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VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide (with DVD): VMware Certified Professional - Cloud
- By Tom Ralph, Nathan Raper
- Published Oct 21, 2013 by VMware Press. Part of the VMware Press Certification series.
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Description
- Copyright 2014
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7897-5165-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5165-2
VCP-Cloud 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 VCP-Cloud exam topics
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks
• Practice with realistic exam questions on the DVD
VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VMware Certified Professional - Cloud exam. VMware Certified Design Experts Tom Ralph and Nathan Raper 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.
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.
VCP-Cloud 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.
The official study guide helps you master many of the topics on the VCP-Cloud exam, including
• Installing vCloud Director and vShield Manager
• Learning the differences between roles and privileges and the principles of role-based access controls
• Coverage of the vCenter Chargeback Manager product, introducing the concept of chargeback and why it is needed in a cloud environment
• Understanding and troubleshooting vCloud Connector, including identification and functionality of the different components
• Constructing different types of vCloud networks and network pools and the requirements for each
• Creating and modifying vCloud Director organizations
• Allocating and managing vCloud resources
• Monitoring a vCloud implementation
Extras
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Premium Edition
The exciting new VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide, Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test is a digital-only certification preparation product combining an eBook with enhanced Pearson IT Certification Practice Test.
The Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test contains the following items:
- The VCP-Cloud Premium Edition Practice Test, including three full practice exams and enhanced practice test features
- PDF and ePUB formats of VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide from VMware Press, which are accessible via your PC, tablet, and smartphone
About the Premium Edition Practice Test
This Premium Edition contains an enhanced version of the Pearson IT Certification Practice Test (PCPT) software with three full practice exams. In addition, it contains all the chapter-opening assessment questions from the book. This integrated learning package
- Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams
- Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions
- Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions
- 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
Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements:
Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client; Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0; Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent); 512MB RAM; 650MB disc space plus 50MB for each downloaded practice exam
About the Premium Edition eBook
VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the VMware Certified Professional — Cloud exam. VMware Certified Design Experts Tom Ralph and Nathan Raper 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.
VCP-Cloud 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.
Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, 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.
This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the VCP-Cloud exam, including
· Installing vCloud Director and vShield Manager
· Learning the differences between roles and privileges and the principles of role-based access controls
· Coverage of the vCenter Chargeback Manager product, introducing the concept of chargeback and why it is needed in a cloud environment
· Understanding and troubleshooting vCloud Connector, including identification and functionality of the different components
· Constructing different types of vCloud networks and network pools and the requirements for each
· Creating and modifying vCloud Director organizations
· Allocating and managing vCloud resources
· Monitoring a vCloud implementation
VCP-Cloud 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.
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VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide: Allocating and Managing vCloud Resources
Table of Contents
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 Introduction to the vCloud Suite Certifications 3
Foundation Topics 3
VMware Certification Overview 3
VCP — VMware Certified Professional 4
VCAP — VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4
VCDX — VMware Certified Design Expert 4
The vCloud Suite Certifications 5
VCP-Cloud 5
VCAP-CIA (Cloud Infrastructure Administration) 7
VCAP-CID (Cloud Infrastructure Design) 7
VCDX-Cloud 8
Preparing for vCloud Certifications 9
Chapter 2 Install and Configure vCloud 11
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 11
Foundation Topics 14
Preparing to Install vCloud Director 14
Requirements for RHEL Server Installation 14
Configuring vCloud Director for Multiple Cells 15
Load Balancer Requirements 15
NFS Transfer Export 16
Activity 2-1: Configuring NFS Export 17
Activity 2-2: Installing vCloud Director 17
Certificate Creation 18
Activity 2-3: Creating Certificate Keystore 19
Activity 2-4: Creating Signed Certificates 20
Configuring the vCloud Director Database Server 21
Oracle Database 21
SQL Server 21
Installing vCloud Director 22
Activity 2-5: Installing vCloud Director 22
Installing and Configuring vShield Manager 27
Activity 2-6: Deploying vShield Manager 27
Activity 2-7: Configuring vShield Manager 31
License Options for vShield (vCloud Network and Security) 33
Activity 2-8: Registering vShield Manager to vCenter 34
Final Configuration of vCloud Director 34
vCloud Director System Settings 36
General 36
Email 38
LDAP 38
Password Policy 38
Branding 39
Public Addresses 39
Extensibility 39
Federation 40
Summary 40
Exam Preparation Tasks 40
Review All Key Topics 40
Definitions of Key Terms 41
Review Questions 41
Chapter 3 Administer vCloud Users, Roles, and Privileges 45
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 45
Foundation Topics 48
Privileges and Roles 48
What Are Privileges? 48
What Are Roles? 48
Predefined Roles in vCloud Director 48
Activity 3-1: Allowing an Organization to Publish Catalogs 50
Activity 3-2: Publishing a Catalog for Public Use 51
Custom Roles in vCloud Director 54
Activity 3-3: Creating a Custom Role from Scratch in vCloud Director 54
Activity 3-4: Creating a Custom Role by Copying an Existing Role in vCloud Director 55
Activity 3-5: Modifying an Existing Role in vCloud Director 56
Activity 3-6: Deleting an Existing Role in vCloud Director 57
Troubleshooting Roles and Privileges 57
Users and Groups in vCloud Director 57
Local Users 58
Activity 3-7: Adding a Local System Administrator to vCloud Director 58
Activity 3-8: Adding a Local User to an Organization 60
LDAP Users and Groups 60
Activity 3-9: Importing an LDAP User as a System Administrator 60
Activity 3-10: Importing an LDAP Group as a System Administrator 62
Activity 3-11: Importing an LDAP User to an Organization 63
Activity 3-12: Importing an LDAP Group to an Organization 64
LDAP Integration 64
LDAP Authentication Methods 65
Simple Authentication 65
Activity 3-13: Configuring LDAP Integration for vCloud Director Using Simple Authentication 66
Kerberos Authentication 67
Activity 3-14: Configuring LDAP Integration for vCloud Director Using Kerberos 68
Configure LDAP Settings for Organizations 70
Activity 3-15: Configuring LDAP Integration for an Organization 71
Additional LDAP Options and Actions 72
Activity 3-16: Testing System LDAP Settings 72
Activity 3-17: Setting the LDAP Synchronization Interval 73
Activity 3-18: Manually Synchronizing with the LDAP Server 74
Federation with vCenter Single Sign-On and Horizon Application Manager 75
Activity 3-19: Configuring vCloud Director to Connect to a vCenter Single Sign-On Repository 76
Troubleshooting LDAP Integration Issues 77
Summary 78
Exam Preparation Tasks 78
Review All the Key Topics 78
Definitions of Key Terms 79
Troubleshooting Scenario 79
Review Questions 79
Chapter 4 Configure and Administer Chargeback 83
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 83
Foundation Topics 87
Installing vCenter Chargeback Manager 87
Hardware Requirements 87
Supported Operating Systems 87
Software Requirements 88
Supported Database Management Systems 88
Supported Web Browsers 89
Supported vCenter Server Versions 89
Supported vCloud Director Versions 89
Activity 4-1: Installing vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 89
vCenter Chargeback Manager Clusters 95
Configuring Chargeback Users, Roles, and Privileges 95
Privileges 96
Resource Types 96
Roles 98
Activity 4-2: Creating a Custom Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 98
Activity 4-3: Modifying a Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 101
Activity 4-4: Deleting a Role in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 101
Users 102
Activity 4-5: Creating a Local User in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 102
Activity 4-6: Configuring an LDAP server 103
Activity 4-7: Importing an LDAP User or Group in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 104
Activity 4-8: Assigning a Role to a User in vCenter Chargeback Manager 2.5 104
Troubleshoot Users, Roles, and Privileges 106
Configuring and Managing Chargeback Cost Elements, Pricing Models, and Costing 106
Cost Elements 106
Billing Policies 108
Activity 4-9: Creating a Custom Billing Policy 109
Activity 4-10: Editing a Billing Policy 110
Hierarchies 111
Manage Cost/Pricing Models 112
Activity 4-11: Creating a Custom Pricing Model 112
Configure Entity-level Costs 114
Physical Infrastructure Costing 115
Activity 4-12: Setting Rate Factors for Hosts and Clusters 115
Activity 4-13: Setting Rate Factors for Datastores, Datastore Tiers, and Storage Profiles 116
Pricing Matrix for Virtual Machines 116
vCenter Chargeback Manager Reporting 116
Activity 4-15: Generating a Report 117
Schedule Reports 117
Manage and Archive Reports 118
Summary 118
Exam Preparation Tasks 119
Review All the Key Topics 119
Definitions of Key Terms 120
Review Questions 120
Chapter 5 vCloud Connector 125
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 125
Foundation Topics 127
What Is vCloud Connector? 127
vCloud Connector Core 127
vCloud Connector Advanced 127
vCloud Connector Components 128
vCloud Connector Installation 128
Install Server 129
Activity 5-1: Installing vCloud Connector Server 129
Install Nodes 135
Activity 5-2: Installing vCloud Connector Node 135
Activity 5-3: Registering the vCloud Connector Node 143
Register vCloud Connector to vCenter 146
Activity 5-4: Registering vCloud Connector to vCenter 147
vCloud Connector Data Flow 147
Summary 148
Exam Preparation Tasks 148
Review All the Key Topics 148
Definitions of Key Terms 149
Review Questions 149
Chapter 6 Configure and Administer vCloud Networking 153
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 153
Foundation Topics 156
External Networks 156
Activity 6-1: Add External Network to vCloud Director 156
Activity 6-2: Modifying External Network Settings 161
External Routed Network 163
Organization vDC Networks 164
Types of Organization Networks 165
Direct Network 165
Routed Network 165
Internal Network 166
Create, Modify, and Remove Organization Networks 166
Activity 6-3: Creating a Routed Network 166
Activity 6-4: Creating a Direct Network 171
Activity 6-5: Creating an Internal Organization Network 171
Configure and Administer vCloud Network Pools 173
Types of Network Pools 173
VXLAN 174
Activity 6-6: Enabling VXLAN 174
vCloud Director — Network Isolated Network 177
Port-Group Backed 177
VLAN-Backed 177
Create/Delete a Network Pool 178
Activity 6-7: Creating a vCD-NI Network Pool 178
Activity 6-8: Creating a Port-Group Backed Network Pool 179
Activity 6-9: Creating a VLAN-Backed Network Pool 181
Troubleshooting Common Network Pool Problems 183
Configure and Administer vApp Networks 183
vApp Network Types 184
Direct-Connect Networks 184
Routed Networks 184
Managed Network Services 185
vShield Edge Sizing 185
Compact 185
Large 185
vShield Edge Services 186
Firewall 186
Static Routing 186
Load Balancer–Layer 4 and Layer 7 186
High Availability 187
DHCP 187
DNS Relay 187
SNAT 187
DNAT 187
Firewall 188
Static Routing 188
IPsec VPN 188
SSL VPN-Plus 188
Layer 7 Load Balancer 189
Third-Party Support 189
Configuring vShield Edge Services 189
Activity 6-10: Configuring a DHCP Server 189
Activity 6-11: Configuring NAT Rules 190
Activity 6-12: Creating a VPN Session (IPsec and SSL) 192
Summary 192
Exam Preparation Tasks 193
Review All Key Topics 193
Definitions of Key Terms 194
Review Questions 194
Chapter 7 Configure and Administer vCloud Organizations 197
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 197
Foundation Topics 199
What Is a vCloud Director Organization? 199
Create an Organization 199
Activity 7-1: Creating an Organization 201
Modifying an Organization 208
Activity 7-2: Modifying an Organization 209
Configuring an Organization for Federation 218
Activity 7-3: Configuring Federation in vCloud Director 219
Export XML Metadata from vCloud Director to Identity Provider 221
Summary 222
Exam Preparation Tasks 223
Review All the Key Topics 223
Definitions of Key Terms 223
Review Questions 224
Chapter 8 Allocate and Manage vCloud Resources 227
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 227
Foundation Topics 230
What Is a vCloud Resource? 230
Create and Administer Provider vDCs 230
What Is an Elastic Provider vDC? 230
Activity 8-1: Creating a Provider vDC 231
Prepare a Provider vDC 235
Activity 8-2 Preparing a Host 235
Enable Provider Storage 238
Activity 8-3: Assigning a Storage Profile to a Datastore 239
Decommission a Provider vDC 241
Activity 8-4: Disabling a Provider vDC 241
Activity 8-5: Deleting a Provider vDC 243
Storage Profile in vCenter 246
Activity 8-6: Syncing vCenter Storage Profiles 246
Create and Administer Organization vDCs 248
Pay-As-You-Go 248
Allocation Pool Model 251
Reservation Pool Model 253
Select the Right Allocation Model 255
Create an Organization vDC 255
Activity 8-7: Creating an Org vDC 255
Delete an Organization vDC 259
Activity 8-8: Preparing to Remove an Organization Virtual Datacenter 259
Catalog Management 264
Activity 8-9: Creating a Catalog 264
Populate Catalogs 268
Summary 268
Exam Preparation Tasks 269
Review All Key Topics 269
Definitions of Key Terms 269
Review Questions 269
Chapter 9 Monitor a vCloud Implementation 273
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 273
Foundation Topics 276
Monitoring vCloud 276
View Events in vCloud 276
Search for Tasks in vCloud 278
vCloud Director Log File Locations 280
vShield Manager Logs 280
Syslog Settings 282
Monitoring Provider vDC Resources 284
CPU 285
Memory 286
Storage 288
Monitoring Org vDC Resources 291
CPU 291
Memory 293
Storage 294
Monitoring Network Resources 294
External Networks 294
Organization Networks 295
Network Pools 296
vShield Manager Log File Gathering 297
Troubleshooting vCenter Chargeback Manager 297
Log Files 297
Troubleshooting Utility 299
Summary 299
Exam Preparation Tasks 300
Review All the Key Topics 300
Definitions of Key Terms 301
Review Questions 301
Chapter 10 What Do I Do Now? 305
Foundation Topics 306
Download the Exam Blueprint 306
Gain Hands-On Experience 306
Practice Exams and Preparation Material 307
Register for the Exam 308
Exam Day 308
Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes and Review Questions 311
Appendix B vCenter to vCloud Resource Table 317
Appendix C Configuring vSphere for vCloud Director 319
Glossary 325
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