VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7] (VSKDM7) Online

Course Content

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes
• Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu
• vSphere with Tanzu Core Services
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting
• vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following courses:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] (VSICM7) OR VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] (VSOS7)

AND

• VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2] (NSXTICM32)

Experience working at the command line is helpful.

This course requires that a student be 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 a virtual machine’s 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

If you cannot perform all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete one of the prerequisite courses before enrolling in VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy & Manage.

Who Should Attend

Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Tanzu

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Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

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

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

vSphere with Tanzu Core Services

• Explain the architecture of the 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

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

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

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