Detailed Course Outline
1 Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Bring-up
- Learn VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up troubleshooting methodologies
- Understand VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up validation pre-check process
- Use log files to identify VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up failures
- Understand Common VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up validation pre-check errors
3 Workload Domain Troubleshooting
- Use logs to perform workload domain troubleshooting
- Review logs for problem scenarios
- Review VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager capabilities and services
- SDDC Manager troubleshooting options
- Use the Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) utility tool
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential failed workflows with SDDC Manager
4 VMware Cloud Foundation Networking
- Learn the components of VMware NSX architecture
- Maintain a VMware NSX Manager cluster
- Understand routing and switching with VMware NSX
- Summarize VMware Cloud Foundation networking requirements
- Describe the role of VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Deploy VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation domains
- Implement VMware NSX routing and switching in VMware Cloud Foundation
- Understand VMware NSX troubleshooting tools and methodologies
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential VMware NSX routing and switching issues in VMware Cloud Foundation
5 VMware Cloud Foundation Certificates
- Review cryptography fundamentals
- Explain the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) architecture
- Recall public key infrastructure (PKI) components
- Create a certificate signing request (CSR)
- Manage certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
- Add a certificate authority (CA) in SDDC Manager
- Replace certificates with SDDC Manager
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential certificate errors
6 Troubleshooting Password Management
- Understand password rotation in SDDC Manager
- Summarize password management best practices
- Perform password rotation
- Use API calls and command-line tools to manage passwords
- Identify common password management problems
7 VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
- Automate VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades
- Understand component upgrade prerequisites
- Upgrade SDDC Manager
- Upgrade VMware vSphere elements
- Upgrade VMware NSX
- Upgrade VMware Aria™ Suite products
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential issues with a VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade
8 VMware Cloud Foundation API
- Explain the use cases for the VMware Cloud Foundation API
- List the supported VMware Cloud Foundation API calls
- Understand Token-based authentication types
- Use API tools
- Apply troubleshooting methodology VMware Cloud Foundation API calls