VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V10.4]

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

• Recognize 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 organizations

• Understand organization policies

• Explain how to access an organization using various portals

• Understand the use cases of Allocation Models

• Understand organization 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 organization VDC templates

• Discuss Fast Cross vCenter Server vApp Instantiation Utilizing Shared Storage

8 VMware Cloud Director Networking

• Discuss provider gateway, external networks

• Describe edge gateway

• Discuss organization VDC networks

• List the types of organization 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

• VMware Workspace ONE