VMware Management Resources:

• Deploy and configure vSphere Management Assistant Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access Use the esxcli, vicfg, and vmware-cmd commands Review ESXi and vCenter Server log files

Performance in a Virtualized Environment:

• Review the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology Explain software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance Use vSphere performance monitoring tools

Network Scalability:

• Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
• Explain distributed switch features such as PVLANs, VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control, port mirroring, LACP, and NetFlow

Network Optimization: 

• Explain the performance features of network adapters
• Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
• Monitor key network performance metrics
• Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations
• Troubleshoot common network performance problems

Storage Scalability:

• Explain vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
• Configure profile-driven storage
• Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile
• Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control

Storage Optimization:

• Diagnose storage access problems
• Explain how storage protocols, VMware vSphere® VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
• Explain vSphere® Flash Read Cache™
• Monitor key storage performance metrics
• Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual storage
• Troubleshoot common storage performance problems

CPU Optimization:

• Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
• Monitor key CPU performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems

Memory Optimization:

• Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
• Monitor key memory performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common memory performance problems

Virtual Machine and Cluster Optimization:

• Describe performance guidelines for virtual machines, resource allocation settings, VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters, resource pools, and VMware vSphere®
• High Availability admission control policies
• Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on failures
• Troubleshoot vSphere cluster problems

Host and Management Scalability:

• Explain VMware vSphere® Distributed Power Management™
• Use Host Profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™ to perform vSphere administrative tasks
• Use Image Builder to create an ESXi installation image
• Use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts

On completion of the exam above you will become a VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) on vSphere 5.5

Additional Support:

• Access to supplementary VMware e-learning content
• Out of class remote lab access

• Senior VMware Infrastructure Administrator
• VMware Infrastructure Consultant
• Virtualisation Specialist

• VCAP – Datacenter Design
• VCDX – VMware Certified Design Expert

• Systems administration experience on Windows or Linux
• Previous experience on vSphere
• VCP on vSphere

Quarterly – Classroom Based

8 weeks – Part Time

Cost – £2490 £999 – Enrolments before 20 Feb 2015 only.

This course may form part of a funded Apprenticeship Programme of study* – click here for more details

*eligibility criteria applies