Duration
4 days.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge and experience:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSAN™ and HCI Fundamentals
- VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage
Skills Gained
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe the architecture of VMware Cloud on AWS
- Deploy a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC and virtual machines (VMs)
- Configure internal, external, and inter-SDDC networking
- Describe and configure storage integrations and solutions for VMware Cloud on AWS
- Configure a connection between an on-premises vSphere SDDC and a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
- Configure the scale-up and scale-down of a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
- Migrate virtual machines between on-premises vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs
- Describe and configure disaster recovery solutions
- Describe additional services that add value to a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
- Describe lifecycle, troubleshooting scenarios, and support resources for a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
Who Can Benefit?
- Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators.
Outline for VMware Cloud on AWS: Deploy Configure Manage 2021 Training
Outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS
- Why choose VMware Cloud on AWS
- Management and operational structure
VMware Cloud on AWS Platform and SDDC Deployment Preparation
- Getting started with VMware Cloud on AWS
- Preparing AWS infrastructure for a VMware Cloud on AWS deployment
- Setting up a VMware on Cloud AWS account
- Billing and pricing on VMware Cloud services
Deploying and Scaling and SDDC
- Deploying and examining SDDC configurations
- Sizing the SDDC
- SDDC cluster management
- SDDC host management
- Optimizing and maintaining an SDDC cluster using Elastic DRS for VMware Cloud™ on AWS
Accessing and Analyzing vCenter Configurations
- Accessing vCenter Server in the Cloud SDDC from the public internet
- Creating virtual machines in the Cloud SDDC
- Analyzing HA, DRS, and resource pools settings in the SDDC
- Analyzing vSphere permissions
Networking in VMware Cloud on AWS
- Internal SDDC network
- Networking and security options
- Inter-SDDC networking
Storage on VMware Cloud on AWS
- vSAN storage in VMware Cloud on AWS
- Attaching external storage to a VM running on an SDDC
Working with On-Premises vSphere
- Hybrid linked mode
- VMware Cloud on AWS migration solutions
- Virtual machine migration with VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension
Maintaining and Troubleshooting VMware Cloud on AWS
- Accessing API with VMware Cloud on AWS
- Maintenance and support
- Common troubleshooting steps
Disaster Recovery Solution
- Site Recovery add-on service
- VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
Using Other VMware Products with the SDDC
- VMware vRealize® Log Insight Cloud™
- VMware Horizon® with VMware Cloud on AWS
- VMware vRealize® Automation Cloud™ add-on