VMware ® vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage v5.5

Course details

The student will learn how to deploy and manage the ongoing operation of VMware® vCloud Director® for a small private cloud environment.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Review course goals
• Review course objectives
• Review the course outline
• Recognize vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements

2 - VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components

• Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
• Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
• Examine integration with other VMware products such as VMware® vCenter™ Chargeback™ and VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™
• Determine the licensing needs

3 - VMware vCloud Networking

• Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
• Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
• Describe the function of network pools
• Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps

4 - VMware vCloud Providers

• Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
• Configure and manage storage for providers
• Examine provider space allocation to an organization
• Recognize VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® issues
• Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines

5 - VMware vCloud Director Organizations

• Create and manage organizations
• Recognize resource allocations for an organization
• Create and manage catalogs

6 - Basic Security

• Describe role-based access
• Create custom security roles
• Describe and configure LDAP integration with Microsoft Active Directory
• Describe single sign-on

7 - Managing Cloud Resources

• Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
• Manage provider and organization virtual data centers

8 - Managing VMware vSphere Resources

• Manage VMware® vCenter Server™ instances
• Manage VMware® ESXi™ hosts
• Manage vSphere datastores
• Manage stranded items
• Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level

9 - Monitoring VMware vCloud Components

• Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual data centers
• Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells

10 - Organization Users

• Describe the catalog tasks available to organization users of various roles
• Describe the vApp tasks available to organization users in various roles

11 - VMware vCloud Director Installation

• Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
• Install vCloud Director

Target Audience: Consultants, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators

Related Certifications:

• VMware Certified Professional – Cloud (VCP-Cloud)

Related Exams:

• VCP-Cloud
• VCP-Cloud