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Certified Professional on vSphere 5

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Certification summary

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) is an industry-recognised certification which validates your ability and knowledge required to sucessfully install, deploy, manage and troubleshoot VMware vSphere virtualisation environments. As the demand for IT professionals with datacenter and computer virtualisation skills grow, gaining a VCP certification will distinguish yourself in a fast growing data and virtualisation market.

Exams summary

To get an VMware certification you need to complete these two exams:

VCP- 410 - VMware Certified Professional
VCP- 510 - VMware Certified Professional

A closer look...

VMware vSphere (formerly developed as VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's first Cloud operating system, able to install, admin and troubleshoot large pools of virtualised computing infrastructure, including software and hardware.

Career & Job Opportunities

VCPs enjoys lucrative career paths for a variety of high demand and vibrant IT roles. Below is a short list of the range of career opportunities offered to VCPs:

VMware Engineer;
VMware Architect;
Systems Administrator;
Server Administrator;
Server Virtualisation Engineer;
Data Center Technician;
VMware Consultant ;

As of January 2014, the average salary of a VMware Certified Professional is £42,500pa with more than 87% being offered a salary of more than £30,200pa.

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The two exam

The VMware (VCP-510) is the latest generation in technology and as such there is no current retirement plan for its exams. Below is a breakdown of the modules for this certification and how they are made up.

VCP-510

This course is set out in the following module:

- What's New in vSphere 5
- vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- vSphere Networking
- vSphere Storage

VMware Certified Professional (VCP-510)

This course is for anyone who is preparing to learn and take the VMware Certified Professional VCP-510 exam. The courses in this series present the information necessary to administer vSphere 5, which includes both vCenter Server and the VMware ESXi hypervisor. Each course provides instruction on the virtualisation technologies that will help users attain the VCP5 certification. Here are the module chapters and the key topics that will be covered within the module:

What's New in vSphere 5
- Identify the features that are no longer available with vSphere
- Discuss the new features of vSphere 5
vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Install and configure vCenter Server
- Identify available vCenter Server editions
- Install additional vCenter Server components
- Install and configure VMware ESXi
- License an ESXi host
- Plan and Perform Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Introduction to vCenter
- Introduction to VMware ESXi
- Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- Identify common vCenter Server privileges and roles
- Describe how permissions are applied and inherited in vCenter Server
- Configure and administer the ESXi firewall
- Configure network security policies
- Identify vSphere architecture and solutions
- Determine the appropriate vSphere edition based on customer requirements
- Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions

vSphere Networking
- Configure vNetwork standard switches
- Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches
- Configure vSS and vDS policies
- Configuring vNetwork Standard Switches
- Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switches
- Configuring vSS and vDS Policies
vSphere Storage
- Configure Shared Storage for vSphere
- Identify storage adapters and devices
- Identify storage naming conventions
- Enable and disable software iSCSI initiator
- Compare and contrast array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning
- Create and configure VMFS and NFS Datastores
- Create, rename, unmount, and delete a VMFS Datastore
- Create an NFS share for use with vSphere
- Identify NFS Datastore properties
- Configuring Shared Storage for vSphere
- Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores
- Configuring the vSphere Storage Appliance
Virtual Machine and vApp Deployment
- Create and deploy virtual machines
- Configure and deploy a guest OS into a new virtual machine
- Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines
- Creating and Deploying vApps

Virtual Machine and vApp Administration
- Manage Virtual Machine clones and templates
- Create a template from or clone an existing virtual machine
- Deploy virtual appliances and/or vApps from an OVF template
- Configure virtual machine troubleshooting options
- Identify common practices for securing virtual machines
- Adjust virtual machine resources based on workloads
- Managing Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
- Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
Establishing Service Levels
- Create and configure VMware Clusters
- Determine appropriate failover methodology and required resources for an HA implementation
- Plan and implement VMware Fault Tolerance
- Create and administer resource pools
- Creating and Configuring VMware Clusters
- Planning and Implementing VMware Fault Tolerance
- Creating and Administering Resource Pools
Maintaining Service Levels
- Migrate virtual machines
- Backup and restore virtual machines
- Patch and update ESXi and virtual machines
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines
- Patching and Updating ESXi and Virtual Machines

Basic Troubleshooting
- Perform basic troubleshooting for ESXi hosts
- Troubleshoot common installation issues
- Perform basic vSphere network troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues
- Perform basic vSphere storage troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot storage contention issues
- Perform basic troubleshooting for HA/DRS clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
- Identify HA/DRS and vMotion requirements
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts
- Performing Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting
- Performing Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
Monitoring vSphere Implementation
- Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
- Configure SNMP for vCenter Server
- Configure vCenter Server timeout settings and logging options
- Create and administer vCenter Server alarms
- Monitoring ESXi, vCenter Server, and Virtual Machines
- Creating and Administering vCenter Server Alarms

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VCP-410

This course is set out in the following module:

- Introducing vSphere 4
- Planning, Installing, and Configuring ESX
- vNetworking Operations
- vStorage Operations
- Administration with vCenter

VMware Certified Professional (VCP-410)

What's New in vSphere 5
- Identify the features that are no longer available with vSphere
- Discuss the new features of vSphere 5
vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Install and configure vCenter Server
- Identify available vCenter Server editions
- Install additional vCenter Server components
- Install and configure VMware ESXi
- License an ESXi host
- Plan and Perform Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Introduction to vCenter
- Introduction to VMware ESXi
- Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- Identify common vCenter Server privileges and roles
- Describe how permissions are applied and inherited in vCenter Server
- Configure and administer the ESXi firewall
- Configure network security policies
- Identify vSphere architecture and solutions
- Determine the appropriate vSphere edition based on customer requirements
- Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions

vSphere Networking
- Configure vNetwork standard switches
- Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches
- Configure vSS and vDS policies
- Configuring vNetwork Standard Switches
- Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switches
- Configuring vSS and vDS Policies
vSphere Storage
- Configure Shared Storage for vSphere
- Identify storage adapters and devices
- Identify storage naming conventions
- Enable and disable software iSCSI initiator
- Compare and contrast array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning
- Create and configure VMFS and NFS Datastores
- Create, rename, unmount, and delete a VMFS Datastore
- Create an NFS share for use with vSphere
- Identify NFS Datastore properties
- Configuring Shared Storage for vSphere
- Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores
- Configuring the vSphere Storage Appliance
Virtual Machine and vApp Deployment
- Create and deploy virtual machines
- Configure and deploy a guest OS into a new virtual machine
- Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines
- Creating and Deploying vApps

Virtual Machine and vApp Administration
- Manage Virtual Machine clones and templates
- Create a template from or clone an existing virtual machine
- Deploy virtual appliances and/or vApps from an OVF template
- Configure virtual machine troubleshooting options
- Identify common practices for securing virtual machines
- Adjust virtual machine resources based on workloads
- Managing Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
- Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
Establishing Service Levels
- Create and configure VMware Clusters
- Determine appropriate failover methodology and required resources for an HA implementation
- Plan and implement VMware Fault Tolerance
- Create and administer resource pools
- Creating and Configuring VMware Clusters
- Planning and Implementing VMware Fault Tolerance
- Creating and Administering Resource Pools
Maintaining Service Levels
- Migrate virtual machines
- Backup and restore virtual machines
- Patch and update ESXi and virtual machines
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines
- Patching and Updating ESXi and Virtual Machines

Basic Troubleshooting
- Perform basic troubleshooting for ESXi hosts
- Troubleshoot common installation issues
- Perform basic vSphere network troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues
- Perform basic vSphere storage troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot storage contention issues
- Perform basic troubleshooting for HA/DRS clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
- Identify HA/DRS and vMotion requirements
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts
- Performing Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting
- Performing Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
Monitoring vSphere Implementation
- Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
- Configure SNMP for vCenter Server
- Configure vCenter Server timeout settings and logging options
- Create and administer vCenter Server alarms
- Monitoring ESXi, vCenter Server, and Virtual Machines
- Creating and Administering vCenter Server Alarms

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