| IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards |
- Objective 1.1 -Differentiate between VMs and containers to select the appropriate compute model.
- Objective 1.2 - Use Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, service mesh, and Helm.
- Objective 1.3 - Determine the reference architecture (NSX, VDS, Zones) for a VKS deployment.
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| VMware Products and Solutions |
- Objective 2.1 - Configure vSphere Supervisor capabilities, services, and architecture topologies.
- Objective 2.2 - Configure Supervisor cluster networking with VDS, NSX Segments, or VPCs and apply appropriate load balancing solutions.
- Objective 2.3 - Configure Supervisor storage policies and persistent volume integration across zones.
- Objective 2.4 - Configure VKS identity and access using external providers and Kubernetes admin credentials.
- Objective 2.5 - Manage Kubernetes releases and content libraries (subscribed, local, and air-gapped) for VKS clusters.
- Objective 2.6 - Configure CNIs, NSX networking objects, and TLS certificates and secure VKS clusters.
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| Plan and Design the VMware Solution |
- Objective 3.1 - Evaluate the implication for Load Balancer size on Supervisor functionality
- Objective 3.2 - Evaluate the implication for Namespace Network options
- Objective 3.3 - Evaluate the architecture of vSphere namespaces with ingress and egress options
- Objective 3.4 - Create the process of enabling a Supervisor cluster.
- Objective 3.5 - Create an implementation of service mesh
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| Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware Solution |
- Objective 4.1 - Create Supervisor clusters with NSX VPC, NSX Segment, vDS, and Avi load balancer options.
- Objective 4.2 - Configure and manage vSphere Namespaces and Zones.
- Objective 4.3 - Create workloads as Supervisor Pods or via VM Service.
- Objective 4.4 - Install, uninstall, and manage Supervisor add-on services (e.g., Harbor, external-dns).
- Objective 4.5 - Provision, delete, monitor and scale VKS clusters using kubectl and VCF CLI tools.
- Objective 4.6 - Update VKS clusters through rolling updates and configuration changes.
- Objective 4.7 - Create, configure, and upgrade autoscalers.
- Objective 4.8 - Manage package repositories, standard packages, registry secrets, and private registries.
- Objective 4.9 - Create and manage snapshots in VKS clusters.
- Objective 4.10 - Upgrade the Supervisor Service within a given situation.
- Objective 4.11 - Create storage strategies using dynamic and static persistent volumes with support for expansion.
- Objective 4.12 - Create workload deployment models, including pods, VMs, ingress controllers, and private registries.
- Objective 4.13 - Implement backup and restore strategies using Velero with external object storage.
- Objective 4.14 - Edit YAML code to modify VKS deployment
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| Troubleshoot and optimize the VMware Solution |
- Objective 5.1 - Diagnose and resolve Supervisor and VKS cluster provisioning, connectivity, or namespace errors.
- Objective 5.2 - Troubleshoot VM class, cluster plans, content library, storage, and networking errors.
- Objective 5.3 - Troubleshoot container deployment, registry, and trusted CA errors.
- Objective 5.4 - Restart or recover failed VKS upgrades.
- Objective 5.5 - Optimize cluster performance using monitoring and scaling features.
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| Official Information |
https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vks-9.0 |
