VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training: VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (Exam VCP550)

VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training: VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (Exam VCP550)

Released January 2014
Publisher(s): VMware Press
ISBN: 0789753375

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Video description

4+ Hours of Video Instruction

Overview:
The VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training for Exam VCP550 is for anyone who wants to get the delta of information from the previous VCP510 exam in order to procure the VCP-DCV Certification.

Description:

As the demand for IT professionals with data center virtualization skills increases, having a VMware certification helps to distinguish you in the IT professional market. Per VMware, “Having a VCP-DCV certification confirms that you have the education needed to successfully install, deploy, scale and manage VMware vSphere environments, as well as the skills obtained by a minimum of six months experience with VMware infrastructure technologies.”

At VMworld 2013 VMware announced vSphere 5.5, the latest release of VMware’s industry-leading virtualization platform. No trivial update, this release included a lot of improvements and many new features and capabilities. Covering the official blueprint, bestselling author and VCI (VMware Certified Trainer) Bill Ferguson is ready to get you up-to-speed on the changes made in vSphere 5.5.

For a thorough and complete VCP5 certification self-study program, covering all new content as well as foundation topics, combine this VCP5-DCV Official Cert Trainingwith The Official VCP5 Certification Guide(VMware Press).

About the Instructor:
Bill Ferguson, VCI (3,4,5), VCP (3,4,5), MCT, MCSE, MCP+I, CCNA, A+, Network+, Server+, has been in the computer industry for more than 15 years. Originally in technical sales and sales management with Sprint, Bill made his transition to Certified Technical Trainer in 1997 with ExecuTrain. Bill now runs his own company as an independent contractor in Birmingham, Alabama, teaching classes for most of the national training companies and some regional training companies and corporations. In addition, Bill writes and produces technical training videos for Virtual Training Company, Inc. and Specialized Solutions, Inc. His current titles include A+, Network+, Windows 2000 Management, Windows XP Management, Windows 2000 Security, Server+, and Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices. Bill keeps his skills sharp by being a technical reviewer for books and sample tests. Bill says, "My job is to understand the material so well that I can make it easier for my students to learn than it was for me to learn."

Skill Level
Intermediate

Topics Covered

  • Overview of new vSphere 5.5 topics and why they are needed, including:
  • Single sign-on
  • New vDS features
  • VSAN
  • Enhanced vMotion
  • VDP
  • vCOPs
  • Difference between testable information and “good-to-know” information
  • Quickest means of discerning what you need to know in order to sit for exam 550

Who Should Take this Course?

  • Any IT administrator interested in getting VCP5 Certified
  • Anyone interested in getting updated on the changes to vSphere 5.5
  • Any admin or student who needs to understand the differences between vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 and how they relate to the current test
  • VMware recertification candidates

Course Requirements:
An understanding of vSphere

Lessons:

Introduction

Lesson 1 What Changed and When It Changed in vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5
Learning objectives
1.1 The new vSphere Web Client
1.2 Introduction to changes in vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5
1.3 The difference between testable information and just good information
1.4 General changes on the VCP550 blueprint
1.5 Section 1: SSO
1.6 Section 2: Networking changes
1.7 Sections 3 & 4: Storage and VM management
1.8 Sections 5 & 6: Service levels and troubleshooting
1.9 Section 7: vCenter Operations Manager
1.10 Learning paths and the tests


Lesson 2 Single Sign-On
Learning objectives
2.1 SSO requirements
2.2 SSO architecture
2.3 Deployment scenarios
2.4 Configuring SSO password policies
2.5 Configuring SSO identity sources and certificates
2.6 Configuring SSO users and groups

Lesson 3 New Features in vSphere Distributed Switches
Learning objectives
3.1 Overview of new features in vSphere distributed switches
3.2 Automatic rollback and recovery
3.3 Networking health check
3.4 Enhanced port mirroring
3.5 LACP for 5.1 vDS
3.6 LACP for 5.5 vDS
3.7 Traffic filtering and marking on vDS Uplinks
3.8 Exporting, importing, and restoring vDS configurations

Lesson 4 VSA and VSAN
Learning objectives
4.1 The difference between VSA and VSAN
4.2 VSA requirements vs. VSAN requirements
4.3 VSA configuration and failover
4.4 VSAN configuration and failover

Lesson 5 XvMotion
Learning objectives
5.1 Overview of XvMotion features
5.2 XvMotion – Contiguous migration of host and datastore
5.3 XvMotion – Shared nothing vMotion

Lesson 6 vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPs)
Learning objectives
6.1 Overview of vCOPs
6.2 Installation steps for vCOPs
6.3 Overview of the dashboard tab
6.4 Overview of other tabs

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction to VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training 00:02:50
  2. Lesson 1 - What Changed and When It Changed in vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:20
    2. 1.1 The new vSphere Web Client 00:04:21
    3. 1.2 Introduction to changes in vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 00:07:48
    4. 1.3 The difference between testable information and just good information 00:12:34
    5. 1.4 General changes on the VCP550 blueprint 00:13:43
    6. 1.5 Section 1: SSO 00:03:12
    7. 1.6 Section 2: Networking changes 00:03:40
    8. 1.7 Sections 3 & 4: Storage and VM management 00:02:56
    9. 1.8 Sections 5 & 6: Service levels and troubleshooting 00:04:11
    10. 1.9 Section 7: vCenter Operations Manager 00:06:12
    11. 1.10 Learning paths and the tests 00:10:33
  3. Lesson 2 - Single Sign-On
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:22
    2. 2.1 SSO requirements 00:06:27
    3. 2.2 SSO architecture 00:05:43
    4. 2.3 Deployment scenarios 00:06:51
    5. 2.4 Configuring SSO password policies 00:05:15
    6. 2.5 Configuring SSO identity sources and certificates 00:04:50
    7. 2.6 Configuring SSO users and groups 00:05:55
  4. Lesson 3 - New Features in vSphere Distributed Switches
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:28
    2. 3.1 Overview of new features in vSphere distributed switches 00:02:47
    3. 3.2 Automatic rollback and recovery 00:05:13
    4. 3.3 Networking health check 00:04:53
    5. 3.4 Enhanced port mirroring 00:07:57
    6. 3.5 LACP for 5.1 vDS 00:07:43
    7. 3.6 LACP for 5.5 vDS 00:09:38
    8. 3.7 Traffic filtering and marking on vDS Uplinks 00:07:40
    9. 3.8 Exporting, importing, and restoring vDS configurations 00:06:00
  5. Lesson 4 - VSA and VSAN
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:22
    2. 4.1 The difference between VSA and VSAN 00:08:42
    3. 4.2 VSA Requirements vs. VSAN Requirements 00:05:03
    4. 4.3 VSA configuration and failover 00:03:28
    5. 4.4 VSAN configuration and failover 00:07:01
  6. Lesson 5 - XvMotion
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:20
    2. 5.1 Overview of XvMotion features 00:04:14
    3. 5.2 XvMotion – Contiguous migration of host and datastore 00:05:15
    4. 5.3 XvMotion – shared nothing vMotion 00:06:10
  7. Lesson 6 - vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPs)
    1. Learning objectives 00:00:21
    2. 6.1 Overview of vCOPs 00:03:55
    3. 6.2 Installation steps for vCOPs 00:07:32
    4. 6.3 Overview of the dashboard tab 00:10:04
    5. 6.4 Overview of other tabs 00:14:42
  8. Summary
    1. Summary of VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training 00:02:16

Product information

  • Title: VCP5-DCV Official Cert Training: VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (Exam VCP550)
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: January 2014
  • Publisher(s): VMware Press
  • ISBN: 0789753375