In this five-day course, you will explore the VMware technologies that allow you to deploy and manage your private on-premise cloud and securely connect to other clouds. You will learn about the newest features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server 6.5, VMware ESXi 6.5, and VMware vSAN 6.5. You will learn about the configuration and use of the vRealize Automation platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of catalog services that include predefined virtual machines and software components, and creating approval cycles and managing machine lifecycles to conserve resources. This course also details logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between different virtual environments, and you will learn how to use gateway services, firewall configurations, and security services to help secure and optimize your cloud environment with VMware NSX .
Product Alignment
ESXi 6.5
vCenter Server 6.5
vSAN 6.6
vRA 7
NSX 6.2
Audience>
Intended Audience: Experienced system, network administrators and engineers or system integrators responsible for implementing a cloud infrastructure.
Skills>
Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Discuss the key enhancements made to VMware vSphere 6.5 and vSAN 6.5
Describe the VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) architecture and use cases
Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual, cloud, and physical infrastructures
Configure and manage catalogs and blueprints
Configure and manage business groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Amazon, and other platforms
Use the self-service portal to request and manage machines in accordance with vRealize Automation approval and governance policies
Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity
Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity
Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure Service Composer policies
Prerequisites>
Prerequisites: This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] or VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6.0] and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.2] course or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESXi , VMware vCenter Server , and VMware vSAN. Experience working at the command line is helpful. The course material presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
Install and configure VMware ESX /ESXi
Install vCenter Server
Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders
Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions
Create and modify a standard switch
Create and modify a distributed switch
Connect an ESX/ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage
Create a VMware vSphere VMFS datastore
Enable VMware vSphere vMotion on an ESX/ESXi host
Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine
Modify a virtual machine's hardware
Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion
Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere Storage vMotion
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster with resource pools
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster
Configure a Virtual SAN Cluster
Deploy Virtual Machines onto a Virtual SAN datastore
Understanding of enterprise switching and routing
Knowledge of TCP/IP services
Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course or VCA-DCV certification
Outline>
Outline:
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center
New Features in vSphere 6.5 and vSAN 6.5
Use vSphere Client, VMware Host Client, and the vCenter Server Appliance shell
Discuss the new features and enhancements in vSphere 6.5
Describe the VMware vSAN enhancements in the following areas: Scalability, Performance, Availability, Space efficiency, Operational, Usability
vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture
Explain the purpose of vRealize Automation
Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and self-service provisioning
Describe where vRealize Automation fits in the VMware product line
Discuss use cases for vRealize Automation
Identify the components of a vRealize Automation simple deployment
Identify the components of a vRealize Automation enterprise deployment
Identify the component design options for vRealize Automation
Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware products
Authentication, Fabric and Tenants
Describe identity management in vRealize Automation
Identify the authentication methods available in vRealize Automation
Identify the appropriate roles for specific tasks in vRealize Automation
Create tenants
Explain multitenant leading practices
Define relationships between vRealize Automation entities
Identify and configure vRealize Automation endpoints
Identify how vRealize Automation discovers compute resources
Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
Create and manage reservations for compute resources
Converged Blueprints and Catalog Management
Define blueprints
Identify the process and options for configuring a blueprint
Create a blueprint with a single virtual machine
Create a blueprint with multiple virtual machines
Identify the role of the service catalog
Define catalog items
Use entitlements to manage catalog items
Consuming Catalog Services
Request a single-machine service
Monitor the service provisioning status
Reconfigure a provisioned machine
Manage snapshots
Identify roles involved in creating approval policies
Identify approval policy level
Identify approval phases
Create and apply approval policies for catalog items
Use custom properties to modify the provisioning process
Use property groups to group sets of custom properties
Use the property dictionary to modify the provisioning process
Application Authoring
Understand the lifecycle of a vRealize Automation Application deployment
Author an application blueprint
Deploy an application blueprint from the service catalog
Monitoring and Reclamation
Identify how to monitor resource use
Demonstrate how to reclaim resources
Demonstrate how to manage machine leases
Monitor system events
VMware NSX Logical Routing
Describe the VMware NSX logical router
NSX Edge Gateway Services
Describe virtual private networking
Configure L2 VPN
Configure IPsec VPN
Configure SSL VPN-Plus
VMware NSX Firewall and Security Services
Describe the NSX Edge firewall
Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
Describe the Service Composer
Our Clients
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well
as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.
