VCP5-DCV : VMware Certified Professional-Datacenter Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 - Study Guide Exam VCP-550
Auteur : Atkinson Brian
Prepare yourself for VMware's challenging VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization exam, as well as the typical tasks and responsibilities you can expect as a VMware vSphere 5.5-certified professional. This comprehensive book guides you through all topics and objectives you'll need to know for the exam. These include planning, installing, upgrading, and securing vCenter Server and ESXi; configuring networking and storage; performing basic troubleshooting; and more. You'll also gain access to premium online practice and review tools.
- Prepares certification candidates for the VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization exam (VCP-DCV)
- Covers all exam objectives
- Features real-world scenarios, hands-on exercises, and challenging review questions
- Explores key topics such as securing vCenter and ESXi, planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage, creating and deploying virtual machines and vApps, establishing services levels, and more
- Includes access to online practice exams, flashcards, and other study tools
If you want the best preparation for the VCP-DCV certification exam, you'll want VCP-DCV VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization on vSphere Study Guide.
Introduction
Assessment Test
Chapter 1 What’s New in vSphere 5.5 1 vSphere ESXi Hypervisor Enhancements
- Hot-Pluggable PCIe SSD Devices
- Support for Reliable Memory Technology
- Enhancements to CPU C-States
- Virtual Machine Enhancements
- VM Compatibility with VMware ESXi 5.5
- Expanded vGPU Support
- Graphic Acceleration for Linux Guests
- vCenter Server Enhancements
- vCenter Single Sign-On
- vCenter Server Appliance
- vSphere Web Client
- vSphere App HA
- HA Compatibility with DRS VM-VM Affinity Rules
- vSphere Big Data Extensions
- Storage Enhancements
- Support for 62TB VMDK
- MSCS Updates
- 16Gb E2E Support
- PDL AutoRemove
- vSphere Replication Interoperability
- vSphere Replication Multi-Point-in-Time (MPIT) Snapshot Retention
- VAAI UNMAP Improvements
- VMFS Heap Improvements
- vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Networking Enhancements
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) Enhancements
- Traffic Filtering
- Quality of Service Tagging
- SR-IOV Enhancements
- Enhanced Host-Level Packet Capture
- 40Gb NIC Support
- VMware Data Protection (VDP) Enhancements
- vCenter Operations Manager
- Summary
Chapter 2 Planning, Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading VMware ESXi and vCenter Server
- Introducing VMware ESXi
- Identifying ESXi Host Requirements
- Performing an Interactive Installation of ESXi
- Configuring NTP on an ESXi Host
- Configuring DNS and Routing on an ESXi Host
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Hyperthreading
- Selecting a CPU Power Management Policy
- Enabling, Sizing, and Disabling Memory Compression Cache
- Licensing an ESXi Host
- Introducing vCenter Server
- Identifying Available vCenter Server Editions
- Identifying vCenter Server and vCenter Server Database Requirements
- Identifying Single Sign-On Requirements
- Creating a Database Connection to the vCenter Server Database
- Sizing the vCenter Server Database
- Installing vCenter Server into a Virtual Machine
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- Installing and Configuring the vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client
- Describing Single Sign-On Architecture
- Differentiating Single-Sign-On Deployment Scenarios
- Configuring and Administering Single Sign-On
- Managing Single Sign-On Users and Groups
- Installing Additional vCenter Server Components
- Installing and Removing vSphere Client Plug-Ins
- Enabling and Disabling vSphere Client Plug-Ins
- Licensing vCenter Server
- Determining Availability Requirements for a vCenter Server in a Given vSphere Implementation
- Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
- Identifying Steps Required to Upgrade a vSphere Implementation
- Identifying Upgrade Requirements for ESXi Hosts
- Determining Whether an In-Place Upgrade Is Appropriate in a Given Upgrade Scenario
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 3 Securing vCenter Server and ESXi and Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions
- Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
- Configuring and Administering the ESXi Firewall
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Services in the ESXi Firewall
- Enabling Lockdown Mode
- Adding an ESXi Host to a Directory Service
- Viewing, Sorting, and Exporting User and Group Lists
- Identifying Common vCenter Server Privileges and Roles
- Describing How Permissions Are Applied and Inherited in vCenter Server
- Adding, Modifying, and Removing Permissions for Users and Groups on vCenter Server Inventory Objects
- Creating, Cloning, and Editing vCenter Server Roles
- Determining the Appropriate Set of Privileges for Common Tasks in vCenter Server
- Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions
- Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures
- Identifying Available vSphere Editions and Features
- Determining Appropriate vSphere Edition Based on Customer Requirements
- Identifying the Various Datacenter Solutions That Interact with vSphere (Horizon, SRM, Etc.)
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 4 Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking
- Configuring vNetwork Standard Switches
- Identifying vNetwork Standard Switch Capabilities
- Creating and Deleting a vNetwork Standard Switch
- Adding, Configuring, and Removing vmnics on a vNetwork Standard Switch
- Configuring VMkernel Ports for Network Services
- Adding, Editing, and Removing Port Groups on a vNetwork Standard Switch
- Determining the Use Case for a vNetwork Standard Switch
- Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switches
- Identifying vNetwork Distributed Switch Capabilities
- Creating and Deleting a vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Adding and Removing ESXi Hosts to/from a vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Adding and Removing Uplink Adapters to/from dvUplink Groups
- Adding, Configuring, and Removing dvPort Groups
- Creating, Configuring, and Removing Virtual Adapters
- Migrating Virtual Adapters to and from a vNetwork Standard Switch
- Migrating Virtual Machines to and from a vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Upgrading a vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Determining the Use Case for a vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Configuring vSS and vDS Policies
- Identifying Common vSwitch and dvSwitch Policies
- Configuring Load Balancing and Failover Policies
- Configuring Network Security Policies
- Configuring Traffic Shaping Policies
- Configuring VLAN Settings
- Determining Appropriate VLAN Configuration for a vSphere Implementation
- Configuring dvPort Group Blocking Policies
- Enabling Jumbo Frames Support on Appropriate Components
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 5 Planning and Configuring vSphere Storage
- Configuring Shared Storage for vSphere
- Identifying Storage Adapters and Devices
- Identifying Storage Naming Conventions
- Scanning and Rescanning Storage
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling vCenter Server Storage Filters
- Describing Zoning and LUN Masking Practices
- Identifying Hardware/Dependent Hardware /Software iSCSI Initiator Requirements
- Determining Use Case for Hardware /Dependent Hardware/Software iSCSI Initiator
- Configuring and Editing Hardware /Dependent-Hardware Initiators
- Enabling and Disabling a Software iSCSI Initiator
- Configuring and Editing Software iSCSI Initiator Settings
- Configuring iSCSI Port Binding
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling iSCSI CHAP
- Configuring FC/iSCSI LUNs as ESXi Boot Devices
- Comparing and Contrasting Array Thin Provisioning and Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning
- Determining Use Case for and Configuring Array Thin Provisioning
- Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores
- Identifying VMFS-5 Capabilities
- Creating, Renaming, Unmounting, and Deleting a VMFS Datastore
- Identifying VMFS Datastore Properties
- Extending and Expanding VMFS Datastores
- Upgrading a VMFS-3 Datastore to VMFS-5
- Placing a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode
- Determining the Appropriate Path Selection Policy for a Given VMFS Datastore
- Selecting the Preferred Path for a VMFS Datastore
- Disabling a Path to a VMFS Datastore
- Creating an NFS Share for Use with vSphere
- Identifying NFS Datastore Properties
- Mounting and Unmounting an NFS Datastore
- Determining the Use Case for Multiple VMFS /NFS Datastores
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 6 Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines and vApps
- Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines
- Identifying Capabilities of Virtual Machine Hardware Versions
- Configuring and Deploying a Guest OS into a New Virtual Machine
- Placing Virtual Machines in Selected ESXi Hosts /Clusters/Resource Pools
- Identifying Methods to Access and Use a Virtual Machine Console
- Installing, Upgrading, and Updating VMware Tools
- Identifying VMware Tools Device Drivers
- Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware
- Configuring Virtual Machine Time Synchronization
- Identifying Virtual Machine Storage Resources
- Configuring and Modifying the Disk Controller for Virtual Disks
- Configuring the Appropriate Virtual Disk Type for a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Converting Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks
- Configuring Disk Shares
- Determining Appropriate Datastore Locations for Virtual Machines Based on Application Workloads
- Configuring and Modifying Virtual CPU and Memory Resources According to OS and Application Requirements
- Configuring and Modifying Virtual NIC Adapters and Connecting Virtual Machines to Appropriate Network Resources
- Converting a Physical Machine Using VMware Converter
- Importing a Supported Virtual Machine Source Using VMware Converter
- Modifying Virtual Hardware Settings Using VMware Converter
- Creating and Deploying vApps
- Determining When a Tiered Application Should Be Deployed as a vApp
- Creating a vApp
- Adding Objects to an Existing vApp
- Identifying and Editing vApp Settings
- Configuring IP Pools
- Suspending and Resuming a vApp
- Cloning and Exporting a vApp
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 7 Managing and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
- Managing Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
- Identifying Cloning and Template Options
- Cloning an Existing Virtual Machine
- Creating a Template from an Existing Virtual Machine
- Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
- Updating Existing Virtual Machine Templates
- Deploying Virtual Appliances and vApps from an OVF Template
- Importing and Exporting an OVF Template
- Determining the Appropriate Deployment Methodology for a Given Virtual Machine Application
- Identifying Content Types
- Creating a Local/Remote Content Library with /without external storage (VMs, ISOs, Scripts, vApps)
- Publishing/Subscribing/Sharing a Content Library
- Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
- Identifying Files Used by Virtual Machines
- Identifying Locations for Virtual Machine Configuration Files and Virtual Disks
- Configuring Virtual Machine Options
- Configuring Virtual Machine Power Settings
- Configuring Virtual Machine Boot Options
- Configuring Virtual Machine Troubleshooting Options
- Identifying Common Practices for Securing Virtual Machines
- Determining When an Advanced Virtual Machine Parameter Is Required
- Hot-Extending a Virtual Disk
- Enabling TCP Segmentation Offload Support for a Virtual Machine
- Adjusting Virtual Machine Resources (Shares, Limits, and Reservations) Based on Virtual Machine Workloads
- Configuring USB passthrough from an ESXi Host
- Configuring Serial port redirection
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 8 Establishing Service Levels with Clusters, Fault Tolerance, and Resource Pools
- Creating and Configuring VMware Clusters
- Determining the Appropriate Failover Methodology and Required Resources for an HA Implementation
- DRS Virtual Machine Entitlement
- Creating and Deleting a DRS/HA Cluster
- Adding and Removing ESXi Hosts to /from a DRS/HA Cluster
- Adding and Removing Virtual Machines to /from a DRS/HA Cluster
- Enabling and Disabling Host Monitoring
- Configuring Admission Control for HA and Virtual Machines
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Virtual Machine and Application Monitoring
- Configuring Automation Levels for DRS and Virtual Machines
- Configuring Migration Thresholds for DRS and Virtual Machines
- Creating VM-Host and VM-VM Affinity Rules
- Configuring Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- Monitoring a DRS/HA Cluster
- Configuring Storage DRS
- Enabling BIOS P/C States
- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Host Power Management and Distributed Power Management
- Determining Appropriate Power Threshold for a Given Implementation
- Planning and Implementing VMware Fault Tolerance
- Determining Use Cases for Enabling VMware Fault Tolerance on a Virtual Machine
- VMware Fault Tolerance Requirements
- Configuring VMware Fault Tolerance Networking
- Enabling and Disabling VMware Fault Tolerance on a Virtual Machine
- Testing an FT Configuration
- Creating and Administering Resource Pools
- The Resource Pool Hierarchy
- The Expandable Reservation Parameter
- Creating and Removing a Resource Pool
- Configuring Resource Pool Attributes
- Adding and Removing Virtual Machines to /from a Resource Pool
- Determining Resource Pool Requirements for a Given vSphere Implementation
- Evaluating Appropriate Shares, Reservations, and Limits for a Resource Pool Based on Virtual Machine Workloads
- Describing vSphere Flash Read Cache Architecture
- Adding/Removing vFlash Read Cache Resource Capacity
- Assigning vFlash Read Cache Resources to VMDKs
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 9 Maintaining Service Levels
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Migrating a Powered-Off or Suspended Virtual Machine
- ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Requirements for vMotion and Storage vMotion
- Enhanced vMotion Compatibility CPU Requirements
- Snapshot Requirements for vMotion /Storage vMotion Migration
- Configuring a Virtual Machine Swap File Location
- Migrating Virtual Machines Using vMotion /Storage vMotion
- Using Storage vMotion Techniques
- Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines
- Identifying Snapshot Requirements
- Creating, Deleting, and Consolidating Virtual Machine Snapshots
- Differentiating Between VDP and VDPA
- Explaining VMware Data Protection Sizing Guidelines
- Identifying VMware Data Protection Requirements
- Installing and Configuring VMware Data Protection
- Creating a Backup Job With VMware Data Protection
- Managing and Monitoring VDP Capacity
- Performing a Test/Live Full/File-Level Restore with VMware Data Protection
- Performing a VDR Data Migration
- Describing vSphere Replication Architecture
- Installing/Configuring/Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Configuring Replication for Single/Multiple VMs
- Recovering a VM Using vSphere Replication
- Performing a Failback Operation Using vSphere Replication
- Determining the Appropriate Backup Solution for a Given vSphere Implementation
- Patching and Updating ESXi and Virtual Machines
- Patching Requirements for ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machine Hardware/Tools
- Creating, Editing, and Removing a Host Profile from an ESXi Host
- Attaching and Applying a Host Profile to an ESXi Host or Cluster
- Performing Compliance Scanning and Remediating an ESXi Host Using Host Profiles
- Applying Permissions to ESXi Hosts Using Host Profiles
- Importing/Exporting a Host Profile
- Installing and Configuring VMware vSphere Update Manager
- Configuring Patch Download Options
- Creating, Editing, and Deleting an Update Manager Baseline
- Attaching an Update Manager Baseline to an ESXi Host or Cluster
- Scanning and Remediating ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machine Hardware /Tools Using Update Manager
- Staging ESXi Host Updates
- Upgrading an ESXi Host Using vSphere Update Manager
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 10 Performing Basic Troubleshooting
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts
- Troubleshooting Common Installation Issues
- Monitoring ESXi System Health
- General ESXi Host Troubleshooting Guidelines
- Exporting Diagnostic Information
- Performing Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting
- Verifying Network Configuration
- Troubleshooting Physical Network Adapter Configuration Issues
- Troubleshooting Virtual Switch and Port Group Configuration Issues
- Verifying a Given Virtual Machine Is Configured with the Correct Network Resources
- Identifying the Root Cause of a Network Issue Based on Troubleshooting Information
- Performing Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting
- Verifying Storage Configuration
- Troubleshooting Storage Contention Issues
- Troubleshooting Storage Overcommitment Issues
- Troubleshooting iSCSI Software Initiator Configuration Issues
- Troubleshooting Storage Reports and Storage Maps
- Identifying the Root Cause of a Storage Issue Based on Troubleshooting Information
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting for HA /DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
- HA/DRS and vMotion Requirements
- Verifying vMotion/Storage vMotion Configuration
- Verifying HA Network Configuration
- Verifying HA/DRS Cluster Configuration
- Troubleshooting HA Capacity Issues
- Troubleshooting HA Redundancy Issues
- Troubleshooting DRS Load Imbalance Issues
- Interpreting the DRS Resource Distribution Graph and Target/Current Host Load Standard Deviation
- Troubleshooting vMotion/Storage vMotion Migration Issues
- Interpret vMotion Resource Maps
- Identifying the Root Cause of a DRS/HA Cluster or Migration Issue Based on Troubleshooting Information
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Chapter 11 Monitoring a vSphere Implementation and Managing vCenter Server Alarms
- Monitoring ESXi, vCenter Server, and Virtual Machines
- How Tasks and Events Are Viewed in vCenter Server
- Creating, Editing, and Deleting Scheduled Tasks
- Configuring SNMP for vCenter Server
- Configuring User Directory and SMTP Settings for vCenter Server
- Configuring vCenter Server Timeout Settings
- Configuring vCenter Server Logging Options
- Creating a Log Bundle
- Starting, Stopping, and Verifying vCenter Server Service Status
- Starting, Stopping, and Verifying ESXi Host Agent Status
- Monitoring and Administering vCenter Server Connections
- Configuring, Viewing, Printing, and Exporting Resource Maps
- Common Memory Metrics
- Common CPU Metrics
- Common Network Metrics
- Common Storage Metrics
- Critical Performance Metrics
- Comparing and Contrasting Overview and Advanced Charts
- Creating an Advanced Chart
- Determining Host Performance Using resxtop and Guest Perfmon
- Given Performance Data, Identifying the Affected vSphere Resource
- Installing, Configuring, and Administering vCenter Operations Manager
- Explaining vCenter Operations Manager Architecture
- Deploying and Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Appliance
- Upgrading vCenter Operations Manager
- Differentiating Major/Minor vCenter Operations Manager Badges
- Understanding Metrics Used by Major /Minor vCenter Operations Manager Badges
- Monitoring a vSphere Environment
- For a Given Alarm, Identify the Affected Resource In a vSphere Implementation
- Creating and Administering vCenter Server Alarms
- Listing vCenter Default Utilization Alarms
- Listing vCenter Default Connectivity Alarms
- Listing Possible Actions for Utilization and Connectivity Alarms
- Creating a vCenter Utilization Alarm
- Creating a vCenter Connectivity Alarm
- Configuring Alarm Triggers
- Configuring Alarm Actions
- For a Given Alarm, Identifying the Affected Resource in a vSphere Implementation
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Review Questions
Appendix A Answers to Review Questions
- Chapter 2: Planning, Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading VMware ESXi and vCenter Server
- Chapter 3: Securing vCenter Server and ESXi and Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions
- Chapter 4: Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking
- Chapter 5: Planning and Configuring vSphere Storage
- Chapter 6: Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines and vApps
- Chapter 7: Managing and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
- Chapter 8: Establishing Service Levels with Clusters, Fault Tolerance, and Resource Pools
- Chapter 9: Maintaining Service Levels
- Chapter 10: Performing Basic Troubleshooting
- Chapter 11: Monitoring a vSphere Implementation and Managing vCenter Server Alarms
Appendix B About the Additional Study Tools
- Additional Study Tools
- Sybex Test Engine
- Electronic Flashcards
- PDF of Glossary of Terms
- Adobe Reader
- System Requirements
- Using the Study Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Customer Care
- Index
Brian Atkinson is a Senior Systems Engineer with 16 years of experience in the IT field. Since 2006, he has focused on virtualization, storage, and virtualization evangelism. Brian holds the VCP 3, VCP 4 and VCP 5 certifications and has also been awarded the vExpert designation from VMware in 2009, 2010, and 2011. He is a VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Moderator and active contributor. Brian is also a guest blogger at the VMTN.
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