VMware Cloud Director: Deploy, Configure, Manage (VMCICM)

1 Course Introduction

• • Introductions and course logistics
• • Course objectives

2 VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration

• • Describe VMware Cloud Director features and functions
• • Describe the VMware Cloud Director architecture
• • List the prerequisites for deploying VMware Cloud Director
• • Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment
• • Describe various VMware Cloud Director deployment methods and options
• • Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells
• • Back up and restore a VMware Cloud Director appliance
• • Describe the appliance failover methods
• • Describe failover, switchover, and promote in the VMware Cloud Director appliance
• • Monitor the VMware Cloud Director appliance services and cluster status

3 VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration

• • Describe the provider portal
• • Define a provider VDC, an organization, and organization VDCs
• • Configure VMware Cloud Director objects from the VMware Cloud Director provider portal as a system administrator
• • Describe provider VDCs and their role in resource allocation
• • Explain the configuration of resource pools and storage containers in a provider VDC
• • Configure organizations and access the tenant portal
• • Identify allocation models for organization VDCs
• • Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models
• • Describe how organization VDCs work

4 VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management

• • Configure LDAP integration with Active Directory
• • Enable a SAML and an OIDC identity provider
• • Identify the various types of users in VMware Cloud Director
• • Create and import users from the provider portal and the tenant portal
• • Describe the options for managing users and groups
• • Describe how role-based access control works in VMware Cloud Director
• • Explain provider roles
• • Recognize the function of the rights bundles
• • Explain global roles and their usage in VMware Cloud Director
• • Create custom tenant roles
• • Explain Quota Management and its use cases
• • Configure VMware Cloud Director as an OpenID Provider Proxy Server

5 VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps

• • Explain standalone VMs and VMs in a vApp
• • Describe VM actions
• • List the properties of a VM
• • Create and manage VMs
• • Explain vApp deployment methods
• • Explain vApp actions and functions
• • Describe VM encryption and how VMs and disks are encrypted
• • Describe named disks and shared named disks
• • Create multiple snapshots for vApps and VMs
• • Describe Auto Scale Groups and their advantages
• • Explain VM placement, VM sizing, and vGPU policies
• • Describe NVIDIA vGPU and NVIDIA AI Enterprise
• • Explain the NVIDIA GRID vGPU requirements
• • Implement vGPU in VMware Cloud Director

6 Managing Catalogs and Templates

• • Describe Content Hubb and their advantages
• • Create and manage VMware Marketplace Resource
• • Create and manage External Helm Chart Repository Resource Explain the purpose and use of catalogs
• • Create and manage catalogs
• • Describe, how catalogs are shared between and within organizations
• • Describe vApp templates and their advantages
• • Create and manage the vApp template
• • Create and manage the organization VDC template

7 VMware Cloud Director Networking

• • Discuss the integration of VMware Cloud Director with VMware NSX
• • Describe VMware Cloud Director networks
• • Perform provider networking tasks
• • Discuss organization VDC networks
• • List the types of organization VDC networks
• • Discuss vApp networks
• • List the various types of vApp networks
• • Describe the segment profile template
• • Configure edge gateway services

8 Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director

• • Explain the concept of Sub-Providers
• • Explain the configuration of resources to a Sub Provider
• • Manage a Sub-Provider organization
• • Use the Sub-Provider organization to configure identity provider and manage users
• • Configure quotas and policies to a Sub-Provider
• • Perform common catalog tasks in the Sub-Provider organization
• • Perform common networking tasks in the Sub Provider organization

9 VMware Avi Load Balancer

• • Discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
• • Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components
• • Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the provider portal
• • Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the tenant portal

10 Edge Data Center Group Networking

• • Describe Data Center Group network
• • Create Data Center Group
• • Add a NSX Edge gateway to a Data Center Group
• • Activate Distributed Firewall for a Data Center Group
• • Configure Data Center Groups using NSX Federation

11 Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director

• • Explain the purpose and features of advisories.
• • Describe the Guided Tour feature and its use cases
• • Configure VMware Cloud Director branding
• • Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in Vmware Cloud Director
• • Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:
• • VMware Cloud Director Availability
• • VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad
• • VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension
• • VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
• • VMware vCloud Usage Meter
• • VMware Aria Operations for Logs
• • VMware Aria Operations
• • VMware Chargeback
• • VMware Aria Automation
• • VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions
• • VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager
• • VMware Workspace ONE