1Y0-A26 Citrix XenServer Resources Part Three

For anyone planning to take the 1Y0-A26 Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration exam, this is the last blog post of resources for the 1Y0-A26 exam. The following are links to resources for sections seven, eight, and nine of the exam.

For sections four through six, see last Friday's post, 1Y0-A26 Citrix XenServer Resources Part Two. For the first three sections, on Thursday I posted Part One.

Section 7: Configuring Advanced Features

7.1

Objective: Determine when Advanced StorageLink is beneficial to a given environment based on a description of the environment.

Source: Citrix XenServer and NetApp Storage Best Practices, Pages 73 and 74

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX133921

7.2

Objective: Determine when integrated disaster recovery is beneficial to a given environment based on a description of the environment.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6 Administrator's Guide

http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1012038

7.3

Objective: Decide how to correctly set up access control list (ACL) policies on the vSwitch, based on a list of requirements.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 vSwitch Controller User Guide
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130423

7.4

Objective: Determine when to correctly set up quality of service (QoS) policies on the vSwitch, based on a list of requirements.

Source: XenServer 6.0 vSwitch Controller User Guide, Pages 21 and 24
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130423

7.5

Objective: Determine when to enable and configure HA based on the needs of a described environment.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#ha

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id995890

7.6

Objective: Determine how to configure a virtual appliance (vApp) to work with DR, based on a description of an environment

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1013982

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#failback

7.7

Objective: Determine if a VM can use dynamic memory control, given a description of the VM and the environment it is in.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#ch_dynamic_memory_control

7.8

Objective: Determine how dynamic memory control needs to be configured to meet the needs of a described environment.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1005801

7.9

Objective: Determine which optimization mode(s) to set up on the WLB virtual appliance based on a description of an environment or a list of requirements.

Source: Citrix XenServer Workload Balancing 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130429/

Section 8: Backing Up and Restoring

8.1

Objective: Determine how to configure a backup schedule for storage repository metadata, based on a given scenario.

Source: Citrix XenServer Workload Balancing 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1012173

Source: Citrix XenServer Workload Balancing 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1012173

8.2

Objective: Determine the steps to take to back up a pool given a description of an environment.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0fp1/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id895429

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id1012038

8.3

Objective: Determine when an offline backup of a VM should be performed based on a given scenario.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#maintenance_backup-restore_guests

8.4

Objective: Determine when an online backup of a VM should be performed based on a given scenario.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administrator's Guide http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#maintenance_backup-restore_guests

8.5

Objective: Determine how to restore a VM based on a description or list of requirements.

Source: Recovering Virtual Machines from a Failed Pool Member
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX132387

 

Section 9: Troubleshooting

9.1

Objective: Given a description of a networking issue, determine how to resolve the issue.

Source: How to Modify Network Speed and Duplexing
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX117568

9.2

Objective: Given a description of a storage issue, determine how to resolve the issue.

Source: How to Reactivate an Inactive Multipath
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125888

Source: How to Remove a Storage Repository from XenServer
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131328

Source: XenServer Storage Management and Troubleshooting
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125178

9.3

Objective: Given a description of an issue with the XenServer host, determine the root cause of the issue.

Source: Server in a High Availability Enabled Pool is Unresponsive and Does not Self-Fence
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX129815

Source: Error: External Authentication Fails to Enable
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130592

9.4

Objective: Given a description of an issue with a VM, determine how to resolve the issue.

Source: Citrix XenServer 6.0 Virtual Machine Installation Guide
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/guest.html#troubleshooting

9.5

Objective: Given a Provisioning services issue, determine the root cause of the issue.

Source: Troubleshooting XenDesktop, Provisioning Services and XenServer Integration
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125180

Part 1 - Sections 1, 2, and 3.

Part 2 - Sections 4, 5, and 6.

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