The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
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VCP65-DCV – Objective 8.2 – Create and Deploy Host Profiles
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- Using Host Profiles
- Disable Host Profile Component
- Edit Host Customizations
- Set Up Host Profiles for Static IP Addresses in the vSphere Web Client
- Configure Security Host Profiles
- Quickly see major enhancements Host profiles vSphere 6.5 (VMware Blogs)
- Remediate Host
- Import a Host Profile
- Export a Host Profile
- Understanding Host Profiles handles host specific configuration settings customizations (VMware Blogs)
VCP65-DCV – Objective 8.1 – Configure Auto Deploy for ESXi Hosts
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- Introduction to vSphere Auto Deploy
- PXE Booting the ESXi Installer
- Set up Highly Available vSphere Auto Deploy Infrastructure
- Troubleshooting vSphere Auto Deploy
- Understanding vSphere ESXi Image Builder
- Provisioning ESXi Systems with vSphere Auto Deploy
- Provision Host and Set up Host Customizations
- What’s new in vSphere 6.5 Auto Deploy (YouTube)
VCP-DCV – Objective 6.3 – Configure vSphere Replication
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- Compatibility of vSphere Replication with other vSphere features
- vSphere Replication Compatibility with other Software
- vSphere Replication TM 6.5 technical overview (storagehub.vmware.com)
- VMware KB 2102453 – operation limits for vsphere replication
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the 5 minutes Recovery Point Objective Works
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Change the SSL certificate for the vSphere Replication appliance
- Requirements when using a Public key certificate with vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Security reference
VCP65-DCV – Objective 6.2 – Configure and Administer vCenter Data Protection
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- vCenter Data Protection (PDF)
- Read Chapter 1 -Understanding vSphere Data Protection
- Chapter 2 – VDP Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 3 – VDP Appliance Migration
- Chapter 7 – Proxies
- Chapter 6 – Configuring VDP
- Chapter 8 – Storage Management
- Chapter 12 – Managing Backups
- Chapter 13 – Automatic Backup Verification
- Chapter 14 – Managing Restores
- Chapter 17 – VDP Application Support
- Know the Appendix B – Minimum Required vCenter User Account Permissions
- Know the Table 2.2 – Minimum system requirements for VDP
- Image-based backup and restore of a vCenter server environment
- VMware KB 2003638 – How to consolidate snapshots in vSphere 6.X/ 5.x
- Restore the failed vCenter server virtual machine with the Direct-to-Host
VCP65-DCV – Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer vCenter Appliance Backup/Restore
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- VMware VCSA 6.5 Backup and Restore How-To (vladan.fr)
- Know about the SEAT (Stats, Events and Tasks) in VAMI (get familiar with the interface)
- Know about the VAMI – use port 5480
- Know the difference destination for backup – FTP, FTPS, HTTP(s) and SCP
VCP65-DCV – Objective 5.2 – Configure vSphere DRS and Storage DRS Clusters
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
VCP65-DCV – Objective 5.1 –Configure Multilevel Resource Pools
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
VCP65-DCV – Objective 4.3 – Perform vCenter Server migration to VCSA
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
VCP65-DCV – Objective 4.2 – Perform vCenter Server Upgrades (Windows)
The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:
- GUI Migration of vCenter Server (Embedded PSC)
- GUI Migration of vCenter Server (External PSC)
- Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server and PSC on Windows
- Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server and PSC appliance
- Collect Database Upgrade Logs
- vCenter Server Log files (Windows)
- Distributed vCenter Server 5.5 for Windows Services Relocation
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