Description
About This Course
This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Automation Center™. This course covers the configuration and use of the vCloud Automation Center platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of multivendor cloud services.
Prerequisite
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.x]
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- Equivalent knowledge.
Course Objectives
- Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in today’s multivendor cloud environments
- Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 6.0
- Deploy Distributed Execution Managers and agents for vCloud Automation Center connectivity
- Configure endpoints to support compute fabric connectivity
- Manage vCloud Automation Center 6.0 entities on VMware® hardware, third-party hardware, and cloud infrastructures
- Configure vCloud Automation Center infrastructure services
- Configure and manage tenants and blueprints
- Configure and manage a service catalog
- Configure and manage role-based access control
- Request and manage machines using the user portal
- Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Integrate VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ with vCloud Automation Center
- Automate application provisioning with VMware vCloud® Application Director™
- Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
- Manage cost reporting with VMware® IT Business Management Suite™
Course Outline
Lesson 1 Course Introduction
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Introductions and course logistics
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Course outline
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Course goals
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Course objectives
Lesson 2 Architecture and Components
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Identify the benefits of the software-defined data center
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Explore the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center as a cloud management platform for a multivendor hybrid cloud
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Identify the components of vCloud Automation Center
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Identify vCloud Automation Center design options
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Define network ports and protocols required for communication between vCloud Automation Center components
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Define the user interface elements of vCloud Automation Center
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Explain how vCloud Automation Center integrates with other VMware products
Lesson 3 Installation
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Explain the vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
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Identify the vCloud Automation Center appliances and component installers
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Define the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure
Lesson 4 Configuring IaaS
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Define relationships between vCloud Automation Center entities
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Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
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Identity how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources
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Define the vCloud Automation Center roles
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Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
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Create tenants
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Create and manage reservations for compute resources
Lesson 5 Blueprints and Catalog Services
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Create and manage single-machine and multimachine blueprints
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Manage service catalog items with entitlements and approval policies
Lesson 6 Provisioning Services
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Provision new machines and services
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Manage self-provisioned machines
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Create approval policies
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Identify approval policy levels and approval phases
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Use custom properties
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Use build profiles
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Use the property dictionary
Lesson 7 Extensibility
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Identify extensibility and customization options
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Use vCloud Automation Designer to edit an existing workflow
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Use vCenter Orchestrator
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Configure plug-ins for external integration
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Use Advanced Service Designer
Lesson 8 Monitoring and Reclamation
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Identify and verify inactive and abandoned resources
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Manage machine leases
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Manage machine reclamation
Lesson 9 Operational Management
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Configure VMware® IT Business Management Suite™ Standard Edition
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Report financial data for a cloud infrastructure
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Troubleshoot common ITBM problems
Lesson 10 Managing Applications
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Define the role of vCloud Application Director
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Identify the vCloud Application Director infrastructure components and requirements
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Deploy and manage vCloud Application Director
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Configure application provisioning
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Create, manage, and update applications
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Manage catalog services
Who Should Attend
Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators, and operational developers
