Overview/Description
Ongoing operational tasks are as important for virtual network administrators, even if the required tasks are not entirely the same. This course covers identity and access issues, such as roles and permissions. It goes on to cover automation using REST APIs. Finally it covers monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting issues you may encounter in a VMware NSX environment. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
Target Audience
virtual network administrators, data center operatives who already possess core networking skills
identify when to use and how to configure vCenter user roles
configure inventory objects to users
enable or disable a user account and edit or delete a user account
describe NSX REST APIs and how they work
implement REST APIs in supported browsers
determine when to use VMware NSX API and how to access it
identifying various NSX monitoring methods
describe and configure flow monitoring
configure single and multiple virtual machine data collection
work with vCenter Operations Manager to view NSX network and security metrics
identify ways to view and analyze statistics, counters, and health for logical networks and services
recognize audit logs, information available in the logs, and permissions required for auditing
audit firewall rules using flow monitoring
describe NSX Ticket Logger and specify the steps used to audit infrastructure changes with NSX Ticket Logger
describe NSX data security and required configurations to configure and identify supported data security regulations and file formats supported
configure a data security policy
configure syslogs for NSX Manager and NSX Edge
configure Dynamic Routing information and basic Load Balancer logging
recognize that the CLI can be used for logging and identifying NSX Manager commands
identify the steps required to download NSX Edge and NSX Manager tech support logs
recognize the components that are backed up and restored when backing up NSX Manager data and the ability to export/import Service Composer Configurations
complete the steps required to backup and restore NSX Manager data
identify troubleshooting techniques for installation and configuration issues including, required ports, lookup service, licensing, permissions, and IP pool issues
use the command line interface to identify and troubleshoot NSX component and connection issues
configure a user role, scope, NSX Manager syslogs and download tech support logs