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You're reading from Data Center Virtualization Certification: VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide Everything you need to achieve 2V0-622 certification – with exam tips and exercises

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789340471

Length 598 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

vSphere

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Andrea Mauro

Paolo Valsecchi

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Configuring and Administering vSphere 6.x Security FREE CHAPTER

2. Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking

3. Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage

4. Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

5. Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

6. Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment

7. Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment

8. Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts

9. Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions

10. Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

11. Mock Exam 1

12. Mock Exam 2

13. Understanding VMware Certification Paths

14. VCP6.5-DCV Certification

15. Before, During, and After the Exam

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Objective 4.2 – Perform vCenter Server Upgrades (Windows)

vCenter Server is a core component of the vSphere infrastructure service that centralizes the management of the ESXI hosts and the VMs that run on the hypervisor. vCenter Server also provides advanced features, such as sign-on server, centralized authentication, vMotion, DRS, HA, and FT. Also, management of resources, logs and stats, alarms, and events comes into play when vCenter Server is present in the infrastructure.

VMware vCenter Server can be installed on a physical or virtual Windows machine, or can be deployed as a vCSA. The installation of vCenter Server is now supported by Windows, macOS Sierra 10.12, and Linux OS. With version 6.5, both the Windows and vCSA deployments provide the same features, plus some additional capabilities that are available to the vCSA only. Hosts that you plan to connect to vCenter...

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Authors (2)

Andrea Mauro

Andrea Mauro has more than 20 years of experience in IT, both in industry and the academic world. He works as a solutions architect and is responsible for infrastructure implementation, architecture design, upgrades, and migration processes. He is a virtualization and storage architect, specializing in VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Linux solutions. His first virtualized solution in production was built around ESX 2.x, several years ago. His professional certifications include not only several VMware certifications, but also other vendor-related certifications. He is also a VMware vExpert (2010-18), Nutanix NTC (2014-19), and Veeam Vanguard (2016-19), and he was a Microsoft MVP (2014-16).

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Paolo Valsecchi

Paolo Valsecchi has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, and he currently works as a system engineer mainly focused on VMware vSphere, Microsoft technologies, and backup/DR solutions. His current role involves covering all tasks related to ensuring IT infrastructure availability and data integrity (including implementation, upgrades, and administration). He holds the VMware VCP65-DCV and Veeam VMCE professional certifications, and he has been awarded the VMware vExpert title (2015-18) and the Veeam Vanguard title (2016-19).

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