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VCF 5.2.1 on VxRail Administration

Learn an administrator to manage a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solution.

This course enables an administrator to manage a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solution. It covers reviewing the management interfaces, managing users, roles, and passwords, managing certificates and licenses, managing the workload domains, deploying NSX-T Edge cluster, performing lifecycle management, configuring multi-instance management, and exploring troubleshooting and support options. Hands on labs and simulated interactions are included for practicing key administrative tasks.

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Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for customers, partners and Dell Technologies employees who are responsible for administering and managing a VCF on VxRail solution

What You'll Learn

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the VCF on VxRail architecture
  • Manage user accounts, roles and, passwords
  • Manage VCF on VxRail components certificates and licenses
  • Add and remove Tenant workload hosts
  • Explore Developer Center
  • Deploy NSX-T Edge cluster
  • Describe VCF multi-instance management
  • Perform lifecycle management
  • Describe the prerequisites and the process to deploy vRealize Suite

Course Outline

Module 1: Describe the VCF on VxRail

  • Overview of VCF on VxRail
  • VCF on VxRail Architecture
  • Supported storage and networking options
  • High-level implementation steps for VCF on VxRail

Module 2: Use multiple UIs to identify system components

  • Describe the various user interfaces and explain their uses Identify the cluster, hosts and storage for each domain in SDDC manager
  • Lab: Identify the cluster, hosts and storage for the Management Domain and VI WLD in SDDC manager
  • Identify the cluster, hosts, and storage for each WLD in the vSphere client
  • Lab: Identify Mgmt. and VI WLD components using the vSphere Client
  • Identify NSX components and segments for each WLD in NSX Manager
  • Lab: Identify Mgmt. and VI WLD components using the NSX Manager

Module 3: Manage User Accounts and Roles SSO and identity sources

  • Lab: Add Active Directory over LDAP external identity source to VCF
  • VCF users and roles
  • Lab: Assign roles to groups and test access

Module 4: Manage System Component Passwords Component password management options for VCF

  • Lab: Change a password locally on a system component
  • Lab: Use the Remediate action to update a component password in SDDC Manager
  • Lab: Use the Update action to set a specific password for a VCF component
  • Lab: Use the Rotate Now action to set a random password for a VCF component
  • Lab: Use the Schedule Rotation action to set an automatic password change schedule
  • Lab: Use the lookup_password utility to retrieve a component password

Module 5: Manage TLS Certificates Certificate management options for VCF

  • Lab: Manage Certificates

Module 6: Manage Licenses How licensing works in SDDC manager

  • Lab: Add a license to SDDC Manager
  • Lab: Assign a new license from SDDC Manager

Module 7: Manage Workload Domain Hosts Overview of adding a VxRail host to a workload domain

  • Lab: Add a VxRail host to a VxRail cluster using the vSphere client and VxRail plugin
  • Lab: Add a VxRail host to a VI workload domain using SDDC Manager.
  • Considerations for removing a VxRail host from an existing workload domain
  • Lab: Remove a VxRail host from a VI workload domain using SDDC Manager.

Module 8: Use Developer Center to access and manage VCF VCF developer center and API capabilities

  • Lab: Retrieve cluster information using developer center
  • Lab: Create a service account using developer center

Module 9: Deploy NSX Edge cluster on a VI WLD using the API NSX networking for VI workload VMs

  • Lab: Deploy an NSX Edge cluster using API
  • Lab: Validate the NSX Edge cluster deployment using NSX Manager

Module 10: Configure SDDC Manager and NSX Manager Backups

  • Various backup types and options for SDDC Manager and NSX Manager
  • Lab: Configure an external SFTP server target in SDDC Manager
  • Backup schedules for VCF
  • Lab: Configure a backup schedule for SDDC Manager, NSX Manager and vCenter.

Module 11: Upgrade SDDC Manager

  • VCF Lifecycle Management (LCM)
  • Why and when to perform an update
  • Lab: Validate that the correct upgrade bundle is available
  • Lab: Perform a Precheck in SDDC Manager
  • Lab: Perform an upgrade on SDDC Manager

Module 12: Deploy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

  • Lab: Deploy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

Module 13: Support VCF

  • Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) Utility
  • Lab: Disable the ESXi SSH access for all ESXi hosts using the SOS utility
  • Lab: Validate system health using the SOS utility
  • Lab: Generate logs using the SOS utility and collect the logs
  • Describe VCF log files uses and locations
  • Describe how to troubleshoot a failed workflow
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Prerequisites

This course assumes that the students are familiar with:

  • Basic understanding of VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Technical proficiency with VMware ESXi, vSphere and NSX-T components and user interfaces
  • Experience of administering VxRail systems

The following training is recommended:

  • VxRail Concepts
  • VxRail Administration
  • VMware Cloud Foundation Overview