VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy Configure Manage [V8]

Course Outline

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

• Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
• Identify the parts of a container system
• List the steps in a basic Docker workflow
• Explain the importance of Kubernetes
• Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes
• Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow

3 Introducing vSphere with Tanzu

• 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 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

4 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

• Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe storage policies
• Describe content libraries
• Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
• Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
• Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
• List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
• Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu

5 vSphere with Tanzu Architecture

• 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 Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
• Define content libraries and VM images
• Explain VM classes
• Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
• List the different types 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
• List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
• Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

6 vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services

• Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
• Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
• List the components of vSphere Pods
• Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
• Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
• Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
• Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• 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
• 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

7 Day 2 Operations

Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events

List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization

Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management

Describe load balancer certificate management

Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu

Describe the Supervisor updates

Describe the vSphere Namespace updates

Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

List the steps to back up the vSph