VMware vCloud Director: Design Workshop

Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Design Principles and Process
Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution
Define customer business objectives
Gather and analyze business and application requirements
Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs
Service Definition and Standardization
Describe the technical foundation of cloud computing
Explain the deployment models of cloud computing
Describe the essential characteristics of cloud computing
Describe the fundamental service characteristics of a VMware vCloud® solution
Explain IT service concepts
Describe a structured service development process
List the potential components of a service-level agreement
Describe a service catalog offered within a vCloud Director platform
vCloud Director Architecture and Components
Describe the vCloud Director architecture
Define sites and availability zones
Review the vCloud Director components and explain their functionsv
Cloud Director Virtual Data Center Design
Describe the design of a provider virtual data center and its relationship to the underlying vSphere infrastructure
Define organizations, organization virtual data centers, networks, storage, catalogs, and vApps
Cloud Management and Resource Components
Identify the management components in a vCloud Director environment
Describe the use of management cluster concepts
Design the vSphere, NSX, and necessary storage infrastructure
Define the resource cluster design and use cases
Link definitions to requirements
vCloud Director Integrations
Describe the integration with VMware vRealize® Orchestrator?, vRealize Business for Cloud, and VMware vRealize® Operations?
Design integrations with third-party products
vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
Describe the vCloud Availability for vCloud Director architecture
List the prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
Implement vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
Customer Onboarding
Describe tenant layer 2 VPN access
Describe tenant SSL VPN access
Import existing VMware vCenter Server® managed infrastructure into vCloud Director