VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3]/5V0-31.20

Duration: 5 Days (40 Hours)

VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3]/5V0-31.20 Course Overview:

Enroll in the five-day instructor-led course, VMware Cloud Foundation Planning, Management, and Operations [v4.3], to gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in developing, configuring, and deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solutions. VCF is a software-defined platform designed to build and manage private and hybrid cloud environments.

Throughout the course, you will receive an introduction to VCF, enabling you to deliver hybrid cloud solutions effectively. The curriculum covers essential topics such as VCF architecture and management, configuration of VCF components, network and security services, storage requirements and options, validation and troubleshooting techniques, and integration with vRealize Suite. You will gain hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and managing a VCF environment. Additionally, you will work with different types of environments and gain insights into the various processes employed by VCF.

This course is specifically designed for engineers, architects, and IT professionals who possess prior experience with VMware technologies and/or have a background in IT architectures. Successful completion of the course will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to effectively plan, configure, and manage a VCF-based hybrid cloud solution.

Enrolling in this course will provide you with the necessary tools to harness the capabilities of VMware Cloud Foundation. You will be able to design and deploy VCF solutions, manage and troubleshoot VCF environments, and integrate VCF with other VMware technologies to create a robust hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Take the next step in your career and enroll today to enhance your expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation planning, configuration, and management. This course will empower you to leverage VCF’s features and capabilities, allowing you to optimize and streamline your organization’s private and hybrid cloud environments.

Target Audience


The VMware Cloud Foundation 4
3 Planning, Management, and Operations training is designed to provide IT professionals, such as system administrators and developers, the knowledge they need to implement, manage and deploy VMware Cloud Foundation solutions
This training will equip participants with a practical understanding of the components, architecture, and processes involved when using VMware Cloud Foundation in their organization
The training will also introduce the concepts and concepts associated with cloud computing, including infrastructure-as-a-service offerings, convergence technologies, and cloud automation
Participants will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities to gain experience in setting up, deploying, and running workloads in the VMware Cloud Foundation environment

Learning Objectives of VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3]


This VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3] Training helps learners understand the fundamentals of VMware Cloud Foundation and to prepare them to plan, deploy, manage and operate a VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure.
1. Install and configure the VMware Cloud Foundation Infrastructure components.
2. Perform basic to advanced vSphere networking and storage configurations.
3. Create and manage images, packs, and templates.
4. Monitor the health, availability and utilization of a VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
5. Troubleshoot and document VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
6. Set up and configure VMware NSX-T for network and security services.
7. Migrate applications from on-premises to the VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
8. Manage partners, admin and user roles and services.

 Module 1: Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
  • Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation solution
  • Describe VMware Cloud Foundation architecture
  • Identify VMware Cloud Foundation components
  • Describe VMware Cloud Foundation topology
  • Define VMware Cloud Foundation terminology
  • Identify the requirements for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify management domain sizing considerations
  • Identify workload domain sizing considerations
  • Detail design considerations for ESXi in management and VI workload domains
  • Detail design considerations for vCenter in management and VI workload domains
  • Detail the VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up process
  • Identify information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
  • Identify information required for the Deployment Parameter Workbook
  • Describe how VMware Cloud Builder automates the deployment process
  • Explain how the Deployment Parameter Workbook is imported into VMware Cloud Builder
  • Recognize the configuration validation process performed by VMware Cloud Builder
  • Detail the deployment of the management domain
  • Recognize the options to image a host
  • Identify the key capabilities of VIA
  • Recognize how to use VIA for imaging the ESXi Nodes
  • Understand VMware Cloud Foundation integration with VMware Single Sign-On
  • Configure user access to VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe the importance of user roles in vSphere
  • Configure identity sources in vSphere to use with VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Explain the importance of using VMware Cloud
  • Foundation to manage passwords for vSphere components
  • Detail the best practices for password management for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Retrieve and secure the password list
  • Describe the process for rotating passwords not managed by VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe how to add license keys to the VMware Cloud Foundation inventory
  • Describe how to view license keys in SDDC Manager
  • Describe how to assign license keys
  • Describe how to remove license keys
  • Describe how to replace expiring licenses
  • Describe NSX Management plane and Control planes
  • Detail design considerations for workload domains with shared NSX Manager instances
  • Detail design considerations for workload domains with dedicated NSX Manager instances
  • Describe the spine-and-leaf design
  • Describe the addressing scheme for the underlay
  • Recognize possible variations of the spine-and-leaf design
  • Describe the multi-NIC design
  • Describe NSX Edge node design and BGP peering with the physical network
  • Describe cluster design and rack design
  • Explain dynamic routing with BGP
  • Explain virtual IP addressing
  • Describe logical switching
  • Detail NSX Edge functions
  • Define application virtual networks
  • Describe management domain rack options
  • Define workload domains
  • Detail design considerations for vSphere networking in management and VI workload domains
  • Detail design considerations for storage in management and VI workload domains
  • Recognize design choices for a consolidated design or standard design
  • List the types of workload domains
  • State scale limits for workload domains
  • Identify use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
  • List workload domain prerequisites
  • Explain how to create a workload domain
  • Describe how to scale a workload domain
  • Explain how to delete a workload domain
  • Describe host decommissioning
  • Discuss the vSphere with Tanzu solution
  • Define the role of Spherelet
  • Describe the supervisor cluster control plane
  • Define vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
  • Describe the role of NSX-T networking components
  • Discuss vSphere with Tanzu networking topology
  • Describe VMware Container Networking with Antrea
  • Describe control plane VM management networking requirements
  • Plan appropriate IP address CIDR ranges for pod, ingress, and egress networking
  • Describe prerequisites for vSphere with Tanzu cluster compatibility
  • Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
  • Create a vSphere namespace
  • Configure limits and permissions for a vSphere namespace
  • Enabling Harbor Image Registry
  • Identify vSAN architecture and components
  • Recognize storage options for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Recognize the supported storage options for each domain
  • Recognize the connectivity options for supplemental storage
  • Explain why vSAN is the best option for VMware Cloud Foundation storage
  • Recognize vSAN design considerations
  • Identify sizing and performance considerations that impact the storage design
  • Describe vSAN requirements for the management and workload domains
  • Define deduplication and compression
  • Discuss how to scale vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Explain how storage policies work with VMware Cloud Foundation vSAN clusters
  • Explain storage policy failure tolerance rules
  • Identify a VM storage policy compliance status
  • Relate storage policies to Kubernetes storage classes
  • Describe persistent volumes
  • Monitor Cloud Native Storage in the vSphere Client
  • Identify steps in the SDDC Manager backup and restore process
  • Recognize the importance of external service availability
  • Describe native vSphere availability options
  • Identify steps in the NSX backup and restore process
  • Identify stretched cluster use cases
  • Identify stretched cluster components
  • Recognize stretched cluster requirements in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Prepare and deploy a vSAN stretched cluster using APIs
  • Describe public key infrastructure (PKI)
  • Explain the purpose of certificate signing requests (CSRs)
  • List the available CA options in SDDC Manager
  • Describe how to view certificates
  • Explain how to generate a CSR
  • Describe how to replace and install certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
  • List the available CA options in SDDC Manager
  • Explain how to configure the Microsoft CA server
  • Describe how to install certificates issued by the Microsoft CA server
  • Explain how to add OpenSSL CA in SDDC Manager
  • Describe how to install certificates issued by OpenSSL CA
  • Explain how to install certificates issued by thirdparty CAs
  • Describe Life Cycle Management
  • List products that you can upgrade using VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Manager
  • Describe the available options for online and offline bundle download using VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Manager
  • Describe the role of vSphere Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baselinebased and Image-based Clusters
  • Detail how and when to use cluster images
  • Explain how to import a cluster image
  • Explain how to extract a cluster image
  • Describe the importance of hardware support managers
  • Describe the upgrade prerequisites
  • Outline the upgrade precheck process
  • Describe the order of upgrade for VMware Cloud Foundation components
  • Explain how to upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation software and components
  • Identify the requirements for starting a deployment
  • List the options to image a host
  • Identify the key capabilities of the VMware Imaging Appliance
  • Explain how to use the VMware Imaging Appliance to image hosts
  • Recognize the benefits of the federation feature in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe the federation feature and multisite management
  • Recognize ways a federation helps manage resources and provide visibility in a multi-instance implementation of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Describe how to create, join, leave, and dismantle a federation
  • Recognize the design considerations for a federation
  • Explain how to perform checks and create log bundles with the SoS tool
  • List VMware Cloud Foundation services
  • Identify VMware Cloud Foundation log files
  • Describe the use of reference token IDs to troubleshoot failed workflows

This training course requires basic knowledge of VMware vSphere, networking, storage, and VMware vRealize Suite. Prior experience with vSphere, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation is also beneficial.

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