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VCP Club

Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok, Senior Systems Consultante1@vmware.com | virtual-red-dot.blogspot.com | tinyurl.com/SGP-User-Group | facebook.com/e1ang

August 2010

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Content

Welcome | Introduction

VCDX

vSphere 4.1: Storage

Drinks

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VCDX

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What is the VMware Certified Design eXpert (VCDX)?

Highest tier of Technical Certification offered by VMware• Beyond VCP• Beyond VCAP (VMware Certified Advanced Professional)• Differentiates from administrators – focused on architectural design skills

Why VCDX?• Validate your capabilities to plan and design a VMware Infrastructure

environment• Drastically increase your value to customers and employers• Not for most people – targeted to architects

Other non-design tracks planned

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VCDX

Why taking it?• “Separate the man from the boyz”

How hard is it?

How much work is required?• Get your manager approval.

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VCAP

2 choices• Admin: deeper, troubleshooting, for support and admin• Design: broader, for presales/implementer/admin

Both are required for VCDX

Design Blueprint

Make it official• Part of your performance appraisal• Full support from management

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What Demonstrates Design Expertise?

Design Considerations and Rationale• Full understanding of business requirements• Identification of constraints• Enterprise architecture strategies• Decision making, justification, and understanding of impact of choice• Clear understanding of all aspects of design, decision choices, and inherent

risk

Defense• Provides a complete solution that addresses all requirements, constraints,

and risks• Able to answer all questions on a design and defend the decisions• Effectively manages time while working in design meetings with customers

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VCAP - Design

Blueprint is the closest source. Coupled with design experience.

Blueprint walk through

Study Guide (for Admin)• Example 1: http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php?/Tech-Blog/vcap-

datacenter-administration-exam-landing-page-vdca410.html• Example 2: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-12414• Make your own. Or share (see below)

Study Club• Active participation required. Divide and Conquer.• Meeting every 3 weeks at VMware office.• The fellowship of the ring• Commitment. Get your company official approval

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Exam Scope

Major Application:• Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, MS AD

Design area• Storage Design• Network Design. Includes Nexus 1000V• Security• Server/Cluster

Operational/Management• Project Plan• Test Guide• Installation Guide

Materials from Design Workshop

Materials from PSO Plan and Design

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Blueprint: Table of Content

Section 1 – Business Requirements • Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements (e.g. current availability, manageability) • Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements • Objective 1.3 – Determine the risks, constraints, and assumptions

Section 2 – Logical Design • Objective 2.1 – Map business requirements to the logical design • Objective 2.2 – Map service dependencies • Objective 2.3 – Define logical storage design • Objective 2.4 – Define logical network design • Objective 2.5 – Define logical security design • Objective 2.6 – Define management design • Objective 2.7 – Design backup and availability solutions in a multi-site environment

Section 3 – Technical Requirements • Objective 3.1 – Perform current state analysis of CPU, memory, storage, and network • Objective 3.2 – Determine storage solutions • Objective 3.3 – Determine networking solutions • Objective 3.4 – Determine security solutions • Objective 3.5 – Determine host class • Objective 3.6 – Determine DR, backup, and availability solutions

Section 4 – Physical Design • Objective 4.1 – Transition from a logical to a physical design • Objective 4.2 – Design the network • Objective 4.3 – Design storage • Objective 4.4 – Size hosts, clusters, and resource pools. • Objective 4.5 – Determine virtual machine attributes

Section 5 – Implementation Planning • Objective 5.1 – Identify test areas • Objective 5.2 – Create implementation plan • Objective 5.3 – Create installation guide

Very detail. Both theory and GUI/CLI.

Know the screen inside out.

Yes, this is considered part of “Design”.Includes automated installation

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Products involved

Products Knowledge RemarksESX and ESXi In-depth

vCenter In-depth With LinkedMode

Nexus 1000V Medium

vShield Zones Medium

vMA & SDK Medium Knowledge of CLI maybe required?

vCenter Data Recovery Medium

vCenter Orchestrator Medium

vCenter Update Manager In-depth

vCenter Server Heartbeat Medium

VMware Data Recovery In-depth

Site Recovery Manager Medium

CapacityIQ Low

VMware Capacity Planner Medium

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Areas outside scope?

VMware desktop products• VMware View, Workstation, ThinApp, etc

Products moving to the cloud• Lab Manager, Life Cycle Manager

New products• AppSpeed• Chargeback• Project Redwood• IONIX

Performance troubleshooting

Non-performance troubleshooting: hang, crash

Log analysis?

PowerCLI

Pending Jon Hall advice

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vSphere Design Workshop

Course Content• http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=one&id_

subject=13754

Class normally every 6 months in Singapore• Next is 20 Sep 2010. No more in 2010.

To get the most out of the class….• Clear the VCP 4 first• vSphere hands-on and have accessed to lab• Have gone thru at least 1 project• Come with burning questions• Share and network

Browsing of material

during break

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vSphere Troubleshooting

Course Content• http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=one&id_

subject=13754• Configuration troubleshooting.• Not performance or availability (hang, crash, reboot, core dump)

troubleshooting

Class normally 3x a year in Singapore• Next is 18 Oct 2010. No more in 2010.

To get the most out of the class….• Clear the VCP 4 first• vSphere hands-on and have accessed to lab• Actual VMware administrator• Come with questions• Share and network

Browsing of material

during break

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vSphere 4.1: Storage

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vSphere Storage

VAAI• Concept• Video: Chad

Storage IO Control