CONTENUTI

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

 

2 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 the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

 

3 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

• Explain the storage concepts in vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe storage policies
• Describe content libraries
• Describe Container Storage Interface
• Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Explain vSAN Direct datastores for vSphere with Tanzu
• Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
• Describe the VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
• List the VMware NSX® components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
• List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu

 

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

 

5 vSphere with Tanzu Core Services

• Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
• Recognize the capabilities of vSphere Pods
• Identify the components of vSphere Pods
• 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
• Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
• 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

 

6 vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Services

• Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
• Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
• Explain how to add and manage the life cycle of Supervisor Services

 

7 vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle

• List the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
• Explain the Supervisor updates
• Explain the vSphere Namespace update
• Discuss the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

 

8 Day 2 Operations

• Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
• List ways to monitor vSphere Pod utilization
• Identify how to monitor vSphere Pod performance
• Explain vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
• Identify the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
• List the steps to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
• Explain how to use SSH to connect to the Supervisor control plane nodes