Everything outlined in the official VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization Exam Preparation Guide, as well as what you will need to know for the VCP6.5-DCV certification exam, is covered in this book. The book is composed of 10 chapters, which cover the following topics.
Chapter 1, Configuring and Administering vSphere 6.x Security, looks at the various aspects to consider when securing the vSphere environment, such as roles, permissions, encryption, authentication, and patching.
Chapter 2, Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking, is completely dedicated to vSphere networking. It explains standard and distributed virtual switches and covers the design, management, and optimization of the virtual network.
Chapter 3, Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage, is focused on vSphere storage, covering the different connectivity options and protocols, such as NFS, FC, FCoE, and iSCSI. Datastore options and use cases are also discussed.
Chapter 4, Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x, covers the upgrade and migration procedures of vSphere from version 5.5 and 6.0 to version 6.5.
Chapter 5, Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources, explains resource pool management and DRS configuration, describing the use of affinity and anti-affinity rules. It also discusses the new network DRS capability used to prevent migration recommendations to saturated host networks.
Chapter 6, Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment, covers the backing up and restoration of the vCenter Server Appliance, as well as the backing up, recovery, and replication of virtual machines using vSphere Protection Data and vSphere Replication.
Chapter 7, Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment, walks through the troubleshooting part of a virtual environment, providing a short overview of some topics and possible use cases.
Chapter 8, Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts, covers the management and the configuration of the vSphere Auto Deploy and Host Profile features for optimizing and automating the ESXi host's deployment.
Chapter 9, Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions, goes into the configuration settings for vSphere HA and the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) HA setup.
Chapter 10, Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines, covers some advanced features available for virtual machines, the configuration and use of content libraries, and the consolidation process using the vSphere vCenter Converter tool.