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This is the first and only of Product Description Trust the bestselling Official Cert Guide series from VMware Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for VCP5 exam success. They are the only VMware authorized self-study books and are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam.
**Note to readers** In March 2013 VMware renamed the VCP5 (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5) to VCP5-DCV (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 - Data Center Virtualization).
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This is the first and only of Product Description
Trust the bestselling Official Cert Guide series from VMware Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for VCP5 exam success. They are the only VMware authorized self-study books and are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam.

**Note to readers** In March 2013 VMware renamed the VCP5 (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5) to VCP5-DCV (VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 - Data Center Virtualization).

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

Master VMware VCP510 exam topics

Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes

Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks

Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VCP510 VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5. VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) Bill Ferguson shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

The companion DVD contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take a complete, timed exam. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most.

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCP510 exam, including:

Understanding how virtualization can best be integrated into today's real-world IT environments

Recognizing what to change, and what to leave alone

Planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi Planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage

Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps

Establishing and Maintaining Service Levels

Performing basic troubleshooting

Monitoring vSphere implementations

Managing vCenter Server alarms

Preparing for the future of VMware virtualization

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from VMware that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized VMware instructors and self-study products from VMware Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered worldwide, please visit www.vmware.com/training .

Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements:

Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7;

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client;

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0;

Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent);

512 MB RAM;

650 MB disc space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam

Also available from VMware Press for VCP5 study is The Official VCP5 Certification Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test available exclusively from pearsonITcertification.com. This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson IT Certification Practice Test.

This integrated learning package:

Allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams

Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions

Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions

Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

Features + Benefits

Engaging, comprehensive, and 100% authoritative: straight from VMware, and written by renowned technology training expert Bill Ferguson

Covers every exam objective in "blueprint" order, promoting efficient and systematic review

Covers vCenter Server, VMware ESXi, vSphere networking and storage, VMs and vApps, service levels, troubleshooting, monitoring, alarm management, and more

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The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCP510 exam, including

Understanding how virtualization can best be integrated into today's real-world IT environments

Recognizing what to change, and what to leave alone

Planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi Planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage

Deploying and administering Virtual Machines and vApps

Establishing and maintaining Service Levels

Performing basic troubleshooting

Monitoring vSphere implementations

Managing vCenter Server alarms

Preparing for the future of VMware virtualization

The DVD contains a complete practice exam and three hours of VCP5 video training from TrainSignal.

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

Master VMware VCP510 exam topics

Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes

Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks

Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VCP510 VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5. VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) Bill Ferguson shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material follows the blueprint, and is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

The companion DVD contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take a complete, timed exam. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most.

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

The Official VCP5 Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from VMware that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized VMware instructors and self-study products from VMware Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered worldwide, please visit www.vmware.com/training .

About the Author xix

Dedication xx

Acknowlegments xxi

About the Reviewers xxii

Introduction xxiii

Chapter 1 Planning, Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 3

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 3

Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 6

Identifying Available vSphere and vCenter Server Editions 6

Deploying the vCenter Appliance 9

Installing vCenter Server into a Virtual Machine 14

Sizing the vCenter Server Database 17

Installing Additional vCenter Server Components 17

Installing/Removing vSphere Client Plug-Ins 18

Enabling/Disabling vSphere Client Plug-Ins 19

Licensing vCenter Server 19

Determining Availability Requirements for vCenter Server in a

Given vSphere Implementation 21

Determining Use Cases for vSphere Client and Web Client 22

Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi 22

Performing an Interactive Installation of ESXi 22

Deploying an ESXi Host Using Auto Deploy 24

Configuring NTP on an ESXi Host 26

Configuring DNS and Routing on an ESXi Host 27

Enabling/Configuring/Disabling Hyperthreading 27

Enabling/Sizing/Disabling Memory Compression Cache 28

Licensing an ESXi Host 30

Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 31

Identifying Upgrade Requirements for ESXi Hosts 31

Identifying Steps Required to Upgrade a vSphere Implementation 32

Upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch 33

Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5 34

Upgrading VMware Tools 34

Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware 37

Upgrading an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager 39

Determining Whether an In-Place Upgrade Is Appropriate in a Given Upgrade Scenario 42

Securing vCenter Server and ESXi 43

Identifying Common vCenter Server Privileges and Roles 43

System Roles 44

Sample Roles 44

Custom Roles 45

Describing How Permissions are Applied and Inherited in vCenter Server 45

Example 1: Permissions That Apply Directly to an Object Supersede Those That Are Inherited 46

Example 2: If a User Is a Member of More Multiple Groups, the User Is Assigned the Union of the Privileges for Each Group 46

Example 3: User/Role Pairings Applied Directly to an Object Supersede User/ Role Pairings That Are Inherited 47

Example 4: Permissions That Are Applied Directly to a User Supersede Permissions That Are Inherited Through Group Membership 48

Configuring and Administering the ESXi Firewall 49

Enabling Lockdown Mode 50

Configuring Network Security Policies 51

Promiscuous Mode 52

MAC Address Changes 53

Forged Transmits 53

Viewing/Sorting/Exporting User and Group Lists 54

Adding/Modifying/Removing Permissions for Users and Groups on vCenter Inventory Objects 54

Creating/Cloning/Editing vCenter Server Roles 55

Creating Roles 55

Cloning Roles 56

Editing Roles 59

Adding an ESXi Host to a Directory Service 60

Applying Permissions to ESXi Hosts Using Host Profiles 62

Determining the Appropriate Set of Privileges for Common Tasks in vCenter Server 62

Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions 62

Identifying Available vSphere Editions and Features 63

Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures 63

Explaining Private/Public/Hybrid Cloud Concepts 64

Determining the Appropriate vSphere Edition Based on Customer Requirements 66

Summary 67

Chapter 2 Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking 73

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 73

Configuring vSphere Standard Switches 76

Identifying vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) Capabilities 76

Creating / Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 77

Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 81

Adding / Configuring / Removing vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch 82

Configuring VMkernel Ports for Network Services 88

Adding / Editing / Removing Port Groups on a vSphere Standard Switch 90

Determining Use Cases for a vSphere Standard Switch 94

Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches 94

Identifying vSphere Distributed Switch Capabilities 95

Creating/Deleting a vSphere Distributed Switch 97

Deleting a vDS 100

Adding/Removing ESXi Hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch 100

Adding/Configuring/Removing dvPort Groups 104

Adding/Removing Uplink Adapters to dvUplink Groups 108

Creating/Configuring/Removing Virtual Adapters 111

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