VMware vCloud Director Training

–  Cloud Computing – Overview

–  Characteristics of Cloud Services

–  Categories of Cloud Computing

–  VMware Offerings to Enable Cloud-Based Services

–  Cloud Deployment Environments

–  Cloud Implementers

–  VMware vCloud Air Network Program – Overview

–  Features of vCloud Director

– vCloud Director Terminologies: vApp and Catalog

–  vCloud Director Terminologies: Organization and VDC

–  vCloud Director Architecture

–  Cross-Section of the vCloud Director Architecture

–  Network Concepts

–  vCloud Director Supported Storage

–  VMware vRealize Business for vCloud Advanced and Cost Drivers

–  Products that Integrate with vCloud Director

–  Types of VDCs

–  Provider VDCs

–  Organization VDCs

–  Resource Pools

–  vCloud Director Cells

–  vCloud Director Setup – Overview

–  vCloud Director – Hardware and Software Requirements

–  vCloud Director – Supported Platforms

–  Network Configuration Prerequisites

–  Using vCenter Single Sign-On with vCloud Director

–  Web SSO Authentication

–  SSO between vCenter Server and vCloud Director

–  Configuring vCloud Director to use SSO

–  Enabling a SAML Identity Provider

–  Installing and Configuring vCloud Director Database

–  Configuring an Oracle Database

–  Configuring a Microsoft SQL Server Database

–  Creating SSL Certificates

–  Configuring NSX Manager for a new vCloud Director Installation

–  Installing and Configuring an AMQP Broker

–  Downloading and Installing the VMware Public Key

–  Demonstration: Installing vCloud Director

–  Creating a vCloud Director Server Group

–  Demonstration: Attaching a vCenter Server

–  Microsoft Sysprep

–  VMware vRealize Business Integration with vCloud Director

  Adding VMware vSphere Resources to vCloud Director

–  Adding Cloud Resources

–  Provider VDCs

–  Managing Provider VDCs

–  Demonstration: Creating a Provider VDC

–  Adding Organization Resources

–  Contents of an Organization

–  Demonstration: Creating an Organization

–  Organization VDC Allocation Models

–  Organization VDC Allocation Model: Allocation Pool

–  Organization VDC Allocation Model: Pay-As-You-Go

–  Organization VDC Allocation Model: Reservation Pool

–  Use Cases for Allocation Models

–  Organization and Organization Admin Creation Process

–  Providing Resources to Organization VDC

–  Demonstration: Creating an Organization VDC

–  vCloud Director Predefined Users

–  Demonstration: Creating an Organization Administrative User

–  Managing Catalogs

–  Managing vApps and vApp Templates

–  Demonstration: Creating a vApp from a vCenter Template

–  Virtual Machine Customization

–  Fast Provisioning of Virtual Machines

–  vCloud Director Networking Overview

–  VXLAN

–  How vCloud Director gets Networks

–  Networks in vCloud Director

–  vApp Network

–  External Networks

–  Demonstration: Creating an External Network

–  Organization VDC Network

–  Types of Organization VDC Networks

–  Demonstration: Adding an Organization VDC Network

–  Network Pools

–  Types of Network Pools

–  Demonstration: Adding a Network Pool

–  Roles that can Create Networks

–  IPsec VPN Tunnel Configuration Types

–  Network Security

–  Best Practices for Network Security

–  End User Access to Web Console

–  Understanding Your Role

–  Resources Available to You and Your Organization

–  Working with Catalogs

–  Selecting Storage Policies

–  Working with vApp

–  Working with vApp Templates

–  Working with Networks in a vApp

–  Fenced Networks in a vApp

–  Snapshot and Revert

–  Demonstration: Using vCloud Director as a User