Detailed Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to VMware HCX
- Describe the workload mobility challenges that VMware HCX addresses.
- Recognize uses cases for VMware HCX.
- Describe the VMware HCX uses cases related to application migration, upgrades or re-platforms, workload rebalancing, and business continuity and protection.
HCX Architecture
- Describe the HCX management plane and data plane components.
- Distinguish between the types of HCX Manager deployments.
- Explain the role of HCX Cloud and HCX Connector.
- Describe site-pairing at the management plane level.
- Describe the services provided by HCX.
- Recognize the HCX appliances deployed to support each HCX service.
- Explain HCX Service Mesh and its benefits.
HCX Deployment
- Identify the type of environments that can be interconnected in HCX.
- Explain the different deployment topologies for HCX.
- Deploy HCX Cloud on SDDC and on the public cloud.
- Deploy HCX Connector on-premises.
- Establish site pairing between the source and destination sites.
- Troubleshoot common HCX Manager deployment and site pairing problems.
Service Mesh Deployment
- Use network and compute profiles to deploy the HCX Service Mesh.
- Recognize different types of Service Mesh topologies.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with Service Mesh deployments.
HCX+ Overview
- Explain the use cases and benefits of HCX+.
- Perform site onboarding and configuration on HCX+
HCX Network Extension
- Explain the functionality, benefits and use cases of HCX Network Extension.
- Compare HCX Network Extension with other L2 extension solutions.
- Distinguish between HCX Network Extension topologies.
- Describe the benefits of HCX Network Extension High Availability.
- Create a network extension and validate its configuration.
- Describe the benefits of Mobility Optimized Networking (MON).
- Configure a HCX Network Extension with MON.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX Network Extension and MON.
WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering
- Describe the benefits and used cases of WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.
- Configure WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with WAN Optimization and Traffic Engineering.
Workload Mobility
- Identify the different phases of an HCX migration.
- Differentiate between HCX migration types and their use cases.
- Describe the workflow for HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
- Explain the considerations and limitations of HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
- Perform HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX Cold and vMotion migrations.
- Describe the workflow for Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
- Explain the considerations and limitations of Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
- Perform Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with Bulk Migrations and Replication Assisted vMotion migrations.
- Describe the workflow for HCX OS Assisted migrations.
- Explain the considerations and limitations of HCX OS Assisted migrations.
- Perform HCX OS Assisted migrations.
- Identify and troubleshoot common issues with HCX OS Assisted migrations.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Explain disaster recovery concepts and considerations.
- Use VMware HCX to implement a business continuity strategy.
HCX Lifecycle Management
- Backup and restore the HCX Manager.
- Upgrade HCX components.