VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage

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 licencing 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