Course data sheet
VMware Cloud Foundation: Solution Architecture and Design [9.0]
H46GRS
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Overview
This course explores the architecture and design considerations for an initial deployment of VMware® Cloud Foundation™ (VCF). The course explains the architecture framework and language, as well as design considerations for building, operationalizing, and consuming a VCF deployment. The scope of the course is centered on the core design considerations applicable to a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment in a single site.
Audience
This course is ideal for technical and solution architects and consultants who design enterprise-grade private cloud environments.
Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Describe and apply an appropriate design framework
- Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
- Understand VMware VCF constructs such as site, fleet, and instance
- Understand data center fabric needs to support VCF
- Understand VCF storage and network design options
- Design a single site single fleet deployment of VCF with recommended design options
- Design management and workload domains with appropriate compute and storage resources
- Design a consumption layer leveraging VCF Automation and supervisor
- Understand the day 2 operating model, operations metrics, and reporting needs of VCF
- Understand future opportunities to extend the VCF platform with advanced services
Certifications and related exams
This course prepares you for the following certification exam:
- VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (VCP-VCF Architect)
Course outline
| Module 1: Course Introduction |
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| Module 2: Architecture Frameworks and Models |
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| Module 3: VMware Cloud Foundation Overview |
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| Module 4: VCF Fleet and Instance Design |
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| Module 5: Building the Physical Fabric and VCF Networking Design |
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| Module 6: Storage and vSAN Essentials |
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| Module 7: Management Domain |
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| Module 8: Workload Domains |
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| Module 9: VCF AMPRS Considerations Summary |
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| Module 10: VCF Consumption Design with VCF Automation and Supervisor |
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| Module 11: Day 2 Operations with VCF |
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| Module 12: VCF Upgrade Considerations |
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| Module 13: VCF Advanced Services |
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