VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage

Course subjects

1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2. Software-Defined Data Center and VMware Validated Solution

• Discuss VMware Validated Solution

• Define software-defined data center (SDDC)

• Discuss multitenancy with VMware Cloud Director

• Recognise the design considerations when creating a cloud environment on the SDDC using VMware Cloud Foundation™

3. VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

• Describe the VMware Cloud Director cell and server group

• Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells

• Demonstrate backing up and restoring a VMware Cloud Director appliance

• Discuss VMware Cloud Director Appliance Clustering

• Discuss failover mechanisms (automatic and manual) with VMware Cloud Director cells

• Define the switchover, and promote options of the VMware Cloud Director appliance

4. VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

• Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware vCenter Server® and VMware NSX

• Describe how the compute resources are provided to VMware Cloud Director

• Describe how storage is provided to VMware Cloud Director

• Configure and manage storage for Virtual Data Centers (VDCs)

• Discuss network pools, external networks, and provider gateways

• Describe VMware Cloud Director organisations

• Understand organisation policies

• Explain how to access an organisation using various portals

• Understand the use cases of Allocation Models

• Understand organisation VDC

• Discuss Linked Clone and Fast Provisioning

5. VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management

• Discuss rights bundle

• Describe role-based access

• Explain custom roles and rights

• Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory

• Discuss OIDC integration with VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss configuring the SAML identity provider in VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss API Access Token and Service Accounts

• Explain Quota Management and its use cases

6. VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

• Understand standalone VMs

• Discuss deployment methods of virtual machines

• Explain VM properties

• Discuss deployment methods of vApps

• Discuss the vApp lease policies

• Understand the vApps and VM actions

• Explain vApp and VM badges

• Demonstrate auto scaling groups

7. VMware Cloud Director Content Libraries

• Explain the purpose of catalogs and how to create a catalog

• Discuss catalog management and sharing catalogs

• Understand media files in VMware Cloud Director and their usage

• Discuss vApp templates

• Understand vApp template operations

• Discuss organisation VDC templates

• Discuss Fast Cross vCenter Server vApp Instantiation Utilising Shared Storage

8. VMware Cloud Director Networking

• Discuss provider gateway, external networks

• Describe edge gateway

• Discuss organisation VDC networks

• List the types of organisation VDC networks

• Discuss vApp networks

• List the various types of vApp networks

9. Edge Gateway Services and Additional Networking Features

• List the edge gateway services

• Discuss DHCP, NAT, and firewall services on the edge gateway

• Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT use cases

• Explain routing and distributed firewall services

• Understand IP space and its types

• Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Describe the segment profile template

10. VMware Cloud Director Storage and Compute

• Describe named disks and shared named disks

• Demonstrate how to attach and detach a named disk and a shared named disk

• Discuss how VMware Cloud Director VMs and disks are encrypted

• Discuss vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Director IOPS storage policies usage

• Discuss how to enable and use the storage IOPS limitation in VMware Cloud Director

• Demonstrate VM sizing and placement in VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss vGPU implementation in VMware Cloud Director

11. Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

• Describe the usage and functionality of advisories

• Demonstrate quick search

• Discuss guided tours and use cases

• Discuss Transfer Server Storage Monitoring

• Demonstrate the VMware Cloud Director branding themes

• Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in VMware Cloud Director

12. VMware Cloud Director Integrated Solutions

• Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:

  • VMware Cloud Director Availability

  • VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad

  • VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension

  • VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension

  • VMware vCloud Usage Meter

  • VMware Aria Operations for Logs

  • VMware Aria Operations

  • VMware Chargeback

  • VMware Aria Automation

  • VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions

  • VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager

  • Terraform