Course Introduction
- Review course goals
- Review course objectives
- Review the course outline
- Recognize vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements
VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
- Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
- Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
- Examine integration with other VMware products such as VMware® vCenter™ Chargeback™ and VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™
- Determine the licensing needs
VMware vCloud Networking
- Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
- Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
- Describe the function of network pools
- Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
VMware vCloud Providers
- Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
- Configure and manage storage for providers
- Examine provider space allocation to an organization
- Recognize VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® issues
- Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines
VMware vCloud Director Organizations
- Create and manage organizations
- Recognize resource allocations for an organization
- Create and manage catalogs
Basic Security
- Describe role-based access
- Create custom security roles
- Describe and configure LDAP integration with Microsoft Active Directory
- Describe single sign-on
Managing Cloud Resources
- Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
- Manage provider and organization virtual data centres
Managing VMware vSphere Resources
- Manage VMware® vCenter Server™ instances
- Manage VMware® ESXi™ hosts
- Manage vSphere data stores
- Manage stranded items
- Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level
Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
- Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual data centers
- Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells
Organization Users
- Describe the catalog tasks available to organization users of various roles
- Describe the vApp tasks available to organization users in various roles
VMware vCloud Director Installation
- Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
- Install vCloud Director