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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)

Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

Understanding the correct sequence of tasks to upgrade the VMware vSphere platform is an essential part of the certification path, allowing you to gain the necessary skills to successfully complete the procedure while also giving you the ability to answer any questions that you might face in the exam.

This chapter will cover all of the steps to successfully upgrade the VMware vSphere core components, such as ESXI hosts and vCenter Server, to version 6.5. Make sure that you understand how the upgrade works and the components that are involved, and take time to practice the activities provided in this chapter.

Practicing what you learn in this chapter will be key to reinforcing your skills and your preparation for the exam.

In this chapter, we will cover the following skills:

  • Performing ESXI host and virtual machine upgrades
  • Creating and attaching...