1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Software-Defined Data Center
- Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
- Describe vSphere
- Describe NSX
- Describe vSAN
3. Cloud Computing and vCloud Director Overview
- Cloud computing overview
- Characteristics of cloud services
- Categories of cloud computing
- VMware offering to enable cloud-based services
- Cloud deployment environments
- VMware vCloud® Air™network program overview
- Describe vCloud Director in relation to service provider or managed services environments
4. vCloud Director Architecture and Components
- vCloud Director architecture
- Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
- Examine integration with other VMware products, including VMware vRealize® Business™ for Cloud, VMwarev Realize® Operations Manager™, NSX, and vSAN
- vCloud Director terms: vApp and catalog
- vCloud Director terms:organization and virtual data center
- Network concepts
- vCloud Director supported storage
5. vCloud Director API and Metadata
- Describe tools to access the API of vCloud Director
- Use of REST API in VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™
- Describe access to vCloud Director using VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™
- Create and update metadata on objects
6. vCloud Providers
- Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
- Configure and manage storage for providers
- Examine provider space allocation to an organization
- Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines
- Describe the use cases for vSAN, VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™, and legacy storage
7. vCloud Director Organizations
- Create and manage organizations
- Organization virtual data center allocation models
- Recognize resource allocations for an organization
- Create and manage catalogs
- Manage vApps and vApp templates
8. vCloud Networking with NSX
- Describe the basic NSX components in relation to vCloud Director
- Describe the network types available in vCloud Director (external, organization, vApp)
- Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
- Examine the function of network pools
- Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
- Describe options to connect a private cloud to a public cloud
- Review options for external connectivity with VPN
9. Access Security
- 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
10. Managing Cloud Resources
- Identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
- Manage provider and organization virtual data centers
11. Managing vSphere Resources
- Manage VMware vCenter Server® instances
- Manage VMware ESXi™hosts
- Manage vSphere datastores
- Manage stranded items
- Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level
12. vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
- Architecture for VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director®
- Prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
- Implementation of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
13. Customer Onboarding
- Tenant layer 2 VPN access
- Tenant SSL VPN access
- Import existing vCenter Server managed infrastructure into vCloud Director
14. Monitoring vCloud Components
- Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual data centers
- Analyze vCloud Director logs to mirror vCloud Director cells
- Monitor vCloud Director environments with vRealize Operations Manager and VMware vRealize® Log Insight™
- Leverage vRealize Business for cost management
15.vCloud Director Installation
- vCloud Director setup overview
- vCloud Director hardware and software requirements
- vCloud Director supported platforms
- Network configuration prerequisites
- Install and configure the vCloud Director database
- Configure an Oracle data base and a Microsoft SQL Server database
- Create SSL certificates
- Configure VMware NSX®Manager™ for a new vCloud Director installation
- Install and configure an AMQP broker
- Download and install the VMware public key
- vRealize Business integration with vCloud Director
16. vCloud Director Upgrade
- vCloud Director upgrade overview
- Upgrade prerequisites
- NSX requirements
- Additional information
- Best practice for upgrades