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VCAP5 - DCD resources
Essendon
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To give back to the community that helped me greatly in preparing for this exam, here's a thread containing links I found useful. Please note that due to the open-ended nature of the blueprint, this is not an exhaustive list of resources you may need. Read, read, keep reading and then read some more - that's how you prepare for this.Feel free to post your own links into this thread and I'll add them to the list. So without much further ado, here you go.
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- Thin Provisioning – What’s the scoop? | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs
- Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? - Virtual Geek
- http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-WP-vSPHR-NAS-USLET-101-WEB.pdf
- EMC VNX and Celerra Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) - Free Download
- vSphere 5 New Networking Features – Enhanced NIOC | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs
- The Great vSwitch Debate – one BIG .pdf file… | Ken's Virtual Reality
- » Etherchannel and IP Hash or Load Based Teaming? Long White Virtual Clouds
- https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-19992
- Understanding security risk management: Recovery time requirements
- DRBC Design - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Fundamentals
- Stretched Clusters and VMware vCenterTM Site Recovery Manager
- vSphere 5.0 HA and metro / stretched cluster solutions - Yellow Bricks
- https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9429
- http://www.vhersey.com/2012/12/home-lab-srm-part-1-environment-setup/
- VMware Site Recovery Manager with LeftHand VSA | Virtual Lifestyle
- SRM FAQ! - Yellow Bricks
- https://blogs.vmware.com/tp/files/vsphr-cs-mtro-stor-clstr-uslet-102-hi-res.pdf ** MUST read
- Architectural Decisions | CloudXC
- Customer Stories by product - VMware vSphere
- http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-19627
- VMware KB: Advanced configuration options for VMware High Availability in vSphere 5.x
- Standby vCenter Server for disaster recovery - Yellow Bricks
- vSphere Documentation Center
- Storage IO Control, Storage DRS and Auto-Tiering Datastores, Part 1 | Tintri
- DataCore SANSymphony-V - Auto Tiering & VMware DRS Problem | vtricks.com ** Read the entire series about auto-tiering and SDRS and how they play with each other.
- Storage DRS I/O load balancing and Array-based Auto-Tiering - frankdenneman.nl
- My first Auto Deploy design for real production environment - Gabes Virtual World
- VCAP5-DCD Study Guide - VirtuallyHyperVirtuallyHyper
- VCAP5-DCD Study Guide | Virten.net
- New study guides for VCAP5 and VCP5 exams preparation
- VCAP5-DCD Study Guide - VirtuallyHyperVirtuallyHyper ** I used this mainly
- http://www.elasticsky.co.uk/dcdguide Great collection of vmware pdf's.
- VMware vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive (Volume 1): Duncan Epping, Frank Denneman: 9781478183419: Amazon.com: Books
- Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere Deployments: Sean Crookston, Harley Stagner: 9780321820471: Amazon.com: Books
- Storage Implementation in vSphere 5.0 (VMware Press): Mostafa Khalil: 9780321799937: Amazon.com: Books
- VMware vSphere 5® Building a Virtual Datacenter (VMware Press Technology): Eric Maille, René-Francois Mennecier: 9780321832214: Amazon.com: Books
- VMware vSphere Design: Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe, Kendrick Coleman: 9781118407912: Amazon.com: Books
- VMware vSphere Performance: Designing CPU, Memory, Storage, and Networking for Performance-Intensive Workloads: Matt Liebowitz, Christopher Kusek, Rynardt Spies: 9781118008195: Amazon.com: Books ** Not out yet, but should be good
- VMworld 2012 Session STO2980: VMware vSphere 5 Storage Best Practices - YouTube ** You must watch all VMworld videos similar to this one, very very useful
- Storage Design for VMware vSphere 5.0 with Mostafa Khalil - YouTube
- Attend the vSphere Design Workshop if you can. For my review, check vSphere 5 Design Workshop | Everything Virtual!
- VCDX Boot Camp
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Optionsdave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■I'll post my handwritten notes when I've been able to scan and convert them to a pdf.
Your handwritten notes are legible to other people?2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
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Optionsstevets Member Posts: 15 ■□□□□□□□□□Is the DCD still based on 5.0 or have they upgraded to 5.1/5.5?
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OptionsEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■They just say 5.x in the exam, no question is about 5.0 or 5.1 specifically. But they will upgrade in Feb/March, this info is from the VMware forums.
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Optionsstevets Member Posts: 15 ■□□□□□□□□□Excellent, thanks! I'll be sitting that exam on Friday. I'm not sure why I hadn't thought about the versioning a lot sooner. Thanks for the list of resources, too!
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OptionsTheProf Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 331 ■■■■□□□□□□Dude you're helping me out big time with this thread! Thanks for posting! I started collecting resources as well but most of them you've already mentioned here.
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Optionstbgree00 Member Posts: 553 ■■■■□□□□□□Thanks a lot! I want this exam. I took the design workshop and feel like it was really helpful.I finally started that blog - www.thomgreene.com
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Optionsalxx Member Posts: 755Awesome thanks for the links!Goals CCNA by dec 2013, CCNP by end of 2014
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OptionsKonflikt Member Posts: 43 ■■■□□□□□□□nice post. i will check soon, all of themfor 2013: [x] 3x VCA, [x] VCAP5-DCA, [-] VCAP-DCD - failed. PASSED in 2014
for 2014: [x] BACP, [x] SCP, [x] 70-409, [x] VCAP-DCD
for 2015: [x] VCP6-DCV,
for 2016: [x] upgrade VCAPs to VCIX6-DCV, [x] CCNA [-]
2019: NEW job, back to again to the datacenter area:)
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OptionsQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
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Optionstomtom1 Member Posts: 375Stumbled across this on the VMware forums, which is a good read for both the logical and physical network design, if it involves DMZ related traffic and security is of the essence:
The vSwitch ILLUSION and DMZ virtualization : BRAD HEDLUND -
Optionsjibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□where from i can download vsphere 5.5?
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI55U2&productId=353My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com -
OptionsDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496Stumbled across this on the VMware forums, which is a good read for both the logical and physical network design, if it involves DMZ related traffic and security is of the essence:
The vSwitch ILLUSION and DMZ virtualization : BRAD HEDLUND
Really liked this article. Doing networking myself right now I fully understand the concepts and practises. I see that me going to at-least CCNA currently and with CCNP someday will be very useful for VMware land. -
Optionsmu5ic92 Member Posts: 27 ■□□□□□□□□□What resource is recommend to use as a lab environment? I know a laptop with a good CPU and ram is recommend but what if I dont have one?
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OptionsTacoRocket Member Posts: 497 ■■■■□□□□□□You're trying to go for VCAP? You might want to look at the 6 version.These articles and posts are my own opinion and do not reflect the view of my employer.
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OptionsiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□Version 6 for the VCAP/VCIX DCD isn't out yet. Believe me, I am waiting for it2019: GPEN | GCFE | GXPN | GICSP | CySA+
2020: GCIP | GCIA
2021: GRID | GDSA | Pentest+
2022: GMON | GDAT
2023: GREM | GSE | GCFA
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OptionsEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■Sometimes you need to look around a bit harder https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vcix-6-study-group
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OptionsDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496Sometimes you need to look around a bit harder https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vcix-6-study-group
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OptionsDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496Loving the article(s) Manny. Posted some questons for you and the group. Who else is in the group?
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OptionsDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496love the VCIX 6 content Manny in the Study Group, keep it up!!!!