VMware 2V0-620 vSphere 6 Foundations Exam Outline
- Exam Code: 2V0-620
- Exam Name: VMware vSphere 6 Foundations Beta Exam
- Updated: 2024-04-17
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VMware 2V0-620 vSphere 6 Foundations Exam Outline
Section 1: Install and configure vCenter Server and ESXI
+ Objective 1.1: Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions for a given use case
Knowledge
Explain available vSphere editions and features
Explain the various data center solutions that interact with vSphere
Explain ESXi and vCenter Server architectures
Explain new solutions offered in the current version
Determine appropriate vSphere edition based on customer requirements
Tools
What's New in vSphere 6.0 - Platform
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Availability Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
vSphere Server and Host Management Guide
+ Objective 1.2: Install and configure vCenter Server
Knowledge
Deploy the vCenter Appliance (vCSA)
Install vCenter Server onto a virtual machine
Create an ODBC Connection to a vCenter Server
Given a scenario, size the vCenter Database based on requirements
Install additional vCenter Server Components
Install and configure vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
Install/Remove vSphere Client plug-ins
Enable/Disable vSphere Client plug-ins
License vCenter Server
Determine availability requirements for a vCenter Server in a given vSphere implementation
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
VMware vCenter Server鈩?6.0 Deployment Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 1.3: Install and configure ESXi
Knowledge
Given a scenario, validate if an ESXi configuration meets given requirements
Perform a scripted installation of ESXi
Perform an interactive installation of ESXi using media or PXE
Configure NTP on an ESXi Host
Configure DNS and routing on an ESXi Host
Configure SSH and Shell access on an ESXi Host
Configure logs to be sent to a syslog server
License an ESXi host
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Section 2: Configure vSphere Networking
+ Objective 2.1: Configure vSphere Standard Switches (vSS)
Knowledge
Explain vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) capabilities
Create/Delete a vSphere Standard Switch
Add/Configure/Remove vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch
Configure vmkernel ports for network services
Add/Edit/Remove port groups on a vSphere Standard Switch
Determine use case for a vSphere Standard Switch
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Networking Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 2.2: Configure vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS)
Knowledge
Explain vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) capabilities
Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch
Add/Remove ESXi Hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch
Add/Configure/Remove dvPort groups
Add/Remove uplink adapters to dvUplink groups
Configure vSphere Distributed Switch general and dvPort group settings
Create/Configure/Remove virtual adapters
Migrate virtual adapters to/from a vSphere Standard Switch
Migrate virtual machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch
Configure LACP on Uplink port groups
Determine use case for a vSphere Distributed Switch
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Networking Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 2.3: Configure vSS and vDS Features
Knowledge
Explain common vSS and vDS policies
Describe vDS Security Polices/Settings
Configure dvPort group blocking policies
Configure load balancing and failover policies
Configure VLAN/PVLAN settings
Configure traffic shaping policies
Enable TCP Segmentation Offload support for a virtual machine
Enable Jumbo Frames support on appropriate components
Given a scenario, determine appropriate VLAN configuration for a vSphere implementation
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Networking Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Section 3: Configure vSphere Storage
+ Objective 3.1: Connect Shared Storage Devices to vSphere
Knowledge
Explain storage naming conventions
Explain hardware/dependent hardware/software iSCSI initiator requirements
Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE storage devices
Describe zoning and LUN masking practices
Create an NFS share for use with vSphere
Configure/Edit hardware/dependent hardware initiator
Connect/Configure NFS 3.x and 4.1 NAS devices
Enable/Disable software iSCSI initiator
Configure/Edit software iSCSI initiator settings
Configure iSCSI port binding
Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI CHAP
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 3.2: Configure Software Defined Storage
Knowledge
Explain Virtual SAN (VSAN) Architecture
Create/Delete VSAN Cluster
Manage VSAN disk groups
Monitor VSAN storage
Add/Remove VSAN Nodes
Explain benefits of NFS 4.1
Determine use cases for Virtual SAN configurations
Tools
Administering VMware Virtual SAN
vSphere Storage Guide
What's New: VMware Virtual SAN 6.0
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 3.3: Create and Configure VMFS and NFS Datastores
Knowledge
Compare/Contrast supported NFS versions
Configure NFS storage for VMDK formatting
Configure storage multi-pathing
Compare/Contract VMFS3 and VMFS5
Configure Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS)
Extend/Expand VMFS Datastores
Place a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode
Tools
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Section 4: Deploy and Administer Virtual Machines and vApps
+ Objective 4.1: Create and Deploy Virtual Machines
Knowledge
Place virtual machines in selected ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools
Configure and deploy a Guest OS into a new virtual machine
Configure/Modify virtual hardware:
CPU
RAM
Disk
vNIC
Create/Convert thin/thick provisioned virtual disks
Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware
Configure PCI Pass-through and Direct I/O
Configure virtual machine time synchronization
Tools
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 4.2: Create and Deploy vApps
Knowledge
Create/Deploy/Clone a vApp
Add objects to an existing vApp
Edit vApp settings
Configure IP pools
Suspend/Resume a vApp
Tools
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 4.3: Manage Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
Knowledge
Explain Cloning and Template options
Clone an existing virtual machine
Create a template from an existing virtual machine
Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Update existing virtual machine templates
Deploy virtual appliances and/or vApps from an OVF template
Import an OVF template
Create a Local Library
Create a Remote Library with/without external storage
Publish/Subscribe/Share Content Library
Deploy a virtual machine from a content library
Tools
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 4.4: Administer Virtual Machines and vApps
Knowledge
Explain files used by virtual machines
Explain common practices for securing virtual machines
Hot Extend a virtual disk
Configure virtual machine options
Configure virtual machine power settings
Configure virtual machine boot options
Administer virtual machine snapshots
Assign a Storage Policy to a virtual machine
Verify Storage Policy compliance for virtual machines
Adjust virtual machine resources
Differentiate between stop/shutdown/reboot/restart of a virtual machine
Tools
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Section 5: Establish and Maintain Availability and Resource Management Features
+ Objective 5.1: Create and Configure VMware Clusters
Knowledge
Determine how DRS and HA are applicable to an environment
Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster
Add/Remove ESXi Hosts from a DRS/HA Cluster
Add/Remove virtual machines from a DRS/HA Cluster
Configure Storage DRS
Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
Monitor a DRS/HA Cluster
Configure migration thresholds for DRS and virtual machines
Configure automation levels for DRS and virtual machines
Enable/Configure/Disable Host Power Management/Distributed Power Management
Enable/Disable Host Monitoring
Enable/Configure/Disable virtual machine and application monitoring
Tools
vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
vSphere Availability Guide
vSphere Resource Management Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 5.2: Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance
Knowledge
Configure VMware Fault Tolerance networking
Given a scenario, determine an appropriate VMware Fault Tolerance configuration
Enable/Disable VMware Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine
Test a Fault Tolerant configuration
Determine use case for enabling VMware Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine
Tools
vSphere Availability Guide
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 5.3: Create and Administer Resource Pools
Knowledge
Explain vFlash architecture
Explain use cases for Resource Pools
Create/Remove a Resource Pool
Configure Resource Pool attributes
Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool
Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool
Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs
Determine Resource Pool requirements for a given vSphere implementation
Tools
vSphere Resource Management Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
What鈥檚 New in VMware vSphere庐 Flash Read Cache庐
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 5.4: Migrate Virtual Machines
Knowledge
Explain Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
Explain Long Distance vMotion
Explain process for vMotion/Storage vMotion migrations
Configure virtual machine swap file location
Migrate a powered-off or suspended virtual machine
Migrate virtual machines using vMotion/Storage vMotion
Tools
vSphere Resource Management Guide
vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 5.5: Backup and Restore Virtual Machines
Knowledge
Explain VMware Data Protection sizing Guidelines
Describe vSphere Replication architecture
Install and Configure VMware Data Protection
Create a backup job with VMware Data Protection
Perform a live full/file-level restore with VMware Data Protection
Create/Delete/Consolidate virtual machine snapshots
Perform a failback operation using vSphere Replication
Determine appropriate backup solution for a given vSphere implementation
Tools
VMware vSphere庐 Data Protection鈩?6.0
vSphere Data Protection Administration Guide
VMware vSphere庐 Data Protection鈩?Evaluation Guide
What鈥檚 New in the VMware vSphere庐 6.0 Platform
VMware vSphere Replication Administration
VDR Data Migration Tool
VDP Configure Utility
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 5.6: Update ESXi and Virtual Machines
Knowledge
Create/Edit/Remove a Host Profile from an ESXi host
Attach/Apply a Host Profile to an ESXi host or cluster
Perform compliance scanning and remediation of an ESXi host using Host Profiles
Install and Configure vCenter Update Manager
Configure patch download options
Create/Edit/Delete an Update Manager baseline
Attach an Update Manager baseline to an ESXi host or cluster
Scan and remediate ESXi Hosts and virtual machines using Update Manager
Tools
vSphere Host Profiles Guide
Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager Guide
vSphere Update Manager Utility
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
Update Manager Web Client
+ Section 6: Perform Basic Troubleshooting
+ Objective 6.1: Perform Basic Troubleshooting of ESXi and vCenter Server
Knowledge
Troubleshoot common installation issues
Monitor status of ESXi management agents
Determine ESXi host stability issues and gather diagnostics information
Export diagnostic information
Monitor status of the vCenter Server service
Perform basic maintenance of a vCenter Server database
Tools
vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
vSphere Networking Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 6.2: Perform Basic Troubleshooting of ESXi and vCenter Operations
Knowledge
Verify network configuration
Troubleshoot common storage issues
Troubleshoot common virtual machine issues
Given a scenario, verify a virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources
Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues
Troubleshoot physical network adapter configuration issues
Recognize and detect common knowledge base article solutions
Tools
vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
vSphere Networking Guide
vSphere Storage Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 6.3: Perform Basic Troubleshooting of Virtual Machine Operations
Knowledge
Troubleshoot virtual machine resource contention issues
Recognize and detect:
Fault Tolerant network latency issues
VMware Tools installation issues
Virtual machines states
Virtual machine constraints
Guest OS installation issues
Given a scenario, determine root cause of a storage issue based on troubleshooting information
Explain common virtual machine boot disk errors
Tools
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 6.4: IIdentify and Troubleshoot Basic Misconfigurations
Knowledge
Troubleshoot:
Virtual switch and distributed switches port group configuration issues
Physical network adapter configuration issues
NFS networking configuration issues
iSCSI software initiator configuration issues
HA configuration and redundancy issues
DRS Resource Distribution Graph
vMotion/Storage vMotion migration issues
Interpret vMotion Resource Maps
Given a scenario, verify a virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources
Tools
vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Section 7: Monitor a vSphere Implementation
+ Objective 7.1: Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server and Virtual Machines
Knowledge
Explain:
Common memory metrics
Common CPU metrics
Common network metrics
Common storage metrics
Configure SNMP for vCenter Server
Configure SMTP settings for vCenter Server
Create a log bundle
Create/Edit/Delete a Scheduled Task
Configure/View/Print/Export resource maps
Start/Stop/Verify vCenter Server service status
Start/Stop/Verify ESXi host agent status
Configure vCenter Server timeout settings
Identify vCenter Server connection object status
Create an Advanced Chart
Tools
vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 7.2: Create and Administer vCenter Server Alarms
Knowledge
List vCenter Server default utilization alarms
List vCenter Server default connectivity alarms
List possible actions for utilization and connectivity alarms
Create a vCenter Server utilization alarm
Create a vCenter Server connectivity alarm
Configure alarm triggers
Configure alarm actions
For a given alarm, identify the affected resource in a vSphere implementation
Tools
vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
vSphere Resource Management Guide
vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client
+ Objective 7.3: Install, Configure, and Manage vCenter Operations Manager
Knowledge
Differentiate Major/Minor vRealize Operations Manager badges
Explain vRealize Operations Manager architecture
Deploy and Configure vRealize Operations Manager appliance
Upgrade vRealize Operations Manager
Understand metrics used by Major/Minor vRealize Operations Manager badges
Monitor vSphere environment
For a given alarm, identify the affected resource in a vSphere implementation
Tools
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 鈥?vSphere UI
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 鈥?Custom UI
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide (Custom UI)
vCenter Operations Manager Evaluation Guide
vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
vCenter Operations Manager Custom User Interface
vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client