VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage (VMVKDM)

1 Course Introduction

• • Introductions and course logistics
• • Course objectives

2 Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

• • Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
• • Identify the parts of a container system
• • List the steps in a basic Docker workflow
• • Explain the importance of Kubernetes
• • Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes
• • Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow

3 Introducing vSphere with Tanzu

• • Describe vSphere with Tanzu
• • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
• • Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
• • Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
• • Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
• • Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
• • Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
• • Describe vSphere Namespaces
• • Describe the Supervisor Services
• • Describe the VM Service
• • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

4 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

• • Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
• • Describe storage policies
• • Describe content libraries
• • Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
• • Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• • Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
• • Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
• • List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• • List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• • Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu

5 vSphere with Tanzu Architecture

• • Describe the Supervisor architecture
• • List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
• • Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
• • Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
• • Describe vSphere Namespaces
• • List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
• • Define content libraries and VM images
• • Explain VM classes
• • Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
• • List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
• • Explain vSphere privileges
• • Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
• • Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
• • List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
• • List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
• • Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

6 vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services

• • Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
• • Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
• • List the components of vSphere Pods
• • Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
• • Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
• • Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
• • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• • List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
• • Describe the VM Service
• • Explain the use cases of the VM Service
• • List the VM Service parameters
• • Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service

7 Day 2 Operations

• • Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
• • List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization
• • Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
• • Describe load balancer certificate management
• • Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
• • Describe the Supervisor updates
• • Describe the vSphere Namespace updates
• • Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• • List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components
• • Explain how to back up a Supervisor
• • Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero
• • Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters
• • Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI
• • Describe the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
• • Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
• • Explain how to use SSH to connect to Supervisor control plane nodes