VMware Certified Advanced Professional Datacenter Administration

VMware Certified Advanced Professional Datacenter Administration Exam prepration material

VDCA510 

Section 1 – Implement and Manage Storage

Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions Knowledge

Objective 1.2 – Manage Storage Capacity in a vSphere Environment

Objective 1.3 – Configure and Manage Complex Multipathing and PSA Plug-ins

Section 2 – Implement and Manage Networking

Objective 2.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Virtual Networks

Objective 2.2 – Configure and Maintain VLANs, PVLANs and VLAN Settings

Objective 2.3 – Deploy and Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking

Objective 2.4 – Administer vNetwork Distributed Switch Settings

Section 3 – Deploy DRS Clusters and Manage Performance

Objective 3.1 – Tune and Optimize vSphere Performance

Objective 3.2 – Optimize Virtual Machine Resources

Objective 3.3 – Implement and Maintain Complex DRS Solutions

Objective 3.4 – Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools

Section 4 – Manage Business Continuity and Protect Data

Objective 4.1 – Implement and Maintain Complex VMware HA Solutions

Objective 4.2 – Deploy and Test VMware FT

Section 5 – Perform Operational Maintenance

Objective 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles

Objective 5.2 – Deploy and Manage Complex Update Manager Environments

Section 6 – Perform Advanced Troubleshooting

Objective 6.1 – Configure, Manage, and Analyze vSphere Log Files

Objective 6.2 – Troubleshoot CPU and Memory Performance

Objective 6.3 – Troubleshoot Network Performance and Connectivity

Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot Storage Performance and Connectivity

Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Host Management

Section 7 – Secure a vSphere Environment

Objective 7.1 – Secure ESXi Hosts

Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall

Section 8 – Perform Scripting and Automation

Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI

Objective 8.2 – Administer vSphere Using the vSphere Management Assistant

Section 9 – Perform Advanced vSphere Installations and Configurations

Objective 9.1 – Install ESXi hosts with custom settings

Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy

VDCA510 Section 1 – Implement and Manage Storage

Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions Knowledge

•  Identify RAID levels
•  Identify supported HBA types
•  Identify virtual disk format types
• Skills and Abilities
•  Determine use cases for and configure VMware DirectPath I/O

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http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2010/12/performance-and-use-cases-of-vmware-directpath-io-for-networking.html

•  Determine requirements for and configure NPIV
•  Determine appropriate RAID level for various Virtual Machine workloads
•  Apply VMware storage best practices
•  Understand use cases for Raw Device Mapping
•  Configure vCenter Server storage filters
•  Understand and apply VMFS re-signaturing
•  Understand and apply LUN masking using PSA-related commands
•  Analyze I/O workloads to determine storage performance requirements
•  Identify and tag SSD devices
•  Administer hardware acceleration for VAAI
•  Configure and administer profile-based storage
•  Prepare storage for maintenance
•  Upgrade VMware storage infrastructure