VMware Cloud on AWS: Design Configure Manage 2023

Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

•  Describe the architecture of VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Prepare and deploy VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

•  Configure the scale-up and scale-down of a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

•  Access a VMware vCenter® configuration in VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Configure internal, external, and inter-SDDC networking

•  Configure storage integrations and solutions for VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Configure a connection between an on-premises vSphere SDDC and a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

•  Migrate VMs between on-premises vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs

•  Describe lifecycle management, troubleshooting scenarios, and disaster recovery solutions for a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

•  Describe how VMware add-on solutions support a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

Before taking this course, students should take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge and experience:

•  VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
•  VMware vSAN™ and HCI Fundamentals
•  VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

1  Course Introduction

•  Introductions and course logistics

•  Course objectives

2  Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Choosing VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Management and operational structure

3  VMware Cloud on AWS Platform and SDDC Deployment Preparation

•  Getting started with VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Preparing AWS infrastructure for a VMware Cloud on AWS deployment

•  Setting up a VMware on Cloud AWS account

•  Billing and pricing on VMware Cloud services

4  Deploying and Scaling and SDDC

•  Deploying and examining SDDC configurations

•  Sizing the SDDC

•  SDDC cluster management

•  SDDC host management

•  Optimizing and maintaining SDDC Cluster using Elastic DRS for VMware Cloud™  on AWS

5  Accessing and Analyzing vCenter Configurations

•  Accessing vCenter Server in the Cloud SDDC

•  Creating virtual machines in the Cloud SDDC

•  Analyzing resource management settings in the SDDC

•  Analyzing vSphere permissions

6  Networking in VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Internal SDDC network

•  Networking and security options

•  Inter-SDDC networking

7  Storage on VMware Cloud on AWS

•  vSAN storage in VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Attaching external storage to a VM running on an SDDC

8  Working with On-Premises vSphere

•  Hybrid linked mode

•  Migration solutions for VMware Cloud on AWS

•   VM migration with VMware HCX®

9  Maintaining and Troubleshooting VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Accessing API with VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Maintenance and support

•  Common troubleshooting steps

10  Disaster Recovery Solution

•  Site Recovery add-on service

•  VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery™

11  Using Other VMware Products with the SDDC

•  VMware vRealize® Log Insight Cloud™

•  VMware Horizon® with VMware Cloud on AWS

•  VMware vRealize® Automation Cloud™ add-on

•  Using VMware vRealize® Operations™ with VMware Cloud on AWS

•  Using VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ with VMware Cloud on AWS