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ISBN 10: 142006599
ISBN 13: 9781420065992 
Author: Merle Ilgenfritz, John Ilgenfritz

Written by VM-certified instructors with years of professional and teaching experience, VMware Certified Professional Test Prep is the ultimate guide to the VCP exam. Its organized and highly practical approach will help administrators successfully complete the exam while also maximizing their ability to apply this tool on the job. The guide covers the body of knowledge required of a VMware certified professional, provides the tools needed to keep that knowledge current, and helps develop the wherewithal to apply that knowledge to real solutions. Covering the ESX 3.0.x through ESX 3.5.x releases that are the focus of the VCP test, this volume: Reproduces many of the real-world examples that have proven very helpful to students in the authors’ classrooms Applies step-by-step instructions to more than 700 software screenshots, providing a virtual hands-on experience Points to Web resources that will keep the reader current with the latest advances Includes logistical information on the test, including costs and class location Covers background information on various topics such as storage and networking to provide a complete understanding on the implementation of a VMWare VI3 solution Provides questions at the end of the chapters that cover the important concepts Also of great use to those administrators who have already received their certification, this book includes solutions to many of the common gotchas that they are certain to encounter in virtual environments. In particular, capacity-planning concepts reveal the specific details needed to make full use of VMware’s unique resource management capabilities. Troubleshooting tips appear throughout the book, making it a useful resource in the virtualized datacenter.

VMware certified professional test prep 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: VMware Certified Professional Test Requirements

• Official Web Resource
• Certification Requirements
• VMware Sanctioned Classes
• Prerequisite Skills: Hardware, SAN, Windows OS, Linux OS, and Supported Guest OS’s
• After Attending the Course
• Testing Details
• Test Cost
• After You Pass the Exam
• External References

Chapter 2: Overview of VMware Products and Technologies

• What Is Virtualization?
• Physical and Virtual Infrastructure Differences
• VMware Product Overview
• VMware ESX 3.5
• VMware ESXi
• VMware VirtualCenter 2.x
• VMware Server
• VMware Workstation
• VMware Fusion
• VMware ACE 2.x
• Virtual Laptops
• Legacy OS Support
• Sandbox Environments
• Training and Education Environments
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
• VMware Converter 3.x
• VMware Player
• Virtual Appliances
• VMware Lab Manager
• VMware Site Recovery Manager
• External References
• Sample Test Questions
• Sample Test Solutions

Chapter 3: ESX 3.5 Server Installation

• Planning an ESX 3.5 Server Software Installation
• Pre-installation Requirements
• Systems Compatibility Guide for ESX 3.5
• CPU Requirements
• Maximum CPU Configurations
• Memory Requirements
• I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX 3.5
• Network Interfaces
• Storage Interfaces and Disks
• Acquiring the ESX 3.5 Installation Software
• Starting the Installation Process
• The First Install Screen
• The CD Media Test Screen
• The Welcome Screen
• The Select Keyboard Screen
• The Select Mouse Screen
• The End User License Agreement Screen
• The Internal Disk is Unreadable Pop-up Message
• The SAN Disk is Unreadable Pop-up Message
• Disk Space Requirements for Installation Partitions
• The Partition Options Screen
• /boot Partition
• Swap Partition
• The / File System
• VMFS3 File System
• vmkcore Partition
• /home File System
• /tmp File System
• /var/log File System
• The Partition Disks Screen
• The Advanced Options Screen
• Configuring the Network Connection
• Choosing the Right NIC
• Setting IP Addressing, Host Name, VLAN
• Setting the ESX 3.5 Server’s Time Zone
• Setting the ESX 3.5 Server’s Root Password
• The About to Install Screen
• The Installing Packages Screen
• The ESX Server 3 Installer Complete Screen
• The ESX 3.5 Server GRUB Screen
• The ESX 3.5 Server Console Screen
• Connecting to the ESX 3.5 Server via the VI Client
• The CLI Interface
• The VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client Download Link
• The Configuration Tab
• ESX 3.5 Server Processor Configuration
• Other Hardware Configuration Links
• Other Software Configuration Links
• Other VI Client Tabs
• The Web Client Interface
• Licensing
• Installing Licenses
• ESX 3.5 Editions
• VI Foundation
• VI Standard
• VI Enterprise
• Purchasing Licenses
• Enabling Licensed Features
• Setting the License Type
• Configured ESX 3.5 Licenses
• Upgrading from ESX 2.x to ESX 3.5
• Configuring the Network Time Protocol Service
• ESXi Installable Installation
• Troubleshooting Common ESX 3.5 Server Installation Problems
• WebUI Client Cannot Connect to Web Server
• Incorrect Network Configuration on the ESX 3.5 Server
• NTP Synchronization Issues
• The ESX 3.5 Server Does Not Boot Properly
• /var/log/boot.log
• /var/log/VMware/hostd.log
• External References
• Sample Test Questions
• Sample Test Solutions

Chapter 4: ESX 3.5 Server Networking Configurations

• Physical NICs in an ESX 3.5 Server
• Virtual Switches
• Protocol Support on Virtual Switches
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• VLAN Trunking Protocol and Dynamic Trunking Protocol
• Inter-Switch Linking Protocol
• Port Aggregation Control Protocol and Link Aggregation Control Protocol
• Virtual Switch Properties
• Promiscuous Mode
• MAC Address Changes
• Forged Transmits
• Traffic Shaping Policy
• NIC Teaming
• Load Balancing
• Route Based on the Originating Virtual Port ID Load Balancing Method
• Route Based on IP Hash
• Route Based on Source MAC Hash
• Explicit Failover Order
• Network Failover Detection
• Link Status Only
• Beacon Probing
• Notify Switches
• Failback
• NIC Teams
• Reverse Teaming
• Virtual Switch Connection Types
• Service Console Port
• VMkernel Port
• Virtual Machine Port Groups
• Port Group Configurations
• CLI Physical NIC to Virtual Switch Linking
• Setting Active, Standby, and Unused Physical NICs
• Troubleshooting Common Virtual Infrastructure Network Problems
• Mis-configured Firewall Settings
• Ports Used
• Critical Services Not Running
• Query Service Status
• Enable Service
• Disable Service
• Capturing Network Traffic
• Cannot Connect to the Service Console
• Service Console
• NIC Teaming
• External References
• Sample Test Questions
• Sample Test Solutions

Chapter 5: ESX 3.5 Server Storage Configurations

• What Are the Available Storage Options for Your Virtual Infrastructure?
• Local Storage
• Private Storage
• Shared Storage
• IDE Storage Devices
• SCSI Storage Devices
• Fibre Channel Storage Devices
• Fibre Channel Storage Arrays
• Fibre Channel Storage LUNs
• Fibre Channel Zoning
• Fibre Channel Hard Zoning
• Improved Security
• Improved Control of the Storage Resources
• Centralized Management of the Zoning Capabilities on the SAN
• Fibre Channel Storage LUN Sizing
• iSCSI Devices
• iSCSI Software Initiators
• Configuring the iSCSI Software Initiator
• Target Discovery Methods
• The Static Discovery Method
• CHAP Authentication
• iSCSI Hardware Initiators
• Configuring iSCSI Hardware Initiators
• Advanced Settings
• NAS/NFS Networked-Based Storage
• NFS Datastores
• Configuring the ESX 3.5 Server to Use an NFS Datastore
• Advanced NFS Datastore Settings
• ESX 3.5 Server LUN Configuration
• ESX 3.5 Server Storage Block and File System Sizes
• Multipathing
• Modifying Multipathing Policies
• Path Thrashing
• Storage Considerations and Planning
• RAID Level of Storage LUNs
• RAID 0 Striping
• RAID 1 – Mirroring
• RAID 2 – Hamming Code
• RAID 3 – Single Parity Disk
• RAID 4 – Independent Reads/Writes
• RAID 5 – Parity Across All Disks
• RAID 1+0 – Mirrored Set in a Striped Set
• Additional RAID Levels
• I/O Bus Capacities
• SCSI Bus Performance
• SCSI-1
• SCSI-2
• SCSI-3
• Fibre Channel Bus Performance
• iSCSI Bus Performance
• NFS Bus Performance
• The VMware File System
• VMFS Metadata
• Configuring ESX 3.5 Storage Extents
• To Remove an Extent
• RDM – Raw Device Mapping
• Virtual Compatibility Mode
• Physical Compatibility Mode
• Support for Microsoft Cluster Service
• Booting From the SAN
• Troubleshooting Common Storage Infrastructure Problems
• Fibre Channel Storage
• iSCSI Storage

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