VMware Training. Season 2021-2022. Part 13. Introduction. Authorized Training: Virtual Cloud Network. NSX for vSphere. Brief Summary.

Posted on December 21, 2021 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vCloud Director and Cloud Director.

Today we will talk about the main training programs in the field Virtual Cloud Network: NSX for vSphere.

VMware NSX

VMware NSX is a network virtualization and security platform for software data centers, making it possible to create and run network services on existing network equipment.

The main current training programs for VMware NSX technologies are:

● VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.4]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers, Architects.
  • Prerequisites: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage.
    • Understanding of enterprise switching and routing;
    • Knowledge of TCP/IP services;
    • Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets.
    • Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course.
    • Understanding of the concepts presented in the VMware Introduction to Network Virtualization with NSX course.
  • Certification: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV).

This five-day, comprehensive, fast-paced training course presents VMware NSX as a part of the softwaredefined data center. You will learn how to use logical switching in VMware NSX to virtualize your switching environment. The course also details logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between different virtual environments. You will also learn how to use gateway services, firewall configurations, and security services to help secure and optimize your VMware NSX environment.

Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.

● VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V6.4]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Expert.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers, Architects.
  • Prerequisites: Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including:
    • Switching and routing technologies (L2-3);
    • Network and application delivery services (L4-7);
    • Knowledge and working experience of vSphere;
    • Knowledge and working experience of NSX installation, configuration, management, and operations.
    • Before taking this course, you ought to take either the VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware NSX for Internetworking Experts Fast Track course.
    • The VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV) certification is recommended.
  • Certification: This course prepares you for the following certification:
    • VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Network Virtualization Deployment (VCAP6-NV Deploy).

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competence in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX 6.4 environment. In this course, you will be introduced to several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools. You will be presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

● VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage plus Troubleshooting
and Operations Fast Track [V6.4]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Expert.
  • Target audience: Experienced system or network administrators.
  • Prerequisites: This course requires that you have completed the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course or VCA-DCV certification or that you have the following skills and knowledge:
    • Understanding of enterprise switching and routing;
    • Knowledge of TCP/IP services;
    • Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets.
  • Certification: This course prepares you for the following certifications:
    • VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV);
    • VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Network Virtualization Deployment (VCAP6-NV Deploy).

This intensive five-day, extended-hours course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX. This course presents VMware NSX as a part of the software-defined data center. The course also details logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between different virtual environments.

You will learn how to use logical switching in VMware NSX to virtualize your switching environment and how to use gateway services, firewall configurations, and security services to help secure and optimize your VMware NSX environment. In addition, you will be presented with various types of technical problems which you will learn how to identify and solve through a systematic process. You will also be introduced to several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools.

A software-defined data center environment with hands-on labs is provided to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.

Brief Summary

In this article, we got acquainted with the main training programs in the field of Virtual Cloud Network: NSX for vSphere.

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we will talk about training programs in the field of Virtual Cloud Network: NSX-T Data Center.

Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.

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VMware Training. Season 2021-2022. Part 12. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vCloud Director, Cloud Director. Brief Summary.

Posted on December 17, 2021 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Log Insight.

Today we will talk about the main training programs in the field Multi-Cloud: VMware vCloud Director and Cloud Director.

VMware vCloud Director

VMware vCloud Director (VMware vCD) is a platform with multi-tenant support for managing software-defined data centers (SDDC) and providing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to customers. This solution is adapted for managed service providers (MSPs).

The main current training programs for VMware vCloud Director technologies are:

● VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V9.7]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.
  • Prerequisites: Completion of the following course is required:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] or equivalent knowledge;
    • Completion of the following eLearning courses is recommended:
      • VMware vCloud Director: Fundamentals [V8.x];
      • VMware vSAN and HCI Fundamentals;
      • VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals;
    • Substantial knowledge of TCP/IP networking is helpful.

In this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers 9.x. You learn about self-service provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX networks.

This course also covers interfacing VMware vCloud Director with other systems using various APIs and the integration and use of VMware vCloud Availability for vCloud Director. You will also understand how to manage multisite, cross-VDC networking for vCloud Director and configuring Central Point of Management (CPOM) to define a Software-defined Datacenter (SDDC) for tenant and provider users of vCloud Director.

This course also discusses how to monitor various vCloud Director objects using VMware
vRealize Operations, Tenant vApp, and VMware vRealize Log Insight.

● VMware vCloud Director: Tenant Operations [V10.x]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Experienced service provider customers, system engineers, data center administrators, and tenant administrators with experience in a managed services environment.
  • Prerequisites: This course requires completion of one of the following courses:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage;
    • VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage.

In this five-day course, you focus on configuring and managing VMware vCloud Director® for Service Providers 10.x Tenant Operations. You learn about self-service provisioning, the creation of virtual datacenter networks, vApp and its networks, catalog services that include predefined virtual machines (VMs), and on-demand VMware NSX networks.

This course covers integrating VMware vCloud Director with VMware vRealize Orchestrator and the use of VMware vCloud Availability. You learn how to manage multisite, cross-VDC networking for vCloud Director. You also learn how to use Central Point of Management (CPOM) to define a software-defined datacenter (SDDC) for tenant users of vCloud Director.

This course also discusses how to monitor various vCloud Director objects using VMware vRealize Operations Manager.

● VMware vCloud Director: Design Workshop [V9.x]

  • Duration: 4 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment.
  • Prerequisites: Completion of the following course is required:
    • VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge.
    • Completion of the following courses is recommended:
      • VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage;
      • VMware NSX: Design and Deploy;
      • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage;
      • VMware vSphere: Design Workshop.

This four-day training course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design a VMware vCloud Director 9.x infrastructure. You will follow a proven approach to design a virtualization solution that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security, and that uses VMware best practices. A case study will guide you through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing vCloud Director. You will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere 6.x, vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Availability for vCloud Director, VMware NSX, and VMware vRealize Business for Cloud, as well as the integration with other VMware and third-party products. You will also learn about self-service provisioning, the effects of organizations, virtual data centers, catalog services, and on-demand NSX networks.

VMware Cloud Director

VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) is a cloud service-delivery platform used by cloud providers to operate and manage cloud-service businesses. The vendor states that by using VMware Cloud Director, cloud providers deliver secure, efficient, and elastic cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world.

The main current training programs for VMware Cloud Director technologies are:

● VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V10.1]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.
  • Prerequisites: Completion of the following course is required:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge;
    • Substantial knowledge of TCP/IP networking is helpful.

In this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware Cloud Director 10.x. You learn about workload provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX networks. This course also covers interfacing VMware Cloud Director with other systems and the integration and use of VMware Cloud Director Availability. You also learn how to manage multisite, cross-VDC networking, and configuring Central Point of Management (CPOM) to define a Software-defined Data Center (SDDC) for a tenant and provider users of VMware Cloud Director. This course also discusses how to monitor various VMware Cloud Director objects using VMware vRealize Operations and discusses administering tenant facing applications using vRealize Operations Tenant App.

● VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Workshop [V10.2]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.
  • Prerequisites: Completion of the following courses or equivalent knowledge is required:
    • VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage;
    • VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility;
    • VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage.

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to design and utilize a cloud solution based on VMware Cloud Director. Besides learning about an advanced cloud architecture, you learn about the integration of VMware Cloud Director with the products VMware Cloud Director Availability, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Operations (including the Tenant App), VMware NSX-T Data Center and VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks).

This course covers the migration from VMware NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) to VMware NSX-T Data Center in a VMware Cloud Director environment. You learn about how the NSX Advanced Load Balancer can be used and integrated in a service provider environment and how to configure the load balancing services using VMware NSX-T Data Center. Besides the advanced know-how of the vRealize Operations Tenant App and Cloud Availability, the course also discusses the extensibility and orchestration of workflows in Cloud Director. For all the topics covered in the class, intensive hands-on labs will be taken by the students to provide proper insights into all the products.

Brief Summary

In this article, we got acquainted with the main training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vCloud Director and Cloud Director.

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we will talk about training programs in the field of Virtual Cloud Network: NSX for vSphere.

Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.

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VMware Training. Season 2021-2022. Part 11. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vRealize Log Insight. Brief Summary.

Posted on December 13, 2021 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Operations.

Today we will talk about the main training programs in the field Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Log Insight.

VMware vRealize Log Insight

vRealize Log Insight provides intelligent log management for infrastructure and applications in any environment. This highly scalable log management solution delivers intuitive, actionable dashboards, sophisticated analytics, and broad third-party extensibility across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

The main current training programs for VMware vRealize Log Insight technologies are:

● VMware vRealize Log Insight: Deploy and Manage [V4.7]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers.
  • Prerequisites: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course.

The course is based on the deployment, use and management of VMware vRealize Log Insight. Students will learn about the configuration and use of vRealize Log Insight to collect and manage the logs of various VMware and third-party products. This course discusses how vRealize Log Insight interacts with other systems to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure your data center.

Brief Summary

In this article, we got acquainted with the main training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Log Insight.

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we will talk about training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vCloud Director, Cloud Director.

Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.

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VMware Training. Season 2021-2022. Part 10. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vRealize Operations. Brief Summary.

Posted on December 9, 2021 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Orchestrator.

Today we will talk about the main training programs in the field Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Operations.

VMware vRealize Operations

vRealize Operations deliver a unified management platform to optimize, plan, and scale hybrid cloud deployments from applications to infrastructure, powered by AI/ML, as a service.

The main current training programs for VMware vRealize Operations technologies are:

● VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.2]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: vRealize Operations on-premises and cloud customers including experienced system administrators, system integrators, and consultants responsible for designing, implementing, and customizing vRealize Operations.
  • Prerequisites: This class requires system administration experience with VMware vSphere deployments or completion of one of the following courses:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7];
    • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7].

This five-day course is for users of both cloud and on-premises versions of the VMware vRealize Operations product. It provides you with the knowledge and skills to deploy a vRealize Operations cluster that meets the monitoring requirements of your environment.

This course includes advanced capabilities like customizing alerts, views, reports, and dashboards and explains the architecture in vRealize Operations. This course explains certificates, capacity and cost concepts, and workload optimization with real-world use cases. This course covers troubleshooting using workbench, alerts, and Predefined
dashboards and how to manage compliance and configurations. This course also covers several management packs, and it introduces VMware vRealize Operations Cloud.

In general, this course explains how to use and configure most of the new features and enhancements in version 8.1 and 8.2.

● VMware vRealize Operations: Day 2 Operations with Cloud [V8.2]

  • Duration: 4 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: vRealize Operations on-prem and cloud customers, including experienced system administrators, system integrators, and consultants responsible for designing, implementing, and customizing vRealize Operations.
  • Prerequisites: This class requires system administration experience with VMware vSphere deployments or completion of one of the following courses:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7];
    • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7].

This four-day course is for users of the both VMware vRealize Operations on-prem and cloud versions. The course includes how to use advanced capabilities like customizing alerts, views, reports, and dashboards, and it explains the architecture in vRealize Operations. This course explains certificates, capacity concepts, and workload optimization with real-world use cases. This course covers troubleshooting using dashboards and how to manage compliance and configurations. This course also covers
several management packs and introduces VMware vRealize Operations Cloud.

In general, this course explains how to use and configure most of the new features and enhancements in version 8.1 and 8.2

● VMware vRealize Operations for Administrators [V7]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Experienced system administrators.
  • Prerequisites: This class requires completion of one of the following courses:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x];
    • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.x];
    • Or system administration experience with vSphere deployments.

This two-day course is designed for data center administrators who are responsible for the day-to-day management of a VMware vSphere environment using VMware vRealize Operations. This course will teach you how to use vRealize Operations as a forensic and predictive tool. The course is based on VMware ESXi 6.7, VMware vCenter Server 6.7, and vRealize Operations 7.0.

● VMware vRealize Operations and vSAN Integration Workshop

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: vSAN and VMware vSphere administrators.
  • Prerequisites: At a minimum, students attending this course should have completed the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.x] course or have equivalent knowledge.
    • Some experience with basic operations of vRealize Operations would also be helpful.
    • The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
      • Use VMware vSphere Client;
      • Perform routine VMware vCenter Server tasks;
      • Configure a vSAN datastore.
    • Perform routine vSAN maintenance tasks.

This two-day course explains how to use and configure VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.0 to integrate with VMware vSAN 6. This course explains concepts and practical applications of vRealize Operations Manager in reference to vSAN.

Brief Summary

In this article, we got acquainted with the main training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Operations.

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we will talk about training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Log Insight.

Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.

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VMware Training. Season 2021-2022. Part 9. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vRealize Orchestrator. Brief Summary.

Posted on December 5, 2021 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Automation.

Today we will talk about the main training programs in the field Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Orchestrator.

VMware vRealize Orchestrator

VMware vRealize Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vRealize Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.

The main current training programs for VMware vRealize Orchestrator technologies are:

● Data Center Automation with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCLI

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Expert.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers.
  • Prerequisites: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course.

This course provides experienced VMware vSphere administrators with knowledge of the automation tools that all vSphere clients have access to. Using real-world use cases, students will learn how to automate day-to-day administration tasks with VMware vSphere PowerCLI and VMware vRealize Orchestrator.

Brief Summary

In this short article, we got acquainted with the main training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Orchestrator.

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Training. Season 2021-2022” we will talk about training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Operations.

Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.

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