VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [V8.x]

• Course Introduction
  
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
• Advanced Blueprints
  
  • Use advanced YAML and cloudConfig to deploy a functioning 2-tier application with a phpMyAdmin front-end server and a MySQL database server
  • Use troubleshooting techniques to debug problems in advanced YAML blueprints
  • List the log files that can aid in troubleshooting blueprint deployment
• Advanced Networking
  
  • Use NSX-T advanced features in blueprints
  • Interfacing to IPAMs
  • Use NSX-T Data Center NAT in blueprints
  • Use NSX-T Data Center routed networks
  • Use NSX-T Data Center load balancers
  • Use NSX-T Data Center security groups
  • Use tags with NSX-T Data Center network profiles
• Using vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Extensibility
  
  • Creating Day-2 Actions with vRealize Orchestrator workflows
  • Troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator cluster issues
  • Use vRealize Orchestrator to add computer objects to Active Directory when vRealize Automation deploys blueprints
  • Use a tagging approach to vRealize Orchestrator workflows
  • Use dynamic forms with vRealize Orchestrator
• Using ABX Actions
  
  • Determine when to use ABX and when to use vRealize Orchestrator
  • Using ABX to create day-2 Actions
  • Calling PowerShell from ABX
• Kubernetes Administration
  
  • Define basic Kubernetes terminologies such as pod, service, and deployment
  • List various options to integrate vRealize Automation with Kubernetes
  • Connect to an existing native Kubernetes cluster
  • Integrate Kubernetes with VMware™ Pivotal Container Service
• Code Stream Administration
  
  • Create and use CI/CD pipelines
  • Use the Code Stream user interface
  • Add states and tasks to a Code Stream pipeline
• Integrating vRealize Automation with GitLab
  
  • Define Git, GitLab, and GitHub
  • Configure GitLab to support vRealize Automation blueprints
  • Integrate vRealize Automation with GitLab
  • Manage blueprints using GitLab source control
• Configuration Management
  
  • Describe the use case of Ansible and Ansible Tower
  • Connect to Ansible Tower
  • Use Ansible playbooks
  • Use Puppet in configuration management
• Clustered Deployment
  
  • Use vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager in a clustered deployment
  • Configure External Certificates
  • Configure NSX-T Data Center load balancer
  • Install or scale out VMware Identity Manager to support High Availability
  • Install or scale vRealize Automation using clustered deployment
• Clustered Deployment Architecture
  
  • List of Kubernetes Pods
  • The vRealize Automation Kubernetes architecture
  • Relationship of Kubernetes pods to services
  • Logs and their locations
  • Blueprint deployment workflow with Kubernetes service interaction
  • Backup strategies and potential problems
• Troubleshooting vRealize Automation
  
  • vracli commands and when to use them
  • Check the status of Kubernetes pods and services
  • Correct the state of pods and services
  • Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation infrastructure problems
  • Diagnose and solve vRealize Automation failures to deploy blueprints and services
  • Use vRealize Log Insight to troubleshoot

Students will learn to,

• Create and configure advanced blueprints with complex YAML and cloudConfig.
• Use vRealize Automation advanced blueprints to deploy an actual 2-tier DB-Server using MySQL and phpMyAdmin.
• Practice troubleshooting techniques with advanced YAML blueprints in vRealize Automation.
• Use advanced VMware NSX-TTM Data Center networking features including NAT, routed networks, load balancers,security groups, and tags.
• Configure subscriptions to use VMware vRealize™ Orchestrator® workflows and create custom actions using XaaS.
• Configure and use ABX actions in vRealize Automation subscription
• Describe various options to integrate vRealize Automation with Kubernetes
• Create VMware Code Stream® pipelines.
• Configure vRealize Automation to integrate with configuration management tools such as Puppet and Ansible.
• Create and use Ansible playbooks that integrate with vRealize Automation.
• Configure security certificates in vRealize Automation from external Certificate Authorities.
• Configure VMware NSX™ Advanced Load Balancer® to deploy VMware Identity Manager® and vRealize Automation clusters.
• Describe the steps involved in VMware Identity Manager and vRealize Automation cluster deployment and scale-out.
• Describe the clustered deployment architecture, including Kubernetes pods and services.
• Use vracli commands, log files, and VMware vRealize™ Log Insight® to troubleshoot vRealize Automation and vRealize Automation deployments.

Experience working at the command line is helpful.
This course requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Create VMware vCenter Server™ objects, such as data centers and folders
• Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template
• Modify a virtual machine's hardware
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere™ vMotion™
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere™ Storage vMotion™
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere™ DRS cluster with resource pools.
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere™ High Availability cluster.
• Create and deploy a simple blueprint in vRealize Automation 8.x
• Use cloudConfig in vRealize Automation blueprints

Configure infrastructure in vRealize Automation 8.x

Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for using the advanced features of vRealize Automation in enterprise deployments.