VMware Cloud Foundation: Troubleshooting [V5.0]

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following course:

• VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0]

The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Operational capabilities with VMware vSphere® processes and architecture
• Operational capabilities with VMware NSX®
• Operational knowledge of VMware vSAN™

Minimum one year experience with VMware Cloud Foundation

Audience

Experienced System Administrators, System Engineers, System Integrators

Outline

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Bring-up

• Learn VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up troubleshooting methodologies
• Understand VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up validation pre-check process
• Use log files to identify VMware Cloud Foundationbring-up failures
• Understand Common VMware Cloud Foundationbring-up validation pre-check errors

3 Workload Domain Troubleshooting

• Use logs to perform workload domain troubleshooting
• Review logs for problem scenarios
• Review VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager capabilities and services
• SDDC Manager troubleshooting options
• Use the Supportability and Serviceability (SoS) utility tool
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential failed workflows with SDDC Manager

4 VMware Cloud Foundation Networking

• Learn the components of VMware NSX architecture
• Maintain a VMware NSX Manager cluster
• Understand routing and switching with VMware NSX
• Summarize VMware Cloud Foundation networking requirements
• Describe the role of VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation
• Deploy VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Foundationdomains
• Implement VMware NSX routing and switching in VMware Cloud Foundation
• Understand VMware NSX troubleshooting tools and methodologies
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential VMware NSX routing and switching issues in VMware Cloud Foundation

5 VMware Cloud Foundation Certificates

• Review cryptography fundamentals
• Explain the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) architecture
• Recall public key infrastructure (PKI) components
• Create a certificate signing request (CSR)
• Manage certificates for VMware Cloud Foundationcomponents
• Add a certificate authority (CA) in SDDC Manager
• Replace certificates with SDDC Manager
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential certificate errors

6 Troubleshooting Password Management

• Understand password rotation in SDDC Manager
• Summarize password management best practices
• Perform password rotation
• Use API calls and command-line tools to manage passwords
• Identify common password management problems

7 VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management

• Automate VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades
• Understand component upgrade prerequisites
• Upgrade SDDC Manager
• Upgrade VMware vSphere elements
• Upgrade VMware NSX
• Upgrade VMware Aria™ Suite products
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to identify potential issues with a VMware Cloud Foundationupgrade

8 VMware Cloud Foundation API

• Explain the use cases for the VMware Cloud Foundation API
• List the supported VMware Cloud Foundation API calls
• Understand Token-based authentication types
• Use API tools
• Apply troubleshooting methodology VMware Cloud Foundation API calls