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1V0-2120 Exam Topics and Domains
1V0-2120 is organized into 7 weighted domains. Expect to work with Clone wizard, ESXTOP, EVC, Snapshot Manager, and more.
Architecture and Technologies
Virtualization Fundamentals
- Identify how physical resources are presented to multiple virtual machines
- Identify how virtual resources can be shared across multiple virtual machines
- Identify examples of type 1 and type 2 hypervisors
vSphere Components and Architecture
- Identify business challenges addressed by vSphere
- Identify the components of a vSphere environment
Virtual Networking
Identify vSphere virtual networking components and types
Storage Technologies
- Identify the characteristics of storage access protocols for vSphere
- Identify the characteristics of vSphere storage technologies
Virtual Machines
- Identify the purposes of different virtual machine files
- Identify the types of OS that can run on virtual machines
- Identify use cases for virtual machine snapshots, cloning and templates
vMotion and Storage vMotion
- Identify the functionality of the vSphere vMotion and storage vMotion technology
- Identify the use cases of vSphere vMotion and storage vMotion technology
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Identify the characteristics of vSphere High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Identify use cases of High Availability and Disaster Recovery
DRS and EVC
- Identify the functionality of VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
- Given a DRS score, identify the meaning
- Identify the use cases for Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
Products and Solutions
VMware Product Portfolio
- Understand VMware product ecosystem
- Identify solution components
Planning and Designing
Infrastructure Planning
- Basic infrastructure planning concepts
- Design considerations for vSphere
Installing, Configuring, and Setup
Virtual Switch Configuration
Identify Virtual Switch configuration options
Datastore Configuration
Identify how to configure different types of datastores
Cluster Configuration
- Identify how to configure vSphere HA
- Identify how to configure vSphere DRS
- Identify how to configure EVC
Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades
Performance Optimization
- Basic performance concepts
- Upgrade considerations
Troubleshooting and Repairing
Basic Troubleshooting
- Basic troubleshooting methodology
- Common issue resolution
Administrative and Operational Tasks
VM Management
- Identify how to create and manage VM snapshots
- Identify how to manage VM templates and clones
- Identify the considerations when provisioning a VM
Inventory Management
Identify the options that can be performed on different inventory objects
User Management
Identify the concepts of role-based user management
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Identify virtual networking issues that impact vSphere
- Identify virtual storage issues that impact vSphere
- Identify the purpose of monitoring alarms, tasks and events
- Identify how to monitor vSphere Cluster and SDRS Cluster
Migration Operations
Identify how to perform and monitor vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Cold migrations
Performance Monitoring
Given a vSphere environment, identify how to use performance charts to monitor the environment
VMware Tools
Identify the purpose for VMware Tools
How do I earn this certification?
Passing 1V0-2120 earns the VMware Certified Technical Associate - Data Center Virtualization 2024 [v2] certification. It sits in the Data Center Virtualization track.
- 2V0-21.23 - VMware vSphere 8.x ProfessionalProfessional level vSphere certification
- 5V0-23.20 - VMware vSphere 8.x Specialist - DeploySpecialist certification for deployment
- 2V0-51.23 - VMware Horizon 8.x ProfessionalDesktop and application virtualization skills
- 2V0-71.23 - VMware Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations ProfessionalContainer and Kubernetes management
- 2V0-72.22 - VMware Spring Professional DevelopApplication development on VMware platforms
- 5V0-31.22 - VMware Cloud Foundation SpecialistPrivate cloud deployment and management
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Use the official PlanetCert Practice Test alongside the study plan below to prepare efficiently for 1V0-2120.
What's changed on this exam?
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2024-05-06
- Announcement date: 2021-08-02
- vSphere 8.0 8.0 Update 3 Future exam updates likely to include vSphere 8 content • Release date: 2024-08-15
- VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 VCF becoming central to VMware strategy • Release date: 2024-06-01
- Tanzu for vSphere 2.0 Kubernetes integration increasingly important • Release date: 2024-03-01
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by IT professionals new to VMware and System administrators.
- Basic understanding of virtualization concepts
- Familiarity with data center operations
- 6-12 months of vSphere experience