Tagged "VCAP"

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for this objective is the security of vRealize Automation. Objective 8.2 – Secure a vRealize Automation deployment in accordance with the VMware hardening guide References Secure Configuration Guide This is very much around the appliance itself so familiarity with Linux hardening, particularly around SSH will be beneficial.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for this objective is the security of vRealize Automation. Objective 8.1 – Renew, and/or replace security certificates on distributed vRealize Automation components References Updating vRealize Automation Certificates This is about replacing the certificates on these components: vRA appliance IaaS Manager Service Server Web Server Other certificates that are in use manage themselves through self signed certificates to communicate.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for this objective is the initial installation & configuration of vRB in line with vRA. Objective 7.2 – Integrate vRealize Business with vRealize Automation References vRealize Automation Installation & Configuration vRealize Business Installation & Configuration Pretty simple objective this one. Once you’ve deployed the vRB appliance, browse to the vRB VAMI page, on the Register tab complete the details of the vRA appliance and hit register.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for this objective is scaling vRealize Automation Objective 7.1 – Scale vRealize Automation components to a highly-available configuration References vRealize Automation Installation & Configuration There are a few ways to scaling a vRA installation. The simplest of which involves installing IaaS components on your Windows servers & using the VAMI to add another vRA node to the cluster.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 6 is to understand the tenant administration required. Objective 6.2 – Add additional tenants and/or business groups to existing ones References Configuring vRealize Automation This should be a fairly quick objective to cover off. Add additional tenants Creating additional tenants is done by logging in as a System Administrator to the default tenant.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 6 is to understand the tenant administration required. Objective 6.1 – Manage Authentication Configuration to meet Business Requirements References Configuring vRealize Automation Identity Management in vRealize Automation 7 My study guide for the VCP-CMA – Objectives 2.2, 2.3 & 2.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 4 is to know where to start with troubleshooting various aspects of vRealize Automation. Objective 4.2 – Troubleshoot Tenant Operations References Installing vRealize Automation Configuring vRealize Automation Objective 2.4 – VCP7-CMA What kind of issues might you run into with respect to tenant operations?

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 4 is to know where to start with troubleshooting various aspects of vRealize Automation. Objective 4.1 – Troubleshoot Infrastructure Issues References Installing vRealize Automation Objective 2.4 – VCP7-CMA I’m going to break this down into user troubleshooting (think permissions, blueprints, business group etc.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 3 is to understand how to build governance into your vRA installation. Objective 3.2 – Implement a Governance Model that Maps to Given Business Needs References Working with Approval Policies This is very much around approval policies so we need to think about how to define a policy & how to consume said policy.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 3 is to understand how to build governance into your vRA installation. Objective 3.1 – Manage Multiple Reservations to Meet Business Needs References Configuring vRealize Automation Installing vRealize Automation Reservation Selection To reiterate again we need to think about what could be involved end to end so in a scenario where multiple reservations are the answer, what else could be involved?

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 2 is to understand how to configure vRA to be able to consume resources. Objective 2.3 -Configure vRealize Automation to consume NSX resources References Configuring vRealize Automation Installing vRealize Automation First thing you’re going to need to do if you want to setup NSX within vRA is confirm that NSX is healthy.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 2 is to understand how to configure vRA to be able to consume resources. Objective 2.2 – Create and Manage Storage Profiles References Configuring vRealize Automation Installing vRealize Automation This would seem to cover off two key parts of a storage profile.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 2 is to understand how to configure vRA to be able to consume resources. Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Multiple Endpoints References Configuring vRealize Automation Installing vRealize Automation As I’ve said previously the VCAP-CMA exam is objective based, so you’re likely to be asked to achieve an end goal.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. Objective 1.5 – Consume NSX components of a complex blueprint References Configuring vRealize Automation For this objective, have a think about everything you may need to put in place to consume an NSX element within a blueprint.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. Objective 1.4 – Create and Manage Property Definitions/Groups and Component Profiles References vRA 7.3 Component Profiles (Courtesy of the IT Hollow) Blueprint Parameterisation Preparing and Using Service Blueprints Permissions: Need to be either a Tenant Administrator or a Fabric Administrator to be able to create & manage property definitions & groups.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. Objective 1.3 – Import/Export blueprints You may have noticed that blueprint import/export can’t be done directly from the GUI within vRA. You need to use either the API or Cloud Client.

Disclaimer: These are my notes from studying for the 3V0-31.18 exam. If something doesn’t make sense, please feel free to reach out. The main goal for the whole of section 1 is to understand blueprint creation and modification in depth. As this is a practical, advanced level, exam I don’t expect to be given tasks in a direct manner. More that requirements will be given and it is down to you to interpret & fulfil these requirements.