This document discusses VMware certifications, specifically the VCDX certification. It provides information on the different certification levels (VCA, VCP, VCAP, VCDX), requirements to achieve VCDX certification, how to prepare for the VCDX exam through bootcamps and resources, and the importance of virtual environment design. The document emphasizes that VCDX is an elite certification held by around 100 people worldwide, and achieving it involves obtaining lower certifications, having your design application approved, and successfully defending your design in an exam.

1. #vBrownBag.IT
10 Dic 2013
VCDX Path
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2. Cos’è il VMUG Italia
• E’ l’emanazione italiana del VMUG
• Nasce nel 2010 dall’incontro di professionisti IT
• Si propone di essere la Community di riferimento per gli
Utenti VMware in Italia e di alimentare lo scambio di
esperienze e la crescita culturale
• Organizza eventi, conferenze, giornate tecnico/pratiche e
partecipa alla Community Italiana su VMTN:
http://goo.gl/5nfYnX
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3. #vBrownBag
The ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag is a series of online
webinars held using GotoMeeting and covering various
Virtualization & VMware Certification topics
#vBrownBag
• http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/
#vBrownBagEMEA & #vBrownBagIT
• Registration- https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/678193680
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4. Livelli di certificazione
Diversi skill e riconoscimenti
VCA (Associated)
VCP (Professional)
VCDX
VCAP (Advanced)
VCDX (Expert)
VCAP
VCP
VCA
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5. Certification Roadmap
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6. VCDX
Disponibili: DCV, Cloud
• A breve anche DT/EUC
Certificazione elettiva e selettiva
• Poco più di un centinaio in tutto il mondo!
• http://www.vmware.com/go/vcdxdirectory
Come certificarsi?
• Ottenere le due certificazioni VCAP (Admin + Design)
• Far approvare una «application»
• Difenderla!
• Difesa della application
• Progetto from scratch
• Scenario di Troubleshooting
Perché?
Come prepararsi
• VCDX Bootcamp
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7. VCDX-DCV
http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=33270&ui=www_cert
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8. VCDX-Cloud
http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=35071&ui=www_cert
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9. L’importanza di un buon vDesign
Per VMware
• Un buon prodotto aiuta, ma serve anche un buon progetto
Per il Partner
• Un buon progetto VMware porta ad una buona soluzione
Per l’End-User
• Un buon progetto VMware porta ad una buona soluzione
Per lo specialista
• Aumentare le proprie competenze
• Prepararsi per il VCAP-DCD e/o il VCDX
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10. vDesign come documentazione
Da integrare con:
• Deployment plan
• Procedure per la definizione (se previsto) di un ambiente di
deployment o di un ambiente predisposto alla corretta installazione e
messa in produzione
• Installation guide
• Procedure di installazione per l’operatore (se previsto)
• Standard operating procedures
• Definizione delle (principali) procedure utilizzate dagli operatori
• Acceptance test plan
• Definizione di una serie di test per verificare il corretto
funzionamento e la conformità del sistema
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11. vDesign Methodology
Diverse medodologie
Secondo il Design Workshop vi sono queste fasi:
• Architectural vision
• Architectural analysis
• Technology architecture
• Migration planning
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12. Architectural vision
Deve considerare diversi aspetti
• Scope
• Goals
• Requirements
• Assumptions
• Contraints
• Risks
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13. Architectural analysis
Analisi dello stato corrente
Capacity Planning e analisi dei workload
Definizione di un “target state”
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14. Technology architecture
Definizione dei tre differenti design:
• Conceptual Design
• Logical Design
• Physical Design
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15. Migration planning
Come portare il datacenter dallo stato attuale al target state
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16. Approccio secondo il VCDX4 Blueprint
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17. Aspetti da considerare
Customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions
vDesign qualities
• Availability
• Manageability (Usability)
• Performance
• Recoverability
• Security
• (Scalability)
• (Cost)
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18. Customer Requirements
Availability
• Requirements to deliver highly available operation, as measured by percent uptime of relevant
components
Manageability
• Requirements for ease of managing the environment and maintaining normal operations. Subqualities may include scalability and flexibility
Performance
• Required standards of responsiveness of components of the designed environment
Recoverability
• Requirements for the ability to recover from an unexpected incident that affects the availability
of an environment
Security
• Requirements for overall data control, confidentiality, integrity, accessibility, governance, and
risk management, often including the ability to demonstrate or achieve compliance with
regulation
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19. Solution Architecture
Availability
• Includes but not limited to considerations and analysis of single points of failure (SPOFs),
redundancy options, accessibility
Manageability
• Includes but not limited to considerations and analysis of monitoring, administration ease,
maintenance, updates, scalability and capacity planning
Performance
• Includes but not limited to considerations and analysis of demand patterns, potential
bottlenecks, resource management, capacity planning, workload balancing
Recoverability
• Includes but not limited to considerations and analysis of potential data and component loss,
acceptable downtime, methods for restoring components and service
Security
• Includes but not limited to considerations and analysis of permissions, user roles, component
access, network security, monitoring
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20. Engineering Specifications
Propose detailed specifications for the technology stack, showing
the components’ mapping to the entities in the logical design
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21. Best Practices
Linee guida
Vanno sempre contestualizzate
Meglio parlare di Recommended o Suggested Practices
• http://frankdenneman.nl/2010/10/best-practices/
Esempi
• vCenter Server fisico o virtuale?
• vCenter Server appliance o installabile
• VCDB «embedded» o esterno
• ESXi con storage locale o SD?
•…
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22. Materiale specifico
VMware vSphere Design
• Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe, Maish Saidel-Keesing
VCDX Handbook
• http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=90040
VCDX Design Defense Blueprint
• http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=93042
VCDX Bootcamp
VMware Solution Enablement Toolkits (SET)
• solo per Partner
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23. Next steps
http://vmware.com/certification
http://hol.vmware.com/
vBrownbag IT – Ogni martedì sera
• http://vbrownbag.it
VCAP e VCDX Bootcamp in Italia?
• http://vinfrastructure.it/2013/09/vcdx-bootcamp-2014-call-for-location/
VMUG.IT User Conference di Aprile
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24. Enjoy The Session!
Grazie!
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