162 vSphere courses

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Telco cloud system administrators and telco network operations engineers Professionals who work with telco or enterprise and data center networks Designers and operations engineers who manage telco workloads Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: List VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment options and procedures Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure settings Configure Containers as a Service (CaaS) functionality Describe partner integration options and procedures Define zero-touch provisioning and describe infrastructure deployment Instantiate network services and network functions Describe the authorization model of VMware Telco Cloud Automation Define platform life cycle management (LCM) for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Enumerate troubleshooting concepts and day-two operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Describe the use of APIs within VMware Telco Cloud Automation List examples of how VMware Telco Cloud Automation can be used in a CICD environment This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware Telco Cloud AutomationTM environment. In this course, you are introduced to VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure settings, deployment options, and procedures. You explore Containers as a Service and understand the workflow details of Partner Integration processes. You are introduced to zero-touch provisioning and its importance in VMware Telco Cloud Automation. You onboard and instantiate network functions and network services using hands-on lab exercises. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives VMware Telco Cloud Automation Installation Describe day-zero operations for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation architecture List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation deployment List the steps to perform VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane integration Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane scaling Describe the requirements on other applications such as VMware vRealize© Orchestrator? and Harbor Describe where, when, and how to use VMware Telco Cloud Automation tagging Day One Operations: Infrastructure Settings Describe the VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure options Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation infrastructure requirements Outline the role of virtual infrastructure and TCA Identify the benefits of public versus private infrastructure List the steps to integrate a VM-based virtual infrastructure List the steps to integrate a container-based virtual infrastructure Describe private infrastructure requirements Day One Operations: Containers as a Service Define Containers as a Service (CaaS) List the challenges of CNF deployment without automation Describe the Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu? Kubernetes Grid? architectures Describe supporting technologies like Cluster API List steps to create a Kubernetes cluster template Describe the process for deploying node pools and groups Describe cluster monitoring List CaaS scale options Day One Operations: Partner Integration Describe partner integration and the types of partners Describe Harbor and the various Harbor platforms List the steps to interface with a Harbor platform Compare and contrast specialized VNF managers (S-VNFMs) and generic VNF managers (G-VNFMs) Explain how to add an S-VNFM Define S-VNFM use cases Day One Operations: Zero Touch Provisioning and Infrastructure Deployment Describe zero-touch provisioning List the use cases of zero-touch provisioning List the benefits of zero-touch provisioning Describe the infrastructure requirements of zero-touch provisioning Describe the zero-touch provisioning domains List the steps to deploy an infrastructure using zero-touch provisioning Day One Operations: Network Functions ad Network Services Describe the roles of network services and network functions List the types of descriptors Describe the role of TOSCA Describe the role of onboarding List the steps to onboard network functions and network services Examine the results of the onboarding process List the steps to instantiate network functions and network services Examine the results of the instantiation process Day Two Operations: Authorization Model Explain the resources that can be accessed in vSphere Define the role of a VMware vCenter Server© system in credential management Describe the procedures to create, delete, and modify rules using vCenter Server Explain how to control and verify access to vSphere resources List roles in VMware Telco Cloud Automation Explain the tasks and list the levels of permissions needed in VMware Telco Cloud Automation List all the permissions and filters that can be implemented in VMware Telco Cloud Automation Summarize the role-based access control model of VMware Telco Cloud Automation Day Two Operations: Platform Life Cycle Management Explain the life cycle stages in VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane Explain the life cycle stages in VMware Telco Cloud Automation Define an upgrade schedule Apply an upgrade schedule to manage life cycle management of the VMware Telco Cloud Automation control plane Apply an upgrade schedule to manage life cycle management of VMware Telco Cloud Automation Describe network function and network service life cycle management events Execute network function and network service healing Set up Network Function and Network Service monitoring Perform Network Function and Network Service termination Day Two Operations: Troubleshooting List the components of the VMware Telco Cloud Automation dashboard Explain the features of fault management in VMware Telco Cloud Automation Explain the features of performance management in VMware Telco Cloud Automation Describe the use of fault management of VMware Telco Cloud Automation for VNFs and CNFs Describe the use of performance management of VMware Telco Cloud Automation for VNFs and CNFs Troubleshoot using tcf_manager, app.log, and web.log Define the procedures to integrate VMware vRealize© Operations Manager? with VMware Telco Cloud Automation Usage of VMware vRealize© Operations? Day Two Operations: API Management Define the VMware Telco Cloud Automation API Explain the API architecture Describe VMware Telco Cloud Automation API use cases Explain how to configure an external REST API Describe how to request security tokens for implementation Explain how to implement commands through external systems using APIs Day Two Operations: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Describe continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) List the benefits and challenges of CICD Describe how VMware Telco Cloud Automation can be used in a CICD environment Explore VMware Telco Cloud Automation CICD examples

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Data center engineers Engineers (design, implementation, pre-sales, post-sales) Product managers and sales Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Describe hyperconvergence, Cisco HyperFlex, and the components of Cisco HyperFlex Explain the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) and what makes it valuable to business Describe how Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) works Describe the physical components of Cisco HyperFlex Describe Cisco Intersight and introduce functionalities relevant to HyperFlex Install standard ESXi-based vSphere Cisco HyperFlex Manage your Cisco HyperFlex VMware ESXi-based cluster Describe how to maintain Cisco HyperFlex Design a Cisco HyperFlex solution Protect the data on your Cisco HyperFlex cluster using replication and data at rest encryption Describe a stretched cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster Describe an Edge cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster Perform basic troubleshooting tasks and explain Cisco Intersight The Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX) v1.3 course shows you how to deploy and use the Cisco© HyperFlex? data platform to support multicloud workloads. You will become familiar with HyperFlex components and learn how to install, design, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco HyperFlex to support highly scalable and resilient multicloud implementations. You will also gain hands-on experience focused on installation, management, maintenance, and native replication, and you will explore cluster technologies as well as Cisco Intersight.? Introducing Hyperconvergence and Cisco HyperFlex Traditional Data Center Design What Is Hyperconvergence? Describing Cisco UCS: The Foundation of Cisco HyperFlex Cisco Server Deployment Models: Standalone Versus Managed Cisco UCS Managed Model Benefits Describing Cisco HyperFlex Software Components Virtual Machine Hypervisor Log-Structured File System Describing Cisco HyperFlex Hardware Components Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Servers Storage Technologies in Cisco HyperFlex Introducing Cisco Intersight Introducing Cisco Intersight Installing and Expanding Standard ESXi Cisco HyperFlex Installation Summary Software Prerequisites Managing Cisco HyperFlex in vSphere Environment Management Interfaces Overview Cisco HyperFlex Plugin for vCenter Maintaining Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HyperFlex Upgrade Overview Cisco HyperFlex Online Upgrade Designing Cisco HyperFlex Cluster Resiliency: VM-Level Cluster Resiliency: HXDP-Level Protecting Your Data Disaster Recovery Overview Third-Party Data Restore Solutions Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Deployment Stretched Cluster Overview Prerequisites Introducing Cisco HyperFlex EDGE Cisco HyperFlex EDGE Cluster Overview Prerequisites and Recommendations Troubleshooting Cisco HyperFlex Troubleshooting Guidelines Generating Tech Support Bundles

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the advanced architecture of a VMware Cloud Director environment Design Cloud Director Federation Explain use cases for CPOM Explain basic concepts of NSX-V and NSX-T design with VMware Cloud Director Discuss the integration of AVI Load Balancer Services Explain use of migration tools from NSX-V to NSX-T Data Center Explain the integration of Advanced Load Balancer with NSX Discuss the use cases for NSX Advanced Load Balancer Describe the architecture of VMware vCloud Availability for vCloud Director Discuss the use cases for migration with vCloud Availability Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations in a Service Provider Environment Explain the use cases for vRealize Operations Tenant App Explain VMware Cloud Director orchestration and extensibility Explain use cases for XaaS Integration Discuss UI customization for Service Provider and Tenants This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to design and utilize a cloud solution based on VMware Cloud Director?. Besides learning about an advanced cloud architecture, you learn about the integration of VMware Cloud Director with the products VMware Cloud Director Availability?, VMware vRealize© Orchestrator?, VMware vRealize© Operations? (including the Tenant App), VMware NSX-T© Data Center and VMware NSX© Advanced Load Balancer? (Avi Networks). This course covers the migration from VMware NSX© for vSphere© (NSX-V) to VMware NSX-T© Data Center in a VMware Cloud Director environment. You learn about how the NSX Advanced Load Balancer can be used and integrated in a service provider environment. Besides the advanced know-how of the vRealize Operations Tenant App and Cloud Availability, the course also discusses the extensibility and orchestration of workflows in Cloud Director. For all the topics covered in the class, intensive hands-on labs will be taken by the students to provide proper insights into all the products. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Advanced VMware Cloud Director Architecture Explain the basic concepts and terminologies in a VMware Cloud Director environment Describe the basic architecture of a VMware Cloud Director environment Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution Gather and analyze business and application requirements Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs Describe the concepts of Provider SLAs Discuss the advantages of standardized and flexible cloud platforms Explain how you can use a building-block design approach with VMware products to architect a flexible but standardized cloud environment Impact on Monetization of service definitions Discuss the design and implications of a vSphere Design for the Cloud Platform Explain the use of Single vs. Stretched vs. Multi-Site deployments Design Cloud Director Federation Explain use cases for CPOM NSX for vSphere vs. NSX-T and Migration Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture, components, and communication channels Identify the workflows involved in configuring the NSX Management cluster Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management cluster formation Explain basic concepts of NSX-V and NSX-T design with VMware Cloud Director Discuss the use cases for Edge Services Discuss the use cases for Distributed Network Services Discuss the features available in NSX-V vs. NSX-T Explain the integration of external networks (such as MPLS, DirectConnect) Explain the integration of 3rd party network services (NON-VMware Edge Services, WAF) Discuss the integration of AVI Load Balancer Services Discuss different migration scenarios Explain pre-requisites for migration from NSX-V to NSX-T Explain use of migration tools from NSX-V to NSX-T NSX Advanced Load Balancer Explain basic concepts of NSX Advanced Load Balancer Explain the integration of NSX Advanced Load Balancer with NSX Discuss the use cases for NSX Advanced Load Balancer VMware vCloud Availability Describe the architecture of VMware vCloud Availability for vCloud Director Explain the prerequisites of vCloud Availability for Cloud Director Discuss the implementation of vCloud Availability for Cloud Director Discuss the use cases for migration with vCloud Availability Explain setup of data seeds for vCloud Availability Discuss the use cases for Disaster Recover as a Service with vCloud Availability Explain connectivity for vCloud Availability to Cloud use cases Understand requirements for vCloud Availability OnPrem to Cloud failover and failback vRealize Operations Tenant App / Chargeback Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations in a Service Provider Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations Tenant App Explain the use cases for vRealize Operations Tenant App Explain use cases for vRealize Operations Manager in Service Provider environments Discuss vRealize Operations Manager Management Packs Explain advanced troubleshooting in service provider environments with vRealize Operations Manager Discuss architecture and integration of vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App Explain connectivity of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App Discuss user and role management of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App Describe billing policy definition in the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App VMware Cloud Director Orchestration Explain VMware Cloud Director orchestration Explain vRealize Orchestrator use cases Describe the architecture of vRealize Orchestrator in a Service Provider environment Explain use cases for VMware Cloud Director blocking tasks Explain use cases for XaaS Integration Design workflows, objects Discuss UI customization for Service Provider and Tenants Explain integration of custom elements in VMware Cloud Director Explain use cases for Extensibility SDK Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Workshop [v10.2] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Workshop [v10.2] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Deploy VMware Cloud Director Manage VMware Cloud Director to meet the service provider needs Create and manage VMware Cloud Director organizations and vApps to fulfill business needs Create and manage VMware Cloud Director catalogs Transfer virtual machine workloads from VMware vSphere into and out of VMware Cloud Director Configure networking for organizations and vApps with the help of VMware NSX-T Data Center Managing resources from the VMWare Cloud Director console and using VMware vRealize Operations Manager Enabling VM and Named Disk Encryption Creating VM sizing and placement policies Understand vApps and VM operations and actions In this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware Cloud Director 10.3. You learn about workload provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX-T Data Center networks.This course also covers interfacing VMware Cloud Director with other systems and the integration and use of VMware vRealize Orchestrator for VMware Cloud Director. You learn about different networks that a system administrator and an organization administrator can configure and use with virtual machines (VMs). This course also discusses how to monitor various VMware Cloud Director objects using VMware vRealize Operations. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Software-Defined Data Center and VMware Validated Design Define Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) Discuss VMware offerings for Cloud-Based Services Discuss the deployment options for VMware Cloud Director Discuss VMware Validated Design Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment on the SDDC using VMWare Cloud Foundation vCloud Director Deployment and Configuration Discuss the deployment options for VMware Cloud Director Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells Discuss failover mechanisms (automatic and manual) with VMware Cloud Director cells Define switchover, promote, and fencing options of the VMware Cloud Director appliance Understand the VMware Cloud Director appliance enhancements VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration Describe how the compute resources are provided to VMware Cloud Director Describe how storage is provided to VMware Cloud Director Configure and manage storage for Virtual Datacenters (VDCs) Briefly discuss network pools, external networks, and Tier-0 Gateways Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with vCenter Server and NSX-T Data Center Describe VMware Cloud Director organizations Understand organization policies Explain how to access an organization using various portals Understand organization VDC Discuss what is Linked Clone and Fast Provisioning Understand the use cases of Allocation Models VMware Cloud Director User, Roles and Quota Management Discuss user-bundle Describe role-based access Explain custom roles and rights Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory Discuss OIDC authentication methods Describe SAML identity provider VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps Understand standalone VMs Discuss the VM managing operations Explain VM properties Discuss deployment methods of vApps Discuss the vApp managing operations Discuss the vApp lease policies Understand the vApps and VM actions Explain vApp and VM badges VMware Cloud Director Content Libraries Explain the purpose of catalogs and how to create a catalog organization Define catalog management and sharing catalogs inside and between organizations Explain medias in VMware Cloud Director and its usage Discuss vApp templates Understand vApp template operations Describe the purpose and usage of Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Discuss organization VDC templates VMware Cloud Director Networking Discuss organization VDC networks List the types of organization VDC networks Describe the edge gateway services Explore the services offered by the edge gateway Discuss sub-allocation IP pool and its use cases Discuss DHCP, NAT, load balancer, and firewall services on the edge gateway Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT use cases Discuss vApp networks List the various types of vApp networks Discuss routed, isolated, and direct vApp networks Managing billing and reports of vCloud Director objects using Tenant vApp VMware Cloud Director Storage and Compute Describe named disks and shared named disks Demonstrate how to attach and detach a named disk and a shared named disk Describe methods of sharing the named disk Discuss the implications of deleting VMs that have an attached named disk Discuss how VMware Cloud Director VMs and disks are encrypted Explain the storage policy capabilities Demonstrate how VM sizing and placement policies are published Discuss vCenter server and VMware Cloud Director IOPS storage policies usage Discuss how to enable and use the storage IOPS limitation in VMware Cloud Director Describe the storage policy supported entities Extensibility and UI Additional Features Explain custom advisories, global search, guided tours, data exporter, keyboard shortcuts, and quick search Understand vcd-cli supported commands Discuss various vcd-cli tools VMware Cloud Director Resource Monitoring Identify log locations for VMware Cloud Director Manage vSphere and cloud resources from VMware Cloud Director Understand monitoring of objects from VMware Cloud Director portals Briefly introduce vRealize Operations Manager Integrate VMware Cloud Director with vRealize Operations Manager Configure VMware Cloud Director Management Pack Understand dashboard, metrics, alerts, alert definition, and reports Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [v10.3] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [v10.3] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Network professionals and who design, build, operate, manage, and troubleshoot software-defined networking and security, and application owners who need visibility across multi-cloud environments Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Explain the features and architecture of vRealize Network Insight Describe the vRealize Network Insight installation processes and requirements Navigate the vRealize Network Insight GUI Describe major use cases for vRealize Network Insight and their benefits Deploy vRealize Network Insight Use vRealize Network Insight to monitor, operate, analyze, and troubleshoot the infrastructure supporting your applications This two-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to deploy and use VMware vRealize© Network Insight? to ensure an optimized, highly available, and secure infrastructure for your applications. You will learn the features, components, architecture, and benefits of vRealize Network Insight and how to use it to simplify daily operation and troubleshooting tasks. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to vRealize Network Insight Identify the use cases for vRealize Network Insight Access the vRealize Network Insight Home page View vRealize Network Insight entity data Perform searches for specific entity data Create entity search queries Find and use event data vRealize Network Insight Architecture and Components Identify the components of vRealize Network Insight Describe the function of each component and how the components interact Check the health of vRealize Network Insight components vRealize Network Insight Installation Deploy vRealize Network Insight components Configure the pairing relationship between the platform VM and the collector VM Troubleshoot platform VM and collector VM configuration problems Explain how data sources export flow information Add VMware vCenter Server© to vRealize Network Insight Add a VMware NSX-T© data source to vRealize Network Insight Configure IPFIX Distinguish between the mechanisms used to scale vRealize Network Insight Select the appropriate scaling mechanism for your environment Describe how clusters are expanded Integrate VMware vRealize© Operations? with vRealize Network Insight Import a vRealize Network Insight instance into VMware vRealize© Suite Lifecycle Manager? vRealize Network Insight Use Cases Explain use cases for vRealize Network Insight Create vRealize Network Insight applications Perform application discovery Plan and optimize micro-segmentation and security for applications Explain the use of flow analytics Use flow information from physical devices in security planning Generate virtual machine path topologies between entities using flows Extract useful information from path topologies Validate NSX-T and NSX for vSphere deployments Monitor and troubleshoot NSX-T events Operations and Troubleshooting Common Issues Perform vRealize Network Insight operations by using VMware vSphere© tags Use the flow analytics dashboards to perform flow analysis Set and configure thresholds to identify aberrations in the behavior of entities Use vRealize Network Insight tools to troubleshoot common problems Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware vRealize Network Insight: Install, Configure, Manage [v6.1] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware vRealize Network Insight: Install, Configure, Manage [v6.1] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for post-sales audiences and is aimed at channel partners, customer network engineers and administrators whose interest is focused around designing a scalable infrastructure with the FlexPod. Overview Upon completing this course, you will be able to meet these overall objectives: Describe the FlexPod data center solutions and architecture Identify FlexPod workload sizing and technical specifications Describe the FlexPod deployment and management strategies The goal of this course is to evaluate the FlexPod solution design process in regards to the contemporary data center challenges. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of the reconnaissance and analytics to assess computing solution performance characteristics and requirements. In addition this course will describe the hardware components of the FlexPod and the process for selecting proper hardware for a given set of requirements. FlexPod Data Center Solutions and Architecture Describe data center elements Identify data center business challenges Identify data center environmental challenges Identify data center technical challenges Describe the data center consolidation trend Describe the FlexPod solution Identify the benefits of FlexPod Describe FlexPod platforms Describe FlexPod validated and supported designs Identify the supported Cisco UCS components Identify the supported Cisco Nexus switch components Identify the supported NetApp storage components FlexPod Workload Sizing and Technical Specifications Describe FlexPod performance characteristics Describe server virtualization performance characteristics Describe desktop virtualization performance characteristics Describe reconnaissance and analysis tools Describe the process for deploying analysis tools Configure the Microsoft MAP Toolkit Identify FlexPod Design components Describe FlexPod Sizing considerations Employ Cisco UCS Application Sizer Employ Cisco UCS VXI Resource Comparison tool Describe NetApp Solution Builder Sizing tool FlexPod Deployment and Management Strategies Describe key FlexPod LAN features Describe key FlexPod SAN features Identify FlexPod server provisioning features List FlexPod high availability features Describe supported FlexPod SAN features Describe FlexPod virtual storage tiering features Identify Cisco FlexPod validated designs Identify FlexPod data center with VMware vSphere 5.1 Identify FlexPod data center with VMware vSphere 5.1 with Cisco Nexus 7000 Identify FlexPod data center with Microsoft Private Cloud Enterprise Design Guide Identify FlexPod Select with Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH) Identify FlexPod Cisco Nexus 7000 and NetApp MetroCluster for multisite deployment Identify data center operations and management challenges Describe FlexPod validated management solutions Describe Cisco UCS Director turnkey solutions Identify Cisco UCS Director management types Describe Cisco UCS Director automation Describe self-service provisioning and reporting Identify the customer challenges and goals Describe the workload analysis Describe the component selection process Review the selected component Analyze the solution Additional course details: Nexus Humans Cisco Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cisco Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Assess the business and application requirements of an environment Analyze design choices and design an EUC infrastructure architecture that addresses the needs of the environment Design an EUC architecture that addresses the needs of the organization and follows VMware best practices Document a design that can be implemented Design a comprehensive VMware EUC solution This five-day course presents a methodology for designing a VMware end-user computing (EUC) solution. The design methodology includes recommendations for the types of information and data that must be gathered and analyzed to make sound design decisions for the client systems, the desktop options, the VMware vSphere© infrastructure, VMware Horizon©, VMware Horizon© Cloud ServiceTM, VMware Workspace ONE© UEM, VMware Workspace ONE© AccessTM, VMware NSX-TTM, and VMware Unified Access GatewayTM. VMware best practices are presented for each phase of the design process. In this course, you apply your new knowledge by working with other participants to design a VMware EUC solution for a real-world project. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives VMWare EUC Design Methodology Recognize the characteristics of a good design. Identify the phases of VMware EUC Design Methodology Presenting Solutions to Executive Management Identify behaviors that can affect team performance negatively List common mistakes when working in a team Describe how to tailor a presentation to the company?s values, and stakeholders? backgrounds and roles List questions you should ask to identify how to address a problem a client is trying to solve Infrastructure Assessment and Services Definition Define customer business objective Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes Horizon Architecture and Components Determine the components required for a Horizon on-premises or Horizon Cloud deployment Implement the design considerations and recommendations for various Horizon components Analyze the use-case scenarios for various the Horizon deployment options Component Design: Horizon Pods Design a single-site Horizon desktop block and pod configuration for a given use case Design Cloud Pod Architecture for multisite pool access Design Control Plane Services Architecture for multisite pool access Component Design: App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager Identify the functionalities of the components in App Volumes Logical Architecture Implement the recommended practices when designing an application delivery mechanism using App Volumes Component Design: Workspace ONE Map the Horizon desktop building block and the Horizon management building block to VMware vSphere. Identify factors and design decisions that determine the sizing for ESXi hosts Workspace ONE & Horizon Infrastructure Design Design the environment resources required to support a Workspace ONE and Horizon deployment Identify factors and design decisions that determine the sizing for ESXi host Discuss the factors that determine the sizing for shared storage Identify the design decisions related to bandwidth utilization Discuss the implications of using load balancing and traffic management Identify factors and design decisions that determine the sizing of the Azure pods Design Integration and Delivery List the platform components that needs to be integrated along with their dependent services. Integrate Workspace ONE and Horizon platform components. Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware End User Computing: Design training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware End User Computing: Design course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for System Engineers/Administrators; Backup/Virtualization Administrators; Solution Architects/Consultants Overview By the end of the course, students should be able to:Maximize your expertise on consulting/professional services for the Veeam Availability Suite solutionAim for the VMCA title and comply with some of the certifications requirements for Platinum ProPartners and Veeam Accredited Service Partners (VASPs)Gain professional advantage with the highest level of Veeam technical certification This course covers Veeam Availability Suite? design and optimization and is based on best practices from Veeam solutions architects. IntroductionDesign & Sizing DNS and name resolution Veeam backup server Backup and replication database Proxy server Transport modes Repository server WAN accelerator Interaction with hypervisors Infrastructure Stages of Proof of Concept Assessment using Veeam ONE? Important data to collect (Veeam ONE + infrastructure accounts) Security Permissions Design Scenario: Part 1 Discovery Create a design based on the customer environment Optimizations Backup and replication database Proxy server Repository server WAN accelerator Tape Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Indexing Antivirus on Veeam servers and guest VM (if VSS is used) Protecting Veeam Backup & Replication? configuration Design Scenario: Part 2 Create a design based on the customer?s evolving environment Automation Veeam backup server VMware vSphere tags Audit & Compliance Auditing Compliance SureBackup© and SureReplica Troubleshooting Deep dive into reading log files Common issues Troubleshooting mode (SureBackup/SureReplica)

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Network and security architects and consultants who design the enterprise and data center networks and NSX environments Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe and apply a design framework Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks Design a VMware vSphere virtual data center to support NSX requirements Create a VMware NSX Manager™ cluster design Create a VMware NSX Edge™ cluster design to support traffic and service requirements in NSX Design logical switching and routing Recognize NSX security best practices Design logical network services Design a physical network to support network virtualization in a software-defined data center Create a design to support the NSX infrastructure across multiple sites Describe the factors that drive performance in NSX This five-day course provides comprehensive training on considerations and practices to design a VMware NSX© environment as part of a software-defined data center strategy. This course prepares the student with the skills to lead the design of an NSX environment, including design principles, processes, and frameworks. The student gains a deeper understanding of the NSX architecture and how it can be used to create solutions to address the customer?s business needs. Course Introduction Introduction and course logistics Course objectives NSX Design Concepts Identify design terms Describe framework and project methodology Describe the role of VMware Cloud Foundation? in NSX design Identify customers? requirements, assumptions, constraints, and risks Explain the conceptual design Explain the logical design Explain the physical design NSX Architecture and Components Recognize the main elements in the NSX architecture Describe the NSX management cluster and the management plane Identify the functions and components of management, control, and data planes Describe the NSX Manager sizing options Recognize the justification and implication of NSX Manager cluster design decisions Identify the NSX management cluster design options NSX Edge Design Explain the leading practices for edge design Describe the NSX Edge VM reference designs Describe the bare-metal NSX Edge reference designs Explain the leading practices for edge cluster design Explain the effect of stateful services placement Explain the growth patterns for edge clusters Identify design considerations when using L2 bridging services NSX Logical Switching Design Describe concepts and terminology in logical switching Identify segment and transport zone design considerations Identify virtual switch design considerations Identify uplink profile and transport node profile design considerations Identify Geneve tunneling design considerations Identify BUM replication mode design considerations NSX Logical Routing Design Explain the function and features of logical routing Describe the NSX single-tier and multitier routing architectures Identify guidelines when selecting a routing topology Describe the BGP and OSPF routing protocol configuration options Explain gateway high availability modes of operation and failure detection mechanisms Identify how multitier architectures provide control over stateful service location Identify EVPN requirements and design considerations Identify VRF Lite requirements and considerations Identify the typical NSX scalable architectures NSX Security Design Identify different security features available in NSX Describe the advantages of an NSX Distributed Firewall Describe the use of NSX Gateway Firewall as a perimeter firewall and as an intertenant firewall Determine a security policy methodology Recognize the NSX security best practices NSX Network Services Identify the stateful services available in different edge cluster high availability modes Describe failover detection mechanisms Compare NSX NAT solutions Explain how to select DHCP and DNS services Compare policy-based and route-based IPSec VPN Describe an L2 VPN topology that can be used to interconnect data centers Explain the design considerations for integrating VMware NSX© Advanced Load Balancer? with NSX Physical Infrastructure Design Identify the components of a switch fabric design Assess Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch fabric design implications Review guidelines when designing top-of-rack switches Review options for connecting transport hosts to the switch fabric Describe typical designs for VMware ESXi? compute hypervisors with two pNICs Describe typical designs for ESXi compute hypervisors with four or more pNICs Differentiate dedicated and collapsed cluster approaches to SDDC design NSX Multilocation Design Explain scale considerations in an NSX multisite design Describe the main components of the NSX Federation architecture Describe the stretched networking capability in Federation Describe stretched security use cases in Federation Compare the Federation disaster recovery designs NSX Optimization and DPU-Based Acceleration Describe Geneve Offload Describe the benefits of Receive Side Scaling and Geneve Rx Filters Explain the benefits of SSL Offload Describe the effect of Multi-TEP, MTU size, and NIC speed on throughput Explain the available enhanced datapath modes and use cases List the key performance factors for compute nodes and NSX Edge nodes Describe DPU-Based Acceleration Define the NSX features supported by DPUs Describe the hardware and networking configurations supported with DPUs

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Network and security architects and consultants who design the enterprise and data center networks and VMware NSX environments Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe and apply a design framework Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks Design a VMware vSphere virtual data center to support NSX-T Data Center requirements Create a VMware NSX Manager™ cluster design Create a VMware NSX Edge™ cluster design to support traffic and service requirements in NSX-T Data Center Design logical switching and routing Recognize NSX-T Data Center security best practices Design logical network services Design a physical network to support network virtualization in a software-defined data center Create a design to support the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure across multiple sites Describe the factors that drive performance in NSX-T Data Center This five-day course provides comprehensive training on considerations and practices to design a VMware NSX-T? Data Center environment as part of a software-defined data center strategy. This course prepares the student with the skills to lead the design of NSX-T Data Center offered in release 3.2, including design principles, processes, and frameworks. The student gains a deeper understanding of the NSX-T Data Center architecture and how it can be used to create solutions to address the customer?s business needs. Course Introduction Introduction and course logistics Course objectives Design Concepts Identify design terms Describe framework and project methodology Describe VMware Validated Design? Identify customers? requirements, assumptions, constraints, and risks Explain the conceptual design Explain the logical design Explain the physical design NSX Architecture and Components Recognize the main elements in the NSX-T Data Center architecture Describe the NSX management cluster and the management plane Identify the functions and components of management, control, and data planes Describe the NSX Manager sizing options Recognize the justification and implication of NSX manager cluster design decisions Identify the NSX management cluster design options NSX Edge Design Explain the leading practices for edge design Describe the NSX Edge VM reference designs Describe the bare-metal NSX Edge reference designs Explain the leading practices for edge cluster design Explain the effect of stateful services placement Explain the growth patterns for edge clusters Identify design considerations when using L2 bridging services NSX Logical Switching Design Describe concepts and terminology in logical switching Identify segment and transport zone design considerations Identify virtual switch design considerations Identify uplink profile, VMware vSphere© Network I/O Control profile, and transport node profile design considerations Identify Geneve tunneling design considerations Identify BUM replication mode design considerations NSX Logical Routing Design Explain the function and features of logical routing Describe NSX-T Data Center single-tier and multitier routing architectures Identify guidelines when selecting a routing topology Describe the BGP and OSPF routing protocol configuration options Explain gateway high availability modes of operation and failure detection mechanisms Identify how multitier architectures provide control over stateful service location Identify VRF Lite requirements and considerations Identify the typical NSX scalable architectures NSX Security Design Identify different security features available in NSX-T Data Center Describe the advantages of an NSX Distributed Firewall Describe the use of NSX Gateway Firewall as a perimeter firewall and as an intertenant firewall Determine a security policy methodology Recognize the NSX-T Data Center security best practices NSX Network Services Identify the stateful services available in different edge cluster high availability modes Describe failover detection mechanisms Explain the design considerations for integrating VMware NSX© Advanced Load Balancer? with NSX-T Data Center Describe stateful and stateless NSX-T Data Center NAT Identify benefits of NSX-T Data Center DHCP Identify benefits of metadata proxy Describe IPSec VPN and L2 VPN Physical Infrastructure Design Identify the components of a switch fabric design Assess Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch fabric design implications Review guidelines when designing top-of-rack switches Review options for connecting transport hosts to the switch fabric Describe typical designs for VMware ESXi? compute hypervisors with two pNICs Describe typical designs for ESXi compute hypervisors with four or more pNICs Describe a typical design for a KVM compute hypervisor with two pNICs Differentiate dedicated and collapsed cluster approaches to SDDC design NSX Multilocation Design Explain scale considerations in an NSX-T Data Center multisite design Describe the main components of the NSX Federation architecture Describe the stretched networking capability in Federation Describe stretched security use cases in Federation Compare Federation disaster recovery designs NSX Optimization Describe Geneve Offload Describe the benefits of Receive Side Scaling and Geneve Rx Filters Explain the benefits of SSL Offload Describe the effect of Multi-TEP, MTU size, and NIC speed on throughput Explain the available N-VDS enhanced datapath modes and use cases List the key performance factors for compute nodes and NSX Edge nodes