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EDU-VSKDM7

VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7] Training

During this 3-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes. You learn about how vSphere with Kubernetes can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a VMware vSphere® environment.
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Course Details

Duration

3 days

Prerequisites

This course requires completion the following courses and requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
  • VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage
  • Create VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers and folders
  • Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
  • Modify a virtual machine's hardware
  • Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
  • Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
  • Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster with resource pools
  • Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster

Target Audience

Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Kubernetes

Skills Gained

  • Describe vSphere with Kubernetes and use cases in on-premises environments
  • Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
  • Describe the VMware NSX® networking requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes.
  • Create and manage vSphere with Kubernetes namespaces
  • Deploy and run container applications on vSphere with Kubernetes
  • Deploy and configure VMware Harbor
  • Describe the VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ service
  • Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
  • Deploy and run container applications on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
  • Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
  • Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Kubernetes
Course Outline
  • Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes
    • Describe Virtual Machines and Containers
    • Describe Container Hosts
    • Describe Container Engines
    • Describe Dockerfile
    • Describe Container Images
    • Describe Image Registry
    • Describe the purpose and functionality of Kubernetes
    • Describe Manifest YAML files
    • Explain Pod YAML files
    • Explain ReplicaSets
    • Explain Services
    • Explain Deployments
  • Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Explain the integration with VMware Tanzu™ Mission Control™
    • Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe the components of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Contrast vSphere with Kubernetes to traditional Kubernetes
    • Describe the requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Prepare a vSphere cluster for vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe the network topology of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects
  • vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services
    • Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services
    • Describe the Container Service
    • Describe the Volume Service
    • Describe the Network Service
    • Describe the Registry Service
    • Describe the use cases of vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Enable vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Deploy VMware Harbor Registry
  • vSphere with Kubernetes Namespaces
    • Describe a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace
    • Contrast a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace to a traditional Kubernetes namespace
    • Describe Resource Quotas
    • Explain Authentication and Authorization to vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Explain the use cases of namespaces
    • Create a namespace
    • Describe kubectl
    • Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe using kubectl pod deployment
    • Explain scaling a pod deployment
    • Explain managing pod lifecycle
    • Explain deleting pods
    • Use kubectl to deploy a pod
    • Use kubectl to scale a pod
    • Use kubectl to switch between namespaces
  • VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
    • Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
    • Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    • Describe the integration with Tanzu Mission Control
    • Explain the lifecycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    • Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
    • Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting
    • Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Explain cluster, node, and namespace health
    • Explain usage and capacity monitoring
    • Describe vCenter Server events
    • Describe vSphere with Kubernetes events
    • Gather support information
  • vSphere with Kubernetes Lifecycle
    • Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
    • Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid lifecycle
    • Describe scaling a vSphere with Kubernetes cluster
    • Update vSphere with Kubernetes
    • Update Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    • Remove vSphere with Kubernetes
  • Product Alignment
    • VMware vSphere 7