This post is part of the VCP6-DCV Study Guide series.
- Section 7: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment
Section 7: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment
Section 7 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint
Objective 7.1: Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines
- Monitor status of the vCenter Server service
- 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 the appropriate Command Line Interface (CLI) command for a given troubleshooting task
- Troubleshoot common issues, including:
- vCenter Server service
- SSO
- vCenter Server connectivity
- Virtual machine resource contention, configuration and operation
- Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- Problems with installation
- VMware Tools installation
- Fault Tolerant network latency
Objective 7.2: Troubleshoot vSphere Storage and Network Issues
- Identify and isolate network and storage resource contention and latency issues
- Monitor networking and storage resources using vROps alerts and all badges
- Verify network and storage configuration
- Verify 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/O 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
Objective 7.3: Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades
- Collect upgrade diagnostic information
- Recognize common upgrade issues with vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance
- Create/Locate/Analyze VMware log bundles
- Determine alternative methods to upgrade ESXi Hosts in event of failure
- Configure vCenter Server logging options
Objective 7.4: Troubleshoot and Monitor vSphere Performance
- Monitor CPU and memory usage (including vRealize OM badges and alerts)
- 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
- Troubleshoot virtual machine performance with vRealize Operations
- Compare and contrast Overview and Advanced Charts
Objective 7.5: Troubleshoot HA and DRS Configurations and Fault Tolerance
- Troubleshoot issues with:
- DRS workload balancing
- HA failover/redundancy, capacity and network configuration
- HA/DRS cluster configuration
- vMotion/Storage vMotion configuration and/or migration
- Fault Tolerance configuration and failover issues
- Explain the DRS Resource Distribution Graph and Target/Current Host Load Deviation
- Explain vMotion Resource Maps
Check out another blueprint section
- Section 1: Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security
- Section 2: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking
- Section 3: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage
- Section 4: Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x
- Section 5: Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources
- Section 6: Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment
- Section 7: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment
- Section 8: Deploy and Consolidate vSphere Data Center
- Section 9: Configure and Administer vSphere Availability Solutions
- Section 10: Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines