Module 1: Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Module 2: VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

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

Module 3: Day Zero Tasks

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

Module 4: Post Deployment Operations

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

Module 5: VMware Cloud Foundation License Management

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

Module 6: VMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX-T

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
List NSX Edge cluster requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
Discuss NSX Edge cluster placement considerations
Describe NSX-T Data Center deployment in VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain how logical routing works in NSX-T Data Center
Identify NSX Edge functions
Describe data plane preparation for NSX-T Data Center Edge nodes in a workload domain
Recognize Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies
Recognize features of NSX distributed firewalls
Describe the benefits of NSX Federation in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify NSX Federation Use Cases
Explain NSX Federation Components and Architecture
Discuss NSX Federation configuration basics

Module 7: Managing Workload Domains

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

Module 8: vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Could Foundation

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

Module 9: VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management

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

Module 10: Availability and Business Continuity

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

Module 11: VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management

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 third-party CAs

Module 12: VMware Cloud Foundation Life Cycle Management

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 Baseline-based 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

Module 13: VMware Imaging Appliance

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

Module 14: VMware Cloud Foundation Multisite Instance Federation

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

Module 15: VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting

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

EDU-VCFPMO43: VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3]