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Enable a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine
• Identify FT restrictions
• Evaluate FT use cases
• Set up an FT network
• Verify requirements of operating environment
• Enable FT for a virtual machine
• Test an FT configuration
• Upgrade ESX hosts containing FT virtual machines

Create and Configure Resource Pools
• Determine Resource Pool requirements for a given situation
• Evaluate appropriate shares, reservations, and limits in a given situation
• Evaluate virtual machines for a given Resource Pool
• Create Resource Pools
• Set CPU resource shares/reservations/limits
• Set memory resource shares/reservations/limits
• Define Expandable Reservation
• Add virtual machines to pool
• Describe resource pool hierarchy

Migrate Virtual Machines
• Identify compatibility requirements
• Cite the three methods of virtual machine migration
• Understand/Apply
• Determine migration use cases
• Compare and contrast migration technologies
• Migrate a virtual machine using VMotion
• Migrate a virtual machine using Storage VMotion
• Cold migrate a virtual machine

Backup and Restore Virtual Machines
• Describe different back-up/restore procedures and strategies
• Create/Delete/Restore Snapshots
• Install Backup and Recovery Appliance
• Install vCenter Data Recovery plug-in
• Create a backup job with vCenter Data Recovery
• Perform test and actual restores using vCenter Data Recovery

Perform Basic Troubleshooting and Alarm Management
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Perform Basic Troubleshooting for ESX/ESXi Hosts
• Understand general ESX Server troubleshooting guidelines
• Troubleshoot common installation issues
• Monitor ESX Server system health
• Understand how to export diagnostic data

Perform Basic Troubleshooting for VMware FT and Third-Party Clusters
• Analyze and evaluate VM population for maintenance mode considerations
• Understand manual Third-Party failover/failback processes
• Troubleshoot Fault Tolerance partial or unexpected failovers

Perform Basic Troubleshooting for Networking
• Verify VM is connected to the correct port group
• Verify port group settings are correct
• Verify that the network adaptor is connected within the VM
• Verify VM network adaptor settings
• Verify physical network adaptor settings
• Verify vSphere network management settings

Perform Basic Troubleshooting for Storage
• Identify storage contention issues
• Identify storage over-commitment issues
• Identify storage connectivity issues
• Identify iSCSI software initiator configuration issues
• Interpret Storage Reports and Storage Maps

Perform Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS and VMotion
• Explain the requirements of HA/DRS and VMotion
• Verify VMotion functionality
• Verify DNS settings
• Verify the service console network functionality
• Interpret the DRS Resource Distribution Graph and Target/Current Host Load Deviation
• Troubleshoot VMotion using topology maps
• Troubleshoot HA capacity issues
• Troubleshoot HA redundancy issues

Create and Respond to vCenter Connectivity Alarms
• List vCenter default connectivity alarms
• List possible actions for connectivity alarms
• For a given alarm, analyze and evaluate the affected virtual infrastructure components
• Create a vCenter connectivity alarm
• Relate the alarm to the affected components
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Create and Respond to vCenter Utilization Alarms
• List vCenter default utilization alarms
• List possible actions for utilization alarms
• For a given alarm, analyze and evaluate the affected virtual infrastructure resource
• Create a vCenter utilization alarm
• Relate the alarm to the affected resource

Monitor vSphere ESX/ESXi and Virtual Machine Performance
• Identify critical performance metrics (e.g., CPU ready, queue depth, etc.)
• Explain memory metrics (ballooning, shared, etc.)
• Explain CPU metrics (ready/wait time, etc.)
• Explain network metrics (usage, packet drops, etc.)
• Explain storage metrics (latency, queuing, etc.)
• Compare and contrast Overview and Advanced Charts
• Create an Advanced Chart
• Determine host performance using guest Perfmon

Install and Configure vCenter Server
Install vCenter Server

• Identify hardware requirements
• Understand configuration maximums
• Determine availability requirements for a vCenter server in a given situation
• Determine appropriate vCenter Server edition
• Determine database size requirements
• Prepare/Configure vCenter Server database
• Install vCenter Server using downloaded installer
• Install additional modules
o vCenter Guided Consolidation
o vCenter Update Manager
o vCenter Converter
• Determine use case for vCenter Linked Mode Groups

Manage vSphere Client plug-ins
• Identify available plug-ins
• Determine required plug-ins for a given application
• Ensure permissions to install plug-ins
• Enable plug-ins after installation

Configure vCenter Server
• Identify the vCenter Server managed ESX Hosts and Virtual Machine maximums
• Join ESX/ESXi Hosts to vCenter Server
• Configure Guest OS Customization
• Use datacenters and folders to organize the environment
• Configure/Use Scheduled Tasks
• Configure/Use Resource Maps

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• Use Storage Reports/Storage Maps
• View/Manage Events
• Configure vCenter Server settings
• Configure vSphere Client settings

Configure Access Control
• Create/Modify user permissions in vCenter
• Create/Modify user permissions in ESX Server
• Restrict access to vCenter inventory objects
• Define vCenter predefined roles and their privileges
• Create/Clone Edit roles
• Assign roles to users and groups
• Describe how privileges propagate
• Understand permissions as applied to user and group combinations

Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines and vApps
Create and Deploy Virtual Machines
• Understand virtual machine hardware maximums
• Create a virtual machine
o Determine appropriate SCSI adapter
o Determine Virtual Disk type
o Install/Upgrade/Configure VMware Tools
• Create/Convert templates
• Customize Windows/Linux virtual machines
• Manage Customization Specifications
• Deploy a virtual machine from a template
• Deploy a virtual machine using VMware vCenter Converter Enterprise
o Perform a Hot Clone
o Perform a Cold Clone
o Perform System Reconfiguration
• Deploy a virtual machine using Guided Consolidation
o Perform Discovery
o Analyze discovered virtual machines
o Consolidate selected virtual machines
• Clone a virtual machine
• Import a virtual machine from a file/folder

Manage Virtual Machines
• Configure/Modify virtual machines
o Add/Hot Add virtual machine hardware
o Grow virtual machine disks
o Determine appropriate disk format
• Connect virtual machines to devices
• Configure virtual machine options
o General Options
o Advanced Options
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o Power Management Options
o VMware Tools Options
• Configure appropriate virtual machine resource settings

Deploy vApps
• Determine whether a vApp is appropriate for a given situation
• Define Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF)
• Import/Export a Virtual Appliance
• Build a vApp
• Create/Add virtual machines to a vApp
• Edit vApp Properties
• Export vApps
• Clone a vApp

Manage Compliance
Install, Configure and Manage VMware vCenter Update Manager
• Determine installation requirements and database sizing
• Install Update Manager Server and Client components
• Configure update manager settings
• Configure patch download options
• Create baselines
• Attach baselines to vCenter inventory objects
• Scan ESX hosts and virtual machines
• Remediate ESX hosts and virtual machines
• Stage ESX/ESXi Host updates
• Analyze compliance information from a scan

Establish and Apply ESX Host Profiles
• Create/Delete Host Profiles
• Import/Export Host Profiles
• Edit Host Profile Policies
• Associate an ESX host with a host profile
• Check for Compliance
• Apply Host Profiles
• Analyze configuration compliance information from a scan

Establish Service Levels
Create and Configure VMware Clusters
• Create new cluster
• Add ESX/ESXi hosts to a cluster
• Configure High Availability basic/advanced settings
• Enable/Configure VM Monitoring
• Configure Distributed Resource Scheduler basic/advanced settings
• Configure Distributed Power Management
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• Configure Enhanced VMotion Compatibility
• Configure swap file location
• Analyze HA host failure capacity requirements
• Analyze HA admission control
• Determine use cases for DRS automation levels and migration thresholds
• Determine use cases for DPM policies

VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4

Exam Description
The VMware Certified Professional vSphere 4 Program is designed for individuals who want to demonstrate
their expertise in VMware vSphere 4 deployment and increase the potential for career advancement. The high
standards expected of a VCP means it’s one of the most sought after certifications in the industry. Become a
VCP to: Demonstrate your VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage; Install VMware ESX/ESXi on SAN Storage;
Configure ESX/ESXi Networking and Configure iSCSI SAN Storage.

Exam Topics
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam.
However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the
contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice. The
following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However,
other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents
of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi

Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage
• Identify minimum hardware requirements
• Download, prepare and validate installation media
• Determine appropriate ESX/ESXi configuration in a given situation
o Obtain required information for environment
o Verify hardware against the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide
• Perform a custom installation
o Customize storage layout for given situations
• Configure ESXi from the direct console
• Configure ESX/ESXi NTP
• Manage ESX/ESXi licensing

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o Compare/Contrast VMware vSphere editions
o Manage license keys

Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi
• Plan a VMware vSphere upgrade
o Backup/Restore ESX/ESXi host configuration
o Understand Virtual Machine backup options
o Determine if existing hardware meets upgrade requirements
• Understand VMware ESX/ESXi upgrade scenarios
• Perform upgrade to ESX 4.0
o Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi
o Upgrade virtual machine hardware
o Upgrade VMware Tools
• Verify success of upgrade
• Understand upgrade roll back options

Secure VMware ESX/ESXi
• Identify default security principles
• Understand Service Console firewall operation
o Service Console Security Level
o Opening/Closing ports in the firewall using the vSphere Client
• Set up user/group accounts
• Determine applications needed for accessing the service console in a given scenario

Install VMware ESX/ESXi on SAN Storage
• Configure LUN Masking
• Prepare SAN
• Configure FC or iSCSI HBA BIOS
o Enable BIOS
o Select Boot LUN
• Install VMware ESX/ESXi
• Determine boot LUN size in a given situation

Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions
• Differentiate VMware platform products and editions
• Understand the various datacenter solutions (View, SRM, Lab Manager, etc.)
• Explain ESX/ESXi architecture
• Compare and contrast bare metal vs. hosted architecture

Configure ESX/ESXi Networking
Configure Virtual Switches
• Understand Virtual Switch and ESX/ESXi NIC and port maximums
• Determine the vSwitch NIC teaming policy in a given situation

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• Determine the appropriate vSwitch security policies in a given situation
• Create/Delete Virtual Switches
• Create Ports/Port Groups
• Assign Physical Adapters
• Modify vSwitch NIC Teaming and failover policies
• Modify vSwitch security policy and VLAN settings
• Configure VMotion

Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches
• Understand ESX Host and port maximums for dvSwitches
• Determine the virtual port group NIC teaming and fail-over policy in a given situation
• Determine the appropriate virtual port group security policies in a given situation
• Create/Modify a vNetwork Distributed Switch
• Create/Modify Uplink Group settings
• Create/Modify dvPort Group settings
• Add an ESX/ESXi Host to a vNetwork Distributed Switch
• Add/Delete a VMkernel dvPort
• Migrate Virtual Machines to a vNetwork Distributed Switch

Configure VMware ESX/ESXi Management Network
• Modify Service Console IP Settings
• Configure Service Console availability
• Configure DNS and Routing settings for an ESX Host

Configure ESX/ESXi Storage
Configure FC SAN Storage
• Identify FC SAN hardware components
• Identify how ESX Server connections are made to FC SAN storage
• Describe ESX Server FC SAN storage addressing
• Describe the concepts of zoning and LUN masking
• Configure LUN masking
• Scan for new LUNs
• Determine and configure the appropriate multi-pathing policy
• Differentiate between NMP and third-party MPP

Configure iSCSI SAN Storage
• Identify iSCSI SAN hardware components
• Determine use cases for hardware vs. software iSCSI initiators
• Configure the iSCSI Software Initiator
• Configure Dynamic/Static Discovery
• Configure CHAP Authentication
• Configure VMkernel port binding for iSCSI Software multi-pathing
• Discover LUNs
• Identify iSCSI addressing in the context of the host
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Configure NFS Datastores
• Identify the NFS hardware components
• Explain ESX exclusivity for NFS mounts
• Configure ESX/ESXi network connectivity to the NAS device
• Create an NFS Datastore

Configure and Manage VMFS Datastores
• Identify VMFS file system attributes
• Determine the appropriate Datastore location/configuration for given virtual machines
• Determine use cases for multiple VMFS Datastores
• Create/Configure VMFS Datastores
• Attach existing Datastore to new ESX host
• Manage VMFS Datastores
o Group/Unmount/Delete Datastores
• Grow VMFS volumes