1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course
logistics
• Course objectives
2 Advanced 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 CPOM
3 NSX 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-T
4 NSX 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
5 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 failback
6 vRealize 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
7 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
