For those pursuing the VCAP6-DCV Design exam / 3V0-622 I’m creating a series of blog posts to help with your learning. The notes are all based on the official GA blueprint, my personal experience with the live exam, books and blog posts by other community members all of which I have acknowledged below.
If you have any questions about the exam, feel free to contact me on Twitter and I’ll get back to you
Section 1 – Create a vSphere Conceptual Design
- Objective 2.1 – Map Business Requirements to a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- Objective 2.2 – Map Service Dependencies
- Objective 2.3 – Build Availability Requirements into a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- Objective 2.4 – Build Manageability Requirements into a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- Objective 2.5 – Build Performance Requirements into a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- Objective 2.6 – Build Recoverability Requirements into a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- Objective 2.7 – Build Security Requirements into a vSphere 6.x Logical Design
- End of Section 2 Quiz
Section 3 – Create a vSphere 6.x Physical Design from an Existing Logical Design
- Objective 3.1 – Transition from a Logical Design to a vSphere 6.x Physical Design
- Objective 3.2 – Create a vSphere 6.x Physical Network Design from an Existing Logical Design
- Objective 3.3 – Create a vSphere 6.x Physical Storage Design from an Existing Logical Design
- Objective 3.4 – Determine Appropriate Compute Resources for a vSphere 6.x Physical Design
- Objective 3.5 – Determine Virtual Machine Configuration for a vSphere 6.x Physical Design
- Objective 3.6 – Determine Data Center Management Options for a vSphere 6.x Physical Design
- Quiz
Highly recommended reading (Alongside the acknowledgements)
Acknowledgements
Hersey Cartwright for his book VMware vSphere 6.x Datacenter Design Cookbook
Paul McSharry for the VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide book
Chris Wahl & Steven Pantol for the Official Networking for VMware Administrators book
The guys at @vMusketeers for the VCAP6-DCV Design Quiz
Jordan Roth for tips on the exam & details on how it is marked
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