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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)

Objective 8.1 – Configure Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts

Auto Deploy installation is a way to PXE boot your ESXi hosts from a central Auto Deploy server. This method relies on the use of master images with a set of rules to deploy ESXi with the desired specifications. Auto Deploy can also be used along with the vSphere Host Profiles feature to customize all ESXi hosts, ensuring a consistent configuration within the infrastructure. The vSphere Auto Deploy feature is the most efficient and suitable method to use to deploy ESXi hosts, especially in large environments.

To take advantage of the Auto Deploy feature, you need the Enterprise Plus license.

Describe the components and architecture of an Auto Deploy environment

The...