VCP-DCV Study Guide based on vSphere 8.x – VCP-DCV 2023 Certification
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VMware just released a new certification exam (2V0-21. 23) which it's focusing on the installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere 8. You can become certified with a label of VCP-DCV 2023 certified. Get the latest VCP-DCV 2023 overview PDF from VMware Education. Check the Official VMware VCP-DCV 2023 exam guide (blueprint) here.
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- The exam duration is 135 minutes
- The number of questions is 70
- The passing Score is 300
- Price = $250.00
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I'm using a lab with VMware Workstation software pre-installed.
Persons willing to pass the exam should:
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The Minimally Qualified Candidate is able to install and configure a VMware vSphere 8. 0 infrastructure, which includes VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter; but occasionally needs to research topics. The candidate understands most of the requirements for managing, operating and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. The candidate is able to monitor the day-to-day operations of a vSphere infrastructure with minimal assistance. The candidate has a basic understanding of virtual data center, network and storage concepts. The candidate possesses most of the knowledge shown in the exam sections (blueprint).
As with the previous blueprint for vSphere 7.x there is 7 sections, however more chapters (144 chapters in vSphere 8.x compared to 80 chapters in vSphere 7.x based exam)… so more learning, and more knowledge to master….
Remember, the exam based on vSphere 7.x will be retired the 31. Jan 2024 only so still plenty of time to pass your VCP-DCV 2023 via the v7 based exam. Check the Free study Guide PDF page there.
Sections included in The VCP Professional VMware vSphere 8.x Exam (2V0-21. 23)
| Section 1 | Architectures and Technologies | |
| 1. | Objective 1.1 | Identify the pre-requisites and components for a vSphere implementation |
| 2. | Objective 1.2 | Describe the components and topology of a VMware vCenter architecture |
| 3. | Objective 1.3 | Describe storage concepts – same content as for VCP-DCV based on vSphere 7 |
| 4. | 1.3.1 | Identify and differentiate storage access protocols for VMware vSphere (NFS, iSCSI , SAN, etc. ) – same content as for VCP-DCV based on vSphere 7 |
| 5. | 1.3.2 | Describe storage datastore types for VMware vSphere – same content as for VCP-DCV based on vSphere 7 |
| 6. | 1.3.3 | Explain the importance of advanced storage configuration VASA,VAAI, etc.) – same content as for VCP-DCV based on vSphere 7 |
| 7. | 1.3.4 | Describe storage policies |
| 8. | 1.3.5 | Describe basic storage concepts in VMware vSAN and VMware Virtual Volumes (vVOLs) |
| 9. | 1.3.6 | Identify use cases for raw device mapping (RDM), Persistent Memory (PMem), Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), and RDMA (iSER) |
| 10. | 1.3.7 | Describe datastore clusters – same as v7.x |
| 11. | 1.3.8 | Describe Storage I /O Control (SIOC) – same as v7.x |
| 12. | Objective 1.4 | Describe VMware ESXi cluster concepts – same as v7.x |
| 13. | 1.4.1 | Describe VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) – same as v7.x |
| 14. | 1.4.2 | Describe vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) – updated content |
| 15. | 1.4.3 | Describe how DRS scores virtual machines – same as v7.x |
| 16. | 1.4.4 | Describe VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) |
| 17. | 1.4.5 | Identify use cases for fault tolerance |
| 18. | Objective 1.5 | Explain the difference between VMware standard switches and distributed switches – updated |
| 19. | 1.5.1 | Describe VMkernel networking – updated |
| 20. | 1.5.2 | Manage networking on multiple hosts with vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) – same as v7.x |
| 21. | 1.5.3 | Describe networking policies – same as v7.x |
| 22. | 1.5.4 | Manage Network I /O Control (NIOC) on a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) |
| 23. | 1.5.5 | Describe Network I /O Control (NIOC) – same as above |
| 24. | Objective 1.6 | Describe VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager concepts – same as v7.x |
| 25. | Objective 1.7 | Describe the basics of VMware vSAN as primary storage – same as v7.x |
| 26. | 1.7.1 | Identify basic vSAN requirements (networking, disk count, and type) |
| 27. | 1.7.2 | Identify Express Storage Architecture (ESA) concepts for vSAN 8 – check the chapter at our partner's site |
| 28. | Objective 1.8 | Describe the role of Virtual Machine Encryption in a data center |
| 29. | 1.8.1 | Describe vSphere Trust Authority – same as v7.x |
| 30. | 1.8.2 | Describe the role of a Key Management Services (KMS) server in vSphere – same as vSphere 7.x |
| 31. | Objective 1.9 | Recognize methods of securing virtual machines |
| 32. | 1.9.1 | Recognize use cases for a virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) |
| 33. | 1.9.2 | Differentiate between Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI ) firmware |
| 34. | 1.9.3 | Recognize use cases for Microsoft virtualization-based security (VBS) – check this content at our friend's website (4sysops) |
| 35. | Objective 1.10 | Describe identity federation |
| 36. | 1.10.1 | Describe the architecture of identity federation |
| 37. | 1.10.2 | Recognize use cases for identity federation |
| 38. | Objective 1.11 | Describe VMware vSphere Distributed Services Engine |
| 39. | 1.11.1 | Describe the role of a data processing unit (DPU) in vSphere – idem as above |
| 40. | Objective 1.12 | Identify use cases for VMware Tools |
| 41. | Objective 1.13 | Describe the high-level components of VMware vSphere with Tanzu |
| 42. | 1.13.1 | Identify the use case for a Supervisor Cluster and Supervisor Namespace |
| 43. | 1.13.2 | Identify the use case for vSphere Zones |
| 44. | 1.13.3 | Identify the use case for a VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) cluster |
| Section 2 | VMware Products and Solutions | |
| 45. | Objective 2.1 | Describe the role of VMware vSphere in the Software-Defined Data Center |
| 46. | Objective 2.2 | Identify use cases for VMware vSphere+ |
| 47. | Objective 2.3 | Identify use cases for VMware vCenter Converter |
| 48. | Objective 2.4 | Identify disaster recovery (DR) use cases |
| 49. | 2.4.1 | Identify VMware vCenter replication options |
| 50. | 2.4.2 | Identify use cases for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) |
| Section 3 | Planning and Designing – There are no testable objectives for this section | |
| Section 4 | Installing, Configuring, and Setup | |
| 51. | Objective 4.1 | Describe single sign-on (SSO) |
| 52. | 4.1.1 | Configure a single sign-on (SSO) domain |
| 53. | 4.11.2 | Join an existing single sign-on (SSO) domain |
| 54. | Objective 4.2 | Configure vSphere distributed switches |
| 55. | 4.2.1 | Create a distributed switch |
| 56. | 4.2.2 | Add ESXi hosts to the distributed switch |
| 57. | 4.2.3 | Examine the distributed switch configuration |
| 58. | Objective 4.3 | Configure Virtual Standard Switch (VSS) advanced virtual networking options |
| 59. | Objective 4.4 | Setup identity sources |
| 60 | 4.4.1 | Configure identity federation |
| 61. | 4.4.2 | Configure LDAP integration |
| 62. | Objective 4.5 | Deploy and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) |
| 63. | Objective 4.6 | Create and configure VMware HA and DRS advanced options (Admission Control, Proactive HA, etc. ) |
| 64. | Objective 4.7 | Deploy and configure VMware vCenter High Availability |
| 65. | Objective 4.8 | Set up content library |
| 66. | 4.8.1 | Create a content library – idem as chapter above |
| 67. | 4.8.2 | Add content to the content library – idem as chapter above |
| 68. | 4.8.3 | Publish a local content library – idem as chapter above |
| 69. | 4.9.1 | Subscribe to content library – idem as chapter above |
| 70. | 4.9.2 | Subscribe to a published content library |
| 71. | 4.9.3 | Deploy virtual machines (VMs) from a subscribed content library |
| 72. | 4.10 | Manage virtual machine (VM) template versions |
| 73. | 4.10.1 | Update template in content library |
| 74. | 4.11 | Configure VMware vCenter file-based backup |
| 75. | 4.12 | Configure vSphere Trust Authority |
| 76. | 4.13 | Configure vSphere certificates – same as v7.x |
| 77. | 4.13.1 | Describe Enterprise PKI s role for SSL certificates |
| 78. | 4.14 | Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager |
| 79. | 4.15 | Configure different network stacks |
| 80. | 4.16 | Configure host profiles |
| 81. | 4.17 | Identify ESXi boot options |
| 82. | 4.17.1 | Configure Quick Boot |
| 83. | 4.17.2 | Securely Boot ESXi hosts |
| 84. | Objective 4.18 | Deploy and configure clusters using the vSphere Cluster QuickStart workflow |
| 85. | 4.18.1 | Use Cluster QuickStart workflow to add hosts |
| 86. | 4.18.2 | Use Cluster QuickStart workflow to configure a cluster |
| 87. | 4.18.3 | Use QuickStart to expand clusters |
| 88. | Objective 4.19 | Set up and configure VMware ESXi |
| 89. | 4.19.1 | Configure Time Configuration – still valid (ESXi 6.5, will update images) |
| 90. | 4.19.2 | Configure ESXi services |
| 91. | 4.19.3 | Configure Product Locker |
| 92. | 4.19.4 | Configure Lockdown Mode |
| 93. | 4.19.5 | Configure ESXi firewall |
| 94. | Objective 4.20 | Configure VMware vSphere with Tanzu |
| 95. | 4.20.1 | Configure a Supervisor Cluster & Supervisor Namespace |
| 96. | 4.20.2 | Configure a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Cluster |
| 97. | 4.20.3 | Configure vSphere Zones |
| 98. | 4.20.4 | Configure Namespace permissions |
| Section 5 | Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades | |
| 99. | Objective 5.1 | Identify resource pools use cases |
| 100. | 5.1.1 | Explain shares, limits and reservations (resource management) |
| 101. | Objective 5.2 | Monitor resources of a VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) and vSphere 8. x environment |
| 102. | Objective 5.3 | Identify and use resource monitoring tools |
| 103. | Objective 5.4 | Configure Network I /O Control (NI OC) |
| 104. | Objective 5.5 | Configure Storage I /O Control (SI OC) |
| 105. | Objective 5.6 | Configure a virtual machine port group to be offloaded to a data processing unit (DPU) |
| 106. | Objective 5.7 | Explain the performance impact of maintaining virtual machine snapshots |
| 107. | Objective 5.8 | Use Update Planner to identify opportunities to update VMware vCenter |
| 108. | Objective 5.9 | Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to determine the need for upgrades and updates |
| 109. | 5.9.1 | Update virtual machines |
| 110. | 5.9.2 | Update VMware ESXi |
| 111. | Objective 5.10 | Use performance charts to monitor performance |
| 112. | Objective 5.11 | Perform proactive management with VMware Skyline |
| 113. | Objective 5.12 | Use VMware vCenter management interface to update VMware vCenter |
| 114. | Objective 5.13 | Complete lifecycle activities for VMware vSphere with Tanzu |
| 115. | 5.13.1 | Update Supervisor cluster |
| 116. | 5.13.2 | Back up and restore VMware vSphere with Tanzu |
| Section 6 | Troubleshooting and Repairing | |
| 117. | Objective 6.1 | Identify use cases for enabling vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) retreat mode |
| 118. | Objective 6.2 | Differentiate between the main management services in VMware ESXi and vCenter and their corresponding log files |
| 119. | Objective 6.3 | Generate a log bundle |
| Section 7 | Administrative and Operational Tasks | |
| 120. | Objective 7.1 | Create and manage virtual machine snapshots |
| 121. | Objective 7.2 | Create virtual machines using different methods (Open Virtualization Format (OVF) templates, content library, etc. ) |
| 122. | Objective 7.3 | Manage virtual machines (modifying virtual machine settings, VMware per-VM EVC, latency sensitivity, CPU affinity, etc.) |
| 123. | Objective 7.4 | Manage Storage |
| 124. | 7.4.1 | Configure and modify datastores |
| 125. | 7.4.2 | Create virtual machine storage policies |
| 126. | 7.4.3 | Configure storage cluster options |
| 127. | Objective 7.5 | Create DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules for common use cases |
| 128. | Objective 7.6 | Migrate virtual machines |
| 129. | 7.6.1 | Identify requirements for Storage vMotion, Cold Migration, vMotion, and Cross vCenter Export |
| 130. | Objective 7.7 | Configure role-based access control |
| 131. | Objective 7.8 | Manage host profiles |
| 132. | Objective 7.9 | Utilize VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager |
| 133. | 7.9.1 | Describe firmware upgrades for VMware ESXi |
| 134. | 7.9.2 | Describe VMware ESXi updates |
| 135. | 7.9.3 | Describe component and driver updates for VMware ESXi |
| 136. | 7.9.4 | Describe hardware compatibility check |
| 137. | 7.9.5 | Describe ESXi cluster image export functionality |
| 138. | 7.9.6 | Create VMware ESXi cluster image |
| 139. | Objective 7.10 | Use predefined alarms in VMware vCenter |
| 140. | 7.11 | Create custom alarms |
| 141. | 7.12 | Deploy an encrypted virtual machine |
| 142. | 7.12.1 | Convert a non-encrypted virtual machine to an encrypted virtual machine |
| 143. | 7.12.2 | Migrate an encrypted virtual machine |
| 144. | 7.12.3 | Configure virtual machine vMotion encryption properties |
FAQ:
Data Center Virtualization solutions are frequently updated. Having a year as its certification version allows VMware to better maintain the exam and training content, and more importantly, provides certification candidates to communicate how current their skills are in relation to other certifications.
I have attended the latest course (V7) but taken older version VCP-DCV Exam (2V0-621/2V0-622)
If you have taken one of the qualifying V7 courses and passed the older 2V0-621 or 2V0-622 exam you will be required to pass the latest Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) exam to earn the VCP-DCV 2023 certification you are pursuing.
Check the official VMware VCP-DCV 2023 exam guide (blueprint) here.
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