VMware VCloud - VMware Course

Introduction

During this 2-day course, delegates will understand advanced administration and features of VMware vCloud.

Delegates will also be taught how to extend a vCloud environment to a large business.

Users will learn the importance of workflows and how to apply and modify them in VMware vCloud.

Pre-Requisites

• Delegates should have a good idea of how to interact with VMware products, they should also have a good understanding of networking principles.
• It is advised that delegates complete “VMware vCloud Automation Center - Install, Configure, Manage,” as well as “VMware vCenter Orchestrator Develop Workflows” as these will provide all the background and essential knowledge needed to excel on this course

Who Should Attend

• This course would be useful to experienced VMware administrators

Course Outline

Introduction to Extensibility and Customization

• Building the case for vCloud Automation Center Extensibility
• Analysing the vCloud Automation Center workflows and workflow stubs
• Extensibility with vCloud Automation Center Designer
• Understanding vCloud Automation Center and vCenter Orchestrator integration
• Loading, modifying, and reverting workflow stubs
• Customizing vCloud Automation Center with the VMware vCloud® SDK

Custom Properties, Build Profiles, and the Property Dictionary

• Using the vCloud Automation Center standard properties
• Creating custom build profiles
• Implementing user input requirements during machine provisioning
• Using the property dictionary to customize provisioning

Extending Workflows

• Using CloudUtil
• Manipulating workflows and workflow stubs
• Extending built-in workflow stubs
• Calling workflow stubs by using custom properties
• Using vCloud Automation Center Designer activities
• Creating and managing skills
• Building complex workflow extensions with vCloud Automation Center and vCenter Orchestrator
• Creating a vCenter Orchestrator endpoint
• Calling a vCenter Orchestrator workflow

Integrating Third-Party Provisioning

• Identifying network requirements for provisioning machines with PXE
• Deploying hypervisors with PXE provisioning
• Using custom properties for provisioning machines with PXE
• Identifying requirements for provisioning machines with SCCM
• Using custom properties for provisioning machines with SCCM