VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Workshop V10.2

Course Introduction
– Introductions and course logistics
– Course objectivesAdvanced VMware Cloud Director Architecture
– Explain the basic concepts and terminologies in a VMware Cloud Director environment
– Describe the basic architecture of a VMware Cloud Director environment
– Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution
– 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
– Describe the concepts of Provider SLAs
– Discuss the advantages of standardized and flexible cloud platforms
– Explain how you can use a building-block design approach with VMware products to architect a flexible but standardized cloud environment
– Impact on Monetization of service definitions
– Discuss the design and implications of a vSphere Design for the Cloud Platform
– Explain the use of Single vs. Stretched vs. Multi-Site deployments
– Design Cloud Director Federation
– Explain use cases for CPOMNSX for vSphere Versus NSX-T Data Center and Migration
– Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture, components, and communication channels
– Identify the workflows involved in configuring the NSX Management cluster
– Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management cluster formation
– Explain basic concepts of NSX-V and NSX-T design with VMware Cloud Director
– Discuss the use cases for Edge Services
– Discuss the use cases for Distributed Network Services
– Discuss the features available in NSX-V and NSX-T
– Explain the integration of external networks (such as MPLS, DirectConnect)
– Explain the integration of 3rd party network services (NON-VMware Edge Services, WAF)
– Discuss different migration scenarios
– Explain pre-requisites for migration from NSX-V to NSX-TNSX Advanced Load Balancer
– Explain basic concepts of NSX Advanced Load Balancer
– Explain the integration of NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Cloud Director
– Discuss the use cases for NSX Advanced Load Balancer
– Explain the load-balancing service offered by an NSX-T edge gateway
VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Describe the architecture of VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Explain the prerequisites of VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Discuss the implementation of VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Discuss the use cases for migration with VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Explain setup of data seeds for VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Discuss the use cases for Disaster Recover as a Service with VMware Cloud Director Availability
– Explain connectivity for VMware Cloud Director Availability to Cloud use cases
– Understand requirements for VMware Cloud Director Availability OnPrem to Cloud failover and failbackvRealize Operations Manager and Tenant App
– Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations in a Service Provider
– Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations Tenant App
– Explain the use cases for vRealize Operations Tenant App
– Explain use cases for vRealize Operations Manager in Service Provider environments
– Discuss vRealize Operations Manager Management Packs
– Explain advanced troubleshooting in service provider environments with vRealize Operations Manager
– Discuss architecture and integration of vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
– Explain connectivity of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
– Discuss user and role management of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
– Describe billing policy definition in the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
VMware Cloud Director Orchestration
– Explain VMware Cloud Director orchestration
– Explain vRealize Orchestrator use cases
– Describe the architecture of vRealize Orchestrator in a Service Provider environment
– Explain use cases for VMware Cloud Director blocking tasks
– Explain use cases for XaaS Integration
– Design workflows, objects
– Discuss UI customization for Service Provider and Tenants
– Explain integration of custom elements in VMware Cloud Director
– Explain use cases for Extensibility SDK