VCP6-DCV Section 10: Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

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Section 10 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 10.1: Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings
  1. Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment

  2. Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV

  3. Configure virtual machines for multicore vCPUs

  4. Differentiate virtual machine configuration settings

  5. Interpret virtual machine configuration files (.vmx) settings

  6. Enable/disable advanced virtual machine settings



Objective 10.2: Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library
  1. Publish a content catalog

  2. Subscribe to a published catalog

  3. Determine which privileges are required to globally manage a content catalog

  4. Compare the functionality of Automatic sync and On-Demand sync

  5. Configure Content Library to work across sites

  6. Configure Content Library authentication

  7. Set/configure Content Library roles

  8. Add/remove Content Libraries



Objective 10.3: Configure and Maintain a vCloud Air Connection
  1. Create a VPN connection between vCloud Air and an on-premise site

  2. Deploy a virtual machine using vCloud Air

  3. Migrate a virtual machine to vCloud Air

  4. Verify VPN connection configuration to vCloud Air

  5. Configure vCenter Server connection to vCloud Air

  6. Configure replicated objects in vCloud Air Disaster Recovery service

  7. Given a scenario, determine the required settings for virtual machines deployed in vCloud Air

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