Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

Differentiate between containers and virtual machines

Identify the parts of a container system

List the steps in a basic Docker workflow

Explain the importance of Kubernetes

Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes

Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow

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 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure

Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu

Describe storage policies

Describe content libraries

Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities

Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu

Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments

List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports

List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports

Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu

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 Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits

Define content libraries and VM images

Explain VM classes

Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere

List the different types 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

List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads

Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types

vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services

Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods

Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods

List the components of vSphere Pods

Explain the concept of Supervisor Services

Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services

Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle

Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

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

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

Day 2 Operations

Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events

List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization

Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management

Describe load balancer certificate management

Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu

Describe the Supervisor updates

Describe the vSphere Namespace updates

Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters

List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components

Explain how to back up a Supervisor

Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero

Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters

Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI

Describe the various vSphere with Tanzu logs

Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle

Explain how to use SSH to connect to Supervisor control plane nodes