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The VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending exam preparation tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.     • Master VMware VCAP5-DCD exam topics   • Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes   • Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks   • Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD   The VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5–Data Center Design exam. VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) Paul McSharry shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.   The companion DVD contains a powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take a complete, timed exam. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most. Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.   The VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide is part of a recommended learning  path from VMware that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized VMware instructors and self-study products from VMware Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning,  and hands-on instruction offered worldwide, please visit  www.vmware.com/training.   PAUL MCSHARRY (VCP, VCAP, VCI, MCSE, MCITP, CompTIA CTT+ and Microsoft MCT credentials), has more than 15 years of IT experience and is an independent virtualization consultant and instructor based  in the United Kingdom. When not working in the field, he is often found instructing VMware-authorized classes for various VMware authorized training providers. He has been awarded the vExpert designation  for his work within the VMware community and blogs at http://www.elasticsky.co.uk.     The official study guide  helps you master many of the topics on the VCAP5-DCD  exam, including   • Understanding the design process and associated terminology   • Creating the design, information gathering, and logical design presentation   • Making meaningful choices  in virtualization design   • Creating logical designs and the process to evolve them into the final physical design   • Comprehending project execution and the order of delivery, task validation,  and project documentation   • Preparing for the exam with tips and strategy   • Reviewing the VCAP-DCD experience    

Table of Contents:
Introduction xvii   Chapter 1 Introduction to Technical Design 3 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 3 Foundation Topics 6 What Is a Technical Design? 6  Where Do We Start? What Are We Doing? 6  What Makes a Good Designer? 6  A Familiar Scenario...? 7 The Technical Design Process 7  Vision 8  Scope 9  Requirements 9  Constraints 9  Assumptions 9  Risks 10 Project Deliverables 10  Building a Realistic and Executable Plan of Approach 11  General Guidelines for a Good Technical Design 12  Learning from Experience 12  Measuring Project Success 13 Exam Preparation Tasks 13 Review All Key Topics 13 Design Scenarios 14 Definitions of Key Terms 14 Read the Technical Material with a Designer’s Hat On 14 Review Questions 15   Chapter 2 Creating a Design 19 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 19 Foundation Topic 22 Gathering Information and Spotting the Gaps 22 Presenting the Data Gathered 26  Key Points from the Summary of Stakeholder Interviews 27  Milestone Plan and Technical Approach 28  Milestone Phases 28  Justification for Design Choices 28 Real-Life Tips 29 Exam Preparation Tasks 29 Review All Key Topics 29 Design Scenario 30 Definitions of Key Terms 30 Review Questions 30   Chapter 3 Thoughts on Good Choices for Virtualization and Design 35 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 35 Foundation Topics 38 What Makes a Good Choice for Virtualization, and What Is a Good Design? 38 “It’s Okay, We Have HA!” 41  RTO, RPO, and All That Stuff 42  Single Points of Failure and Risk 43  What Is DR, and When Is It Invoked? 45 Platform and Operations: The Roles 45  “Did Someone Change Something on Production?” 47  When to Virtualize? 48 Exam Preparation Tasks 50 Review All Key Topics 50 Design Scenario 50 Definitions of Key Terms 51 Review Questions 52   Chapter 4 Developing a Design on Paper and Delivering It Physically 55 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 55 Foundation Topics 60 How to Approach vSphere Technical Design 60  Transitioning to a Physical Design: A Common Approach and Process 61  vSphere Platform Components 63 Design Thoughts, Choices, and Impact Considerations 64  Storage Design: Logical and Physical Approaches 64  Storage Tiering 66  vSphere Storage Design Decisions 69  Design Approaches and Development 70  Developing a Physical Storage Design 71  Examples of Recommended Best Practices 72  Network Design: Logical and Physical Design to Allow Applications to Flow 73  vNetworks: Planning from the Basics 74  Creating a Logical Design 78  Moving from the Logical Design to the Physical Design 81  Compute and Host Design 82  Management/Platform Design 85 The Importance of vMotion, VMware HA, and Fault Tolerance 90  Admission Control, and I Don’t Have the Power, Captain! 91  Restart Priority 92  Guest Machine Placement 93 Now What Do I Do? 93 Exam Preparation Tasks 94 Review All Key Topics 94 Design Scenario 95 Definitions of Key Terms 95 Review Questions 96   Chapter 5 Virtual Machine Design 99 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 99 Foundation Topics 104 Virtual Machines—From the Design Perspective 104  It’s All About the Application 105  Design Approaches 107  What Should a VM Contain? 108 Guest Virtual Machine Component Considerations 110  Reservations, Limits, and Shares 111  Network Considerations 112  Storage Considerations 113  CPU Considerations 114  vSphere Platform-wide Considerations 115  Antivirus Solutions for a vSphere Admin 116  vApps 117 OVFs 119 Exam Preparation Tasks 120 Review All Key Topics 120 Design Scenario 120 Define Key Terms 121 Review Questions 121 Question Scenario 122   Chapter 6 Project Execution 125 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 125 Foundation Topics 127 Implementation Approach and Order of Delivery 127  Establishing the Order of Delivery 128  Technical Approach 128 Validation, Thoughts, and Processes 130  Going Live and the Bedding-in Period 135 Documentation and Delivery 136  Implementation Plans 137  Installation Guides 137 Exam Preparation Tasks 139 Review All Key Topics 139 Design Scenario 139 Definitions of Key Terms 140 Review Questions 141   Chapter 7 Tips For Passing The Exam 143 The Blueprint 143 Studying for the Test and Real-Life Designing 144  The Exam Design Tool 144  Tips for E-design Tool Questions 145 My VCAP5-DCD Experience 146 Exam Preparation Tasks 147 Final Preparation Tasks 147 Real-Life Tips from Field and Design Defenses 147   Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes and Chapter Review Questions 149   Appendix B Recommended Reading and Assumed Platform Knowledge 153 Section 1: VMware Recommended Reading List 154 Section 2: Assumed Platform Knowledge 155 Section 3: vSphere Design Choice Thoughts 158   Glossary 165   Index 169

About the Author :
Paul McSharry is an independent virtualization consultant and instructor based in the UK. He has been an IT professional for 15 years and now specializes in virtualization technologies and web hosting solutions, working with large retail and financial enterprises. When not working in the field, he is often instructing the VMware-authorized classes for various VMware VATCs. Paul holds a variety of vendor-based IT certifications, such as MCSE, MCITP, VCP, and VCAP, and he is also a qualified IT instructor, holding VMware Certified Instructor (VCI), CompTIA CTT+, and Microsoft MCT credentials. His recent consultancy projects include the following:   ¿ Producing a large-scale hybrid cloud platform to deploy and enable secure e-discovery web-based applications for data review ¿ Several large datacenter migrations using various vSphere platforms ¿ Multiple public and private vCloud director platform designs and implementations ¿ Several enterprise-wide VMware view-based VDI deployments   Paul is an active blogger ( http://www.elasticsky.co.uk ) and Twitter user (@pmcsharry). He has also been awarded the vExpert designation for his work in the VMware community for two years running (2012–2013).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789750181
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: VMWare Press
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Sub Title: VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Design
  • Width: 194 mm
  • ISBN-10: 078975018X
  • Publisher Date: 29 Aug 2013
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 574 gr


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