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VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage

  • Length 3 days
  • Price  NZD 3700 exc GST
  • 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.

Product alignment:

  • VMware vSphere 8 Update 1

  • VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ 22.1.3

  • VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0

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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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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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