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VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Troubleshooting and Operations

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This advanced course is carried out directly by VMware.

Please Note:The acquisition of Broadcom has optimized the VMware course portfolio for the revised go-to-market strategy. In future, the focus will be on the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) portfolio. All courses that do not belong to this portfolio will be transferred to "End of Availability" (EOA) status on March 1, 2024. This means that this course will only be available until March.

This 3-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competence in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer solutions. In this course, you are introduced to several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools. You will be presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Course Contents

  • Course Introduction
  • Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
  • Events and Alerts
  • Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Troubleshooting
  • Infrastructure Troubleshooting Concepts
  • Troubleshooting Avi Service Engines and Advanced Troubleshooting
  • Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.

Target Group

• Experienced system administrators or network administrators
• Network professionals who have experience working with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer and are
responsible for troubleshooting and operating Application Delivery Controllers solutions

Knowledge Prerequisites

This class requires completion of the following courses:
•  VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage

1 Course Introduction
 
- Introductions and course logistics
 
- Course objectives
2 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits
 
- Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
 
- Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions
3 Events and Alerts
 
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Events
 
- Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Alerts
 
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer monitoring capabilities leveraging SNMP, Syslog and Email
4 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Troubleshooting
 
- Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer troubleshooting concepts
 
- Describe and leverage Application Logs
 
- Describe and leverage Application Analytics and Security Insights
 
- Understand and utilize Health Score concepts
 
- Explain and leverage metrics
 
- Explain and leverage packet capture and command line utilities
 
- Describe and leverage UI and CLI utilities to perform Control Plane troubleshooting
5 Infrastructure Troubleshooting Concepts
 
- Describe and perform general Cloud Connector troubleshooting
 
- Describe and analyze VMware Cloud Connector state
 
- Leverage case studies to troubleshoot VMware Cloud Connector
 
- Describe and troubleshoot VMware NSX Cloud Connector integration
 
- Describe and troubleshoot Linux Server Cloud Connector integration
 
- Describe and troubleshoot Openstack Cloud Connector integration
 
- Leverage case studies to troubleshoot Openstack Cloud Connector
 
- Describe and troubleshoot AWS and Azure Cloud Connector integrations
6 Troubleshooting Avi Service Engines and Advanced Troubleshooting
 
- Explain general Service Engine infrastructure
 
- Explain and leverage Analytics, Health Score and Metrics for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Explain and leverage Events and Alerts for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Leverage CLI for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Analyze Service Engine with Tech Support utility
 
- Leverage CLI for advanced Datapath analysis
7 Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Explain and configure SNMP-based monitoring
 
- Explain and configure REST API-based monitoring
 
- Describe and leverage 3rd-party REST API monitoring extensions (Grafana, Prometheus)

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

This advanced course is carried out directly by VMware.

Please Note:The acquisition of Broadcom has optimized the VMware course portfolio for the revised go-to-market strategy. In future, the focus will be on the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) portfolio. All courses that do not belong to this portfolio will be transferred to "End of Availability" (EOA) status on March 1, 2024. This means that this course will only be available until March.

This 3-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competence in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer solutions. In this course, you are introduced to several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools. You will be presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Course Contents

  • Course Introduction
  • Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
  • Events and Alerts
  • Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Troubleshooting
  • Infrastructure Troubleshooting Concepts
  • Troubleshooting Avi Service Engines and Advanced Troubleshooting
  • Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.

Target Group

• Experienced system administrators or network administrators
• Network professionals who have experience working with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer and are
responsible for troubleshooting and operating Application Delivery Controllers solutions

Knowledge Prerequisites

This class requires completion of the following courses:
•  VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage

1 Course Introduction
 
- Introductions and course logistics
 
- Course objectives
2 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits
 
- Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
 
- Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions
3 Events and Alerts
 
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Events
 
- Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Alerts
 
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer monitoring capabilities leveraging SNMP, Syslog and Email
4 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Troubleshooting
 
- Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer troubleshooting concepts
 
- Describe and leverage Application Logs
 
- Describe and leverage Application Analytics and Security Insights
 
- Understand and utilize Health Score concepts
 
- Explain and leverage metrics
 
- Explain and leverage packet capture and command line utilities
 
- Describe and leverage UI and CLI utilities to perform Control Plane troubleshooting
5 Infrastructure Troubleshooting Concepts
 
- Describe and perform general Cloud Connector troubleshooting
 
- Describe and analyze VMware Cloud Connector state
 
- Leverage case studies to troubleshoot VMware Cloud Connector
 
- Describe and troubleshoot VMware NSX Cloud Connector integration
 
- Describe and troubleshoot Linux Server Cloud Connector integration
 
- Describe and troubleshoot Openstack Cloud Connector integration
 
- Leverage case studies to troubleshoot Openstack Cloud Connector
 
- Describe and troubleshoot AWS and Azure Cloud Connector integrations
6 Troubleshooting Avi Service Engines and Advanced Troubleshooting
 
- Explain general Service Engine infrastructure
 
- Explain and leverage Analytics, Health Score and Metrics for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Explain and leverage Events and Alerts for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Leverage CLI for Service Engine troubleshooting
 
- Analyze Service Engine with Tech Support utility
 
- Leverage CLI for advanced Datapath analysis
7 Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer
 
- Explain and configure SNMP-based monitoring
 
- Explain and configure REST API-based monitoring
 
- Describe and leverage 3rd-party REST API monitoring extensions (Grafana, Prometheus)

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.