VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud (AVC)

Learn to design and implement a VMware vCloud environment.

This course is designed to guide you through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud™ environment. You will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere™, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware® vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive workshop on VMware cloud design.

• Sales partners, customers, consultants, and sales engineers who are responsible for designing public and private cloud architectures with VMware products

You must have VCP-level knowledge of vSphere. You must also have general-purpose vSphere design experience, with special emphasis on networking and storage. Exposure to the product features and functionality of vCloud Director, vSphere, vShield Edge, and vCenter Chargeback is required.

This course is designed to guide you through the decision points and policy choices available for designing and implementing a VMware vCloud™ environment. You will learn to appreciate the effects of design choices in VMware vSphere™, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCenter™ Chargeback, and the VMware® vShield Edge capability that is included with vCloud Director. The course culminates in a comprehensive workshop on VMware cloud design. At the end of the course, you will have an understanding of the VMware cloud and be able to:

• Evaluate and design a multitenant environment to address both private cloud and public cloud customer needs
• Configure vCloud providers that can accommodate heterogeneous server, storage, and network resources
• Design a network infrastructure optimized for vCloud
• Integrate vCloud Director security with existing LDAP systems and design appropriate security hierarchies with security roles
• Design a vCenter Chargeback implementation