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VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization 2024 (VCTA-DCV 2024)

The VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2025 [v2] (VCP-DCV 2025) certification validates an individual's knowledge and skills with VMware vSphere solutions, including virtual

VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization 2024 (VCTA-DCV 2024)

Gain a solid foundation in data center virtualization concepts, essential practices, and key technical skills. Elevate your IT career by earning the VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization 2024 certification and demonstrating your expertise in managing and optimizing virtualized environments.

Course Overview

Emigo Networks offers expert-led training for the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2024 (VCP-DCV 2024), designed to equip IT professionals with the skills to deploy, manage, and optimize VMware vSphere environments. This certification validates your ability to work with vSphere infrastructure, including virtual machines, networking, and storage. Ideal for system administrators and engineers, the course ensures practical, real-world learning through hands-on labs and guided instruction aligned with the latest VMware technologies.

The VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2024 (VCP-DCV 2024) course offered by Emigo Networks is designed to develop your expertise in deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting modern VMware vSphere infrastructure. This training focuses on building core virtualization skills, including virtual machine management, vSphere storage and networking, and lifecycle management of vSphere environments. The course incorporates real-world scenarios, enabling participants to gain hands-on experience and prepare for managing enterprise-class virtualized environments efficiently and securely.

What You'll Learn

  • Installing and configuring ESXi hosts and vCenter Server, and creating & managing virtual machines and templates
  • Managing virtual networking using Standard and Distributed Switches, network policies, NIOC, and VMkernel networking
  • Configuring and optimizing storage, including VMFS, vSAN, vVOLs, multipathing, and storage policies 
  • Implementing high availability and resource management, such as DRS, HA, EVC, vSphere Lifecycle Manager, and vSAN ESA
  • Securing virtual infrastructure, including encryption (vTPM), identity federation, secure boot, and virtual Trusted Platform Modules
  • Using modern vSphere features, like Tanzu Kubernetes integration, Skyline proactive management, and Lifecycle Manager for updates 
  • Troubleshooting and performance monitoring, including using performance charts, alarms, Logging via Skyline, and lifecycle troubleshooting

Syllabus Summary

Section 1 – Architecture and Technologies
  • Describe Kubernetes Lifecycle Management Concepts 
  • Describe Application Modernization Concepts 
  • Describe Kubernetes logical objects 
  • Describe Kubernetes Platform and Service Administration Concepts 
  • Describe Kubernetes Cluster and Application Security Concepts 
  • Describe Kubernetes Application Deployment and Lifecycle Management Concepts 
  • Describe Kubernetes networking and storage concepts 
  • Describe the concepts of service mesh 
  • Describe the concept of observability for Kubernetes 
  • Describe the concept of application package management for Kubernetes 
  • Describe the concept of Cluster API 
Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions
  • Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 
  • Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for vSphere with Tanzu 
  • Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for Tanzu Mission Control 
  • Describe the features and benefits of Aria Operations for Applications 
  • Describe the features and benefits of Tanzu Service Mesh 
3. Section 3 – Planning and Designing
  • There are no testable objectives for this section
Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing

6.1. Identify use cases for enabling vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) retreat mode 

6.2. Differentiate between the main management services in VMware ESXi and vCenter and their corresponding log files 

6.3. Generate a log bundle 

Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setup

4.1. Describe single sign-on (SSO) 

4.2. Configure vSphere distributed switches 

4.3. Configure Virtual Standard Switch (VSS) advanced virtual networking options 

4.4. Set up identity sources 

4.5. Deploy and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 

4.6. Create and configure VMware HA and DRS advanced options (Admission Control, Proactive HA, etc.) 

4.7. Deploy and configure VMware vCenter High Availability 

4.8. Set up content library 

4.9. Subscribe to content library 

4.10. Manage virtual machine (VM) template versions 

4.11. Configure VMware vCenter file-based backup 

4.12. Configure vSphere Trust Authority 

4.13. Configure vSphere certificates 

4.14. Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager 

4.15. Configure different network stacks 

4.16. Configure host profiles 

4.17. Identify ESXi boot options 

4.18. Deploy and configure clusters using the vSphere Cluster Quickstart workflow 

4.19. Set up and configure VMware ESXi 

4.20. Configure VMware vSphere with Tanzu

Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades

5.1. Identify resource pools use cases 

5.2. Monitor resources of a VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) and vSphere 8.x environment 

5.3. Identify and use resource monitoring tools 

5.4. Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC) 

5.5. Configure Storage I/O Control (SIOC) 

5.6. Configure a virtual machine port group to be offloaded to a data processing unit (DPU) 

5.7. Explain the performance impact of maintaining virtual machine snapshots 

5.8. Use Update Planner to identify opportunities to update VMware vCenter 

5.9. Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to determine the need for upgrades and updates 

5.10. Use performance charts to monitor performance 

5.11. Perform proactive management with VMware Skyline 

5.12. Use VMware vCenter management interface to update VMware vCenter 

5.13. Complete lifecycle activities for VMware vSphere with Tanzu 

Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing

6.1. Identify use cases for enabling vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) retreat mode 

6.2. Differentiate between the main management services in VMware ESXi and vCenter and their corresponding log files 

6.3. Generate a log bundle 

Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks

7.1. Create and manage virtual machine snapshots 

7.2. Create virtual machines using different methods (Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates, content library, etc.) 

7.3. Manage virtual machines (modifying virtual machine settings, VMware per-VM EVC, latency sensitivity, CPU affinity, etc.) 

7.4. Manage storage 

7.5. Create DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules for common use cases 

7.6. Migrate virtual machines 

7.7. Configure role-based access control 

7.8. Manage host profiles 

7.9. Utilize VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager 

7.10. Use predefined alarms in VMware vCenter 

7.11. Create custom alarms 

7.12. Deploy an encrypted virtual machine 

Pre-requisites

  • Basic understanding of virtualization concepts and data center technologies.
  • Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere environments, including installation, configuration, and management.
  • Familiarity with networking, storage, and server hardware as it relates to virtualization.
  • Recommended completion of VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA-DCV) or equivalent foundational knowledge.
  • Practical experience in administering vSphere environments is strongly advised for successful training and certification.

Required Exams

  • Exam Code: 2V0-21.23
  • Duration: 135 minutes
  • Pricing: $250 USD

Who Should Attend

  • System Administrators who manage virtual infrastructure environments
  • System Engineers responsible for deploying and maintaining vSphere environments
  • Data Center Operations Professionals seeking to enhance virtualization capabilities
  • Virtualization Administrators working with VMware technologies regularly
  • Technical Support Engineers and consultants handling vSphere-based infrastructure
  • Cloud Administrators transitioning to or managing hybrid and on-premises virtual environments
  • Candidates preparing for the VCP-DCV 2024 certification exam

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