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VCP6-DCV Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS Policies

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VCP6-DCV Study guide continues today by covering the VCP6-DCV Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS Policies. vSphere networking is one of the tough parts to know and this part is where any IT admins have difficulties. This chapter works hand in hand with the VCP6-DCV Objective 2.1 – Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 8.1 – Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy

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In today’s topic we will take a look at Autodeploy – VCP6-DCV Objective 8.1 – Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy, which is quite large topic. Autodeploy allows provision dozens (or hundreds) physical hosts with ESXi images. It’s possible to manage large deployments where hosts are booted via network from a central Auto-deploy server.  In conjunction […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 8.2 – Customize Host Profile Settings

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In today’s Objective we’ll discuss VCP6-DCV Objective 8.2 – Customize Host Profile Settings. Host profiles are feature which is present in the vSphere enterprise plus licensing, and allows the to “uniformize” and/or push configuration changes to all hosts in the cluster. Host profiles are necessary when using VMware vSphere Autodeploy, which takes advantage of host […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 2.1 – Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation

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Today’s VCP6-DCV topic Objective 2.1: Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation is the core of virtualization networking. Together with 2 other chapters it covers all vSphere 6 networking. You can follow the VCP6-DCV study guide built through my VCP6-DCV page. When finished, there will be a PDF version which will get its proper […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 10.1 – Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings

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My VCP6-DCV Study Guide on my blog is getting crowdy with more and more objectives. Today’s topic is Objective 10.1 – Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings. We’ll be looking into some advanced options (with some tweaks) which are not only needed to pass the VCP6 exam, but are useful in real life. There is […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 2.2 – Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC)

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VCP6-DCV Study time… In no particular order I start covering VCP6-DCV section of the VMware blueprint to help out folks learning towards VCP6-DCV VMware certification exam. Due to VMware recertification policy the VCP exam has now an expiration date. You can renew by passing delta exam while still holding current VCP or pass VCAP. If […]

How to Protect VMs In Your Datacenter Without Having Remote Site and Without Ruining Yourself?

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Many solution for DR protection of the OnPrem VMs running in your primary datacenter exists and I’m sure many of you have already asked this question – How to Protect VMs In Your Datacenter? There are some solutions which are more/less optimizing the costs. Some more, some less. Today we’ll have a look at new […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 5.1 – Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools

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Today’s VCP6-DCV topic will touch resource pools. Resource pools aren’t folders, remember? Hey, resource pools are cool when used sparingly, not with 3 levels of inception…  VCP6-DCV exam blueprint has this chapter about resource pools and it’s important to know the insight out – VCP6-DCV Objective 5.1 – Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools. The whole exam […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 3.4 – Perform Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations and Upgrades

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This post covers VCP6-DCV Objective 3.4 – Perform Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations and Upgrades. Important storage chapter where you’ll learn the inside out about VMFS, datastores, management or enable/disable vStorage API for array integration. For whole exam coverage I created a dedicated VCP6-DCV page which follows the exam’s blueprint. If you just want to […]