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Identify the characteristics of servers

Specify how to access servers remotely

Describe server redundancy and how it benefits data centers

Describe the characteristics of storage, including RAID levels, local versus shared storage, and SAN versus NAS storage

Describe VMware virtual storage concepts

Identify the basic characteristics and components of networks

Define database terminologies

Describe the fundamental components and concepts behind data center virtualization

Compare the components and concepts of traditional architecture and virtual architecture

Identify the benefits of virtual architecture

Describe the VMware virtualization infrastructure

Describe server virtualization concepts

Identify vSphere components, including vCenter Server, VMware ESXi™, and VMware vSphere® Client™

View and describe virtual network and storage components

Describe inventory objects managed by vSphere

Describe the main features of vCenterServer

Identify the differences between the vSphere

Client and VMware vSphere® Web Client interfaces

Access, navigate, and customize vSphere Web Client

Use vSphere Web Client to monitor and manage vSphere objects

Perform searches in vSphere Web Client

Describe how roles and permissions can be assigned to users and user groups through vSphere Web Client

Create and manage virtual machines

Install a guest operating system and VMware Tools™

Describe how to use clones and templates to manage virtual machines

Describe the importance of content libraries

Configure virtual machines

Use snapshots to manage virtual machines

Describe how raw device mapping enables a virtual machine to directly access and use a storage device

Describe virtual machine resource monitoring concepts

Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor virtual machine resourceusage

Describe and monitor tasks

Describe, monitor, and manage events

Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms

Describe CPU and memory resource management techniques used in ESXi

Use virtual machine resource controls to allocate CPU and memory resources

Use resources pools to hierarchically allocate CPU and memory resources

Describe a vApp

Create a vApp

Add objects to a vApp

Edit vApp settings

Clone a vApp

Manage the power operations of a vApp

Describe the operation and benefits of vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion

Use vSphere vMotion to migrate a live virtual machine

Use vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate a live virtual machine’s data

Describe the operation and availability benefits of vSphere HA

Configure a vSphere HA cluster

Describe the operation and availability benefits of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance

Configure a virtual machine for fault tolerance

Describe the concepts of cloud computing

Define the types of cloud computing

Differentiate between SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS

Explain common IT challenges faced by organizations using cloud computing

Describe VMware products that are part of the VMware cloud solution

Identify solutions for cloud computing challenges