VMware vCloud Automation Center:

Install, Configure, Manage

Delivery Methods
Instructor-led
Live-online

Course Duration
Three (3) days of instructor-led classroom
training
60% lecture, 40% hands-on lab

Target Audience
Experienced system administrators, cloud
administrators, system integrators and
operational developers

Course Suitability
Administrator Expert
Engineer
Advanced
Architect
Professional
Fundamentals
Prerequisites
VMware vCloud Director 5.1: Install,
Configure, Manage and VMware vSphere
5.1: Install, Configure, Manage or
equivalent knowledge

Pricing
Contact your VMware representative or a
VMware Authorized Training Center
for pricing information.

More Information
Courses are conveniently scheduled
around the world. Go to
http://www.vmware.com/education to find
the class that is right for you.

Course Overview
This training course focuses on installing, configuring, and
managing VMware vCloud Automation Center. This course
covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center
as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and
physical machines to create and manage on-demand
multivendor cloud infrastructures.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the
following objectives:
Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and
use case in multivendor cloud environments
Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 5.2
Manage vCloud Automation Center 5.2 entities on VMware
and third-party hardware and cloud infrastructures
Configure and manage provisioning groups and blueprints
Configure and manage enterprise groups and reservations for
compute resources on VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and more
Use the Self-Service portal to request and manage machines
according to vCloud Automation Center approval policies
Use the Report portal to monitor vCloud Automation Center
configuration and managed resources
Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center
workflows
Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation

Onsite training is also available for

customers who prefer to bring a VMware
Certified Instructor to their own facilities.
For additional information about onsite
classes, including facility requirements,
go to http://www.vmware.com/education.

Education Services Datasheet

VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage

Course Modules
1

Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course outline
Course goals
Course objectives

VMware vCloud Automation Center Self-Service Portal

Review the installation requirements and process for the SelfService portal
Use the Self-Service portal to provision machines from virtual,
cloud, and physical resources
Review provisioning requests

VMware vCloud Automation Center Architecture and

Components
Explain the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation
Center to manage a multivendor cloud
Explain the components involved in a single vendor cloud
infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director and VMware
vSphere
Define the ports associated with the communication among
vCloud Automation Center components
Understand and customize the elements of the vCloud
Automation Center administration console

Managing and Monitoring vCloud Automation Center

Resources
Identify, verify, and reclaim inactive and abandoned resources
Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the
Administration portal
Monitor vCloud Automation Center resources with the Report
portal

VMware vCloud Automation Center Distributed Execution

Managers and Agents
Explain the role of Distributed Execution Managers and
agents
Explain the types of agents and agent relationships

VMware vCloud Automation Center Models and Workflows

Review Windows Workflow Foundation
Define and demonstrate default vCloud Automation Center
workflows
Explain how to use VMware vCenter Orchestrator
workflows from vCloud Automation Center

VMware vCloud Automation Center Configuration,

Provisioning, and Management
Understand the relationships among vCloud Automation
Center entities
Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
Demonstrate how vCloud Automation Center discovers
compute resources from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and
Amazon
Explain provisioning groups, enterprise groups, blueprints,
and reservations for compute resources

VMware vCloud Automation Center Installation and Upgrade

Review vCloud Automation Center interoperability
Explain vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
Identify vCloud Automation Center component installers
Identify the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure

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