By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
� Describe the vRealize Automation architecture and use cases
� Install and configure vRealize Automation
� Manage vRealize Automation entities on VMware and third-party virtual, cloud, and
physical infrastructures
� Configure and manage catalogs and blueprints
� Configure and manage business groups and reservations for compute resources on
VMware, Microsoft, Amazon, and other platforms
� Use the self-service portal to request and manage machines in accordance with
vRealize Automation approval and governance policies
� Explain vRealize Automation extensibility and workflows
� Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation
Course Modules
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, Containers, and Catalog Management
� Define blueprints
� Identify the process and options for configuring blueprints
� Create a blueprint with a single virtual machine
� Create a blueprint with multiple virtual machines
� Use parameters in blueprints
� Describe containers
� 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 NSX
� Identify NSX capabilities
� Describe the NSX components that vRealize Automation uses
� Describe the benefits of NSX integration with vRealize Automation
� Integrate vRealize Automation with NSX
� Use NSX elements in vRealize Automation blueprints
7 Application Authoring
� Detail 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
� Use scale-in and scale-out to size virtual appliances
� Integrate VMware vSphere� virtual machine storage policies into blueprints
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
