Chapter 6: VMware Product Integration Flashcards
What term best describes the following?
“An edition of vSphere that natively provides support for containers in the hypervisor.”
vSphere with Tanzu.
Describe the function of the vCenter Converter.
A product that facilitates the conversion of physical and other servers into VMs running in vSphere.
What vSphere Add-on provides proactive support for VM products?
VMware Skyline.
Describe the term “Supervisor Cluster”
A vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere for Kubernetes.
What type of compute, networking, and storage is used to support a Supervisor Cluster?
Compute: ESXi
Networking: NSX-T
Storage: vSAN
What term best describes the following?
“A specialized VM for running containers.”
A vSphere pod.
What type of service requirement is required to utilize VMware Skyline?
A Production Support or Premier Services agreement.
What component of VMware Skyline utilizes an on-premises virtual appliance for secure and automatic data collection?
Skyline Collector.
What component of VMware Skyline utilizes a web-portal for accessing your VM inventory and making recommendations?
Skyline Advisor.
Describe the function of Skyline Log Assist.
A component of VMware Skyline which automatically uploads support log bundles to VMware Technical Support.
What component of vRealize provides a single pane of glass for operations management of private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments?
vRealize Operations Manager.
What minimum privileges should be configured for a user account to connect vRealize Operations to a vCenter instance?
Read.
What minimum privileges should be configured for a user account to connect vRealize Log Insight to a vCenter instance?
System.View
Describe the function of Cloud Assembly in regards to vRealize Automation.
To Iteratively develop and deploy blueprints for your vSphere environment and other clouds.
Describe the function of the Service Broker in regards to vRealize Automation.
To create, manage, and use self-service catalog items.
Describe the function of Code Stream in regards to vRealize Automation.
To create pipelines that automate your entire DevOps lifecycle.
What virtual appliances are typically deployed to support a vRA instance.
Three vRA virtual appliances and three VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) appliances.
What service can be used to facilitate the deployment of vRA appliances?
The vRealize Lifecycle Manager (LCM) appliance.
What term best describes the following?
“A modern workflow automation platform that simplifies complex infrastructure processes.”
vRealize Orchestrator (vRO).
What kind of authentication can be used when configuring vRO.
vRA or vSphere authentication.
Describe the function of vRealize Network Insight (vRNi).
To assist in building an optimized, highly scalable and secure network infrastructure for hybrid clouds and multi-clouds.
What privileges must be applied to add vCenter to an RNI data source?
System.Anonymous
System.Read
System.View
Global.Settings
What privilege must be applied to distributed port groups and switches to support IPFIX?
The Modify & Port Configuration Operation privilege.
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.”
App Volumes.
What license levels of vSphere include vSphere Replication?
Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, & Enterprise Plus
What ports need to be opened on an ESXi host to support vSphere Replication?
Ports 80, 443, & 902.
What ports need to be opened on a VCSA to support vSphere Replication?
80, 443, 10443, & 7444.
How many virtual appliances can be connected using just VRS per vCenter instance?
Up to 9.
Where can vSphere Replication be configured in the vSphere client?
Home > Site Recovery > Open Site Recovery.
Describe the function of the VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
A solution used to orchestrate planned migrations, test recoveries, and disaster recoveries.
What kind of recovery plans can be configured using SRM?
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.
SRM must be deployed at both the ____.
Source and target sites.
What is the difference between the Windows-based SRM and the dedicated SRM appliance?
The SRM virtual appliance includes an embedded vPostgreSQL database.
SRM server must be registered with _______.
A vCenter server instance.
SRM requires a separate ______ deployed at each of the source and target sites.
vCenter server instance.
What security mechanism(s) is used for secure communication with vCenter server?
Transport Layer Security (TLS) and user authentication.
What term best describes the following?
“A component of VCF that automates the deployment of the entire software-defined stack.”
Cloud Builder.
Describe the function of the SDDC Manager.
A component of VCF that automates the entire system lifecycle and simplifies day-to-day management and operations.
VCF uses separate or consolidated virtual infrastructure domains for running ____.
Management & user workloads.
What term best describes the following?
“A workload mobility platform that simplifies application migration, workload rebalancing, and business continuity across on-premises data centers.”
VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX).
Describe the function of the Azure VMware Solution.
To combine VMware’s SDDC software with the Microsoft Azure global cloud service ecosystem to provide a hosted private cloud.
What type of vCenter deployment can not be used to manage a hosted private cloud?
On-premises.
Describe the function of VMware AppDefense.
To provide data center endpoint security that protects applications running in a virtualize environment.
How does AppDefense protect VMs?
By learning a VMs “good behavior” so it can detect and respond to deviations in that good behavior.
What port is required to connect over to internet to use AppDefense Manager?
TCP port 443.
What command can be used on an ESXi host to install AppDefense modules?
esxcli software vib install
What service must be installed in a VMs guest OS to support the AppDefense module?
VMware Tools.
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.”
VMware NSX Data Center (NSX).
What components are provided by the NSX-T platform?
- NSX-T managers
- NSX-T edge nodes
- NSX-T distributed routers
- NSX-T service routers
- NSX-T segments (logical switches)
Describe the function of NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switches (N-VDS).
Logical switches that are decoupled from the vCenter Server to provide cross platform support.
