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  • Section 1: Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security

    Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification
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    Section 1 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 1.1: Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control

    • Compare and contrast propagated and explicit permission assignments

      • An example of a propagated permission:
        • Most inventory objects inherit permissions from a single parent object in the hierarchy. For example, a datastore inherits permissions from either its parent datastore folder or parent data center. Virtual machines inherit permissions from both the parent virtual machine folder and the parent host, cluster, or resource pool simultaneously.
      • An example of an explicit permission: …

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  • Section 10: Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

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    Section 10 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 10.1: Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings

    • Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment
    • Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/O 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

    Objective 10.2: Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library

    • Publish a content catalog
    • Subscribe to a published catalog
    • Determine which privileges are …

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  • Section 2: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking

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    Section 2 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 2.1: Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation

    • Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch

      • In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to a data center.
      • In the navigator, right-click the data center and select Distributed Switch > New Distributed Switch.
      • In Name and Location, type a name for the new distributed switch, or accept the generated name, and click Next.
      • In Select version, select a distributed switch version and click Next.
      • In Edit Settings configure the distributed switch settings.
        • Use the arrow …

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  • Section 3: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage

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    Section 3 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 3.1: Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization

    • Discover new storage LUNs
    • Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE LUNs as ESXi boot devices
    • Create 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 …

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  • Section 4: Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

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    Section 4 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 4.1: Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades

    • Configure download source(s)
    • Setup UMDS to setup download repository
    • Import ESXi images
    • Create Baselines and/or Baseline groups
    • Attach Baselines to vSphere objects
    • Scan vSphere objects
    • Stage patches & 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.

    Objective 4.2: Perform vCenter …

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  • Section 5: Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

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    Section 5 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 5.1: Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools

    • Understand/Apply
    • 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 to vApps
    • Describe vFlash architecture
    • Create/Remove a Resource Pool
    • Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool
    • Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool
    • Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs
    • Given a scenario, determine appropriate shares, reservations and limits for hierarchical …

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  • Section 6: Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment

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    Section 6 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

    Objective 6.1: Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution

    • Compare and contrast vSphere Replication compression methods
    • Differentiate VMware Data Protection capabilities
    • Configure recovery point objective (RPO) for a protected virtual machine
    • 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
    • Install/Configure/Upgrade vSphere …

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