VCAP6.5-DCV Design reference documents

The new VCAP6.5-DCV Design exam guide contains a list of reference documents. This list is just a simple list of URLs and some of them are broken. I’ve sanitized the list a bit, fixed the broken URLs and included a document title to make the list easier to consume. For more information about the VCAP6.5-DCV Design exam, have a look here. Happy studying!

1. https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-65/index.jsp – vSphere 6.5 Documentation Index
2. https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc%2FGUID-A1B145E9-6454-45C0-8E7E-71E04A3BC9FF.html – Switch Discovery Protocol
3. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-perfbest-practices-vsphere6-0-white-paper.pdf – Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 6.0
4. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-availability-guide.pdf – vSphere Availability
5. http://www.pearsonitcertification.com/store/vcap5-dcd-official-cert-guide-with-dvd-vmware-certified-9780789750181 – VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide (with DVD): VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center Design
6. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-storage-guide.pdf – vSphere Storage
7. http://www.vmware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps/sap-virtualization.html – SAP and VMware Virtualization
8. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-perfbest-practices-vsphere6-0-white-paper.pdf-Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 6.0
9. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2147661 – Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering on VMware vSphere 6.x: Guidelines for supported configurations
10. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-A3543CA1-A77D-4C22-A54B-3666A1ACCACC.html – Delete a Content Library
11. https://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/30463-1-144389/CADs-%20%20Constraints,%20Assumptions%20(Risk,%20Requirements)%20&%20Dependencies.pdf – CADs : Constraints, Assumptions (Risks, Requirements) & Dependencies
12. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005764 – EVC and CPU Compatibility FAQ (1005764)
13. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2108548 – List of recommended topologies for VMware vSphere 6.0 (2108548)
14. http://www.vmware.com/company/customers.html# – VMware Customers
15. https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-17408 – Conceptual, Logical, Physical:  It is Simple
16. http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere6-FT-arch-perf.pdf – VMware vSphere 6 Fault Tolerance
17. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/5.5/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-FF30E235-8B0D-47E1-9753-5B113150DCAE.html – Edit System Resource Allocation
18. http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere6-FT-arch-perf.pdf – VMware vSphere 6 Fault Tolerance
19. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2131191 – Repointing vCenter Server 6.0 between sites in a vSphere Domain (2131191)
20. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2148003 – FAQ: vCenter High Availability (2148003)
21. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID – 3B5AF2B1-C534-4426-B97A-D14019A8010F.html – About VMware vCenter Server^®and Host Management
22. https://www.itil-itsm-world.com/delivery.htm – ITIL Service Delivery
23. https://pubs.vmware.com/vrealizeoperationsmanager-6/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcom.core.doc%2FGUID-7E6B5805-3D2F-41C4-ADFF-B7248386E7AC.html – VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 Documentation
24. https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-hci-mgmt-cluster-solution-overview.pdf – VMware Virtual SAN Hyper-Converged Management Cluster
25. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/latency-sensitive-perf-vsphere55-white-paper.pdf – Deploying Extremely Latency-Sensitive Applications in VMware vSphere 5.5
26. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/476552 – Difference between Conceptual Design, Logical Design and Physical Design?
27. https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-65/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65 – storage-guide.pdf – vSphere Storage
28. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-perfbestpractices-vsphere6-0-white-paper.pdf – Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 6.0
29. https://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2017/03/virtual-machine-vcpu-and-vnuma-rightsizing-rules-of-thumb.html – Virtual Machine vCPU and vNUMA Rightsizing – Rules of Thumb
30. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/whitepaper/vsphere/vmw-white-paper-vsphr-whats-new-6-5.pdf – What’s New in VMware vSphere® 6.5
31. https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vmware-validated-design-pubs.html – VMware Validated Designs Documentation
32. https://mylearn.vmware.com/descriptions/EDU_DATASHEET_vSphere_DesignAndDeployFT_V635.pdf – VMware vSphere: Design and Deploy Fast Track
33. http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php? – VMware Product Interoperability Matrices
34. https://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/17409-102-2-22494/Functional%20versus%20Non-functional.pdf – Functional versus Non-Functional Requirements and Testing
35. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2109712 – Best practices to install or upgrade to ESXi 6.0 (2109712)
36. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/drs-vsphere65-perf.pdf – DRS PERFORMANCE VMware vSphere 6.5
37. https://storagehub.vmware.com/export_to_pdf/vmware-vsan-6-5-technical-overview – VMware vSAN 6.5 Technical Overview
38. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010398 – Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters (1010398)
39. https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-17431 – Developing a Strategy and Deployment Plan
40. https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vmware-vsan/vsan-stretched-cluster-2-node-guide/ – vSAN Stretched Cluster & 2 Node Guide
41. https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vmware-vsan/virtual-san-6-2-for-remote-and-branch-office-deployment – vSAN 6.2 for Remote and Branch Office Deployment
42. http://www.vmware.com/products/virtual-san.html – vSAN
43. http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/encouraging-involvement/identify-stakeholders/main – Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests
44. https://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/30463-1-144389/CADs-%20Constraints,%20Assumptions%20(Risk,%20Requirements)%20&%20Dependencies.pdf – CADs : Constraints, Assumptions (Risks, Requirements) & Dependencies
45. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/files/2016/09/vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.0-Reference-Poster-v3.pdf – vCenter Server Appliance v6.0 reference poster
46. https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP12405937/html/GUID-5B810B73-0233-4F3B-80BE-47A415D2F107.html – VVOLs and VASA Provider
47. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/07/vsphere-50-is-released-with-new-ha-features.html – vSphere 5.0 is released with new HA features!
48. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1556 – Microsoft NLB not working properly in Unicast Mode (1556)
49. https://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2015/09/efficiently-synchronize-import-export-content-vmwarevsphere-content-library.html – How to Efficiently Synchronize, Import and Export Content in VMware vSphere Content Library
50. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2112692 – Improving transfer speed of task with library items (2112692)
51. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vm-encryption-vsphere65-perf.pdf – VMWARE vSPHERE VIRTUAL MACHINE ENCRYPTION PERFORMANCE VMware vSphere 6.5
52. http://www.vmware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps.html – Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
53. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/whitepaper/solutions/vmware-virtualizing-business-critical-apps-on-vmware_en-white-paper.pdf – Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications on vSphere
54. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2147661 – Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering on VMware vSphere 6.x: Guidelines for supported configurations(2147661)
55. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmfs-best-practices-wp.pdf – VMware vSphere® VMFS Technical Overview and Best Practices
56. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2007467 – Multiple-NIC vMotion in vSphere (2007467)
57. http://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/design-constraints/46586 – What is Design Constraints
58. https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/6.5/rn/vsphere-replication-65-release-notes.html – VMware vSphere Replication 6.5 Release Notes
59. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003746 – Virtual machine hardware versions(1003746)
60. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/430 – Bad URL
61. http://www.vmware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps/oracle-virtualization.html – Virtualizing Oracle with VMware
62. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc/GUID-B1906BCD-E538-4FFF-AAE9-5403FE253F38.html – Best Practices for Networking
63. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-C6FBA22C-048A-455F-9D45-58834445ACA5.html – Introduction to Stateless Caching and Stateful Installs
64. https://www.getadvanced.net/pdfs/Virtualizing_Business_Critical_Applications.pdf – Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications on VMware vSphere
65. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_61_guide.pdf – VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User’s Guide
66. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-vsphere-metro-storage-cluster-recommended-practices-white-paper.pdf – VMware vSphere® Metro Storage Cluster Recommended Practices VMware vSphere 6.0
67. http://www.vmware.com/go/tcocalculator/ – VMware TCO Comparison Calculator
68. https://euc-roi.vmware.com/ – EUC ROI Calculator