Sean Crookston

VDCD410

This section is a work in progress and will soon have links to some posts that contain discussions of the relevant content for the section.

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Section 1 – Business Requirements

Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
Objective 1.3 – Determine the risks, constraints, and assumptions

Section 2 – Logical Design

Objective 2.1 – Map business requirements to the logical design
Objective 2.2 – Map service dependencies
Objective 2.3 – Define logical storage design
Objective 2.4 – Define logical network design
Objective 2.5 – Define logical security design
Objective 2.6 – Define management design
Objective 2.7 – Design backup and availability solutions in a multi-site environment

Section 3 – Technical Requirements

Objective 3.1 – Perform current state analysis of CPU, memory, storage, and network
Objective 3.2 – Determine storage solutions
Objective 3.3 – Determine networking solutions
Objective 3.4 – Determine security solutions
Objective 3.5 – Determine host class
Objective 3.6 – Determine DR, backup, and availability solutions

Section 4 – Physical Design

Objective 4.1 – Transition from a logical to a physical design
Objective 4.2 – Design the network
Objective 4.3 – Design storage
Objective 4.4 – Size hosts, clusters, and resource pools.
Objective 4.5 – Determine virtual machine attributes

Section 5 – Implementation Planning

Objective 5.1 – Identify test areas
Objective 5.2 – Create implementation plan
Objective 5.3 – Create installation guide

You can download the official blueprint from here http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=16658&ui=www_cert