VMware Cloud Director: Deploy, Configure, Manage

Course subjects

1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2. VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

• Describe VMware Cloud Director features and functions

• Describe the VMware Cloud Director architecture

• List the prerequisites for deploying VMware Cloud Director

• Recognise the design considerations when creating a cloud environment

• Describe various VMware Cloud Director deployment methods and options

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

• Backup and restore a VMware Cloud Director appliance

• Describe the appliance failover methods

• Describe failover, switchover, and promote in the VMware Cloud Director appliance

• Monitor the VMware Cloud Director appliance services and cluster status

3. VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

• Describe the provider portal

• Define a provider VDC, an organisation, and organisation VDCs

• Configure VMware Cloud Director objects from the VMware Cloud Director provider portal as a system administrator

• Describe provider VDCs and their role in resource allocation

• Explain the configuration of resource pools and storage containers in a provider VDC

• Configure organisations and access the tenant portal

• Identify allocation models for organisation VDCs

• Recognise the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models

• Describe how organisation VDCs work

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

• Configure LDAP integration with Active Directory

• Enable a SAML and an OIDC identity provider

• Identify the various types of users in VMware Cloud Director

• Create and import users from the provider portal and the tenant portal

• Describe the options for managing users and groups

• Describe how role-based access control works in VMware Cloud Director

• Explain provider roles

• Recognise the function of the rights bundles

• Explain global roles and their usage in VMware Cloud Director

• Create custom tenant roles

• Explain Quota Management and its use cases

• Configure VMware Cloud Director as an OpenID Provider Proxy Server

5. VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

• Explain standalone VMs and VMs in a vApp

• Describe VM actions

• List the properties of a VM

• Create and manage VMs

• Explain vApp deployment methods

• Explain vApp actions and functions

• Describe VM encryption and how VMs and disks are encrypted

• Describe named disks and shared named disks

• Describe storage IOPS management in VMware Cloud Director

• Create and manage vCenter Server managed IOPS

• Create and manage VMware Cloud Director managed IOPS

• Describe Auto Scale Groups and their advantages

• Explain VM placement, VM sizing, and vGPU policies

• Describe NVIDIA vGPU and NVIDIA AI Enterprise

• Explain the NVIDIA GRID vGPU requirements

• Implement vGPU in VMware Cloud Director

6. Managing Catalogs and Templates

• Describe Content Hubb and their advantages

• Create and manage VMware Marketplace Resource

• Create and manage External Helm Chart Repository Resource

• Explain the purpose and use of catalogs

• Create and manage catalogs

• Describe, how catalogs are shared between and within organisations

• Describe vApp templates and their advantages

• Create and manage the vApp template

• Create and manage the organisation VDC template

7. VMware Cloud Director Networking

• Discuss the integration of VMware Cloud Director with VMware NSX

• Describe VMware Cloud Director networks

• Perform provider networking tasks

• Discuss organisation VDC networks

• List the types of organisation VDC networks

• Discuss vApp networks

• List the various types of vApp networks

• Describe the segment profile template

8. Edge Gateway Services and Additional Networking Features

• Identify the services offered by an edge gateway

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

• Explain distributed firewall services on an edge gateway

• Describe DNS, routing, and DHCP services on an edge gateway

• Configure and verify NAT services on the edge gateway

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

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components.

• Discuss the Data Center Group Networking in VMware Cloud Director

• Discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Federation

9. Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

• Explain the purpose and features of advisories.

• Describe the Guided Tour feature and its use cases

• Configure VMware Cloud Director branding

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

• 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