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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For whom it is intended:

• Software developer
• System administrator
• System engineer