Due to an imminent customer engagement I am due to be working on I have been refining my vCloud skills and dusty away the cobwebs. One of these tasks was to book the VCP5-IaaS and sit it so that it forced me to learn the basics again and be sure i had a solid base knowledge with no gaps. My experience of the exam and the resources I used for it are mention in my VCP5-IaaS Exam Experience blog posting. I have now been using the VCAP-CID blueprint as a structure for perfecting my vCloud design skills and so I thought I would slowly post up each objective for my own benefit but also hopefully help other people looking to take the VCAP-CID. The postings will go out in individual blog postings and I will link to them on this page. I will also be going through all the resources mentioned on my VCAP-CIA and CID page before the exam.  If anyone thinks I’ve missed something please do tell me as I’m only human and this is aimed to benefit everyone.

Section 1 – Create a vCloud Conceptual Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZ7_2r44e8
Objective 1.1 – Create a Conceptual Design Based on Business Requirements
Objective 1.2 – Identify and Categorize Business Requirements
Objective 1.3 – Determine Capacity Requirements for a Conceptual Design
Objective 1.4 – Determine Availability Requirements for a Conceptual Design
Objective 1.5 – Determine Security and Compliance Requirements for a Conceptual Design
Objective 1.6 – Create Service Definitions for a Conceptual Design

Section 2 – Create a vCloud Logical Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/85705935
Objective 2.1 – Determine Catalog Requirements for a Logical Design
Objective 2.2 – Determine Organizational Structure for a Logical Design
Objective 2.3 – Define and Size Components for a Management Cluster
Objective 2.4 – Define and Size Resource Groups
Objective 2.5 – Determine Virtual Datacenter Structures for a Logical Design

Section 3 – Create a vCloud Physical Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/60635638
Objective 3.1 – Create a Physical vCloud Network Design
Objective 3.2 – Create a Physical vCloud Storage Design
Objective 3.3 – Create a Physical vCloud Compute Design

Section 4 – Create a vCloud Security Design < – EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/65388018
Objective 4.1 – Create a Directory Authentication Structure for a vCloud
Objective 4.2 – Design a vCloud for Multi-Tenancy

Section 5 – Create Extended vCloud Designs <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/84201611
Objective 5.1 – Design a Hybrid vCloud
Objective 5.2 – Design a Multi-site vCloud Solution

Section 6 – Determine Availability Requirements for a vCloud Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/69736468
Objective 6.1 – Incorporate Availability Requirements into a vCloud Design

Section 7 – Determine Metering and Compliance Requirements for a vCloud Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/62886668
Objective 7.1 – Determine Isolation Requirements for a vCloud Workload
Objective 7.2 – Determine Logging Requirements for a vCloud Design
Objective 7.3 – Determine Management Policy Requirements for a vCloud Design
Objective 7.4 – Determine Chargeback Policies and Metrics for a vCloud Design

Section 8 – Create a vApp Design <- EMEA vBrownbag recording is available here: https://vimeo.com/63226598
Objective 8.1 – Define a vApp Network Topology
Objective 8.2 – Determine Remote Access Requirements for a vApp
Objective 8.3 – Determine Shared Infrastructure Requirements for a vApp
Objective 8.4 – Determine Requirements for Multiple vApp Instances