This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Automation Center™. This course covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and physical machines to create and manage on-demand multivendor cloud infrastructures.
Objectives:
- Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in multivendor cloud environments
- Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 5.2
- Manage vCloud Automation Center 5.2 entities on VMware® and third-party hardware and cloud infrastructures
- Configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints
- Configure and manage enterprise groups and reservations for compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and more
- Use the Self-Service portal to request and manage machines according to vCloud Automation Center approval policies
- Use the Report portal to monitor vCloud Automation Center configuration and managed resources
- Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
Intended Audience:
Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators and operational developers
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course outline
- Course goals
- Course objectives
VMware vCloud Automation Center Architecture and Components
- Explain the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation Center to manage a multivendor cloud
- Explain the components involved in a single vendor cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director® and VMware vSphere®
- Define the ports associated with the communication among vCloud Automation Center components
- Understand and customize the elements of the vCloud Automation Center administration console
VMware vCloud Automation Center Distributed Execution Managers and Agents
- Explain the role of Distributed Execution Managers and agents
- Explain the types of agents and agent relationships
VMware vCloud Automation Center Configuration, Provisioning, and Management
- Understand the relationships among vCloud Automation Center entities
- Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
- Demonstrate how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Amazon
- Explain provisioning groups, enterprise groups, blueprints, and reservations for compute resources
VMware vCloud Automation Center Self-Service Portal
- Review the installation requirements and process for the Self-Service portal
- Use the Self-Service portal to provision machines from virtual, cloud, and physical resources
- Review provisioning requests
Managing and Monitoring vCloud Automation Center Resources
- Identify, verify, and reclaim inactive and abandoned resources
- Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Administration portal
- Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Report portal
VMware vCloud Automation Center Models and Workflows
- Review Windows Workflow Foundation
- Define and demonstrate default vCloud Automation Center workflows
- Explain how to use VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator™ workflows from vCloud Automation Center
VMware vCloud Automation Center Installation and Upgrade
- Review vCloud Automation Center interoperability
- Explain vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
- Identify vCloud Automation Center component installers
- Identify the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure
Duration : 3 days
VMware vCloud Director 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage and VMware vSphere 5.1: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge
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