VCP6-DCV Exam Cram Notes: Section 5 of 10

Section 5 - Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

Objective 5.1 - Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools

Describe a Resource Pool hierarchy:
- By default, all resources for a host or cluster will exist in the root resource pool
- In the resource pool hierarchy, there are 3 types of resource pools:
-- parent (root is the parent)
-- siblings
-- child
IMPORTANT: Don’t use resource pools as a way to logically group virtual machines (use folders for this)
Note: The ‘expandable reservation parameter’ allows a child resource pool to ask its parent for more should the child need it.

Describe vFlash architecture:
- vFlash Read cache allows for integrations and management of flash devices that are locally attached to ESXi servers
- vFlash enables pooling of one or more flash devices into a single pool of flash resources
- vFlash allows for write-through caching mode (read cache)
- vFlash provides read caching on a per-vmdk basis
- When enabling vFlash on a vmdk, a subset of the vFlash resource pool will be placed in the data path for that VMDK
- A VM must be powered on for data to be sitting in the vFlash cache
- Requires Enterprise+ licensing
- Works with HA and DRS - migrate cache or not (rewarm)
Note: vFlash Resource Pool configured via “Virtual Flash Resource Management” and “Virtual Cache Host Swap Cache Configuration”
Note: Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs via VM > Edit Settings > “Virtual flash read cache”

Evaluate appropriate shares, reservations, and limits for a Resource Pool based on virtual machine workloads:
- Shares: The amount of shares you allocate to a resource pool are relative to the shares of any sibling and relative to its parent’s total resources
- Reservations are the minimum amount of resources the resource pool will get
Note: Contention occurs if you have overcommitted the resources in your DRS cluster, or during short-term spikes.
- Expandable reservations gives you flexibility
- Limits is the maximum amount of resources a resource pool can have

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