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