VMware Cloud Foundation: Solution Architecture and Design [V9.0]

Length 5 days
Price $6589 inc GST
Version 9.0

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course explores the architecture and design considerations for an initial deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). The course explains the architecture framework and language, as well as design considerations for building, operationalising, and consuming a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment. The scope of the course is centered on the core design considerations applicable to a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment in a single site.

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What you’ll learn

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe and apply an appropriate design framework
Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
Understand VMware VCF constructs such as site, fleet, and instance
Understand data center fabric needs to support VCF
Understand VCF storage and network design options
Design a single site single fleet deployment of VCF with recommended design options
Design management and workload domains with appropriate compute and storage resources
Design a consumption layer leveraging VCF Automation and Supervisor
Understand the day-2 operating model, operations metrics, and reporting needs of VCF
Understand future opportunities to extend the VCF platform with advanced services

VMware at Lumify Work

VMware is the world leader in server virtualisation technologies. Lumify Work is the largest VCF Education Delivery Partner in Australia and New Zealand, offering training in vSphere, Aria Suite, vRealize, vSAN, NSX, and VMware Cloud Foundation courses.

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Who is the course for?

Technical and Solution Architects and Consultants who design enterprise-grade private cloud environments.

Course subjects

1. Course Introduction

Introduction and course logistics
Course objectives

2. Architecture Frameworks and Models

Architecture frameworks
Business objectives
Design models

3. VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

VCF design blueprints and use cases
Upgrade overview
License management overview

4. VCF Fleet and Instance Design

Sites, fleets, and instances
Management and workload domains
Designing conceptual and logical designs
VCF Operations platform design

5. Building the Physical Fabric and VCF Networking Design

Networking fabric design
VCF networking design

6. Storage and vSAN Essentials

VCF storage overview
Storage design considerations

7. Management Domain

Management domain design overview
Management domain design sizing considerations
Management domain design decisions
Storage requirements for management workloads
Networking requirements for management workloads
Platform-based protection mechanisms

8. Workload Domains

Workload domain design overview
Cluster design overview
Storage requirements for workload domains
Networking requirements for workload domains
Security design considerations

9. VCF AMPRS Considerations Summary

Designing for availability
Designing for manageability
Designing for performance
Designing for recoverability
Designing for security

10. VCF Consumption Design with VCF Automation and Supervisor

VCF Automation overview
VCF Automation tenancy models
VCF Automation and Supervisor components
VCF Automation and Supervisor design considerations

11. Day 2 Operations with VCF

Day 2 operations overview
VCF Operations overview and metric/dashboard design
VCF Operations key metrics for compute, storage, and networks
VCF Operations for networks overview and design

12. VCF Upgrade Considerations

VCF upgrade overview
VCF upgrade key considerations

13. VCF Advanced Services

Introduction to Private AI
Introduction to VMware Live Recovery
Introduction to advanced security

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge and experience:

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