1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

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VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V8]

Monday, June 8, 2026

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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