VMware Cloud Foundation: Solution Architecture and Design [V9.1]

This course teaches the architectural constructs, design patterns and decision-making discipline needed to design a VMware Cloud Foundation solution at enterprise scale. You will be taken through a logical design sequence: the shape of the fleet, the management plane, the domain and cluster layout for each instance, and how a tenant consumes VCF services and resources. Physical design considerations are examined, along with network, storage, and the recovery design. You will apply design principles to a case study throughout, to reinforce key design decisions and how they can be applied in practice.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Understand and select the right design blueprints and models based on stated requirements.
• Design instance, management domain, workload domains, cluster layouts, and host specifications.
• Design the three management domain recovery tiers, from component restore to fleet disaster recovery.
• Design for both traditional shared storage (NFS and Fiber Channel) and vSAN storage as part of a VCF solution.
• Design the appropriate network architecture given physical network constraints and stated requirements.
• Design a VCF Automation tenancy model, including Supervisor and VKS-related services.
• Understand the design considerations relating to a Private AI Foundation / Services solution.
• Appreciate physical datacenter design considerations that affect a VCF solution design.
• Apply AMPRS design qualities to all aspects of the VMware Cloud Foundation solution design.

This course has the following prerequisites:

• Working knowledge of vSphere, vCenter, ESX, vSAN and NSX networking.
• Experience with enterprise datacenter operations and solution design.
• Attendance of VMware Cloud Foundation: Build, Manage, Secure and VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate courses or equivalent experience.

Architects, Solution Engineers, Senior Administrators.