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Course Objectives

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

  • Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX® Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components Deploy and manage Supervisors Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment Perform a backup using Velero Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment

Agenda

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

  • Describe vSphere with Tanzu
  • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
  • Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control
  • Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
  • Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu
  • Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
  • Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
  • Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
  • Describe vSphere Namespaces
  • Describe the Supervisor Services
  • Describe the VM Service
  • Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

  • Explain the storage concepts in vSphere with Tanzu
  • Describe storage policies
  • Describe content libraries
  • Describe Container Storage Interface
  • Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
  • Explain vSAN Direct datastores for vSphere with Tanzu
  • Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
  • Describe the VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
  • List the VMware NSX® components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
  • List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu

  • Describe the Supervisor architecture
  • List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
  • Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
  • Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
  • Describe vSphere Namespaces
  • List vSphere Namespaces resources and Kubernetes object limits
  • Describe content libraries and VM images
  • Describe VM classes
  • List the different type of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu
  • Explain vSphere privileges
  • Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces
  • Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC
  • List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
  • Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
  • List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
  • Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

  • Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
  • Recognize the capabilities of vSphere Pods
  • Identify the components of vSphere Pods
  • Describe the VM Service
  • Explain the use cases of the VM Service
  • List the VM Service parameters
  • Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service
  • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
  • List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
  • List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
  • List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
  • Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster

  • Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
  • Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
  • Explain how to add and manage the life cycle of Supervisor Services

  • List the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
  • Explain the Supervisor updates
  • Explain the vSphere Namespace update
  • Discuss the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

  • Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
  • List ways to monitor vSphere Pod utilization
  • Identify how to monitor vSphere Pod performance
  • Explain vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
  • Identify the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
  • List the steps to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
  • Explain how to use SSH to connect to the Supervisor control plane nodes
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Technical Vendor: VMware Product Line: VMWare Core Type: Core 0
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