VMware VCP 6.7-DCV – Objective 1.5 – Manage vCenter inventory efficiently

The following notes will assist you to prepare for this objective:

  • What is efficient?
    • Think about vCenter inventory hierarchy and its organization
    • Parents/children/siblings
  • What constructs do you have available to you to organize objects?
    • Datacenter object
    • Cluster object
    • Folder object
    • Resource pool
    • vApp
  • Be aware of dependency
    • Can you create a cluster before a datacenter?
    • Can you put a datacenter in a folder?
    • Try these simple operations in your test lab
  • Are there any constraints on inventory object creation?
    • Resource pools and vApps have scope
  • Can you scale beyond a vCenter?

Reference:

vCenter Server and Host Management Guide pdf – chapter 8 – Organizing the inventory

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:

  1. Using VM-Host Infinity Rules
  2. vSphere 6.5 DRS Performance
  3. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 1
  4. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 2 – Predictive DRS
  5. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 3 – Proactive HA
  6. Restore a Resource Pool Tree