Table of Contents - VMware · • Module 6 -Certificate Authority Configuration(15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of managing certificates

Table of ContentsLab Overview - HOL-2044-01-ISM - Modernizing Your Data Center with VMware CloudFoundation ........................................................................................................................ 3

Lab Guidance .......................................................................................................... 4Module 1 - Workload Domain Exploration (15 Minutes) .................................................... 7

Introduction............................................................................................................. 8Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Workload Domain Exploration with SDDCManager................................................................................................................ 11Conclusion............................................................................................................. 12

Module 2 - User Interface and vRealize Exploration (15 Minutes) ...................................14Introduction........................................................................................................... 15Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: User Interface and vRealize Explorationwith SDDC Manager .............................................................................................. 17Conclusion............................................................................................................. 18

Module 3 - Patching and Upgrading (15 Minutes) ........................................................... 21Introduction........................................................................................................... 22Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Patching and Upgrading with SDDCManager................................................................................................................ 24Conclusion............................................................................................................. 25

Module 4 - Workload Domain Expansion (15 Minutes) .................................................... 28Introduction........................................................................................................... 29Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Expand a Workload Domain with SDDCManager................................................................................................................ 31Conclusion............................................................................................................. 32

Module 5 - Workload Domain Multi-Cluster (15 Minutes) ................................................ 34Introduction........................................................................................................... 35Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Adding Multiple Clusters to a WorkloadDomain using SDDC Manager ............................................................................... 36Conclusion............................................................................................................. 37

Module 6 - Certificate Authority Configuration (15 Minutes) ...........................................39Introduction........................................................................................................... 40Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Managing Certificates in VMware CloudFoundation ............................................................................................................ 41Conclusion............................................................................................................. 42

Module 7 - Password Rotation in VMware Cloud Foundation (15 Minutes) ......................44Introduction........................................................................................................... 45Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Configuring Password Rotation in VMwareCloud Foundation .................................................................................................. 47Conclusion............................................................................................................. 48

Module 8 - How To Remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains (15 Minutes) .........50Introduction........................................................................................................... 51Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Remove Hosts, Clusters, and WorkloadDomains using SDDC Manager ............................................................................ 53

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Conclusion............................................................................................................. 54Module 9 - Working with Horizon Workload Domains (45 Min)........................................56

Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Create Horizon Domain ............................57Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Create Horizon Desktop Pool....................58Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Expand Horizon Cluster............................59Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Expand Horizon Domain...........................60Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Secure Desktops ......................................61Conclusion............................................................................................................. 62

Module 10 - Working with PKS Workload Domains (45mins) ...........................................64Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Deploy Virtual Infrastructure WorkloadDomain ................................................................................................................. 65Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Deploy PKS............................................... 66Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Expand PKS Workload Domain .................67Conclusion............................................................................................................. 68

Module 11 - Multi-Instance Management (15 minutes) ................................................... 70Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation: Multi-Instance Management.....................71Conclusion............................................................................................................. 72

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Modernizing Your DataCenter with VMware

Cloud Foundation

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Lab GuidanceThe Table of Contents can be accessed in the upper right-hand corner of theLab Manual.

This lab is an Interactive Simulation lab. You will gain a better understanding of howVMware Cloud Foundation provides an easier way to deploy and operate a private cloudbased on VMware's Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) architecture.

Lab Module List:

• Module 1 - Workload Domain Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the SDDC Manager interface to understand thebasic concepts of a Workload Domain. Two main types are the system'smanagement domain & compute workload domains and are comprised of pools oflogical resources.

• Module 2 - User Interface Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through navigating the role-based, single sign-on, SDDCManager web interface.

• Module 3 - Patching and Upgrading (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of lifecycle management andautomated patching & upgrades for SDDC Manager and other VMware softwarecomponents.

• Module 4 - Workload Domain Expansion (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of adding additional host capacity to anexisting Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.

• Module 5 - Workload Domain Multi-Cluster (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of quickly deploying additional clustersin a single Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.

• Module 6 -Certificate Authority Configuration (15 minutes) (Basic) Thisinteractive simulation steps you through the process of managing certificates forall external-facing Cloud Foundation component resources, including configuringa certificate authority, generating and downloading CSRs, and installing themusing the VMware SDDC Manager.

• Module 7 - Password Rotation (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulationsteps you through the process of configuring password rotation functionality inthe Cloud Foundation platform.

• Module 8 - How To Remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains (15 minutes)(Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of removinghosts, clusters and Workload Domains in order to decommission servers, lifecycleworkloads, or simply return resources to the pool in your private cloudinfrastructure.

• Module 9 - Working with Horizon Workload Domains (45 minutes) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of creating and expanding a HorizonWorkload Domain.

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• Module 10 - Working with PKS Workload Domains (45 mins) How to create avirtual infrastructure workload domain for PKS

• Module 11 - Multi-Instance Management (30 mins) Review what the Multi-Instance Management feature is and what advantages it will have for Rainpole

Lab Captains:

• Phil Balfanz, Senior Solutions Engineer, USA• Kevin Tebear, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, USA

This lab manual can be downloaded from the Hands-on Labs Document site found here:

http://docs.hol.vmware.com

Location of the Main Console

1. The area in the RED box contains the Main Console. The Lab Manual is on the tabto the Right of the Main Console.

2. A particular lab may have additional consoles found on separate tabs in the upperleft. You will be directed to open another specific console if needed.

3. Your lab starts with 90 minutes on the timer. The lab can not be saved. All yourwork must be done during the lab session. But you can click the EXTEND toincrease your time. If you are at a VMware event, you can extend your lab timetwice, for up to 30 minutes. Each click gives you an additional 15 minutes.

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Outside of VMware events, you can extend your lab time up to 9 hours and 30minutes. Each click gives you an additional hour.

Activation Prompt or Watermark

When you first start your lab, you may notice a watermark on the desktop indicatingthat Windows is not activated.

One of the major benefits of virtualization is that virtual machines can be moved andrun on any platform. The Hands-on Labs utilizes this benefit and we are able to run thelabs out of multiple datacenters. However, these datacenters may not have identicalprocessors, which triggers a Microsoft activation check through the Internet.

Rest assured, VMware and the Hands-on Labs are in full compliance with Microsoftlicensing requirements. The lab that you are using is a self-contained pod and does nothave full access to the Internet, which is required for Windows to verify the activation.Without full access to the Internet, this automated process fails and you see this

watermark.

This cosmetic issue has no effect on your lab.

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Module 1 - WorkloadDomain Exploration (15

Minutes)

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IntroductionCloud Foundation Bring-Up Overview

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Bring up demonstrates the powerful time-saving automation capability of VMware CloudFoundation. During bring-up, the VMware SDDC Manager deploys and configures theSDDC software components (vSphere, vSAN, and NSX) and creates the ManagementWorkload Domain. The bring-up process instantiates a VMware Private Cloud, based ona VMware Validated Design, in your on-premises data center. Once complete, you willbe able to quickly begin deploying applications and virtual desktop workloads.

During bring-up, the cloud administrator uses a web browser to connect to the SDDCManager and provide details about the private cloud environment. This includes:setting the date and time, configuring site-specific DNS and NTP settings, and specifyingthe network settings for the vSphere management, vMotion, vSAN and VXLAN networks.In addition, information on how to connect to the data center uplink networks is also

provided. SDDC Manager then uses this input to:

• Configure the physical networking on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) and managementswitches in the racks.

• Deploy a pair of platform services controllers along with a dedicated vCenterServer.

• Create a four-node vSphere management domain, with vSAN, HA and DRSconfigured.

• Create a dedicated vSAN data store in the management domain.• Create a distributed virtual switch and associated port groups in the management

domain.• Deploy and configuring NSX in the management domain.

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• Deploy and configure the Cloud Foundation infrastructure components in themanagement domain.

The bring-up proces is fully automated using the VMware SDDC manager. Once thebring up process is complete, Cloud Foundation is deployed and you have a fullyoperational Management Workload Domain. From here you will be ready to beginallocating the available capacity in your private cloud to host compute workloads bydeploying workload domains.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Workload Domain Exploration withSDDC ManagerThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to connect to the VMware SDDC Manager2. Explore the two different types of Workload Domains to see the preconfigured

settings and available attributes such as CPU, Memory, Storage Capacity,Services, and Security.

The interactive simulation will allow you to experience steps which are too time-consuming or resource intensive to do live in the lab environment.

1. Click here to open the interactive simulation. It will open in a new browserwindow or tab.

2. When finished, click the “Return to the lab” link to continue with this lab.

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ConclusionIn this module, we were given an overview of the VMware Cloud Foundationbring-up process. We have seen first hand how the powerful automationcapabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager simplify the tasks of installing andconfiguring the SDDC software stack in order to instantiate your privatecloud. We also stepped through an interactive simulation that showed how toconnect to the VMware SDDC Manager and complete the "bring-up" process.

Congratulations on completing Module 1.

For more information visit the VMware Cloud Foundation web site. For additionalproduct demonstrations and how to videos visit the VMware Cloud Foundation YouTubeChannel.

To continue with the lab, proceed to any module below.

Lab Module List:

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the SDDCManager interface to understand the basic concepts of a Workload Domain. Twomain types are the system's management domain & compute workload domainsand are comprised of pools of logical resources.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through navigating therole-based, single sign-on, SDDC Manager web interface.

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• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process oflifecycle management and automated patching & upgrades for SDDC Managerand other VMware software components.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process ofadding additional host capacity to an existing Workload Domain using theVMware SDDC Manager.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process ofquickly deploying additional clusters in a single Workload Domain using theVMware SDDC Manager.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process ofmanaging certificates for all external-facing Cloud Foundation componentresources, including configuring a certificate authority, generating anddownloading CSRs, and installing them using the VMware SDDC Manager.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process ofconfiguring password rotation functionality in the Cloud Foundation platform.

• (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process ofremoving hosts, clusters and Workload Domains in order to decommissionservers, lifecycle workloads, or simply return resources to the pool in your privatecloud infrastructure.




How to End Lab

To end your lab click on the END button.

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Module 2 - User Interfaceand vRealize Exploration

(15 Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Workload Domain Overview

Once Cloud Foundation has been deployed and you have instantiated your privatecloud, you are ready to begin allocating capacity. To do this, you create workloaddomains. There are currently two types of user-defined workload domains:

• Virtual infrastructure domains, or VI domains, are general purpose domainsused to host virtual workloads. A VI domain is comprised of 3 or more vSpherehosts configured in a vSAN cluster with a dedicated vCenter Server and NSXinstance

• Virtual Desktop infrastructure domains, or VDI domains, are special purposedomains used to deliver virtual desktops. Like a VI domain, a VDI domain alsocomprises of 3 or more vSphere hosts configured in a vSAN cluster with adedicated vCenter Server and NSX instance, but also includes the VMwareHorizon software used to provide virtual desktops.

Using the advanced automation capabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager, Workloaddomains can easily be created, expanded and deleted. This makes it easy to allocatethe capacity you need, dynamically expand that capacity as needed, and, if a workloaddomain is no longer needed, return the capacity back to the free pool where it can bereassigned. Thus delivering a true cloud experience right inside your data center.

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In this module, we will provide an overview on how to create a Virtual Infrastructure (VI)workload domain.

You create a Virtual Infrastructure (VI) workload domain using the SDDC Manager.Based on the inputs provided by the cloud administrator, the VI workload domain

creation workflow will perform the steps necessary to deploy a dedicated vCenter Serverinstance, assign the selected ESXi hosts to a dedicated vSphere cluster, and perform thenecessary configuration, to include things like: creating the vSAN datastore, enablingvSphere HA and DRS, configuring a Virtual Distributed Switch with the pertinent portgroups, and deploying and configuring NSX.

Once the VI Workload Domain has been deployed, you can optionally register it withvRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations, and vRealize Automation.

Again, creating workload domains is fully automated using the powerful automationcapabilities of the VMware SDDC manager.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:User Interface and vRealizeExploration with SDDC ManagerThis simulation walks you through

1. How to create a user in SDDC Manager2. How to configure role-based access controls for users



2. When finished, click the Return to the lab link to continue with this lab.

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ConclusionIn this module, we have seen how the VMware SDDC Manager is able to quickly andefficiently orchestrate the creation of workload domains. In automating large numbersof manual operations, VMware Cloud Foundation vastly simplifies the task of allocatingcloud capacity while simultaneously eliminating operational overhead. We also steppedthrough an interactive simulation that showed how to create a virtual infrastructure (VI)workload domain.



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• Module 6 - Certificate Authority Configuration (15 minutes) (Basic) Thisinteractive simulation steps you through the process of managing certificates forall external-facing Cloud Foundation component resources, including configuringa certificate authority, generating and downloading CSRs, and installing themusing the VMware SDDC Manager.






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Module 3 - Patching andUpgrading (15 Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Workload DomainOverview

Once Cloud Foundation has been deployed and you have instantiated your privatecloud, you are ready to begin allocating capacity. To do this, you create workloaddomains. There are currently two types of user-defined workload domains:

• Virtual infrastructure domains, or VI domains, are general purpose domainsused to host virtual workloads. A VI domain is comprised of 3 or more vSpherehosts configured in a vSAN cluster with a dedicated vCenter Server and NSXinstance

• Virtual Desktop infrastructure domains, or VDI domains, are special purposedomains used to deliver virtual desktops. Like a VI domain, a VDI domain alsocomprises of 3 or more vSphere hosts configured in a vSAN cluster with adedicated vCenter Server and NSX instance, but also includes the VMwareHorizon software used to provide virtual desktops.

Using the advanced automation capabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager, workloaddomains can easily be created, expanded and deleted. This makes it easy to allocatethe capacity you need, dynamically expand that capacity as needed, and, if a workloaddomain is no longer needed, return the capacity back to the free pool where it can bereassigned. Thus delivering a true cloud experience right inside your data center.

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In this module, we will provide an overview on how to create a Virtual DesktopInfrastructure (VDI) workload domain.

When you create a VDI workload domain the creation workflow is a two-step process:

1. SDDC Manager first runs the VI workload domain creation workflow, to create avirtual infrastructure (VI) environment. The VI workload domain is sized based on thehost's selection from the cloud administrator.

2. SDDC Manager then runs a second workflow to deploy and configure the VMwareHorizon software needed to provide the virtual desktop infrastructure. This includesHorizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent, Horizon Administrator, Horizon Composer,and the various client applications used for accessing the virtual desktops. When youspecify the App Volumes choice in the configuration wizard, the VMware App Volumessoftware is also configured in the VDI environment and the VMware App Volumes agentis installed in the deployed virtual desktops as part of the VDI environment creationprocess.

Note that the creation of the underlying vSphere cluster and the deployment of theHorizon software stack, to include creating desktop pools and virtual desktops is fullyautomated with the SDDC Manager; the administrator does not take any manual actionsto complete the workflows once they have been initiated.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Patching and Upgrading with SDDCManagerThis simulation walks you through

1. How to apply patches and updates to both SDDC Manager and other VMwareSDDC components. Applying patches and updates can be performed manually orautomated.



2. When finished, click the Return to the lab link to continue with this lab

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ConclusionIn this module, we seen how to use the VMware SDDC Manager to create a VirtualDesktop Infrastructure (VDI) workload domain. VMware Cloud Foundation for Horizondelivers a complete solution for VDI deployments at scale. Cloud Foundation easilydeploys Horizon 7 into your private cloud, with infrastructure aligned to the VMwareValidated Designs and that follows VMware Horizon architectural best practices. Thefully automated provisioning takes the guesswork out of setting up your virtual desktopinfrastructure, allowing you to deploy Horizon 7 and all of its supporting infrastructure ina matter of hours. We also stepped through an interactive simulation that showed howto create a VDI workload domain.


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Module 4 - WorkloadDomain Expansion (15

Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Workload Domain Expansion Overview

A traditional challenge faced by IT organizations has been the need to forecast capacityrequirements for application workloads. Overestimating can not only increase costs, butmay also result in wasted capacity. Underestimating could put the business at risk ofpoor performance and missed SLAs.

Fortunately, with the adoption of cloud computing, IT no longer has to grapple withtrying to anticipate future capacity needs. Instead, they simply allocate the capacitythat is needed today, knowing they can easily add more as demand increases down theroad.

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When running a private cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation, this is done using theVMware SDDC manager.

When IT receives a request to assign capacity to a new workload, they create aworkload domain. The domain is sized based on the current capacity requirements ofthe applications. In the future, should the applications demand more capacity, theworkload domain can easily be extended.

In this module, we will go over an example showing how to add additional capacity byexpanding a VI workload domain.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Expand a Workload Domain with SDDCManagerThis simulation walks you through

1. How to add capacity by commissioning additional host to an existing workloaddomain.




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ConclusionIn this simulation, we have seen how Cloud Foundation helps reduce operationaloverhead and simplify the private cloud by making it easy to add capacity to existingworkload domains. We also stepped through an interactive simulation that showed howto use the VMware SDDC Manager to add capacity to a Virtual Infrastructure (VI)workload domain.




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Module 5 - WorkloadDomain Multi-Cluster (15

Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Workload Domain Deletion Overview

A common challenge faced in many virtual environments is the need to reclaimpreviously allocated capacity that has become dormant. VMware Cloud Foundationaddresses this challenge by making it easy for cloud administrators to delete workloaddomains that are no longer needed. Deleting a workload domain returns the previouslyallocated capacity back to the free pool where it can be reassigned. Using the SDDCManager you can easily delete a workload domain by simply navigating to the domainsdetail page and selecting the "delete" option.

Deleting a workload domain removes the ESXi hosts from the vSphere Cluster, removesthe vSAN datastore and associated disk partitions, resets the ESXi configuration on eachhost, deletes the vCenter Server and NSX Manager instances, and reconfigures thenetwork ports on the Top-of-Rack switches. Thus it removes the workload domain andperforms all the "clean-up" tasks required to safely return the previously allocatedcapacity back to the free pool where it is available to be reassigned to other workloaddomains.

In this module, we will go over an example showing how to delete a VI workload domain.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Adding Multiple Clusters to a WorkloadDomain using SDDC ManagerThis simulation walks you through

1. How to quickly deploy additional clusters in a single Workload Domain.




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ConclusionIn this module, we have seen how the VMware SDDC Manager reduces operationaloverhead by leveraging automation to delete workload domains. Deleting a workloaddomain allows previously allocated capacity to quickly and easily be reclaimed andreassigned to other workloads running in the private cloud. We also stepped through aninteractive simulation that showed how to delete a workload domain using the SDDCmanager.




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Module 6 - CertificateAuthority Configuration

(15 Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Software Lifecycle Management Overview (Patches andUpgrades)

The Lifecycle Management (LCM) feature of VMware Cloud Foundation enables you toperform automated updating of both the Cloud Foundation software components (SDDCManager, HMS, and LCM) as well as the VMware SDDC components ( vCenter Server,PSC, ESXi, vSAN, and NSX).

Data center upgrade and patch management are typically manual, repetitive tasks thatare prone to configuration and implementation errors. Validation testing of software andfirmware to ensure interoperability among components when one component is patchedor upgraded requires extensive quality assurance testing in staging environments.Often strapped for time, IT must sometimes make the difficult decision to deploy new

patches before they are fully vetted or defer new patches, which slows down the roll-outof a new feature of security and bug fixes. Both situations increase the risk for theprivate cloud environment.

SDDC Manager automates upgrade and patch management for the SDDC softwarestack, thereby freeing resources to focus on business-critical initiatives while improvingreliability and consistency.

Lifecycle Management in SDDC Manager can be applied to the entire infrastructure or tospecific workload domain and is designed to be non-disruptive to tenant virtualmachines (VMs). By utilizing live VM migration, SDDC Manager can patch software toimprove infrastructure security and reliability while maintaining tenant uptime.

As new software updates become available, the SDDC Manager provides notification tothe cloud administrator who is able to view the update details and, at a time that isconvenient to them, download and schedule the updates.

In this module, we show how the LifeCycle Management feature built into CloudFoundation is used to upgrade from VMware Cloud Foundation 2.0 to VMware CloudFoundation 2.1

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Managing Certificates in VMware CloudFoundationThis simulation walks you through

1. An overview on how to manage certificates for all external-facing CloudFoundation component resources.




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ConclusionIn this module you were given an overview of automation of the patching andupgrading process for the software components of Cloud Foundations. Youalso stepped through an interactive simulation that showed you how toautomatically patch/upgrade the software components that make up a CloudFoundation installation.




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• Module 8 - How To Remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains (15 minutes)(Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of removing

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hosts, clusters and Workload Domains in order to decommission servers, lifecycleworkloads, or simply return resources to the pool in your private cloudinfrastructure.




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Module 7 - PasswordRotation in VMware CloudFoundation (15 Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation Password Rotation Overview

This module will have you explore the password rotation functionality of the CloudFoundation platform. You will update a host password and then validate that thepassword change has occurred.

You can rotate passwords for the logical entities in your system. The process ofpassword rotation generates randomized passwords for the selected accounts.

You can change passwords for the following entities:

• ESXi• PSC• vCenter Server• NSX Manager (NSX for vSphere and NSX-T)• NSX Controllers (NSX for vSphere and NSX-T)• vRealize Log Insight

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As a security measure, dual authentication is required to ensure that the person makingthe change has authorization. To do this we must first enable a privileged user. Thisuser must belong to the "Sddc_secured_access" group on the Platform ServiceController.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Configuring Password Rotation inVMware Cloud FoundationThis simulation walks you through

1. How to change and rotate passwords for logical VMware Cloud Foundationcomponents in SDDC Manager.




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ConclusionIn this module, we have seen how cloud administrators are able to leverage thepowerful automation capabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager in order to quicklyupdate Passwords under the Cloud Foundation System.




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Module 8 - How ToRemove Hosts, Clusters,and Workload Domains

(15 Minutes)

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IntroductionVMware Cloud Foundation - Remove Hosts, Clusters and Workload Domains

VMware Cloud Foundation moves at the speed of business. When your business grows,you need your private cloud to grow with you. Expanding your Cloud Foundationinstallation is made easy with the powerful automation capabilities of the SDDCManager. As you create workload domains and consume your available CPU, memoryand storage capacity, you'll need to add more resources. In a Cloud Foundation privatecloud, you do this by simply adding new servers to your existing racks, or when you runout of room in the rack, appending new racks. Once the hardware is in place, youleverage Cloud Foundation automation to install the ESXi hypervisor (a process calledimaging) and add them to your inventory where they are immediately available forcreating and extending workload domains.

A cloud foundation environment can start with a single rack and as few as four vSANready nodes, and scale up vSphere maximum supported configurations. In addition,within each rack, you can combine servers with different CPU, memory and storagedensities allowing you to take advantage of new hardware over time, as well as sizeyour infrastructure based on the types of workloads running in your private cloud.

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In this simulation, we will demonstrate how to dynamically manage your private cloudcapacity by removing hosts, clusters and Workload Domains to enable agilemanagement of the infrastructure.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Remove Hosts, Clusters, and WorkloadDomains using SDDC ManagerThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains with SDDC Manager.




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ConclusionIn this module, we seen how to use the use the powerful automation capabilities of theVMware SDDC Manager in order to easily manage our private cloud capacity byremoving Hosts, Clusters and Workload Domains.




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Module 9 - Working withHorizon WorkloadDomains (45 Min)

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Create Horizon DomainThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to build a Horizon Workload Domain using VMware Cloud Foundation




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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Create Horizon Desktop PoolThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to build a Horizon Desktop Pool




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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Expand Horizon ClusterThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to expand a Horizon Cluster by adding an additional host




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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Expand Horizon DomainThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to expand a Horizon Workload Domain by adding and additional cluster.




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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Secure DesktopsThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to secure desktops leveraging the capabilities of NSX for Desktops.




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ConclusionIn this module, we seen how to use the use the powerful automation capabilities of theVMware SDDC Manager to deploy the Horizon Suite Solution to extend Desktop andapplication based Cloud Services to End users.




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Module 10 - Working withPKS Workload Domains

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Deploy Virtual Infrastructure WorkloadDomainThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to create a virtual infrastructure workload domain for PKS


1. Click here to open the interactive simulation It will open in a new browser windowor tab.

When finished, click the “Return to the lab” link to continue with this lab.

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Deploy PKSThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to deploy a PKS Workload Domain using VMware Cloud Foundation




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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Expand PKS Workload DomainThis interactive simulation walks you through

1. How to expand a PKS Workload Domain using VMware Cloud Foundation




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ConclusionIn this module, we seen how to use the use the powerful automation capabilities of theVMware SDDC Manager to deploy PKS Enterprise Solution to extend Container basedCloud Services to End users.


For more information visit the VMware Cloud Foundation web site. For additional productdemonstrations and how to videos visit the VMware Cloud Foundation YouTube Channel.


Lab Module List:

• Module 1 -Workload Domain Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the SDDC Manager interface to understand thebasic concepts of a Workload Domain. Two main types are the system'smanagement domain & compute workload domains and are comprised of poolsof logical resources.

• Module 2-User Interface Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through navigating the role-based, single sign-on, SDDCManager web interface.

• Module3 -Patching and Upgrading (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of lifecycle management andautomated patching & upgrades for SDDC Manager and other VMware softwarecomponents.

• Module 4-Workload Domain Expansion (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of adding additional host capacity to anexisting Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.

• Module 5-Workload Domain Multi-Cluster (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of quickly deploying additional clustersin a single Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.



• Module 8-How To Remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains (15 minutes)(Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of removinghosts, clusters and Workload Domains in order to decommission servers, lifecycleworkloads, or simply return resources to the pool in your private cloudinfrastructure.

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Module 11 - Multi-Instance Management (15

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Hands-on Labs Interactive Simulation:Multi-Instance ManagementRainpole has seen great success in modernizing their data center with VMware CloudFoundation. Sam, Rainpole’s Cloud Administrator, has deployed a new data center tokeep up with Rainpole’s expanding business, and infrastructure. With the expansionRainpole is looking to keep operating expenses low and therefore Sam will be operatingboth data centers, but will have some remote hands at the new data center. CloudFoundation was a great fit for Rainpole in this case by utilizing the Multi-InstanceManagement features.

Let’s review what the Multi-Instance Management feature is, and what advantages it willhave for Rainpole.

From the VMware Cloud Foundation Operations and Administration Guide: Multiple CloudFoundation instances can be managed together by grouping them into a federation,such that each member can view information about the entire federation and theindividual instances within it. Federation members can view inventory across the CloudFoundation instances in the federation as well as the available and used capacity (CPU,memory, and storage). This allows you to maintain control over the different sites andensure that they are operating with the right degree of freedom and meetingcompliance regulations for your industry. It also simplifies patch management byshowing the number of patches available across sites in the global view.

The interactive simulation on Multi-Instance Management will allow you to experiencesteps which are too time-consuming or resource intensive to do live in the labenvironment.

Click here to open the interactive simulation

1. It will open in a new browser window or tab.

When finished, click the “Return to the lab” link to continue with this lab.

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ConclusionCongratulations on completing Module 11 and the Hands on lab HOL-2044-01-ISM -Modernizing Your Data Center with VMware Cloud Foundation.

For more information visit the VMware Cloud Foundation web site. For additional productdemonstrations and how to videos visit the VMware Cloud Foundation YouTube Channel.

Lab Module List:

• Module 1 -Workload Domain Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the SDDC Manager interface to understand thebasic concepts of a Workload Domain. Two main types are the system'smanagement domain & compute workload domains and are comprised of poolsof logical resources.

• Module 2-User Interface Exploration (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through navigating the role-based, single sign-on, SDDCManager web interface.

• Module3 -Patching and Upgrading (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of lifecycle management andautomated patching & upgrades for SDDC Manager and other VMware softwarecomponents.

• Module 4-Workload Domain Expansion (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of adding additional host capacity to anexisting Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.

• Module 5-Workload Domain Multi-Cluster (15 minutes) (Basic) This interactivesimulation steps you through the process of quickly deploying additional clustersin a single Workload Domain using the VMware SDDC Manager.



• Module 8-How To Remove Hosts, Clusters, and Workload Domains (15 minutes)(Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of removinghosts, clusters and Workload Domains in order to decommission servers, lifecycleworkloads, or simply return resources to the pool in your private cloudinfrastructure.



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Table of Contents - VMware · • Module 6 -Certificate Authority Configuration(15 minutes) (Basic) This interactive simulation steps you through the process of managing certificates

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