Category: VMware

VCP65-DCV – Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Hosts

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. vSphere 6.5 VCSA appliance monitoring and management (brianjgraf.com)
  2. know the commands:
    • vimtop
    • service-control
  3. Manage Platform Service Controller from the vSphere Web Client
  4. Maintaining a vCenter Server Database
  5. Monitoring the vCenter Server Appliance
  6. Know the VAMI interface options for monitoring performance
  7. Monitoring Host Health Status
  8. Generating Diagnostic Bundles
  9. System Log files
  10. Viewing Log files with the Log Browser
  11. Collecting vCenter Server Log files
  12. ESXi log files Locations
  13. Troubleshooting Overview
  14. vSphere CLI command Overviews
  15. vSphere 6.5 Troubleshooting Guide
  16. Collecting Logs for Troubleshooting a vCener Server Installation or Upgrade
  17. Resources Allocation Shares
  18. VMware Tools Upgrade Fails if VMware Tools is not Installed
  19. Increase Network Latency Observed in FT Virtual Machines

VCP65-DCV – Objective 10.4 – Consolidate Physical Workloads using VMware vCenter Converter

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. VMware Converter Standalone User Guide
  2. VMware KB 1016330 – Collect diagnosis

VCP65-DCV – Objective 10.1 – Create and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines and Templates

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. USB Configuration from a Client Computer to a Virtual Machine
  2. USB Configuration from an ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
  3. Configure Virtual Graphics
  4. DirectPath I/O vs SR-IOV
  5. Configuring Multicore Virtual CPUs
  6. Virtual NUMA Controls

VCP65-DCV – Objective 9.1 – Configure vSphere HA Cluster Features

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. vSphere 6.5 What’s new HA (yellow-bricks.com)
  2. Create and Using vSphere HA Clusters
  3. Best Practices for Networking
  4. vSphere HA Advanced Options
  5. What’s new in vSphere 6.5 Host Resource Management and Operations (VMware Blogs)
  6. vSphere HA Admission Control
  7. Cluster Resources Percentage Admission Control
  8. Slot Policy Admission Control
  9. vCenter HA datastore heartbeats (theithollow.com)
  10. vSphere HA VM Monitoring back to basics (VMware Blogs)
  11. VM Component Protection (VMCP) [VMware Blogs)
  12. Using vSphere HA with Virtual SAN
  13. Using vSphere HA and DRS together

 

 

VCP65-DCV – Objective 9.2 – Configure vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) HA

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. vCenter High Availability
  2. Edit the vCenter HA Cluster Configuration
  3. VMware KB 1024051 – Supported vCenter Server High Availability Options

VCP65-DCV – Objective 8.2 – Create and Deploy Host Profiles

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. Using Host Profiles
  2. Disable Host Profile Component
  3. Edit Host Customizations
  4. Set Up Host Profiles for Static IP Addresses in the vSphere Web Client
  5. Configure Security Host Profiles
  6. Quickly see major enhancements Host profiles vSphere 6.5 (VMware Blogs)
  7. Remediate Host
  8. Import a Host Profile
  9. Export a Host Profile
  10. Understanding Host Profiles handles host specific configuration settings customizations (VMware Blogs)

VCP65-DCV – Objective 8.1 – Configure Auto Deploy for ESXi Hosts

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. Introduction to vSphere Auto Deploy
  2. PXE Booting the ESXi Installer
  3. Set up Highly Available vSphere Auto Deploy Infrastructure
  4. Troubleshooting vSphere Auto Deploy
  5. Understanding vSphere ESXi Image Builder
  6. Provisioning ESXi Systems with vSphere Auto Deploy
  7. Provision Host and Set up Host Customizations
  8. What’s new in vSphere 6.5 Auto Deploy (YouTube)

VCP-DCV – Objective 6.3 – Configure vSphere Replication

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. Compatibility of vSphere Replication with other vSphere features
  2. vSphere Replication Compatibility with other Software
  3. vSphere Replication TM 6.5 technical overview (storagehub.vmware.com)
  4. VMware KB 2102453 – operation limits for vsphere replication
  5. Replicating Virtual Machines
  6. How the 5 minutes Recovery Point Objective Works
  7. Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
  8. Change the SSL certificate for the vSphere Replication appliance
  9. Requirements when using a Public key certificate with vSphere Replication
  10. vSphere Replication Security reference

VCP65-DCV – Objective 6.2 – Configure and Administer vCenter Data Protection

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

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:

  1. 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
  2. Image-based backup and restore of a vCenter server environment
  3. VMware KB 2003638 – How to consolidate snapshots in vSphere 6.X/ 5.x
  4. Restore the failed vCenter server virtual machine with the Direct-to-Host