Course : VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy Configure Manage (VSTDCM8)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-71.21

VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy Configure Manage (VSTDCM8)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-71.21



With this course, you'll focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Tanzu. You'll discover how vSphere with Tanzu provides services for deploying and managing virtual machines, vSphere spaces, supervisor services and VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

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  3d - 21h00
Price : 2590 CHF E.T.




With this course, you'll focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Tanzu. You'll discover how vSphere with Tanzu provides services for deploying and managing virtual machines, vSphere spaces, supervisor services and VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Describe the integration of vSphere with Tanzu into the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
Describe the concepts and architecture of vSphere with Tanzu
Describing vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®.
Describing vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
List load balancing solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
Describing vSphere with Tanzu storage components
Deploy and manage supervisors
Describing vSphere Pod features and components
Deploy and configure Contour as a monitoring service
Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a monitoring service
Deploy and configure Harbor as a monitoring service
Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
Deploy and manage virtual machines with the virtual machine service
Deploying applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
Backing up with Velero
Use the vSphere user interface and CLI to monitor the integrity of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
Using logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment

Intended audience
vSphere administrators and platform operators responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in vSphere with Tanzu.

Prerequisites
Expérience du déploiement et de la gestion de vSphere. Compréhension de Kubernetes et de l’architecture du cluster Kubernetes. Avoir suivi les formations AMW (recommandé).

Certification
Successful completion of the 5V0-23.20 exam leads to VMware Certified Specialist - vSphere with Tanzu certification.

Practical details
Teaching methods
Training in French. Official course material in digital format and in English. Good understanding of written English.

Course schedule

1
Introduction to containers and Kubernetes

  • Differentiate between containers and virtual machines.
  • Identify the parts of a container system.
  • List the steps in a basic Docker workflow.
  • Explain the importance of Kubernetes.
  • Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes.
  • Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow.

2
Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu

  • Describe vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid.
  • Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission Control.
  • Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations.
  • Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Identify the features of vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Describe vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor.
  • Identify the components of vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor.
  • Describe vSphere namespaces.
  • Describe supervision services.
  • Describe the virtual machine service.
  • Describing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.

3
vSphere with Tanzu infrastructure

  • Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Describe storage strategies.
  • Describe content libraries.
  • Explain the features of the Container Storage Interface plug-in.
  • Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.
  • Describe the vSAN Direct database for vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments.
  • List the VDS components supported by vSphere with Tanzu.
  • List the NSX components supported by vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Overview of load balancing solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu.

4
vSphere with Tanzu architecture

  • Describe the supervisor architecture.
  • List the different supervisor deployment options.
  • Describe the requirements for deploying a supervisor.
  • Describe licensing requirements for supervisors.
  • Describe vSphere namespaces.
  • List vSphere namespace resources and Kubernetes object boundaries.
  • Define content libraries and virtual machine images.
  • Explain virtual machine classes.
  • Describe the Kubernetes command-line interface tools for vSphere.
  • List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Explain vSphere privileges.
  • Explain roles and permissions in vSphere namespaces.
  • Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC.
  • List Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods.
  • List vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads.
  • Identify service and workload support based on supervisor deployment types.

5
vSphere with Tanzu workloads and services

  • Describe the characteristics of vSphere spaces.
  • Identify the features of vSphere Spaces.
  • List vSphere components.
  • Explain the concept of supervision services.
  • Describe the catalog of supervision services and the services available.
  • Discuss how to add supervisor services and manage their lifecycle.
  • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.
  • List Tanzu Kubernetes Grid components.
  • List deployment options for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters.
  • List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters.
  • Describe the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster.
  • Describe the virtual machine service.
  • Explain the use cases of the virtual machine service.
  • List virtual machine service parameters.
  • Describe the requirements for deploying a virtual machine using the virtual machine service.

6
Operations

  • Explain how to display Kubernetes namespace events.
  • List vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster and performance monitoring methods.
  • List methods for monitoring virtual machine usage.
  • Describe how to manage vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificates.
  • Understand certificate management in vSphere with Tanzu.
  • Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere wirh Tanzu.
  • Describe supervisor updates.
  • Describe vSphere namespace updates.
  • Describe the process for updating Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters.
  • List vSphere backup steps with Tanzu components.
  • Explain how to save a supervisor.
  • Define the Velero plug-in for vSphere and standalone Velero.
  • Identify the steps involved in installing Velero on workload clusters.
  • Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads using the Velero CLI.
  • Describe the different vSphere with Tanzu logs.
  • Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle.
  • Explain how to use SSH to connect to supervisor control plane nodes.


Dates and locations

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Session garantie
From 30 June to 2 July 2026
FR
Remote class
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From 17 to 19 November 2026
FR
Remote class
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