VMware Cloud™ – Deploy and Manage a vSphere Cloud

VMware Cloud™ - Deploy and Manage a vSphere Cloud

In this course, you will explore the VMware technologies that allow you to deploy and manage your private on-premise cloud and securely connect to other clouds.

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

Discuss the key enhancements made to VMware vSphere® 6.5 and vSAN 6.5
Describe the VMware vRealize® Automation™ (vRA) architecture and use cases
Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual, cloud, and physical
infrastructures
Configure and manage catalogs and blueprints
Configure and manage business groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Amazon, and other platforms
Use the self-service portal to request and manage machines in accordance with vRealize Automation
approval and governance policies
Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
Configure and deploy VMware NSX® distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity
Configure and deploy VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity
Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure Service Composer policies

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center

2 - NEW FEATURES IN VSPHERE V6.5 AND VSAN V6.5

Use vSphere Client, VMware Host Client, and the vCenter Server Appliance shell
Discuss the new features and enhancements in vSphere 6.5
Describe the VMware vSAN™ enhancements in the following areas: Scalability, Performance, Availability, Space efficiency, Operational, Usability

3 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION OVERVIEW AND ARCHITECTURE

Explain the purpose of vRealize Automation
Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and self-service provisioning
Describe where vRealize Automation fits in the VMware product line
Discuss use cases for vRealize Automation
Identify the components of a vRealize Automation simple deployment
Identify the components of a vRealize Automation enterprise deployment
Identify the component design options for vRealize Automation
Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware products

4 - AUTHENTICATION, FABRICS, AND TENANTS

Describe identity management in vRealize Automation
Identify the authentication methods available in vRealize Automation
Identify the appropriate roles for specific tasks in vRealize Automation
Create tenants
Explain multitenant leading practices
Define relationships between vRealize Automation entities
Identify and configure vRealize Automation endpoints
Identify how vRealize Automation discovers compute resources
Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
Complete and manage reservations for compute resources

5 - CONVERGED BLUEPRINTS AND CATALOG MANAGEMENT

Define blueprints
Identify the process and options for configuring a blueprint
Create a blueprint with a single virtual machine
Create a blueprint with multiple virtual machines
Identify the role of the service catalog
Define catalog items
Use entitlements to manage catalog items

6 - CONSUMING CATALOG SERVICES

Request a single-machine service
Monitor the service provisioning status
Reconfigure a provisioned machine
Manage snapshots
Identify roles involved in creating approval policies
Identify approval policy level
Identify approval phases
Create and apply approval policies for catalog items
Use custom properties to modify the provisioning process
Use property groups to group sets of custom properties
Use the property dictionary to modify the provisioning process

7 - APPLICATION AUTHORING

Understand the lifecycle of a vRealize Automation Application deployment
Author an application blueprint
Deploy an application blueprint from the service catalog

8 - MONITORING AND RECLAMATION

Identify how to monitor resource use
Demonstrate how to reclaim resources
Demonstrate how to manage machine leases
Monitor system events

9 - VMWARE NSX LOGICAL ROUTING

Describe the VMware NSX logical router

10 - NSX EDGE GATEWAY SERVICES

Describe virtual private networking
Configure L2 VPN
Configure IPsec VPN
Configure SSL VPN-Plus

11 - VMWARE NSX FIREWALL AND SECURITY SERVICES

Describe the NSX Edge firewall
Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
Describe the Service Composer

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.