I have been wandering looking for what would be my career path and as an IT person we all know that we need certifications to become competitive in the market so I searched for the best of today’s certification and what I found out was the VMWare VCP (VMware Certified Professional).
Many of today’s IT Certification requires authorized instructor-led course and is way expensive others are not even available in some countries one good example is the one mentioned above VMWare VCP (VMware Certified Professional) do you know that the course costs about almost $3000 ??? and additional FYi you need to have an experience in administering Microsoft Windows or Linux Operating Systems as a prerequisite.
It includes VMware vShpere Installation, Configuration and Managing which is delivered online through your browser well I guess I am wrong that it is not available on some countries because as the class will be or can delivered as long as you have an internet connection.
Below is the complete outline of the course:
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
- Discuss virtualization and vSphere components
Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi
- Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs
Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server
- Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant
- Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies
Module 5: Networking
- Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components
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Module 6: Storage
- Review storage management technologies
- Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues
Module 7: Virtual Machines
- Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided Consolidation
- Modify and manage virtual machines
Module 8: Access Control
- Control user access through roles and permissions
Module 9: Resource Monitoring
- Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI
Module 10: Scalability
- Scale resource management
- Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
- Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations
- Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed Power Management
Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection
- Review business continuity products and features
- Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault Tolerance
- Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines
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Module 12: Configuration Management
- Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter Update Manager
Module 13: Installing ESX
- Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations
I know after knowing the above information whether it is worth diving yourself into that path you may want to get an idea how much a VCP is paid don’t you? Well check it out here and here
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