About VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization
This exam validates you have the skills required to successfully install, deploy, scale and manage VMware vSphere environments. Successful candidates demonstrate mastery of these skills and abilities.
Knowledge Required
A candidate for the VCP6-DCV certification has approximately six months of experience working with a vSphere implementation. They are typically infrastructure personnel who are capable of installing and configuring ESXi Hosts and can use VMware vCenter™ Server to monitor, manage, troubleshoot and administer virtual machines.
The successful candidate will most likely have additional industry-recognized general IT certifications or equivalent experience (typically 2-5 years).
Exam Outline
The VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) Exam covers the following topics -
Section 1 – Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security
Objective 1.1 – Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control
Objective 1.2 – Secure ESXi, vCenter Server and vSphere Virtual Machines
Objective 1.3 – Enable SSO and Active Directory Integration
Section 2 – Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking
Objective 2.1 – Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation
Objective 2.2 – Configure Network I/O Control (NIOC)
Section 3 – Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage
Objective 3.1 – Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization
Objective 3.2 – Configure Software-defined Storage
Objective 3.3 – Configure vSphere Storage Multi-pathing and Failover
Objective 3.4 – Perform Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations and Upgrades
Objective 3.5 – Setup and Configure Storage I/O Control
Section 4 – Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x
Objective 4.1 – Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades
Objective 4.2 – Perform vCenter Server Upgrades
Section 5 – Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources
Objective 5.1 – Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools
Section 6 – Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment
Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution
Section 7 – Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment
Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines
Objective 7.2 – Troubleshoot vSphere Storage and Network Issues
Objective 7.3 – Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades
Section 8 – Deploy and Consolidate vSphere Data Center
Objective 8.1 – Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy
Objective 8.2 – Customize Host Profile Settings
Section 9 – Configure and Administer vSphere Availability Solutions
Objective 9.1 – Configure Advanced vSphere HA Features
Objective 9.2 – Configure Advanced vSphere DRS Features
Section 10 – Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines
Objective 10.1 – Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings
Objective 10.2 – Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library
