VMware VCP-410 Exam
o WebOperator – a demo web interface
o Emuneration
o Net – provides Telnet, FTP & POP3
o XML
o Database – JDBC
o Refactoring
o Other plugins:
o Microsoft (separate download) – WMI & Active Diretory.
o VI3 (separate download) –backward 220 702 compatibility
o VI3.5 (Add-on located in /extras/plugins) –backward compatibility
o By default, Orchestrator client search returns 20 objects at a time.
o By default the Orchestrator JavaScript engine can access only the classes in the java.util.* package. Full access to the Java virtual machine
(JVM) presents potential security issues. If you require JavaScript access to a wider range of Java classes, you must set an Orchestrator system
property to grant this access.
o Use the Troubleshooting tab to globally reset the server & remove all traces of previous runs. Before you click a troubleshooting option, make
sure the vCO server is stopped.
o The default size of the server log is 5MB.
VMware Consolidated Backup - Virtual Machine Backup Guide
o Backup terminology:
o Differential backup - Backs up only those files that have changed since the last full backup.
o File-level backup - A type of backup that is defined at the level of files & folders.
o Full backup - Backs up all selected files.
o Full VM backup - Backs up all files that comprise the entire VM. These files include disk images, .vmx files, & so on.
o Image-level (volume-level) backup - Backs up an entire storage volume.
o Incremental backup - Backs up only files that have changed since the last backup, whether it is a full or incremental backup.
o Quiescing - A process of bringing the on-disk data of a 9L0-403 physical or virtual computer into a state suitable for backups. This process might
include such operations such as flushing dirty buffers from the operating system’s in-memory cache to disk, or other higher-level
application-specific tasks.
o VCB proxy - A physical or VM running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, VCB, & third-party backup software. Used to perform file-level &
image-level VM backups.
o Traditional backup approach - You deploy a backup client to every system that requires backup services. You can then regularly schedule
automatic backups.
o VMware VCB - enables offloaded & impact-free backups for VMs. This approach lets you use the VM snapshot technology & SAN-based data
transfer in conjunction with traditional file-based backup software. If you do not have SAN, you can use VCB in the LAN mode.
o Key features of VCB:
o Most major backup applications integrate with VCB.
o Eliminates the need for having a backup agent installed in each VM.
o Can read virtual disk data directly from your SAN storage device using Fibre Channel or iSCSI, or through the ESX Server I/O stack or use a
network connection to an ESX Server host.
o Can run in a VM.
o Supports file-level full & incremental backups for VMs running Microsoft Windows operating system & image-level backups for VMs
running any operating system.
o You can use VCB against a single ESX Server host or with a vCenter.
o The third-party software, integration module, & VCB run on the VCB proxy, a physical or VM that has Microsoft Windows operating system
installed.
o Methods of accessing VM disk data:
o SAN Mode – Use with Fibre Channel & iSCSI storage to completely off-load 9L0-510 backups to a physical VCB proxy.
o Hot-Add Mode – Use with any type of storage to perform backups by a VCB proxy set up in a VM. including NAS or local storage. The only
exception is that it does not back up any disks of the VM that has any independent disk, Physical Compatibility RDM, or IDE.
o LAN Mode (NBD Mode) – Use when your environment does not permit the use of the SAN or Hot-Add modes. Your virtual disks cannot
be larger than 1TB each.
o Workflow:
o Backup software calls the pre-backup script:
o (Optional) Runs your custom pre-freeze script in the VM.
o Quiesces the VM.
o Puts the VM into snapshot mode.
o Unquiesces the VM that was quiesced.
o (Optional) Runs your custom post-thaw script in the VM.
