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VCP6-DCV Study Guide

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VCP6-DCVVCP6-DCV study guide which will help to study towards VMware VCP6-DCV certification exam. VCP6-DCV is something that is not easy to achieve, but with a help of this “unofficial study guide,” you'll learn a lot about vSphere 6 and progress on your experience.

This page is to help out with studying for VMware Certification Exam VCP6-DCV (Datacenter Virtualization). This exam validates you have the skills required to successfully install, deploy, scale and manage VMware vSphere 6. The exam has 85 questions and it’s 75 min long. The passing score is 300 (out of 500).

UPDATE: New study guide –  VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide Page. Check it out.

You may, or may not need to sit a VMware class or Hands On-Line training. It depends on your past certification experience if you’re current VCP or not. It all depends on each individual.

The path for someone who is not VMware Certified Professional (VCP) looks like this:

  • Take a VMware class or take Hands On-Demand Training – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]. (From the menu choose Training > Education products)
  • Pass VMware Certified Associate Exam (VCA6-DCV)
  • Pass VCP6-DCM Exam (VCP6-DCV)
 VCP6-DCV Study Guide
Objective 1.1 Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control
Objective 1.2 Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and vSphere Virtual Machines
Objective 1.3 Enable SSO and Active Directory Integration
Objective 2.1 Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation
Objective 2.2 Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC)
Objective 2.3 Configure vSS and vDS Policies
Objective 3.1 Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization
Objective 3.2 Configure Software-defined Storage
Objective 3.3 Configure vSphere Storage Multi-pathing and Failover
Objective 3.4 Perform Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations and Upgrades
Objective 3.5 Setup and Configure Storage I/O Control
Objective 4.1 Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades
Objective 4.2 Perform vCenter Server Upgrade
Objective 5.1 Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools
Objective 6.1 Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution
Objective 7.1 Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines
Objective 7.2 Troubleshoot vSphere Storage and Network Issues
Objective 7.3 Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades
Objective 7.4 Troubleshoot and Monitor vSphere Performance
Objective 7.5 Troubleshoot HA and DRS Configurations and Fault Tolerance
Objective 8.1 Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy
Objective 8.2 Customize Host Profile Settings
Objective 8.3 Consolidate Physical Workloads using VMware Converter
Objective 9.1 Configure Advanced vSphere HA Features
Objective 9.2 Configure Advanced vSphere DRS Features
Objective 10.1 Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings
Objective 10.2 Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library
Objective 10.3 Configure and Maintain a vCloud Air Connection

Hands On-Demand Training – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]. Once on the VMware store page, just click the menu Training > Education products and click the View All link.

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The path for someone who is not VMware Certified Professional (VCP) looks like this:

  • Take a VMware class or take Hands On-Demand Training – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]. (From the menu choose Training > Education products > click the View All link)
  • Pass VMware Certified Associate Exam (VCA6-DCV)
  • Pass VCP6-DTM Exam (VCP6-DCV)

VCP6-DCV Certification Path

VCP6-DCV VMware Resources:

  • VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) – link to the Store, for On-Demand Course Page
  • vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center

Passing VCP you'll not only earn respect from your employer and coworkers (which is cool), but you'll gain more knowledge and insurance in your daily job. You'll learn about VMware vSphere and administering and troubleshooting virtualization technologies such as:

  • vSphere HA and DRS Clusters
  • Storage virtualization using VMFS
  • Storage DRS and Storage I/O Control
  • Network virtualization using vSphere standard and distributed switches and Network I/O Control
  • vSphere management using vCenter Server and vRealize Operations Manager Standard
  • Virtual Machines

VCP6-DCV Study Guide

Wish you luck with your exam!!!

It's always a pleasure to hear back from people that used this guide and passed the exam. If you are a person like this, don't hesitate to tweet it!!!

One of the readers of our blog, Adrian Lutea, who successfully passed -:)

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