This three-day training course provides the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in troubleshooting problems in VMware Cloud Foundation™ infrastructure. In this course you are exposed to tools and methodologies that help you support and troubleshoot your VMware Cloud Foundation environment. In addition, various scenarios are presented to you in hands-on student labs and simulations where you will learn to identify, analyze, and solve problems systematically in VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure.
Audience
Experienced System Administrators, System Engineers, System Integrators
Products
VMware Cloud Foundation
Product Alignment
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
VMware vSphere 8.0
VMware NSX 4.0
This course requires completion of the following course:
VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0]
The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:
Operational capabilities with VMware vSphere® processes and architecture
Operational capabilities with VMware NSX®
Operational knowledge of VMware vSAN™
Minimum one year experience with VMware Cloud Foundation
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Use logs to identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to VMware Cloud Builder™ appliance and services
Use the Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) Utility tool to identify and fix issues VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to host commissioning in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to Workload domain creation in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to certificates in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to Life Cycle Management (LCM) in VMware Cloud Foundation
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to using APIs in VMware Cloud Foundation Target
1 Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
2 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Bring-up
Learn VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up troubleshooting methodologies
Understand VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up validation pre-check process
Use log files to identify VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up failures
Understand Common VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up validation pre-check errors
3 Workload Domain Troubleshooting
Use logs to perform workload domain troubleshooting
Review logs for problem scenarios
Review VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager capabilities and services
SDDC Manager troubleshooting options
Use the Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) utility tool
Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential failed workflows with SDDC Manager
4 VMware Cloud Foundation Networking
Learn the components of VMware NSX architecture
Maintain a VMware NSX Manager cluster
Understand routing and switching with VMware NSX
Summarize VMware Cloud Foundation networking requirements
Describe the role of VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation
Deploy VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation domains
Implement VMware NSX routing and switching in VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand VMware NSX troubleshooting tools and methodologies
Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential VMware NSX routing and switching issues in VMware Cloud Foundation
5 VMware Cloud Foundation Certificates
Review cryptography fundamentals
Explain the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) architecture
Recall public key infrastructure (PKI) components
Create a certificate signing request (CSR)
Manage certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Add a certificate authority (CA) in SDDC Manager
Replace certificates with SDDC Manager
Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential certificate errors
6 Troubleshooting Password Management
Understand password rotation in SDDC Manager
Summarize password management best practices
Perform password rotation
Use API calls and command-line tools to manage passwords
Identify common password management problems
7 VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management
Automate VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades
Understand component upgrade prerequisites
Upgrade SDDC Manager
Upgrade VMware vSphere elements
Upgrade VMware NSX
Upgrade VMware Aria™ Suite products
Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential issues with a VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade
8 VMware Cloud Foundation API
Explain the use cases for the VMware Cloud Foundation API
List the supported VMware Cloud Foundation API calls
Understand Token-based authentication types
Use API tools
Apply troubleshooting methodology VMware Cloud Foundation API calls