Positioning and Architecture
- What has changed with Broadcom: from a single product to a bundle
- VMware Cloud Foundation versus vSphere Foundation
- Components of a VCF 9 environment
- The new certification model: role-based instead of product-centric
Deployment
- Planning and prerequisites
- Building the management domain
- Initial bring-up and basic configuration
Workload Domains
- Creating and expanding workload domains
- Managing clusters and hosts
- Allocating and monitoring resources
Network and Storage
- Network virtualisation in the VCF context
- Storage options and their operation
- Recognising typical fault patterns
Lifecycle
- Planning and carrying out updates and upgrades
- Managing certificates and passwords
- Backup and restore
Security
- Identities and access control
- Hardening the platform
- Logging and traceability
