Exam 2V0-71.21: Professional VMware Application Modernization

Certification Information

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Minimally Qualified Candidate

The minimally qualified candidate (MQC) is recommended to have at least 6 to 12 months of experience. The 2V0-71.21 Questions MQC can understand and describe standard features and capabilities of VMware Tanzu Standard Edition components including VMware vSphere with Tanzu, VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, and VMware Tanzu Mission Control. The MQC can explain the VMware Tanzu vision and has hands-on experience with containerization, Kubernetes, and Application Modernization concepts. The MQC can perform common operational and administrative tasks in an environment where Tanzu Standard Edition Components are present, including basic troubleshooting and repairing of TKG clusters. The MQC can identify the primary components and features of Tanzu Mission Control but not limited to cluster lifecycle management, Role Based Access Controls, security policies, cluster inspections and data protection. In addition, the MQC can understand and describe the steps for installation and setup of Tanzu Standard Edition Components.

The MQC works in environments where VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, vSphere with Tanzu and Tanzu Mission Control are used in production. The MQC can perform troubleshooting and repairing of TKG and TKC clusters. The MQC can identify the primary components and features of Tanzu Mission Control but not limited to cluster lifecycle management, Role Based Access Controls, security policies, cluster inspections and data protection. The MQC can perform day-2 operations related to TKG and TKC clusters. A successful candidate has a good grasp of the topics included in the exam blueprint.

Exam Sections

VMware exam blueprint sections are now standardized to the seven sections below, some of which may NOT be included in the final exam blueprint depending on the exam objectives.

Section 1 – Architecture and Technologies

Section 2 – Products and Solutions

Section 3 – Planning and Designing

Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setup

Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades

Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing

Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks

If a section does not have testable objectives in this version of the exam, it will be noted below, accordingly. The objective numbering may be referenced in your score report at the end of your testing event for further preparation should a retake of the exam be necessary.

Sections Included in this Exam

Section 1 – Architecture and Technologies

· Objective 1.1 Describe Kubernetes Lifecycle Management Concepts

· Objective 1.2 Describe Application Modernization Concepts

· Objective 1.3 Describe Kubernetes logical objects

· Objective 1.4 Describe Kubernetes Platform and Service Administration Concepts

· Objective 1.5 Describe Kubernetes Cluster and Application Security Concepts

· Objective 1.6 Describe Kubernetes Application Deployment and Lifecycle Management Concepts

Objective 1.7 Describe Kubernetes networking and storage concepts

Section 2 – Products and Solutions

· Objective 2.1 Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

· Objective 2.2 Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for vSphere with Tanzu

· Objective 2.3 Understand and Explain Common Administration Requirements for Tanzu Mission Control

Section 3 – There are no testable objectives for this section

Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setup

Objective 4.1 Know the Tanzu Kubernetes Portfolio

Tanzu Kubernetes solution that should be used

Tanzu Services that should be used

Recommended design of TKGm

Configuration for the recommended design and image management

Objective 4.2 Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

A bootstrap environment and its requirements

Tanzu Kubernetes clusterPlans

TKG management cluster(s)

TKG workload clusters

Supervisor cluster Services and Capabilities

Shared and In-cluster Services

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Instance

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Installer

Cluster access and authentication mechanism

Objective 4.3 Deploy application to a cluster

Situation that would require a secret

Situation that would require a config map

Logging on Kubernetes

Metrics configuration for an application

Health check probes for an application

Expose an application to outside users

Recommended ways to expose an application

Examples of troubleshooting steps to identify errors

Influence scheduling in a cluster

Objective 4.4 Understand Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Security

Harbor Registry Security Policies

Implement RBAC capabilities

Audit capabilities

Methods to implement pod security

Admission control options to implement on a cluster

Objective 4.5 Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Prerequisites for TKG installer

Prerequisites required to configure the vSphere environment for TKG

Steps required to create a management cluster

Configure the Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

Steps required to deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Instances

Configure the ingress control

Different IaaS options supported by TKG

Section 5 – There are no testable objectives for this section

Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing

Objective 6.1 Observe overall cluster health

Objective 6.2 Observe component health

Objective 6.3 Review cluster inspections

Objective 6.4 Review deployment logs

Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks

Objective 7.1 Describe Administrative and Operational Tasks for Tanzu Mission Control

Common administrative and operational Tasks

Configure Tanzu Mission Control service roles

Backup / restore a clusterusing TMC

Clustercompliance scanning

TMC Security

Policy model

Steps to provision a cluster

Describe clusters are scaled and upgraded

Network policies

Describe the agent resources installed

Steps for attaching a cluster to VMware Tanzu Mission Control

Describe cluster inspections

Image registry policies

Objective 7.2 Describe Administrative and Operational Tasks for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Tanzu Workload clusters in TKG

Cluster configuration & health

Upgrade Tanzu Workload clusters in TKG

Harbor Configuration for Common Container Registry Scenarios

Requirements for leveraging shared services

RBAC and access methods for Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

Objective 7.3 Describe Administrative and Operational Tasks for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters with TKG Service

Requirements for deploying workload management

vSphere Client pages for viewing Supervisor Cluster Configuration & Health

vSphere Client pages for viewing TKG Service and Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster Health

Content libraries for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (for vSphere).

Upgrade Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

Harbor Configuration for Common Container Registry Scenarios

Requirements for leveraging shared services

RBAC and access methods for Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

Resource management techniques

vSphere namespace management