VMware has released the beta of a new training course called VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud. This course is designed to guide students through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. Students will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere 4, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenterβ’ Chargeback, and the VMware vShield Edge functionality that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive workshop about VMware cloud design.
At the end of the course, you should have an understanding of the VMware cloud and be able to:
β’ Install vCloud Director in an environment which the new cloud must co-exist with an existing vSphere environment
β’ Evaluate and design a multi-tenant environment to address the needs of private cloud Customers
β’ Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate homogenous server, storage, and network resources
β’ Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud
β’ Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation
β’ Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles
http://mylearn.vmware.com/descriptions/EDU_DATASHEET_vCloud_ArchitectingVMwareCloud_V1_BETA35.pdf
Students must have VCP-level vSphere knowledge. They must also have general-purpose vSphere design experience, with special emphasis on networking and storage. Exposure to the product features and functionality of vCloud Director, vSphere, vShield Edge, and vCenter Chargeback is required.
Outline
1 Course Introduction
β’ Introductions and course logistics
β’ Course objectives
2 What Is a Cloud?
β’ Defining the VMware cloud and virtualization
β’ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
β’ Platform as a Service (PaaS)
β’ Software as a Service (SaaS)
β’ Attributes of cloud computing
β’ Cloud computing considerations
3 VMware vCloud Director
β’ vCloud Director prerequisites
β’ Components of VMware cloud infrastructure
β’ Logical constructs in vCloud Director
β’ Cloud architecture fundamentals
4 Cloud Architecture Models
β’ Service provider (public cloud) model
β’ Enterprise (private cloud) model
β’ Hybrid model
β’ Considerations when upgrading a vSphere environment
β’ Load balancing
β’ vCloud API use cases
β’ Management cluster
β’ vCloud resource groups
5 Designing Networks
β’ DNS architecture
β’ Types of vCloud Director networks
β’ Network management
β’ Network mapping
6 Designing Storage
β’ Segmenting storage based on speed
β’ Combining iSCSI and NFS
β’ Organizational quotas
β’ Thin provisioning
β’ Limitations and considerations
7 Designing Providers
β’ Consumable resources
β’ Provider virtual datacenters
β’ Resource pools
β’ Storage
β’ VLANs
8 Designing Organizations
β’ Organization creation and resource pools in the provider virtual datacenters
β’ Accessing multiple provider virtual datacenters from one organization
β’ Organization administrator rights and responsibilities
β’ vApps
β’ Catalogs
β’ Organization networks and external networks
9 Designing Security
β’ Authentication and authorization
β’ Role-based access controls
β’ Creating providers and organizations
β’ Organization administrators
β’ vApp owner
β’ Custom roles
10 Designing Chargeback
β’ Modules of consumption
β’ vCenter Chargeback metrics
β’ vCenter Chargeback server configuration
β’ vCenter Chargeback data collectors