Discuss configuration of policies and groups
- Identify basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
- Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
- Explain changes to badges, metrics,and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager
Module C: Integration with Other VMware Products
- Identify use cases for the integration of additional vCenter Operations Management Suite products
- Discuss integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
- Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager
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VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for Virtual Infrastructure Management
COURSE OVERVIEW
This hands-on training course builds your skills with VMware® vCenter Configuration Manager™ (VCM). It will provide you with the knowledge and skills to install and configure VCM, navigate the user interface, manage compliance, and perform administrative and configuration tasks against your virtual infrastructure. This course is 60 percent lecture and 40 percent hands-on labs.
AUDIENCE
- Virtual infrastructure administrator
- IT managers
PREREQUISITES
- Experience in performing basic administration tasks on VMware vSphere® ESXi™ hosts, VMware® vCenter Server™, VMware vCloud® Director™, VMware® vShield™, and virtual machines
- System administration experience in a Windows, Linux, or Solaris environment
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:
- Understand the position of vCenter Configuration Manager in the VMware® management solution set.
- Recognize the role of vCenter Configuration Manager in enterprise configuration and change and compliance management.
- Use the vCenter Configuration Manager console to configure vCenter Configuration Manager for management of VMware® vSphere® systems.
- Navigate the vCenter Configuration Manager console.
- Collect data from vSphere systems from the vCenter Configuration Manager console.
- Manage vSphere system compliance with vCenter Configuration Manager.
- Generate reports in vCenter Configuration Manager.
- Create custom reports in the vCenter Configuration Manager console.
- Perform vCenter Configuration Manager administration tasks to manage itssetup and collection of data, user access, jobs, and alerts.
- Discuss the installation options for vCenter Configuration Manager and perform a basic installation.
- Identify changes in the VMware® vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ including new products and packaging in a high-level overview.
- Articulate the use case for the new integration with VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ to maintain a compliant infrastructure.
- Learn about the improvements in change log and report management.
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- VCM overview
Module 2: Configuration, Compliance, and Change Management
- Provide a high-level overview of VCM and its position in the VMware management solution set
- Discuss some of the common challenges customers face in IT configuration, compliance, and change management
- Describe the key features of VCM and how they benefit IT departments managing configuration, compliance, and change
Module 3: Components and Processes
- Understand the system architecture
- Describe and discuss the CARMA concept
- Database
- Collector
- Processes
Module 4: Configuration for Virtual Infrastructure Systems
- Identify and use VCM user interface components
- Describe and configure management agents
- Add and configure settings for vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield systems
- License vSphere systems
- Collect data from vSphere systems
- Manage certificates
- Set up an alternative Managing Agent machine
Module 5: Using the Upper Console
- View dashboards
- View and manage alerts
- Change management in the virtual infrastructure
- Use the Virtual Infrastructure node
Module 6: VMware vSphere System Compliance Management
- Describe compliance analysis
- Create a rule group
- Create a rule group filter
- Create a rule group compliance condition
- Create and run a compliance template
Module 7: Working with Reports
- List vSphere system–related reports available in VCM
- Generate custom reports with the Report wizard
- Manage reports
Module 8: Basic Settings and Configuration
- Work with general settings
- Configure settings for integration with VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ and the VMware vSphere® Client™ VCM plug-in
- Configure virtualization settings
Module 9: Creating Collection Filters
- Describe collection filters
- Create collection filters
- Create collection filter sets and collection filter set groups
Module 10: User and Role Management
- Discuss how VCM access is controlled by access rules and roles
- Create access rules and use them in a role
- Manage access rules and roles
- Add and manage VCM logins
Module 11: Job Management
- Describe the function of the Job Manager
- View a running job
- Add a job
- Schedule a job
- Edit a job
Module 12: Alert Management
- Add an alert rule
- Discuss and input alert configuration
Module 13: Using the Content Wizard
- Describe the Content wizard
- Import and use imported templates
Module 14: Using the Import/Export Utility
- Describe the Import/Export utility
- Discuss where the Import/Export utility is used
Module 15: Using the Debug Event Viewer
- Discuss how the Debug Event Viewer works
- Describe how to filter events
Module 16: Installing VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
- Prerequisites
- Architecture (single-tier or multitier)
- Installation
- Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
- Install vCenter Operations Manager
- Configure VCM to gather data from its environment
Module A – VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update
- Discuss the VMware management suite solution and products
- List the key components and capabilities of the vCenter Operations Management Suite
- Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions
Module B – VMware vCenter Configuration Manager v5.6 Changes
- Discuss changes in configuration of machine groups
- Identify new features in managing changes and compliance in the virtual infrastructure
- Learn about improvements in the internationalization of vCenter Configuration Manager
- Generate new reports for the virtual infrastructure
Module C – Integration with Other Products
- Identify use cases for integration of additional vCenter Operations Management Suite products
- Discuss integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
- Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager
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VMware vCloud: Deploy and Manage the VMware Cloud
COURSE OVERVIEW
This intensive four-day, instructor-led course demonstrates to technical personnel how to deploy VMware vCloud® for a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment and manage the ongoing operation of the deployment. The course focuses on the private and public vCloud solutions but also includes information on how this approach supports a hybrid solution. This course is 40 percent lecture and 60 percent hands-on labs.
AUDIENCE
- Consultants, systems engineers, datacenter administrators, and cloud administrators
PREREQUISITES
Minimum Requirements:
- VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage (HH633S) or
- VMware vSphere 5.0: Install, Configure, Manage (HL235S)
Other Requirements:
- VMware vCloud Director: Essentials/Fundamentals [V1.5]
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification is strongly recommended
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, you should understand the features and operation of VMware vCloud® Director™ and be able to do the following:
- Deploy vCloud Director
- Manage vCloud Director to satisfy private, public, and hybrid cloud business needs
- Configure VMware vSphere® storage to enable multiple tiers in provider virtual datacenters
- Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs
- Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs
- Configure networking for organizations and vApps
- Connect organizations with VPN tunnels and static routes
- Interface vCloud Director to OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory servers
- Configure network security between vCloud Director vApps and organizations with VMware vShield Edge™ firewalls
- Use VMware vCenter Chargeback™ to meter vCloud Director resources
- Understand the interactions between VMware vSphere Distributed Resources Scheduler clusters and vCloud Director.
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Review course goals
- Review course objectives
- Review the course outline
- Recognize VMware vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements
Module 2: VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
- Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
- Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
- Examine how to charge for resources
- Determine the licensing needs
Module 3: Installing VMware vCloud Director
- Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
- Install vCloud Director
Module 4: VMware vCloud Director Networking
- Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
- Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
- Describe the function of network pools
- Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
- Share content in private, public, and hybrid clouds
Module 5: VMware vCloud Director Providers
- Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
- Configure and manage storage for providers
- Examine provider space allocation to an organization
- Recognize Storage vMotion issues
- Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines
Module 6: VMware vCloud Director Organizations
- Create and manage organizations
- Recognize resource allocations for an organization
- Create and manage catalogs
Module 7: Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
- Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual datacenters
- Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells
Module 8: Cloud Connectivity
- Configure Basic Firewalls in vCloud Director
- Describe a Network Troubleshooting Methodology
- Configure VPN Tunnels in vCloud Director
- Configure Static Routes in vCloud Director
- Describe VMware vCloud® Connector
Module 9: VMware vCloud Security
- Identify authentication and authorization tasks
- Describe and configure LDAP integration
- Describe single sign-on
Module 10: Cost Analysis and Reporting with VMware vCenter Chargeback
- Recognize which elements vCenter Chargeback meters for vCloud Director
- Describe how cost models are used to generate reports
- Summarize the function of each of the vCenter Chargeback architecture components
- Identify how to generate reports
- Generate different reports based on business needs
Module 11: Managing Cloud Resources
- Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
- Manage provider and organization virtual datacenters
Module 12: Managing vSphere Resources
- Manage VMware vCenter Server™ instances
- Manage VMware ESXi™ hosts
- Manage vSphere datastores
- Manage stranded items
- Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level
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VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage (H4S38S)
COURSE OVERVIEW
This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Automation Center™. This course covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and physical machines to create and manage on-demand multivendor cloud infrastructures. This course is 60% lecture and 40% hands-on lab.
AUDIENCE
- Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators and operational developers
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in multivendor cloud environments
- Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 5.2
- Manage vCloud Automation Center 5.2 entities on VMware® and third-party hardware and cloud infrastructures
- Configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints
- Configure and manage enterprise groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and more
- Use the Self-Service portal to request and manage machines according to vCloud Automation Center approval policies
- Use the Report portal to monitor vCloud Automation Center configuration and managed resources
- Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course outline
- Course goals
- Course objectives
Module 2: VMware vCloud Automation Center Architecture and Components
- Explain the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center to manage a multivendor cloud
- Explain the components involved in a single vendor cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director® and VMware vSphere®
- Define the ports associated with the communication among vCloud Automation Center components
- Understand and customize the elements of the vCloud Automation Center administration console
Module 3: VMware vCloud Automation Center Distributed Execution Managers and Agents
- Explain the role of Distributed Execution Managers and agents
- Explain the types of agents and agent relationships
Module 4: VMware vCloud Automation Center Configuration, Provisioning, and Management
- Understand the relationships among vCloud Automation Center entities
- Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
- Demonstrate how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Amazon
- Explain provisioning groups, enterprise groups, blueprints, and reservations for compute resources
Module 5: VMware vCloud Automation Center Self-Service Portal
- Review the installation requirements and process for the Self-Service portal
- Use the Self-Service portal to provision machines from virtual, cloud, and physical resources
- Review provisioning requests
Module 6: Managing and Monitoring vCloud Automation Center Resources
- Identify, verify, and reclaim inactive and abandoned resources
- Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Administration portal
- Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Report portal
Module 7: VMware vCloud Automation Center Models and Workflows
- Review Windows Workflow Foundation
- Define and demonstrate default vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Explain how to use VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ workflows from vCloud Automation Center
Module 8: VMware vCloud Automation Center Installation and Upgrade
- Review vCloud Automation Center interoperability
- Explain vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
- Identify vCloud Automation Center component installers
- Identify the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure
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VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [v5.1]
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course demonstrates to technical personnel how to deploy VMware® vCloud Director® for a small private cloud environment and manage the ongoing operation of the deployment. The course focuses on the private cloud in an engineering or quality assurance solution. The course covers all of the fundamentals needed to install, configure, and manage any small private cloud with vCloud Director. This course is the prerequisite for other courses that cover more advanced vCloud Director configurations in enterprise deployments. This course is 40% lecture and 60% hands-on lab.
AUDIENCE
- Consultants, systems engineers, datacenter administrators, and cloud administrators
PREREQUISITES
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.01 (H1L93S)] or VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0 (HL235S)]
- VMware vCloud Director: Essentials/Fundamentals [V1.5]
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, you should understand the features and operation of vCloud Director and be able to do the following:
- Deploy vCloud Director
- Manage vCloud Director to satisfy private, public, and hybrid cloud business needs
- Configure VMware vSphere® storage to enable multiple tiers in provider virtual datacenters
- Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs
- Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs
- Configure networking for organizations and vApps
- Interface vCloud Director to OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory servers
- Understand the interactions between VMware vSphere Distributed Resources Scheduler clusters and vCloud Director.
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Review course goals
- Review course objectives
- Review the course outline
- Recognize VMware vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements
Module 2: VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
- Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
- Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
- Examine integration with other VMware products such as VMware® vCenter™ Chargeback™ and VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™
- Determine the licensing needs
Module 3: VMware vCloud Networking
- Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
- Discuss the organization and VMware vSphere® vApp™network traffic choices
- Describe the function of network pools
- Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
Module 4: VMware vCloud Providers
- Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
- Configure and manage storage for providers
- Examine provider space allocation to an organization
- Recognize VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® issues
- Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines
Module 5: VMware vCloud Director Organizations
- Create and manage organizaions
- Recognize resource allocations for an organization
- Create and manage catalogs
Module 6: Basic Security
- Describe role-based access
- Create custom security roles
- Describe and configure LDAP integration with Microsoft Active Directory
- Describe single sign-on
Module 7: Managing Cloud Resources
- Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
- Manage provider and organization virtual datacenters
Module 8: Managing VMware vSphere Resources
- Manage VMware® vCenter Server™ instances
- Manage VMware® ESXi™ hosts
- Manage vSphere datastores
- Manage stranded items
- Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level
Module 9: Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
- Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual datacenters
- Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells
Module 10: Organization Users
- Describe the catalog tasks available to organization users of various roles
- Describe the vApp tasks available to organization users of various roles
Module 11: VMware vCloud Director Installation
- Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
- Install vCloud Director
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VMware vCloud: Overview
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course demonstrates to technical personnel how the VMware vCloud™ solution delivers IT services in a cloud environment. The course focuses on enterprise usage in a private cloud but also includes information on how this approach supports moving to a hybrid or public cloud. Students perform hands-on labs to understand how IT resources are delivered and consumed in a vCloud environment. Instructors demonstrate the basics of how the vCloud solution abstracts, allocates, and meters IT resources in a vCloud environment.
This course is 30% lecture, 50% hands-on labs, and 20% demonstration.
PREREQUISITES
- Thorough understanding of virtualization and vSphere capabilities will be helpful
AUDIENCE
- Technical influencers, high-level managers, and IT decision makers
- Consultants, engineers, and first-line support people wanting a first look at the vCloud solution
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality and benefits of the vCloud solution, including:
- How cloud computing benefits both IT departments and their end users
- How the VMware® product portfolio supports the cloud computing approach
- How IT resources are delivered, consumed, metered, and secured in a vCloud environment
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course goals
- Course learning objectives
Module 2: Introducing VMware vCloud
- Discuss some characteristics of delivering IT services in the cloud for consumers and providers
- Name the three cloud deployment environments
- Name the three types of services delivered in the cloud and to which type a given VMware product relates
- Recognize the VMware vCloud Director constructs used to abstract, allocate, and deliver resource in a VMware
- vCloud implementation
- Discuss the purpose of each of the vCloud components
- List some of the benefits that cloud computing offers to IT organizations
Module 3: IT Server Delivery
- Describe how organization administrators deliver IT resources in a vCloud environment
- Manage and control access to content components, including catalogs, vApps, vApp templates, and media
- Explain how to share content between organizations
- Describe the purpose of leases, quotas, and limits
Module 4: Building a Private Cloud
- Summarize the eight basic tasks to provision and allocate resources
- Describe how each of the three resource allocation models allocate resources to a organization vDC
- Describe the three types of networks used in a private cloud
- Discuss the function of network pools
- Compare the three network pool backing options
- Name the three types of organization networks
- List some controls vCloud Director uses to secure networks
- Describe how to scale vCloud Director to large environments
Module 5: Cost Analysis and Reporting
- Summarize the function of each of the vCenter Chargeback architectural components
- Describe the basic workflow of using vCenter Chargeback in a vCloud infrastructure
- Recognize which resources vCenter Chargeback meters
- Name the components of a cost model
- Describe how cost models are used to generate reports
- Locate additional vCloud resources
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VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is designed to guide students through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud™ environment. Students will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere™, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware® vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive workshop on VMware cloud design. This course is 45% lecture, and 55% design lab.
PREREQUISITES
- Students must have VCP-level knowledge of vSphere
- They must also have general-purpose vSphere design experience, with special emphasis on networking and storage
- Exposure to the product features and functionality of vCloud Director, vSphere, vShield Edge, and vCenter Chargeback is required
AUDIENCE
Sales partners, customers, consultants, and sales engineers who are responsible for designing public and private cloud architectures with VMware products
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, you should have an understanding of the VMware cloud and be able to:
- Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs
- Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources
- Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud
- Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles
- Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation
DESIGN LABS
The course is built on four design labs. In the final, 6-hour lab, students will design a complete vCloud architecture on either the service provider model or the private enterprise model.
- vCloud architecture network design lab
- vCloud architecture provider design lab
- vCloud architecture security design lab
- vCloud architecture design lab
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: VMware vCloud Director Architecture Review
- vCloud Director prerequisites
- Components of VMware cloud infrastructure
- Logical constructs in vCloud Director
- Cloud architecture fundamentals
Module 3: VMware vCloud Architecture Models
- Service provider (public cloud) model
- Enterprise (private cloud) model
- Hybrid model
- Management clusters and resource groups
- Load balancing
- Roles and communications in multicell architectures
Module 4: Designing Networks
- Types of vCloud Director networks
- vCloud Director Network Isolated networks
- vCloud Director network pools
- vCloud Director network management
- vCloud Director network security
Module 5: Designing Storage
- vCloud storage resources
- Storage tiering
- Segmenting storage based on speed
- Storage leases
- Catalog storage
- Thin provisioning
- VMware Storage vMotion
Module 6: Designing Providers
- Consumable resources
- Virtual datacenters
- Resource pools
- Organization and provider virtual datacenters
- Providers and networking
- Providers and storage
Module 7: Designing Organizations
- Organization creation and resource pools in the provider virtual datacenters
- Accessing multiple provider virtual datacenters from one organization
- Organization administrator rights and responsibilities
- vApps
- Catalogs
- Organization networks and external networks
Module 8: Designing Security
- Authentication and authorization
- Role-based access controls
- Organization administrators
- Organization security and LDAP integration
- Predefined roles
- Custom roles
Module 9: Designing Chargeback
- Modules of consumption
- vCenter Chargeback metrics
- vCenter Chargeback server configuration
- vCenter Chargeback data collectors
Module 10: VMware vCloud Architecture Design Review
- Multitenancy
- Network design
- Storage design
- Provider design
- Organization design
- Security design
- Chargeback design
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vCloud Automation Center 6: Install, Configure, Manage
COURSE OVERVIEW
This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware® vCloud® Automation Center. This course covers the configuration and use of the vCloud Automation Center platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of multivendor cloud services.
PREREQUISITES
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.x] or
- Equivalent knowledge
AUDIENCE
- Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators and operational developers
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in today’s multivendor cloud environments
- Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 6.0
- Deploy Distributed Execution Managers and agents for vCloud Automation Center connectivity
- Configure endpoints to support compute fabric connectivity
- Manage vCloud Automation Center 6.0 entities on VMware® hardware, third-party hardware, and cloud infrastructures
- Configure vCloud Automation Center infrastructure services
- Configure and manage tenants and blueprints
- Configure and manage a service catalog
- Configure and manage role-based access control
- Request and manage machines using the user portal
- Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Integrate VMware® vCenter® Orchestrator™ with vCloud Automation Center
- Automate application provisioning with VMware vCloud® Application Director™
- Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
- Manage cost reporting with VMware® IT Business Management Suite™
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course outline
- Course goals
- Course objectives
Module 2: Architecture and Components
- Identify the benefits of the software-defined data center
- Explore the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center as a cloud management platform for a multivendor hybrid cloud
- Identify the components of vCloud Automation Center
- Identify vCloud Automation Center design options
- Define network ports and protocols required for communication between vCloud Automation Center components
- Define the user interface elements of vCloud Automation Center
- Explain how vCloud
Module 3: Installation
- Explain the vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
- Identify the vCloud Automation Center appliances and component installers
- Define the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure
Module 4: Configuring IaaS
- Define relationships between vCloud Automation Center entities
- Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
- Identity how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources
- Define the vCloud Automation Center roles
- Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
- Create tenants
- Create and manage reservations for compute resources
Module 5: Blueprints and Catalog Services
- Create and manage single-machine and multimachine blueprints
- Manage service
Module 6: Provisioning Services
- Provision new machines and services
- Manage self-provisioned machines
- Create approval policies
- Identify approval policy levels and approval phases
- Use custom properties
- Use build profiles
- Use the property dictionary
Module 7: Extensibility
- Identify extensibility and customization options
- Use vCloud Automation Designer to edit an existing workflow
- Use vCenter Orchestrator
- Configure plug-ins for external integration
Module 8: Monitoring and Reclamation
- Identify and verify inactive and abandoned resources
- Manage machine leases
- Manage machine reclamation
Module 9: Operational Management
- Configure VMware IT Business Management Suite Standard Edition
- Report financial data for a cloud infrastructure
Module 10: Managing Applications
- Define the role of vCloud Application Director
- Identify the vCloud Application Director infrastructure components and requirements
- Deploy and manage vCloud Application Director
- Configure application provisioning
- Create, manage, and update
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VMware vCloud Director: Design Workshop [V9.x]
Overview:
This four-day training course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design a VMware vCloud Director® 9.x infrastructure.
You will follow a proven approach to design a virtualization solution that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security, and that uses VMware best practices.
A case study will guide you through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing vCloud Director.
You will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere® 6.x, vCloud Director, VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director®, VMware NSX®, and VMware vRealize® Business™ for Cloud, as well as the integration with other VMware and third-party products.
You will also learn about self-service provisioning, the effects of organizations, virtual data centers, catalog services, and on-demand NSX networks.
Product Alignment
- vCloud Director 9.x
- vSphere 6.x
- NSX 6.2 and later
Objectives:
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Assess the business and application requirements of the current environment
- Apply a framework to a design
- Analyze design choices and best-practice recommendations
- Create a design that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security
- Design a vCloud Director environment
- Design vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs
- Design vCloud Director catalogs
- Design networking for organizations and vApps with the help of NSX
- Discuss customer onboarding scenarios with vCloud Director
Intended Audience:
Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment
Prerequisites:
Completion of the following course is required:
- VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge
Completion of the following courses is recommended:
- VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware NSX: Design and Deploy
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSphere: Design Workshop
Outline:
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Design Principles and Process
- Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution
- Define customer business objectives
- Gather and analyze business and application requirements
- Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
- Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
- Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs
3. Service Definition and Standardization
- Describe the technical foundation of cloud computing
- Explain the deployment models of cloud computing
- Describe the essential characteristics of cloud computing
- Describe the fundamental service characteristics of a VMware vCloud® solution
- Explain IT service concepts
- Describe a structured service development process
- List the potential components of a service-level agreement
- Describe a service catalog offered within a vCloud Director platform
4. vCloud Director Architecture and Components
- Describe the vCloud Director architecture
- Define sites and availability zones
- Review the vCloud Director components and explain their functions
5. vCloud Director Virtual Data Center Design
- Describe the design of a provider virtual data center and its relationship to the underlying vSphere infrastructure
- Define organizations, organization virtual data centers, networks, storage, catalogs, and vApps
6. Cloud Management and Resource Components
- Identify the management components in a vCloud Director environment
- Describe the use of management cluster concepts
- Design the vSphere, NSX, and necessary storage infrastructure
- Define the resource cluster design and use cases
- Link definitions to requirements
7. vCloud Director Integrations
- Describe the integration with VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™, vRealize Business for Cloud, and VMware vRealize® Operations™
- Design integrations with third-party products
8. vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
- Describe the vCloud Availability for vCloud Director architecture
- List the prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
- Implement vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
9. Customer Onboarding
- Describe tenant layer 2 VPN access
- Describe tenant SSL VPN access
- Import existing VMware vCenter Server® managed infrastructure into vCloud Director
Formats: Classroom Length: 4 Days