Course Outline
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions
and course logistics
- Course
objectives
2. Design Principles and
Process
- Follow a proven
process to design and deploy a cloud solution
- Define customer
business objectives
- Gather and
analyze business and application requirements
- Document design
requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
- Use a systematic
method to evaluate and document design decisions
- Explain the
differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs
3. Service Definition and
Standardization
- Describe the
technical foundation of cloud computing
- Explain the
deployment models of cloud computing
- Describe the
essential characteristics of cloud computing
- Describe the
fundamental service characteristics of a VMware vCloud® solution
- Explain IT
service concepts
- Describe a
structured service development process
- List the potential
components of a service-level agreement
- Describe a
service catalog offered within a vCloud Director platform
4. vCloud Director
Architecture and Components
- Describe the
vCloud Director architecture
- Define sites and
availability zones
- Review the vCloud
Director components and explain their functions
5. vCloud Director Virtual
Data Center Design
- Describe the
design of a provider virtual data center and its relationship to the
underlying vSphere infrastructure
- Define
organizations, organization virtual data centers, networks, storage,
catalogs, and vApps
6. Cloud Management and
Resource Components
- Identify the
management components in a vCloud Director environment
- Describe the use
of management cluster concepts
- Design the
vSphere, NSX, and necessary storage infrastructure
- Define the
resource cluster design and use cases
- Link definitions
to requirements
7. vCloud Director
Integrations
- Describe the
integration with VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™, vRealize Business for
Cloud, and VMware vRealize® Operations™
- Design
integrations with third-party products
8. vCloud Availability for
vCloud Director
- Describe the
vCloud Availability for vCloud Director architecture
- List the
prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
- Implement vCloud
Availability for vCloud Director
9. Customer Onboarding
- Describe tenant
layer 2 VPN access
- Describe tenant
SSL VPN access
- Import existing
VMware vCenter Server® managed infrastructure into vCloud Director