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Data Center Virtualization Certification: VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide

By : Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi
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Data Center Virtualization Certification: VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide

By: Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi

Overview of this book

This exam guide enables you to install, configure, and manage the vSphere 6.5 infrastructure in all its components: vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines, while helping you to prepare for the industry standard certification. This data center book will assist you in automating administration tasks and enhancing your environment’s capabilities. You will begin with an introduction to all aspects related to security, networking, and storage in vSphere 6.5. Next, you will learn about resource management and understand how to back up and restore the vSphere 6.5 infrastructure. As you advance, you will also cover troubleshooting, deployment, availability, and virtual machine management. This is followed by two mock tests that will test your knowledge and challenge your understanding of all the topics included in the exam. By the end of this book, you will not only have learned about virtualization and its techniques, but you’ll also be prepared to pass the VCP6.5-DCV (2V0-622) exam.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

During the exam

The VCP6.5-DCV exam tests candidates on their skills and abilities to install, configure, and manage vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines, using the appropriate VMware tools. Successful candidates demonstrate mastery of these skills and abilities.

Which exam to take

There are at least three different exams to gain the VCP6.5-DCV certification, and, depending on where you start (see Appendix B), you may need one or two single exams, as follows:

  • 2V0-602: VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundation exam
  • 2V0-622: VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization exam
  • 2V0-622D: VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization Delta exam

There are other options (such as directly taking...