VMware Cloud Foundation - Solution Architecture and Design [V9.0]

Technical and Solution Architects and Consultants who design enterprise-grade private cloud environments.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Describe and apply an appropriate design framework.
• Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions and risks.
• Understand VMware VCF constructs such as site, fleet and instance.
• Understand data center fabric needs to support VCF.
• Understand VCF storage and network design options.
• Design a single site single fleet deployment of VCF with recommended design options.
• Design management and workload domains with appropriate compute and storage resources.
• Design a consumption layer leveraging VCF Automation and Supervisor.
• Understand the day-2 operating model, operations metrics, and reporting needs of VCF.
• Understand future opportunities to extend the VCF platform with advanced services.

1. Course Introduction

•  Introduction and course logistics
• Course Objectives

 2. Architecture Frameworks and Models

•  Architecture Frameworks
• Business Objectives
• Design Models

 3. VMware Cloud Foundation Overview

•  VCF Design Blueprints and Use Cases
• Upgrade Overview
• License Management Overview

 4. VCF Fleet and Instance Design

•  Sites, Fleets and Instances
• Management and Workload Domains
• Designing Conceptual and Logical Designs
• VCF Operations Platform Design

 5. Building the Physical Fabric and VCF Networking Design

•  Networking Fabric Design
• VCF Networking Design

 6. Storage and vSAN Essentials

•  VCF Storage Overview
• Storage Design Considerations

 7. Management Domain

•  Management Domain Design Overview
• Management Domain Design Sizing Considerations
• Management Domain Design Decisions
• Storage Requirements for Management Workloads
• Networking Requirements for Management Workloads
• Platform-Based Protection Mechanisms

 8. Workload Domains

•  Workload Domain Design Overview
• Cluster Design Overview
• Storage Requirement for Workload Domains
• Networking Requirements for Workload Domains
• Security Design Considerations

 9. VCF AMPRS Considerations Summary

•  Designing for Availability
• Designing for Manageability
• Designing for Performance
• Designing for Recoverability
• Designing for Security

 10. VCF Consumption Design with VCF Automation and Supervisor

•  VCF Automation Overview
• VCF Automation Tenancy Models
• VCF Automation and Supervisor Components
• VCF Automation and Supervisor Design Considerations

 11. Day 2 Operations with VCF

•  Day 2 Operations Overview
• VCF Operations Overview and Metric/Dashboard Design
• VCF Operations Key Metrics for Compute, Storage and Networks
• VCF Operations for Networks Overview and Design

 12. VCF Upgrade Considerations

• VCF Upgrade Overview
• VCF Upgrade Key Considerations

 13. VCF Advanced Services

•  Introduction to Private AI
• Introduction to VMware Live Recovery
• Introduction to Advanced Security