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Overview

This four-day course gives you knowledge and practical exercises sufficient to manage VMware HCX® and to migrate virtual machines using VMware HCX. The course focuses on configuration and management of VMware HCX. The course equips system administrators with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in migrating virtual machines.

Product Alignment

- VMware HCX

Audience

- System administrators

- System engineers

- Migration engineers

- Migration architects

Skills Gained

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

  • Describe core VMware HCX use cases and common triggers for mobility
  • Describe the core components and features of VMware HCX
  • Describe a real-life example of a VMware HCX project
  • Identify all major Cloud Providers offering and supporting VMware HCX
  • Describe the features of VMware HCX services
  • Explain the different deployment types for VMware HCX and choose the correct components to deploy for a particular use case
  • Understand the resource, network, and VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter® requirements for VMware HCX
  • Install and configure VMware HCX
  • Understand, deploy, and manage the HCX Service Mesh
  • Understand Network Extension and Traffic Engineering
  • Create Network Extension and enable Mobility Optimized Networking
  • Understand WAN Optimization
  • Understand the different migration types and be able to choose the best one for different applications and workloads
  • Incorporate VMware HCX into a disaster recovery strategy
  • Design a VMware HCX deployment for different use cases
  • Manage the lifecycle of VMware HCX

Prerequisites

This course has the following required prerequisites:

- VMware NSX-T: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0] or equivalent strong networking experience

- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]

- Disaster recovery and business continuity fundamentals

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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