VMware vRealize® Automation™ – Install, Configure, Manage v7.6

VMware vRealize® Automation™ - Install, Configure, Manage v7.6

During this course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize® Automation™. You learn about the configuration and use of the vRealize Automation platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, software components, and on-demand VMware NSX® networks. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems using VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ to leverage workflows, creating approval cycles, and managing machine lifecycles to conserve resources. In addition, you will better understand and know how to achieve the benefits of automation as a component of the software-defined data center.

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

Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use cases in cloud environments
Install and configure vRealize Automation
Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual and cloud infrastructures
Configure and manage catalogs, containers, and blueprints
Configure and manage business groups and reservations for compute resources
Use the self-service portal to request and manage machines in accordance with vRealize Automation approval and governance policies
Use customize properties and property groups in blueprints
Develop and use custom forms
Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
Configure and manage event broker subscriptions
Understand vRealize Automation extensibility and workflows
Use vRealize Automation to deploy and manage containers
Integrate vRealize Automation with third-party products

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION OVERVIEW AND ARCHITECTURE

Explain the role of vRealize Automation
Describe where vRealize Automation fits in the VMware product stack
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
Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and self-service provisioning
Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware products

3 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION INSTALLATION

Identify the prerequisites for installation
Describe the differences between a minimal deployment and an enterprise deployment
Describe the steps to install vRealize Automation using minimal deployment
Describe the steps to install vRealize Automation using VMware vRealize® Suite Lifecycle Manager™

4 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION TENANCY

Describe multitenancy
Create tenants

5 - AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION

Identify the authentication methods available in vRealize Automation
Describe identity management in vRealize Automation
Identify the appropriate role for different tasks in vRealize Automation

6 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURATION

Configure vRealize Automation endpoints
Create Fabric Groups
Create Business Groups
Create Network Profiles
Create and manage Reservations for compute resources
Create Reservation Policies

7 - 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 multitiered virtual application
Identify the role of the service catalog
Define catalog items
Use entitlements to manage catalog items
Define Cloudclient
Export blueprints using Cloudclient

8 - SOFTWARE PROVISIONING

Define software components
Design software components and application blueprints
Deploy an application blueprint from the service catalog

9 - CUSTOM RESOURCES AND THE PROPERTY DICTIONARY

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
Use component profiles in the creation and deployment of blueprints

10 - CUSTOM FORMS

Describe the benefits of using custom forms
Use the custom Form Editor
Define constraints
Define read-only fields
Use vRealize Orchestrator actions in custom forms

11 - INTEGRATING VMWARE NSX

Integrate vRealize Automation and VMware NSX
Use VMware NSX elements in vRealize Automation blueprints

12 - EXTENSIBILITY

Introduction to Extensibility
Describe the Event Broker
Describe the master workflow
Create an XaaS blueprint

13 - APPROVAL POLICIES

Identify roles involved in creating approval policies
Identify approval policy levels
Identify approval phases
Create and apply approval policies for catalog items

14 - MONITORING AND RECLAMATION

Identify how to monitor resource use
Demonstrate how to reclaim resources
Demonstrate how to manage machine leases
Monitor system events
Create a vRealize Automation system health check test
Create a vRealize Orchestrator system health check test

15 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION INTEGRATION WITH CONTAINERS

Describe Containers
Describe how Docker and Kubernetes can manage containers
Describe Harbor
Describe vSphere Integrated Containers

16 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION INTEGRATION WITH VREALIZE SUITE

Describe the use cases and benefits of using vRealize Lifecycle Manager to manage a vRealize
Automation deployment
Describe VMware vRealize® Business™ for Cloud concepts
Use vRealize Business for Cloud to manage cost
Describe vRealize Operations Dashboard integration with vRealize Automation
Describe dashboard features related to deployments
Describe dashboard features related to machines

17 - VREALIZE AUTOMATION INTEGRATION WITH EXTERNAL SYSTEMS

Describe how vRealize Automation can be integrated with external systems including Amazon endpoints,
vCloud on AWS, Azure endpoints, Google Cloud Platform endpoints, Ansible Tower integration,
ServiceNow integration, and Puppet

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