Cloud Computing

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vCloud Director: Essentials/Fundamentals
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification is strongly recommended

This intensive four-day, instructor-led course demonstrates to technical personnel how to deploy VMware vCloud® for a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment and manage the ongoing operation of the deployment. The course focuses on the private and public vCloud solutions but also includes information on how this approach supports a hybrid solution.

At the end of this course, you should understand the features and operation of VMware vCloud® Director™ and be able to do the following:

• Deploy vCloud Director
• Manage vCloud Director to satisfy private, public, and hybrid cloud business needs
• Configure VMware vSphere® storage to enable multiple tiers in provider virtual datacenters
• Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs
• Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs
• Configure networking for organizations and vApps
• Connect organizations with VPN tunnels and static routes
• Interface vCloud Director to OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory servers
• Configure network security between vCloud Director vApps and organizations with VMware vShield Edge™ firewalls
• Use VMware vCenter Chargeback™ to meter vCloud Director resources
• Understand the interactions between VMware vSphere Distributed Resources Scheduler clusters and vCloud Director.

1  Course Introduction
2  VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
3  Installing VMware vCloud Director
4  VMware vCloud Director Networking
5  VMware vCloud Director Providers
6  VMware vCloud Director Organizations
7  Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
8  Cloud Connectivity
9  VMware vCloud Security
10  Cost Analysis and Reporting with VMware vCenter Chargeback
11  Managing Cloud Resources
12  Managing vSphere Resources