Section 1 – Architecture and Technologies
Objective 1.1 – Describe the architecture of vRealize Automation (Kubernetes pods, Workspace ONE Access,
Lifecycle Manager)
Objective 1.2 – Differentiate between vRealize Automation vs vRealize Automation cloud
Objective 1.3 – Describe the services offered by vRealize Automation (Cloud Assembly, Service Broker, Code
Stream, Orchestrator, and SaltStack Config)
Section 2 – There are no testable objectives for this section.
Section 3 – There are no testable objectives for this section.
Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setting Up
Objective 4.1 – Describe the different types of vRealize Automation deployments (standard vs. clustered, vRA
Envrion Scale Out)
Objective 4.2 – Prepare the pre-requisites for the installation (DNS, NTP, Service Accounts etc.)
Objective 4.3 – Perform a simple installation using vRealize Easy Installer
Objective 4.4 – Configure vRealize Automation using Quick Start
Objective 4.5 – Perform manual installation using Lifecycle Manager (Workspace ONE Access and vRealize
Automation and vRA Envrion Scale Out)
Objective 4.6 – Configure identity sources (add a directory)
Objective 4.7 – Configure identity and access management (RBAC)
Objective 4.8 – Set up Cloud Accounts (NSX Constructs)
Objective 4.9 – Add Cloud Zones
Objective 4.10 – Add Projects
Objective 4.11 – Add Image Mappings
Objective 4.12 – Add Flavor Mappings
Objective 4.13 – Add Network Profiles
Objective 4.14 – Add Storage Profiles
Objective 4.15 – Describe different types of basic integrations available with vRealize Automation ("out of the
box")
Objective 4.16 – Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Operations (Native Integration and Dashboards)
Objective 4.17 – Describe the Onboarding Process
Objective 4.18 – Describe ABX
Objective 4.19 – Describe Different Types of Tags in vRealize Automation
Objective 4.20 – Configure Capability Tags
Objective 4.21 – Install SaltStack Config using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
Objective 4.22 – Create Cloud Template to Deploy Minions
Objective 4.23 – Pre-requisites for Configuring Multi-tenancy
Objective 4.24 – Configure Code Stream Endpoints and Basic Pipelines
Objective 4.25 – Describe the Use Case of Integrating Terraform with vRA
Section 5 – There are no testable objectives for this section.
Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing
Objective 6.1 – Collect log bundles
Objective 6.2 – Describe "vracli" commandlet options
Objective 6.3 – Describe "kubectl" (vRA Appliance) commandlet options
Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot vRealize Automation configuration errors (Cloud Zone, tags, YAML, etc.)
Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot provisioning errors
Objective 6.6 – Monitor deployments (provisioning diagram)
Objective 6.7 – Monitor vRO workflow execution (extensibility and event logs)
Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks
Objective 7.1 – Manage the Identity and Access Management tab (vRA organization and service roles)
Objective 7.2 – Manage Cloud Accounts
Objective 7.3 – Manage Cloud Zones
Objective 7.4 – Manage Projects
Objective 7.5 – Manage Image Mappings
Objective 7.6 – Manage Flavor Mappings
Objective 7.7 – Manage Capability and Constraint Tags
Objective 7.8 – Manage Storage Profiles
Objective 7.9 – Manage Network Profiles
Objective 7.10 – Create and Manage Cloud Templates (Cloud Templates Inputs, YAML file and its syntax, NSX-T
On-Demand Network Contructs)
Objective 7.11 – Create and manage Cloud Template Versions
Objective 7.12 – Manage Extensibility/Subscription (ABX/vRealize Orchestrator)
Objective 7.13 – Deploy Catalog items
Objective 7.14 – Manage deployments
Objective 7.15 – Describe Kubernetes clusters (Kubernetes zone)
Objective 7.16 – Customize a deployment using CloudConfig/Cloud-InIt
Objective 7.17 – Create Service Broker Content Sources
Objective 7.18 – Configure Content Sharing
Objective 7.19 – Create and Manage Custom Forms
Objective 7.20 – Manage Policies (definition and enforcement)
Objective 7.21 – Manage notifications (email servers)
Objective 7.22 – Manage Virtual Private Zones (VPZs)