Vmware Vcloud Director: Design Workshop V9.X

Course Introduction: Introductions and course logistics - Course objectives

Design Principles and Process: Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution - Define customer business objectives - Gather and analyze business and application requirements - Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks - Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions - Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs

Service Definition and Standardization: Describe the technical foundation of cloud computing - Explain the deployment models of cloud computing - Describe the essential characteristics of cloud computing

Describe the fundamental service characteristics of a VMware vCloud® solution - Explain IT service concepts - Describe a structured service development process - List the potential components of a service-level agreement - Describe a service catalog offered within a vCloud Director platform

vCloud Director Architecture and Components: Describe the vCloud Director architecture - Define sites and availability zones - Review the vCloud Director components and explain their functions

vCloud Director Virtual Data Center Design: Describe the design of a provider virtual data center and its relationship to the underlying vSphere infrastructure - Define organizations, organization virtual data centers, networks, storage, catalogs, and vApps

Cloud Management and Resource Components: Identify the management components in a vCloud Director environment - Describe the use of management cluster concepts - Design the vSphere, NSX, and necessary storage infrastructure - Define the resource cluster design and use cases - Link definitions to requirements

vCloud Director Integrations: Describe the integration with VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™, vRealize Business for Cloud, and VMware vRealize® Operations™ - Design integrations with third-party products

vCloud Availability for vCloud Director: Describe the vCloud Availability for vCloud Director architecture - List the prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director - Implement vCloud Availability for vCloud Director

Customer Onboarding: Describe tenant layer 2 VPN access - Describe tenant SSL VPN access - Import existing VMware vCenter Server® managed infrastructure into vCloud Director