Cloud computing: presentation, features, interest
Choice of cloud type: private, public, hybrid
VMware vCloud
vCloud Director offer: presentation, components
Integration with VMware products
Licensing system

Workshop: Setting up an infrastructure – Installing vCloud Director and configuring preferences

Networks available in vCloud Director
Organization of network traffic vApp
Pools networks
Content Sharing

Workshop: Setting up network services for an organization

Storage resources: identification, configuration
Supplier administration
VMware vSphere Storage vMotion Storage
needs management

Lab: Using VMware Storage VMotion

Supplier and virtual datacenter
management vCenter, ESXI, etc. instance management
Understand and identify vCloud Director requests
Load balancing
Authentication management (SSO, SSL, TLS)
Connection to
vShield LDAP directories : presentation, features
Cloud monitoring
Orchestrator plugin, PowerCLI

Lab: Setting Up Cloud Service Providers – Using vShield

Defining the costs of a
vCenter Chargeback infrastructure : modules, functions
Cost of virtualized loads
Reports and metrics in the cloud

Workshop: vSphere and cloud implementations – Reporting

The OVF
Images and vFabric virtualization format vCloud API
license management

Workshop: Cloud Application Management and Migrations