Ian Hood

About the study for the VCP6-DCV exam, I will be starting with the Blueprint located here, https://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=64180&ui=www_cert As I progress through the sections this page will be updated with new content. Section 1: Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security Section 2: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking Section 3: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage Section 4: Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x Section 5: Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources Section 6: Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment Section 7: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment Section 8: Deploy and Consolidate vSphere Data Center Section 9: Configure and Administer vSphere Availability Solutions Section 10: Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines Resources: vSphere Installation and Setup Guide vSphere Security Guide What’s New in the VMware vSphere® 6.0 Platform vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide ...

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 Propagated: A permission that is inherited by the child object from the parent object, IE; a VM inherits permissions from both the parent host and the vCenter above the host by default, but can be removed by clearing the Propagate to Children checkbox. Explicit: A permission that is set specifically on the object. IE; a user is assigned the permission to only see and not modify a particular VM.   View/Sort/Export user and group lists At the bottom right hand side of a hosts users list window there is a drop down to View/Sort/Export, into a HTML, XML, Excel or CSV format. Add/Modify/Remove permissions for users and groups on vCenter Server inventory objects Add : Navigate to the object you want to add permissions to.  On the Mange tab click on the sub-tab Permissions Click on the Add button an...

Section 2 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 2.1: Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation vDS requires Enterprise+ licensing. It provides a central point of management of networking for all hosts, providing a consistent network config across hosts.  vDS cannot traverse datacenters, IE; Datacenter One vDS cannot communicate to VMs in Datacenter Two. Allows for Multiple VLANing in Port Groups, and Private VLANs,  Traffic Shaping inbound and outbound traffic. Supports Port Mirroring, NetFLow, LLDP, LACP, NIOC. Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch Home -> Networking -> Right click on Datastore -> Distributed Switch -> New Distributed Switch Give it a name, location, version (6.0), assign uplinks if any, set Network IO control if any, create default Port Group To Delete, RIght click and Delete, Will have to remove any uplinks and migrate Port Groups that exist on that vDS Add/Remove ESXi Hosts from a vS...

Section 3 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 3.1: Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization Identify storage adapters and devices Adapters SCSI adapter iSCSI adapter RAID adapter Fibre Channel Adapter Fibre Channel over Ethernet adapter Ethernet adapter Device drivers are part of the VMKernal and accessed directly by ESXi Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) are represented by a SCSI volume that is presented to the host.  Identify storage naming conventions There are three different types of device identifiers used  SCSI INQUIRY Identifiers: Unique accross all hosts and are persistent. The host uses the SCSI INQUIRY command in order to use the age 83 information (Device Identification) to generate a unique identifier naa.number t10.number eui.number Path-based Identifier: When a device is queried and doe snot return device information, the host generates an mpx.path name. Path represents the path to that particular device. This is created for local ...