Since I hold a VCAP-DCD for 5.5, and want to upgrade to the VCIX-DCV 6, I have to study and take the VCAP-DCV Deploy test. Thankfully, VMware has made the process easy - I don’t have to upgrade the VCAP-DCD first to 6.0, as it will count towards my VCIX!
So, in order to assist me in studying, I decided to start a study guide series, following the objectives on the test’s blueprint (beta as of now).
Here is the current blueprint (as of feb 2016)
Section 1 - Create and Deploy vSphere 6.x Infrastructure Components
Objective 1.1 - Perform Advanced ESXi Host Configuration
Objective 1.2 - Deploy and Configure Core Management Infrastructure Components
Objective 1.3 - Deploy and Configure Update Manager Components
Objective 1.4 - Perform Advanced Virtual Machine Configurations
Section 2 - Deploy and Manage a vSphere 6.x Storage Infrastructure
Objective 2.1 - Implement Complex Storage Solutions
Objective 2.2 - Manage Complex Storage Solutions
Objective 2.3 - Troubleshoot Complex Storage Solutions
Section 3 - Deploy and Manage a vSphere 6.x Network Infrastructure
Objective 3.1 - Implement and Manage vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) Networks
Objective 3.2 - Implement and Manage vSphere 6.x Distributed Switch (vDS) Networks
Objective 3.3 - Scale a vSphere 6.x Network Implementation
Objective 3.4 - Troubleshoot a vSphere 6.x Network Implementation
Section 4 - Configure a vSphere Deployment for Availability and Scalability
Objective 4.1 - Implement and Maintain Complex vSphere Availability Solutions
Objective 4.2 - Implement and Manage Complex DRS solutions
Objective 4.3 - Troubleshoot vSphere clusters
Section 5 - Configure a vSphere Deployment for Manageability
Objective 5.1 - Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
Objective 5.2 - Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
Objective 5.3 - Manage and analyze vSphere log files
Objective 5.4 - Configure and manage Content Library
Section 6 - Configure a vSphere Deployment for Performance
Objective 6.1 - Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools
Objective 6.2 - Optimize Virtual Machine resources
Section 7 - Configure a vSphere 6.x Environment for Recoverability
Objective 7.1- Deploy and manage vSphere Replication
Objective 7.2 - Deploy and Manage vSphere Data Protection
Objective 7.3 - Backup and Recover vSphere Configurations
Section 8 - Configure a vSphere 6.x Environment for Security
Objective 8.1 - Manage authentication and end-user security
Objective 8.2 - Manage SSL certificates
Objective 8.3 - Harden a vSphere 6.x Deployment
Look for all posts in the series under the VCAP-DCV - Deploy category from the Menu.