VCP4 Exam Cram: VMware Certified Professional 2nd Edition

Description

VCP4 Exam Cram is the perfect study guide to help you pass VMware's brand-new VCP4 exam. As with all Exam Crams, it provides comprehensive, foundational learning for every exam topic, organized to map directly to the exam objectives. Its features include: " An extensive collection of practice questions (inc. two full practice exams) " A state-of-the-art CD-ROM test engine that provides real-time practice and feedback, including two complete sample exams " Notes, tips, sidebars, cautions, test-taking strategies, and time-saving tips that make studying as effective and time-efficient as possible " The Cram Sheet tear-out card including tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else - perfect for last-minute study Thoroughly updated for VMware ESX Server 4 and vSphere 4, VCP4 Exam Cram covers all this, and more: " Planning, installing, upgrading, and securing VMware ESX/ESXi " Configuring ESX/ESXi virtual and network distributed switches, management networks, SANs, and datastores " Installing and configuring vCenter Server and client plug-ins " Running and managing virtual machines and vApps " Managing compliance via VMware vCenter Update Manager and host profiles " Enforcing service levels with VMware clusters and fault tolerant VMs " Migration, backup, troubleshooting, and alarms Simply put, this book and CD-ROM bring together all the knowledge professionals need to walk into the exam room with confidence - and pass their VCP4 exams

* All you need to know to pass the new VCP4 exam, including extensive coverage of ESX Server 4 and vSphere 4
* Designed to help you rapidly assess where you stand - and quickly master what you need to learn.
* Includes test-taking strategies, time-saving tips, Exam Notes, and two sample exams delivered by the state-of-the-art MeasureUp test engine.

CONTENTS:

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: Introducing vSphere 4

What Is Virtualization?

    Why You Need Virtualization

    Types of Virtualization

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

Virtual Machine Overview

    Simulation and Emulation

    Virtual and Physical Machine Comparison

    Why vSphere 4?

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

vSphere 4 Suite

    VMware View

    VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

    VMware vCenter Lab Manager

    What Is VMFS?

    The VMkernel

    The Service Console

    The vSphere Client

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

CHAPTER 2: Planning, Installing, and Configuring ESX/ESXi 4.1

ESX 4.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements

    Disk Partitioning ESX 4.1

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

Installing ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1

    Installing ESX 4.1 Using a CD-ROM

    Installing ESXi 4.1

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

ESX 4.1 Post-Installation Configurations

    Accessing ESX Using the vSphere Client

    Accessing ESX Using SSH

    Modifying Service Console Memory Allocation

    Configuring NTP Client on ESX Server

    Troubleshooting ESX 4.1 Installation

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

CHAPTER 3: vNetworking Operations

What Are Virtual Switches?

    Cram Quiz

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Comparing Physical and Virtual Switches

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

Standard Virtual Switches (vSS) and Port Group Types

    Types of Virtual Switches

    Types of Virtual Switch Port Groups

    Cram Quiz

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VLANs in Virtual Networking

    Trunk Ports

    802.1Q VLAN Tagging

    Private VLANs

    Cram Quiz

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Virtual Switch Policies

    Virtual Switch Security

    Traffic Shaping

    Physical Switch VLAN

    Port Blocking

    NIC Teaming

    Cram Quiz

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vNetwork Distributed Switches

    Advantages of vDS

    vDS Components and Architecture

    Cram Quiz

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Networking Maximums

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 4: vStorage Operations

Storage in vSphere 4

Fiber Channel

    FC SAN Architecture

    Masking

    Zoning

    FC Addressing

    Cram Quiz

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iSCSI

    iSCSI Addressing

    Software Initiator

    Hardware Initiator

    Cram Quiz

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Network Attached Storage

    ESX Features on NFS Datastores

    Configuring NFS Datastores

    Cram Quiz

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Virtual Machine File System

    Extending a VMFS

    Growing a VMFS

    Multipathing

    Pluggable Storage Architecture

    Cram Quiz

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Thin Provisioning

    Thin Provisioning in vSphere 4

    Thin

    Thick (Zeroedthick)

    Eagerzeroedthick

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 5: Administration with vCenter

Planning and Installing vCenter

    vCenter Blueprint

    vCenter Preinstallation

    vCenter Database Design

    vCenter Installation

    vCenter Licensing

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answer

Designing a Functional vCenter Inventory

    Folders

    Datacenters

    Clusters

    Cram Quiz

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Administration with vCenter

    Linked Mode

    vSphere Client Tabs

    Lockdown Mode

    Plug-ins

    Client Settings

    vCenter Maximums

    Cram Quiz

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    vCenter Server Backup and High Availability

    vCenter Heartbeat

    Clustering vCenter

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 6: Virtual Machine Operations

Virtual Machine Defined

    Virtual Hardware

    Virtual Machine Files

    Virtual Machine Maximums

    Cram Quiz

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Creating a Virtual Machine

    Installing a Guest Operating System

    Understanding VMware Tools

    Cram Quiz

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Understanding and Working with Templates

    Creating Templates

    Guest OS Customization

    Deploying Virtual Machines

    Cram Quiz

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Managing Virtual Machines, Virtual Appliances, and vApps

    Cold Migration

    What Are Snapshots?

    Deploying Virtual Appliances

    What Is VMware vApp?

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

Advanced VM Operations

    Using VMware vCenter Converter

    Using vCenter Guided Consolidation

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 7: vSphere Security and Web Access

vSphere Security Model

    Users, Roles, Privileges, and Permissions

    Working with Roles

    Assigning Permissions

    vCenter Security

    ESX Server Security

    Cram Quiz

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Web Access

    Web Access Minimum Requirements

    Remote Console URL

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 8: Managing vSphere Resources

VM CPU and Memory Management

    Using Resource Pools to Govern CPU/Memory Resources

    Cram Quiz

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vMotion and Storage vMotion

    vMotion

    Storage vMotion

    Cram Quiz

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Distributed Resource Scheduler

    DRS Automation Process

    DRS Cluster Validity

    DRS Rules

    VMware EVC

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 9: Monitoring vSphere Resources

Resource Optimization Concepts

    Virtual CPU

    Virtual Memory

    Cram Quiz

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Monitoring Virtual Machines and Hosts

    CPU

    Memory

    Disk

    Network

Monitoring with Alarms

    Cram Quiz

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CHAPTER 10: Backup and High Availability

Backup Scenarios

    Virtual Machine Backup Options

    Host Backup Options

    VMware Consolidated Backup

    Data Recovery

    Cram Quiz

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High Availability

    Virtual Machine Failure Monitoring

    HA Configuration Prerequisites

    Service Console Redundancy

    Host Failover Capacity Planning

    Host Isolation

    Virtual Machine Recovery Priority

    MSCS Clustering

    VMware Fault Tolerance

    Cram Quiz

    Cram Quiz Answers

VCP4 Practice Exam

Answers to VCP4 Practice Exam

APPENDIX A: Need to Know More?

Glossary

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