VMware Cloud Director : Install, Configure, Manage (V10.4)

The VMware Cloud Director : Install, Configure, Manage (V10.4) course is a comprehensive training program designed for IT professionals who want to deploy and manage VMware Cloud Director infrastructure and services. The course covers key concepts of the software-defined data center (SDDC), VMware Validated Solutions, and the Deployment options for VMware Cloud Director. Learners will explore Provider configuration, User roles, Quotas, Virtual machines, vApps, and Content libraries. Additionally, networking, storage, and Compute considerations specific to VMware Cloud Director are discussed.With a focus on installation, configuration, and management, this course enables attendees to understand the components and capabilities of VMware Cloud Director, ensuring they can provide secure and efficient cloud services. By incorporating VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage into their skill set, learners will be equipped to optimize their cloud environments effectively, benefitting from the platform's scalability and flexibility.

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

• Describe the architecture and main components of Cloud Director.

• Understand the features and benefits of Cloud Director.

• Deploy a high availability Cloud Director cluster.

• Create provider virtual data centers and organizations within Cloud Director.

• Configure and create vApps and VMs.

• Create users and implement role-based access control.

• Create and manage Cloud Director catalogs.

• Create and manage Cloud Director networks.

• Develop VM sizing and placement policies.

• Discuss additional features of Cloud Director.

Who Can Benefit

• Cloud architects

• Systems engineers

• Data center administrators

• Cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.

Prerequisites
Completion of the following course or equivalent knowledge is required:

• vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] or equivalent knowledge.

Helpful Experience

• Working at the Linux command line.

• Substantial knowledge of general networking concepts.

Course Outline:

1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2. Software-Defined Data Center and VMware Validated Solution

• Discuss VMware Validated Solution

• Define software-defined data center (SDDC)

• Discuss multitenancy with VMware Cloud Director

• Recognize design considerations when creating a cloud environment on the SDDC using VMware Cloud Foundation™

3. VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

• Describe the VMware Cloud Director cell and server group

• Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells

• Demonstrate backing up and restoring a VMware Cloud Director appliance

• Discuss VMware Cloud Director Appliance Clustering

• Discuss failover mechanisms (automatic and manual) with VMware Cloud Director cells

• Define the switchover and promote options of the VMware Cloud Director appliance

4. VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

• Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware vCenter Server® and VMware NSX

• Describe how compute resources are provided to VMware Cloud Director

• Describe how storage is provided to VMware Cloud Director

• Configure and manage storage for Virtual Data Centers (VDCs)

• Discuss network pools, external networks, and provider gateways

• Describe VMware Cloud Director organizations

• Understand organization policies

• Explain how to access an organization using various portals

• Understand the use cases of Allocation Models

• Understand organization VDC

• Discuss Linked Clone and Fast Provisioning

5. VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management

• Discuss rights bundles

• Describe role-based access

• Explain custom roles and rights

• Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory

• Discuss OIDC integration with VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss configuring the SAML identity provider in VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss API Access Token and Service Accounts

• Explain Quota Management and its use cases

6. VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

• Understand standalone VMs

• Discuss deployment methods of virtual machines

• Explain VM properties

• Discuss deployment methods of vApps

• Discuss the vApp lease policies

• Understand vApps and VM actions

• Explain vApp and VM badges

• Demonstrate auto-scaling groups

7. VMware Cloud Director Content Libraries

• Explain the purpose of catalogs and how to create a catalog

• Discuss catalog management and sharing catalogs

• Understand media files in VMware Cloud Director and their usage

• Discuss vApp templates

• Understand vApp template operations

• Discuss organization VDC templates

• Discuss Fast Cross vCenter Server vApp Instantiation Utilizing Shared Storage

8. VMware Cloud Director Networking

• Discuss provider gateway and external networks

• Describe edge gateway

• Discuss organization VDC networks

• List the types of organization VDC networks

• Discuss vApp networks

• List various types of vApp networks

9. Edge Gateway Services and Additional Networking Features

• List the edge gateway services

• Discuss DHCP, NAT, and firewall services on the edge gateway

• Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT use cases

• Explain routing and distributed firewall services

• Understand IP space and its types

• Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Describe the segment profile template

10. VMware Cloud Director Storage and Compute

• Describe named disks and shared named disks

• Demonstrate how to attach and detach a named disk and a shared named disk

• Discuss how VMware Cloud Director VMs and disks are encrypted

• Discuss vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Director IOPS storage policies usage

• Discuss how to enable and use the storage IOPS limitation in VMware Cloud Director

• Demonstrate VM sizing and placement in VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss vGPU implementation in VMware Cloud Director

11. Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

• Describe the usage and functionality of advisories

• Demonstrate quick search

• Discuss guided tours and use cases

• Discuss Transfer Server Storage Monitoring

• Demonstrate the VMware Cloud Director branding themes

• Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in VMware Cloud Director

12. VMware Cloud Director Integrated Solutions

• Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:

  • VMware Cloud Director Availability

  • VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad

  • VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension

  • VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension

  • VMware vCloud Usage Meter

  • VMware Aria Operations for Logs

  • VMware Aria Operations

  • VMware Chargeback

  • VMware Aria Automation

  • VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions

  • VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager

  • Terraform

  • VMware Workspace ONE