Hi All, the plan is to create a study guide for all the objectives on the “Version 7” of the exam….
To start with please check out the blueprint of the exam.
I anticipate this will take me a few months to put together, as I have a 3 year old and a day job – But I am aiming to get going very soon. Links will be updated in due course with the sections filled out.
Good luck with your studies.
| Section 1 –Architectures and Technologies |
| Objective 1.1 – Identify the pre-requisites and components for a vSphere implementation |
| Objective 1.2 – Describe vCenter Server topology |
| Objective 1.3 – Identify and differentiate storage access protocols for vSphere (NFS, iSCSI, SAN, etc.) |
| 1.3.1 – Describe storage datastore types for vSphere |
| 1.3.2 – Explain the importance of advanced storage configuration (vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA), vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI), etc.) |
| 1.3.3 – Describe storage policies |
| 1.3.4 – Describe basic storage concepts in K8s, vSAN and vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) |
| Objective 1.4 – Differentiate between vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC) and vSphere Storage I/O Control (SIOC) |
| Objective 1.5 – Describe instant clone architecture and use cases |
| Objective 1.6 – Describe ESXi cluster concepts |
| 1.6.1 – Describe Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) |
| 1.6.2 – Describe vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) |
| 1.6.3 – Describe how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) scores virtual machines |
| 1.6.4 – Describe vSphere High Availability |
| 1.6.5 – Describe datastore clusters |
| Objective 1.7 – Identify vSphere distributed switch and vSphere standard switch capabilities |
| 1.7.1 – Describe VMkernel networking |
| 1.7.2 – Manage networking on multiple hosts with vSphere distributed switch |
| 1.7.3 – Describe networking policies |
| 1.7.4 – Manage Network I/O Control (NIOC) on a vSphere distributed switch |
| Objective 1.8 – Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager concepts (baselines, cluster images, etc.) |
| Objective 1.9 – Describe the basics of vSAN as primary storage |
| 1.9.1 – Identify basic vSAN requirements(networking, disk count + type) |
| Objective 1.10 – Describe the vSphere Trust Authority architecture |
| Objective 1.11 – Explain Software Guard Extensions (SGX) |
| Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions |
| Objective 2.1 – Describe the role of vSphere in the software-defined data center (SDDC) |
| Objective 2.2 – Identify use cases for vCloud Foundation |
| Objective 2.3 – Identify migration options |
| Objective 2.4 – Identify DR use cases |
| Objective 2.5 – Describe vSphere integration with VMware Skyline |
| Section 3 – Planning and Designing – There are no testable objectives for this section. |
| Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setup |
| Objective 4.1 – Describe single sign-on (SSO) deployment topology |
| 4.1.1 – Configure a single sign-on (SSO) domain |
| 4.1.2 – Join an existing single sign-on (SSO) domain |
| Objective 4.2 – Configure VSS advanced virtual networking options |
| Objective 4.3 – Set up identity sources |
| 4.3.1 – Configure Identity Federation |
| 4.3.2 – Configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) integration |
| 4.3.3 – Configure Active Directory integration |
| Objective 4.4 – Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance |
| Objective 4.5 – Create and configure VMware High Availability and advanced options (Admission Control, Proactive High Availability, etc.) |
| Objective 4.6 – Deploy and configure vCenter Server High Availability |
| Objective 4.7 – Set up content library |
| Objective 4.8 – Configure vCenter Server file-based backup |
| http://www.v-ms.uk/2020/11/05/vcsa-7-0-backups-with-smb/ |
| Objective 4.9 – Analyze basic log output from vSphere products |
| Objective 4.10 – Configure vSphere Trust Authority |
| Objective 4.11 – Configure vSphere certificates |
| 4.11.1 – Describe Enterprise PKIs role for SSL certificates |
| Objective 4.12 – Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager/VMware Update Manager (VUM) |
| Objective 4.13 – Securely Boot ESXi hosts |
| Objective 4.14 – Configure different network stacks |
| Objective 4.15 – Configure Host Profiles |
| Objective 4.16 – Identify boot options |
| 4.16.1 – Configure Quick Boot |
| Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades |
| Objective 5.1 – Identify resource pools use cases |
| 5.1.1 – Explain shares, limits and reservations (resource management) |
| Objective 5.2 – Monitor resources of vCenter Server Appliance and vSphere environment |
| Objective 5.3 – Identify and use tools for performance monitoring |
| Objective 5.4 – Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC) |
| Objective 5.5 – Configure Storage I/O Control (SIOC) |
| Objective 5.6 – Explain the performance impact of maintaining virtual machine snapshots Objective 5.7 – Plan for upgrading various vSphere components |
| Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing – There are no testable objectives for this section. |
| Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks |
| Objective 7.1 – Create and manage virtual machine snapshots |
| Objective 7.2 – Create virtual machines using different methods (Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) templates, content library, etc.) |
| Objective 7.3 – Manage virtual machines |
| Objective 7.4 – Manage storage (datastores, storage policies, etc.) |
| 7.4.1 – Configure and modify datastores (expand/upgrade existing datastore, etc.) |
| 7.4.2 – Create virtual machine storage policies |
| 7.4.3 – Configure storage cluster options |
| Objective 7.5 – Create Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) affinity and anti-affinity rules for common use cases |
| Objective 7.6 – Configure and perform different types of migrations |
| Objective 7.7 – Configure role-based user management |
| Objective 7.8 – Configure and manage the options for securing a vSphere environment (certificates, virtual machine encryption, virtual Trusted Platform Module, lock-down mode, virtualization-based security, etc.) |
| Objective 7.9 – Configure and manage host profiles |
| Objective 7.10 – Utilize baselines to perform updates and upgrades |
| Objective 7.11 – Utilize vSphere Lifecycle Manager |
| 7.11.1 – Describe Firmware upgrades for ESXi |
| 7.11.2 – Describe ESXi updates |
| 7.11.3 – Describe component and driver updates for ESXi |
| 7.11.4 – Describe hardware compatibility check |
| 7.11.5 – Describe ESXi cluster image export functionality |
| Objective 7.12 – Configure alarms |