VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage
Length 3 days
Version 8
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Why study this course
This course focuses on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu® in a VMware vSphere® 8 environment. Learn how vSphere with Tanzu provides services to deploy and manage virtual machines and vSphere Pods. You will also gain experience with managing Supervisor Services and VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ clusters in addition to day 2 operations and life cycle management.
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What you’ll learn
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®
Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components
Deploy and manage Supervisors
Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service
Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service
Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
Perform a backup using Velero
Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment
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Quality Instructors and Content
Expert instructors with real world experience and the latest vendor-approved in-depth course content.
Partner-Preferred Supplier
Chosen and awarded by the world's leading vendors as preferred training partner.
Ahead of the Technology Curve
No matter your chosen technologies or platforms, we can help you stay one step ahead.
Train Anywhere
From our state-of-the-art classrooms to telepresence to your offices, our instructor-led training caters to your needs.
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We have a 30-year history of driving innovative, award-winning learning solutions.
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Who is the course for?
vSphere administrators and platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in vSphere with Tanzu
Course subjects
1. Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
2. Introducing vSphere with Tanzu
Describe vSphere with Tanzu
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
Describe the Supervisor Services
Describe the VM Service
Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
3. vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure
Explain the storage concepts in vSphere with Tanzu
Describe storage policies
Describe content libraries
Describe Container Storage Interface
Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
Explain vSAN Direct datastores for vSphere with Tanzu
Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
Describe the VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
List the VMware NSX® components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
4. vSphere with Tanzu Architecture
Describe the Supervisor architecture
List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
Describe vSphere Namespaces
List vSphere Namespaces resources and Kubernetes object limits
Describe content libraries and VM images
Describe VM classes
List the different type of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
Explain vSphere privileges
Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types
5. vSphere with Tanzu Core Services
Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
Recognise the capabilities of vSphere Pods
Identify the components of vSphere Pods
Describe the VM Service
Explain the use cases of the VM Service
List the VM Service parameters
Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service
Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
6. vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Services
Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
Explain how to add and manage the life cycle of Supervisor Services
7. vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle
List the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
Explain the Supervisor updates
Explain the vSphere Namespace update
Discuss the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
8. Day 2 Operations
Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
List ways to monitor vSphere Pod utilisation
Identify how to monitor vSphere Pod performance
Explain vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
Identify the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
List the steps to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
Explain how to use SSH to connect to the Supervisor control plane nodes
Prerequisites
Experience deploying and managing vSphere
Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture
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