VMware Cloud Foundation: Solution Architecture and Design [9.0]

H46GRS

Course ID

H46GRS

Duration

5 days

Format

ILT/VILT

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.

Course ID

H46GRS

Duration

5 days

Format

ILT/VILT

  • 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


  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Module 2: Architecture Frameworks and Models


  • Architecture frameworks
  • Business objectives
  • Design models

Module 3: VMware Cloud Foundation Overview


  • VCF design blueprints and use cases
  • Upgrade overview
  • License management overview

Module 4: VCF Fleet and Instance Design


  • Sites, fleets, and instances
  • Management and workload domains
  • Designing conceptual and logical designs
  • VCF Operations platform design

Module 5: Building the Physical Fabric and VCF Networking

Design

  • Networking fabric design
  • VCF networking design

Module 6: Storage and vSAN Essentials


  • VCF Storage overview
  • Storage design considerations

Module 7: Management Domain


  • Management domain design overview
  • Management domain design sizing considerations
  • Management domain design decisions
  • Storage requirements for management workloads
  • Networking requirements for management workloads
  • Platform-based protection mechanisms

Module 8: Workload Domains


  • Workload domain design overview
  • Cluster design overview
  • Storage requirement for workload domains
  • Networking requirements for workload domains
  • Security design considerations

Module 9: VCF AMPRS Considerations Summary


  • Designing for availability
  • Designing for manageability
  • Designing for performance
  • Designing for recoverability
  • Designing for security

Module 10: VCF Consumption Design with VCF

Automation and Supervisor


  • VCF Automation overview
  • VCF Automation tenancy models
  • VCF Automation and supervisor components
  • VCF Automation and supervisor design considerations

Module 11: Day 2 Operations with VCF


  • Day 2 operations overview
  • VCF Operations overview and metric/dashboard design
  • VCF Operations key metrics for compute, storage, and networks
  • VCF Operations for networks overview and design

Module 12: VCF Upgrade Considerations


  • VCF upgrade overview
  • VCF upgrade key considerations

Module 13: VCF Advanced Services


  • Introduction to private AI
  • Introduction to VMware live recovery
  • Introduction to advanced security

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