VCA-DCV Official Cert Guide: VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization
About this ebook
- Master VMware certification exam topics
- Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
- Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks
- Reinforce your learning with web-based practice exams
- An excellent "fundamentals" book on vSphere
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The Official VCA-DCV Certification Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VCA-DCV, the VMware Certified Associate on Data Center Virtualization exam (VCAD510). Experts Matt Vandenbeld and Jonathan MacDonald share 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.
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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 official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCA-DCV exam, including the following:
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- Datacenter virtualization: What is it and what are the components?
- Business challenges solved by virtualization
- Core components of vSphere: the virtual machine, ESXI, high availability
- vSphere storage, including physical versus virtual, storage types, thin provisioning, and more
- vSphere networking fundamentals, physical versus virtual switches, components, policies, I/O
- Mapping business challenges to vSphere solutions
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The Official VCA-DCV Certification 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.
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About the author
Matthew (Matt) Vandenbeld is a dual VCDX, obtaining the certification inboth Cloud and Data center (VCDX-DCV, VCDX-CLOUD). He also holds VCAP-DCD/DCA/CID/CIA and many other industry certifications. He is currently a Solutions Architect in the Global Center of Excellence at VMware. His role is to create solutions pertaining to the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), train experts in delivering SDDC solutions, and assist in high-end escalations. Matt is very involved in the VMware community; he regularly attends VMUGs in his region, blogs at cloudmatt.com, participates in community podcasts, and is active on Twitter (@vcloudmatt). Matt is passionate about virtualization and assisting the development of others in the industry.
Jonathan McDonald is currently a Senior Solutions Engineer at VMware, participating in the development of validated solution architectures, comprehensive professional services, and scalable deep technical training as a part of the Professional Services Engineering group of VMware Global Services. He has been with VMware since 2005. Prior to joining Professional Services Engineering, Jonathan was a Staff Technical Support Engineer with VMware Global Support Services, specializing in the vCenter product and supporting technologies. In this role, he dealt with customer escalations, mentoring, and interactions with the internal product engineering teams. Through these different functions, he was able to provide not only reactive support for in-depth technical problems, but also proactive support by trending on the most commonly experienced problems and providing this information to engineering. Jonathan regularly speaks at VMware conferences and workshops (VMworld, Tech Summit, VMUG, and Customer Support Days) as well as other industry events. Jonathan is a great supporter of VMware Certifications, having completed 17 VMware technical certifications since 2006. He has also participated in the development of VMware’s VCP- and VCAP-level content for Data center and Cloud certifications.
