vCAC Useful Links, Hints and Tips

Here you will find links to vCAC Blogs, Whitepapers, Evaluation Guides etc.  Hopefully a good ‘first place to go to’ to find information to help you with vCloud Automation Center.

vCAC Blogs

Virtual Jad http://www.virtualjad.com – Start here! how to install vCAC 6

vCAC Team http://www.vcacteam.info/  – Articles on The Basics, Configuration and Extensibility

The Bitstream http://bitstream.geenrits.net – Alain Geenrits’ blog posts on vCAC

Cloudy Automation http://cloudyautomation.com/ – vCAC extensibility from Adam Bohle, one of the vCAC VMware SEs

Cloud Relevant http://cloudrelevant.com/2013/11/15/vfabric-application-director-zero-to-service-blueprint-in-20-minutes-or-less/ – stand up an Application Blueprint in 20 minutes!

TheSaffaGeek – http://thesaffageek.co.uk/2013/12/17/vcac-6-0-resources/ – a whole bunch of vCAC 6.0 resources!

Hands on Labs

Hols

VMware Hands on Labs are a FREE resource which will allow you to get to grips with vCAC and other VMware technology in fully functional lab environments.

Click Here for Hands on Labs!

You can also take Hands on Labs at VMworld and speak to VMware specialists while you work through your lab.

Labs with vCAC:

HOL-SDC-1307 – vCloud Automation Solutions
HOL-SDC-1313 – vCloud Suite Use Cases – Infrastructure Provisioning (IaaS)
HOL-SDC-1314 – vCloud Suite Use Cases – Application Provisioning (PaaS)
HOL-OPS-04 – vCloud Automation Center – Rapidly Deliver Private and Hybrid Clouds Across Multi-Vendor Environments

Education

vCloud Automation Center: Fundamentals [5.1] – FREE online course vCAC Fundamentals

vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [5.2] – classroom or online vCAC ICM