Operating Systems And Server Technologies
VMware Certified Cloud Professional
Administer vRealize Automation Components
Administer vRealize Orchestrator and TroubleshootAutomation Implementation
Configure and Administer vRealize Business Standards and Application Services
Configure and Manage Users and Groups in vRealize Automation
Create and Administer Cloud Networking
Install and Configure vRealize Suite
Manage vRealize Automation Resources

Administer vRealize Automation Components

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a05_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Administer vRealize Automation Components

  • start the course
  • define the different blueprint machine types
  • define the different blueprint provisioning types
  • define the different blueprint actions
  • define runtime property precedents
  • create a single blueprint
  • create a multi-machine blueprint
  • create a build profile
  • configure blueprint approvals
  • create services and actions
  • create entitlements and approval policies
  • configure catalog items
  • describe the implications of activating and inactivating entitlements
  • determine roles required to create and manage service blueprints
  • describe functions of property definitions
  • create property definitions and layouts
  • determine rights required to use property definitions and layouts
  • create and modify a property set
  • add property sets to a build profile
  • create and manage custom services and service blueprints using Advanced Service Designer
  • describe tools and features for vRealize Automation extensions
  • determine the appropriate custom properties for the blueprint or build profile

Overview/Description
Whether they are virtual, cloud, or a physical machine, blueprints define a machine's attributes, specifications, the method in which it is provisioned, and its policy and management settings. In this course, you will learn how to create and administer vRealize Automation blueprint and provisioning components including how to create and manage machine/multi-machine blueprints, service catalog items, service catalog blueprints, property dictionary, and build profiles. This course also addresses how to create custom services using Advanced Service Designer. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA:VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Administer vRealize Orchestrator and Troubleshoot Automation Implementation

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a06_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Administer vRealize Orchestrator and Troubleshoot Automation Implementation

  • start the course
  • identify steps to troubleshoot login issues
  • identify steps to troubleshoot installation issues
  • identify steps to troubleshoot upgrade issues
  • identify log file locations
  • provide status details of managed virtual machines
  • determine status and history of workflows
  • identify event attributes
  • display status information
  • create a resource map
  • create and publish a resource action
  • describe orchestrator workflows
  • describe different Orchestrator workflow types
  • create and manage Orchestrator endpoints to run workflows
  • use an Orchestrator workflow from an IaaS workflow
  • import Orchestrator Workflows into vRealize Automation
  • configure the default workflow folder for a tenant
  • create and publish orchestrator workflows as catalog items in a service blueprint
  • provision and modify custom resources
  • configure vRealize Automation to use external vRealize Orchestrator server
  • configure service endpoints
  • extend a machine life cycle by using vRealize Orchestrator

Overview/Description
The concept of extensibility refers to enhancing your system capabilities without making major infrastructure changes. So in essence, it's about being flexible – just being able to adapt to a certain degree without making a significant overhaul to the environment. Knowing the vRealize automation extensibility options available can help grow and develop your deployment to meet group needs within your organization. In this course, you will learn the steps involved in configuring and administering vRealize Orchestrator, including how to create and modify basic Orchestrator Workflows as well as integrating vRealize Orchestrator with vRealize Automation Center. In addition, this course covers how to monitor and troubleshoot a vRealize Automation implementation, including how to audit vRealize Automation resources and events and map vRealize Automation resources to a vSphere resources. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Configure and Administer vRealize Business Standards and Application Services

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a07_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Configure and Administer vRealize Business Standards and Application Services

  • start the course
  • describe vRealize Business Standard Appliance system requirements
  • deploy vRealize Business Standard in vCloud Director
  • deploy vRealize Business Standard in vSphere
  • configure vRealize Business Standard with vRealize Automation
  • access vRealize Business Standard with vRealize Automation
  • manage connections from other VMware technologies such as vCenter
  • manage EMC SRM servers in vRealize Business Standard
  • manage connections from other VMware technologies such as vCloud
  • manage vRealize operations manager connections
  • manage VMware vCloud Air connections
  • update the reference database for vRealize Business Standard
  • calculate depreciation of server hardware cost
  • enable application services to use a proxy
  • register application services to vRealize Automation
  • set up application provisioning
  • manage the application services library
  • create, deploy, and update applications
  • troubleshoot connection issues to Application services
  • describe application services privilege prerequisites for creating application blueprints
  • determine application and application version requirements for creating application blueprints
  • create a basic application blueprint

Overview/Description
VMware vRealize Business Standard provides visibility into the financial aspects of the cloud infrastructure while optimizing and improving its operations. The vRealize Automation Application Services automate application provisioning in the cloud including deploying, configuring, and updating the application's components. In this course, you will learn how to deploy and configure vRealize Business Standard Appliance, including how to manage the business standard environment. This course also addresses how to configure application services appliance and create basic application blueprints. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Configure and Manage Users and Groups in vRealize Automation

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a02_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Configure and Manage Users and Groups in vRealize Automation

  • start the course
  • describe system-wide user roles and responsibilities
  • describe tenant roles and their responsibilities in vRealize Automation
  • configure key system-wide roles and responsibilities
  • configure, assign, and appoint tenant roles and responsibilities
  • configure identity stores
  • associate one or more identity stores with each tenant
  • assign roles to identity stores
  • describe the privilege levels of varying business group roles
  • manage business group manager and support roles
  • assign active directory users and groups to business group roles
  • create and manage machine prefixes
  • identify and configure custom properties
  • change the appearance or logo of the vRealize Automation console to meet site-specific branding guidelines
  • add a tenant-specific inbound and outbound e-mail server
  • configure and subscribe to notifications
  • identify and add identity stores in Vrealize Automation
  • create and assign user roles to an identity store group
  • create a custom group
  • control user and group entitlements
  • configure and manage user access rights to the vRealize Automation console

Overview/Description
VMware vRealize Automation provides a secure portal where authorized administrators and users can completely automate the delivery of IT services. In addition, with vRealize Automation, you can allow for faster deployments and management of your applications and services. In this course, you will learn how to configure and administer users, roles, and privileges within the vRealize Automation Console. This course also addresses how to configure and administer tenant and business groups. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Create and Administer Cloud Networking

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a03_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Create and Administer Cloud Networking

  • start the course
  • describe NSX Integration with vRealize Automation
  • describe the technologies NSX can be configured through
  • describe components of NSX and their interactions
  • describe NSX services and capabilities
  • specify system requirements for NSX
  • configure the NSX manager
  • configure NSX components
  • install NSX Edge
  • describe IaaS integration
  • identify the different types of IaaS configurations
  • configure IaaS for network integration
  • describe NSX for vSphere Edge network services
  • configure DHCP and NAT
  • configure VPN
  • configure Load Balancer
  • add static IP addresses
  • configure Syslog
  • configure multi-machine blueprints for network virtualization
  • identify the NSX distributed Firewall components
  • use logs to troubleshoot network service issues
  • describe key components and services of NSX and identify their interactions and capabilities

Overview/Description
vRealize Automation allows for faster deployments and management of network services. Organizations can gain substantial benefits as a direct result of server virtualization. NSX is Vmware's product for virtualizing networks which allows you to overcome many challenges and bottlenecks of traditional networks. You can programmatically create, provision, and manage logical networks on the actual physical network. In this course, you will learn how to configure and manage NSX integration with vRealize Automation Networking. The course also addresses how to configure IaaS for network integration. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Install and Configure vRealize Suite

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a01_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Install and Configure vRealize Suite

  • start the course
  • identify available vRealize Suite editions and their corresponding features and third-party integration abilities
  • define the VMware vCloud Air solution and its key features
  • identify integration options for vCloud Air and vRealize Automation
  • describe the key functions of the vRealize Business Standard edition
  • define the function of vRealize Orchestrator
  • define the function of vRealize Application Services
  • explain the concept of vRealize self-service provisioning
  • identify the vRealize Automation installation prerequisites
  • deploy and configure the appliances for a distributed vRealize deployment
  • upgrade or install IaaS components
  • configure default tenant and additional tenants
  • describe how to integrate vRealize with other systems
  • configure the SSL certificates
  • troubleshoot issues with configuration or deployment
  • install updates for vRealize component appliances
  • configure vRealize system settings, connection limits on the IaaS server, and the data center location
  • identify components of and configure vCloud Connector
  • differentiate between the functions of components of vCloud Connector
  • configure and use Data Center Extensions
  • configure appropriate network and security settings and register vCloud Networking and Security Manager
  • create vCloud Connector Content Library and use it to publish vSphere folders and vCloud catalogs
  • configure the vCloud Connector UI to register with vCenter Server
  • describe how to provision resources using vCLoud Air or vCLoud Director vApps
  • configure IaaS for vApps
  • create vApp and component blueprints, and configure blueprint settings
  • manage machine life cycles, workflows, and logs
  • configure an endpoint in vRealize Automation and vCloud Air
  • describe key components of the vRealize cloud management suite and identify key configuration tasks

Overview/Description
VMware cloud automation is managed using the vRealize Suite and supporting components. In this course, you will learn about the features, installation, and configuration of the vRealize Suite components. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

Manage vRealize Automation Resources

Course Number:
cl_vccp_a04_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

Manage vRealize Automation Resources

  • start the course
  • describe IaaS components used to allocate and manage vRealize Automation Resources
  • create endpoints for vSphere and vRealize automation
  • map compute resources to endpoints
  • assign permissions to manage fabric groups
  • collect compute resource data
  • identify steps to monitor resources
  • create reservations
  • troubleshoot reservation over-allocation
  • create and assign a storage reservation policy
  • create and assign a reservation policy to a reservation

Overview/Description
As an IaaS administrator with fabric administrator privileges, you'll need to know how to control and quickly organize various resources to enable provisioning of infrastructure services. In this course, you will learn about steps involved in the allocation and managing of vRealize Automation Resources including creating and managing fabric groups, reservations, and reservation policies. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for the VMware certification exam VCP-CMA: VMware Certified Professional – Cloud Management and Automation.

Target Audience
Virtual network administrators and data center operatives who are managing a virtualized infrastructure and are looking to gain knowledge and skills in cloud management and automation features provided by VMware vRealize Suite and vCloud products

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