Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: VMware Cloud Foundation Overview
- Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation solution
- Describe VMware Cloud Foundation architecture
- Identify VMware Cloud Foundation components
- Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation topology
Module 3: VMware Cloud Foundation+ and VMware Cloud Connectivity
- Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation+ architecture
- Identify the pre-requisites for VMware Cloud Foundation+
- Describe VMware Cloud Foundation+ value added features
- Configure subscription-based licensing parameters
- Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway functionality
- Identify the vCenter Cloud Gateway components
- Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway architecture
- Connect the vCenter Cloud Gateway to VMware Cloud
- Describe the VMware Cloud platform
- Describe the VMware vSphere+ services used in VMware Cloud Foundation+
- Demonstrate the capabilities of the VMware Cloud user interface for VMware Cloud Foundation+
Module 4: Day Zero Tasks
- Identify the requirements for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation
- Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up process
- Identify the information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
- Complete the Deployment Parameter Workbook
- Describe how VMware Cloud Builder automates the deployment process
- Identify the configuration validation process performed by VMware Cloud Builder
- Describe the deployment of the management domain
Module 5: Post-Deployment Operations
- Complete the Onboarding Wizard
- Understand VMware Cloud Foundation integration with VMware Single Sign-On
- Configure user access to VMware Cloud Foundation
- Describe the importance of user roles in vSphere
- Configure identity sources for VMware Cloud Foundation
- Perform the SDDC Manager backup and restore process
- Identify steps in the NSX backup and restore process
- Manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Explain the importance of using VMware Cloud Foundation to manage passwords for vSphere components
- Manage and secure a primary password list
- Describe the process for rotating passwords not managed by VMware Cloud Foundation
Module 6: VMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX
- Describe network virtualization with NSX
- Recognize NSX operational planes
- Identify NSX components
- Describe logical switching
- Describe NSX Data Center deployment in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Explain how logical routing works in NSX
- Identify NSX Edge functions
- Describe data plane preparation for NSX Edge nodes in a workload domain
- Recognize Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies
- Define application virtual networks
- Describe management domain rack options
- List NSX Edge cluster requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
- Discuss NSX Edge cluster placement considerations
Module 7: Managing Workload Domains
- Define workload domains
- List the types of workload domains
- Identify workload domain prerequisites
- Understand the scalability limits for workload domains
- Identify use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
- Create network pools
- Size network pools
- Commission hosts with SDDC Manager
- Create workload domains
- Scale workload domains
- Decommission hosts from a workload domain
- Remove workload domains
- Describe distinctive design decisions for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Module 8: vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Explain vSphere with Tanzu
- Define the role of the Spherelet
- Describe the supervisor cluster control plane
- Create vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
- Describe the role of NSX networking components in vSphere with Tanzu
- Discuss vSphere with Tanzu networking topology
- Describe control plane VM management networking requirements
- Plan appropriate IP address ranges for pod, ingress, and egress networking
- Describe prerequisites for vSphere with Tanzu cluster compatibility
- Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
- Create a vSphere namespace
- Configure limits and permissions for a vSphere namespace
Module 9: VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management
- Identify storage use cases in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Determine the most appropriate storage option for a workload domain
- Describe different vSphere-native storage design options
- Identify vSAN architecture and components
- Describe vSAN requirements for the management and workload domains
- Configure deduplication and compression
- Discuss how to scale vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Configure storage policies for vSAN
- Explain storage policy failure tolerance rules
- Identify a virtual machine storage policy compliance status
- Explain how vSAN storage policies protect VMware Cloud Foundation components
Module 10: Availability and Business Continuity
- Explain the importance of external service availability
- Describe availability options native to VMware vSphere
- Identify stretched cluster use cases
- Identify stretched cluster components
- Recognize stretched cluster requirements in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Prepare and deploy a vSAN stretched cluster using APIs
Module 11: VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management
- Learn the basics of public key infrastructure (PKI)
- Describe the purpose of certificate signing requests (CSRs)
- Describe available options in SDDC Manager for certificate authorities
- View certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
- Install and replace certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
- Configure the integrated Certificate Authorities in SDDC Manager
- Configure a certificate template in Microsoft Certificate Authority server
- Configure the OpenSSL certificate authority in SDDC Manager
- Install certificates issued by Microsoft, OpenSSL, and third-party certificate authorities
Module 12: VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
- Describe VMware Cloud Foundation Life Cycle Management
- List the products managed by VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
- Use online and offline bundle downloads using VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
- Understand the role of vSphere Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Understand vSphere Lifecycle Manager features
- Understand how and when to use cluster images
- Describe the importance of Hardware Support Managers
- Describe the upgrade prerequisites
- Outline the upgrade precheck process
- Describe the order of upgrade for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Module 13: VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting
- Use the SoS command-line tool to create log bundles, perform health checks, and check password validity
- List VMware Cloud Foundation services
- Identify VMware Cloud Foundation log files
- Use token IDs to troubleshoot failed workflows