VCP5 VMware® Certified Professional on vSphere™ 5 Study Guide -- Contents -- Chapter 1 What's New in vSphere 5 -- ESX Retirement -- VCB Retirement -- VMI Paravirtualization Retirement -- VMware GUI Toolbox Retirement -- Windows 2000 Guest OS Customization Support -- Newly Created VMCI Sockets Unsupported -- Requirement of LAHF and SAHF CPU Instruction Sets -- Intel SMT-Related CPU Scheduler Enhancements -- Notable Configuration Maximums Changes -- ESXi Firewall and Management Networks -- Swap to SSD -- Support for Hardware and Software FCoE Adapters -- Host UEFI Boot Support -- Improved SNMP Support -- New Command-Line Interface -- vSphere High Availability Improvements -- Virtual Machine Enhancements -- Expanded Support for VMware Tools -- Mac OS X Server Support -- vCenter Server Enhanced Logging -- VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Improvements -- Fault Tolerance Improvements -- iSCSI UI Support -- GUI to Configure Multi-core Virtual CPUs -- vNetwork Distributed Switch Improvements -- Network I/O Control Improvements -- Storage vMotion Improvements -- VAAI Thin Provisioning Improvements -- NFS Support Improvements -- Storage Accelerator -- VMFS-5 -- vMotion and Metro vMotion -- vCenter Server Appliance -- vSphere Storage Appliance -- Storage DRS -- Profile-Driven Storage -- Image Builder -- Auto Deploy -- VMware Data Recovery 2.0 Improvements -- Update Manager Improvements -- Licensing -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Plan, Install, Configure, and Upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi -- Introduction to vCenter Server -- Identifying Available vCenter Server Editions -- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance -- Installing vCenter Server into a Virtual Machine -- Sizing the vCenter Server Database -- Installing Additional vCenter Server Components -- Installing and Removing vSphere Client Plug-ins.

Enabling and Disabling vSphere Client Plug-ins -- Licensing vCenter Server -- Determining Availability Requirements for a vCenter Server in a Given vSphere Implementation -- Determining Use Case for vSphere Client and Web Client -- Introduction to VMware ESXi -- Performing an Interactive Installation of ESXi -- Deploying an ESXi Host Using Auto Deploy -- Configuring NTP on an ESXi Host -- Configuring DNS and Routing on an ESXi Host -- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Hyperthreading -- Enabling, Sizing, and Disabling Memory Compression Cache -- Licensing an ESXi Host -- Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi -- Identifying Upgrade Requirements for ESXi Hosts -- Identifying Steps Required to Upgrade a vSphere Implementation -- Upgrading a vNetwork Distributed Switch -- Upgrading from VMFS-3 to VMFS-5 -- Upgrading VMware Tools -- Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware -- Upgrading an ESXi Host Using vSphere Update Manager -- Determining Whether an In-Place Upgrade Is Appropriate in a Given Upgrade Scenario -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 3 Secure vCenter Server and ESXi and Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions -- Securing vCenter Server and ESXi -- Identifying Common vCenter Server Privileges and Roles -- Describing How Permissions Are Applied and Inherited in vCenter Server -- Configuring and Administering the ESXi Firewall -- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling Services in the ESXi Firewall -- Enabling Lockdown Mode -- Configuring Network Security Policies -- Viewing, Sorting, and Exporting User and Group Lists -- Adding, Modifying, and Removing Permissions for Users and Groups on vCenter Server Inventory Objects -- Creating, Cloning, and Editing vCenter Server Roles -- Adding an ESXi Host to a Directory Service.

Applying Permissions to ESXi Hosts Using Host Profiles -- Determining the Appropriate Set Of Privileges for Common Tasks in vCenter Server -- Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions -- Identifying Available vSphere Editions and Features -- Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures -- Explaining Private, Public, and Hybrid Cloud Concepts -- Determining Appropriate vSphere Edition Based on Customer Requirements -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 4 Plan and Configure vSphere Networking -- Configuring vNetwork Standard Switches -- Identifying vNetwork Standard Switch Capabilities -- Creating and Deleting a vNetwork Standard Switch -- Adding, Configuring, and Removing vmnics on a vNetwork Standard Switch -- Configuring VMkernel Ports for Network Services -- Adding, Editing, and Removing Port Groups on a vNetwork Standard Switch -- Determining Use Case for a vNetwork Standard Switch -- Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switches -- Identifying vNetwork Distributed Switch Capabilities -- Creating and Deleting a vNetwork Distributed Switch -- Adding and Removing ESXi Hosts to/from a vNetwork Distributed Switch -- Adding, Configuring, and Removing dvPort Groups -- Adding and Removing Uplink Adapters to dvUplink Groups -- Creating, Configuring, and Removing Virtual Adapters -- Migrating Virtual Adapters to and from a vNetwork Standard Switch -- Migrating Virtual Machines to and from a vNetwork Distributed Switch -- Determining Use Case for a vNetwork Distributed Switch -- Configuring vSS and vDS Policies -- Identifying Common vSwitch and dvSwitch Policies -- Configuring dvPort Group Blocking Policies -- Configuring Load Balancing and Failover Policies -- Configuring VLAN Settings -- Configuring Traffic Shaping Policies.

Enabling TCP Segmentation Offload Support for a Virtual Machine -- Enabling Jumbo Frames Support on Appropriate Components -- Determining Appropriate VLAN Configuration for a vSphere Implementation -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 5 Plan and Configure vSphere Storage -- Configure Shared Storage for vSphere -- Identifying Storage Adapters and Devices -- Identifying Storage Naming Conventions -- Scanning and Rescanning Storage -- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling vCenter Server Storage Filters -- Describing Zoning and LUN Masking Practices -- Identifying Use Cases for FCoE -- Identifying Hardware/Dependent Hardware/Software iSCSI Initiator Requirements -- Determining Use Case for Hardware/Dependent Hardware/Software iSCSI Initiator -- Configuring and Editing Hardware/Dependent Hardware Initiators -- Enabling and Disabling Software iSCSI Initiator -- Configuring and Editing Software iSCSI Initiator Settings -- Configuring iSCSI Port Binding -- Enabling, Configuring, and Disabling iSCSI CHAP -- Comparing and Contrasting Array Thin Provisioning and Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning -- Determining Use Case for and Configuring Array Thin Provisioning -- Create and Configure VMFS and NFS Datastores -- Identifying VMFS-5 Capabilities -- Creating, Renaming, Unmounting, and Deleting a VMFS Datastore -- Identifying VMFS Datastore Properties -- Extending and Expanding VMFS Datastores -- Upgrading a VMFS-3 Datastore to VMFS-5 -- Placing a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode -- Determining Appropriate Path Selection Policy for a Given VMFS Datastore -- Selecting the Preferred Path for a VMFS Datastore -- Disabling a Path to a VMFS Datastore -- Creating an NFS Share for Use with vSphere -- Connecting to a NAS Device -- Identifying NFS Datastore Properties.

Mounting and Unmounting an NFS Datastore -- Determining the Use Case for Multiple VMFS/NFS Datastores -- Configure the vSphere Storage Appliance -- Determining the Use Case for Deploying the VSA -- Defining vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Architecture -- Determining Appropriate ESXi Host Resources for the VSA -- Configuring ESXi Hosts as VSA Hosts -- Configuring the Storage Network for the VSA -- Deploying and Configuring the VSA Manager -- Administering VSA Storage Resources -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 6 Create and Deploy Virtual Machines and vApps -- Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines -- Identifying Capabilities of Virtual Machine Hardware Versions -- Configuring and Deploying a Guest OS into a New Virtual Machine -- Placing Virtual Machines in Selected ESXi Hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools -- Identifying Methods to Access and Use a Virtual Machine Console -- Installing, Upgrading, and Updating VMware Tools -- Identifying VMware Tools Device Drivers -- Configuring Virtual Machine Time Synchronization -- Identifying Virtual Machine Storage Resources -- Configuring and Modifying Disk Controller for Virtual Disks -- Configuring Appropriate Virtual Disk Type for a Virtual Machine -- Creating and Converting Thin/Thick Provisioned Virtual Disks -- Configuring Disk Shares -- Determining Appropriate Datastore Locations for Virtual Machines Based on Application Workloads -- Configuring and Modifying Virtual CPU and Memory Resources According to OS and Application Requirements -- Configuring and Modifying Virtual NIC Adapter and Connecting Virtual Machines to Appropriate Network Resources -- Converting a Physical Machine Using VMware Converter -- Importing a Supported Virtual Machine Source Using VMware Converter.

Modifying Virtual Hardware Settings Using VMware Converter.