D79133 – Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 2.x: Cloud Management

Cloud Concepts

• Benefits of Virtualization and Cloud Computing
• Comparing Different Cloud Service Categories
• Explaining the Concept of Multi-Tenancy
• Describing Server Virtualization
• Describing Storage and Network Virtualization

The Exalogic Cloud Solution

• Describing Exalogic’s Hardware and Software
• Describing Exalogic’s Cloud Architecture
• Virtual Data Center Resources
• Describing Several Exalogic Cloud Roles
• Explaining a Typical Cloud Workflow

User and Account Management

• Accessing and Navigating Exalogic Control
• Integrating Exalogic Control with a Directory Server
• Creating Cloud Administration Users
• Controlling Administrative Privileges
• Creating Cloud Users
• Defining Virtual Data Center Accounts
• Monitoring Resource Usage for the vDC or an Account

Virtual Network Management

• Describing Exalogic Network Fabrics
• Comparing Public and Private Virtual Networks
• Creating Public and Private vNets
• Allocating Addresses for a vNet
• Monitoring Network Usage

Virtual Storage Management

• Explaining Exalogic’s Storage Architecture
• Creating and Initializing a Storage Volume
• Attaching a Volume to a Virtual Server
• Capturing a Volume Snapshot
• Creating and Securing Custom Storage Shares
• Mounting a Custom Share from a vServer

Virtual Server Management

• Explaining Exalogic’s Virtual Server Architecture
• Defining vServer Over-Subscription and High Availability
• Comparing vServer Types and Templates
• Creating a Custom vServer Type
• Starting and Stopping vServers
• Distributing vServers Across Multiple Nodes

Virtual Server Templates

• Explaining the Need for Custom Templates
• Describing the Template Creation Process
• Examining Different Template Modification Methods
• Mounting and Editing Template Disks with Loopback Devices
• Using the Modifyjeos Command-Line Tool

IaaS Command-Line Interface

• Installing the IaaS Software on a Remote Computer
• Creating Access Keys for a Specific Account
• Creating vNets, Volumes, Snapshots, and Distribution Groups from the Command Line
• Creating, Starting, and Stopping vServers from the Command Line

Advanced Cloud Techniques

• Rapidly Provisioning New Cloud Assets
• Modifying the Attributes of Existing vServers
• Using vServers to Host Common Services across Multiple Accounts