5V0-31.22 Exam Information and Outline
VMware Cloud Foundation Specialist (v2)
5V0-31.22 Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Identify NSX Federation components and architecture
- Identify use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain.
- Identify the characteristics of Spherelet.
- Identify the use case of NSX Federation in VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Identify the functions of supervisor cluster control plane.
- requirements for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation.
- considerations for management domain sizing.
- considerations for workload domain sizing.
- design considerations for ESXi in management and VI workload domains.
- design considerations for vCenter in management and VI workload domains.
- components or steps during the VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up process.
- information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook.
- information required for the Deployment Parameter Workbook.
- components of the NSX Management- Control- or Data planes.
- design considerations for workload domains with shared NSX Manager instances.
- design considerations for workload domains with dedicated NSX Manager instances.
- NSX Edge cluster requirements for vSphere with Tanzu.
- steps for data plane preparation for NSX-T Data Center Edge nodes in a workload domain.
- Given a scenario- identify design considerations for vSphere networking in management and VI workload domains.
- Given a scenario- identify design considerations for storage in management and VI workload domains.
- Given a scenario- identify the difference between design choices for a consolidated design or standard design.
- Identify workload domain prerequisites.
- Identify the prerequisites for vSphere with Tanzu cluster compatibility.
- Identify the role of external service availability.
- Given a scenario- identify the requirements for the stretched cluster use case.
- Identify stretched cluster components.
- Identify what is validated in the configuration validation process performed by VMware Cloud Builder.
- Given a scenario- identify how to image a host.
- Given a scenario- identify how to configure user access to VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Given a scenario- identify NSX Edge cluster deployment considerations.
- Identify the functions of vSphere with Tanzu namespaces.
- Identify the functions of NSX-T networking components.
- Given a scenario- identify the control plane VM management networking requirements.
- Given a scenario- identify the appropriate IP address CIDR ranges for pod- ingress- and egress networking.
- Given a scenario- identify the steps to deploy vSphere with Kubernetes.
- Given a scenario- identify the storage options for VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Identify the available CA options in SDDC Manager.
- Given a scenario- identify NSX Edge cluster placement considerations.
- Given a scenario- identify the connectivity options for supplemental storage.
- Identify the characteristics of scaling vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Given a scenario- identify suitable storage policies for a workload domain cluster.
- Identify the components that can be supported and upgraded using SDDC manager / vRSLCM.
- Given a scenario- identify available options for online and offline bundle download using SDDC manager / vRSLCM.
- Identify the function of vSphere Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Identify the characteristics of vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baseline-based and Image-based Clusters.
- Identify the order of upgrade for VMware Cloud Foundation components.
- Identify steps in the SDDC Manager backup and restore process.
- Given a scenario- identify the requirements to perform a full recovery for a VCF deployment.
- Given a scenario- identify how to upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation software and components.
- Identify the steps to perform checks and create log bundles with the SoS tool.
- Given a scenario- identify how to manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation including supported components and options.
- Given a VMware component- identify which- when- or how to assign license keys.
- Given a VMware component- identify how to replace a expiring license.
- Identify the steps to create a workload domain.
- Identify the steps to scale a workload domain.
- Identify the steps to delete a workload domain.
- Identify the steps to decommission hosts.
- Identify the steps to create a vSphere namespace.
- Identify the steps to configure limits and permissions for a vSphere namespace.
- Identify the steps to enable Harbor Image Registry.
- Identify the characteristics of mapping between storage policies and Kubernetes storage classes.
- Identify the characteristics of persistent volumes.
- Identify the steps to replace and install certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components.
- Identify the function of VMware Cloud Foundation services.