VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate [v9.1]

Learn how to automate and operate a VMware Cloud Foundation Private Cloud using VCF Automation and VCF Operations, from infrastructure and organization management to workload deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and application observability.

This five-day course provides the knowledge and practical skills needed to automate and operate a VMware Cloud Foundation Private Cloud using VMware Cloud Foundation Automation and Operations.

You will learn how VCF Automation is structured and how to manage infrastructure as a cloud provider. The course covers regions, organizations, identity management, provider and organization networking, content libraries, blueprints, catalogs, Supervisor management, and workload deployment through catalog-based and Kubernetes-based IaaS services.

The VCF Operations part of the course focuses on monitoring and operating the environment. You will explore metrics, views, reports, dashboards, policies, alerts, health diagnostics, logs, storage monitoring, service discovery, application monitoring, and enhanced observability for VKS clusters.

Key takeaways

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Describe VCF Automation components and supporting architecture
  • Manage infrastructure as a cloud provider
  • Set up and manage regions and organizations
  • Configure provider and organization networking using the VCF Automation 9.1 network architecture
  • Configure and manage content libraries at provider and organization level
  • Work with Multi-Supervisor Region Quota capabilities introduced in VCF 9.1
  • Manage organization access using users and groups
  • Create and manage infrastructure blueprints and catalogs
  • Use the embedded orchestrator to create workflows
  • Deploy virtual machine and Kubernetes-based workloads
  • Explain the key capabilities and use cases of VCF Operations
  • Create custom views, reports, and dashboards
  • Create custom symptoms and alert definitions
  • Use VCF Health, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Workbench
  • Identify storage and network performance and health issues
  • Configure operational policies
  • Configure service discovery and application monitoring
  • Monitor VKS clusters using VCF Operations 9.1

Target audience

This course is designed for:

  • System Administrators
  • Solution Engineers
  • Consultants
  • Architects
  • Support Personnel

Prerequisites

Participants should have completed the Implement Learning Path Stage-2 Training:

  • VMware Cloud Foundation: Build, Manage and Secure [V9.1]

Module 1: Course Introduction

Get an introduction to the course structure and the capabilities covered throughout the training.

You will:

  • Review course objectives and logistics
  • Get an overview of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1

Module 2: VCF Automation Overview

Explore the architecture and core components behind VMware Cloud Foundation Automation.

You will:

  • Understand common terminology used in a VCF deployment
  • Explore fleet-wide identity providers in VCF Operations
  • Explain the features and benefits of VCF Automation
  • Describe the building blocks and architecture of VCF Automation
  • Understand the role of the VCF Management Service Platform

Module 3: Provider Infrastructure Management

Learn how cloud providers manage infrastructure resources using the provider management capabilities in VCF Automation.

You will:

  • Explore the provider management portal
  • Discover infrastructure resources
  • Validate vCenter, VCF Instance, NSX Manager, and Edge clusters
  • Understand infrastructure policies in VCF Automation

Module 4: Provider Identity Management

Learn how identity and access are managed for providers within VMware Cloud Foundation Automation.

You will:

  • Enable and configure VCF Single Sign-On for the Automation Appliance
  • Work with OpenID, LDAP, and SAML identity providers
  • Understand predefined roles, rights bundles, and access control
  • Work with service accounts and API tokens

Module 5: VCF Automation Regions

Learn how regions are structured and managed within VCF Automation.

You will:

  • Define regions and identify prerequisites for creating them
  • Understand the relationship between regions, Supervisor, and NSX Manager
  • Work with VM Classes, reserved VM Classes, and storage classes
  • Explore the provider content library and its capabilities

Module 6: VCF Automation Organizations

Learn how organizations are created and managed and explore enhancements introduced in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.

You will:

  • Understand the different organization types available in VCF Automation
  • Explore region quota enhancements in VCF 9.1
  • Design Multi-Supervisor Region environments
  • Understand auto-expansion and auto-shrinkage of content libraries with MSRQ
  • Explore tenant content library placement changes in VCF 9.1
  • Create an All Apps Organization

Module 7: VCF Automation Networking

Explore the updated VMware Cloud Foundation Automation 9.1 networking architecture.

You will:

  • Understand VCF Automation 9.1 network architecture and interface enhancements
  • Work with provider networking, external IP blocks, and shared subnets
  • Explore Infoblox IPAM integration introduced in VCF Automation 9.1
  • Configure regional networking
  • Configure organization networking using VPC, Transit Gateway, and VLAN Extended Subnet
  • Configure workload networking
  • Configure the VM Load Balancer Service

Module 8: Organization Management

Learn how organizations provide infrastructure and application resources to users.

You will:

  • Create and manage projects
  • Work with vSphere namespaces and namespace classes
  • Understand Namespace Self-Service and binding workflows
  • Manage namespace update workflows
  • Apply infrastructure policies within VCF Automation

Module 9: Organization Content Management

Learn how to provide reusable infrastructure and application content through VCF Automation.

You will:

  • Identify and manage content in Content Hub
  • Create and deploy VCF Automation Blueprints using YAML
  • Use the Supervisor Namespace capture capability
  • Configure and use Custom Forms
  • Work with the embedded orchestrator and workflows

Module 10: Deploy Modern Apps

Learn how VMware Cloud Foundation supports self-service deployment of modern workloads.

You will:

  • Explore cloud services deployed through vSphere Supervisor
  • Work with self-service IaaS consumption in VCF 9.1
  • Understand direct mode and linked mode in IaaS
  • Follow the end-to-end workflow for deploying virtual machine instances
  • Understand container services in VCF Automation

Module 11: VCF Operations Overview

Get an introduction to VCF Operations and how it is used to monitor and operate VMware Cloud Foundation environments.

You will:

  • Identify key features and use cases for VCF Operations
  • Understand the components of VCF Operations nodes and clusters
  • Explore Availability Zones
  • Navigate the VCF Operations console

Module 12: VCF Metrics, Views and Reports

Learn how operational data can be analyzed and presented within VCF Operations.

You will:

  • Understand the role of metrics and views
  • Create and configure custom views
  • Create and configure reports

Module 13: Dashboards

Learn how dashboards provide operational visibility across VMware Cloud Foundation.

You will:

  • Understand dashboard functionality
  • Create dashboards using predefined and custom widgets
  • Organize and share dashboards with users

Module 14: VCF Operations Policies

Learn how policies can be used to control monitoring and operational behavior.

You will:

  • Understand the purpose of VCF Operations policies
  • Configure policies and associated components

Module 15: Symptoms and Alerts

Learn how to define conditions and alerts that help identify issues within the environment.

You will:

  • Understand alert definitions and their components
  • Create static symptom definitions
  • Configure threshold types
  • Create custom alerts using the Create Alert Definition workflow

Module 16: VCF Health, Findings and Workbench

Explore the diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities available in VCF Operations.

You will:

  • Understand the role of VCF Health and Diagnostics
  • Monitor the operational state of VCF Instances
  • Use Troubleshooting Workbench
  • Use Log Assist to provide support teams with additional operational context

Module 17: VCF Logs and Storage

Learn how logs and storage information can be used to diagnose operational issues.

You will:

  • Explore log management capabilities in VCF Operations
  • Identify performance and health issues affecting storage clusters

Module 18: Workload Monitoring

Learn how VCF Operations can monitor services, applications, and Kubernetes environments.

You will:

  • Explore infrastructure service and application monitoring capabilities
  • Enable service discovery for a VCF deployment
  • Understand VKS cluster monitoring capabilities introduced in VCF Operations 9.1
  • Configure vCenter and VCF Operations for enhanced VKS observability

Practical information

  • Duration: 5 days
  • Price: 49 950 NOK
  • Language: English
  • Format: Available as open enrollment and in-company training

FAQ

Hvordan gjennomføres kurset?

Kurset kan gjennomføres som et åpent kurs eller som bedriftsinternt kurs. Du kan delta enten fysisk i klasserom eller virtuelt.

Hvem passer kurset for?

Kurset passer for systemadministratorer, løsningsingeniører, konsulenter, arkitekter og supportpersonell som skal automatisere og drifte VMware Cloud Foundation-miljøer.

Hva lærer jeg i løpet av kurset?

Du lærer hvordan du automatiserer og drifter en VMware Cloud Foundation Private Cloud ved hjelp av VCF Automation og VCF Operations. Dette inkluderer blant annet infrastruktur, organisasjoner, nettverk, identitet, blueprints, kataloger, workload deployment, overvåking og feilsøking.

Er kurset praktisk rettet?

Ja. Kurset inkluderer hands-on labs hvor du får arbeide praktisk med både VCF Automation og VCF Operations.

Hvilke temaer dekkes i kurset?

Kurset dekker blant annet VCF Automation, provider infrastructure, identitet, regions og organizations, VCF-nettverk, VPC, Infoblox IPAM, content libraries, blueprints, IaaS, VCF Operations, dashboards, policies, alerts, health diagnostics, logging, storage og workload monitoring.

Hvilke forkunnskaper anbefales?

Du bør ha gjennomført VMware Cloud Foundation: Build, Manage and Secure [V9.1], som inngår i Implement Learning Path Stage-2 Training.

Hva gjør dette kurset unikt?

Kurset kombinerer automatisering og operasjonell drift av VMware Cloud Foundation i samme opplæring. Du lærer både hvordan tjenester og workloads gjøres tilgjengelige gjennom VCF Automation, og hvordan miljøet overvåkes, analyseres og feilsøkes gjennom VCF Operations. V9.1-versjonen inkluderer også nye funksjoner som Multi-Supervisor Region Quota, Infoblox IPAM-integrasjon og forbedret overvåking av VKS-klynger.

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