1 Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 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 the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
3 vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure
- Explain the storage concepts in vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe storage policies
- Describe content libraries
- Describe Container Storage Interface
- Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- Explain vSAN Direct datastores for vSphere with Tanzu
- Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
- Describe the VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
- List the VMware NSX® components that are used by vSphere with Tanzu
- List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
4 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 Namespaces resources and Kubernetes object limits
- Describe content libraries and VM images
- Describe VM classes
- List the different type 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
- Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
- List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
- Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types
5 vSphere with Tanzu Core Services
- Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
- Recognize the capabilities of vSphere Pods
- Identify the components of vSphere Pods
- 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
- Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
- 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
6 vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Services
- Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
- Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
- Explain how to add and manage the life cycle of Supervisor Services
7 vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle
- List the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
- Explain the Supervisor updates
- Explain the vSphere Namespace update
- Discuss the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
8 Day 2 Operations
- Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
- List ways to monitor vSphere Pod utilization
- Identify how to monitor vSphere Pod performance
- Explain vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
- Identify the various vSphere with Tanzu logs
- List the steps to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle
- Explain how to use SSH to connect to the Supervisor control plane nodes
