VMware VCP-VVF Admin Certification Exam Syllabus

• Install and configure ESXi
  - Install and configure vSphere Standard
• Install and configure vSphere with Tanzu
• Install and configure vSAN
• Install and configure Aria Operations
• Install and configure Aria Operations for Logs
• Install and configure Aria Suite Lifecycle

- Perform Day 2 Operations within VMware vCenter

• Configure Role-based Access Control to vCenter
  - Identify the capabilities of the different out of the box roles within vCenter
  - Create vCenter Roles
  - Add an identity source (such as Active Directory) to vCenter
  - Assign Roles to Users/Groups
  - Assign Permissions to Users/Groups

- 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
• Manage virtual machine snapshots
  - Identify the capabilities of the different out of the box roles within vCenter
  - Create vCenter Roles
  - Add an identity source (such as Active Directory) to vCenter
  - Assign Roles to Users/Groups
  - Understand the impact of completing different snapshot operations
• Complete day 2 operations on a virtual machine

- Configure vSphere Networking components

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

- Configure Content Libraries to manage resources

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

- Configure vSphere storage components

• Configure VM storage policies

- Manage ESXi hosts

• Manage host life cycle using VMware Lifecycle Manager images
• Secure an ESXi host
• Configure an ESXi host and host profile

- Secure workloads and infrastructure using encryption

• Identify how to secure workloads using Virtual Machine Encryption
• Identify how to secure workloads using host-based encryption
• Identify how to secure vMotion with encryption

- 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 steps to add storage to a vSAN datastore
• Identify use cases for enabling/disabling vSAN health alerts

• Identify the relevant tools for troubleshooting technical issues related to VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF)
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSphere (including Hosts,Clusters, and Storage)
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSphere
• Diagnose and identify technical issues related to VMware vSAN

- 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
- 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)

- Perform troubleshooting tasks with VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Aria components

• 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 vSphere Foundation (VVF) environment
• Verify the health of a VMware vSphere Foundation deployment