VMware Cloud Orchestration and Extensibility (VCOE) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Module 2: Cloud Orchestration and Extensibility Overview

  • Features, benefits, and components of vCenter Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center
  • vCenter Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center integration, prerequisites, and deployment

Module 3: vCenter Orchestrator

  • vCenter Orchestrator client
  • vCenter Orchestrator content elements and vCenter Orchestrator inventory

Module 4: Using vCenter Orchestrator Workflow Components

  • vCenter Orchestrator workflow elements
  • Building and debugging vCenter Orchestrator workflows

Module 5: vCenter Orchestrator Workflow Development Concepts

  • vCenter Orchestrator workflow editor UI
  • vCenter Orchestrator workflow components
  • Information flow in vCenter Orchestrator workflows and parameter binding

Module 6: Developing Complex vCenter Orchestrator Workflows

  • Advanced vCenter Orchestrator workflow elements
  • Configuration and resource elements
  • Exception handling and user interactions
  • vCenter Orchestrator workflow input presentation

Module 7: Using VMware Infrastructure APIs with vCenter Orchestrator

  • vSphere automation and developer tools
  • VMware vCenter Server™ inventory structure

Module 8: Integrating vCenter Orchestrator with External Systems

  • vCenter Orchestrator integration strategy
  • vCenter Orchestrator plug-ins

Module 9: vCloud Automation Center IaaS Extensibility

  • vCloud Automation Center IaaS extensibility overview
  • vCloud Automation Center plug-in for vCenter Orchestrator
  • vCloud Automation Center plug-in functionality

Module 10: vCloud Automation Center XaaS

  • Overview of vCloud Automation Center anything as a service (XaaS)
  • Advanced Service Designer configuration
  • Custom resources
  • vCloud Automation Center XaaS blueprints

Module 11: Enhanced IT Service Delivery

  • IaaS and XaaS actions
  • Advanced Service Designer input presentation
  • Delivering a service solution

Module 12: Delivering vCenter Orchestrator Workflows

  • Transferring vCenter Orchestrator content elements to other vCenter Orchestrator servers
  • Synchronizing workflows among vCenter Orchestrator servers
  • Exporting and packaging workflows

Module 13: Installing and Configuring vCenter Orchestrator

  • Installing vCenter Orchestrator
  • Configuring vCenter Orchestrator

Module 14: vCenter Orchestrator Server Availability

  • vCenter Orchestrator availability
  • vCenter Orchestrator clusters
  • Availability of vCenter Orchestrator workflows