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VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage (V5.2)

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€ 3.290,-
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€ 3.915,10
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Booking number
36615
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This five-day course teaches the capabilities of VMware Cloud Foundation and how to successfully plan, deploy, manage and operate hybrid and cloud infrastructures, including customization.
Contents

1. VMware Cloud Foundation+ and VMware Cloud Connectivity

  • The architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation+™ (VCF+)
  • Requirements for VCF+
  • Value-added functions of VCF+
  • Licensing parameters on a subscription basis
  • The subscription process
  • Functionalities of the VMware Cloud Gateway™
  • Components of the VMware Cloud Gateway
  • Architecture of the VMware Cloud Gateway
  • Connectivity of the VMware Cloud Gateway to VMware Cloud
  • VMware Cloud Platform
  • vSphere+ services in VCF+
  • Demonstrate the capabilities of the cloud user interface for VCF+

2. day zero tasks

  • Requirements for the deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Commissioning of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Information for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
  • Fill in the Deployment Parameter Workbook
  • Automation of the deployment process with VMware Cloud Builder™
  • Configuration validation with the VMware Cloud Builder
  • The provision of the management domain
  • 4. post-deployment operations

3. complete the onboarding wizard

  • Integration of VMware Cloud Foundation with VMware Single Sign-On
  • Configuration of user access to VMware Cloud Foundation
  • The importance of user roles in vSphere
  • Identity sources for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • The SDDC Manager backup and restore process
  • The NSX backup and restore process
  • Passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • The importance of VMware Cloud Foundation for managing passwords for vSphere components
  • Manage and secure a primary password list
  • The process for rotating passwords that are not managed by VMware Cloud Foundation

4. VMware Cloud Foundation: Network connectivity with NSX

  • Network virtualization with NSX
  • NSX operating areas
  • Components of NSX
  • Logical switching
  • NSX Data Center deployment in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Logical routing in NSX
  • VMware NSX® Edge™ features
  • Data plane preparation for NSX Edge nodes in a workload domain
  • Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies
  • Application virtual networks
  • Management domain rack options
  • NSX Edge Cluster Requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
  • NSX Edge Cluster Placement Considerations

5. management of workload domains

  • Define workload domains
  • Types of workload domains
  • Scaling limits for workload domains
  • Use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
  • Due function of the network pools
  • Determine the size of network pools
  • Create network pools
  • Picking hosts
  • Requirements for workload domains
  • Create a workload domain
  • Scaling a workload domain
  • Delete a workload domain
  • Decommissioning hosts
  • Special design decisions for VMware Cloud Foundation components

6. vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation

  • Overview of vSphere with Tanzu 
  • The role of Spherelets
  • Supervisor cluster control level
  • vSphere with Tanzu Namespaces
  • The role of NSX network components
  • vSphere with Tanzu network topology
  • Management network requirements for VMs at control level
  • IP address CIDR ranges for pod, ingress and egress networks
  • Requirements for the compatibility of the vSphere with Tanzu clusters
  • Deploy the VMware vSphere® add-on for Kubernetes
  • Create a vSphere namespace
  • Boundary and authorization configuration for a vSphere namespace

7. VMware Cloud Foundation storage management

  • Storage use cases in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Determine the appropriate storage option for a workload domain
  • vSphere-native storage design options
  • VMware vSAN architecture and components
  • vSAN requirements for management and workload domains
  • Define deduplication and compression
  • Scaling vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Configure storage policies for vSAN
  • Explain fault tolerance rules
  • Compliance status of a VM storage policy

8. availability and business continuity

  • Importance of the availability of external services
  • vSphere availability options
  • Use cases for stretched clusters
  • Components of stretched clusters
  • Requirements for stretched clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Deploy a vSAN stretched cluster with APIs

9 VMware Cloud Foundation certificate management

  • Basics of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Certificate requirements (CSRs)
  • Subject Alternative Names (SAN)
  • Available options in SDDC Manager for certification authorities
  • Show certificates
  • Create a CSR
  • Replace and install certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
  • Available CA options in SDDC Manager
  • Configure Microsoft CA Server
  • Add OpenSSL CA in SDDC Manager
  • Install certificates from Microsoft, OpenSSL and third-party certification authorities

10 VMware Cloud Foundation: Lifecycle Management

  • VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management at a glance
  • Products that can be updated with VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
  • Online and offline bundle downloads with VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
  • The role of vSphere Lifecycle Management in the VMware Cloud Foundation
  • vSphere Lifecycle Manager: baseline-based and image-based clusters
  • Using cluster images
  • Importance of Hardware Support Managers
  • Upgrade requirements
  • Upgrade pre-check
  • The correct sequence for upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation components
  • Upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation software and components

11 VMware Cloud Foundation: Troubleshooting

  • Using the SoS command line tool to create log bundles, perform health checks and check password validity
  • VMware Cloud Foundation services
  • VMware Cloud Foundation log files
  • Use of token IDs for troubleshooting failed workflows
Your benefit
  • Planning a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment
  • Understanding of VMware Cloud Foundation and the supporting architecture
  • Configuring VMware Cloud Foundation for VMware Cloud connectivity
  • Understanding the VMware Cloud Foundation subscription licensing model
  • Carrying out Day Zero tasks
  • Carrying out the onboarding of the VMware Cloud Foundation platform
  • Manage user credentials in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Configuring NSX networks in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Deploy and manage workload domains
  • Deploying vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Understanding and implementing storage solutions and associated policies
  • Performing maintenance tasks for the VMware Cloud Foundation platform
  • Manage certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation and related technologies
  • Manage the lifecycle of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Integration of technical support for VMware Cloud Foundation
trainer
Daniel Chroszcz
Methods

This course consists of training training and is led by a trainer who supervises the participants live. Theory and practice are taught with live demonstrations and practical exercises. The video conferencing software Zoom is used.

Final examination
Recommended for

This course is aimed at system architects and system administrators.

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18.8.2025
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