CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Operations Management

IN THIS COURSE

• 1.  Course Overview
  1m 48s
  In this video, you’ll learn more about the course and your instructor. In this course, you’ll learn how to maintain efficient operations in your cloud environment. You’ll discover how to deal with life-cycle management and change management. Next, you’ll examine configuration management databases and why they're important. You’ll then learn to use dashboards and the impact of process improvements, upgrade methods, and performance reporting. You’ll also learn how to perform patching. FREE ACCESS
• 2.  Cloud Life Cycle Management
  6m 18s
  In this video, you’ll learn more about the considerations for performing life cycle management in a cloud environment. This is a business process designed to improve the sustainability of your assets. The goal is to see how quickly resources, applications, and services can be created and taken down. You’ll learn cloud-based solutions have a lengthy lifespan so proper life cycle management of your implementation should be maintained through features such as roadmaps, versioning, and upgrades. FREE ACCESS
• 3.  Cloud Change Management
  6m 43s
  In this video, you’ll learn more about change management in the cloud, the process of overseeing and controlling changes to your environment during its life cycle. You must ensure those changes cause as little disruption as possible to your day-to-day operations. Changes must be beneficial to ensure they don't end up causing problems. You’ll learn change management in the cloud is a process no different than in an on-premises environment. FREE ACCESS
• 4.  Cloud Asset Management
  4m 27s
  In this video, you’ll learn more about the implementation of a configuration management database. You’ll learn this provides you with the means to better manage your assets in the cloud, including any resources you've configured, software applications you've built, and all networking implementations. You’ll see maintaining adequate visibility of your assets is a key consideration in the cloud. These must be detected as soon as they're provisioned or deprovisioned, to maintain tracking for auditing purposes. FREE ACCESS
• 5.  Cloud Patching
  8m 7s
  In this video, you’ll learn options for performing, patching, and applying updates in a cloud environment. You’ll see this is something that’s applicable to both cloud consumers and providers. Updates are released by software and hardware vendors and are designed to repair vulnerabilities, prevent future threats, or introduce new features. FREE ACCESS
• 6.  Cloud Process Improvements
  7m 38s
  In this video, you’ll get an overview of implementing process improvements in a cloud environment. This is something any organization strives for. It's something applicable to both cloud consumers and cloud providers. All organizations face the same challenges in the areas of logistics, financial, and security. The goal of process improvement is to identify areas where those issues can be addressed more thoroughly. FREE ACCESS
• 7.  Cloud Upgrade Methods
  8m 46s
  In this video, you’ll learn methods of carrying out upgrades to your cloud environment. You’ll start with the rolling upgrade. This is a strategy designed to implement upgrades over time using a phased approach instead of upgrading everything at once. This approach can help reduce downtime as only certain servers and services must be taken down. This can be done during periods when they aren't being heavily used. This can also help reduce errors. FREE ACCESS
• 8.  Cloud Dashboards and Reporting
  5m 38s
  In this video, you’ll look at dashboard and reporting features typically available through public cloud subscriptions. These features allow you to more effectively manage your overall environment by providing you with a variety of customizable information management tools. They track and analyze performance metrics and monitor the health of your devices and resources. The options available will vary from provider to provider. FREE ACCESS
• 9.  Cloud System Backup Types
  11m 35s
  In this video, you’ll get an overview of the types of backup you can perform in a cloud environment. These backups are applied to resources such as standard virtual machines that store data. Once that feature is enabled, the provider must ensure a separate copy of your data is generated in a separate data center. The first type of backup is the full, which will back up all data specified on a particular drive. FREE ACCESS
• 10.  Cloud System Backup Objects
  6m 52s
  In this video, you’ll get an overview of the common cloud objects that must be backed up to protect your resources. You’ll start by learning about application-level backups. This is a broad term that covers any type of application your organization uses, including email, HR and employee management systems, inventory or shipping control applications, and accounting and financing applications. You don’t have to back up the application, you’re simply backing up the data it accesses. FREE ACCESS
• 11.  Cloud Backup Confirmation
  7m 22s
  In this video, you’ll learn some considerations for ensuring cloud-based data backups are performed and completed successfully. The processes are no different, only the location of the data. Errors can still occur which can compromise the integrity of the data and the backup process. One approach is to perform regular tests of your backup processes to ensure they complete. You should also verify the integrity of the backed-up data by performing test restore operations. FREE ACCESS
• 12.  Course Summary
  52s
  In this video, you’ll summarize what you’ve learned in the course. In this course, you’ve learned how to maintain efficient operations in a cloud environment. You explored cloud life cycle management and change and asset management in a cloud environment. You also learned patching options in a cloud environment and process improvement in a cloud environment. You learned about methods of performing cloud upgrades and using dashboards and reporting. FREE ACCESS