VMware vRealize Automation
During this five-day course, you will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize® Automation™. You will learn about the configuration and use of the vRealize Automation platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of catalogue services that include predefined virtual machines, software components, and on-demand VMware NSX® networks. This course also covers interfacing vRealize Automation with other systems, using VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ to leverage workflows, and creating approval cycles and managing machine lifecycles to conserve resources. In addition, you will better understand and know how to achieve the benefits of automation as a component of the software-defined data centre
Prerequisites
This class requires completion of one of the following:
- VMware vSphere 6.x: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSphere 6.x: Fast Track
- Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESX®/VMware ESXiTM and VMware vCenter ServerTM Experience with working at the command line is helpful.
Course Content:
1 Course Introduction
◦ Introductions and course logistics
◦ Course objectives
2 vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture
◦ Describe the software-defined data center
◦ Explain the purpose of vRealize Automation
◦ Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and
self-service provisioning
◦ Describe where vRealize Automation fits in the VMware product
line
◦ Discuss use cases for vRealize Automation
◦ Identify the components of a vRealize Automation simple
deployment
◦ Identify the components of a vRealize Automation enterprise
deployment
◦ Identify the component design options for vRealize Automation
◦ Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware
products
3 Authentication, Fabric, and Tenants◦ Describe identity management in vRealize Automation
◦ Identify the authentication methods available in vRealize
Automation
◦ Identify the appropriate roles for specific tasks in vRealize
Automation
◦ Create tenants
◦ Explain multitenant leading practices
◦ Define relationships between vRealize Automation entities
◦ Identify and configure vRealize Automation endpoints
◦ Identify how vRealize Automation discovers compute resources
◦ Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
◦ Create and manage reservations for compute resources
4 Converged Blueprints and Catalog Management◦ Define blueprints
◦ Identify the process and options for configuring a blueprint
◦ Create a blueprint with a single virtual machine
◦ Create a blueprint with multiple virtual machines
◦ Identify the role of the service catalog
◦ Define catalog items
◦ Use entitlements to manage catalog items
5 Consuming Catalog Services◦ Request a single-machine service
◦ Monitor the service provisioning status
◦ Reconfigure a provisioned machine
◦ Manage snapshots
◦ Identify roles involved in creating approval policies
◦ Identify approval policy level
◦ Identify approval phases
◦ Create and apply approval policies for catalog items
◦ Use custom properties to modify the provisioning process
◦ Use property groups to group sets of custom properties
◦ Use the property dictionary to modify the provisioning process
6 Integrating VMware NSX◦ Understand VMware NSX capabilities
◦ Describe the VMware NSX components that vRealize Automation
uses
◦ Describe the benefits of VMware NSX integration with vRealize
Automation
◦ Integrate vRealize Automation and VMware NSX
◦ Use VMware NSX elements in vRealize Automation blueprints
7 Application Authoring◦ Understand the lifecycle of a vRealize Automation Application
deployment
◦ Author an application blueprint
◦ Deploy an application blueprint from the service catalog
8 Monitoring and Reclamation◦ Identify how to monitor resource use
◦ Demonstrate how to reclaim resources
◦ Demonstrate how to manage machine leases
◦ Monitor system events
9 vRealize Automation Extensibility◦ Identify the vRealize Automation extensibility tools
◦ Identify the vRealize Automation extensibility use cases
◦ Use vRealize CloudClient to export a blueprint
◦ Use vRealize Orchestrator
◦ Use vRealize Orchestrator plug-ins for external integration
◦ Describe anything-as-a-service (XaaS) components
◦ Create an XaaS blueprint
◦ Describe how the event broker service enhances extensibility
◦ Identify the appropriate subscription types and options for a
subscription
◦ Describe the two event broker event types
◦ Identify the three event broker phases
◦ Illustrate the master workflow
◦ Describe the necessary requirements for passing custom
properties to workflows
◦ Explain how the event broker helps with day 2 operations
10 vRealize Automation Installation◦ Explain the vRealize Automation installation prerequisites
◦ Describe the vRealize Automation installation procedure
◦ Perform a vRealize Automation appliance deployment
◦ Configure the vRealize Automation appliance