VMware Cloud Foundation: Management and Operations V4.0

Course Introduction
– Introductions and course logistics
– Course objectivesVMware Cloud Foundation Overview
– Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation 4 solution
– Describe VMware Cloud Foundation 4 architecture
– Identify VMware Cloud Foundation 4 components
– Describe VMware Cloud Foundation 4 topology
– Define VMware Cloud Foundation 4 terminologyPost Deployment Operations
– Integrate VMware Cloud Foundation with VMware vCenter® Single Sign-On
– Configure user accounts in VMware Cloud Foundation
– Manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
– Describe the two roles in VMware Cloud FoundationLicensing
– Add license keys to the VMware Cloud Foundation inventory
– Assign license keys
– Remove license keys
– Replace expiring licensesManaging Workload Domains
– Define a workload domain
– Create, scale, and delete workload domains
– Describe use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
– Manage storage options for workload domains
– Plan and implement network pools for consumption by workload domains
– Compare multiple workload domains and multi-cluster optionsVMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX-T
– Discuss NSX-T automation in VMware Cloud Foundation
– Discuss NSX-T in the Management Domain
– Learn About Application Virtual Networks (AVNs)
– Use of AVNs in the Deployment Parameter Sheet
– Other AVN usesKubernetes Enabled Workload Domains
– Describe vSphere with Kubernetes
– Describe vSphere with Kubernetes containers. pods, and supervisor clusters
– Configure Namespaces
– Implement vSphere with Kubernetes in a Workload DomainVMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management
– Identify vSAN architecture and components
– Describe vSAN file services
– Discuss how to scale vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
– Explain how storage policies work with VMware Cloud Foundation vSAN clusters
– Discuss external storage as supplemental storage
– Describe Cloud Native Storage
– Describe vSphere with Kubernetes for Cloud Native Storage consumption
VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management
– Describe the initial deployment state of certificates
– Manage SDDC certificate rotation
– Describe certificate creation options
– Describe certificate rotation using Active Directory
– Use SDDC Manager to create Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs)Workload Migration
– Explain migration use cases
– Describe migration tools and methods
– Describe VLAN bridging using VMware NSX®
– Discuss the advantages of using VMware vSphere® Replication™ with VMware Site Recovery Manager™Life Cycle Management
– Describe the role of SDDC Manager in lifecycle management
– Describe the different LCM options available in VMware Cloud Foundation 4
– Describe the upgrade prerequisites and upgrade precheck process
– Upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation software and components
– Describe the role of VMware vRealize® Suite Lifecycle Manager™VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting
– Use SOS commands to perform health checks and log bundle operations.
– Create service requests using best practices
– Troubleshoot failed workflows using log files and token IDs
– Restart services using the correct procedures
– Avoid common user errors