Chapter 6: VMware Product Integration Flashcards

1
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What term best describes the following?

“An edition of vSphere that natively provides support for containers in the hypervisor.”

A

vSphere with Tanzu.

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Describe the function of the vCenter Converter.

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A product that facilitates the conversion of physical and other servers into VMs running in vSphere.

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3
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What vSphere Add-on provides proactive support for VM products?

A

VMware Skyline.

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4
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Describe the term “Supervisor Cluster”

A

A vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere for Kubernetes.

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What type of compute, networking, and storage is used to support a Supervisor Cluster?

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Compute: ESXi
Networking: NSX-T
Storage: vSAN

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6
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A specialized VM for running containers.”

A

A vSphere pod.

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7
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What type of service requirement is required to utilize VMware Skyline?

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A Production Support or Premier Services agreement.

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What component of VMware Skyline utilizes an on-premises virtual appliance for secure and automatic data collection?

A

Skyline Collector.

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9
Q

What component of VMware Skyline utilizes a web-portal for accessing your VM inventory and making recommendations?

A

Skyline Advisor.

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10
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Describe the function of Skyline Log Assist.

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A component of VMware Skyline which automatically uploads support log bundles to VMware Technical Support.

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11
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What component of vRealize provides a single pane of glass for operations management of private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments?

A

vRealize Operations Manager.

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12
Q

What minimum privileges should be configured for a user account to connect vRealize Operations to a vCenter instance?

A

Read.

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13
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What minimum privileges should be configured for a user account to connect vRealize Log Insight to a vCenter instance?

A

System.View

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14
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Describe the function of Cloud Assembly in regards to vRealize Automation.

A

To Iteratively develop and deploy blueprints for your vSphere environment and other clouds.

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Describe the function of the Service Broker in regards to vRealize Automation.

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To create, manage, and use self-service catalog items.

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16
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Describe the function of Code Stream in regards to vRealize Automation.

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To create pipelines that automate your entire DevOps lifecycle.

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17
Q

What virtual appliances are typically deployed to support a vRA instance.

A

Three vRA virtual appliances and three VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) appliances.

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18
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What service can be used to facilitate the deployment of vRA appliances?

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The vRealize Lifecycle Manager (LCM) appliance.

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19
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A modern workflow automation platform that simplifies complex infrastructure processes.”

A

vRealize Orchestrator (vRO).

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What kind of authentication can be used when configuring vRO.

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vRA or vSphere authentication.

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21
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Describe the function of vRealize Network Insight (vRNi).

A

To assist in building an optimized, highly scalable and secure network infrastructure for hybrid clouds and multi-clouds.

22
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What privileges must be applied to add vCenter to an RNI data source?

A

System.Anonymous
System.Read
System.View
Global.Settings

23
Q

What privilege must be applied to distributed port groups and switches to support IPFIX?

A

The Modify & Port Configuration Operation privilege.

24
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A set of application and user management solutions for VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops, and Remote Desktop Services Host (RDSH) virtual environments.”

A

App Volumes.

25
Q

What license levels of vSphere include vSphere Replication?

A

Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, & Enterprise Plus

26
Q

What ports need to be opened on an ESXi host to support vSphere Replication?

A

Ports 80, 443, & 902.

27
Q

What ports need to be opened on a VCSA to support vSphere Replication?

A

80, 443, 10443, & 7444.

28
Q

How many virtual appliances can be connected using just VRS per vCenter instance?

A

Up to 9.

29
Q

Where can vSphere Replication be configured in the vSphere client?

A

Home > Site Recovery > Open Site Recovery.

30
Q

Describe the function of the VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).

A

A solution used to orchestrate planned migrations, test recoveries, and disaster recoveries.

31
Q

What kind of recovery plans can be configured using SRM?

A

Site Recovery Manager supports the following recovery plans:
- Planned Migrations: SRM automatically shuts down the VM and performs a final data synchronization
- Disaster Recovery: SRM attempts to shut down and synchronize the source VMs, but continues with recovery
- Test: SRM leaves the virtual machines running while it brings up another instance of the VM using snapshots.

32
Q

SRM must be deployed at both the ____.

A

Source and target sites.

33
Q

What is the difference between the Windows-based SRM and the dedicated SRM appliance?

A

The SRM virtual appliance includes an embedded vPostgreSQL database.

34
Q

SRM server must be registered with _______.

A

A vCenter server instance.

35
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SRM requires a separate ______ deployed at each of the source and target sites.

A

vCenter server instance.

36
Q

What security mechanism(s) is used for secure communication with vCenter server?

A

Transport Layer Security (TLS) and user authentication.

37
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A component of VCF that automates the deployment of the entire software-defined stack.”

A

Cloud Builder.

38
Q

Describe the function of the SDDC Manager.

A

A component of VCF that automates the entire system lifecycle and simplifies day-to-day management and operations.

39
Q

VCF uses separate or consolidated virtual infrastructure domains for running ____.

A

Management & user workloads.

40
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A workload mobility platform that simplifies application migration, workload rebalancing, and business continuity across on-premises data centers.”

A

VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX).

41
Q

Describe the function of the Azure VMware Solution.

A

To combine VMware’s SDDC software with the Microsoft Azure global cloud service ecosystem to provide a hosted private cloud.

42
Q

What type of vCenter deployment can not be used to manage a hosted private cloud?

A

On-premises.

43
Q

Describe the function of VMware AppDefense.

A

To provide data center endpoint security that protects applications running in a virtualize environment.

44
Q

How does AppDefense protect VMs?

A

By learning a VMs “good behavior” so it can detect and respond to deviations in that good behavior.

45
Q

What port is required to connect over to internet to use AppDefense Manager?

A

TCP port 443.

46
Q

What command can be used on an ESXi host to install AppDefense modules?

A

esxcli software vib install

47
Q

What service must be installed in a VMs guest OS to support the AppDefense module?

A

VMware Tools.

48
Q

What term best describes the following?

“A network virtualization and security platform that enables a software-defined approach to networking that extends across data centers, clouds, and application frameworks.”

A

VMware NSX Data Center (NSX).

49
Q

What components are provided by the NSX-T platform?

A
  • NSX-T managers
  • NSX-T edge nodes
  • NSX-T distributed routers
  • NSX-T service routers
  • NSX-T segments (logical switches)
50
Q

Describe the function of NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switches (N-VDS).

A

Logical switches that are decoupled from the vCenter Server to provide cross platform support.