VMware Cloud Foundation: Troubleshooting (v9)

At Course Completion

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

? Describe the VCF solution

? Describe the VCF architecture and components

? Describe the deployment model based on the existing infrastructure

? Explain the troubleshooting methodology to resolve common validation precheck errors

? Identify and use the correct logs to troubleshoot VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Installer

? Describe the license assignment process for connected and disconnected deployments

? Identify the log file and log locations for VCF licensing components

? Explain the workload domain creation workflow

? Troubleshoot network pool creation

? Troubleshoot VMware® ESX® host commissioning

? Monitor VMware vSAN™ health using the VMware Cloud Foundation® Operations console

? Monitor vSAN Health using vSphere Client

? Monitor network operations

? Analyze flows and network performance

? Describe central password management in VCF Operations

? Monitor password expiration

? Describe the architecture and components of the VMSP cluster

? Identify key log files to troubleshoot the VMSP cluster provisioning

? Identify key kubectl commands and logs to check the health status of the VMSP cluster

? Generate, download, and review the structure of the VMware Cloud Foundation® Automation support log bundle

Audience Profile

System Administrators, Solution Engineers, Consultants, and Support Personnel

Outline

1. Course Introduction

? Introduction and course logistics

? Course objectives

2. Troubleshooting VCF Deployment

? Describe the VCF solution

? Describe the VCF architecture and components

? Describe the sequence of steps that occur during the VCF installation process

? Identify key log files to troubleshoot the VCF installation

? Describe the VMware vSphere® Foundation solution

? Describe the vSphere Foundation architecture and components

3. Troubleshooting Upgrades

? Understand the deployment model based on the existing infrastructure

? Explain the troubleshooting methodology to resolve common validation precheck errors

? Identify and use the correct logs to troubleshoot VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Installer

? Explain the key components and features of VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 Private Cloud

? Understand the architecture of VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 Private Cloud

? Identify and analyze the supported upgrade paths to vSphere Foundation 9.0 private cloud

? Identify the prerequisites to deploy vSphere Foundation

4. Troubleshooting License

? Describe the license assignment process for connected and disconnected deployments

? Identify the log file and log locations for VCF licensing components

? Run commands on the ESX host to verify licensing status

5. Workload Domain Troubleshooting

? Describe the workload domain architecture and components

? Explain the workload domain creation workflow

? Troubleshoot network pool creation

? Troubleshoot ESX host commissioning

? Troubleshoot the different steps in workload domain creation

6. Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Compute

? Monitor compute environments using VMware Cloud Foundation

? Troubleshoot ESX hosts and vCenter issues effectively

? Diagnose and resolve virtual machine problems efficiently

? Describe vSphere cluster features and related issues

? Describe diagnostic findings to identify and remediate issues

7. Troubleshooting VCF vSAN Storage

? Monitor vSAN health using the VCF Operations console

? Monitor vSAN Health using VCF Operations diagnostics Health in the vSphere Client

? Monitor object health in the vSphere Client

8. Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Networking

? Monitor network operations

? Deploy the Operations Network appliance

? Analyze flows and network performance

9. Troubleshooting VCF Operations Fleet Management

? Describe central password management in VCF Operations

? Implement password management

? Monitor password expiration

? Update VCF component passwords

10. Troubleshooting VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

? Describe the architecture and components of the VMSP cluster

? Identify key log files to troubleshoot the VMSP cluster provisioning

? Identify key kubectl commands and logs to check the health status of the VMSP cluster

? Generate, download, and review the structure of the VCF Automation support log bundle