Course Outline
1 Course Introduction
• Review course goals
• Review course objectives
• Review the course outline
• Recognize vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements
2 VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
• Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
• Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
• Examine integration with other VMware products such as VMware® vCenter™ Chargeback™ and VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™
• Determine the licensing needs
3 VMware vCloud Networking
• Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
• Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
• Describe the function of network pools
• Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
4 VMware vCloud Providers
• Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
• Configure and manage storage for providers
• Examine provider space allocation to an organization
• Recognize VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® issues
• Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines
5 VMware vCloud Director Organizations
• Create and manage organizations
• Recognize resource allocations for an organization
• Create and manage catalogs
6 Basic Security
• Describe role-based access
• Create custom security roles
• Describe and configure LDAP integration with Microsoft Active Directory
• Describe single sign-on
7 Managing Cloud Resources
• Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
• Manage provider and organization virtual data centers
8 Managing VMware vSphere Resources
• Manage VMware® vCenter Server™ instances
• Manage VMware® ESXi™ hosts
• Manage vSphere datastores
• Manage stranded items
• Configure and manage resource pools at the vSphere level
9 Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
• Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual data centers
• Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells
10 Organization Users
• Describe the catalog tasks available to organization users of various roles
• Describe the vApp tasks available to organization users in various roles
11 VMware vCloud Director Installation
• Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
• Install vCloud Director