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You're reading from Data Center Virtualization Certification: VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide

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Published in Aug 2018

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ISBN-13 9781789340471

Pages 598 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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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

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 3.1 – Managing vSphere integration with physical storage

VMware vSphere supports different types of storage, including traditional and software-defined solutions. For the physical storage, the three main categories are the following:

Direct attached storage (DAS): vSphere supports SCSI, SATA, SAS solutions, including (in vSphere 6.5), and also NVMe solutions.
Network-attached storage (NAS): vSphere supports NFSv3 and (starting with vSphere 6.0) NFSv4. Note that Content Library also supports the SMB protocol, but is limited to this specific function.
Storage area network (SAN): vSphere supports several FC, FCoE, and iSCSI solutions.

Each type of storage provides different capabilities and features:

Storage type	Frontend protocols	Datastore	vSphere features
DAS	SCSI, SATA, SAS, and so on	VMFS	VADP, RDM^, vSphere HA, and DRS^*
SAN FC	FC...

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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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