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VMware vRealize Course

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Overview

This three-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in deploying and using VMware vRealize® Automation SaltStack® Config. SaltStack Config is a powerful software configuration management component available in VMware vRealize® Automation. With SaltStack Config you can easily define optimized, secure software states and enforce them across your entire environment, including virtualized, hybrid, or public cloud systems.

In this course, you are introduced to configuration management and how SaltStack Config can install software, maintain system configurations, change systems immediately with scalable remote execution, and automatically correct configuration problems in deployed virtual applications.

Product Alignment

  • VMware vRealize Automation 8.4
  • VMware vRealize SaltStack Config 8.4
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Audience

  • Experienced system administrators and cloud administrators

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Use VMware vRealize® Lifecycle Manager™ to install SaltStack Config
  • Describe the architecture of SaltStack Config
  • Deploy Salt minions from VMware vRealize® Automation™
  • Create simple, human-readable infrastructure-as-code to provision and configure systems and software anywhere in your environment
  • Configure roles and permissions for users and groups to manage and interact with SaltStack Config
  • Manage systems with Jinja and YAML code
  • Automatically enforce desired states across your entire IT footprint
  • Keep critical software up to date
  • Enact change immediately across your entire enterprise with fast, scalable remote execution
  • Use SaltStack Config orchestration
  • Create and manage reactors and beacons that enable self-healing configurations

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware vRealize® Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course.

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

  • Good understanding of managing and working with various Linux and Windows operating systems
  • Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments

Outline

VMware Certifications for a Proofing IT Career Ahead

Today VMware is the biggest hitter in the world of virtualization. It was founded in 1998, and later in 2004 became a subsidiary of EMC Corporation. It has thousands of customers on its list of happy clients. It holds a reputable name in the IT sector.

Why go for VMware Certification program?

With the growing demand of IT professionals with the expertise to implement solutions that lower costs, enhances business agility and flexibility, more number of IT professionals are turning up to enroll in VMware certification courses to stay abreast with the present IT market. VMware certification courses have an edge in the IT market as they provide fresh growth opportunities and also enhance the IT skills of an IT professional. When you are certified with VMware, you have a proofing career ahead and an ideal platform to receive a lot of accolades. VMware training is an integral part of any VMware implementation. It's an industry standard for any solution that includes planning, implementing and managing solutions. When you get the certification, you get maximum out of your technology investment. It will make sure you are able to work above the technological curve.

General ideas of VMware Certification programs

As already said, VMware is the pioneer in the virtualization space. So, it is quite important for IT professionals to opt for this certification. The certifications are a good help for IT professionals who work at data centers and virtual support environment. VMware keeps on rolling out new courses to match with the new technologies. This makes these courses more attractive for professionals as they too want to enroll with courses which allow them to know and work on latest technology.

Different Categories of VMware Certification Courses

  • Cloud
  • Cloud Application Platform
  • Network Virtualization
  • End User Computing
  • Data Center Virtualization

The above certification courses are further divided into various certification courses.

The different levels are as follows:

  • VMware Certified Associate (VCA)
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
  • VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)

Requirements for enrolling in VMware Certification Courses

Although most of the associate courses with VMware allow you to pass a single examination to get certified, but, if you want to go for advance professional course, you must take a training course or must earn the required certification first. And, if you want to go for VCDX certifications, you need many pre-requisite certifications. You also need to make a production- ready solution, and successfully defend it in front of a panel of VCDX holders.

Re-certification policy - A good news for those interested in VMware certifications

Re-certification policy of VMware is a good news for individuals interested in VMware certifications. The re-certification policy for professional level certification program was implemented by VMware in March 2014 making VCP credentials valid for two years. Equip yourself with VMware certification program if you want to have a flourishing career ahead.


The goal of VMware certification is to get IT pros ready to work in a wide range of environments with VMware products. For IT professionals who want to keep their virtualization skills sharp, VMware offers a variety of certifications at various levels of expertise.

The VMware Certified Associate certification is the first step in becoming a VMware professional (VCA). This certification is geared towards people who are just getting started with virtualization. However, company executives tasked with making VMware-related technology decisions may find it useful.



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