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You're reading from Data Center Virtualization Certification: VCP6.5-DCV Exam Guide Everything you need to achieve 2V0-622 certification – with exam tips and exercises

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789340471

Length 598 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

vSphere

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Andrea Mauro

Paolo Valsecchi

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributors

Preface

1. Configuring and Administering vSphere 6.x Security FREE CHAPTER

2. Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Networking

3. Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Storage

4. Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

5. Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

6. Backup and Recover a vSphere Deployment

7. Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment

8. Deploy and Customize ESXi Hosts

9. Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions

10. Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

11. Mock Exam 1

12. Mock Exam 2

1. Understanding VMware Certification Paths

2. VCP6.5-DCV Certification

3. Before, During, and After the Exam

4. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Consolidate physical workloads using VMware vCenter Converter

VMware vCenter Converter is a tool by VMware that's used to import a physical or virtual machine into the vSphere environment. Conversion from P2V can be considered if the network has some old physical machines or physical machines with specific applications that require a long time for a fresh installation, and an excessive downtime period is not tolerated.

More information on this is available in the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide (https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/convsa_62_guide.pdf).

Install vCenter Converter standalone instance

The vCenter Converter standalone is a Windows-based free tool used to convert physical machines to virtual machines and can be installed on physical or virtual machines.

The tool can be downloaded from the VMware website (https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/6_2_0) and the installation...