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VCP Club

VCP Club. Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok, Senior Systems Consultant e1@vmware.com | virtual-red-dot.blogspot.com | tinyurl.com/SGP-User-Group | facebook.com/e1ang August 2010. Content. Welcome | Introduction VCDX vSphere 4.1: Storage Drinks. VCDX.

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VCP Club

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  1. VCP Club Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok, Senior Systems Consultant e1@vmware.com | virtual-red-dot.blogspot.com | tinyurl.com/SGP-User-Group | facebook.com/e1ang August 2010

  2. Content • Welcome | Introduction • VCDX • vSphere 4.1: Storage • Drinks

  3. VCDX

  4. 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

  5. VCDX • Why taking it? • “Separate the man from the boyz” • How hard is it? • How much work is required? • Get your manager approval.

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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 storagesolutions • Objective 3.3 – Determine networkingsolutions • Objective 3.4 – Determine securitysolutions • 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

  11. Products involved

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. vSphere 4.1: Storage

  16. vSphere Storage • VAAI • Concept • Video: Chad • Storage IO Control

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