VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Desktop and Mobility Design Exam

This exam tests your ability to develop a Horizon 6.x conceptual design given a set of customer requirements, determine the functional requirements needed to create a logical design, and architect a physical design using these elements.

Section 1 – Create a Horizon Conceptual Design

Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
Objective 1.3 – Differentiate requirements, risks, constraints and assumptions
Objective 1.4 – Evaluate existing business practices against established use cases

Section 2 – Create a Horizon Logical Design

Objective 2.1 – Map Business Requirements to the Logical Design
Objective 2.2 – Map Horizon Solution Dependencies
Objective 2.3 – Build Availability Requirements into the Logical Design
Objective 2.4 – Build Manageability Requirements into the Logical Design
Objective 2.5 – Build Performance Requirements into the Logical Design
Objective 2.6 – Build Recoverability Requirements into the Logical Design
Objective 2.7 – Build Security Requirements into the Logical Design

Section 3 – Create a Physical Design for vSphere and Horizon Components

Objective 3.1 – Create a Horizon Pod and Block Architecture Design
Objective 3.2 – Extend Horizon Architecture Design to Support Additional Horizon Suite Components
Objective 3.3 – Design vSphere Infrastructure to Support a Horizon Implementation
Objective 3.4 – Add Required Services to Support a Given vSphere Design

Section 4 – Create a Physical Design for Horizon Storage

Objective 4.1 – Create and Optimize a Physical Design for Horizon Infrastructure Storage
Objective 4.2 – Create and Optimize a Physical Design for View Pool Storage
Objective 4.3 – Create and Optimize a Physical Storage Design for Applications
Objective 4.4 – Create and Optimize a Tiered Physical Horizon Storage Design
Objective 4.5 – Integrate Virtual SAN into a Horizon Design
Objective 4.6 – Create and Optimize a Physical Storage Design for a Horizon Mirage Deployment

Section 5 – Create a Physical Design for Horizon Networking

Objective 5.1: Plan and Design Network Requirements for Horizon solutions (including Mirage and Workspace)
Objective 5.2: Design Network and Security Components Based on Capacity and Availability Requirements
Objective 5.3: Evaluate GPO and Display Protocol Tuning Options Based on Bandwidth and Connection Limits

Section 6 – Create a Physical Design for Horizon Desktops and Pools

Objective 6.1 – Design Virtual and Physical Image Masters
Objective 6.2 – Optimize Desktop Images, OS Services and Applications for a Horizon Design
Objective 6.3 – Incorporate Desktop Pools into a Horizon Design
Objective 6.4 – Incorporate RDS Pools into a Horizon Design
Objective 6.5 – Design Mirage Image and Application Layers for a Horizon Design

Section 7 – Incorporate Application Services into a Horizon Physical Design

Objective 7.1: Design Application Integration and/or Delivery System(s) using Horizon Application Tools
Objective 7.2: Design Active Directory to Facilitate Application Assignment
Objective 7.3: Design and Size RDS Application Pools and Farms
Objective 7.4: Create Application Architecture Design
Objective 7.5: Design Application Integration and/or Delivery System(s) using Horizon Workspace

Section 8 – Incorporate Endpoints into a Horizon Design

Objective 8.1 – Incorporate Session Connectivity Requirements in a Horizon End Point Design
Objective 8.2 – Incorporate Management Requirements in a Horizon End Point Client Design
Objective 8.3 – Incorporate Security Requirements in a Horizon End Point Design

To book yours:

Exam Number: 3V0-652	Duration: 240 minutes
Associated Certification: VCAP6-DTM Design	Number of Questions: 24
Exam Product: Horizon Version: 6.x	Passing Score: 300
Recommended Training: Horizon: Design and Deploy [V6]	Validated Against: Horizon 6.x
Exam Price: $450 USD, More on Pricing	Exam Languages: English
First Available Appointment: 22 August 2016	Format: Drag and Drop, Design Tool
Exam Information Last Updated: 16 August 2016

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Updated: PASSED on the first try!

Yeah passed it on 13-06-2017 and marked myself VCIX6-DTM.
Overall the exam was doable.. did not run into time issues, had 65 min spare.
My biggest concern was that the exam is based on Horizon 6 and it’s counterparts where my last few deployments were all horizon 7 based.

Just to give some tips:

1. Know the product versions used in the exam and have some experience deploying and designing them.

2. Take your time! You have plenty. Read the questions and do not over do the 7/8 visio like design scenarios. Do what’s asked and if it says like “no external connections required” do not insert some security servers or other non asked requirements.

3. Study the product maximums.

Horizon 6.2
App Volumes 2.11
vROPS 6.2
Log Insight
ThinApp 5.1
Mirage (versie onbekend)
VSAN 6.1 of 6.2?

4. Know the differences between conceptual, logical and technical. and how to assign and read constraints, Assumptions (Risks, Requirements) & Dependencies.

5. study.. study.. or just do it.. Good luck!