Introduction xxi Chapter 1 Introduction to the vCloud Suite Certifications 3 Foundation Topics 3 VMware Certification Overview 3 VCP -- VMware Certified Professional 4 VCAP -- VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 VCDX -- VMware Certified Design Expert 4 The vCloud Suite Certifications 5 VCP-Cloud 5 VCAP-CIA (Cloud Infrastructure Administration) 7 VCAP-CID (Cloud Infrastructure Design) 7 VCDX-Cloud 8 Preparing for vCloud Certifications 9 Chapter 2 Install and Configure vCloud 11 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 11 Foundation Topics 14 Preparing to Install vCloud Director 14 Requirements for RHEL Server Installation 14 Configuring vCloud Director for Multiple Cells 15 Load Balancer Requirements 15 NFS Transfer Export 16 Activity 2-1: Configuring NFS Export 17 Activity 2-2: Installing vCloud Director 17 Certificate Creation 18 Activity 2-3: Creating Certificate Keystore 19 Activity 2-4: Creating Signed Certificates 20 Configuring the vCloud Director Database Server 21 Oracle Database 21 SQL Server 21 Installing vCloud Director 22 Activity 2-5: Installing vCloud Director 22 Installing and Configuring vShield Manager 27 Activity 2-6: Deploying vShield Manager 27 Activity 2-7: Configuring vShield Manager 31 License Options for vShield (vCloud Network and Security) 33 Activity 2-8: Registering vShield Manager to vCenter 34 Final Configuration of vCloud Director 34 vCloud Director System Settings 36 General 36 Email 38 LDAP 38 Password Policy 38 Branding 39 Public Addresses 39 Extensibility 39 Federation 40 Summary 40 Exam Preparation Tasks 40 Review All Key Topics 40 Definitions of Key Terms 41 Review Questions 41 Chapter 3 Administer vCloud Users, Roles, and Privileges 45 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 45 Foundation Topics 48 Privileges and Roles 48 What Are Privileges? 48 What Are Roles? 48 Predefined Roles in vCloud Director 48 Activity 3-1: Allowing an Organization to Publish Catalogs 50 Activity 3-2: Publishing a Catalog for Public Use 51 Custom Roles in vCloud Director 54 Activity 3-3: Creating a Custom Role from Scratch in vCloud Director 54 Activity 3-4: Creating a Custom Role by Copying an Existing Role in vCloud Director 55 Activity 3-5: Modifying an Existing Role in vCloud Director 56 Activity 3-6: Deleting an Existing Role in vCloud Director 57 Troubleshooting Roles and Privileges 57 Users and Groups in vCloud Director 57 Local Users 58 Activity 3-7: Adding a Local System Administrator to vCloud Director 58 Activity 3-8: Adding a Local User to an Organization 60 LDAP Users and Groups 60 Activity 3-9: Importing an LDAP User as a System Administrator 60 Activity 3-10: Importing an LDAP Group as a System Administrator 62 Activity 3-11: Importing an LDAP User to an Organization 63 Activity 3-12: Importing an LDAP Group to an Organization 64 LDAP Integration 64 LDAP Authentication Methods 65 Simple Authentication 65 Activity 3-13: Configuring LDAP Integration for vCloud Director Using Simple Authentication 66 Kerberos Authentication 67 Activity 3-14: Configuring LDAP Integration for vCloud Director Using Kerberos 68 Configure LDAP Settings for Organizations 70 Activity 3-15: Configuring LDAP Integration for an Organization 71 Additional LDAP Options and Actions 72 Activity 3-16: Testing System LDAP Settings 72 Activity 3-17: Setting the LDAP Synchronization Interval 73 Activity 3-18: Manually Synchronizing with the LDAP Server 74 Federation with vCenter Single Sign-On and Horizon Application Manager 75 Activity 3-19: Configuring vCloud Director to Connect to a vCenter Single Sign-On Repository 76 Troubleshooting LDAP Integration Issues 77 Summary 78 Exam Preparation Tasks 78 Review All the Key Topics 78 Definitions of Key Terms 79 Troubleshooting Scenario 79 Review Questions 79 Chapter 4 Configure and Administer Chargeback 83 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 83 Foundation Topics 87 Installing vCenter Chargeback Manager 87 Hardware Requirements 87 Supported Operating Systems 87 Software Requirements 88 Supported Database Management Systems 88 Supported Web Browsers 89 Supported vCenter Server Versions 89 Supported vCloud Director Versions 89 Activity 4-1: Installing vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 89 vCenter Chargeback Manager Clusters 95 Configuring Chargeback Users, Roles, and Privileges 95 Privileges 96 Resource Types 96 Roles 98 Activity 4-2: Creating a Custom Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 98 Activity 4-3: Modifying a Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 101 Activity 4-4: Deleting a Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 101 Users 102 Activity 4-5: Creating a Local User in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 102 Activity 4-6: Configuring an LDAP server 103 Activity 4-7: Importing an LDAP User or Group in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 104 Activity 4-8: Assigning a Role to a User in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 104 Troubleshoot Users, Roles, and Privileges 106 Configuring and Managing Chargeback Cost Elements, Pricing Models, and Costing 106 Cost Elements 106 Billing Policies 108 Activity 4-9: Creating a Custom Billing Policy 109 Activity 4-10: Editing a Billing Policy 110 Hierarchies 111 Manage Cost/Pricing Models 112 Activity 4-11: Creating a Custom Pricing Model 112 Configure Entity-level Costs 114 Physical Infrastructure Costing 115 Activity 4-12: Setting Rate Factors for Hosts and Clusters 115 Activity 4-13: Setting Rate Factors for Datastores, Datastore Tiers, and Storage Profiles 116 Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines 116 vCenter Chargeback Manager Reporting 116 Activity 4-15: Generating a Report 117 Schedule Reports 117 Manage and Archive Reports 118 Summary 118 Exam Preparation Tasks 119 Review All the Key Topics 119 Definitions of Key Terms 120 Review Questions 120 Chapter 5 vCloud Connector 125 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 125 Foundation Topics 127 What Is vCloud Connector? 127 vCloud Connector Core 127 vCloud Connector Advanced 127 vCloud Connector Components 128 vCloud Connector Installation 128 Install Server 129 Activity 5-1: Installing vCloud Connector Server 129 Install Nodes 135 Activity 5-2: Installing vCloud Connector Node 135 Activity 5-3: Registering the vCloud Connector Node 143 Register vCloud Connector to vCenter 146 Activity 5-4: Registering vCloud Connector to vCenter 147 vCloud Connector Data Flow 147 Summary 148 Exam Preparation Tasks 148 Review All the Key Topics 148 Definitions of Key Terms 149 Review Questions 149 Chapter 6 Configure and Administer vCloud Networking 153 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 153 Foundation Topics 156 External Networks 156 Activity 6-1: Add External Network to vCloud Director 156 Activity 6-2: Modifying External Network Settings 161 External Routed Network 163 Organization vDC Networks 164 Types of Organization Networks 165 Direct Network 165 Routed Network 165 Internal Network 166 Create, Modify, and Remove Organization Networks 166 Activity 6-3: Creating a Routed Network 166 Activity 6-4: Creating a Direct Network 171 Activity 6-5: Creating an Internal Organization Network 171 Configure and Administer vCloud Network Pools 173 Types of Network Pools 173 VXLAN 174 Activity 6-6: Enabling VXLAN 174 vCloud Director -- Network Isolated Network 177 Port-Group Backed 177 VLAN-Backed 177 Create/Delete a Network Pool 178 Activity 6-7: Creating a vCD-NI Network Pool 178 Activity 6-8: Creating a Port-Group Backed Network Pool 179 Activity 6-9: Creating a VLAN-Backed Network Pool 181 Troubleshooting Common Network Pool Problems 183 Configure and Administer vApp Networks 183 vApp Network Types 184 Direct-Connect Networks 184 Routed Networks 184 Managed Network Services 185 vShield Edge Sizing 185 Compact 185 Large 185 vShield Edge Services 186 Firewall 186 Static Routing 186 Load Balancer-Layer 4 and Layer 7 186 High Availability 187 DHCP 187 DNS Relay 187 SNAT 187 DNAT 187 Firewall 188 Static Routing 188 IPsec VPN 188 SSL VPN-Plus 188 Layer 7 Load Balancer 189 Third-Party Support 189 Configuring vShield Edge Services 189 Activity 6-10: Configuring a DHCP Server 189 Activity 6-11: Configuring NAT Rules 190 Activity 6-12: Creating a VPN Session (IPsec and SSL) 192 Summary 192 Exam Preparation Tasks 193 Review All Key Topics 193 Definitions of Key Terms 194 Review Questions 194 Chapter 7 Configure and Administer vCloud Organizations 197 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 197 Foundation Topics 199 What Is a vCloud Director Organization? 199