Knowledge:
-Determine available features and third party integrations for different vRealize Suite editions
-Differentiate vCloud Air solutions
-Describe vRealize Automation/vCloud Air integration options
-Explain vRealize Business Standard key capabilities
-Describe available vRealize Suite editions
-Explain vRealize Application Services functionality
-Explain vRealize Orchestrator functionality
-Determine the appropriate vRealize Suite edition based on customer requirements

Tools:
-VMware vRealize Suite Getting Started Guide
-Foundations and Concepts
-vRealize Suite Solution Brochure
- VMware vRealize Suite Datasheet

Knowledge:
-Deploy and configure appliances for distributed vRealize deployment (e.g. SSO, automation, DB)
-Install or upgrade IaaS components
-Configure default tenant and any additional tenants
-Appoint administrators and configure load balancer(s)
-Integrate vRealize with external systems
-Manage SSL certificates
-Resolve deployment and configuration issues
-Perform upgrade of vCAC 6.1 to vRealize Automation
-Download and install updates to vRealize component appliances

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration Guide
-Upgrading to vRealize from vCAC 6.1

Knowledge:
-Explain vCloud Connector components and configuration
-Describe vApp copy process
-Determine virtual machine state
-Describe necessary configuration for Data Center Extension
-Differentiate between functionality of components of vCloud Connector
-Implement required network and security settings
-Determine storage requirements and add storage for vCloud Connector node
- Register vCloud Connector UI with vCenter Server
-Register vCloud Networking and Security Manager with the vCloud Connector server
-Troubleshoot common vCloud Connector installation and operational issues
-Create a vCloud Connector Content Library
-Publish vSphere folders and vCloud catalogs to a vCloud Connector Content Library
-Subscribe to/unsubscribe from published folders or catalogs
-Stretch deploy a virtual machine or vApp using Data Center Extension

Tools:
-Installing and Configuring vCloud Connector
-Using vCloud Connector
-vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration Guide
-vSphere Client and Web Client
-vCloud Connector vSphere Client Plug-In
-vCloud Connector Web UI
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Configure vRealize system notification and appearance settings
-Enable connections and set concurrency limits on IaaS server
-Configure datacenter locations

Tools:
-Configuring vRealize Automation

Knowledge:
-Provision with vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
-Configure IaaS for vApps
-Create vApp and vApp component blueprints
-Configure advanced blueprint settings
-Monitor workflows and logs
-Manage machine life cycle and workflow states
-Configure an endpoint in vRealize Automation
-Configure vCloud Air OnDemand and Subscription endpoints
-Synchronize environment data from vCloud Air
-Deploy virtual machines

Tools:
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
-IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director

Knowledge:
-Configure system-wide roles and responsibilities
-Assign user roles within tenants
-Configure tenant roles and responsibilities
-Add identity stores
-Appoint tenant administrators

Tools:
- vRealize Automation Foundations and Concepts
-vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration
-Tenant Administration

Knowledge:
-Configure identity stores
-Associate an identity store with a tenant
-Configure a native Active Directory identity store

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration

Knowledge:
-Manage network services with vRealize Automation
-Configure NSX integration
-Configure IaaS for network integration

Tools:
-IaaS Integration for Multi-Machine Services
-NSX Administration Guide
-vCloud Automation Center Web Console
-vSphere Web Client

Knowledge:
-Describe the available NSX for vSphere Edge network services
-Configure DHCP/NAT/VPN/Load balancer
-Sub-allocate IP pools
-Add static IP addresses
-Configure syslog
-Configure multi-machine blueprints for network virtualization
-Identify the NSX Distributed Firewall components
-Use logs to troubleshoot common network service issues

Tools:
-NSX Administration Guide
-IaaS Integration for Multi-Machine Services
-vRealize Automation Web Console
-vSphere Web Client

Knowledge:
-Describe specific privilege levels for different business group roles
-Manage user roles (e.g. business group manager and support)
-Assign Active Directory users and groups to business group roles
-Create and manage machine prefixes
-Identify and configure custom properties

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Foundations and Concepts
- vRealize Automation Tenant Administration
-Cloud Properties Reference
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Configure branding for the vRealize Automation console
-Add and configure tenant-specific inbound and outbound email notifications
-Override/revert to system default email servers
-Identify and add identity stores in vRealize Automation
-Create and assign user roles to an identity store group

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Tenant Administration
-vRealize Automation Web Console
-vSphere Client and Web Client

Knowledge:
-Add and configure endpoints for vSphere and vRealize Automation
-Map compute resources to endpoints
-Assign correct permissions to manage fabric groups
-Collect compute resource data
-Monitor resources

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Foundations and Concepts
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
-vRealize Automation Web Console
-vSphere Client and Web Client

Knowledge:
-Create and manage reservations
-Specify reservation information
-Select a reservation for a cloud based virtual machine
-Create an endpoint to reserve physical machine resources
-Determine where reservations have been over allocated
-Troubleshoot reservation over-allocation

Tools:
-System Administration
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
-IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Create, configure, and assign one or more reservations to a reservation policy
-Create, configure, and assign a reservation policy to one or more blueprints
-Create and assign a storage reservation policy

Tools:
-vRealize Automation System Administration
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
-IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Identify blueprint machine types (e.g. virtual, cloud, physical) and provisioning types (e.g. local and global)
-Differentiate different blueprint actions (e.g. create, clone, linked-clone)
-Explain run time property precedents
-Create single and/or multi-machine blueprints
-Create a build profile
-Configure appropriate blueprint security
-Configure approvals for a blueprint
-Given a scenario, determine the appropriate custom properties for the blueprint or build profile

Tools:
-System Administration
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
-IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Create services, actions, entitlements and approval policies
-Configure catalog items and actions
-Understand the implications of activating and inactivating entitlements

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Foundations and Concepts
-vRealize Automation Tenant Administration
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Create and edit service blueprints
-Add new service blueprint forms and define appearance of catalog item details
-Determine roles required to create and manage service blueprints
-Publish a service blueprint as a catalog item

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Advanced Service Design
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Describe functions of property definitions
-Create and manage property definitions and layouts
-Determine rights required to use property definitions and layouts

Tools:
-Cloud Properties Reference
-vRealize Automation Center Web Console

Knowledge:
-Create and modify a build profile
-Create and modify a property set
-Add property sets to a build profile

Tools:
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Describe vRealize Automation API extensibility options
-Create and manage custom services and service blueprints
-Describe tools and features for vRealize Automation extensions

Tools:
- vRealize Automation Advanced Service Design
-vRealize Automation Machine Extensibility
-vRealize Automation Web Console
-CloudUtil

Knowledge:
-Troubleshoot login issues
-Troubleshoot installation and upgrade issues
-Determine log file locations

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Installation and Configuration
-vRealize Automation Web Console
-vSphere Web Client

Knowledge:
-Provide status details of managed virtual machines
-Determine status and history of workflows
-Identify event attributes
-Show display status

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Suite Log Locations
-vRealize Automation System Administration
-IaaS Configuration for Virtual Platforms
- IaaS Configuration for Cloud Platforms
-IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
-IaaS Integration for Multi-Machine Services
- IaaS Configuration for Physical Machines

Knowledge:
-Create resource mappings
-Create and publish a resource action
-Associate icons to actions

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Using Application Services
-vRealize Automation Using Application Library Services

Knowledge:
-Describe Orchestrator workflows for converting virtual machines between Orchestrator and IaaS
-Describe different Orchestrator workflow types
-Create and manage Orchestrator endpoints to run workflows
-Use an Orchestrator workflow from an IaaS workflow
-Import Orchestrator workflows into vRealize Automation
-Configure the default workflow folder for a tenant
-Create and publish Orchestrator workflows as catalog items in a service blueprint

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Machine Extensibility
-Using the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Client
-vRealize Automation Advanced Service Design
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Provision and modify custom resources
-Configure vRealize Automation to use external vRealize Orchestrator server
-Configure service endpoints

Tools:
-vRealize Automation Machine Extensibility
-vRealize Automation Advanced Service Design

Knowledge:
-Describe system requirements
-Configure and access vRealize Business Standard with vRealize Automation
-Deploy vRealize Busness Standard in vCloud Director and/or vSphere

Tools:
-vRealize Business Standard Installation and Administration Guide

Knowledge:
-Manage connections from other VMware technologies such as vCenter Server, vCloud and SRM
-Manage connections and public cloud user accounts
-Update the reference database
-Calculate hardware cost depreciation

Tools:
-vRealize Business Standard Installation and Administration Guide
-vRealize Business Standard User's Guide

Knowledge:
-Enable Application Services to use a proxy
-Register Application Services to vRealize Automation
-Setup application provisioning
-Manage the Application Services library
-Create, deploy and update applications
-Troubleshoot connection issues to Application Services

Tools:
-Using Application Services
-Using Application Services Library Services
-Application Services Troubleshooting
-vRealize Automation Web Console

Knowledge:
-Describe Application Services privilege prerequisites for creating application blueprints
-Create and modify applications and application versions
-Determine application and application version requirements for creating application blueprints
-Model and create application blueprints
-Modify and manage existing application blueprints

Tools:
-Using Application Services
-vRealize Automation Web Console