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VMware VCP6.5Data Center Virtualization
Duration 40 hrs
Section 1 - Configure And Administer VSphere 6.X Security
- Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control
- Compare and contrast propagated and explicit permission assignments
- View/Sort/Export user and group lists
- Add/Modify/Remove permissions for users and groups on vCenter Server inventory objects
- Determine how permissions are applied and inherited in vCenter Server
- Create/Clone/Edit vCenter Server Roles
- Configure VMware Identity Sources
- Apply a role ta User/Group and tan object or group of objects
- Change permission validation settings
- Determine the appropriate set of privileges for common tasks in vCenter Server
- Compare and contrast default system/sample roles
- Determine the correct permissions needed tintegrate vCenter Server with other VMware products
- Secure ESXi and vCenter Server
- Configure Encrypted vMotion
- Describe Secure Boot
- Harden ESXi hosts
- Enable/Configure/Disable services in the ESXi firewall
- Change default account access
- Add an ESXi Host ta directory service
- Apply permissions tESXi Hosts using Host Profiles
- Enable Lockdown Mode
- Control access thosts (DCUI/Shell/SSH/MOB)
- Harden vCenter Server
- Control datastore browser access
- Create/Manage vCenter Server Security Certificates
- Control MOB access
- Change default account access
- Restrict administrative privileges
- Understand the implications of securing a vSphere environment
- Configure and Enable SSand Identity Sources
- Describe PSC architecture and components
- Differentiate available authentication methods with VMware vCenter
- Perform a multi-site PSC installation
- Configure/Manage Identity Sources
- Configure/Manage Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- Configure/Manage VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)
- Enable/Disable Single Sign-On (SSO) Users
- Upgrade a single/complex PSC installation
- Configure SSpolicies
- Add an ESXi host tan AD domain
- Configure and Manage KMS for VM Encryption
- Secure vSphere Virtual Machines
- Enable/Disable Virtual Machine Encryption
- Describe Secure Boot
- Harden virtual machine access
- Control VMware Tools installation
- Control VM data access
- Configure virtual machine security policies
- Harden a virtual machine against Denial-of-Service attacks
- Control VM-VM communications
- Control VM device connections
- Configure network security policies
- Configure encrypted vMotion
Section 2 - Configure And Administer VSphere 6.X Networking
- Configure policies/features and verify vSphere networking
- Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch
- Add/Remove ESXi hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch
- Add/Configure/Remove dvPort groups
- Add/Remove uplink adapters tdvUplink groups
- Configure vSphere Distributed Switch general and dvPort group settings
- Create/Configure/Remove virtual adapters
- Migrate virtual machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch
- Configure LACP on vDS given design parameters
- Describe vDS Security Polices/Settings
- Configure dvPort group blocking policies
- Configure load balancing and failover policies
- Configure VLAN/PVLAN settings for VMs given communication requirements
- Configure traffic shaping policies
- Enable TCP Segmentation Offload support for a virtual machine
- Enable JumbFrames support on appropriate components
- Recognize behavior of vDS Auto-Rollback
- Configure vDS across multiple vCenters tsupport [Long Distance vMotion]
- Compare and contrast vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) capabilities
- Configure multiple VMkernel Default Gateways
- Configure ERSPAN
- Create and configure custom TCP/IP Stacks
- Configure Netflow
- Configure Network I/control (NIOC)
- Explain NIOC capabilities
- Configure NIOC shares/limits based on VM requirements
- Explain the behavior of a given NIOC setting
- Determine Network I/Control requirements
- Differentiate Network I/Control capabilities
- Enable/Disable Network I/Control
- Monitor Network I/Control
Section 3 -Configure And Administer VSphere 6.X Storage
- Manage vSphere Integration with Physical Storage
- Perform NFS v3 and v4.1 configurations
- Discover new storage LUNs
- Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE LUNs as ESXi boot devices
- Mount an NFS share for use with vSphere
- Enable/Configure/Disable vCenter Server storage filters
- Configure/Edit hardware/dependent hardware initiators
- Enable/Disable software iSCSI initiator
- Configure/Edit software iSCSI initiator settings
- Configure iSCSI port binding
- Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI CHAP
- Determine use cases for Fiber Channel zoning
- Compare and contrast array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning
- Configure Software-Defined Storage
- Create vSAN cluster
- Create disk groups
- Monitor vSAN
- Describe vVOLs
- Understand a vSAN iSCSI target
- Explain vSAN and vVOL architectural components
- Determine the role of storage providers in vSAN
- Determine the role of storage providers in vVOLs
- Explain vSAN failure domains functionality
- Configure/Manage VMware vSAN
- Create/Modify VMware Virtual Volumes (vVOLs)
- Configure Storage Policies
- Enable/Disable vSAN Fault Domains
- Create Virtual Volumes given the workload and availability requirements
- Collect vSAN Observer output
- Create storage policies appropriate for given workloads and availability requirements
- Configure vVOLs Protocol Endpoints
- Configure vSphere Storage Multipathing and Failover
- Explain common multi-pathing components
- Differentiate APD and PDL states
- Compare and contrast Active Optimized vs. Active non-Optimized port group states
- Explain features of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
- Understand the effects of a given claim rule on multipathing and failover
- Explain the function of claim rule elements:
- Vendor
- Model
- Device ID
- SATP
- PSP
- Change the Path Selection Policy using the UI
- Determine required claim rule elements tchange the default PSP
- Determine the effect of changing PSP on multipathing and failover
- Determine the effects of changing SATP on relevant device behavior
- Configure/Manage Storage load balancing
- Differentiate available Storage load balancing options
- Differentiate available Storage multipathing policies
- Configure Storage Policies including vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness
- Locate failover events in the UI
- Perform VMFS and NFS configurations and upgrades .
- Perform VMFS v5 and v6 configurations
- Describe VAAI primitives for block devices and NAS
- Differentiate VMware file system technologies
- Migrate from VMFS5 tVMFS6
- Differentiate Physical Mode RDMs and Virtual Mode RDMs
- Create a Virtual/Physical Mode RDM
- Differentiate NFS 3.x and 4.1 capabilities
- Compare and contrast VMFS and NFS datastore properties
- Configure Bus Sharing
- Configure Multi-writer locking
- Connect an NFS 4.1 datastore using Kerberos
- Create/Rename/Delete/Unmount VMFS datastores
- Mount/Unmount an NFS datastore
- Extend/Expand VMFS datastores
- Place a VMFS datastore in Maintenance Mode
- Select the Preferred Path/Disable a Path ta VMFS datastore
- Enable/Disable vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
- Determine a proper use case for multiple VMFS/NFS datastores
- Set up and Configure Storage I/Control (SIOC)
- Describe the benefits of SIOC
- Enable and configure SIOC
- Configure/Manage SIOC
- Monitor SIOC
- Differentiate between SIOC and Dynamic Queue Depth Throttling features
- Determine a proper use case for SIOC
- Compare and contrast the effects of I/contention in environments with and without SIOC
- Understand SIOC metrics for Datastore Clusters and Storage DRS
Section 4 - Upgrade A VSphere Deployment T6.X
- Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades
- Configure download source(s)
- Set up UMDS tset up download repository
- Import ESXi images
- Create Baselines and/or Baseline groups
- Attach Baselines tvSphere objects
- Scan vSphere objects.
- Stage Patches and Extensions
- Remediate an object
- Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch
- Upgrade VMware Tools
- Upgrade Virtual Machine hardware
- Upgrade an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager
- Stage multiple ESXi Host upgrades
- Align appropriate Baselines with target inventory objects
- Perform vCenter Server Upgrades (Windows)
- Compare the methods of upgrading vCenter Server
- Backup vCenter Server database, configuration and certificate datastore
- Perform update as prescribed
- Upgrade vCenter Server
- Determine the upgrade compatibility of an environment
- Determine correct order of steps tupgrade a vSphere implementation
- Perform vCenter Server migration tVCSA
- Migrate tvCSA
- Understand the migration paths tthe vCSA
Section 5 - Administer And Manage VSphere 6.X Resources
- Configure Multilevel Resource Pools
- Determine the effect of the Expandable Reservation parameter on resource allocation
- Create a Resource Pool hierarchical structure
- Configure custom Resource Pool attributes
- Determine how Resource Pools apply tvApps
- Create/Remove a Resource Pool
- Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool
- Determine appropriate shares, reservations and limits for hierarchical Resource Pools
- Configure vSphere DRS and Storage DRS Clusters
- Add/remove Host DRS Group
- Add/remove virtual machine DRS Group
- Manage DRS affinity/anti-affinity rules
- Configure the proper DRS automation level based on a set of business requirements
- Explain how DRS affinity rules effect virtual machine placement
- Understand Network DRS
- Differentiate load balancing policies
- Describe Predictive DRS
Section 6 - Back Up And Recover A VSphere Deployment
- Configure and Administer vCenter Appliance Backup/Restore
- Configure vCSA File-based Backup and Restore
- Define supported backup targets
- Configure and Administer vCenter Data Protection
- Deploy VDP Application Agents
- Differentiate VMware Data Protection capabilities
- Explain VMware Data Protection sizing guidelines
- Create/Delete/Consolidate virtual machine snapshots
- Install and Configure VMware Data Protection
- Create a backup job with VMware Data Protection
- Backup/Restore a virtual machine with VMware Data Protection
- Configure vSphere Replication
- Compare and contrast vSphere Replication compression methods
- Configure recovery point objective (RPO) for a protected virtual machine
- Manage snapshots on recovered virtual machines
- Install/Configure/Upgrade vSphere Replication
- Configure VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) integration with vSphere Replication
- Configure vSphere Replication for Single/Multiple VMs
- Recover a VM using vSphere Replication
- Perform a failback operation using vSphere Replication
- Deploy a pair of vSphere Replication virtual appliances
Section 7 - Troubleshoot A VSphere Deployment
- Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Hosts
- Understand VCSA monitoring tool
- Monitor status of the vCenter Server services
- Perform basic maintenance of a vCenter Server database
- Monitor status of ESXi management agents
- Determine ESXi host stability issues and gather diagnostics information
- Monitor ESXi system health
- Locate and analyze vCenter Server and ESXi logs
- Determine appropriate commands for troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot common issues, including:
- vCenter Server services
- Identity Sources
- vCenter Server connectivity
- Virtual machine resource contention, configuration and operation
- Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- Problems with installation
- VMware Tools installation
- Fault Tolerant network latency
- KMS connectivity
- vCenter Certification Authority
- Troubleshoot vSphere Storage and Networking
- Identify and isolate network and storage resource contention and latency issues
- Verify network and storage configuration
- Verify that a given virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources
- Monitor/Troubleshoot Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) issues
- Recognize the impact of network and storage I/control configurations
- Recognize a connectivity issue caused by a VLAN/PVLAN
- Troubleshoot common issues with:
- Storage and network
- Virtual switch and port group configuration
- Physical network adapter configuration
- VMFS metadata consistency
- Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades and Migrations
- Collect upgrade diagnostic information
- Recognize common upgrade and migration issues with vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance
- Create/Locate VMware log bundles
- Determine alternative methods tupgrade ESXi hosts in event of failure
- Configure vCenter Server logging options
- Troubleshoot Virtual Machines
- Monitor CPU and memory usage
- Identify and isolate CPU and memory contention issues
- Recognize impact of using CPU/memory limits, reservations and shares
- Describe and differentiate critical performance metrics
- Describe and differentiate common metrics, including:
- Memory
- CPU
- Network
- Storage
- Monitor performance through esxtop
- Troubleshoot Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) issues
- Compare and contrast Overview and Advanced Charts
Section 8 - Deploy And Customize ESXi Hosts
- Configure AutDeploy for ESXi Hosts
- Describe the components and architecture of an AutDeploy environment
- Implement Host Profiles with an AutDeploy of an ESXi host
- Install and configure AutDeploy
- Deploy multiple ESXi hosts using AutDeploy
- Explain the AutDeploy deployment model needed tmeet a business requirement
- Create and Deploy Host Profiles
- Edit answer file tcustomize ESXi host settings
- Modify and apply a storage path selection plugin (PSP) ta device using host profiles
- Modify and apply switch configurations across multiple hosts using a Host Profile
- Create/Edit/Remove a Host Profile from an ESXi host
- Import/Export a Host Profile
- Attach and apply a Host Profile tESXi hosts in a cluster
- Perform compliance scanning and remediation of an ESXi hosts and clusters using Host Profiles
- Enable or disable Host Profile components
Section 9 - Configure And Administer VSphere And VCenter Availability Solutions
- Configure vSphere HA Cluster Features
- Modify vSphere HA cluster settings
- Configure a network for use with HA heartbeats
- Apply an admission control policy for HA
- Enable/disable vSphere HA settings
- Configure different heartbeat datastores for an HA cluster
- Apply virtual machine monitoring for a cluster
- Configure Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) settings
- Implement vSphere HA on a vSAN cluster
- Explain how vSphere HA communicates with Distributed Resource Scheduler and Distributed Power Management.
- Configure vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) HA
- Enable and Configure vCSA HA
- Understand and describe the architecture of vCSA HA
Section 10 - Administer And Manage VSphere Virtual Machines
- Create and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines and Templates
- Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment
- Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/and SR-IOV
- Configure virtual machines for multicore vCPUs
- Differentiate virtual machine configuration settings
- Interpret virtual machine configuration files (.vmx) settings
- Enable/disable advanced virtual machine settings
- Create and Manage a Content Library
- Publish a content catalog
- Subscribe ta published catalog
- Determine which privileges are required tglobally manage a content catalog
- Compare the functionality of Automatic sync and On-Demand sync
- Configure Content Library twork across sites
- Configure Content Library authentication
- Set/configure Content Library roles
- Add/remove Content Libraries
- Objective 10.3 is longer covered in the exam content.
- Consolidate Physical Workloads using VMware vCenter Converter
- Install vCenter Converter standalone instance
- Convert physical workloads using vCenter Converter
- Modify server resources during conversion
- Interpret and correct errors during conversion
- Deploy a physical host as a virtual machine using vCenter Converter
- Collect diagnostic information during conversion operation