VMware has released the beta of a new training course called VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud. This course is designed to guide students through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. Students will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere 4, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware vShield Edge functionality that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive workshop about VMware cloud design.
At the end of the course, you should have an understanding of the VMware cloud and be able to:
• Install vCloud Director in an environment which the new cloud must co-exist with an existing vSphere environment
• Evaluate and design a multi-tenant environment to address the needs of private cloud Customers
• Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate homogenous server, storage, and network resources
• Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud
• Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation
• Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles
http://mylearn.vmware.com/descriptions/EDU_DATASHEET_vCloud_ArchitectingVMwareCloud_V1_BETA35.pdf
Students must have VCP-level vSphere knowledge. They must also have general-purpose vSphere design experience, with special emphasis on networking and storage. Exposure to the product features and functionality of vCloud Director, vSphere, vShield Edge, and vCenter Chargeback is required.
Outline
1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2 What Is a Cloud?
• Defining the VMware cloud and virtualization
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Attributes of cloud computing
• Cloud computing considerations
3 VMware vCloud Director
• vCloud Director prerequisites
• Components of VMware cloud infrastructure
• Logical constructs in vCloud Director
• Cloud architecture fundamentals
4 Cloud Architecture Models
• Service provider (public cloud) model
• Enterprise (private cloud) model
• Hybrid model
• Considerations when upgrading a vSphere environment
• Load balancing
• vCloud API use cases
• Management cluster
• vCloud resource groups
5 Designing Networks
• DNS architecture
• Types of vCloud Director networks
• Network management
• Network mapping
6 Designing Storage
• Segmenting storage based on speed
• Combining iSCSI and NFS
• Organizational quotas
• Thin provisioning
• Limitations and considerations
7 Designing Providers
• Consumable resources
• Provider virtual datacenters
• Resource pools
• Storage
• VLANs
8 Designing Organizations
• Organization creation and resource pools in the provider virtual datacenters
• Accessing multiple provider virtual datacenters from one organization
• Organization administrator rights and responsibilities
• vApps
• Catalogs
• Organization networks and external networks
9 Designing Security
• Authentication and authorization
• Role-based access controls
• Creating providers and organizations
• Organization administrators
• vApp owner
• Custom roles
10 Designing Chargeback
• Modules of consumption
• vCenter Chargeback metrics
• vCenter Chargeback server configuration
• vCenter Chargeback data collectors
