VMware Cloud Director: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V10.6]

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

• Recognize 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

• Back up 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 organization, and organization 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 organizations and access the tenant portal

• Identify allocation models for organization VDCs

• Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models

• Describe how organization 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

• Recognize 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

• Create multiple snapshots for vApps and VMs

• 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 organizations

• Describe vApp templates and their advantages

• Create and manage the vApp template

• Create and manage the organization 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 organization VDC networks

• List the types of organization VDC networks

• Discuss vApp networks

• List the various types of vApp networks

• Describe the segment profile template

• Configure edge gateway services

8 Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director

• Explain the concept of Sub-Providers

• Explain the configuration of resources to a Sub-Provider

• Manage a Sub-Provider organization

• Use the Sub-Provider organization to configure identity provider and manage users

• Configure quotas and policies to a Sub-Provider

• Perform common catalog tasks in the Sub-Provider organization

• Perform common networking tasks in the Sub-Provider organization

9 VMware Avi Load Balancer

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

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components

• Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the provider portal

• Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the tenant portal

10 Edge Data Center Group Networking

• Describe Data Center Group network

• Create Data Center Group

• Add a NSX Edge gateway to a Data Center Group

• Activate Distributed Firewall for a Data Center Group

• Configure Data Center Groups using NSX Federation

11 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

· VMware Workspace ONE