0-60 virtualization with Private Cloud Director

Technical details and requirements for lab participation

This hands-on lab is designed for VMware administrators who are considering an alternative hypervisor KVM and virtualization management product, Private Cloud Director, which delivers a familiar private cloud experience with enterprise-grade VM management features on existing storage and server infrastructure.

Engineers from Platform9, many of whom worked at VMware or have extensive experience using VMware, will be running these labs using Private Cloud Director.

Our goal is to have one engineer for every three participants to ensure we can provide a high level of interactivity and guidance during the sessions.

Platform9 will provide the hardware for the lab. However, please ensure that your networks allow outbound SSH connectivity.

There is no cost to participate in the lab. The entire session will be conducted via Zoom. We will send you instructions on how to join Zoom once you register.

Automated migration off VMware using vJailbreak

vJailbreak is a free tool that migrates your existing VMs to Private Cloud Director in weeks to months, not years, at one-tenth the cost of industry analyst estimates. vJailbreak discovers your current VMware environment and migrates VMs, data, and network configurations to Private Cloud Director. See this tool in action on Day 2 where we showcase live migration of running VMs (with change block tracking and minimum downtime) or offline VMs, with an easy-to-use user interface as well as a powerful underlying API.

Session prerequisites:

One or more VMware administrators who are looking to get hands-on experience of KVM as an alternative hypervisor and an enterprise-grade virtualization solution
Must be able to participate in both lab sessions—2.5 hours each day over 2 days.

Day 1 schedule
(2.5 hours)

30 mins: Configure and setup Platform9 Private Cloud Director
- Configure cluster templates (networking, storage, and defaults) - Blueprints
30 mins: Add servers to the management plane - Install host agents
15 mins: Authorize servers and assign roles (Hypervisor, storage role, & image library role)
15 mins: Add images to Image Library
15 mins: Create VM flavors
30 mins: Deploying your first VM on KVM
15 mins: Overflow

Day 2 schedule
(2.5 hours)

30 mins: VM live migration, HA, and workload rebalancing
30 mins: Configuring block storage, storage classes, and backup options
30 mins: Enabling self-service and multi-tenancy (VDC equivalent)
30 mins: Migrate VMs from VMWare to Private Cloud Director
30 mins: Overflow