10157135VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Course Information
Description
 Students are introduced to virtualization and storage management concepts using VMware server virtualization products through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, projects and labs. This hands-on training, focuses students on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere®, which includes VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server®, which prepares students to administer a vSphere infrastructure, for an organization.   This course uses the ICM (install, configure and manage) curriculum from VMware IT Education Academy.  After course completion, students who apply additional study and practice effort, may use this knowledge to pass the VCP-DCV Certification Exam and become a VMware Certified Professional.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Install and configure ESXi
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    On an individual project
    by participating in class discussions
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have installed and configured ESXi during the final exam
    you have installed and configured ESXi during the midterm exam
    you can detail the installation process of ESXi
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the installation of ESXi in lab manual assignments

  2. Differentiate the difference between Standard vSwitches and Distributed vSwitches
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you can detail the differences on a written exam
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the installation of ESXi in lab manual assignments

  3. Configure and manage Virtual Networks
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have configured vSphere networking during the final exam
    you have configured vSphere networking during lab manual assignments
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam

  4. Configure and manage Virtual Storage
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    On an individual project
    by participating in class discussions
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you can detail the available storage types in vSphere
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the storage management lab manual assignments

  5. Install and configure vCenter Server components
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have installed and configured vCenter Server components during the final exam
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the installation of vCenter Server components in lab manual assignments

  6. Virtual Machine Management
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    On a written evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have deployed virtual machines during the final exam
    you have deployed virtual machines during the midterm exam
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the virtual machine lab manual assignments

  7. Configure and Manage storage using vCenter Server
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    On an individual project
    by participating in class discussions
    On a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have installed and configured storage during the midterm and final exam
    you can detail the storage installation processes
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the storage management lab manual assignments

  8. Manage user access to VMware infrastructure
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    In a written evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    by participating in class discussions
    Criteria
    you have configured User access during the final exam
    you can detail the management processes for users, roles, and permissions
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the User Access lab manual assignments

  9. Resource Management and Monitoring
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    In a written evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have configured resource monitoring during the final exam
    you can detail the resource management process in vSphere
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the resource managment lab manual assignments

  10. Deploy and Manage High Availability in VMware infrastructure
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    In a written evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have configured High Availability during the final exam project
    you can detail the installation process of High Availability
    you can describe the components of High Availability
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the High Availability lab manual assignments

  11. Configure data protection in VMware infrastructure using vCenter Server
    Assessment Strategies
    On a hands-on evaluation
    In a written evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have implemented data protection during the final exam
    you can list the data protection components in vSphere
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the data protection lab manual assignments

  12. Manage VMware infrastructure updates using VMware vSphere Lifecycle Management
    Assessment Strategies
    In a written evaluation
    by participating in class discussions
    On a hands-on evaluation
    In lab manual assignments
    Criteria
    you have applied vSphere updates using VMware vSphere Lifecycle Management during the final exam project
    you can detail the installation process of VMware vCenter Update Manager
    you have completed the written quizzes and final exam
    you have completed the VMware vSphere Lifecycle Management assignments