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VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 10 – Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hr 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 74-80 (1 hr 30 mins)

Watch:

  1. VM Cloning and Templates (4 mins)
  2. vSphere Content Library – Create (3 mins) and Subscribe (4 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete this lab:
  • HOL-1910-01-SDC (Module 1 – Cloning VMs, Templates and Tagging) (15 mins)
  • HOL-1911-03-SDC (Module 4 -Content library) (30 mins)
  • HOL-1911-05-SDC (Module 4 – Automating Virtual Machine Management) – (30mins)
  1. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere Virtual Machine Management this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 9 – Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (45 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 68-74 (45 mins)
  3. HOL 1811-01 Manual pp 23-28 (15 mins)

Watch:

  1. vSphere High Availability (4 mins), How vSphere HA Works (3 mins),
  2. vCenter Server High Availability (14 mins), vCenter Server HA – Advanced (4 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete these labs:
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (12 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere and vCenter High Availability this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

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VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 8 – Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 63-67 (1 hour 30 mins)

Watch:

  1. Host Profiles 6.5 (3 mins), Autodeploy overview (7 mins), Autodeploy 6.5 (3 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete these labs:
  • HOL-1911-05-SDC – (Power CLI – Modules 1-3) – (1 hour 15 mins)
  • HOL-1911-03-SDC – (Host Profiles and Auto Deploy – Module 5) – (30 mins)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (12 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere ESXi Hosts this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 9 – Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions (Coming soon)

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 7 – Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 54-63 (45 mins)
  3. Become familiar with ESXCLI syntax: vSphere 6.5 Command Line Documentation
  4. Duncan Epping’s blog on the key ESXTOP metrics

Watch:

  1. Troubleshooting vSphere @VMworld 2017 (52 mins)

Do:

In HOL, use the search function to find and complete this lab:

  • HOL-1904-02-CHG – vSphere 6.7 – Challenge Lab
  • HOL-1904-01-SDC – VMware vSphere 6.7 – Performance Diagnostics and Benchmarking
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (4 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about Troubleshooting vSphere this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 8 – Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 6 – Back up and Recover a vSphere Deployment

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (45 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 48-54 (45 mins)

Watch:

  1. vCSA Backup and Restore (3 mins)
  2. vSphere Data Protection 1 and 2 and 3 (10 mins)
  3. vSphere Replication 1 and 2 (10 mins) – and read the 5 Release Notes

Do:

  1. In the HOL Lab Manual (not in the lab console),
  • HOL-1811-02-SDC (Module 1 – Backup vCSA and Restore vCSA – read lab manual and click through interactive simulation) – (30 mins)
  1. In HOL (back in the console), use the search function to find and complete this lab:
  • HOL-1905-01-SDC – (vSphere Replication, Advanced Options in Module 4 – ) (15 mins)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (12 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about Backup and Recovery this week

 

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 7 – Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 2

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The storage topic is easier to digest broken into two parts. Part 2 covers Software Defined Storage: vVols and vSAN.

See VCP-DCV 6.5 Section 3 –Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 1 for study resources on traditional vSphere Storage: SAN and NAS.

Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 30-37 (1 hour 30 mins)

Watch:

Virtual Volumes Technical Deep Dive – VMworld 2016 (43 minutes)

Top 10 Things to Know about VMware Virtual SAN – VMworld 2017 (1 hour)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete these labs:
  • HOL-1927-01-HCI -VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy Based Management – (2 hours)
  • HOL-1908-01-HCI – vSAN v6.7 – Getting Started – (2 hours)
  • HOL-1908-02-CHG – vSAN v6.7 – Challenge Lab – (3-4 hours)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (12 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere Software Defined Storage this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 4 – Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 5 – Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (45 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 43-48 (45 mins)

Watch:

  1. vSphere Resource Pools (4 mins)
  2. Resource Pools Deep Dive (1 hour)
  3. Creating a DRS and HA Cluster (2 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete this lab:
  • HOL-1910-01-SDC – (Module 1 selected tasks only – configure cluster settings – HA, DRS and Resource Pools. Try out advanced configurations talked about in “Resource Pools Deep Dive” video) (60 mins)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (18 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about Resource management in vSphere this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 6 – Back up and Recover a vSphere Deployment

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 1

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The storage topic is easier to digest broken into two parts. Part 1 covers traditional vSphere Storage: SAN and NAS.

See VCP-DCV 6.5 Section 3 –Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 2 for study resources on Software Defined Storage (vVols and vSAN).

Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective
  2. summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  3. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 30-37 (1 hour 30 mins)

Watch:

  1. vBrownbags Storage Part 1 (45 mins)
  2. vBrownbags Storage Part 2 (35 mins)
  3. VMworld 2017 SER1143BU with Cormac Hogan (48 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete these labs:
  • HOL-1910-01-SDC – Virtualization 101: Introduction to vSphere – (Module 3 AND practice configuration tasks in the videos above) (1 hour 30 mins)
  • HOL-1911-03 (Module 1 – SIOC) (30 mins)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (12 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere Storage this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 2

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 2 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 12-21 (1 hour 30 mins)
  3. vSphere Distributed Switch Architecture

Watch:

  1. vDS Overview –note that demo is in the old vSphere Client – go to HOL to get the look and feel of the current version
  2. Configuration: Migrate to vDS, Add VMKernel Networking, SR-IOV, Networking Policies, VLANS in vSphere, Load Balancing, NIOC, Link Aggregation Groups, Port Mirroring, Netflow (~ 30 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete this lab:
  • HOL-1910-01-SDC – Virtualization 101: Introduction to vSphere – (Module 2 up to completion of configure vDS AND practice the configuration tasks in the videos above) (1 hour 30 mins – including configuration tasks)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (26 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere Networking this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 3 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage – Part 1

VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 1 – ​Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security

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Read:

  1. Resources @uprightvynl.co.uk – Minimum read objective summaries by @vladan.fr (1 hour 30 mins) OR
  2. Study guide by Shane Williford: pp 1-12 (1 hour 30 mins)

Watch:

  1. VMware Docs Videos (Embedded in Page): Roles and Privileges in vSphere, Lockdown Mode, VM Encryption (2-4 mins each)
  2. What’s New in 6.5 Security (45 mins)

Do:

  1. In HOL, use the search function to find and complete these labs:
  • HOL-1910-01-SDC – (Security topics only – Module 2 – starting at p. 220 in the lab manual) (30 mins)
  • HOL-1911-04-SDC – VMware vSphere Security – Getting Started (Whole lab) (2 hours 30 mins)
  1. Practice Questions @TheSlog (20 questions)
  2. Prepare to explain 3 things you learned about vSphere Security this week

Return: VCP-DCV 6.5 Study Group Participant Guide

Next: VCP-DCV 6.5 – Section 2 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking