vCloud Director

VCDICM97 : VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V9.7]

Course Duration

5 Days

Delivery

ILT VILT

Overview

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In this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud Director® for Service Providers 9.x. You learn about self-service provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX® networks. This course covers interfacing VMware vCloud Director® with other systems using various APIs and the integration and use of VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director®. You will understand how to manage multisite, cross-VDC networking for vCloud Director. You will also understand how to configure Central Point of Management (CPOM) to define a Software-defined Datacenter (SDDC) for tenant and provider users of vCloud Director.

This course also discusses how to monitor various vCloud Director objects using VMware vRealize® Operations™, Tenant vApp, and VMware vRealize® Log Insight™.

What You'll Learn

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

Deploy vCloud Director
Manage vCloud Director to satisfy service provider needs
Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs
Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs
Transfer virtual machine workloads from VMware vSphere® into and out of vCloud Director
Configure networking for organizations and vApps with the help of NSX
Use NSX to create hybrid cloud connectivity between public clouds and private clouds
Discuss various customer onboarding scenarios involving vCloud Director
Configure the integration with VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director®
Use VMware vCloud® Availability for hybrid cloud setup and onboarding

Who Should Attend

Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment

Prerequisites

Completion of the following course is required:

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] or equivalent knowledge

Completion of the following eLearning courses is recommended:

VMware vCloud Director: Fundamentals [V8.x]
VMware vSAN and HCI Fundamentals
VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals Substantial knowledge of TCP/IP networking is helpful.

Substantial knowledge of TCP/IP networking is helpful.

Learning Journey

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1. Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2. vCloud Director Deployment and Configuration

Define Software Defined Datacenter
Discuss VMware offerings for Cloud-Based Services
Understand the prerequisite to install vCloud Director
Discuss the deployment options for vCloud Director
Differentiate different deployment options, benefits, and disadvantages
Discuss VMware Validated Design

3. vCloud Director Provider and Organization

Configure and manage provider VDCs
Identify storage, compute, and network resources for vCloud Director
Create and manage organizations, including vCloud Director organization VDCs
Discuss vCloud Director HTML5 UI
Discuss HTML5-based Provider Portal and Tenant Portal

4. vCloud Director Organization VDC

Organization VDC allocation models
Recognize resource allocations for an organization
Describe the network types available in vCloud Director (external, organization, and vApp)
Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
Examine the function of network pools
Discuss Compute Profiles

5. vApps and Catalogs

Discuss the use of virtual machines
Create and manage vApps
Create and manage catalogs
Manage vApp templates
Create and manage vApp Networks
Discuss vApp Network Traffic Choices

6. Users and Role-based Access

Describe role-based access
Create custom security roles
Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory
Describe single sign-on
Enable a SAML identity provider
Describe two-factor authentication • Discuss User bundle and role-based access control

7. vCloud Director Networking

Identify key components in the architecture of VMware NSX® Data Center for vSphere®
Describe how logical switches and distributed logical routers work
Discuss edge services like NAT, DHCP, load balancer, and firewall
Discuss the architecture of NSX- TTM Data Center
Discuss vCloud Director supported features of NSX-T Data Center
Discuss Multisite
Configure Cross VDC Networking.

8. Resource Management and Monitoring

Manage and monitor vSphere resources
Manage and monitor Cloud resources
Monitor vCloud Director environment using VMware vRealize® Operations ManagerTM
Monitor vCloud Director environments with vRealize Operations Manager and vRealize Log Insight
Manage billing and reports of vCloud Director objects using Tenant vApp

9. vCloud Extensibility

Discuss Container Service Extension
Explore vCD, CLI, and Container Service Extension
Discuss Python SDK for vApp Deployment
Discuss Terraform and vCloud Director
Discuss VMware vRealize® OrchestratorTM Plug-in for vCloud Director

10. vCloud Director APIs

Describe access to vCD objects using REST API calls
Describe tools to access the API of vCloud Director objects
Discuss different third-party API client tools
Describe access to vCloud Director using Postman, Curl
Describe access to vCloud Director using OpenAPI
Create and update metadata on objects
Access different vCloud objects using vCloud API

11. Customer Onboarding and Hybrid Cloud

Discuss architecture for vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
Review prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
Discuss vCloud Availability for vCloud Director portal
Review fail-over Virtual Machine options
Discuss Virtual Machine replication to the Cloud
Discuss On-Prem-to-Cloud migration

12. vCloud Director Troubleshooting

Identify log locations for vCloud Director
List the key services in vCloud Director
Navigate through vCloud Director logs
Capture vCloud Director log bundles
Describe the troubleshooting approach for common vCloud Director issues

This course is not associated with any Certification.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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These certifications demonstrate your ability to design, deploy, and manage complex VMware environments, enhancing your career prospects and earning potential.
VMware-certified professionals are highly sought after by employers worldwide, as they possess the knowledge and skills to drive digital transformation and optimize IT infrastructure.
What to expect for the examination?

VMware offers a variety of certification exams at different levels (VCTA, VCP, VCAP, VCDX) and across various technology tracks (Data Center Virtualization, Network Virtualization, Cloud Management and Automation, etc.).
Exams typically consist of multiple-choice and scenario-based questions that assess your knowledge and ability to apply it in real-world situations.
Note: Certification requirements and policies may be updated by VMware from time to time. We apologize for any discrepancies; do get in touch with us if you have any questions.
How long is VMware certification valid for?

As of April 2019, VMware has removed the mandatory recertification requirement for VCP certifications.
This means your VCP certification will not expire, and you are not required to recertify at any specific interval.
However, VMware encourages individuals to recertify and upgrade their certifications to validate their continued expertise and stay current with the latest technologies.
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