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Reading Time: 5 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines See also: Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines and Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines. Identify ESXi host and virtual machine requirements for vMotion and Storage vMotion (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide (page 219) and vCenter Server and Host Management guide (page 119 and 122). Some basic requiments: for vMotion a specific vmkernel interface (enabled for vMotion) is required, as the CPU compatibility (or EVC). For Storage vMotion the host must see both […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools See also the similar post: Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools and Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools. Describe the Resource Pool hierarchy (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Resource Management Guide (page 43). Note that a DRS license is required, in order to use resource pools in a VMware cluster. Define the Expandable Reservation parameter (same as vSphere 4.x) With this option, if you power on a virtual machine in this […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance See also this similar post: VCP 5 – Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance Note that VMware FT is quite still the 1.0 version with the same constraints of a vSphere 4.1 version. Identify VMware Fault Tolerance requirements (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Availability guide (page 38) and VMware KB: Processors and guest operating systems that support VMware FT. To check the requirements, there is also a specific tool: VMware SiteSurvey utility. Configure […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters See also this similar post: Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters and Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters. Describe DRS virtual machine entitlement (similar as vSphere 4.x) The word entitlement is now usually referred to the vRAM entitlement, but in this context seems to be related on how work the DRS, for more info see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vCenter Server and Host […]