MCSE Private Cloud Certification
Pre-requisite: MCSA Server 2008 or 2012
| A. Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 | 246 |
| B. Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 | 247 |
A. Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 246
- Configure Data Center Process Automation (17%)
- Implement workflows.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: SCO Runbook automation, automate remediation of incidents, design and build end-to-end automation incorporating System Center 2012 technologies
- Implement service offerings.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Add a new service offering to the service catalog, create a custom workflow using the Service Manager console, reference Orchestrator workflows in Service Manager
- Implement workflows.
- Deploy Resource Monitoring (20%)
- Deploy end-to-end monitoring.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Deploy agents, Discover and deploy network device monitoring, import and configure management packs, deploy and configure monitoring of a heterogeneous virtualization infrastructure
- Configure end-to-end monitoring.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure overrides, create synthetic transactions, configure Outside-In monitoring, configure application performance monitoring (APM), create distributed application models
- Create monitoring reports and dashboards.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Service-level tracking, reports, dashboards
- Deploy end-to-end monitoring.
- Monitor Resources (23%)
- Monitor network devices.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Analyze network device health, manage Operations Manager alerts, manage notifications
- Monitor servers.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Monitor the Operating System Environment (OSE), monitor server applications, manage Operations Manager alerts, manage notifications
- Monitor the virtualization layer.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Monitor host and guest performance, monitor virtual applications, manage Operations Manager alerts, manage notifications
- Monitor application health.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Application Performance Management (APM), synthetic transactions, manage Operations Manager alerts, manage notifications, distributed applications
- Monitor network devices.
- Configure and Maintain Service Management (18%)
- Implement service level management.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Define service level objectives (SLOs) and service level agreements (SLAs), implement SLA management and escalation, maintain SLAs (including planning for future growth), analyze SLAs (reporting)
- Manage problems and incidents.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Working with problems, working with incidents, root cause analysis/diagnosis
- Manage cloud resources.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Deploy new applications, deploy VM/service (applications, SQL, roles), demonstrate application deployment leveraging service templates, manage applications, manage VM hardware (CPUs, Dynamic memory), manage self service
- Implement service level management.
- Manage Configuration and Protection (22%)
- Manage compliance and configuration.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Security and compliance management (includes IT GRC process management pack), analyze and remediate configuration compliance, analyze data in System Center Advisor
- Manage updates.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Update machine roles in a service template, manage and update applications across multiple clouds, manage software updates
- Implement backup and recovery.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Back up/recover product settings, Back up/recover the cloud infrastructure, manage backups (protection groups, storage), implement business continuity for the cloud
- Manage compliance and configuration.
B. Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 247
- Design and Deploy System Center (19%)
- Design a scalable System Center architecture.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Planing for capacity, high availability, scalability, business continuity, and disaster recovery, assess the current datacenter environment, identify the appropriate System Center components for the private cloud implementation
- Install the System Center Infrastructure.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Install prerequisites required for System Center, install System Center components
- Upgrade System Center components.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: In-place upgrade, side-by-side migration
- Design a scalable System Center architecture.
- Configure System Center Infrastructure (21%)
- Configure System Center components.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Data Protection Manager (DPM) storage pools, configure DPM site-to-site replication, configure System Center agents, configure System Center Management Groups, configure System Center data retention, configure Orchestrator watcher nodes, configure Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for System Center, configure user roles, Run-As accounts, Run-As profiles, configure Service Manager database
- Configure System Center components.
- Configure portals and dashboards.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: App Controller portal, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) self-service portal, Service Manager self-service portal, VMM SSP 2.0, System Center dashboards
- Configure the Fabric (27%)
- Configure the storage fabric.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Classification and pools, providers, arrays
- Configure the network fabric.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Virtual and logical networks, IP/MAC resource pools, VIP templates, load balancing
- Configure the deployment and update servers.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server, library server, Windows Deployment Services (WDS)/PXE
- Configure clouds and virtualization hosts.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Clouds and host groups, configure and deploy virtualization hosts
- Configure the storage fabric.
- Configure System Center Integration (16%)
- Configure private cloud integration.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Operations Manager connectors, Orchestrator integration packs, Service Manager connectors, SharePoint integration
- Configure integration of private and public clouds.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure host profiles, guest operating system profiles, hardware profiles, SQL server profiles, application profiles
- Configure private cloud integration.
- Configure and Deploy Virtual Machines and Services (17%)
- Configure profiles.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure host profiles, guest operating system profiles, hardware profiles, SQL server profiles, application profiles
- Create and configure server App-V packages.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Sequence an application, configure App-V package settings, configure and deploy a server App-V agent
- Configure and deploy a service.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Import and export templates, configure VM templates, configure service templates, deploy a SQL DAC package, deploy a Web deploy package, deploy an App-V package, create and configure pre-install and post-install scripts
- Update a service.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Applying updating to existing VMs (in-place), deploy new VMs with updated settings, update/replace OS, update/replace app, scale out, update/replace SQL
- Configure profiles.