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5V04421 TelcoAutomation Specialist (5V0-44.21)
The VMware Telco Cloud Automation Specialist certification teaches professionals how to design, implement, and manage automated telco cloud services across multi‑cluster environments, focusing on architecture, service design, CaaS lifecycle, and Day‑2 operations.
Who Should Take This
Network engineers, cloud architects, and operations leads with several years of experience in telecom infrastructure who aim to specialize in automated service delivery on VMware’s telco cloud platform. They seek to validate strategic expertise in multi‑cluster orchestration, CaaS lifecycle management, and ongoing operational governance.
What's Covered
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Domain 1: Automation Architecture
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Domain 2: Service Design
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Domain 3: CaaS Lifecycle
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Domain 4: Multi-Cluster
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Domain 5: Day-2 Operations
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Domain 6: Monitoring
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Domain 7: Troubleshooting
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Course Outline
70 learning goals
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Domain 1: Automation Architecture
2 topics
Platform Architecture
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation platform architecture including controllers, databases, and API gateway configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation platform architecture including controllers, databases, and API gateway best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze Telco Cloud Automation platform architecture including controllers, databases, and API gateway configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze Telco Cloud Automation platform architecture including controllers, databases, and API gateway tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a Telco Cloud Automation platform architecture including controllers, databases, and API gateway strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Integration
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation integration with VIM, CaaS, and external OSS/BSS systems techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation integration with VIM, CaaS, and external OSS/BSS systems integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze Telco Cloud Automation integration with VIM, CaaS, and external OSS/BSS systems failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of Telco Cloud Automation integration with VIM, CaaS, and external OSS/BSS systems changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive Telco Cloud Automation integration with VIM, CaaS, and external OSS/BSS systems procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 2: Service Design
2 topics
Service Templates
- Apply network service template design using TOSCA and Helm for CNF and VNF deployments configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply network service template design using TOSCA and Helm for CNF and VNF deployments best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze network service template design using TOSCA and Helm for CNF and VNF deployments configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze network service template design using TOSCA and Helm for CNF and VNF deployments tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a network service template design using TOSCA and Helm for CNF and VNF deployments strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Catalog Management
- Apply service catalog management with template versioning, validation, and lifecycle governance techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply service catalog management with template versioning, validation, and lifecycle governance integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze service catalog management with template versioning, validation, and lifecycle governance failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of service catalog management with template versioning, validation, and lifecycle governance changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive service catalog management with template versioning, validation, and lifecycle governance procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 3: CaaS Lifecycle
2 topics
Cluster Management
- Apply Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for telco workloads including creation, scaling, and upgrades configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for telco workloads including creation, scaling, and upgrades best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for telco workloads including creation, scaling, and upgrades configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for telco workloads including creation, scaling, and upgrades tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for telco workloads including creation, scaling, and upgrades strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
CNF Deployment
- Apply cloud-native network function deployment with Helm charts, operators, and configuration management techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply cloud-native network function deployment with Helm charts, operators, and configuration management integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze cloud-native network function deployment with Helm charts, operators, and configuration management failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of cloud-native network function deployment with Helm charts, operators, and configuration management changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive cloud-native network function deployment with Helm charts, operators, and configuration management procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 4: Multi-Cluster
2 topics
Orchestration
- Apply multi-cluster orchestration for distributed telco services across core, edge, and RAN locations configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply multi-cluster orchestration for distributed telco services across core, edge, and RAN locations best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze multi-cluster orchestration for distributed telco services across core, edge, and RAN locations configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze multi-cluster orchestration for distributed telco services across core, edge, and RAN locations tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a multi-cluster orchestration for distributed telco services across core, edge, and RAN locations strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Policy Management
- Apply cluster policy management for security, resource governance, and compliance enforcement techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply cluster policy management for security, resource governance, and compliance enforcement integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze cluster policy management for security, resource governance, and compliance enforcement failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of cluster policy management for security, resource governance, and compliance enforcement changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive cluster policy management for security, resource governance, and compliance enforcement procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 5: Day-2 Operations
2 topics
Scaling
- Apply auto-scaling configuration for CNF workloads based on metrics, events, and scheduled triggers configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply auto-scaling configuration for CNF workloads based on metrics, events, and scheduled triggers best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze auto-scaling configuration for CNF workloads based on metrics, events, and scheduled triggers configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze auto-scaling configuration for CNF workloads based on metrics, events, and scheduled triggers tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a auto-scaling configuration for CNF workloads based on metrics, events, and scheduled triggers strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Healing
- Apply auto-healing configuration for automated fault detection and recovery of CNF instances techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply auto-healing configuration for automated fault detection and recovery of CNF instances integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze auto-healing configuration for automated fault detection and recovery of CNF instances failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of auto-healing configuration for automated fault detection and recovery of CNF instances changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive auto-healing configuration for automated fault detection and recovery of CNF instances procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 6: Monitoring
2 topics
Observability
- Apply CNF observability configuration with metrics, logs, and traces for telco service assurance configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply CNF observability configuration with metrics, logs, and traces for telco service assurance best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze CNF observability configuration with metrics, logs, and traces for telco service assurance configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze CNF observability configuration with metrics, logs, and traces for telco service assurance tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a CNF observability configuration with metrics, logs, and traces for telco service assurance strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Alerting
- Apply alerting configuration for SLA violation, resource exhaustion, and component failure detection techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply alerting configuration for SLA violation, resource exhaustion, and component failure detection integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze alerting configuration for SLA violation, resource exhaustion, and component failure detection failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of alerting configuration for SLA violation, resource exhaustion, and component failure detection changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive alerting configuration for SLA violation, resource exhaustion, and component failure detection procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
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Domain 7: Troubleshooting
2 topics
Deployment Issues
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation troubleshooting for service deployment, configuration, and lifecycle failures configuration and operational procedures for enterprise VMware environments.
- Apply Telco Cloud Automation troubleshooting for service deployment, configuration, and lifecycle failures best practices including deployment standards and integration with related components.
- Analyze Telco Cloud Automation troubleshooting for service deployment, configuration, and lifecycle failures configuration and data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities.
- Analyze Telco Cloud Automation troubleshooting for service deployment, configuration, and lifecycle failures tradeoffs between different implementation approaches evaluating complexity, cost, and operational impact.
- Design a Telco Cloud Automation troubleshooting for service deployment, configuration, and lifecycle failures strategy that satisfies enterprise requirements for scalability, performance, security, and governance.
Platform Issues
- Apply platform troubleshooting for controller health, database issues, and integration connectivity techniques for complex scenarios requiring multi-component coordination and integration.
- Apply platform troubleshooting for controller health, database issues, and integration connectivity integration with monitoring, automation, and third-party systems for unified management.
- Analyze platform troubleshooting for controller health, database issues, and integration connectivity failures and degradation using diagnostic tools, logs, and metrics to determine root causes.
- Analyze the operational impact of platform troubleshooting for controller health, database issues, and integration connectivity changes on dependent services and infrastructure stability.
- Design comprehensive platform troubleshooting for controller health, database issues, and integration connectivity procedures including automation, monitoring, escalation, and documentation.
Scope
Included Topics
- Telco Cloud Automation architecture, service design, CaaS/CNF lifecycle, Kubernetes for telco, Helm chart management, multi-cluster orchestration, and operations.
- Enterprise-level VMware technology knowledge for VMware Telco Cloud Automation Specialist.
Not Covered
- Implementation details beyond stated certification scope.
- Vendor-specific third-party configurations.
- Current pricing and partner program details.
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