Arrow Electronics, Inc.

VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V8]

CODE: VMW_VSTDCM8

LENGTH: 24 Hours (3 days)

PRICE: €2 350,00

Description

During this three-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu® in a VMware vSphere® 8 environment. You learn how vSphere with Tanzu provides services to deploy and manage virtual machines,vSphere Pods, Supervisor Services, and VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ clusters. You will also gain experience with day 2 operations and life cycle management of a vSphere with Tanzu environment.

Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
• Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
• List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components
• Deploy and manage Supervisors
• Describe vSphere Pod capabilities and components
• Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service
• Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service
• Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service
• Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service
• Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
• Perform a backup using Velero
• Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
• Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment

Audience

vSphere administrators and platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in
vSphere with Tanzu

Prerequisites

• Experience deploying and managing vSphere
• Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture

Attending one of the following courses is recommended:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations

Programme

 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives


2 Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes
• Differentiate between containers and virtualmachines
• Identify the parts of a container system
• List the steps in a basic Docker workflow
• Explain the importance of Kubernetes
• Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes
• Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow


3 Introducing vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
• Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
• Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
• Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
• Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
• Describe vSphere Namespaces
• Describe the Supervisor Services
• Describe the VM Service
• Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters


4 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure
• Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe storage policies
• Describe content libraries
• Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
• Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
• Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
• List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu


5 vSphere with Tanzu Architecture
• Describe the Supervisor architecture
• List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
• Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
• Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
• Describe vSphere Namespaces
• List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
• Define content libraries and VM images
• Explain VM classes
• Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
• List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
• Explain vSphere privileges
• Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
• Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
• List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
• List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
• Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types


6 vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services
• Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
• Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
• List the components of vSphere Pods
• Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
• Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
• Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
• Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters

Further Information

Product Alignment
• VMware vSphere® 8 Update 1
• VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ 22.1.3
• VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ 2.0

Session Dates
Date
Location
Time Zone
Language
Type
Guaranteed
PRICE

28 loka 2024

Virtual Classroom (CET / UTC +1)

English

Instructor Led Online

€ 2 350,00

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