Quick note: The exam blueprint is no longer available in a PDF form. For those interested I’ve collated all the information which can be found in my VCP6-DCV study checklist.
Official Resources:
- VMware, VCP6-DCV Official Certification Page (Covers new and existing candidate requirements)
- VMware vSphere 6 Courses
- vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6]
- vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] On Demand
- vSphere: Optimize & Scale [V6]
- vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6] On Demand
- VMware vSphere: Bootcamp [V6]
- VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6]
- VMware vSphere: Design and Deploy Fast Track [V6]
- VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V6]
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage plus Optimize and Scale Fast Track [V6.0]
- VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V6.0]
- vSphere Documentation Centre
- VMware Learning Zone:
Evaluation:
- Don’t have a home lab, have a look at VMware Hands on Labs: Test Drive a VMware vSphere 6 Environment
- You can run vSphere 6 nested inside ESXi or on VMware Workstation (Windows) and VMware Fusion (Mac).
- Thinking of going nested: Have a look at William Lam’s Nested Virtualization support page.
- Download and install vSphere 6 in your home lab, ISO’s available from VMware.
Practice Exam:
Study Tips:
- Use a Proficiency Matrix. Rene Van Den Bedem (aka. VCDX133) has a great post on this. In this blog post Rene looks at breaking the learning objective down into its logical components, and measuring one’s knowledge against a skills matrix.
Additional Resources:
- VMware vSphere 6 Technical Publications
- The vBrownbag team have been at it again and gone through most of the VCP6-DCV objectives. Reviewing is highly recommended, content can be found via professionalvmware.com.
- Josh Coen and Jason Langer have put together their own VCP6-DCV study guide.
- Pluralsight have also released CBT content, great for listening whilst travelling on your mobile device, content covers:
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Introduction
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Configure and Administer Security
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Configure Advanced Networking
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Configure Advanced Storage
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Administer and Manage Resources
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Configure Availability Solutions
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Deploy and Consolidate a vSphere Datacenter
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Administer and Manage Virtual Machines
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment
- vSphere 6 Datacenter: Upgrade a vSphere Deployment
- Mastering vSphere 6 available from Amazon
- vSphere 6 CBT Nuggets
- VCP Community Page
Blueprint Documentation Set:
- vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
- vSphere Security Guide
- What’s New in the VMware vSphere® 6.0 Platform
- vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client Guide
- Security of the VMware vSphere® Hypervisor
- VMware Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide added to Tech Resource Directory
- VMware vCenter Server™ 6.0 Deployment Guide
- Leveraging NIC Technology to Improve Network Performance in VMware vSphere
- Performance Evaluation of Network I/O Control in VMware vSphere 6
- vSphere Storage Guide
- Best Practices for Running VMware vSphere® on iSCSI
- Administering VMware Virtual SAN
- What’s New: VMware Virtual SAN 6.0
- Virtual SAN 6.0 Performance: Scalability and Best Practices
- Multipathing Configuration for Software iSCSI Using Port Binding
- VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration (VAAI)
- vSphere Resource Management Guide
- vSphere Upgrade Guide
- vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
- VMware vCenter Server™ 6.0 Deployment Guide
- Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
- Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server 6.0 for Windows
- What’s New in VMware vSphere® Flash Read Cache®
- VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ 6.0
- vSphere Data Protection Administration Guide
- VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ Evaluation Guide
- VMware vSphere Replication Administration
- vSphere Troubleshooting Guide
- vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
- vSphere Networking Guide
- vSphere Server and Host Management Guide
- vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide (vSphere UI)
- vSphere Availability Guide
- vSphere Host Profiles Guide
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Guide
- VMware vCloud Air – Disaster Recovery User’s Guide
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