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VCP410Exam ExamBlueprintVersion1.8 22June2011 Disclaimer: Thisblueprintisintendedtoprovideinformationabouttheobjectivescoveredbythisexam,related resources,andrecommendedcourses.Thematerialcontainedwithinthisblueprintisnotintendedto guaranteethatapassingscorewillbeachievedontheexam.VMwarerecommendsthatacandidate thoroughlyunderstandstheobjectivesindicatedinthisguideandutilizestheresourcesandcourses recommendedinthisguidewhereneededtogainthatunderstanding. BlueprintAuthor: JonC.Hall,TechnicalCertificationDeveloper,VMware,Inc. Contributors: BillCall,StaffSystemsEngineer MarkJones,TechnicalTrainer LucasNguyen,TechnicalAllianceManager MostafaKhalil,StaffTechnicalSupportEngineer KenBrady,TechnicalAllianceManager TomMacKay,Sr.SystemsEngineer CurtisPope,StaffSystemsEngineer ConnieEconomou,TechnicalTrainer AndreAndriolli,Sr.SystemsEngineer BillGriffith,TechnicalTrainer MarkWeaver,SpecialistSystemsEngineer
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TableofContents
Section1:TheExam................................................................................................................................................3 1.1PurposeofExam...........................................................................................................................................3 1.2NumberofQuestions....................................................................................................................................3 1.3PassingScore................................................................................................................................................3 1.4HowObjectivesRelatetoQuestionsontheExam.......................................................................................3 1.5Languages.....................................................................................................................................................3 1.6TimeLimit.....................................................................................................................................................4 1.7SchedulingandTakingtheExam..................................................................................................................4 1.8CertificationTracks.......................................................................................................................................4 1.9RetakePolicy.................................................................................................................................................4 1.10ExamSecurity .............................................................................................................................................5 . Section2:IntendedAudience.................................................................................................................................5 2.1IntendedAudience .......................................................................................................................................5 . Section3:ObjectivescoveredintheVCP410Exam...............................................................................................5 3.1Introduction..................................................................................................................................................5 3.2Objectives.....................................................................................................................................................5 Section4:VCPPathsandCourseRequirementOptions......................................................................................22 4.1VCPPathOptions........................................................................................................................................22 4.2CourseRequirement...................................................................................................................................23 Section5:AdditionalResources..........................................................................................................................25 5.1MockExam..................................................................................................................................................25 5.2VCPCommunity..........................................................................................................................................25 5.3VMwarevSphere:CertifiedProfessionalExamPreparationWorkshop...................................................25 5.4BuildingavSphereTestEnvironment.........................................................................................................26
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Section1:TheExam
1.1PurposeofExam TheVCP410VMwareCertifiedProfessionalonvSphereexamtestspotentialVCPcandidatesontheirskillsand abilitiesinstalling,configuringandadministeringavSphere4environment.Successfulcandidates demonstratemasteryoftheseskillsandabilities. 1.2NumberofQuestions TheVCP410examconsistsof85questionsandashortpreexamsurveyconsistingof8questions. 1.3PassingScore Thepassingscoreforthisexamis300,usingascaledscoringmethod.Thescaleisfrom100500.Scaled scoresarecalculatedusingamathematicalformulathatconsidersavarietyoffactors,includingthenumber andtypeofexamquestionsincludedinaspecificversionoftheexam.Becausethiscombinationmayvaryin differentversionsofthesameexamination,scaledscoresprovideafairscoreforeachindividualbasedonthe versionoftheexamtaken. 1.4HowObjectivesRelatetoQuestionsontheExam Objectivessummarizewhatthetestisdesignedtomeasure.ObjectivesaredevelopedbyExamDevelopers andSMEsbasedonidentifiedtasksthatrelatetothejobofadministeringavSphereenvironment.Oncethe initialdevelopmentprocessiscomplete,theseobjectivesareverifiedusinganexternalgroupofindividualsin theactualjobrole.Theexternalsurveydeterminesthenumberofquestionsforeachobjective,whichrelates directlytothecriticalityofthetaskinthejobrole. 1.5Languages TheexamisavailableinEnglishandJapanese.
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1.6TimeLimit Thetimelimitfortheexamis90minutes,withanadditional15minutestocompletethesurveyquestionsand agreements.CandidateswhotaketheVCP410examinacountrywhereEnglishisnotaprimarylanguagewill haveanadditional30minutesaddedtotheexamtime.Thistimeextensionisautomatic,noadditionalaction isrequiredfromthecandidate.Forthepurposesofthisexam,countrieswhereEnglishisconsideredoneof theprimarylanguagesincludeAustralia,NewZealand,Belize,SouthAfrica,Bermuda,theUnitedKingdom, Canada,theUnitedStatesandIreland. 1.7SchedulingandTakingtheExam ThisexamisadministeredthroughPearsonVUE.Fordetailsontherulesandproceduresassociatedwith registeringforandtakingtheexam,whichexamsareavailable,latestcertificationnewsandmore,pleasevisit theVMwarepageonPearsonVUEswebsiteathttp://www.pearsonvue.com/vmware. PearsonVUEswebsitecanalsobeusedtolocateatestingcenterinyourarea,scheduleaVMwareexam,and reviewexamhistoryinformation. 1.8CertificationTracks TheVCP410examisacorecomponentoftheVCPcertification.Thecertificationrequiresapassingscoreon theexamandsuccessfulcompletionofarequiredVMwareauthorizedcourse.Coursesthatmeetthis requirementarelistedinsection4. TheVCPCertificationisarequirementforseveraladvancedcertificationtracks,includingtheVMware CertifiedAdvancedProfessional:DatacenterAdministration,theVMwareCertifiedAdvancedProfessional: DatacenterDesignandtheVMwareCertifiedDesignExpert. 1.9RetakePolicy Ifacandidatefailsanexamonthefirstattempt,heorshemustwait7businessdaysfromtheiroriginal appointmenttimebeforeheorshecanregistertoretaketheexam.Thereisnolimittothenumberofretakes acandidatecanattempt,butthesamewaitingperiodappliesaftereachfailedattempt.Oncetheexamis passed,acandidatemaynotmakeanyfurtherattempts. VMware,Inc.AllrightsreservedJune2011 4
Section2:IntendedAudience
2.1IntendedAudience AcandidatefortheVCPCertificationhasapproximatelysixmonthsexperienceinavirtualenvironment.They aretypicallyinfrastructurepersonnel,whoarecapableofinstallingandconfiguringESXServersandcanuse vCentertomonitor,manage,troubleshoot,andadministervirtualmachines.Thesuccessfulcandidatewill mostlikelyhaveadditionalindustryrecognizedgeneralITcertificationsortheequivalentexperience (typically25years).
Section3:ObjectivescoveredintheVCP410Exam
3.1Introduction Itisrecommendedthatcandidateshavetheknowledgeandskillsnecessarytoinstall,configureand administeravSphere4environmentbeforetakingtheVCP410exam.Itisalsorecommendedthatthe candidatecompletethecourserequirementpriortoattemptingtheexam.Itisnotrequiredthatthecourseis completedpriortotheexam,butthecourserequirementmustbecompletedinordertoobtaintheVCP certification. 3.2Objectives Priortotakingthisexam,candidatesshouldunderstandeachofthefollowingobjectives.Eachobjectiveis listedbelow;alongwithrelatedtoolsthecandidateshouldhaveexperiencewith,andrelateddocumentation thatcontainsinformationrelevanttotheobjective.Allobjectivesmayalsobereferencedinotherproduct VMware,Inc.AllrightsreservedJune2011 5
documentationnotspecificallyhighlightedbelow.Thecandidateshouldbefamiliarwithallrelevantproduct documentationorhaveanequivalentskillset.
VCP410Section1Plan,InstallandUpgradeVMwareESX/ESXi Objective1.1InstallVMwareESX/ESXionlocalstorage Knowledge Tools Objective1.2UpgradeVMwareESX/ESXi Knowledge PlanaVMwarevSphereupgrade Backup/RestoreESX/ESXihostconfiguration UnderstandVirtualMachinebackupoptions Determineifexistinghardwaremeetsupgraderequirements UnderstandVMwareESX/ESXiupgradescenarios PerformupgradetoESX4.0 o UpgradeVMwareESX/ESXi o Upgradevirtualmachinehardware o UpgradeVMwareTools 6 VMwareHardwareCompatibilityGuide VMwareESXiandvCenterServerSetupGuide VMwareESXandvCenterServerInstallationGuide ConfigurationMaximumsGuide ProductDocumentation VMwareVirtualizationToolkit Identifyminimumhardwarerequirements Download,prepareandvalidateinstallationmedia DetermineappropriateESX/ESXiconfigurationinagivensituation Obtainrequiredinformationforenvironment VerifyhardwareagainsttheVMwareHardwareCompatibilityGuide Performacustominstallation Customizestoragelayoutforgivensituations ConfigureESXifromthedirectconsole ConfigureESX/ESXiNTP ManageESX/ESXilicensing Compare/ContrastVMwarevSphereeditions Managelicensekeys
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Verifysuccessofupgrade Understandupgraderollbackoptions
Tools Objective1.3SecureVMwareESX/ESXi Knowledge Tools Objective1.4InstallVMwareESX/ESXionSANStorage Knowledge VMware,Inc.AllrightsreservedJune2011 7 ConfigureLUNMasking PrepareSAN ConfigureFCoriSCSIHBABIOS o EnableBIOS o SelectBootLUN InstallVMwareESX/ESXi DeterminebootLUNsizeinagivensituation vSphereClient ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation Identifydefaultsecurityprinciples UnderstandServiceConsolefirewalloperation o ServiceConsoleSecurityLevel o Opening/ClosingportsinthefirewallusingthevSphereClient Setupuser/groupaccounts Determineapplicationsneededforaccessingtheserviceconsoleinagivenscenario vSphereHostUpdateUtility vCenterUpdateManager vSphereUpgradeGuide ESX4PatchManagementGuide ProductDocumentation esxupdate
Tools Objective1.5IdentifyvSphereArchitectureandSolutions Knowledge Tools VCP410Section2ConfigureESX/ESXiNetworking Objective2.1ConfigureVirtualSwitches Knowledge UnderstandVirtualSwitchandESX/ESXiNICandportmaximums DeterminethevSwitchNICteamingpolicyinagivensituation DeterminetheappropriatevSwitchsecuritypoliciesinagivensituation Create/DeleteVirtualSwitches CreatePorts/PortGroups AssignPhysicalAdapters ModifyvSwitchNICTeamingandfailoverpolicies ModifyvSwitchsecuritypolicyandVLANsettings ConfigureVMotion IntroductiontoVMwarevSphereGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereEditionsComparisonChart DifferentiateVMwareplatformproductsandeditions Understandthevariousdatacentersolutions(View,SRM,LabManager,etc.) ExplainESX/ESXiarchitecture Compareandcontrastbaremetalvs.hostedarchitecture FCoriSCSIHBABIOSTools FCSANConfigurationGuide iSCSISANConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation
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Tools Objective2.2ConfigurevNetworkDistributedSwitches Knowledge Tools Objective2.3ConfigureVMwareESX/ESXiManagementNetwork Knowledge Tools ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient ModifyServiceConsoleIPSettings ConfigureServiceConsoleavailability ConfigureDNSandRoutingsettingsforanESXHost ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient UnderstandESXHostandportmaximumsfordvSwitches DeterminethevirtualportgroupNICteamingandfailoverpolicyinagivensituation Determinetheappropriatevirtualportgroupsecuritypoliciesinagivensituation Create/ModifyavNetworkDistributedSwitch Create/ModifyUplinkGroupsettings Create/ModifydvPortGroupsettings AddanESX/ESXiHosttoavNetworkDistributedSwitch Add/DeleteaVMkerneldvPort MigrateVirtualMachinestoavNetworkDistributedSwitch ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient
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VCP410Section3ConfigureESX/ESXiStorage Objective3.1ConfigureFCSANStorage Knowledge IdentifyFCSANhardwarecomponents IdentifyhowESXServerconnectionsaremadetoFCSANstorage DescribeESXServerFCSANstorageaddressing DescribetheconceptsofzoningandLUNmasking ConfigureLUNmasking ScanfornewLUNs Determineandconfiguretheappropriatemultipathingpolicy DifferentiatebetweenNMPandthirdpartyMPP
Tools Objective3.2ConfigureiSCSISANStorage Knowledge IdentifyiSCSISANhardwarecomponents Determineusecasesforhardwarevs.softwareiSCSIinitiators ConfiguretheiSCSISoftwareInitiator ConfigureDynamic/StaticDiscovery ConfigureCHAPAuthentication ConfigureVMkernelportbindingforiSCSISoftwaremultipathing DiscoverLUNs IdentifyiSCSIaddressinginthecontextofthehost FCSANConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient
Tools Objective3.4ConfigureandManageVMFSDatastores Knowledge Tools VCP410Section4InstallandConfigurevCenterServer Objective4.1InstallvCenterServer Knowledge Identifyhardwarerequirements Understandconfigurationmaximums 11 ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient IdentifyVMFSfilesystemattributes DeterminetheappropriateDatastorelocation/configurationforgivenvirtualmachines DetermineusecasesformultipleVMFSDatastores Create/ConfigureVMFSDatastores AttachexistingDatastoretonewESXhost ManageVMFSDatastores Group/Unmount/DeleteDatastores GrowVMFSvolumes ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation VMwarevSphereClient
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DetermineavailabilityrequirementsforavCenterserverinagivensituation DetermineappropriatevCenterServeredition Determinedatabasesizerequirements Prepare/ConfigurevCenterServerdatabase InstallvCenterServerusingdownloadedinstaller Installadditionalmodules o vCenterGuidedConsolidation o vCenterUpdateManager o vCenterConverter DetermineusecaseforvCenterLinkedModeGroups
Tools Objective4.2ManagevSphereClientplugins Knowledge Tools Objective4.3ConfigurevCenterServer Knowledge IdentifythevCenterServermanagedESXHostsandVirtualMachinemaximums JoinESX/ESXiHoststovCenterServer ConfigureGuestOSCustomization Usedatacentersandfolderstoorganizetheenvironment Configure/UseScheduledTasks Configure/UseResourceMaps 12 VMwareESXiandvCenterServerSetupGuide VMwareESXandvCenterServerInstallationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient Identifyavailableplugins Determinerequiredpluginsforagivenapplication Ensurepermissionstoinstallplugins Enablepluginsafterinstallation VMwareESXiandvCenterServerSetupGuide VMwareESXandvCenterServerInstallationGuide ProductDocumentation DatabaseSizingTool/Calculators
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Tools Objective4.4ConfigureAccessControl Knowledge Tools VCP410Section5DeployandManageVirtualMachinesandvApps Objective5.1CreateandDeployVirtualMachines Knowledge Understandvirtualmachinehardwaremaximums Createavirtualmachine DetermineappropriateSCSIadapter DetermineVirtualDisktype Install/Upgrade/ConfigureVMwareTools Create/Converttemplates CustomizeWindows/Linuxvirtualmachines ManageCustomizationSpecifications 13 vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient Create/ModifyuserpermissionsinvCenter Create/ModifyuserpermissionsinESXServer RestrictaccesstovCenterinventoryobjects DefinevCenterpredefinedrolesandtheirprivileges Create/CloneEditroles Assignrolestousersandgroups Describehowprivilegespropagate Understandpermissionsasappliedtouserandgroupcombinations vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
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Deployavirtualmachinefromatemplate DeployavirtualmachineusingVMwarevCenterConverterEnterprise PerformaHotClone PerformaColdClone PerformSystemReconfiguration DeployavirtualmachineusingGuidedConsolidation o PerformDiscovery o Analyzediscoveredvirtualmachines o Consolidateselectedvirtualmachines Cloneavirtualmachine Importavirtualmachinefromafile/folder
Tools Objective5.2ManageVirtualMachines Knowledge Configure/Modifyvirtualmachines Add/HotAddvirtualmachinehardware Growvirtualmachinedisks Determineappropriatediskformat Connectvirtualmachinestodevices Configurevirtualmachineoptions o GeneralOptions o AdvancedOptions o PowerManagementOptions o VMwareToolsOptions Configureappropriatevirtualmachineresourcesettings vSphereVirtualMachineAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
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Objective5.3DeployvApps Knowledge DeterminewhetheravAppisappropriateforagivensituation DefineOpenVirtualMachineFormat(OVF) Import/ExportaVirtualAppliance BuildavApp Create/AddvirtualmachinestoavApp EditvAppProperties ExportvApps CloneavApp
Tools VCP410Section6ManageCompliance Objective6.1Install,ConfigureandManageVMwarevCenterUpdateManager Knowledge Determineinstallationrequirementsanddatabasesizing InstallUpdateManagerServerandClientcomponents Configureupdatemanagersettings Configurepatchdownloadoptions Createbaselines AttachbaselinestovCenterinventoryobjects ScanESXhostsandvirtualmachines RemediateESXhostsandvirtualmachines StageESX/ESXiHostupdates Analyzecomplianceinformationfromascan vSphereVirtualMachineAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient OVFTool
Objective6.2EstablishandApplyESXHostProfiles Knowledge Tools VCP410Section7EstablishServiceLevels Objective7.1CreateandConfigureVMwareClusters Knowledge Createnewcluster AddESX/ESXihoststoacluster ConfigureHighAvailabilitybasic/advancedsettings Enable/ConfigureVMMonitoring ConfigureDistributedResourceSchedulerbasic/advancedsettings ConfigureDistributedPowerManagement ConfigureEnhancedVMotionCompatibility Configureswapfilelocation AnalyzeHAhostfailurecapacityrequirements AnalyzeHAadmissioncontrol DetermineusecasesforDRSautomationlevelsandmigrationthresholds DetermineusecasesforDPMpolicies vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient Create/DeleteHostProfiles Import/ExportHostProfiles EditHostProfilePolicies AssociateanESXhostwithahostprofile CheckforCompliance ApplyHostProfiles Analyzeconfigurationcomplianceinformationfromascan
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Tools Objective7.3CreateandConfigureResourcePools Knowledge DetermineResourcePoolrequirementsforagivensituation Evaluateappropriateshares,reservations,andlimitsinagivensituation EvaluatevirtualmachinesforagivenResourcePool CreateResourcePools o SetCPUresourceshares/reservations/limits o Setmemoryresourceshares/reservations/limits DefineExpandableReservation Addvirtualmachinestopool Describeresourcepoolhierarchy vSphereAvailabilityGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
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Objective7.4MigrateVirtualMachines Knowledge Tools Objective7.5BackupandRestoreVirtualMachines Knowledge Tools VCP410Section8PerformBasicTroubleshootingandAlarmManagement Objective8.1PerformBasicTroubleshootingforESX/ESXiHosts Knowledge UnderstandgeneralESXServertroubleshootingguidelines Troubleshootcommoninstallationissues 18 VMwareDataRecoveryAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient BackupandRecoveryAppliance Describedifferentbackup/restoreproceduresandstrategies Create/Delete/RestoreSnapshots InstallBackupandRecoveryAppliance InstallvCenterDataRecoveryplugin CreateabackupjobwithvCenterDataRecovery PerformtestandactualrestoresusingvCenterDataRecovery vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient Identifycompatibilityrequirements Citethethreemethodsofvirtualmachinemigration Determinemigrationusecases Compareandcontrastmigrationtechnologies MigrateavirtualmachineusingVMotion MigrateavirtualmachineusingStorageVMotion Coldmigrateavirtualmachine
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MonitorESXServersystemhealth Understandhowtoexportdiagnosticdata
Tools Objective8.2PerformBasicTroubleshootingforVMwareFTandThirdPartyClusters Knowledge AnalyzeandevaluateVMpopulationformaintenancemodeconsiderations UnderstandmanualThirdPartyfailover/failbackprocesses TroubleshootFaultTolerancepartialorunexpectedfailovers VMwareESXiandvCenterServerSetupGuide VMwareESXandvCenterServerInstallationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
Tools Objective8.3PerformBasicTroubleshootingforNetworking Knowledge Tools VMware,Inc.AllrightsreservedJune2011 19 ESXConfigurationGuide ESXiConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient ping, vmkping, tcpdump, nslookup VerifyVMisconnectedtothecorrectportgroup Verifyportgroupsettingsarecorrect VerifythatthenetworkadaptorisconnectedwithintheVM VerifyVMnetworkadaptorsettings Verifyphysicalnetworkadaptorsettings VerifyvSpherenetworkmanagementsettings vSphereAvailabilityGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
Tools Objective8.5PerformBasicTroubleshootingforHA/DRSandVMotion Knowledge Tools vSphereAvailabilityGuide vSphereResourceManagementGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient DRSResourceDistributionGraph TopologyMaps cpuid, ping, vmkping ExplaintherequirementsofHA/DRSandVMotion VerifyVMotionfunctionality VerifyDNSsettings Verifytheserviceconsolenetworkfunctionality InterprettheDRSResourceDistributionGraphandTarget/CurrentHostLoadDeviation TroubleshootVMotionusingtopologymaps TroubleshootHAcapacityissues TroubleshootHAredundancyissues FCSANConfigurationGuide iSCSISANConfigurationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient
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Objective8.6CreateandRespondtovCenterConnectivityAlarms Knowledge Tools Objective8.7CreateandRespondtovCenterUtilizationAlarms Knowledge Tools Objective8.8MonitorvSphereESX/ESXiandVirtualMachinePerformance Knowledge Identifycriticalperformancemetrics(e.g.,CPUready,queuedepth,etc.) Explainmemorymetrics(ballooning,shared,etc.) ExplainCPUmetrics(ready/waittime,etc.) Explainnetworkmetrics(usage,packetdrops,etc.) 21 vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation esxtop/resxtop PerformanceCharts vSphereClient ListvCenterdefaultutilizationalarms Listpossibleactionsforutilizationalarms Foragivenalarm,analyzeandevaluatetheaffectedvirtualinfrastructureresource CreateavCenterutilizationalarm Relatethealarmtotheaffectedresource vSphereDatacenterAdministrationGuide ProductDocumentation vSphereClient ListvCenterdefaultconnectivityalarms Listpossibleactionsforconnectivityalarms Foragivenalarm,analyzeandevaluatetheaffectedvirtualinfrastructurecomponents CreateavCenterconnectivityalarm Relatethealarmtotheaffectedcomponents
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Explainstoragemetrics(latency,queuing,etc.)
Compare and contrast Overview and Advanced Charts Create an Advanced Chart
DeterminehostperformanceusingguestPerfmon
Section4:VCPPathsandCourseRequirementOptions
4.1VCPPathOptions
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4.2CourseRequirement InordertoobtaintheVCPCertification,anauthorizedVMwarecourseisrequired.Severaloptionsare available,including: VMwarevSphere:Install,Configure,Manage Afiveday,handsontrainingcoursethatexploresinstallation,configurationandmanagementofVMware vSphere,whichconsistsofVMwareESXi/ESXandVMwarevCenterServer.Thecoursecoversthe followingobjectives: ThiscoursecoversamajorityoftheobjectivesontheVCP410examandisrecommendedforindividualswho wanttogainabetterunderstandingoftheobjectivesrepresentedintheVCP410exam. VMwarevSphere:Bootcamp Afiveday,extendedhourshandsontrainingcoursefocusedoninstalling,configuring,managing,and troubleshootingVMwarevSphere.ItcombinesthecontentoftheVMwarevSphere4:Install,Configure, Managecoursewithadvancedtasksandskillsfortroubleshootingahighlyavailableandscalablevirtual infrastructure.Thecoursecoversthefollowingobjectives: InstallandconfigureESX/ESXi InstallandconfigurevCenterServercomponents UsevCenterServertoconfigureandmanageESX/ESXinetworkingandstorage Deploy,manage,convert,andmigratevirtualmachines ManageuseraccesstothevSphereinfrastructure UsevCenterServertomonitorresourceusage UsevCenterServertoincreasescalability UseVMwarevCenterUpdateManagertoapplyESX/ESXipatches UsevCenterServertomanagehigheravailabilityanddataprotection UsetheVMwarevSphereClientandcommandlineutilitiestoconfigure,manage,andtroubleshoota vSphereinfrastructure Configureanduseanetworkpacketcaptureutilitytodisplayandtroubleshootvirtualswitchnetwork traffic 23 InstallandconfigureESXorESXi InstallandconfigurevCenterServercomponents ConfigureandmanageESX/ESXinetworkingandstorageusingvCenterServer Deploy,manage,andmigratevirtualmachines ManageuseraccesstotheVMwareinfrastructure UsevCenterServertomonitorresourceusage UsevCenterServertoincreasescalability UseVMwarevCenterUpdateManagertoapplyESX/ESXipatches UsevCenterServertomanagehigheravailabilityanddataprotectionr
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ThiscoursecoversamajorityoftheobjectivesontheVCP410exam,aswellasadditionallearningobjectives thatarenotapartoftheexam.Itisrecommendedforindividualswhowanttogainabetterunderstandingof theobjectivesrepresentedontheVCP410examwhichlearningadditionalvSpheretopicsfocusedon availabilityandscalability. VMwarevSphere:Troubleshooting Thislabintensive,fourdaycoursefocusesonprovidingsystemadministratorswiththeadvancedknowledge, skills,andabilitiestoachievecompetenceintroubleshootingaVMwarevSpherevirtualinfrastructure.In thiscourse,studentsspendamajorityofthetimediagnosingandrectifyingconfigurationproblemscreatedon VMwareESX/ESXihostsandVMwarevCenterServersystems.Thecoursecoversthefollowingobjectives: UsetheVMwarevSphereClientandserviceconsolecommandstoconfigureordiagnoseandrectify problemsonESX UsethevSphereClientandtheVMwarevSphereManagementAssistant(vMA)appliancetoconfigure ordiagnoseandrectifyproblemsonESXandESXihosts UseESXitechnicalsupportmodetodiagnoseandrectifyproblemsonESXi Createanduseanetworksniffertocaptureanddisplayvirtualswitchnetworktraffic UsethevSphereClientandcommandlinetoolstotroubleshootVMwareVMotion,VMwareStorage VMotion,VMwareHighAvailability,VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler,andvirtualmachine poweronproblems
ThiscourseisrecommendedforexperiencedindividualswhoarethoroughlyfamiliarwiththeVCP410 objectivesandarelookingtofurthertheirknowledgeofVMwarevSpheretroubleshootingtechniques. VMwarevSphere:WhatsNew This2day,handsontrainingcoursefocusesonthenewfeaturesfoundinVMwarevSphere,includingnew featuresrelatedtoVMwareESX/ESXihostsandVMwarevCenterServersystems.Thecoursealsocovers upgradeprocedures,andcoversthefollowingobjectives: UpgradingVMwaredeploymentsfromVMwareInfrastructure3tovSphere4 Deployingdistributedvirtualswitchestosimplifydatacenterwidenetworkmanagement UsingVMDirectPathtoassignaPCIadapterdirectlytoavirtualmachine MigratinglivevirtualmachinesstorageresourceswithVMwareStorageVMotion GrowingvirtualdisksandVMwarevStorageVMFSdatastoreswhiletheyarelive EmployingVMwaresnewPluggableStorageArchitecture EnsuringapplicationavailabilitywithVMwareFaultTolerance ManagingmultiplevCenterServerinstallationsfromasingleclient UsingHostProfilestokeepshostsuniformlyconfigured SavingenergywithDistributedPowerManagement SavingdiskspacewithThinProvisioning 24
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Administeringvirtualappliancesconsistingofmultiplevirtualmachines
Section5:AdditionalResources
5.1MockExam VMwareprovidesamockexamfortheVCP410.Themockexamcontainssamplequestions,alongwith explanationforincorrectresponses.Themockexampresentsxxquestions,drawnfromalargerpool.The mockexampassscoreissetto100%,andacandidatecanretakethemockexamasmanytimesasdesired untilthe100%scoreisachieved.Pleasebeadvisedthatthepassscoreforthemockexamisunrelatedtothe passscorefortheactualexam.Refertosection1.3forthescoringinformationfortheVCP410exam. Themockexamislocatedat:http://mylearn.vmware.com/quiz.cfm?item=15211&ui=www_cert 5.2VCPCommunity VMwareprovidesanonlinecommunityforVCPcandidates.Thiscommunitycontainsvaluableinformation fromothercandidatesandseniorVCPs,andismoderatedbyVMwarecertificationstaff.Thecommunityis locatedat:http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/certedu/certification/vcp 5.3VMwarevSphere:CertifiedProfessionalExamPreparationWorkshop VMwareoffersaonedayclassdesignedtopreparecandidatesfortheVCP410.Theworkshopcoversthemain objectivesoftheexam,includespracticequestions,aninstructorledanswerandreviewsessionandreviews ofcasestudiesthathighlightkeypointsofthevSpheresuite.AVCP410examvoucherisincludedwiththe class.Moreinformation,availabledatesandenrollmentcanbefoundat:http://www.vmware.com/education
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