Data Center Virtualization Certification_ VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide_ Everything you need to achieve 2V0-622 certification – with exam tips and exercises

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Preface......Page 22
Who this book is for......Page 23
What this book covers......Page 24
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Conventions used......Page 28
Get in touch......Page 29
Reviews......Page 30
Configuring and Administering vSphere 6.x Security......Page 31
Objective 1.1 – Configure and administer role-based access control......Page 32
Compare and contrast propagated and explicit permission assignments......Page 34
View/sort/export user and group lists......Page 37
Add/modify/remove permissions for users and groups on vCenter Server inventory objects......Page 39
Determine how permissions are applied and inherited in vCenter Server......Page 41
Create/clone/edit vCenter Server Roles......Page 44
Configure VMware Identity Sources......Page 47
Apply a role to a user/group and to an object or group of objects......Page 49
Change permission validation settings......Page 50
Determine the appropriate set of privileges for common tasks in vCenter Server......Page 52
Compare and contrast default system/sample roles......Page 58
Determine the correct permissions needed to integrate vCenter Server with other VMware products......Page 60
Objective 1.2 – Secure ESXi and vCenter Server 2......Page 61
Configure encrypted vMotion......Page 63
Describe ESXi Secure Boot......Page 64
Harden ESXi hosts......Page 65
Enable/configure/disable services in the ESXi firewall......Page 68
Change ESXi default account access......Page 72
Add an ESXi Host to a directory service......Page 75
Apply permissions to ESXi Hosts using Host Profiles......Page 77
Enable Lockdown Mode......Page 79
Control access to hosts (DCUI/Shell/SSH/MOB)......Page 81
Harden vCenter Server......Page 82
Control datastore browser access......Page 84
Create/Manage vCenter Server Security Certificates......Page 85
Control MOB access......Page 86
Change vCenter default account access......Page 87
Restrict administrative privileges......Page 88
Understand the implications of securing a vSphere environment......Page 89
Objective 1.3 – Configure and Enable SSO and Identity Sources......Page 90
Describe PSC architecture and components......Page 91
Differentiate available authentication methods with VMware vCenter......Page 96
Perform a multi-site PSC installation......Page 97
Configure/manage identity sources......Page 99
Configure/manage platform services controller (PSC)......Page 101
Configure/manage VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)......Page 102
Enable/disable SSO users......Page 104
Upgrade a single/complex PSC installation......Page 105
Configure SSO policies......Page 107
Add an ESXi host to an AD domain......Page 109
Configure and manage KMS for VM encryption......Page 110
Objective 1.4 – Secure vSphere Virtual Machines......Page 112
Enable/disable VM encryption......Page 113
Describe VM Secure Boot......Page 116
Harden virtual machine access......Page 118
Control VMware Tools installation......Page 120
Control VM data access......Page 121
Configure virtual machine security policies......Page 124
Harden a virtual machine against DoS attacks......Page 125
Control VM-VM communications......Page 127
Control VM device connections......Page 128
Configure network security policies......Page 130
Configure VM encrypted vMotion......Page 131
What is missing......Page 133
Review questions......Page 135
Summary......Page 136
Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking......Page 137
Objective 2.1 – Configure policies/features and verify vSphere networking......Page 138
Creating/deleting a vSphere Distributed Switch......Page 140
Adding/removing ESXi hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch......Page 143
Adding/configuring/removing dvPort groups......Page 145
Adding/removing uplink adapters to dvUplink groups......Page 148
Configuring vSphere Distributed Switch general and dvPort group settings......Page 149
Creating/configuring/removing virtual adapters......Page 151
Migrating virtual machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch......Page 155
Configuring LACP on vDS given design parameters......Page 156
Describing vDS Security policies/settings......Page 159
Configuring dvPort group blocking policies......Page 160
Configuring load balancing and failover policies......Page 162
Configuring VLAN/PVLAN settings for VMs given communication requirements......Page 165
Configuring traffic shaping policies......Page 168
Enabling TCP Segmentation Offload support for a virtual machine......Page 170
Enabling jumbo frames support on appropriate components......Page 171
Recognizing the behavior of vDS auto-rollback......Page 173
Configuring vDS across multiple vCenters to support Long Distance vMotion......Page 175
Comparing and contrasting vSphere Distributed Switch capabilities......Page 177
Configuring multiple VMkernel Default Gateways......Page 180
Configuring ERSPAN......Page 182
Creating and configure custom TCP/IP Stacks......Page 184
Configuring Netflow......Page 186
Objective 2.2 – Configuring Network I/O control (NIOC)......Page 188
Explaining NIOC capabilities......Page 189
Configuring NIOC shares/limits based on VM requirements......Page 190
Explaining the behavior of a given NIOC setting......Page 192
Determining Network I/O Control requirements......Page 193
Differentiating Network I/O Control capabilities......Page 194
Enabling/Disable Network I/O Control......Page 195
Monitoring Network I/O Control......Page 196
What is missing......Page 197
Review questions......Page 199
Summary......Page 200
Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage......Page 201
Objective 3.1 – Managing vSphere integration with physical storage......Page 202
Performing NFS v3 and v4.1 configurations......Page 204
Discovering new storage LUNs......Page 205
Configuring FC/iSCSI/FCoE LUNs as ESXi boot devices......Page 209
Mounting an NFS share for use with vSphere......Page 211
Enabling/configuring/disabling vCenter Server storage filters......Page 214
Configuring/editing hardware/dependent hardware initiators......Page 216
Enabling/disabling software iSCSI initiator......Page 218
Configuring/editing software iSCSI initiator settings......Page 220
Configuring iSCSI port binding......Page 222
Enabling/configuring/disabling iSCSI CHAP......Page 224
Determining use cases for Fiber Channel zoning......Page 226
Comparing and contrasting array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning......Page 228
Objective 3.2 – Configure software-defined storage......Page 231
Creating vSAN cluster......Page 233
Creating disk groups......Page 235
Monitoring vSAN......Page 236
Describing vVOLs......Page 237
Understanding a vSAN iSCSI target......Page 239
Explaining vSAN and vVOL architectural components......Page 240
vSAN architecture......Page 241
vVOL architecture......Page 242
Determining the role of storage providers in vSAN......Page 243
Determining the role of storage providers in vVOLs......Page 244
Explaining vSAN failure domains functionality......Page 245
Configuring/managing VMware vSAN......Page 246
Creating/modifying VMware Virtual Volumes......Page 247
Configuring storage policies......Page 248
Enabling/disabling vSAN Fault Domains......Page 250
Creating Virtual Volumes given the workload and availability requirements......Page 252
Collecting vSAN Observer output......Page 253
Creating storage policies appropriate for given workloads and availability requirements......Page 254
Configuring vVOLs Protocol Endpoints......Page 255
Objective 3.3 – Configure vSphere Storage multipathing and failover......Page 257
Explaining common multi-pathing components......Page 258
Differentiating APD and PDL states......Page 260
Comparing and contrasting active optimized versus active non-optimized port group states......Page 263
Explaining features of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)......Page 266
Understanding the effects of a given claim rule on multipathing and failover......Page 268
Explaining the function of claim rule elements......Page 269
Changing the path selection policy using the UI......Page 271
Determining required claim rule elements to change the default PSP......Page 272
Determining the effect of changing PSP on multipathing and failover......Page 273
Determining the effects of changing SATP on relevant device behavior......Page 274
Configuring/managing storage load balancing......Page 275
Differentiating available storage load balancing options......Page 276
Differentiating available storage multipathing policies......Page 277
Configuring storage policies including vSphere storage APIs for storage awareness......Page 278
Locating failover events in the UI......Page 279
Objective 3.4 – Perform VMFS and NFS configurations and upgrades......Page 280
Performing VMFS v5 and v6 configurations......Page 281
Describing VAAI primitives for block devices and NAS......Page 284
Differentiating VMware filesystem technologies......Page 286
Migrating from VMFS5 to VMFS6......Page 287
Differentiating physical mode RDMs and virtual mode RDMs......Page 288
Creating a virtual/physical mode RDM......Page 289
Differentiating NFS 3.x and 4.1 capabilities......Page 291
Comparing and contrasting VMFS and NFS datastore properties......Page 294
Configuring Bus Sharing......Page 296
Configuring multi-writer locking......Page 297
Connecting an NFS 4.1 datastore using Kerberos......Page 298
Creating/renaming/deleting/unmounting VMFS datastores......Page 299
Mounting/unmounting an NFS datastore......Page 300
Extending/expanding VMFS datastores......Page 301
Placing a VMFS datastore in maintenance mode......Page 302
Selecting the preferred path/disabling a path to a VMFS datastore......Page 303
Enabling/disabling vStorage API for array integration (VAAI)......Page 304
Determining a proper use case for multiple VMFS/NFS datastores......Page 305
Objective 3.5 – Set up and configure Storage I/O Control......Page 306
Describing the benefits of SIOC......Page 307
Enabling and configuring SIOC......Page 308
Configuring/managing SIOC......Page 309
Monitoring SIOC......Page 310
Differentiating between SIOC and dynamic queue depth throttling features......Page 311
Determining a proper use case for SIOC......Page 312
Comparing and contrasting the effects of I/O contention in environments with and without SIOC......Page 313
Understanding SIOC metrics for datastore clusters and Storage DRS......Page 314
What is missing......Page 315
Review questions......Page 317
Summary......Page 318
Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x......Page 319
Objective 4.1 – Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades......Page 320
Updating manager......Page 321
Configuring download source(s)......Page 322
Setting up UMDS to set up download repository......Page 324
Importing ESXi images......Page 325
Creating baselines and/or baseline groups......Page 327
Attaching baselines to vSphere objects......Page 330
Scanning vSphere......Page 333
Staging patches and extensions......Page 334
Remediating an object......Page 335
Upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch......Page 337
Upgrading VMware Tools......Page 339
Upgrading virtual machine hardware......Page 343
Upgrading an ESXI host by using vCenter Update Manager......Page 345
Staging multiple ESXI host upgrades......Page 348
Aligning appropriate baselines with target inventory objects......Page 351
Objective 4.2 – Perform vCenter Server Upgrades (Windows)......Page 353
Comparing the methods of upgrading vCenter Server......Page 354
Upgrading vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows......Page 357
Upgrading vCenter Server 6.0 on Windows......Page 360
Mixed platform upgrades......Page 361
Backup vCenter Server database, configuration and certificate datastore......Page 362
Backup the Windows vCenter Server......Page 363
Backup the vCSA......Page 364
Performing updates as prescribed......Page 367
Upgrading vCenter Server......Page 368
Determining the upgrade compatibility of an environment......Page 369
Determining correct order of steps to upgrade a vSphere implementation......Page 371
Objective 4.3 – Perform vCenter Server migration to VCSA......Page 373
Migrating to vCSA......Page 374
Understanding the migration paths to the vCSA......Page 379
Migrating from 5.5 to 6.5 with embedded PSC......Page 380
Migrating from 5.5 to 6.5 with external PSC......Page 381
Review questions......Page 382
Summary......Page 384
Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources......Page 385
Objective 5.1 – Configure multilevel Resource Pools......Page 386
Determining the effect of the expandable reservation parameter on resource allocation......Page 388
Creating a Resource Pool hierarchical structure......Page 389
Configuring custom Resource Pool attributes......Page 392
Determining how Resource Pools apply to vApps......Page 394
Creating/removing a Resource Pool......Page 395
Adding/removing VMs from a Resource Pool......Page 399
Determining appropriate shares, reservations, and limits for hierarchical Resource Pools......Page 402
Objective 5.2 – Configure vSphere DRS and Storage DRS clusters......Page 404
Adding/removing Host DRS Group......Page 405
Adding/removing a virtual machine DRS group......Page 407
Managing DRS affinity/anti-affinity rules......Page 409
Creating a VM-VM affinity rule......Page 410
Creating a VM-Host affinity rule......Page 412
Configuring the proper DRS automation level based on a set of business requirements......Page 414
Backup a resource pool tree......Page 416
Restoring a resource pool tree......Page 418
Explaining how DRS affinity rules effect virtual machine placement......Page 421
VM-Host affinity rule......Page 422
VM-VM affinity rule......Page 424
Understanding network DRS......Page 426
Differentiating load balancing policies......Page 427
Host network saturation threshold......Page 428
Monitoring host network utilization......Page 429
Describing Predictive DRS......Page 430
Storage DRS Cluster......Page 432
Review questions......Page 435
Summary......Page 437
Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment......Page 438
Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer vCenter Appliance Backup/Restore......Page 439
Configuring vCSA File-based backup and restore......Page 440
Defining supported backup targets......Page 443
Objective 6.2 – Configure and administer vCenter Data Protection......Page 444
Deploying VDP application agents......Page 445
Differentiating VMware Data Protection's capabilities......Page 447
Explaining VMware data protection sizing guidelines......Page 449
Creating/deleting/consolidating virtual machine snapshots......Page 451
Installing and configuring VMware Data Protection......Page 454
Creating a backup job with VMware Data Protection......Page 459
Backing up/restoring a virtual machine with VMware Data Protection......Page 462
Objective 6.3 – Configure vSphere Replication......Page 466
Comparing and contrasting vSphere Replication compression methods......Page 467
Configuring a recovery point objective (RPO) for a protected virtual machine......Page 468
Managing snapshots on recovered virtual machines......Page 469
Installing/configuring/upgrading vSphere Replication......Page 470
Replication Configure VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) integration with vSphere......Page 476
Configuring vSphere Replication for single/multiple VMs......Page 478
Recovering a VM using vSphere Replication......Page 481
Performing a failback operation using vSphere Replication......Page 484
Deploying a pair of vSphere Replication virtual appliances......Page 486
Review questions......Page 488
Summary......Page 490
Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment......Page 491
Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi hosts......Page 492
Understanding the VCSA monitoring tool......Page 493
Monitoring status of the vCenter Server services......Page 495
Performing basic maintenance of a vCenter Server database......Page 497
Monitoring status of ESXi management agents......Page 499
Determining ESXi host stability issues and gather diagnostics information......Page 501
Monitoring ESXi system health......Page 502
Locating and analyze the vCenter Server and ESXi logs......Page 503
Determining appropriate commands for troubleshooting......Page 508
Troubleshooting common ESXi/vCenter issues......Page 509
Objective 7.2 – Troubleshoot vSphere storage and networking......Page 511
Identifying and isolating network and storage resource contention and latency issues......Page 512
Verifyinging network and storage configuration......Page 515
Verifying that a given virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources......Page 516
Monitoring/troubleshooting Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) issues......Page 517
Recognizing the impact of network and storage I/O control configurations......Page 519
Recognizing a connectivity issue caused by a VLAN/PVLAN......Page 521
Troubleshooting common storage and networking issues......Page 522
Objective 7.3 – Troubleshooting vSphere Upgrades and Migrations......Page 524
Collecting upgrade diagnostic information......Page 525
Recognizing common upgrade and migration issues with vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliances......Page 526
Creating/locating VMware log bundles......Page 527
Determining alternative methods to upgrade ESXi hosts in the event of a failure......Page 528
Configuring vCenter Server logging options......Page 529
Objective 7.4 – Troubleshooting virtual machines......Page 531
Monitoring CPU and memory usage......Page 532
Identifying and isolate CPU and memory contention issues......Page 534
Recognizing the impact of using CPU/memory limits, reservations, and shares......Page 538
Describing and differentiate critical performance metrics......Page 539
Describing and differentiate common metrics......Page 541
Monitoring performance through esxtop......Page 543
Troubleshooting Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) issues......Page 545
Comparing and contrast the Overview and Advanced Charts......Page 546
Objective 7.5 – Troubleshoot HA and DRS configurations and Fault Tolerance......Page 547
Troubleshooting common HA and DRS issues......Page 548
HA configuration......Page 550
HA Admission Control......Page 552
HA networking......Page 553
DRS configuration......Page 554
DRS workload balancing......Page 555
Fault Tolerance configuration......Page 556
Explaining the DRS Resource Distribution Graph and Target/Current Host Load Deviation......Page 558
Explaining vMotion Resource Maps......Page 559
What is missing......Page 560
Review questions......Page 561
Summary......Page 562
Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts......Page 563
Objective 8.1 – Configure Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts......Page 564
Describe the components and architecture of an Auto Deploy environment......Page 565
Implement Host Profiles with an Auto Deploy of an ESXi host......Page 570
Install and configure Auto Deploy......Page 575
Deploy multiple ESXi hosts using Auto Deploy......Page 577
Explaining the Auto Deploy deployment model needed to meet a business requirement......Page 578
Objective 8.2 – Create and Deploy Host Profiles......Page 579
Editing answer file to customize ESXi host settings......Page 580
Modifying and applying a storage path selection plugin (PSP) to a device using host profiles......Page 582
Modifying and applying switch configurations across multiple hosts using a host profile......Page 583
Creating/editing/removing a host profile from an ESXi host......Page 585
Importing/exporting a Host Profile......Page 588
Attaching and apply a Host Profiles to ESXi hosts in a cluster......Page 590
Performing compliance scanning and remediation of ESXi hosts and clusters using Host Profiles......Page 592
Enabling or disabling Host Profiles components......Page 594
Review questions......Page 596
Summary......Page 598
Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions......Page 599
Objective 9.1 – Configure vSphere HA cluster features......Page 600
Modify vSphere HA cluster settings......Page 601
Configure a network for use with HA heartbeats......Page 604
Apply an admission control policy for HA......Page 606
Enable/disable vSphere HA settings......Page 611
Configure different heartbeat datastores for a HA cluster......Page 613
Apply virtual machine monitoring for a cluster......Page 615
Configure Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) settings......Page 617
Implement vSphere HA on a vSAN cluster......Page 618
Explain how vSphere HA communicates with distributed resource scheduler and distributed power management......Page 620
Objective 9.2 – Configure vCSA HA......Page 622
Enable and Configure vCSA HA......Page 623
Understand and describe the architecture of vCSA HA......Page 627
Review questions......Page 631
Summary......Page 633
Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines......Page 634
Create and manage vSphere Virtual Machines and templates......Page 636
Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment......Page 637
Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV......Page 641
Configure virtual machines for multicore vCPUs......Page 647
Differentiate virtual machine configuration settings......Page 649
Interpret virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) settings......Page 651
Enable/disable advanced virtual machine settings......Page 653
Create and manage a content library......Page 654
Publish a content catalog......Page 656
Subscribe to a published catalog......Page 657
Determine which privileges are required to globally manage a content catalog......Page 659
Compare the functionality of automatic sync and an on-demand sync......Page 660
Configure content library to work across sites......Page 662
Configure content library authentication......Page 664
Set/configure content library roles......Page 665
Add/remove content libraries......Page 667
Consolidate physical workloads using VMware vCenter Converter......Page 668
Install vCenter Converter standalone instance......Page 669
Convert physical workloads using vCenter Converter......Page 671
Modify server resources during conversion......Page 677
Interpret and correct errors during conversion......Page 679
Deploy a physical host as a virtual machine using vCenter Converter......Page 680
Collect diagnostic information during the conversion operation......Page 681
Resize partitions during the conversion process......Page 682
Determine which virtual disk format to use......Page 683
Review questions......Page 684
Summary......Page 686
Mock Exam 1......Page 687
Mock exam 1......Page 688
Configure and administer vSphere 6.x security......Page 689
Configure and administer vSphere 6.x networking......Page 692
Configure and administer vSphere 6.x storage......Page 695
Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x......Page 697
Administer and manage vSphere 6.x Resources......Page 700
Backup and recover a vSphere Deployment......Page 703
Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment......Page 705
Deploy and customize ESXi Hosts......Page 708
Configure and administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions......Page 710
Administer and manage vSphere Virtual Machines......Page 712
Summary......Page 715
Mock Exam 2......Page 716
Mock exam 2......Page 717
Checking your answers......Page 733
Summary......Page 743
Understanding VMware Certification Paths......Page 744
Certification paths......Page 745
Certification levels......Page 746
Certification life cycle......Page 748
Some demographics data......Page 750
Most required certifications......Page 751
Certification versus accreditation or awards......Page 752
Summary......Page 754
VCP6.5-DCV Certification......Page 755
Certification paths......Page 756
No VCP certification......Page 757
Required training courses......Page 758
Exams to pass......Page 759
Holding an active VCP5-DCV or VCP6-DCV......Page 760
Recommended training courses......Page 761
Exams to pass......Page 762
Holding an expired VCP-DCV......Page 763
Required training courses......Page 764
Exams to pass......Page 765
Holding an active VCP in a different path......Page 766
Recommended training courses......Page 767
Exams to pass......Page 768
Order of the different steps......Page 769
Certification benefits......Page 770
What's next?......Page 771
Summary......Page 772
Before, During, and After the Exam......Page 773
Before the exam......Page 774
Attending a course......Page 775
Studying by yourself......Page 777
Books......Page 778
Videos......Page 779
Online resources......Page 780
Hands-on Labs......Page 781
Checking your exam preparation......Page 782
Mock exams......Page 783
During the exam......Page 784
Which exam to take......Page 785
Foundation exam......Page 786
VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization exam......Page 787
VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization Delta exam......Page 788
Types of questions......Page 789
Time management......Page 790
Foreign language notes......Page 791
After the exam......Page 792
Scoring in VMware exams......Page 793
What's next?......Page 794
Summary......Page 795
Other Books You May Enjoy......Page 796
Leave a review - let other readers know what you think......Page 798