VMware VCA: vCloud Connector and vSphere


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
VMware vCloud Connector enables heterogeneous hybrid public and private clouds by linking your private cloud datacenter to public clouds such as vCloud Air. VMware vSphere is the all-encompassing virtualization product from VMware and is crucial to the VMware cloud vision. In this course, you will learn about the features, functionality, and use cases for vCloud Connector and vSphere. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that covers the objectives for the VMware certification exam, VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation Fundamentals.

Target Audience
Learners embarking on a career in cloud computing with VMware's product line; non-technical learners who wish to be conversant in VMware cloud technologies

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.7

Lesson Objectives

VMware VCA: vCloud Connector and vSphere

  • start the course
  • describe the features and capabilities of vCloud Connector
  • describe how vCloud Connector enables cloud content transfer
  • identify use cases for extending the datacenter using vCloud Connector
  • describe content synchronization using vCloud Connector
  • describe the features and capabilities of vCenter Site Recovery Manager
  • describe the functionality of vCenter Site Recovery Manager in a cloud environment
  • identify how vCenter Site Recovery Manager automates orchestration and testing of disaster recovery
  • identify use cases for using vCenter Site Recovery Manager for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
  • describe the components and benefits of NSX automated network virtualization
  • describe automated provisioning using NSX
  • describe the functionality of VMware IT Business Management for Cloud environments
  • describe the process of IT benchmarking using VMware IT Business Management
  • identify VMware IT Business Management License Editions, including Standard, Advanced and Enterprise
  • describe using VMware IT Business Management for service quality management
  • describe the functionality and use cases of vCenter Hyperic
  • describe the components and functionality of the vFabric Suite
  • describe using blueprints within the vFabric Suite for deployment and provisioning
  • describe the components and functionality of vCloud Hybrid Services (vCHS)
  • describe how vCHS provides core compute and storage services for Dedicated Cloud, Virtual Private Cloud, and Disaster Recovery Cloud environments
  • identify VMware products that will address IT efficiency challenges
  • identify VMware products that will address IT availability challenges
  • identify VMware products that will address IT elasticity challenges
  • identify VMware products that will address IT management challenges
  • select the Vmware vSphere products to meet specific business challenges

    • Course Number:
    cl_vcca_a03_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Beginner