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

Posted on March 17, 2022 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Learning. Year 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 Cloud Director, vCloud Director.

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 [V10.3]

  • 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 10.3. 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-T Data Center networks.

This course also covers interfacing VMware Cloud Director with other systems and the integration and use of VMware vRealize Orchestrator for VMware Cloud Director. You learn about different networks that a system administrator and an organization administrator can configure and use with virtual machines (VMs). This course also discusses how to monitor various VMware Cloud Director objects using VMware vRealize Operations.

● VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Networking with NSX-T Data Center [V10.2]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Expert.
  • Target audience: Service providers, 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 and equivalent knowledge is required:
    • VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage;
    • VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage;
    • Strong knowledge on NSX Data Center for vSphere;
    • Strong understanding in NSX Advanced Load Balancer;
    • The following experience is helpful:
      • Working at the Linux command line;
      • Substantial knowledge of general networking concepts.

In this five-day course, you focus on deploying, configuring, integrating, designing, and managing VMware Cloud Director 10.x network objects with VMware NSX-T Data Center. This course also focuses on designing, integrating, configuring, and managing VMware Cloud Director 10.x with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

This course also focuses on the VMware Cloud Director Migration tool, using which the system administrator can perform the actual migration by migrating the workload and networks of the organization VDC supported by VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere to the organization VDC supported by NSX-T Data Center in the same organization.

This course also showcases how to monitor VMware Cloud Director networking objects using VMware vRealize Operations and VMware 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.

● 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 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: 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 NFV with vCloud Director [V9.7]

  • 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 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.

This five-day, hands-on training course discusses Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), a network architecture concept that specifies how virtualization technologies can be used to virtualize network service functions. This course 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 understand how to manage multisite, cross-VDC (Virtual Data Center) networking for vCloud Director. You will also understand how to configure 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 OperationsM, Tenant vApp, and VMware vRealize Log Insight.

Brief Summary

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

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Learning. Year 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 Learning. Year 2022. Part 11. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vRealize Log Insight. Brief Summary.

Posted on March 13, 2022 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Learning. Year 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.

● VMware vRealize Log Insight: Deploy and Manage [V8.4]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Experienced system administrators, system integrators, and developers responsible for designing and implementing vRealize Log Insight.
  • Prerequisites: 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 two-day course focuses on deploying, using, and managing VMware vRealize Log Insight product. It provides you with the knowledge and skills to deploy a vRealize Log Insight cluster that meets the monitoring requirements of your environment. This course covers the configuration and use of vRealize Log Insight to collect and manage logs from a variety of VMware and third-party products. This course discusses interfacing vRealize Log Insight with other systems to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure a 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 Learning. Year 2022″ we will talk about training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware Cloud Director.

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

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

Posted on March 9, 2022 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Learning. Year 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: Advanced Use Cases [V8.x]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: System Operator, System Administrator, System Integrator.
  • Prerequisites: You should also have hands-on experience administering vSphere 6.x/7.x deployments.

This two-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills and tools to achieve competency in operating VMware vRealize Operations 8.x. This course explains how to design and create advanced dashboards, capacity concepts, and REST API with real-world use cases.

● Troubleshooting VMware vRealize Operations [V8.x]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Expert.
  • Target audience: System administrators tasked with maintaining a vRealize Operations cluster.
  • Prerequisites: This class requires system administration experience with vRealize Operations deployments or completion of the following course:
    • VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.2].

This two-day course gives VMware vRealize Operations administrators the skills to perform basic troubleshooting tasks. The course also gives administrators the skills to ensure their vRealize Operations instance meets its use-case objectives of continuous performance optimization, app-aware intelligent remediation, and integrated compliance.

● VVMware vRealize Operations for Operators [V8.2]

  • Duration: 2 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: This course is for vRealize Operations on-premises customers including operators and system administrators.
  • 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 course is for users who are responsible for day-to-day management of VMware vRealize Operations. This course explains policies and capacity 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.

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

Posted on March 5, 2022 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Learning. Year 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: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers.
  • Prerequisites: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course.

This five-day course teaches experienced VMware vSphere administrators how to use the powerful automation tools that all vSphere customers have access to. Using real-world use cases and examples, you will learn how to automate day-to-day administration tasks with VMware vSphere PowerCLI and VMware vRealize Orchestrator. During class, you will use these tools to automate tasks in a realistic lab environment.

Brief Summary

In this 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 Learning. Year 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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VMware Learning. Year 2022. Part 8. Introduction. Authorized Training: Multi-Cloud. VMware vRealize Automation. Brief Summary.

Posted on March 2, 2022 by airra

Introduction

Hello to all readers of my blog!

In the previous article of the series “VMware Learning. Year 2022″ we considered a list of training programs in the direction of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

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

VMware vRealize Automation

VMware vRealize Automation is a modern infrastructure automation platform that increases productivity and agility by reducing complexity and eliminating manual or semi- manual tasks.

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

● VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3].

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Operators.
  • Prerequisites: This course requires completion of the following course: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage.

During this, students focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize Automation, and how vRealize Automation can be used to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services to various data centers and hybrid cloud environments.

● VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [V8.x].

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Senior Administrators, Implementers & Consultants, Architects.
  • Prerequisites: This course requires completion of the following course: VMware vRealize Install Configure Manage [V8.x]
    • Experience working at the command line is helpful.

This is a five-day course that is a follow-on to the VMware vRealize Automation Install, Configure, Manage course. In this course, you go deeper into using the advanced features of vRealize Automation to deploy user systems and interface vRealize Automation with other platforms. The course covers deploying and enterprise level cluster environment using VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

This course makes heavy use of hands-on labs. Students can run 41 labs during the 5-day course.

● VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility [V8.1]

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Senior Administrators, Implementers & Consultants, Architects.
  • Prerequisites: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage, VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage courses.
  • Target audience: Administrators, Engineers.

The course aims to use VMware vRealize Orchestrator to extend the functionality of VMware vRealize Automation. Students will learn how to provide something as a service (XaaS) and implement machine life cycle extensibility using the vRealize Automation Event Broker. Also, how to create vRealize Orchestrator workflows. Functions include a basic script implementation along with logical processing to implement various functions used in a virtual environment. This course describes the implementation of debugging, loops, conditions, and user interaction in vRealize Orchestrator.

● VMware vRealize Automation: Design and Deploy [V7.6].

  • Duration: 5 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Advanced.
  • Target audience: Senior Administrators, Implementers & Consultants, Architects.
  • Prerequisites: This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses:
    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x];
    • VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.x].

This five-day course focuses on designing and deploying an enterprise cloud by using a distributed architecture deployment of VMware vRealize Automation. This course discusses the benefits and risks of available design alternatives and provides information that helps in making sound design decisions. You follow a proven approach to design and deploy an enterprise cloud that is available, scalable, manageable, secure, and that is built according to VMware best practices. During this class, you apply your new knowledge by working with other participants to design and deploy a vRealize Automation solution for a real-world project.

● VMware vRealize Automation: Troubleshooting [V8.6].

  • Duration: 3 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: System Operator, System Administrator, System Integrator.
  • Prerequisites: Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course.
    • You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:
      • Good understanding of managing and working with various Linux and Windows operating systems;
      • Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere environments;
      • Basic scripting skills in JavaScript, YAML, and cloudConfig.

This three-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills and tools to achieve competency in troubleshooting VMware vRealize Automation. vRealize Automation can be used to automate the delivery of virtual machines, applications, and personalized IT services across different data centers and hybrid cloud environments. This course will enable you to troubleshoot common problems
with hands-on lab problems.

● VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config: Deploy
and Manage [V8.4].

  • Duration: 3 days.
  • Level of difficulty: Professional.
  • Target audience: System Operator, System Administrator, System Integrator.
  • Prerequisites: Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course.
    • You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:
      • Good understanding of managing and working with various Linux and Windows operating systems;
      • Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments.

This three-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills and tools to achieve competency in deploying and using VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config. SaltStack Config is a powerful software configuration management component available in vRealize Automation. With SaltStack Config, you can easily define optimized, secure software states and enforce them across your entire environment, including virtualized, hybrid or public cloud systems.

In this course, you are introduced to configuration management and how SaltStack Config can install software, maintain system configurations, change systems immediately with scalable remote execution, and automatically correct configuration problems in deployed virtual applications.

Brief Summary

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

In the next publication of the cycle “VMware Learning. Year 2022″ we will talk about training programs in the field of Multi-Cloud: VMware vRealize Orchestrator.

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

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