Free VMware Training which is two hours long is available at VMware and allows to get started with vCloud Air, understand the basics, but also get in the deep details concerning networking and tools used with vCloud air. Tools like the web based portal or vCloud connector.
What's vCloud air for? Remote site for your datacenter, DR site,
The learning course is free (VMware education account is necessary) and it's delivered in your browser via Adobe Flex module which allows sound, animations etc… It's a standard delivery module which however cannot be downloaded to your computer for offline learning.
Once you have VMware education account just add this course to your Enrollments and you can start learning right away. VMware university has many self-paced courses which are free.
Quick screenshot showing the learning window… Note that the visualized lessons are grayed so you know if you have took this part or not.
vCloud Air – What's in the course?
1. Course Introduction
- Course Overview
- Course Objectives
- Course Outline
2. Introduction to VMware vCloud Air
- What is VMware vCloud® Air™?
- VMware’s Hybrid Cloud Vision
- Challenged with Public Cloud Offerings
- Common Barriers to Public Cloud Adoption
- vCloud Air Core Service Offerings
- vCloud Air Service Delivery Components
- Features of vCloud Air
- Security and Compliance
- Use Case Based Starting Points for Hybrid Cloud
3. vCloud Air Networking
- vCloud Air Networking Overview
- Edge Gateway
- Edge Gateway Networking Services
- Bring-Your-Own Third-Party Appliances
- Connecting vCloud Air and Data Center
- Network Access Control
4. vCloud Air Management Tools
- vCloud Air Management Tools: Overview
- vCloud Air Web Portal
- vCloud Air vSphere Client Plug-In
- vCloud Connector
- vRealize Suite
- vRealize Operations Manager (vRealize Operations)
- vRealize Hyperic
- vRealize Automation
But to actually get the workload to vCloud Air there are 3 ways to do it:
1. Export VM(s) as OVF.
2. vCloud connector
3. Offline transfer (DHL, UPS…)
vCloud Air training allows you to learn the basics, but the basics during 2 hours, which is a lot. I mean, in two hours you can lear quite a lot!
Start learning now – vCloud Air Fundamentals.
