VMware VCP550 Practice Tests

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The VMware IT Academy What It Is All About And
Advantages To Education
VMware vSphere Install Configure Manage
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VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5

• Audience
• System administrators
• System operators
• Systems engineers
• Consultants

FPO
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Why Virtualization Is Important
• VMwares Education Programs, Value Proposition
  Benefits
• VMware IT Academy Program, Offerings
  Eligibility
• Program Costs
• Program Success Metrics
• Support
• Questions

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Why Virtualization Is Important The VMware IT
Academy

• Current Economy
• Reduces Capital Expenses
• Reduces Operational Expenses
• Promotes Green IT
• Enables Cloud Computing
• Demand for VMware Certified Professionals
• Over 1,500 schools and 10,000 students are using
  the eLearning part of the IT Academy
• Over 400 schools are participating in the
  Instructor Led part of the IT Academy program and
  over 3,000 students have been trained and are
  candidates to become a VMware Certified
  Professional

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Why Virtualization Is Important Part Two
Tom Silver, senior VP and chief marketing officer
for the technology jobs Web site Dice.com, says
that the total job count for his site was down
12 percent from January 2008 through the first
week of November. But for those with
virtualization experience, including both VMware
and general skills, available jobs increased by
43 percent and 37 percent, respectively.
Source http//virtualizationreview.com/features/p
rint.aspx?editorialsid2604
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Virtualization Transformational Change in IT

Virtualization

• Decouples software from underlying hardware
• Encapsulates Operating Systems and applications
  into Virtual Machines

A Virtual Machine
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Virtual Infrastructure Ten Years in the Making


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Strategic Computing Architecture
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New Software Platform Required
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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS
Virtual DatacenterOperating System
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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS
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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS
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Who is Using Virtualization?
Study by SMB supplier SpiceWorks 100,000
companies in over 100 countries

• VMware has 80.1 market share
• Microsoft has 15.1 market share
• Citrix XenServer has 4.1 market share

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VMware Global Education Research Programs
Open InclusiveCollaborative Programs

• VMware Academic Program
• VMware Labs
• VMware IT Academy Program

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Value Proposition Goals

• Value Proposition
• Schools Use of Industry Leading Intellectual
  Property
• Students Affordable Access To Training
  Professional Certification
• VMware Proliferation Of Virtualization
  Competencies
• Goals Objectives
• Drive Collaboration Between Schools Between
  Students With Communities
• Maximize Awareness and Competencies on
  Virtualization Products and Technologies
• Supply the IT industry a pool of VMware Certified
  Professionals (VCP)

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VMware IT Academy Program two levels
VMware has designed a flexible program to allow
colleges to provide Virtualization training in
multiple formats, learning styles and levels
Higher costs / resources
Instructor Led Training (VMware Certification
courses)

• Academy members do not require any certified
  trainers
• Low / No ICT hardware requirement
• Can be included into existing courses or used
  for self study

• Academy members require VMware certified
  Instructor to teach certified courses
• Specified ICT hardware requirement
• Minimum course content and hours required for
  student certification

eLearning courses
Low start up costs / resources
Higher level of certification
Entry level capabilities
College / Institute Capabilities Competency
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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

• Infrastructure Virtualization
• VMware vSphere Fundamentals 4.1
• VMware vSphere What's New in vSphere 4
• VMware ESXi Administration
• Transition to ESXi Essentials
• Virtualization Management
• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Fundamentals
• VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals
• VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Fundamentals
• VMware vCenter Chargeback Fundamentals
• VMware vCenter AppSpeed Fundamentals
• VMware Capacity Planner 2.7

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

• Security
• VMware vShield App Fundamentals
• VMware vShield Edge Fundamentals
• Business Continuity
• Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.1 Fundamentals
• DRBC Design - Disaster Recovery and Business
  Continuity

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

• End User Computing
• VMware Workstation 7 Fundamentals
• VMware Workstation 7 Advanced
• VMware Workstation 6 Mastery
• VMware Fusion 3
• VMware View 4.5 Fundamentals
• What is New in VMware View 4.5
• VMware ThinApp Fundamentals

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Offerings

• Instructor Led Courses
• VMware vSphere 4 Overview
• VMware vSphere Skills for Operators
• VMware vSphere 4 What's New
• VMware vSphere What's New Japanese
• VMware vSphere 4 Manage Availability
• VMware vSphere 4 Manage Scalability
• VMware vSphere 4 Manage for Performance
• VMware vSphere Design Workshop
• VMware vSphere Design Workshop Chinese
• VMware vSphere Design Workshop Japanese
• Using VMware vCenter Lab Manager
• VMware vSphere 4 Troubleshooting
• VMware vSphere 4 Troubleshooting Chinese
• VMware vSphere 4 Troubleshooting Japanese
• VMware vSphere 4 Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere 4.1 Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere 4 Manage and Design for Security

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Offerings

• Instructor Led Courses Continued
• VMware vSphere Transition to ESXi
• VMware vSphere 4 Fast Track
• VMware vSphere 4 Install, Configure, Manage
  Chinese
• VMware View Design Best Practices
• VMware vSphere Automation with vSphere PowerCLI
• VMware vSphere 4 Install, Configure, Manage -
  Japanese
• VMware View Install, Configure, Manage
• Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Overview
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Skills for Operators
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Deploy, Secure and
  Analyze
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Install and Configure
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Install and Configure -
  Chinese
• VMware Infrastructure 3 Install and Configure -
  Japanese
• VMware Workstation 6.5

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Spring Source Instructor Led Offerings

• Core Spring v3
• Rich Web Applications with Spring
• Enterprise Integration with Spring

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Eligibility for VMware IT Academy Program

• VMware Academy program open to Accredited,
  degree diploma granting higher education
  institutions worldwide offering 2- or 4- year
  college programs are eligible to participate in
  the program
• Technical schools offering accredited degrees
  through distance education programs are also
  eligible to participate in the program
• No minimum course enrollment commitment (i.e.
  Academy members can scale classes as the markets
  and opportunity demand)

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Program Costs

• No cost to Join. A simple registration form
  submitted for approval.
• Student course kits purchased directly from
  VMwares print vendor to leverage VMwares price
  point based on quantity scale. Student kits
  should cost less than 50 USD including tax
  shipping when ordering in quantity 10 or more.
• IT Academy partners can purchase certification
  vouchers directly from VMwares certification
  testing delivery partner (Pearson VUE) at a
  discounted rate of 70 off commercial cost.
• IT Academy partners receive eLearning courses to
  use at No Charge to supplement instructor led
  courses or for reference for any courses desired.

Note eLearning courses do not satisfy the
prerequisite for the VMware VCP Certification.
The cost of printing, shipping and taxes will
vary by region as will the cost of certification
test delivery.
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VMware IT Academy - Support

• Administrative Support
• Program Manager
• Operations
• myLearn LMS for Class, Student, Certification
  Vouchers Evaluations
• Technical Support - VMware Forum
• http//communities.vmware.com
• Mentoring via WebEx with Playback
• Course Materials Gilmore Dedicated School
  Storefront
• Certification Pearson VUE Redeemable Discount
  Vouchers
• Hardware Recommendations on either physical
  servers or virtual via NETLAB from NDG

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VMware IT Academy Program Success Metrics

• of students participating over time
• of students completing certifications over
  time
• Quality Ratings Commercial Scores as measured
  by student feedback scores
• Academy members and student direct program
  feedback

VMware will measure academy program members
success using the metrics above. These inputs
will be used to determine further program
enhancements and future program direction
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NETLAB Concept
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NETLAB Deployments
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Cisco Networking Academy
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Example Topology for Cisco Courses

CCNP CCNA Security CCNA Exploration 2 CCNA
Exploration 3 CCNA Exploration 4 CCNA Discovery
2 CCNA Discovery 3 CCNA Discovery 4
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NDG is Developing Supplemental VoIP Labs
CVOICE - 642-437
CCNA Voice - 640-461
Professional-Level Certification for Cisco Voice
Technologies. Part of CCNP Voice Track
Entry-Level Certification for Cisco Voice
Technologies
Description
Official Cert Guide
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VMware IT Academy - ICM
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ICM Student Interface
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EMC Feasibility Study
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Questions
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Backup Slides

• Additional Information

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Additional Information - Agenda

• ILT Equipment requirements overview
• VMware Certified Instructor requirements
• Pearson VUE Testing Center Overview
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Overview

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Server, Storage Network Infrastructure

• Server Requirements
• A VMware certified x86 (Intel Xeon or AMD
  Opteron) based 64bit server with 2GB RAM or more
  (4 or 8 GB recommeded), 36GB local disk storage
  (72GB or more recommended) DVD ROM access to
  Keyboard, mouse monitor capabilities (see
  http//www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_systems_guide.pdf
  http//www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_io_guide.pdf )
• A minimum of 3 x 1Gbit NIC interface cards ( see
  supported NIC models http//www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3
  _io_guide.pdf )
• A minimum of 1 VMware supported Fibre Channel
  adapter per server (http//www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_
  san_guide.pdf)

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Server, Storage Network Infrastructure

• Storage Requirements
• 1 x shared NAS device listed on the VMware SAN
  compatibility guide (see http//www.vmware.com/pdf
  /vi3_san_guide.pdf) or use of a customised NFS
  server
• 1 x Fibre Channel switch Storage Area Network
  (on VMware certified device list see
  http//www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf) .
  This array must be capable of having a minimum of
  3 dedicated LUNs (10GB each) for each server 2
  shared LUNs 100GB each for use by all servers.
• Sufficient Fibre Channel switches to connect the
  servers to the storage array.

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Server, Storage Network Infrastructure

• Network Requirements
• All student server networking components
  should be 1 Gbps network connected and
  appropriate network isolation should be in place
  (i.e. ESX server management training network
  separated from academy production network)
• NAS / IP Storage device should be connected to
  the ESX server management network
• Static IP address allocation scheme for specific
  components (4 per server recommended) DHCP
  addressing capabilities to cater for up to 10 IP
  addresses per physical ESX host for virtual
  machines created during the class exercises)
• Virtual Center Server Requirements
• Sufficient hardware (virtual or physical) to run
  a Windows 2003 Virtual Machine per ESX server
  within the classroom environment. VMware
  recommends these Virtual Center servers be run as
  VMs on top of a common ESX host within the
  training environment.

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Server, Storage Network Infrastructure

• Classroom Computer Requirements
• Standard x86 PCs with Intel or AMD processors
  (500 Mhz or better recommended) capable of
  running Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003
  with 512MB RAM or more recommended) with
  keyboard, mouse monitor. Computers must be
  capable of running VMware Virtual Infrastructure
  Client (with .NET framework 1.1 or higher
  installed).
• Computers should be setup in as standard a
  manner as possible and allow access to external
  websites for students and instructors.
• Access to training environment can be provided
  by remote capability. For this VMware recommends
  use of VMwares secure Virtual Desktop
  Infrastructure capability through VMware View 3
  capability.

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Example ILT Infrastructure Requirements - Diagram
Academy Members are responsible for design and
build of their own training environments and
ensuring proper capabilities according to VAP
agreement
Example Only This diagram is a pictorial example
of the infrastructure setup required to run the
ILT courses. Please refer to the detailed
specifications and configurations found in VMware
Academy Program agreement. Example Only For a
class of 16 concurrent students, minimum
recommendations are for 8 student ESX hosts 1
- infrastructure ESX host 1 FC shared SAN 1
NAS shared storage Appropriate network switches
connectivity 16 student classroom computers 1
instructor classroom computer
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Virtual Labs via NETLAB from NDG

• NETLAB Support of the VMware IT Academy Program

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Requirements

• For each certified course, a VMware IT Academy
  Instructor needs to
• Attend and actively participate in the specified
  course any pre-requisite courses. This
  requirement can also be met by attending a Live
  On Line qualifying course, viewing a recorded
  Live On Line course and providing screen shots of
  completed labs either using the schools hardware
  or NDGs virtual lab support that they make
  available for IT Academy instructor candidates
  for completing the lab requirement.
• Pass the associated VMware authorized exam with
  an instructor pass mark of 350 on the VCP 4 exam
  (higher than the standard student pass mark of
  300)

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