About this Course

This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vRealize™ Automation. This course covers the configuration and use of the vRealize Automation platform, including self-service provisioning and the creation of multivendor cloud services. This class also helps students understand and achieve the benefits of automation as a component of the software-defined data center.

Audience Profile

Experienced system administrators, cloud administrators, system integrators, and operational developers

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use case in today’s multivendor cloud environments
• Install and configure vRealize Automation 6.2
• Deploy Distributed Execution Managers and agents for vRealize Automation connectivity
• Configure endpoints to support compute fabric connectivity
• Manage vRealize Automation 6.2 entities on VMware hardware, third-party hardware, and cloud infrastructures
• Configure vRealize Automation infrastructure services
• Configure and manage tenants and blueprints
• Configure and manage a service catalog
• Configure and manage role-based access control
• Request and manage machines through the user portal
• Analyze and configure vRealize Automation workflows
• Integrate VMware vRealize™ Orchestrator™ with vRealize Automation
• Automate application provisioning with VMware vRealize™ Application Services
• Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
• Manage cost reporting with VMware vRealize™ Business™

Prerequisites

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 6.0) (VICM) or equivalent knowledge

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course outline
• Course goals
• Course objectives

Module 2: Architecture and Components

• Identify the components of a vRealize Automation deployment that is used to manage a multivendor hybrid cloud
• Identify the component design options for vRealize Automation
• Explain the concepts of vRealize Automation administration and self-service provisioning
• Identify how vRealize Automation integrates with other VMware products
• Explain the concept of multitenancy
• Identify the abstraction layers of the vRealize Automation cloud
• Identify the administrator roles used by vRealize Automation

Module 3: Installation

• Explain the vRealize Automation installation prerequisites
• Identify the vRealize Automation appliances and component installers
• Define the vRealize Automation installation procedure

Module 4: Configuring IaaS

• Define relationships between vRealize Automation entities
• Identify and configure vRealize Automation endpoints
• Identity how vRealize Automation discovers compute resources
• Define vRealize Automation roles
• Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
• Create tenants
• Create and manage reservations for compute resources

Module 5: Blueprints and Catalog Services

• Create and manage single-machine and multimachine blueprints
• Manage service catalog items with entitlements and approval policies

Module 6: Provisioning Services

• Provision new machines and services
• Manage self-provisioned machines
• Create approval policies
• Identify approval policy levels and approval phases
• Use custom properties
• Use build profiles
• Use the property dictionary

Module 7: Extensibility

• Identify extensibility and customization options
• Use vRealize Orchestrator
• Configure plug-ins for external integration
• Use the Advanced Service Designer
• Create custom forms and services

Module 8: Monitoring and Reclamation

• Identify and verify inactive and abandoned resources
• Manage machine leases
• Manage machine reclamation

Module 9: Operational Management

• Configure vRealize Business
• Report financial data for a cloud infrastructure
• Troubleshoot common vRealize Business problems

Module 10: Managing Applications

• Define the role of vRealize Application Services
• Identify vRealize Application Services infrastructure components and requirements
• Deploy and manage vRealize Application Services
• Configure application provisioning
• Create, manage, and update applications
• Manage catalog services