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“Hello and welcome to the 2021 vExpert program” – a letter with this message I just received!
More than ten years from the first exam and certificate to this award! Thanks to VMware and everyone who helped me with this. There is still a lot of work ahead!
Sincerely,
Andriy Romanenko
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We recently launched a new series of articles, “Practice VMware. Year 2020.” in which we plan to talk about VMware Hands-on Labs.
As promised, today we will talk about the so-called Lightning Labs.
Let me remind you that Lightning Labs are the fastest and easiest way to test VMware solutions in 30 minutes or less. They help you evaluate the capabilities of VMware products in a short amount of time. Learn about the basic functions of the product!
Let’s take a look at the main Lightning Labs of the 2020 season.
In this Lab, you will explore vSphere improvements and new features in ESXi and vCenter Server management and lifecycle including, Lifecycle Management, Getting Started with Update Manager, and Operations Enhanced Linked Mode.
vSphere 7 with Kubernetes is the new generation of vSphere for modern applications and it is available only through VMware Cloud Foundation. This interactive simulation shows a pre-release version of the product (to be updated later to reflect GA environment) and it will walk you through the steps to enable vSphere with Kubernetes on your VMware Cloud Foundation environment using vCenter Server tools of vSphere. The developers can now consume the newly introduced VMware Cloud Foundation Services that includes Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service.
Explore the features of the vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) by creating a new vDS and migrating a running virtual machine from an existing vSphere Standard Switch.
In this lab, you will learn about Bitfusion FlexDirect and how a VM without a GPU can use the GPU on another VM.
Machine Learning workloads are becoming pervasive in data centers. VMware vSphere is a great platform for end-to-end machine learning from training to deployment. This lightning lab teaches you how you can launch machine learning workloads on VMware vSphere. TensorFlow is the most popular Machine Learning framework. We will use a community version of docker to launch TensorFlow Container. We explore Neural Network based Text Classification using Internet Movie Database (IMDB). We will build a docker image of a machine learning application and launch it to build, train and evaluate a neural network.
Get an introduction to VMware vSAN. We will cover the vSAN features and show you how to enable vSAN using the new vSphere Client (HTML5 UI).
Explore how easy it is to deploy vSAN using VMware’s “QuickStart” guided cluster creation wizard! QuickStart provides an easy to use, step-by-step configuration wizard that makes streamlines the creation a production-ready vSAN cluster to support your VMs.
Get an introduction to VMware vSAN. Learn the vSAN features and how to enable vSAN using the new vSphere Client (HTML5 UI)
Explore Module 2 of NSX Data Center, gain insight in to the power of NSX by learning about the NSX Controller cluster, how to create a logical switch and attach virtual machines to this newly created logical switch.
Come along on a quick tour of some of the tools you can use to gain operational visibility into your NSX for vSphere Infrastructure including Flow Monitoring and Traceflow.
Introduction to the core capabilities of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) in a vSphere environment. Gain hands-on experience with Infrastructure and Application components.
In this Lightning Lab, you will learn how to configure the Distributed Firewall, Spoof Guard, and use various tools within NSX-T.
vRealize Automation 8.0, a completely new codebase, with new integrations, and many new capabilities. vRealize Automation 8.0 is built on a modern container-based microservices architecture, with improved scalability and performance. In this lab you will work with blueprints to deploy workloads and learn how this is done across a multi-cloud environment. Deployment and management of application and infrastructure resources across a VMware Software Defined Datacenter and public cloud services has never been this comprehensive or straightforward.
In 30 minutes or less explore what’s new in the latest version of vRealize Operations Manager with this interactive demo.
Quickly learn the most important features of vRealize Network Insight. If you’re interested in application security, troubleshooting physical network devices, managing and securing networks in the private and public clouds then this lab is for you.
Brief exploration of vCloud Director 9.7 multi-tenancy features including using the Tenant UI for consumption of vCloud Director services.
Get an introduction to Horizon with user environment manager and App Volumes.
See how quick and easy it is to create and entitle a Horizon Desktop Pool in this Lightning Lab.
You will explore Workspace ONE integration with SaaS applications and Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management.
This lab will show you how to navigate through the platform to learn about the key areas of functionality and how they will benefit you. It also highlights the power of CloudHealth’s reporting and walks through creating customized reports.
In this Lab, with the HTML5 user interface, deploy and configure SDDCs on VMware Cloud on AWS.
Walk through the process of ordering a VMware Cloud on Dell EMC SDDC, configuring uplinks to connect to the data center networks through the included top-of-rack switches, enabling access to the SDDC vCenter, configuring workload networks, deploying VMs to the SDDC and protecting those workloads with Distributed Firewall.
In this lab, we highlight one of the key capabilities of VMware Skyline, the Proactive Findings feature. You will explore the various findings identified by Skyline for all monitored environments along with the details of each.
Brief exploration of VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud including the key components and architecture in a simulated product tour.
Walkthrough of setting up a native AWS VPC and subnets to connect to VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC). Also, deploy a 3-host SDDC, add users to the SDDC and scale up the SDDC to 4 hosts.
So, from this post, you learned about VMware’s “Lightning” Hands-on Labs, 2020 season. Let me remind you that this resource is absolutely free, and only a modern browser is required for access, so I advise you to add the address of the resource to the bookmarks “VMware Hands-on Labs”, quickly register and start mastering VMware technologies with “Lightning” Hands-on Labs.
In the next publication we will talk about the main laboratory work in the areas of Comprehensive Hands-on Labs to deepen knowledge.
Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.
Hello to all readers of my blog!
We continue the series of articles “VMware Learning. Year 2020”.
We recently talked about new VMware training programs in the field of Data Center Virtualization & Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure – vSphere 7.
Today we will talk about new courses in the field of Virtualization & Cloud Management Platform – VMware vRealize.
VMware provides a comprehensive cloud management platform that can manage hybrid (multi-cloud) environments that run everything from traditional to containerized (cloud) workloads. The VMware vRealize family of products accelerates the provision of IT services through automation and predefined policies, providing a high level of flexibility for developers and business lines while maintaining management and control.
The main new current training programs for VMware vRealize technologies are:
During this five-day course, you will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize Automation. You will gain an understanding on how to use vRealize Automation to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments. The course covers how to manage both on-premise systems and cloud services and how vRealize Automation Service Broker can aggregate content in native formats from multiple clouds and platforms into a common catalog. You will learn how to interface vRealize Automation with other systems using VMware vRealize Orchestrator and how to use vRealize Automation to manage Kubernetes systems and leverage other systems.
This five-day course covers advanced capabilities like customizing alerts, views, reports, and dashboards and explains the architecture and different ways of deploying VMware vRealize operations. This course explains certificates, capacity concepts, and workload optimization with real-world use cases and covers troubleshooting using dashboards and how-to manage compliance and configurations. The course also covers management packs such as those for or in the SDDC Management Health solution, Storage Devices Management Pack, and AWS Management Pack.
This course, equivalent to 2 days of training, gives you the skills to deploy and use VMware vRealize Network Insight™ to ensure an optimized, highly available, and secure infrastructure for your applications. You will learn the features, components, architecture, and benefits of vRealize Network Insight and how to use it to simplify daily operation and troubleshooting tasks.
In this article, we are introduced to new training programs in the direction of VMware Virtualization & Cloud Management Platform – VMware vRealize .
In the next publication of the series “Vmware Learning. Year 2020” we will talk about new training programs in the field Network Virtualization & Security – NSX-T.
Follow the news, before the meeting on air traditionally for a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA
Hello to all readers of my blog!
We continue the series of articles “VMware Learning. Year 2020”.
In March of this year, VMware announced a new version of vSphere 7 – the biggest innovation since the launch of ESXi – Unified management technology for Containers and VMs.
vSphere 7 is based on the following key features, including:
To help develop their skills and enable the organization to realize the latest benefits of vSphere 7, VMware has announced the release of 7 new courses.
So today we will talk about new curricula on VMware Vsphere 7.
VMware vSphere is server virtualization software and the heart of a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) that helps you run, manage, connect and secure applications in a shared cloud operating environment.
The main new current training programs for vSphere 7 technologies are:
In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Server 7 and VMware ESXi 7. Real-world use-case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lectures teach you the skills that you need to effectively implement and configure VMware vSphere 7. This course is recommended for customers who want to deploy vSphere 7 in their existing vSphere environment.
This five-day course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere 7, which includes VMware ESXi 7 and VMware vCenter Server 7. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. This course is the foundation for most of the other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
This five-day course teaches you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 7 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. Attend this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization..
This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere 7.x environment. This workshop increases your skill and competence in using the command-line interface, VMware vSphere Client, log files, and other tools to analyze and solve problems.
This five-day, intensive course takes you from introductory to advanced VMware vSphere 7 management skills. Building on the installation and configuration content from our best-selling course, you will also develop advanced skills needed to manage and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will install, configure and manage vSphere 7. You will explore the features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size using vSphere 7, which includes VMware ESXi 7 and VMware vCenter Server 7.
This three-day training course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design a VMware vSphere 7 virtual infrastructure. You follow a proven approach to design a virtualization solution that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security, and that uses VMware best practices. This course discusses the benefits and risks of available design alternatives and provides information to support making sound design decisions. Given a case study, you practice your design skills by working with peers on a design project.
During this 3-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere with Kubernetes. You learn about how vSphere with Kubernetes can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a VMware vSphere environment.
In this article, we are introduced to new training programs in the direction of VMware vSphere 7.
In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Learning. Year 2020” we will talk about new training programs in VMware vRealize directions.
Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.
Recently in the series of articles “VMware Learning. Year 2020” we talked about the training programs for authorized learning VMware 2020 season. Today we will talk about one of the options for gaining practical skills in working with VMware technologies.
During the authorized study, students have access to the laboratory environment in which they perform tasks according to the course scenario. This is enough to gain basic technology skills. However, after the end of the course, this access is terminated, and to consolidate skills, such a laboratory must be constantly available, and training in a productive environment is a very bad idea.
There are several main options: to create a permanent laboratory or even a home one mini data center, or take advantage of a special resource from VMware – Hands-on Labs.
A series of articles about building your own lab and how it later became a home mini data center at the design and writing stage, so today we will open a series of articles “Vmware Practice. 2020” and review VMware Hands-on Labs.
So what is a HOL (Hands-on Labs)?
VMware Hands-on Labs provide a quick and easy way to access VMware products and solutions, testing use cases and learning about the latest features with no installation required. There are no special hardware or licenses needed. VMware Hands-on Labs delivers a real, virtualized infrastructure in the cloud using VMware managed infrastructure including vCloud Foundation, vRealize Operations, VMware Learning Platform, Wavefront and more. Best of all, they are provided at no charge and you only need a modern browser to run them. All labs are created by product experts, documented and supported by the VMware Hands-on Labs team and community.
In general, there are three types of Hands-on Labs:
Lightning Labs – The quickest and easiest way to experience VMware products in 30-minutes or less. Lightning Labs help you experience and evaluate VMware products in small segments of time. “Bite-sized” labs allow you to learn about core product features quickly!
Comprehensive Labs – Dive deep into VMware products features and capabilities with full guided labs. Experience the full range of VMware products and learn about new features. Up and running on any browser in minutes and 100% free. No installation, licenses, or special hardware required. Relevant content available and updated year round.
Odyssey Game Labs – Test your knowledge and skills of VMware products by completing tasks. Where will you rank on the leaderboard? VMware Odyssey are short tasks that challenge your knowledge of VMware products and solutions. Go against the clock and players online to top the leaderboard! Get instant feedback on your progress. Sharpen your skills and showcase your technical expertise.
So, from this short publication you learned about VMware Hands-on Labs, about the types of labs. Since this resource is absolutely free, and only a modern browser is required for access, I advise you to bookmark the address of the resource “VMware Hands-on Labs” and quickly register and read a fairly large catalog of laboratory work.
And in the next publication, we will talk about the main available laboratory work in the direction of Lightning Labs, for a quick introduction to the technologies of VMware.
Follow the news until the meeting is on air in a few days.
Sincerely, AIRRA.
