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VMware vCloud Course

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Overview

This three-day course is designed to provide VMware vSphere® administrators with the knowledge and hands-on experience in managing VMware Cloud Foundation™ in a hybrid cloud environment and utilizing VMware HCX® for workload migration.

Audience

Experienced System Administrators, System Engineers, System Integrators, Migration Engineers, Migration Architects

Products

  • VMware Cloud Foundation

Product Alignment

  • VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
  • VMware HCX 4.7

Audience

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

  • Describe the components and architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe the key features and capabilities of VMware HCX
  • Explain the architecture of VMware HCX and its components
  • Understand the migration types that VMware HCX supports, including VMware HCX® vMotion®, HCX Bulk migration, and HCX Replication Assisted vMotion
  • Plan and execute migrations using VMware HCX migration plans
  • Describe how VMware HCX addresses migration challenges through its network extension capabilities
  • Define the concept of network extension within the context of VMware HCX

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following courses:

  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or experience administering vSphere environment
  • VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0] or experience administering VMware Cloud Foundation environment

Outline

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2 VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

  • Describe the components and architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Explain the benefits of VMware Cloud Foundation in a hybrid cloud environment
  • Identify the features of VMware Cloud Console

3 Introduction to VMware HCX

  • Describe the key features and capabilities of VMware HCX
  • Explain the architecture of VMware HCX and its components
  • Discuss the purpose of HCX Manager, HCX Interconnect, and HCX mobility components
  • Install and configure HCX Manager
  • Set up interconnects between a legacy vSphere environment and VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Manage VMware HCX services and networks

4 Workload Migration with VMware HCX

  • Describe the migration types that VMware HCX supports, including vSphere vMotion, HCX Bulk migration, and HCX Replication Assisted vMotion
  • Perform live migration of workloads between legacy vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation environments using VMware HCX
  • Plan and execute migrations using VMware HCX migration plans
  • Explain how VMware HCX enables seamless connectivity between on-premises data centers and cloud environments
  • Identify common challenges associated with establishing network connectivity in hybrid cloud scenarios
  • Describe how VMware HCX addresses these challenges through its network extension capabilities
  • Define the concept of network extension in the context of VMware HCX

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