VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage Course Content
- Introduction to course logistics and objectives.
- Overview of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) ecosystem and certifications.
- VCF Solution: Defining the full-stack SDDC and its key features.
- Architecture: Understanding Management Domains vs. VI (Virtual Infrastructure) Workload Domains.
- Licensing: Subscription-based models and license management within SDDC Manager.
- Planning: Using the Planning and Preparation Workbook.
- Bring-up Process: Understanding how VMware Cloud Builder automates the initial deployment.
- Validation: Running pre-deployment configuration checks.
- Onboarding: Completing the SDDC Manager setup via the onboarding wizard.
- User Management: Configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity sources (Active Directory/LDAP).
- Password Management: Securing and rotating passwords for VCF components.
- Networking Architecture: Spine-and-leaf design, Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies.
- NSX Deployment: Deploying NSX Edge clusters and application virtual networks (AVN).
- BGP & Routing: Configuring peering with the physical network infrastructure.
- Domain Creation: Steps to deploy and scale VI Workload Domains.
- Network Pools: Creating and sizing network pools for host commissioning.
- Host Management: Commissioning and decommissioning ESXi hosts using SDDC Manager.
- vSAN Integration: Requirements and design principles for VCF storage.
- Storage Policies: Implementing Deduplication, Compression, and Fault Domains.
- Scalability: Expanding vSAN clusters within a workload domain.
- Modern Applications: Integrating Kubernetes into the VCF stack.
- Supervisor Clusters: Deploying and configuring Tanzu namespaces.
- Networking for Tanzu: NSX networking components for pod, ingress, and egress.
- SDDC Manager Backups: Performing backup and restore operations for the management stack.
- vLCM (Lifecycle Manager): Image-based updates and host firmware upgrades.
- Upgrade Pre-checks: Using SDDC Manager to validate environment health before patching.
- PKI Basics: Understanding CSRs and subject alternative names (SAN).
- CA Integration: Using Microsoft CA or OpenSSL CA with SDDC Manager.
- Install/Rotate: Automating certificate lifecycle tasks across all SDDC components.
- Log Management: Using the Support and Serviceability (SoS) tool to create log bundles.
- System Health: Monitoring VCF services and using token IDs to diagnose failed workflows.
Prerequisites
To succeed in this course, it is highly recommended that you have already completed:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage