Now available in Rough Cuts - The Official VCP5 Certification Guide

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This is the first and only official guide to VMware's new VCP510 (VCP 5) exam. Organized to follow VMware's newest exam blueprint, it's also designed from the ground up to be both engaging and enjoyable. Author Bill Ferguson acts like a "study buddy," encouraging virtualization professionals, anticipating their questions, and helping them gain both mastery and confidence. Throughout, he provides many illustrations, tables, figures, screenshots, and realistic sample test questions - all designed to help readers learn more, learn faster, and remember more of what they learn. Coverage includes: * Understanding how virtualization can best be integrated into today's real-world IT environments * Recognizing what to change, and what to leave alone * Planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi * Planning and configuring vSphere networking and storage * Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps * Establishing and Maintaining Service Levels * Performing basic troubleshooting * Monitoring vSphere implementations * Managing vCenter Server alarms * Preparing for the future of VMware virtualization.

Table of Contents:

1. Planning, Installing, Configuring and Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
2. Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking
3. Planning and Configuring vSphere Storage
4. Deploying and Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
5. Establishing and Maintaining Service Levels
6. Performing Basic Troubleshooting
7. Monitoring a vSphere Implementation and Managing vCenter Server Alarms

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