VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7]

Module 1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2. Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

• Describe virtual machines and containers
• Describe container hosts
• Describe container engines
• Describe Dockerfile
• Describe container images
• Describe image registry
• Describe the purpose and functionality of Kubernetes
• Describe YAML manifest files
• Explain pods
• Explain replica sets
• Explain services
• Explain deployments
• Explain network policies

Module 3. Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu

• Introduce the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• Introduce the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio
• Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the components of vSphere with Tanzu
• Contrast vSphere with Tanzu to traditional Kubernetes
• Describe the requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the network topology of vSphere with Tanzu
• Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Tanzu
• Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects
•  Describe the kubectl command line interface

Module 4. vSphere with Tanzu Core Services

• Explain the architecture of vSphere with Tanzu core services
• Describe the use cases of vSphere with Tanzu
• Enable vSphere with Tanzu
• Deploy Harbor Registry
• Describe a vSphere with Tanzu namespace
• Describe resource quotas
• Explain authentication and authorization to vSphere with Tanzu
• Create a namespace
• Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe using kubectl pod deployment
• Explain scaling a pod deployment
• Explain deleting pods
• Use kubectl to deploy a pod
• Use kubectl to scale a pod
• Describe a container storage interface
• Explain VM storage policies and persistent volumes
• Monitor Cloud Native storage
• Create a persistent volume
• Describe the NSX container plugin
• Explain Supervisor cluster network topology
• Explain container objects in NSX
• Describe Kubernetes services
• Describe Kubernetes network policies
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch
• Describe Harbor Image Registry
• Explain Harbor integration with vSphere with Tanzu
• Enable Harbor
• Push container images to Harbor
• Deploy containers from Harbor

Module 5. VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service

• Introduce Kubernetes Cluster API
• Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
• Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Describe enabling Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
• Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster
• Scale a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster
• Explain the life cycle of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
• Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster
• Describe monitoring of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters

Module 6. Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ integration
• Describe VMware Tanzu Mission Control
• Describe the integration between vSphere with Tanzu and VMware Tanzu Mission Control
• Describe vCenter Server events
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu events
• Describe gathering vSphere with Tanzu support log bundles

Module 7. vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle

• Introduce Kubernetes version
• Explain Kubernetes release cadence
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu life cycle
• Describe NSX component life cycle
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu Certificate Management

This course requires completion of the following courses:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage OR VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
• VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

Experience working at the command line is helpful.

This course requires that students are able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Create VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers and folders
• Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
• Modify virtual machine hardware
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
• Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster with resource pools
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster