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VMware Infrastructure as a Service Exam

Exam Blueprint VMwareInfrastructureasaService(IaaS)Examtestingcenterexamcode:VCPVCD510 ExamBlueprintVersion2.3 22February2013 Disclaimer: Thisblueprintisintendedtoprovideinformationabouttheobjectivescoveredbytheexamandproviderelated resourcesandrecommendedcourses.Thematerialcontainedwithinthisblueprintisnotintendedto guaranteethatapassingscorewillbeachievedontheexam.VMwarerecommendsthatacandidateutilizes theresourcesandcoursesrecommendedinthisguidetoensuretheythoroughlyunderstandtheexam objectivespriortoanyattemptoftheexamitself. BlueprintAuthors: JonC.Hall RyanK.Baker Contributors: BrandonFreitag MaheshRajani PhillipCohen MarkBrunstad JohnHarbin BenThomas MichaelSteward ScottSauer BenSier JohnKrueger JonathanMcDonald RawlinsonRivera

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TableofContents
TableofContents...................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.TheExam............................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1PurposeofExam.............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2NumberofQuestions...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3PassingScore................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4HowObjectivesRelatetoQuestionsontheExam.......................................................................................... 3 1.5Languages........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.6TimeLimit........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.7SchedulingandTakingtheExam..................................................................................................................... 4 1.8CertificationTracks.......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.9RetakePolicy ................................................................................................................................................... . 4 1.10ExamSecurity................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.IntendedAudience................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1IntendedAudience.......................................................................................................................................... 5 3.ObjectivescoveredintheIaaSExam..................................................................................................................... 5 3.1Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 5 5 3.2Objectives........................................................................................................................................................ 4.VCPCloudCertificationPathsandCourseRequirementOptions ...................................................................... 6 . 1 4.1VCPCloudCertificationPathOptions........................................................................................................... 6 1 4.2CourseRecommendations............................................................................................................................. 7 1 5.AdditionalResources........................................................................................................................................... 7 1 5.1MockExam.................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 5.2VCPCommunity............................................................................................................................................. 8 1 1 5.3BuildingavCloudTestEnvironment.............................................................................................................. 8

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1.TheExam
1.1PurposeofExam TheVMwareInfrastructureasaServiceExamtestsVMwareCertifiedProfessionalCloud(VCPCloud) certificationcandidatesontheirskillsandabilitiesinstalling,configuringandadministeringaVMwarevCloud environment.Successfulcandidatesdemonstratemasteryoftheseskillsandabilities. 1.2NumberofQuestions TheIaaSExamconsistsof85questionsandashortpreexamsurveyconsistingof8questions. 1.3PassingScore Thepassingscoreforthisexamis300,usingascaledscoringmethod.Thescaleisfrom100500.Scaledscores arecalculatedusingamathematicalformulathatconsidersavarietyoffactors,includingthenumberandtype ofexamquestionsincludedinaspecificversionoftheexam.Becausethiscombinationmayvaryindifferent versionsofthesameexamination,scaledscoresprovideafairscoreforeachindividualbasedontheversionof theexamtaken. 1.4HowObjectivesRelatetoQuestionsontheExam Objectivessummarizewhatthetestisdesignedtomeasure.ObjectivesaredevelopedbyExamDevelopersand SubjectMatterExpertsbasedonidentifiedtasksthatrelatetothejobofadministeringaVMwarevCloud environment.Oncetheinitialdevelopmentprocessiscomplete,theseobjectivesareverifiedusinganexternal groupofindividualsintheactualjobrole.Theexternalsurveydeterminesthenumberofquestionsforeach objective,whichrelatesdirectlytothecriticalityofthetaskinthejobrole. 1.5Languages TheexamisavailableinEnglish. 1.6TimeLimit Thetimelimitfortheexamis90minutes,withanadditional15minutestocompletethesurveyquestionsand agreements.CandidateswhotaketheIaaSExaminacountrywhereEnglishisnotaprimarylanguagewillhave anadditional30minutesaddedtotheexamtime.Thistimeextensionisautomatic,noadditionalactionis requiredfromthecandidate.Forthepurposesofthisexam,countrieswhereEnglishisconsideredoneofthe primarylanguagesincludeAustralia,NewZealand,Belize,SouthAfrica,Bermuda,theUnitedKingdom,Canada, theUnitedStatesandIreland.

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1.7SchedulingandTakingtheExam ThisexamisadministeredthroughPearsonVUE.Fordetailsontherulesandproceduresassociatedwith registeringforandtakingtheexam,whichexamsareavailable,latestcertificationnewsandmore,pleasevisit theVMwarepageonPearsonVUEswebsiteathttp://www.pearsonvue.com/vmware. PearsonVUEswebsitecanalsobeusedtolocateatestingcenterinyourarea,scheduleaVMwareexam,and reviewexamhistoryinformation. 1.8CertificationTracks TherearetwopathstoearningyourVCPCloudcertification.TheIaaSExamcanbeacorecomponentofthe VCP5Cloudcertification. Path1

1. BeaVMwareCertifiedProfessional5DatacenterVirtualization(VCP5DV). 2. PasstheIaaSExam. TheVMwarevCloud:DeployandManagetheVMwareCloud[V1.5]coursecanhelpyoupreparefor


thisexam,butitisnotrequiredifyouarefollowingthispathtoVCPCloudcertification. Path2

1. Attendaqualifyingcourse. VMwarevCloud:DeployandManagetheVMwareCloud[V1.5] 2. PasstheVCPCloudExam.


Note:VCP5(VMwareCertifiedProfessionalonvSphere5)hasbeenrenamedVCP5DV. ThereisnocourserequirementpriortotakingtheIaaSExam.Coursesareavailabletoprovidecandidateswith handsonlearningandaredetailedinsection4. 1.9RetakePolicy Ifacandidatefailsanexamonthefirstattempt,heorshemustwait7calendardaysfromtheiroriginal appointmenttimebeforeheorshecanregistertoretaketheexam.Thereisnolimittothenumberofretakesa candidatecanattempt,butthesamewaitingperiodappliesaftereachfailedattempt.Oncetheexamispassed, acandidatemaynotmakeanyfurtherattempts.Pleasenotethatthebetaexamisonlyavailableforalimited time,afterwhichtheretakepolicywouldapplytotheliveexam. 1.10ExamSecurity VMwarereservestherighttorefusecertifyingacandidatewhoviolatesexamsecuritypolicies.Thisincludes copyingandredistributionofexammaterial,usinganytypeofstudymaterialduringtheexamitself,attempting tophotographexamitemsandtakinganexamusingafalseidentity.PearsonVUEtestingcenterswilltakeyou photoandcaptureyourdigitalsignatureuponarrivaltotaketheexam.
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2.IntendedAudience
2.1IntendedAudience AcandidatefortheVCP5CloudcertificationshouldbecapableofinstallingandconfiguringVMwarevCloud Director(vCD)andrelatedcomponents,utilizingvCDtocreateandmanagevApps,ServiceCatalogs, Organization/providerVDCs,andadministeringcloudenablednetworkingandstorage.Thesuccessful candidatewillmostlikelyhavepreviousexperienceworkingwithaVMwarevSpherebasedinfrastructure, includingconfigurationandmanagementtasksassociatedwithvSphere(typically1ormoreyears).Finally,the candidateshouldpossessanunderstandingofbasiccloudconceptsincludingpublic/private/hybridclouds, multitenancyandcloudsecurity.

3.ObjectivescoveredintheIaaSExam
3.1Introduction Itisrecommendedthatcandidateshavetheknowledgeandskillsnecessarytoinstall,configureandadminister avCloudenvironmentbeforetakingtheIaaSExam.Intheeventthatfurthertraininginoneormoreobjective areasand/orhandsonexperiencewithavCloudimplementationisdesired,coursesareavailableasdetailedin section4. 3.2Objectives Priortotakingthisexam,candidatesshouldunderstandeachofthefollowingobjectives.Eachobjectiveis listedbelow;alongwithrelatedtoolsthecandidateshouldhaveexperiencewith,andrelateddocumentation thatcontainsinformationrelevanttotheobjective.Allobjectivesmayalsobereferencedinotherproduct documentationnotspecificallyhighlightedbelow.Thecandidateshouldbefamiliarwithallrelevantproduct documentationorhaveanequivalentskillset. Section1InstallandConfigurevCloudDirector Objective1.1InstallvCloudcomponents Knowledge IdentifyrequiredvCloudcomponentsandprerequisitesforinstallation DescribeinstallationorderofvCloudcomponents ExplainthepurposeandusecaseofeachvCloudcomponent CreateaSysPreppackage InstallvCloudDirector InstallvShieldManager InstallvCenterChargeback InstallvCloudConnector

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ConfigurevCloudDirectornetworkconnections ConfigurevCloudDirectordatabasesettings Troubleshootbasicinstallationissues

Tools vCloudDirectorInstallationandConfigurationGuide vShieldManagerQuickStartGuide vCenterChargebackManagerInstallationandUpgradeGuide vCloudConnectorInstallationandConfiguration VMwareJourneytoYourCloud ArchitectingavCloud VMwarevCloudArchitectureToolkit(vCAT) vSphereClient vCloudDirectorWebConsole vShieldManagerUI vCCvSphereClientPlugin vCCWebUI

Objective1.2ConfigureandAdministervCloudConnector Knowledge

IdentifycomponentsofvCloudConnector DescribecrosscloudvAppflow IdentifyVMstate(shutdown/powerdown) DifferentiatebetweenfunctionalityofcomponentsofvCloudConnector ExplaintherelationshipbetweenthecomponentsofvCloudConnector Determineandimplementrequirednetworkandsecuritysettings DeterminestoragerequirementsandaddstorageforusebyavCCnode RegistervCloudConnectorwithvCenterServer TroubleshootcommonvCloudConnectorinstallationandoperationissues

Tools vCloudConnectorInstallationandConfiguration UsingvCloudConnector ArchitectingavCloud VMwarevCloudArchitectureToolkit(vCAT) vCCvSphereClientPlugIn VCCWebUI

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Objective1.3ConfigurevCloudDirectorandvShieldManagerSystemSettings Knowledge IdentifyvCloudDirectorprerequisites CitethestepstodeployavShieldManagerappliance IdentifyrelationshipbetweenvCenterServerandvShieldManager Generateselfsignedcertificates ImportselfsignedorCAissuedcertificates AddadditionalvCenterServerstoavCloudDirectorimplementation ConfigurelicensingforvCloudDirectorandvShieldManager

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vShieldAdministrationGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole vShieldManagerUI

Section2AdministerUsers,RolesandPrivilegesinavCloud Objective2.1CreateRolesandApplyPrivilegestoRolesinavCloud Knowledge IdentifyvCloudDirectorpredefinedrolesandtheirspecificprivilegelevels ListthestepstocreateacustomroleinvCD Identifyoperationsthatcanbeperformedonpredefinedroles IdentifythetypesofusersthatcanbegrantedaccesstoavCloud ExplainthepurposeofacustomroleinvCD Determinewhentocreateacustomrole. Givenanenduser'sjobdescription,determinewhichrolewouldbegranted Validatethefunctionalityallowedbyanewlycreatedrole Selectspecificaccessrightsinasecurityrole. Troubleshootcommoncustomizedroleaccessissues.

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

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Objective2.2ConfigureAD/LDAPIntegrationinavCloud Knowledge IdentifyAD/LDAPinfrastructurecomponents ConfigureOpenLDAPwithvCD ConfigureActiveDirectorywithvCD TestconnectivitytoexternalLDAP ImportusersandgroupsfromexternalLDAP TroubleshootcommonLDAPexternalconnectivityissues

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective2.3ConfigureandAdministervShieldEdge Knowledge IdentifywheretosetfirewallruleswithinvCloudDirector ExplainvShieldfirewallconceptsastheyrelatetoavCloudenvironment Determinewhichfirewallrulesneedtobeappliedormodified Identifyorderingforfirewallrules Enable/Disablefirewall Add/Modify/Deletefirewallrules DeterminewhichvShielddevicesimpactagivenservice Verifyfirewallruleoperation Troubleshootcommonfirewallserviceissues

Tools vShieldAdministrationGuide vShieldEdgeDesignGuide vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole vShieldManagerUI

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Section3ConfigureandAdministervCenterChargeback Objective3.1ConfigureandAdministervCenterChargebackRolesandPrivileges Knowledge IdentifyvCenterChargebackpermissions IdentifyResourcetypes IdentifyResourcesthatcannotbemanuallyassignedpermissions IdentifydefaultvCenterChargebackroles Create/Modify/Deletearole Determinewhenanewroleshouldbecreated Associatearoletoauser Troubleshootcommonpermissionissues

Tools vCenterChargebackManagerUsersGuide BestPracticesandTroubleshootingGuide UsingvCenterChargebackwithvCloudDirector vCenterChargebackManagerUI vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective3.2ConfigureandGeneratevCenterChargebackReports Knowledge IdentifyvCenterChargebackreporttypes Identifycomponentsofthereportingdashboard Givenareportingrequirement,determinewhatreporttypeshouldberun Schedulereports Managearchivedreports Generatecustomreports

Tools vCenterChargebackManagerUsersGuide UsingvCenterChargebackwithvCloudDirector vCenterChargebackManagerUI

Objective3.3ConfigureandManagevCenterChargebackCostElements Knowledge IdentifyvCenterChargebackcostelements

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Listcostelementattributes Describedefaultbillingpoliciesandcostmodels Create/Editbillingpolicies Managecostmodels Editcostconfigurationofanentity Managephysicalinfrastructurecosting Managepricingmatrixforvirtualmachine

Tools vCenterChargebackManagerUsersGuide UsingvCenterChargebackwithvCloudDirector ArchitectingavCloud vCenterChargebackManagerUI vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective3.4TroubleshootCommonvCenterChargebackIssues Knowledge Collectlogs Runtroubleshootingutility ExplainimpactofvSpherestatisticslevelsonreportgeneration ExplainimpactoflocalfirewallsettingsonvCenterChargebackservices Givenaservicefailure,determinerootcause

Tools BestPracticesandTroubleshootingGuide vCenterChargebackManagerUI vCloudDirectorWebConsole DatabasePasswordChangeUtility vCenterChargebackManagerIPAddressResetUtility

Section4ConfigureandAdministervCloudNetworking Objective4.1CreateandAdministervCloudExternalandOrganizationNetworks Knowledge IdentifyanddifferentiatethetypesofvCloudOrganizationnetworks Create/Modify/Deleteanexternalnetwork Create/Modify/Deleteanexternaldirectorganizationnetwork Create/Modify/DeleteanexternalNATroutedorganizationnetwork

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Create/Modify/Deleteaninternalorganizationnetwork ExplaintherelationshipbetweenexternalnetworksandvSphereportgroups Explainthepurposeandusecasesforexternalnetworks ExplaintherelationshipbetweenorganizationnetworksandvShieldEdge Explainbestpracticesrelatedtoorganizationnetworks Givenorganizationrequirements,determinetheappropriateorganizationnetworktype.

Tools ArchitectingavCloud vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective4.2ConfigureandAdministervCloudNetworkPools Knowledge DescribetheconceptofaNetworkPool Create/DeleteaNetworkPool ExpandaNetworkPool DetermineappropriatebackingforagivenNetworkPool ConfigureNetworkPoolproperties

Tools ArchitectingavCloud vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective4.3ConfigureandAdministervAppNetworks Knowledge IdentifyvAppNetworktypes ExplainthepurposeandusecasesforvAppnetworks ExplaintherelationshipbetweenvAppnetworksandvShieldEdgedevices Create/Modify/DeleteadirectvAppnetwork Create/Modify/DeleteaNATroutedvAppnetwork Create/Modify/DeleteaninternalvAppnetwork TroubleshootvAppnetworksusingthevisualmappingtool

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Tools ArchitectingavCloud vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective4.4AdministervCloudNetworkServices Knowledge IdentifyavailablevShieldEdgenetworkservices ConfigureDHCP/NAT/VPNservices AddaSNAT/DNATrule AddaDHCPIPpool AddDHCPstaticbinding ConfiguretheVPNservice ConfigureSyslog Uselogstotroubleshootcommonnetworkserviceissues

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vShieldAdministrationGuide vCloudDirectorSecurityHardeningGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole vShieldManagerUI

Section5ConfigureandAdministervCloudOrganizations Objective5.1CreatevCloudOrganizations Knowledge IdentifytheURLnameofanewlycreatedOrganization Create/Modify/DeletevCloudOrganizations ConfigureVMleasetimes ConfigureStorageleasetimes ConfigureSMTPserverinformation Configurenotificationsettings ApplypoliciestoavCloudOrganization

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Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective5.2AdministervCloudOrganizations Knowledge

ListoperationsthatcanbeperformedonanOrganization ListthevCloudconstructsthatmakeupanOrganization GivenatierofserverdeterminetheappropriateOrganizationvDC Editleases/quotas/limitsappliedtoanOrganization ReviseCatalog(s)attachedtoanOrganization Add/Removeusersandgroups Configure/EditOrganizationsettings AllocateresourcestoanOrganization Explainthepurposeandusecaseforstorageoptions Configurestorageprovisionoptions

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Section6AllocateandManagevCloudResources Objective6.1CreateandAdministerProviderVDCs Knowledge IdentifywhereinthehierarchyaproviderVDCresides IdentifywhereanProviderVDCgetsitsresources DifferentiateProviderandOrganizationVDCs ExplaintheconceptofaProviderVDC ExplainwhenandhowtoEnable/DisableaProviderVDC Create/DeleteaProviderVDC SelectResourcePoolsandDatastoresforaProviderVDC ExplainwhenandhowtoEnable/DisableaProviderVDCHost Prepare/UnprepareaProviderVDCHost Upgrade/RepairaProviderVDCHostagent ExplainwhenandhowtoEnable/DisableaProviderDatastore ConfigureLowDiskSpaceWarnings

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Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective6.2CreateandAdministerOrganizationVDCs Knowledge ListAllocationModels ExplaintheconceptofanOrganizationVDC Create/Modify/DeleteanOrganizationVDC Enable/DisableanOrganizationVDC SelectOrganizationVDCcomponents Select/EditOrganizationVDCresources ConfigureAllocationModelsettings DeterminetheappropriatenetworkpoolforagivenOrganizationvDCnetwork

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Section7CreateandAdministervCloudCatalogs Objective7.1CreatevAppTemplates,MediaandCatalogs Knowledge


DescribethefunctionofvApptemplates,media,andcatalogs IdentifythelocationofvApptemplates,mediaandcatalogs IdentifytheformatinwhichvApptemplates,media,andcatalogscanbestored DifferentiatebetweenvApptemplates,mediaandcatalogs Create/UpdateavApptemplate Create/DeleteaCatalog PublishacatalogtodifferentOrganizations

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

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Objective7.2AdministervCloudCatalogs Knowledge

IdentifyfrequentlyusedCatalogproperties ExplainhowguestcustomizationworksinavCloudimplementation DeployavAppfromaCatalog ConfigureaCatalogtobesharedbyusersinanOrganization CopyvApptemplatesandmediato/fromaCatalog ConfigureCatalogproperties Givenrequirements,applytheappropriatepropertiestoaCatalog

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Section8MonitoravCloudImplementation Objective8.1TroubleshootandAuditResourcesandEventsinavCloud Knowledge


IdentifyvCloudDirectorinterfacecomponentsusedformonitoring IdentifythelocationoflogsinvCloudDirector MonitorCPU,DiskandMemoryusageforaProvidervDC MonitorCPU,DiskandMemoryusageforanOrganization MonitorExternalNetwork,OrganizationNetworks,andNetworkPools MonitorIPallocationutilization ReviewandinterprettasksandeventsinavCloud Troubleshootcommonresource/eventissuesinavCloud

Tools vCloudDirectorPerformanceandBestPractices vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCloudDirectorWebConsole

Objective8.2MapvCloudResourcestovSphereResources Knowledge

DifferentiatecomponentsofvCloudDirectorandvSphereclientinterfaces

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DescribetherelationshipbetweenvCloudstorageresourcesandVMFS/NFSdatastores DescribetherelationshipbetweenvCloudnetworkresourcesandvSpherevirtualswitches DescribetherelationshipbetweenvCloudcomputeresourcesandDRS/HAClusters/ResourcePools Determinetotal/currentresourcesavailabletoaProvider/OrganizationvDCrelativetoassigned vSphereresources DeterminetheexplicitvSphereresourceconsumedbyaProvider/OrganizationvDC DeterminewhichvSwitchresourceisbeingusebyagivenvCloudnetwork DetermineonwhichdatastoreavCloudhostedvirtualmachineresides DetermineonwhichESXihostavCloudhostedvirtualmachineresides

Tools vCloudDirectorAdministratorsGuide vCloudDirectorUsersGuide vCenterServerandHostManagementguide vSphereNetworkingguide vSphereStorageguide vCloudDirectorWebConsole vSphereClient

4.VCPCloudCertificationPathsandCourseRequirementOptions
4.1VCPCloudCertificationPathOptions

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4.2CourseRecommendations ThereisnocourseworkprerequisitefortakingtheIaasExam.Candidateswishingtolearnmoreaboutthe objectivesthatareapartoftheIaaSExamandgainhandsonexposuretoavCloudenvironmentareadvisedto attendtherecommendedcourse: VMwarevCloud:DeployandManagetheVMwareCloud[V1.5] Anintensivefourday,handsontrainingcoursethatdemonstratestotechnicalpersonnelhowto deployVMwarevCloudforapublic,private,orhybridcloudenvironmentandmanagetheongoing operationofthedeployment.ThecoursefocusesontheprivateandpublicvCloudsolutionsbutalso includesinformationonhowthisapproachsupportsahybridsolution.Thecoursecoversthefollowing objectives: DeployvCloudDirector ManagevCloudDirectortosatisfyprivate,public,andhybridcloudbusinessneeds ConfigureVMwarevSpherestoragetoenablemultipletiersinprovidervirtualdatacenters CreateandmanagevCloudDirectororganizationsandvAppstosatisfybusinessneeds CreateandmanagevCloudDirectorcatalogs ConfigurenetworkingfororganizationsandvApps ConnectorganizationswithVPNtunnelsandstaticroutes InterfacevCloudDirectortoOpenLDAPandMicrosoftActiveDirectoryservers ConfigurenetworksecuritybetweenvCloudDirectorvAppsandorganizationswithVMware vShieldEdgefirewalls UseVMwarevCenterChargebacktometervCloudDirectorresources UnderstandtheinteractionsbetweenVMwarevSphereDistributedResourcesScheduler clustersandvCloudDirector

ThiscoursecoversamajorityoftheobjectivesontheIaaSExamandisrecommendedforindividuals whowanttogainabetterunderstandingoftheobjectivesrepresentedinthisexam.

5.AdditionalResources
5.1MockExam VMwareprovidesamockexamfortheIaaSExam.Themockexamcontainssamplequestions,alongwith explanationforincorrectresponses.Themockexampresents25questions,drawnfromalargerpool.The mockexampassscoreissetto100%andacandidatecanretakethemockexamasmanytimesasdesireduntil the100%scoreisachieved.Pleasebeadvisedthatthepassscoreforthemockexamisunrelatedtothepass scorefortheactualexam.Refertosection1.3forthescoringinformationfortheIaaSExam. Themockexamislocatedat:http://mylearn.vmware.com/quiz.cfm?item=32211&ui=www_cert

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5.2VCPCommunity VMwareprovidesanonlinecommunityforVCPCloudcandidates.Thiscommunitycontainsvaluable informationfromothercandidatesandseniorVCPs,andismoderatedbyVMwarecertificationstaff.The communityiscurrentlyunderconstruction.

5.3BuildingavCloudTestEnvironment AllVMwareproducts,includingvSphere5andvCD1.5,canbedownloadedandevaluatedfor60days.Ifyou havetheequipmenttoinstallacopyofESXi5.x,youcaninstallESXiinaVM.Thiswouldallowyoutoinstall multiplecopiesofESXiandacopyofvCenterServertocreatetheunderlyingenvironmentforavCloud implementation.Forsharedstorage,obtainavirtualappliancethatcontainsaniSCSItarget.Severalofthese areavailableontheappliancemarketplace.

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