Back in October when I posted the news about the VMware Delta Exam, a reader asked in the comments what the differences between the VMware 5.1 DCV and 5.5 DCV blueprints were and I replied with a number of differences that stood out to me: Pass4sure 200-310 Identify vCenter Server and vCenter Server database requirements Deploy the vCenter Appliance Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch Upgrade from VMFS3 to VMFS5 Upgrade VMware Tools Upgrade Virtual Machine hardware Upgrade an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager Secure vCenter Server and ESXi (Objective 1.5) Configure and Administer Software Defined Storage (VSAN – Objective 3.3) Enable/Configure/Disable Host Power Management/Distributed Power Management Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs Install and Configure VMware Data Protection Create a backup job with VMware Data Protection Install, Configure and Administer vCenter Operations Manager (Objective 7.3)