The VMware Certified Professional 7 – Cloud Management and Automation Exam (2V0-731) tests candidates on their skills and abilities installing, configuring and administering a VMware vRealize® environment. Successful candidates demonstrate mastery of these skills and abilities.

A typical candidate for the VCP7-CMA certification has six months’ experience working with vRealize Automation implementations. They are typically infrastructure personnel, who are capable of installing and configuring, managing and troubleshooting a vRealize Automation solution running on vSphere 6.x. The candidate possesses an understanding of basic cloud concepts including public/private/hybrid clouds, multi-tenancy and cloud security. The candidate is capable of using vRealize Automation to automate the deployment of workloads, vRealize Business Standard to establish cost reporting and vRealize Orchestrator to create and manage common workflows.

It is recommended that candidates have the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure and administer a vCloud environment before taking the VCP-CMA Exam.

Prior to taking this exam, candidates should understand each of the following objectives. Each objective is listed below; along with related tools the candidate should have experience with, and related documentation that contains information relevant to the objective. All objectives may also be referenced in other product documentation not specifically highlighted below. The candidate should be familiar with all relevant product documentation or have an equivalent skillset.