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mokaiba · March 2014

Create and configure virtual machine settings.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure dynamic memory; configure smart paging; configure Resource Metering; configure guest integration services; create and configure Generation 1 and 2 virtual machines; configure and use extended session mode, and configure RemoteFX
Create and configure virtual machine storage.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Create VHDs and VHDx; configure differencing drives; modify VHDs; configure pass-through disks; manage checkpoints; implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter; configure storage Quality of Service
Create and configure virtual networks.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Hyper-V virtual switches; optimize network performance; configure MAC addresses; configure network isolation; configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters; configure NIC teaming in virtual machines

Configure and Manage Virtual Machine High Availability (15-20%)

Configure failover clustering with Hyper-V.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure shared storage; configure Quorum; configure cluster networking; restore single node or cluster configuration; implement Cluster Aware Updating; upgrade a cluster; configure and optimize clustered shared volumes; and configure clusters without network names
Manage failover clustering roles.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure role-specific settings including continuously available shares; configure VM monitoring; configure failover and preference settings; and configure guest clustering
Manage virtual machine movement.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Perform Live Migration; perform quick migration; perform storage migration; import, export, and copy VMs; configure Virtual Machine network health protection; configure drain on shutdown; manage Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migrations; and implement virtual machine migration between clouds

Implement a Server Virtualization Infrastructure (35-40%)

Implement virtualization hosts.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: implement delegation of virtualization environment (hosts, services, and virtual machines) including self-service capabilities; implement multi-host libraries including equivalent objects; implement host resource optimization; integrate third-party virtualization platforms; and deploying Hyper-V hosts to bare metal
Implement virtual machines.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Implement highly available VMs; implement guest resource optimization including shared VHDx; configure placement rules; create a Virtual Machine Manager template
Implement virtualization networking.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Virtual Machine Manager logical networks including virtual switch extensions and logical switches; configure IP address and MAC address settings across multiple Hyper-V hosts including network virtualization; configure virtual network optimization; plan and implement Windows Server Gateway; implement VLANs and pVLANs; plan and implement virtual machine networks; and implement converged networks
Implement virtualization storage.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Hyper-V host clustered storage; configure Hyper-V virtual machine storage including virtual Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and shared VHDx; plan for storage optimization; and plan and implement storage by using SMB 3.0 file shares
Manage and maintain a server virtualization infrastructure.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: Manage dynamic optimization and resource optimization; integrate Operations Manager with System Center Virtual Machine Manager and System Center Service Manager; update virtual machine images in libraries; implement backup and recovery of a virtualization infrastructure by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Monitor and Maintain a Server Virtualization Infrastructure (15-20%)

Plan and implement a monitoring strategy.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: planning considerations including monitoring servers using Audit Collection Services (ACS) and System Center Global Service Monitor, performance monitoring, application monitoring, centralized monitoring, and centralized reporting; implement and optimize System Center 2012 Operations Manager management packs; and plan for monitoring Active Directory
Plan and implement a business continuity and disaster recovery solution.
- This objective may include but is not limited to: plan a backup and recovery strategy; planning considerations including Active Directory domain and forest recovery, Hyper-V replica including using Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager, domain controller restore and cloning, and Active Directory object and container restore using authoritative restore and Recycle Bin; and plan for and implement backup and recovery by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

tprice5 · March 2014

Thanks for putting in the effort to put this together, +1. Hoping for a sticky?

mokaiba · March 2014

Passed with 862. The info above is all you need to know in order to pass this exam. Please sticky this thread.

markrosoft · March 2014

Not a difficult exam.
Scored an 812 this morning all all I attended was TechEd sessions and the 1 Day Microsoft IT Camp in Brisbane.. plus experience in using this.

Good Luck!

SweenMachine · March 2014

This thread was definitely the catalyst which lead to me passing this exam!

Thanks SO much for the resource.

-scott

bennyvdotcom · April 2014

I signed up to post in this thread! This should be a sticky! The content in this along with MVA got me a pass today! Cheers OP.

someperson49 · August 2015

Thanks for the info.

MariusRZR · December 2016

I would like to add this SCVMM Tutorial to the list.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager for Beginners (Part 7)

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