Eric Sloof

The VCAP-CIA certification shows that you have advanced cloud administration experience and validates your ability to install, configure, and administer complex, single and multi-tenant public/private/hybrid VMware vCloud environments, it also shows that you have continued to enhance your cloud skills, and gives you a new, industry-recognized credential for your list of accomplishments.

• VMware Certified Professional – Cloud (VCP-Cloud)
• VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)
• VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop (VCP5-DT)

And second pass the VCAP-CIA exam

VMware technical certifications are moving from being product and version focused to being job-role-focused. Technical certifications that are launched after September 2012 do not have version numbers anymore. In the future “Datacenter” is spelled as two words “Data Center” and “-DV” has changed to “-DCV”.

Frequently asked questions: 

• Q: Is VCP5 the same as VCP5-DCV?
 A: "VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5" has been renamed "VMware Certified Professional 5 -Data Center Virtualization" to better highlight the specialization of the certified individual. Similarly, VCP4, VCDX4, and VCDX5 have been renamed VCP4-DCV, VCDX4-DCV, and VCDX5-DCV.
• Q: Why is “VCP5-DV” changing to “VCP5-DCV”?
 A: “Data center” better matches the industry use of the term and better translates into other languages.
• Q: Why is VMware moving from product-focused to job-role-focused certifications?
A: VMware certifications and certification tracks have been designed to meet the demands of the changing IT landscape. VMware's customers and partners confirm the value of certifications that can validate an IT professional's ability to bridge an array of products, solutions, and skill sets and to grow with the evolution of the data center and cloud technologies.
• Q: Why are the VCP logos changing? Why are you no longer using the version numbers? 
A: The VCP4 and VCP5 certifications have been renamed VMware Certified Professional 4 - Data Center Virtualization and VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization
respectively. The corresponding logos have been streamlined to emphasize the specialization. Going forward, the new logos will replace the older logos with numbers on items such as logo wear and certificates.
• Q: Can I still use my older logos with numbers?
 A: Yes, although the recommendation is to the use the most up-to-date logo that reflects the specialization.

VMware Certified Professional – Cloud (VCP-Cloud)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Administration (VCAP-CIA)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Governance (VCAP-CG)

VMware Certified Design Expert – Cloud (VCDX-Cloud)


DATA CENTER VIRTUALIZATION


VMware Certified Professional 4 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP4-DCV)

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Data Center Administration (VCAP4-DCA)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center Administration (VCAP5-DCA)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Data Center Design (VCAP4-DCD)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center Design (VCAP5-DCD)

VMware Certified Design Expert 4 – Data Center Virtualization (VCDX4-DCV)

VMware Certified Design Expert 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCDX5-DCV)


END USER COMPUTING


VMware Certified Associate 4 – Desktop (VCA4-DT)

VMware Certified Professional 4 – Desktop (VCP4-DT)

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop (VCP5-DT)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Administration (VCAP-DTA)

VMware Certified Design Expert – Desktop (VCDX-DT)


The logo zip files are being published to the Private Portals accessible by certified individuals:

VCA

When implementing VMware virtualization technology, organizations must ensure that they can continue to maintain a secure environment and meet their compliance obligations. To do so, you will have to evaluate risks that might affect protected information and mitigate those risks through risk-appropriate standards, processes, and best practices.

The official release of the vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide provides guidance on how to securely deploy VMware vSphere 5 in a production environment. The focus is on initial configuration of the virtualization infrastructure layer, which covers the following:

• The virtualization hosts 
• Configuration of the virtual machine container (NOT hardening of the guest operating system (OS) or any applications running within)
• Configuration of the virtual networking infrastructure, including the management and storage networks as well as the virtual switch (but NOT security of the virtual machine’s network)
• SSO, VUM, the webclient, VCSA, vCenter Server, its database and client components

vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide - Official Release by Mike Foley

The course consists of five modules:

• Introduction Horizon Mirage covers how Horizon Mirage works, some of the key business challenges it solves, its key features and benefits, and how to sell Horizon Mirage.
• Components and Architecture discusses the Horizon Mirage solution components and the Horizon Mirage solution architecture. 
• Install and Configure Horizon Mirage explains how to install and configure your Horizon Mirage System. 
• Administrator Tasks explains common administrator tasks including: how to set up a reference machine, capture and assign base layers and application layers, the process for performing endpoint disaster recovery, how to perform a Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration, and how to monitor the Horizon Mirage System. 
• End User Tasks covers how to complete end user tasks including: how to use the information in the Client Status window, how to complete a file level and directory level restore, and how to use the Snooze and Sync Now options.
  
  

VMware Horizon Mirage Fundamentals [V4.0]

• Describe the basics of how vCenter Chargeback Manager works.
• Determine the best deployment architecture for a given environment.
• Successfully install and monitor the health of all vCenter Chargeback Manager components.
• Configure administration settings and user access appropriately.
• Create and configure chargeback hierarchies to associate resource usage to the appropriate groups.
• Configure costing features to reflect the goals of a given organization.
• Configure the report dashboard.
• Generate and manage reports.
  
  

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager Fundamentals [V2.5]

This video provides an overview of vCenter Operations Manager version 5.7, which is the key component of vCenter Operations Management Suite, and provides you with operations dashboards to gain deep insights and visibility into health, risk and efficiency of your infrastructure, and also includes performance management and capacity optimization capabilities.

With this latest release, vCenter Operations Manager 5.7 comes with robust enhancements including:

• Allocation-based Capacity Planning
• Greater Scalability
• New and Improved Widgets

For more info about this release visit: Now Available: vCenter Operations Manager 5.7

Statsfeeder is a tool that enables performance metrics to be retrieved from vCenter and sent to multiple destinations, including 3rd party systems. The goal of StatsFeeder is to make it easier to collect statistics in a scalable manner. The user specifies the statistics to be collected in an XML file, and StatsFeeder will collect and persist these stats. 

The default persistence mechanism is comma-separated values, but the user can extend it to persist the data in a variety of formats, including a standard relational database or Key-value store. StatsFeeder is written leveraging significant experience with the performance APIs, allow the metrics to be retrieved in the most efficient manner possible. 

Earning VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD) certification shows that you have continued to enhance your desktop virtualization skills, and gives you a new, industry-recognized credential to add to your list of accomplishments.

VCAP-DTD validates your ability to design, plan, and optimize VMware View solutions. This certification signals a strong understanding of VMware View core components and their relation to the data center, as well as View design methodologies and principles. The VCAP-DTD certification is directed toward Architects who can translate technical requirements into a View-based design that can deliver manageable, secure, and robust end user computing environments. Achieving a VCAP-DTD certification validates your ability to:

• Determine technical requirements for a VMware View-based design
• Create VMware View-based desktop and desktop pool designs that meet requirements
• Define the VMware vSphere-based infrastructure requirements for a View Design
  
  

This five days of instructor-led training with 25% lecture and 75% hands-on provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere environment. This workshop also increases your skill and competence in using the command line to analyze problems. The workshop is based on VMware ESXi 5.1 and VMware vCenter Server 5.1.

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in vSphere 5.1 and be able to do the following: 

• Troubleshoot SSL certificate issues. 
• Troubleshoot networking issues. 
• Troubleshoot storage issues. 
• Troubleshoot single sign-on issues. 
• Troubleshoot vCenter Server issues. 
• Troubleshoot ESXi host issues. 
• Troubleshoot VMware vSphere High Availability cluster issues. 
• Troubleshoot VMware vSphere vMotion issues. 
• Troubleshoot virtual machine issues. 
• Use the VMware vSphere Web Client, the command line, and log files to diagnose and correct problems in vSphere.
  
  

The content of this course is based on frequently reported problems by customers. Rick Blythe over at VMware Support Insider says: The course covers troubleshooting areas related to trends we are seeing in support requests. Taking this class can help you avoid issues and respond quickly when they occur. 

Datasheet:  VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop