VMware vCloud: Overview

• Technical influencers, high-level managers, and IT decision makers
• Consultants, engineers, and first-line support people wanting a first look at the vCloud solution

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality and benefits of the vCloud solution, including:

• How cloud computing benefits both IT departments and their end users
• How the VMware® product portfolio supports the cloud computing approach
• How IT resources are delivered, consumed, metered, and secured in a vCloud environment

Module 1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course goals
• Course learning objectives

Module 2 - Introducing VMware vCloud

• Discuss some characteristics of delivering IT services in the cloud for consumers and providers
• Name the three cloud deployment environments
• Name the three types of services delivered in the cloud and to which type a given VMware product relates
• Recognize the VMware vCloud Director constructs used to abstract, allocate, and deliver resource in a VMware vCloud implementation
• Discuss the purpose of each of the vCloud components
• List some of the benefits that cloud computing offers to IT organizations

Module 3 - IT Server Delivery

• Describe how organization administrators deliver IT resources in a vCloud environment
• Manage and control access to content components, including catalogs, vApps, vApp templates, and media
• Explain how to share content between organizations
• Describe the purpose of leases, quotas, and limits

Module 4 - Building a Private Cloud

• Summarize the eight basic tasks to provision and allocate resources.
• Describe how each of the three resource allocation models allocate resources to a organization vDC.
• Describe the three types of networks used in a private cloud.
• Discuss the function of network pools.
• Compare the three network pool backing options.
• Name the three types of organization networks.
• List some controls vCloud Director uses to secure networks.
• Describe how to scale vCloud Director to large environments

Module 5 - Cost Analysis and Reporting

• Summarize the function of each of the vCenter Chargeback architectural components
• Describe the basic workflow of using vCenter Chargeback in a vCloud infrastructure
• Recognize which resources vCenter Chargeback meters
• Name the components of a cost model
• Describe how cost models are used to generate reports
• Locate additional vCloud resources

• VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure and Manage (VSICM)