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VMware Cloud Foundation: Troubleshooting [V5.0] (VCFT5)

This three-day training course provides the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in troubleshooting problems in VMware Cloud Foundation™ infrastructure. In this course you are exposed to tools and methodologies that help you support and troubleshoot your VMware Cloud Foundation environment. In addition, various scenarios are presented to you in hands-on student labs and simulations where you will learn to identify, analyze, and solve problems systematically in VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure.

Product Alignment

  • VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
  • VMware vSphere 8.0
  • VMware NSX 4.0
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Who Should Attend?

Experienced System Administrators, System Engineers, System Integrators

What You'll Learn

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

  • Use logs to identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to VMware Cloud Builder™ appliance and services
  • Use the Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) Utility tool to identify and fix issues VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to host commissioning in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to Workload domain creation in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to certificates in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to Life Cycle Management (LCM) in VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to using APIs in VMware Cloud Foundation Target

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
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Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following course:

  • VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0]

The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

  • Operational capabilities with VMware vSphere® processes and architecture
  • Operational capabilities with VMware NSX®
  • Operational knowledge of VMware vSAN™

Minimum one year experience with VMware Cloud Foundation

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