Course Details
This course is designed to guide you through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud© environment. You will learn the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere©, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter Chargeback, and the VMware vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive hands-on lab, where you will design a complete Cloud architecture on either the service provider model or the private enterprise model.
Course Prerequisites
- VCP-level knowledge of vSphere
- General vSphere design experience, with special emphasis on networking and storage
- Exposure to the features and functionality of vCloud Director, vSphere, vShield Edge, and vCenter Chargeback
Course Agenda
1. VMware vCloud Director Architecture
- Components of VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Logical Constructs in vCloud Director
- Cloud Architecture Fundamentals
2. VMware vCloud Architecture Models
- Service Provider (Public Cloud) Model
- Enterprise (Private Cloud) Model
- Hybrid Model
- Management Clusters and Resource Groups
- Load Balancing
- Roles and Communications in Multicell Architectures
3. Designing Networks
- General Network Design Principles
- Connectivity between Networks and Clouds
- Virtual Switches
- Port Groups
- Network Pools
- Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
4. Designing Providers
- Designing Storage
- Storage Tiering
- Linked Clones and Fast Provisioning
- Virtual Datacenters
- Resource Pools
- Organization and Provider Virtual Datacenters
- Providers and Networking
5. Designing Organizations
- Organization Creation and Resource Pools in the Provider Virtual Datacenters
- Accessing Multiple Provider Virtual Datacenters from One Organization
- Organization Administrator Rights and Responsibilities
- VMware vSphere vApps™
- Catalogs
- Organization Networks and External Networks
6. Designing Security
- Authentication and Authorization
- Role-Based Access Controls
- Organization Administrators
- Organization Security and LDAP Integration
- Predefined Roles
- Custom Roles
- Five-Way vShield Edge Device Firewall
7. Designing Chargeback
- Modules of Consumption
- vCenter Chargeback Metrics
- vCenter Chargeback Server Configuration
- vCenter Chargeback Data Collectors
8. VMware vCloud Architecture Design
- Multitenancy
- Network Design
- Storage Design
- Provider Design
- Organization Design
- Security Design
- Chargeback Design