VCAP6 - Cloud Management and Automation Deployment Study Guide

VCAP6-CMA VCIX6-CMA

Published on 1 December 2016 by thecloudxpert. Words: 711. Reading Time: 4 mins.

The following is a list of links to my exam prep posts for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam.

The official VMware Blueprint is located here

Blueprint

Section 1 - Deploy and Manage vRealize Automation Components

Objective 1.1 - Deploy and Manage a vRA Appliance and IaaS Server as single nodes
Objective 1.2 - Deploy and Manage vRA Appliances and IaaS Servers in a Distributed Configuration
Objective 1.3 - Deploy and Manage vRealize Automation Center Infrastructure Components
Objective 1.4 - Configure Infrastructure/Cloud-based Endpoints
Objective 1.5 - Create Fabric Groups utilizing Reservations and Reservation Policies

Section 2 - Configure Tenant Properties

Section 3 - Configure Network and Security Automation

Section 4 - Create and Manage Machine Blueprints

Section 5: Deploy and Manage vRealize Orchestrator

Section 6 - Configure and Deploy XaaS Components

Objective 6.1 - Configure Advanced Service Designer
Objective 6.2 - Create and Publish a Service Blueprint
Objective 6.3 - Create Custom Resources and Actions

Section 7 - Deploy vRealize Application Services

Objective 7.1 - Deploy and Manage a vRealize Application Services Appliance
Objective 7.2 - Create and Publish an Application Blueprint

Section 8 - Deploy vRealize Business Standard

Section 9 - Troubleshoot a vRealize Automation Deployment

Objective 9.1 - Troubleshoot Catalog Issues
Objective 9.2 - Configure, Manage and Collect vRA and Application Services Logs
Objective 9.3 - Troubleshoot Approval Policy Issues
Objective 9.4 - Troubleshoot Distributed Execution Manager Issues
Objective 9.5 - Troubleshoot Endpoint Issues
Objective 9.6 - Troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator Workflow Issues

Additional Resources

As part of addressing the different objectives in the blueprint above, I have created additional posts where it has been easier to separate out and refer multiple times to the same procedure. These are also called out separately below so you don’t have to trawl through the posts to find them.

vRealize Identity Appliance

vRealize Automation Appliance

vRealize Automation IaaS Components

Orchestration

Official Resources

VMware Hands On Labs

Note: These Labs may no longer be available.

HOL-SDC-1421
HOL-SDC-1624

Community Resources

vRealize Automation 6.0 Distributed Install using NetScaler VPX and vSphere 6.0 PSC - Sam McGeown
Open902.com - Michael Rudloff’s Blog which has a wealth of information on vRA6 and vRA7
grantorchard.com - Grant Orchard’s Blog - a encylopedia of information on vRA
virtualjad.com - Jad El-Zein’s blog
The IT Hollow - Eric Shank’s Guide to Installing vRealize Automation 6.x

Published on 1 December 2016 by thecloudxpert. Words: 711. Reading Time: 4 mins.

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