Vca-Dcv Vmware Certified Associate on Vsphere Study Guide - Vcad-510

Use this expert guide to prepare for the VCA-DCV exam
 
VCA-DCV VMware Certified Associate on vSphere Study Guide: VCAD-510 is a comprehensive study guide for the VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization exam. Hands-on examples, real-world scenarios, and expert review questions cover the full exam blueprint, and the companion website offers a suite of tools to help you prepare for the exam including practice exams, electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms. In addition, the website includes videos that demonstrate how to complete the more challenging tasks. Focused on practical skills, this study guide not only prepares you for the certification exam, but also for the duties expected of a VCA.
 
The VMware Certified Associate-Data Center Virtualization certification targets those with limited virtualization and VMware data center technology experience, providing a springboard to the popular VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization certification. Virtualization has become a high priority among organizations, and credentialed professionals are in high demand. This guide helps you prove a certain level of foundational skill in basic virtualization technology, including the vSphere suite's Infrastructure Services, Application Services, and vCenter Server. Topics include:
* Explaining data center virtualization concepts
* Identifying the core components of vSphere
* Networking and storage planning/configuration with vSphere
* Correlating VMware solutions to common business challenges
 
The VCA-DCV certification is the only one with no instructor-led training requirement, so a thorough study guide is an invaluable tool in you exam preparation. This book not only covers the full exam, but also provides practice designed to actually improve the skills used every day on the job. VCA-DCV VMware Certified Associate on vSphere Study Guide is more than just test prep--it's job prep.

List of contents

Introduction xv
 
Assessment Test xxi
 
Chapter 1 Intro to Virtualization 1
 
What Is Data Center Virtualization? 2
 
Virtualization Then and Now 3
 
Physical and Virtual Data Center Components 4
 
Physical Data Center Components 4
 
Virtual Data Center Components 5
 
Physical and Virtual Component Differences 7
 
Benefits of Using Virtualization 9
 
Online Tools 13
 
Summary 14
 
Exam Essentials 15
 
Review Questions 16
 
Chapter 2 VMware Solutions 21
 
Availability Challenges 22
 
VMware Availability Products and Technologies 23
 
Management Challenges 27
 
VMware Management Products and Technologies 27
 
Scalability Challenges 28
 
VMware Scalability Products and Technologies 29
 
Optimization Challenges 31
 
VMware Optimization Products and Technologies 32
 
Summary 36
 
Exam Essentials 37
 
Review Questions 39
 
Chapter 3 vSphere Core Components 43
 
Virtual Machines 44
 
What Is a Virtual Machine, Anyway? 44
 
What Can You Do with Virtual Machines? 45
 
ESXi Hypervisor 47
 
vCenter Server 47
 
vMotion 48
 
Distributed Resource Scheduler 49
 
Distributed Power Management 49
 
Storage vMotion 50
 
Storage DRS 50
 
vSphere Data Protection 51
 
High?]Availability Configuration 51
 
Fault Tolerance 52
 
vSphere Replication 52
 
Migration 53
 
High Availability 54
 
Host HA 55
 
Virtual Machine HA 56
 
Applications HA 57
 
Fault Tolerance 57
 
Clusters and Resource Pools 58
 
Clusters 58
 
Resource Pools 59
 
Other VMware Data Center Products 61
 
vCenter Operations Manager 61
 
vSphere Data Protection 62
 
NSX 62
 
Virtual SAN 62
 
vCenter Site Recovery Manager 62
 
Summary 63
 
Exam Essentials 64
 
Review Questions 65
 
Chapter 4 Storage in a VMware Environment 71
 
Physical vs. Virtual Storage 72
 
What Is Shared Storage? 73
 
VMware Storage Types 75
 
Local Storage 75
 
Fibre Channel 76
 
iSCSI 77
 
Network File System 77
 
Virtual Machine File System 78
 
The VMFS vs. the NFS 78
 
Disk Provisioning 78
 
Thick Provisioning 79
 
Thin Provisioning 80
 
VMware Virtual Storage Technologies 82
 
Summary 83
 
Exam Essentials 84
 
Review Questions 86
 
Chapter 5 Networking in a VMware Environment 91
 
Differentiate Physical and Virtual Networking 92
 
Physical Switches 92
 
Virtual Switches 94
 
Differences Between Physical and Virtual Switches 97
 
Differentiate VMware Virtual Switch Technologies 97
 
Standard Virtual Switches 98
 
Distributed Virtual Switches 98
 
Identify VMware Virtual Switch Components 101
 
Standard Virtual Switch 101
 
Distributed Virtual Switch 102
 
Identify Common Virtual Switch Policies 103
 
Port Group Policies 103
 
Distributed Virtual Switch Policies 106
 
Identify Capabilities of Network I/O Control 108
 
Summary 113
 
Exam Essentials 113
 
Review Questions 115
 
Chapter 6 Business Challenges Meet VMware Solutions 119
 
Availability Challenges and Solutions 120
 
vMotion 121
 
Storage vMotion 121
 
Virtual Machine Snapshots 122
 

About the author

Robert Schmidt, VMware Certified Administrator (VCA), and the VMware Certified Professional (VCP 2.5, 3, 4, 5), has over 20 years of experience working with information technology. He has spent the last 10 years specializing in virtualization, and has been heavily involved in several large virtualization initiatives. Dane Charlton, VMware Certified Professional (VCP 2.5, 3, 4, 5), has over 25 years of experience working with information technology for small and large companies. For the last 15 years he's been supporting virtualization efforts along with large messaging environments.

Summary

Use this expert guide to prepare for the VCA-DCV exam VCA-DCV VMware Certified Associate on vSphere Study Guide: VCAD-510 is a comprehensive study guide for the VMware Certified Associate Data Center Virtualization exam.

Product details

• Authors: Dane Charlton, Charlton Dane, Bill Cypert, R Schmidt, Rober Schmidt, Robert Schmidt, Robert Charlton Schmidt, Robert Weinbrecht Schmidt, Schmidt Robert, Shane Weinbrecht
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2015
• EAN: 9781118919668
• ISBN: 978-1-118-91966-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Informatik, Netzwerke, Netzwerk, Networking, computer science, VMWare, vSphere, End-User Computing, Computer-Ratgeber, Operating Systems (General), Allg. Betriebssysteme