VMware VCP-VCF Admin Certification Exam Syllabus

• Deploy and configure a VMware Cloud Foundation. management domain using VMware Cloud Builder.
• Configure the VMware Cloud Foundation management domain.

- Deploy and configure an NSX Edge Cluster.

• Validate the prerequisites for deploying an NSX Edge Cluster.
• Scale an NSX Edge cluster by adding or removing edge transport nodes.
• Given a scenario, identify the role of BGP in route propagation with an NSX Edge cluster.

- Deploy VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle using SDDC Manager.

• Validate the prerequisites for deploying Aria Suite Lifecycle.
• Create Application Virtual Networks (AVNs) in preparation for deploying the VMware Aria Suite.
• Complete a basic configuration of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

- Deploy VMware Aria Suite using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

• Validate the prerequisites for deploying the VMware Aria Suite.
• Deploy VMware Aria Suite.

- Deploy and configure a virtual infrastructure (VI) workload domain using SDDC Manager.

• Validate the prerequisites for deploying a VI workload domain.
• Identify the steps for deploying a VI workload domain.
• Deploy a VI Workload Domain using SDDC Manager.

- Enable vSphere Supervisor (Workload Management) within VMware Cloud Foundation.

• Identify the prerequisites for enabling Workload Management.

- Create and configure a vSphere Namespace.

• Download the vSphere CLI tools to a developer workstation.

- Deploy stretched clusters across availability zones for VMware Cloud Foundation.

• Validate the requirements for deploying stretched clusters.
• Identify the procedure for deploying stretched clusters.

- Deploy and manage VMware Cloud Foundation using the VMware Cloud Foundation APIs.
- Given a scenario, scale a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment.

• Validate the prerequisites for host commissioning.
• Add hosts using host commissioning.
• Remove hosts using host decommissioning.
• Scale a cluster within VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Scale a VMware Cloud Foundation Domain.
• Scale a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment with a workload domain.

- Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager.

• Implement backup and recovery strategies for VMware Cloud Foundation components.
• Perform lifecycle management for VMware Cloud Foundation components.
• Perform update, rotate, and sync for passwords managed by the SDDC Manager.
• Perform rotation of certificates managed by the SDDC Manager.
• Upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation.

- Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware vCenter.

• Given a scenario, configure Role-based Access Control to vCenter.

- Given a scenario, manage the lifecycle of a Virtual Machine.

• Create a Virtual Machine template.
• Create a Virtual Machine from a VM Template.
• Create a Virtual Machine from an ISO/OVA.
• Destroy a Virtual Machine.
• Given a scenario, manage virtual machine snapshots.
• Given a scenario, complete day 2 operations on a virtual machine.

- Given a scenario, configure vSphere Networking components.

• Configure a Virtual Distributed Switch.
• Configure Network IO Control.
• Configure a Port Group.

- Given a scenario, configure Content Libraries to manage resources.

• Create a Content Library.
• Publish a Content Library.
• Subscribe to a Content Library.

- Given a scenario, configure vSphere storage components.

• Given a scenario, configure VM storage policies.

- Given a scenario, manage ESXi hosts.

•  Given a scenario, manage the host lifecycle using. VMware Lifecyle Manager images.
• Given a scenario, secure an ESXi host.
• Given a scenario, configure an ESXi host and the host profile.

- Given a scenario, secure workloads and infrastructure using encryption.

• Given a scenario, identify how to secure workloads using Virtual Machine Encryption.
• Given a scenario, identify how to secure workloads using host-based encryption.
• Given a scenario, identify how to secure vMotion with encryption.

- Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware NSX.

• Given a scenario, create a segment using VMware NSX.
• Given a scenario, configure logical routing in NSX.
• Configure logging for NSX components.
• Differentiate between the use cases for deploying a new NSX Fabric vs. joining an existing NSX Fabric.
• Create a VPC and configure projects to enable multi-tenancy in NSX.
• Given a scenario, identify the use cases for VMware NSX advanced features.
• Given a scenario, configure VMware NSX advanced features.

- Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations for VMware vSAN.

• Configure and manage storage resources, policies, and performance using VMware vSAN and other storage technologies.
• Identify the procedure for setting vSAN in maintenance mode.
• Identify the steps to add storage to a vSAN datastore.
• Identify the use cases for enabling/disabling vSAN health alerts.

- Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware Aria Suite.

• Given a scenario, perform Day 2 Operations within VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
• Complete SSL Certificate Management for the Aria Suite components (including Aria Operations for Networks).
   
   
• Complete License Management for the Aria Suite Components (including Aria Operations for Networks).
• Given a scenario, scale an existing Aria Suite Deployment.
• Configure Multi-Organizational Tenancy.
• Create a Log Bundle for an Aria Suite component.
• Configure Content Management in Aria Suite Lifecycle.
• Given a scenario, operationalize VMware Cloud Foundation with the VMware Aria Suite.

- Deploy workloads on vSphere Supervisor.
- Given a scenario, perform virtual machine migrations, operations or tasks using VMware HCX.

• Identify the relevant tools for troubleshooting technical issues related to VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager.
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSphere (including Hosts, Clusters, Networking and Storage).
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSphere.
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSAN.
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware NSX.

- Given a scenario, troubleshoot the VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment/Bring Up Process.
- Perform troubleshooting tasks for vSphere.

• Identify the procedure for setting a host in maintenance mode.
• Resolve host connectivity issues.
• Resolve certificate issues.
• Troubleshoot vCLS.
• Troubleshoot snapshot issues.
• Troubleshoot vSphere HA host states.
• Troubleshoot lifecycle management.

- Perform troubleshooting tasks for vSphere Networking.

• Identify the health of an NSX Edge Cluster to include tier-0 and tier-1 routers.
• Resolve NSX overlay network connectivity or configuration issues in VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Resolve network connectivity or configuration issues on a vSphere Distributed Switch.
• Resolve load balancing issues in NSX.

- Perform troubleshooting tasks for vSAN.

• Resolve connectivity or configuration issues with vSAN in VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Recover from a disk or controller failure in vSAN.
• Identify the process to update the vSAN database.
• Identify the process to update the driver/firmware in vSAN.
• Interpret the Skyline vSAN Health Score and complete remediation action(s).

- Identify and perform troubleshooting tasks in VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager.

• Resolve issues related to password management in VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Identify how to use the "sos" CLI tool to identify potential health issues in VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Identify how to use the "sos" CLI tool to collect logs for a workload domain as part of a support request.
• Identify scenarios for using the SDDC Manager local admin account.
• Identify how to query passwords for deployed components using SDDC Manager.
• Identify the steps to restart/resume a failed workflow.

- Perform troubleshooting tasks with VMware Aria Suite.

• Generate and analyze reports on infrastructure. performance, capacity, utilization, and compliance
• Optimize resource allocation and utilization to ensure efficient operation.
• Identify and implement improvements to enhance the efficiency, performance, and reliability of the VMware Cloud Foundation environment.
• Verify the health of a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment.

- Identify and perform troubleshooting of vSphere Supervisor and its components.