VMware vCloud Director Essentials

By David Davis and Jake Robinson
Learn the basics of cloud computing and how to create a hybrid cloud to deploy IT resources on-demand with VMware vCloud Director.
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 20, 2012
Duration
5h 17m
Table of contents
Introduction to VMware vCloud Director Essentials
Introduction 1m About Your Instructor - David Davis 1m Course Prerequisites 1m Why Cloud Computing is So Important 1m What Makes VMware vCloud Different? 2m What You Will Learn 2m
Real World Cloud Computing
Who is Jake Robinson? 2m Why You Need vCloud Director 6m Enterprise Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Public Cloud 3m Demo - Look Inside vCloud 2m What We Covered 1m
Cloud Computing 101
Introduction 1m What is Cloud Computing? 3m Various Forms of Cloud Computing 2m Cloud Requires a New Approach 4m Private, Public, and Hybrid Cloud 1m Cloud Concerns 6m What Makes Up an IaaS Cloud? 3m Evolve Your Datacenter to a Private Cloud 3m
VMware vCloud Offerings
The VMware vCloud Solution 2m vCloud Director 1m vCloud Datacenter Services and Powered Services 1m vCloud Express 3m vCloud API 2m What We Covered 1m
vCloud Director 101
Introduction 1m What is vCloud Director? 5m What is a Cell? 1m Components of a vCD Deployment 4m vCD Logical Terminology 8m Management and Resource Clusters 2m What We Covered 2m
Building a vCloud Director Lab
Introduction 1m Why Build a Lab? 1m Components of a vCD Lab 3m Physical vs Virtual 1m Background on the vCD Appliance 1m Demo - Download vCloud Director 4m Demo - Installing the vCloud Director Appliance 9m Demo - Installing the vShield Manager Appliance 12m What We Covered 3m
Installing vCloud Director
Introduction 1m Installation Planning 7m What's New in vCloud Director 1.5? 5m Demo - vCloud Director Evalution 1m vCloud Director Requirements 5m Configure vCloud Director Database 13m Generating SSL Certificates 13m vShield Manager Installation 4m Creating DNS Entries 1m Perform Verification of Services 14m vCloud Director Installation References 1m What We Covered 3m
vCloud Director Setup
Introduction 1m vCloud Director Administration Overview 6m Connecting to vCenter and vShield 5m Creating a Provider Virtual Datacenter 10m Creating a VM Deployment Template 5m What We Covered 2m
Managing vCloud Director Resources
Introduction 1m Managing Cloud Resources and vSphere Resources 2m Layers of Networking 3m vCD Networking Terms 4m External, Organizational, and vApp Networks 1m Demo - External Networks 9m Network Pools 2m Demo - Network Pools 8m Creating Organizations and Allocating Resources 16m Connecting Organizations to LDAP 7m Understanding Leases and Organizations 3m What We Covered 1m
Understanding vCloud Director Catalogs
Creating vApps 3m Understanding Catalogs 21m
Monitoring vCloud Director
Tasks and Events 4m Monitoring Blocking Tasks 2m Provider and Org vDC Usage 5m vCD Logs 3m
vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT)
vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) 7m
vCloud Director Client for iPad
vCloud Director Client for iPad 6m
Next Steps in vCloud Director
Build Your Lab 1m vCD Resources and Blogs 1m Prove Your Knowledge 2m
Description
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 20, 2012
Duration
5h 17m
Description

This comprehensive course teaches you cloud computing basics and shows you how to use VMware vCloud Director to create a hybrid cloud that can deploy IT resources on-demand. You'll learn cloud computing and vCloud Director 101, how to build a vCloud Director lab, how to manage vCloud Director resources, and how to create catalogs and vApps. This course is designed for those who have little to no experience in cloud computing, but want to learn solid skills to build upon.

About the author
David Davis
About the author

David has authored over 50 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere.

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Jake has a broad range of IT infrastructure experience. This experience ranges from telecom and networking, to operating systems from Microsoft and Linux.

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