VCP5
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This page shows my crib notes created into to obtain the VCP5 certification. I've been using the technology for a while now, and I've only bothered to document the gaps in my own knowledge, so it is by no means concise and unlikely to cover much that would also apply to previous certs. VMware's What's New course covers the following...
- List and describe key enhancements in vSphere 5.0
- Upgrade a deployment from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.0
- Use Image Builder to modify and export an image profile as part of Auto Deploy
- Use Auto Deploy to Install a stateless ESXi host
- Manage a version 8 virtual machine with the next-generation Web-based VMware vSphere Client
- List and describe key networking enhancements, including the ESXi firewall and new features in vNetwork distributed switches
- Upgrade and manage a VMware vSphere VMFS5 datastore
- Understand and configure policy-driven storage management
- Create a datastore cluster and configure Storage DRS
- Configure a VMware High Availability cluster based on the new Fault Domain Manager agents
- Use the Linux-based VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Plan, Install, Configure and Upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
Install and Configure vCenter Server
vCentre Server Appliance
- Deployed via OVF, requires 7 GB disk (max 80 GB)
- Supports up to 5 ESXs / 50 VMs with embedded db
vCentre Server Components
- Update Manager - requires 32-bit DSN db
- ESXi Dump Collector - requires IPv4
- Syslog Collector - requires IPv4
- Auto Deploy - deploys ESXi image direct to ESX memory
- Authentication Proxy - allows ESXi servers to join AD domain
vCentre Availability
- Must match any requirements to support Auto Deploy
- Must run on ESXi's not supported by Auto Deploy
Client version use cases
- vSphere Client - Primary vSphere management tool (for infrastructure sys admins)
- vSphere Web Client - Primarily intended for inventory display, and VM deployment/configuration (for infrastructure mgrs and consumers)
Install and Configure VMware ESXi
vSphere Auto Deploy
- ESXi PXE boot's, and downloads image from Auto Deploy server, and configured using Host Profile