Update October 2019.
From the stats I can see this blog series is still getting hammered for reference. Share the site for others to find it. Appreciate that. I don’t mind paying the domain fees then! Hope you enjoyed the series. Cheers Clint.
I’m currently working for Supply Services Limited, New Zealand, as their IT & Marketing Manager. Cool job and just as busy. Check them out on LinkedIn. We do some pretty amazing stuff.
This blog post is to act as reference point for my VMware VCAP6-NV study guide that I created. 10 weeks of effort outside of work and life.
The study guide is working through the VCAP6-NV exam blueprint and blogging each exam objective.
The below lists content from VMware and the exam objectives that my blog covers.
VMware Content
- About the VCAP6-NV certification
- VCAP6-NV Exam Blueprint
- NSX 6.2 Installation Guide
- NSX 6.2 Administration Guide
- NSX 6.2 Cross-vCenter NSX Installation Guide
- NSX 6.2 Troubleshooting Guide
- NSX Brownfield Deployment Guide
- NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) Network Virtualisation Guide
- NSX Command Line Interface Guide
- NSX API Guide
vZealand.com Blog – Exam Objectives
- Introduction to the series and lab environment
- VCAP6-NV – Exam Environment
- Objective 1.1 – Deploy VMware NSX Infrastructure components
- How to Replace NSX Manager Self-Signed Certificate with CA Signed Certificate
- Objective 1.2 – Prepare Host Clusters for Network Virtualization
- Objective 1.3 – Configure and Manage Transport Zones
- Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Logical Switches
- Objective 2.2 – Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging
- Objective 2.3 – Configure and Manage Routing
- Objective 3.1 – Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing
- Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (IPSec VPNs)
- Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (SSL VPNs)
- Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (L2 VPNs)
- Objective 3.3 – Configure and Manage Additional VMware NSX Edge Services
- Objective 4.1 – Configure and Manage Logical Firewall Services
- Objective 4.2 – Configure and Manage Service Composer
- Objective 5.1 – Backup and Restore Network Configurations
- Objective 5.2 – Monitor a VMware NSX Implementation
- Objective 5.3 – Configure and Manage Role Based Access Control
- Objective 6.1 – Configure Cross vCenter VMware NSX infrastructure components
- Objective 6.2 – Configure and Manage Universal Logical Network Objects
- Objective 6.3 – Configure and Manage Universal Logical Security Objects
- Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot Common VMware NSX Installation/Configuration Issues
- Objective 7.2 – Troubleshoot VMware NSX Connectivity Issues
- Objective 7.3 – Troubleshoot VMware NSX Edge Services Issues
- Objective 8.1 – Administer and Execute calls using the VMware NSX vSphere API
- VCAP6-NV Exam Experience
Hope you learn some software defined/network virtualisation goodness. enjoy.
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Hi Clinton,
How much effort would you estimate is needed to comfortable pass the exam? I passed my VCP-NV late last year and I’m currently working on a couple of NSX implementation projects. I was thinking around 6 weeks, roughly 20 hours a week. Based on your experience would this be possible?
Cheers,
Mike
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Hi Mike,
That should be plenty of time. Make sure you use the VMware NSX HOLs, make sure you know in the PDFs exactly where to locate info you cannot remember, you won’t have time to search. Good luck, let us know how you go.
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Hi Clinton,
I followed your blog to the end and practiced via my homelab and HOL. I passed the VCAP6-NV and I am truly grateful for your excellent blog. Great work!
Thank you very much and keep up the good work!
Naditha
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That’s awesome, great work. Congratulations.
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Thanks Clinton. I started my own blog with the HomeLab architecture which I created, so anyone can practice with the same.
https://nsxguide.wordpress.com/
Thanks for being a great mentor!
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Thank you for this valuable blog.
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