0-60 virtualization with Private Cloud Director

A free hands-on lab for VMware admins


Day 1:
July 8, 2025 at 9 AM PT        
Day 2:
July 10, 2025 at 9 AM PT

 

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Technical details and requirements for lab participation

This hands-on lab is designed for VMware administrators who are considering an alternative hypervisor and virtualization management product.

Platform9 Private Cloud Director provides a compelling VMware alternative that is easy to adopt with the following capabilities:

  • A familiar GUI-based interface for traditional VM management
  • Enterprise virtualization features for robust cluster management, including VM HA, Live Migration, and Dynamic Resource Rebalancing.
  • Seamless integration with existing storage, server, and network environments
  • The industry’s easiest migration experience with vJailbreak

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.

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