Hey all, I have been wanting to do this for a while but am just now getting around to it. I passed my Hoirzon VCAP Design cert several months back and wanted to post about my experience and what I…
vSphere 6.7 U3 and Horizon Compatibility
Doing some research into what the 6.7 U3 patching would look like for a client, I was trying to be a good admin and look through the compatibility matrix and see if anything jumped out. Well it did.. Basically, unless…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 7 – Configure vRealize Operations for Horizon
Section 7 – Configure vRealize Operations for Horizon Objective 7.1 – Install and configure the adapter instance and Horizon Broker Agent The vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent is a Windows service that runs on a Horizon Connection Server host. It collects Horizon inventory information and…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 6 – Install and Configure VMware App Volumes
Objective 6.1 – Install and Configure VMware App Volumes Determine hardware and software requirements for installation (Ver 3.x) Database Requirements App Volumes Manager supports different versions of the Microsoft SQL database. SQL Server 2012 SP1, SP2, and SP3 (whenApp Volumes Manager is…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 5 – Configure and Manage User Environment Manager
Section 5 – Configure and Manage User Environment Manager Objective 5.1 – Install and Configure VMware User Environment Manager Install Application Profiler Use Application Profiler in an environment that corresponds with the environment in which User Environment Manager is deployed. When you use User Environment…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 4 – Configure and Manage Identity Manager
Objective 4.1 – Install and Configure VMware Identity Manager Determine minimum hardware and software requirements Windows Hardware Sizing Requirements Ensure that you meet the hardware requirements for VMware Identity Manager installations for Windows. Number of Users Up to 1,000 1,000-10,000 10,000-25,000 25,000-50,000…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 2 – Create and Configure Pools
Objective 2.1 – Configure and Manage Horizon Pools Describe and configure optional disk settings Refresh OS disk after logoff Select whether and when to refresh the OS disks for dedicated-assignment, linked-clone virtual machines. Never. The OS disk is never refreshed.…
VCP DTM 2018 Section 1
Objective 1.1 – Describe techniques to prepare environment for Horizon Determine characteristics of required Active Directory domain accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP scopes and trust relationships You can place Horizon Agent machines, View Composer servers, and users and groups, in the…
VCP DTM 2018 Study Guide
Here it is, my first certification study guide. It helped me a decent amount for the exam so I am hoping it can help others as well. There are a few things I want to mention first. The…
My VCP-DTM 2018 Experiences
Hello All! I wanted to share my thoughts on my latest round of studying and the VCP-DTM 2018 exam. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to the cert changes lately, just the name of the cert…