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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="33631" language="fr" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-course/vmware-vstdcm8" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-courses"><title>VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V8]</title><productcode>VSTDCM8</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-VSTDCM8</fullproductcode><version>8</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu&amp;reg; portfolio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX&amp;reg;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere&amp;reg; Distributed Switch&amp;trade;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and manage Supervisors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere Pod capabilities and components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform a backup using Velero&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Experience deploying and managing vSphere&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attending one of the following courses is recommended:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;vSphere administrators and platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h5&gt;Course Introduction&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introductions and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Differentiate between containers and virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the parts of a container system&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the steps in a basic Docker workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the importance of Kubernetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the basic architecture of Kubernetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Introducing vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VMware Tanzu&amp;reg; Mission Control&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VMware Tanzu&amp;reg; for Kubernetes Operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose of vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere Namespaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the Supervisor Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the VM Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe storage policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe content libraries&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSphere with Tanzu Architecture&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the Supervisor architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the different options for deploying the Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere Namespaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define content libraries and VM images&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain VM classes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the different types of authentication available in vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain vSphere privileges&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain roles and permissions in vSphere Namespaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid RBAC&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the components of vSphere Pods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the concept of Supervisor Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the VM Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the use cases of the VM Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the VM Service parameters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Day 2 Operations&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe load balancer certificate management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the Supervisor updates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSphere Namespace updates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to back up a Supervisor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the various vSphere with Tanzu logs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to generate a vSphere with Tanzu support bundle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to use SSH to connect to Supervisor control plane nodes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:


- Describe how vSphere with Tanzu fits in the VMware Tanzu® portfolio
- Describe the vSphere with Tanzu concepts and architecture
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware NSX®
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu on VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
- List the load balancer solutions supported by vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe the vSphere with Tanzu storage components
- Deploy and manage Supervisors
- Describe vSphere Pod capabilities and components
- Deploy and configure Contour as a Supervisor Service
- Deploy and configure ExternalDNS as a Supervisor Service
- Deploy and configure Harbor as a Supervisor Service
- Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
- Deploy and manage virtual machines using the VM Service
- Deploy applications in a vSphere with Tanzu environment
- Perform a backup using Velero
- Use the vSphere UI and CLI to monitor the health of the vSphere with Tanzu environment
- Use logs and CLI commands to troubleshoot the vSphere with Tanzu environment</objective_plain><essentials_plain>- Experience deploying and managing vSphere
- Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture
Attending one of the following courses is recommended:


- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations</essentials_plain><audience_plain>vSphere administrators and platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing workloads and services in vSphere with Tanzu</audience_plain><contents_plain>Course Introduction


- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
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
Introducing 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 capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
- Identify the components of the vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor
- Describe vSphere Namespaces
- Describe the Supervisor Services
- Describe the VM Service
- Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
vSphere with Tanzu Infrastructure


- Discuss storage concepts for vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe storage policies
- Describe content libraries
- Explain the Container Storage Interface plug-in functionalities
- Discuss storage for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- Describe the vSAN Direct datastore for vSphere with Tanzu
- Identify the two network stacks available for vSphere with Tanzu deployments
- List the VDS components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
- List the NSX components that vSphere with Tanzu supports
- Outline the supported load balancer solutions by vSphere with Tanzu
vSphere with Tanzu Architecture


- Describe the Supervisor architecture
- List the different options for deploying the Supervisor
- Outline the requirements for deploying a Supervisor
- Outline the licensing requirements for the Supervisor
- Describe vSphere Namespaces
- List vSphere Namespace resources and Kubernetes object limits
- Define content libraries and VM images
- Explain VM classes
- Describe Kubernetes CLI 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 the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid authentication methods
- List the vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads
- Identify the supportability for vSphere with Tanzu services and workloads based on the Supervisor deployment types
vSphere with Tanzu Workloads and Services


- Describe the characteristics of vSphere Pods
- Identify the capabilities of vSphere Pods
- List the components of vSphere Pods
- Explain the concept of Supervisor Services
- Describe the Supervisor Services catalog and its available services
- Discuss how to add Supervisor Services and manage their life cycle
- Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- List the components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
- List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
- List the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
- Outline the requirements for deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload cluster
- Describe the VM Service
- Explain the use cases of the VM Service
- List the VM Service parameters
- Outline the requirements for deploying a VM using the VM Service
Day 2 Operations


- Explain how to view Kubernetes namespace events
- List the ways to monitor vSphere Pod, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, and VM performance and utilization
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu control plane certificate management
- Describe load balancer certificate management
- Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe the Supervisor updates
- Describe the vSphere Namespace updates
- Describe the update process of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- List the steps to back up the vSphere with Tanzu components
- Explain how to back up a Supervisor
- Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero
- Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters
- Explain how to back up and restore vSphere with Tanzu workloads with the Velero CLI
- Describe the various 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</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 jours</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="CH" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="PL" currency="PLN">6100.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">2260.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="UA" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2250.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1650.00</price></pricelist><miles><milesvalue country="PL" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">15.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="SI" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">15.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="AT" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">27.00</milesvalue></miles></course>