Kristin 267q Flashcards
- An administrator is planning a vSphere infrastructure with the following specific networking requirements: • The ability to shape inbound (RX) traffic • Support for Private VLANs (PVLANs) • Support for LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) What is the minimum vSphere Edition that will support these requirements?
A. vSphere Essentials Plus
B. vSphere Standard
C. vSphere Enterprise
D. vSphere Enterprise Plus
D
- What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two.)
A. Networks
B. Applications
C. Storage
D. Management
AC
- An administrator attempts to install vCenter Single Sign-On Server. The installer returns an error message indicating that the installation failed. Prior to the installation, all setup prerequisites were met. The administrator has generated a vCenter Server Single Sign-On support bundle. Which two files should the administrator analyze to determine the cause of the failure? (Choose two.)
A. Server\utils\logs\imsTrace.log
B. Server\utils\logs\install.txt
C. %TEMP%\utils\logs\vminst.log
D. %TEMP%\vminst.log
AD
- Which Single Sign-On deployment mode should an administrator use for two 5.x vCenter Servers configured with linked mode?
A. Basic Single Sign-On with vCenter Server Heartbeat
B. Multisite Single Sign-On
C. Basic Single Sign-On
D. Single Sign-On with Linked Mode
B
- Which two statements below could explain why the vSphere Client is reporting N/A for hyperthreading? (Choose two.) The physical CPUs in the host do not support hyperthreading.
A. Hyperthreading is disabled in the host’s BIOS.
B. The physical CPUs in the host are not multi-core.
C. The number of CPUs meets or exceeds the maximum without hyperthreading.
AB
- Immediately after installing an ESXi host, an administrator needs to examine the following log files: • /var/log/hostd.log • /var/log/vmkernel.log • /var/log/vpxa.log Which two connections would allow an administrator to examine these files? (Choose two.)
A. Connecting to the Direct Console User Interface
B. Attaching a vSphere Client directly to the ESXi host
C. Attaching the vSphere Web Client directly to the ESXi host
D. Attaching the vSphere Client to the vCenter Server managing the ESXi host
AB
- An administrator is upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch. The existing switch is version 5.0 and the administrator wants to upgrade to the latest version possible. The environment contains several ESXi 5.1 hosts. Which two options are available to ensure that the upgraded switch will be compatible with these hosts? (Choose two.)
A. Upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
B. Upgrade the ESXi 5.1 hosts to version 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
C. Upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.1
D. Upgrade the ESXi host switches to 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
BC
- To avoid unnecessary planned downtime, what is the minimum version of VMware Tools that, if installed, will decrease the need for virtual machine reboots following VMware Tools upgrades?
A. 5.5
B. 5.1
C. 5.0
D. 4.1
B
- Which two Identity Sources are available to add for vCenter Single Sign-On authentication? (Choose two.)
A. LocalOS
B. OpenLDAP
C. NIS as an LDAP Server
D. VCMSDS
AB
- Which VLAN configuration requires switch connectivity defined as an access port?
A. Private VLAN
B. External Switch Tagging
C. Virtual Guest Tagging
D. Virtual Switch Tagging
B
- An administrator needs to deploy several virtual machines. Storage contention between the virtual machines should be managed by the VMkernel. Some of the virtual machines will use MSCS and should be highly available across the ESXi 5.5 hosts. Which two storage options meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
A. iSCSI
B. NFS
C. Fibre Channel
D. vSAN
AC
- Which two precautions should a vSphere administrator take before increasing the size of a VMFS datastore? (Choose two.)
A. Unmount the datastore
B. Perform a rescan to ensure that all hosts see the most current storage
C. Quiesce I/O on all disks involved
D. Shut down all virtual machines stored in the datastore
BC
- What action should the vSphere administrator take to allow for a new vApp to be created in the cluster?
A. Enable Distributed Resource Scheduling on the cluster
B. Create a Resource Pool in the cluster, and create the vApp in the Resource Pool
C. Enable High Availability on the cluster
D. Create a new Datacenter, and create the vApp in the new Datacenter
A
- A vSphere administrator receives a report of an issue with a vApp. After connecting to the environment with the vSphere Client, the administrator does not see the vApp, but instead sees the inventory shown in the exhibit. What explains this behavior?
A. The administrator is connected to the ESXi host running the vApp.
B. The administrator is using the Web Client.
C. The vApp is in a partially deleted state.
D. The vApp has been converted to a resource pool.
A
- A system administrator is unable to clone a windows 2008 server while connected directly to an ESXi host through vSphere Client. Which two methods can be used to complete the task? (Choose two.)
A. Connect to vCenter Server and retry the operation.
B. Use VMware Converter to perform the operation.
C. Connect to the host using the Web Client and retry the operation.
D. Use VMware Configuration Manager to perform the operation.
AB
- An administrator needs to create and provision new virtual machines from a master image that can not be edited or powered on. Which type of resource is most appropriate for the administrator to perform the task?
A. Full Clone
B. Linked Clone
C. Template
D. Snapshot
C
- A vSphere administrator is unable to vMotion a virtual machine between two hosts. An error message indicates that the USB device is not accessible on the target host. What is causing this issue?
A. The USB device was not enabled for vMotion when it was added to the virtual machine.
B. ESXi does not support vMotion with a USB device attached to the virtual machine.
C. The VMkernel port for vMotion is not enabled for USB traffic.
D. The virtual machine has the wrong USB controller installed.
A
- A vSphere administrator needs to configure a virtual machine to meet a guaranteed CPU performance profile. Which configuration setting could the administrator choose?
A. Set the CPU Limit to High
B. Set the CPU Shares to 500MHz
C. Set the CPU Guarantee to High
D. Set the CPU Reservation to 500MHz
D
- An organization’s datastores are configured in a fully automated Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) cluster. The vSphere administrator determines that virtual machines are being migrated between datastores even though the datastores look evenly balanced. On further investigation, the administrator determines that the datastore’s utilization percentages differ by 2%. Which Storage DRS setting should the administrator change to prevent the virtual machines from migrating prematurely?
A. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the Space Utilization Difference threshold
B. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the I/O imbalance threshold
C. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the Space Utilization Difference threshold
D. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the I/O imbalance threshold
A
- A vSphere administrator enables Fault Tolerance on a powered off virtual machine that has the following configuration: • The virtual machine’s single thin provisioned virtual disk is sized at 100GB. • The datastore that houses the virtual machine has 120GB of free space. After Fault Tolerance has been configured, another administrator attempts to use Enhanced vMotion to move a 30GB virtual machine file into the same datastore and receives an error. What condition could cause this behavior?
A. Fault Tolerance inflated the virtual machine’s virtual disk file.
B. Fault Tolerance created a temporary logging file on the same datastore.
C. Fault Tolerance created a secondary copy of the virtual machine’s virtual disk file.
D. The Fault Tolerance logging file ran out of disk space.
A
- While testing a Fault Tolerance setup on a virtual machine, a system administrator notices that the DRS automation level of the virtual machine has been automatically set to Disabled. The administrator needs to enable DRS to migrate the Fault Tolerance virtual machine to balance the cluster’s CPU and memory loads. What should the administrator do?
A. Enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) in the vSphere cluster.
B. Move the virtual machine to a VMFS 5 datastore built on shared storage.
C. Manually change the DRS automation level of the virtual machine to Enabled.
D. Move the secondary virtual machine to a host with a Fault Tolerance VMkernel port.
A
- A vSphere administrator has misconfigured vMotion in such a way that vMotion migrations are failing. Based on the information shown, what is the cause of the problem?
A. The vMotion VMkernel ports on the hosts are configured with the same IP address.
B. The labels of the vMotion VMkernel ports are not identical.
C. The vMotion VMkernel ports are not labeled identically.
D. The vMotion VMkernel ports are using the same uplink.
A
- A system administrator detects that a VDP Appliance that has been operational for 6 months has become inconsistent or unstable. Which action should the administrator take to recover the VDP appliance and what will be the impact on the vSphere environment?
A. Perform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. All backup and configuration changes made after the checkpoint will be lost.
B. Perform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. Configuration changes after the checkpoint will be lost, but backup data will remain intact.
C. Restore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All backup data and configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost.
D. Restore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost, but backup data will remain intact.
A
- Which two features are different between VDP and VDPA? (Choose two.)
A. Support for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange
B. Ability to perform file level recovery
C. Virtual machines supported per appliance
D. Support for image level backups
AC
- An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client. Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two.)
A. Attach and detach baselines to inventory objects
B. Scan inventory objects for compliance
C. Create a baseline for an inventory object
D. Stage a baseline for remediation
CD
- A vSphere administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of virtual machines. Which two options are available for virtual machine remediation? (Choose two.)
A. Upgrade virtual machine hardware
B. Upgrade VMware tools
C. Upgrade virtual machine appliances
D. Upgrade virtual machine guest OS
AB
- Which two are supported object types for Update Manager? (Choose two.)
A. virtual appliances
B. templates
C. vApps
D. hosts
AD
- A vSphere administrator needs a way of sending noncritical ESXi events to a remote server. Due to budget constraints, no additional costs should be incurred. Which tool will best meet this requirement?
A. vSphere Syslog Collector
B. vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
C. vSphere vCenter Log Insight
D. vSphere Management Appliance
A
- An administrator determines that traffic shaping does not appear to be working on Production, a virtual machine port group on vSwitch1. Traffic shaping is working on all other port groups on the switch. The administrator examines the Traffic Shaping settings as shown in the exhibit: What should the administrator do to resolve the problem?
A. Select the Status checkbox to enable Traffic Shaping on the portgroup.
B. Reduce the Average Bandwidth to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth.
C. Reduce the Burst Size to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth.
D. Click the Security tab and create the necessary security exception.
A
- The vSphere administrator needs to remove the Production virtual machine port group from an ESXi host. The ESXi host’s Networking Configuration tab is shown in the exhibit. After disconnecting the Fileserver02 VM, what step does the administrator need to take, assuming that vSwitch1 will still be needed for further configuration?
A. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the port group.
B. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for vSwitch1.
C. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the Network.
D. Remove the Production port group by removing vSwitch1.
B
- An administrator determines that when a host residing in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, the virtual machines fail to restart on a remaining host, or will only restart after a long delay. Which two conditions would account for this behavior? (Choose two.)
A. The virtual machines were not protected by vSphere HA at the time the failure occurred.
B. Distributed Resource Scheduler was not enabled at the time the failure occurred.
C. There is insufficient spare capacity on hosts with which the virtual machines are compatible.
D. The virtual machines contain physical Raw Device Mappings.
AC
- What is portrayed in the performance chart?
A. The ESXi host running the VM has Transparent Page Sharing enabled.
B. The virtual machine’s memory share value is set too high.
C. The virtual machine is memory constrained.
D. The ESXi host running the VM is low on memory.
D
- A vSphere administrator can create an alarm on which two objects? (Choose two.)
A. LUN
B. Datastore
C. Template
D. Folder
BD
- An administrator needs to modify a virtual machine alert to increase the threshold value of the trigger. Once connected to the vCenter Server, the administrator navigates to the virtual machine to make the change. However, the administrator is unable to edit the alarm. What is the reason that this alarm cannot be edited?
A. The alarm was not defined on this inventory object.
B. The administrator is not the owner of this inventory object.
C. The alarm was not created by the administrator.
D. The alarm has not been acknowledged.
A
- An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager is viewing the health of an ESXi host in the environment. There have NOT been any reported outages or issues with the ESXi host, but the administrator needs to determine if the host is behaving normally. Which minor badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information?
A. Faults
B. Anomalies
C. Stress
D. Health
B
- Which minor badge scores are used to calculate the Health score in vCenter Operations Manager?
A. Time remaining, Capacity remaining, Stress
B. Workload, Anomalies, Faults
C. Stress, Faults, Risk
D. Reclaimable Waste, Density
B
- A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company’s production applications. What is minimum vSphere offering that will support this requirement?
A. vSphere Essentials
B. vSphere Essentials Plus
C. vSphere Hypervisor
D. vSphere Standard
B
- A developer needs to create a multi-tier development stack for a home lab. Which vSphere product will support the architecture required for the least software cost?
A. vSphere Hypervisor
B. vSphere Essentials
C. VMware Player
D. VMware Workstation
A
- An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client. The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day. What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue?
A. Verify the web browser being used has Adobe Flash plugin version 11.5 or later
B. Verify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server
C. Verify the vSphere Web Server service is running on the vCenter Server
D. Verify the administrator has permissions configured in vCenter Server
B
- What is a valid plug-in status for a plug-in that has been added to a vSphere client?
A. Disabled
B. Unknown
C. Stopped
D. Installed
A
- An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements: • A web browser will be utilized to manage the vSphere environment. • 16 ESXi hosts will be deployed. • Licenses must be shared with a vCenter Server at another site. • An external Oracle 10g database server will be used to host the vCenter Server database. Why will the administrator need to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server?
A. Linked Mode is a requirement for the solution.
B. Oracle 10g is a requirement for the solution.
C. The vSphere web client is a requirement for the solution.
D. Management of more than 5 hosts is a requirement for the solution.
A
- Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). What is the most likely explanation?
A. The host has not yet been added to a vCenter Server.
B. The BIOS on the host does not have NX/XD enabled.
C. The ESXi host is running in evaluation mode.
D. The host requires a reboot before this feature is available.
A
- An administrator is installing ESXi on several hosts attached to iSCSI storage. Why would the administrator detach the host from the IP storage network prior to installation?
A. It decreases the time the installer needs to search for available disk drives.
B. It allows the installation of a generic VAAI component for IP storage.
C. It prevents ESXi from installing vSphere Flash Cache to the IP storage.
D. It is required when installing ESXi onto a physical server that utilizes IP storage.
A
- During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported: Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS. Which condition would generate this message?
A. LAHF/SAHF is not enabled in the BIOS.
B. NX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS.
C. SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS.
D. Hyperthreading is not enabled in the BIOS.
A
- What is the minimum virtual machine compatibility setting required for a virtual machine to run on a vSphere 5.5 host?
A. ESXi 5.1 and later
B. ESXi 3.0 and later
C. ESXi 4.1 and later
D. ESXi 3.5 and later
D
- Which is the simplest baseline group combination an administrator could create to upgrade hosts, VMware tools, and virtual machine hardware to the latest versions using Update Manager?
A. One baseline group that contains the host upgrade baselines and one baseline group that contains the VM Hardware and VMware Tools upgrade baselines
B. One baseline group that contains the host upgrade and vCenter upgrade baselines
C. One baseline group that contains the host, VMware tools, and VM Hardware upgrade baselines
D. One baseline group that contains the Data Center upgrade baseline and one baseline group that contains the VM upgrade baseline
A
- During an upgrade, the ESXi 5.x installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume. No virtual machines exist on the host or VMFS3 volume. The requirement is to upgrade to VMFS5. Which option should be chosen to meet this requirement?
A. Upgrade ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
B. Install ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
C. Install ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
D. Upgrade ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
C
- What happens to the status of users already logged into ESXi Shell when a vSphere administrator enables lockdown mode?
A. Users remain logged in and can run commands, except to disable lockdown mode.
B. Users remain logged in and can run commands, including disabling lockdown mode.
C. Users are immediately logged out of ESXi Shell.
D. Users are logged out after a timeout specified by the vSphere administrator.
A
- The vSphere administrator attempts to connect to an ESXi host via an SSH client and receives the following security alert: The vSphere administrator needs to determine whether the RSA key fingerprint shown in the security alert is the fingerprint of the intended ESXi host. Which tool should the vSphere administrator use?
A. Direct Console User Interface
B. vSphere Client
C. vSphere Web Client
D. vSphere Management Assistant
A
- The vSphere administrator is configuring directory services for an ESXi host: What should the vSphere administrator do to configure the host to use CAM services?
A. Check the Use vSphere Authentication Proxy checkbox.
B. Set Select Directory Service Type to CAM services.
C. Specify CAM$ for the Domain.
D. Set Trusted Domains to cam\name.tld where name.tld is the domain that the host is joining.
A
- A vSphere Standard Switch is configured with two uplinks. When adjusting the failover order of the uplinks, what are two valid states in which an administrator can place the uplinks? (Choose two.)
A. Active
B. Unused
C. Passive
D. Disabled
AB
- An administrator determines that a vSphere Standard Switch is dropping all inbound frames to a specific virtual machine. The behavior appeared in the last two days. Which configuration setting, if changed during this timeframe, would result in this behavior?
A. MAC address changes
B. Forged Transmit
C. Traffic Shaping
D. Jumbo Frames
A
- Which two network settings are available on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.)
A. Ingress traffic shaping
B. Egress traffic shaping
C. Private Virtual Local Area Networks (PVLAN)
D. Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN)
BD
- A security team is validating policy settings in a vSphere environment. By default, which security policy is set to reject on a vSphere Standard Switch?
A. Promiscuous mode
B. MAC address changes
C. Forged transmit
D. Use explicit failover
A
- A vSphere administrator upgrades a version 5.1.0 vSphere Distributed Switch to version 5.5.0. Another vSphere administrator, unaware of this change, tries to add an ESXi version 5.1.0 host to the switch and fails. What is causing this addition of the ESXi host to fail?
A. The upgraded switch supports version 5.5 ESXi hosts only.
B. The upgraded switch must be set up for backwards compatibility.
C. The switch failed to upgrade properly.
D. A version 5.5 ESXi host must be added to the switch before the 5.1 host.
A
- A vSphere administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch. The administrator receives notice from the service desk that a cluster of vSphere hosts has disconnected from vCenter Server. This disconnect occurred immediately after the new switch was created. • This vSphere Distributed Switch is the only distributed switch managed by vCenter. • The virtual machines are still functional and the applications are still accessible by end users. On the ESXi hosts, which step must the vSphere administrator take to allow vCenter Server to reconnect?
A. Use the Direct Console User Interface to reattach the management vmnic to the appropriate switch
B. Use the Direct Console User Interface to disable lockdown mode on each affected host
C. Use the ESXi Shell to restart the mgmt-vmware service on each affected host
D. Use the ESXi Shell to restart the vSphere Web Client service on each affected host
A
- A vSphere administrator is administering a vSphere Distributed Switch port group using the vSphere Web Client. The port group was configured using Static binding, but the number of ports must increase as virtual machines are added to the port group. Which port allocation setting should the administrator use to achieve this goal?
A. Elastic
B. Dynamic
C. Fixed
D. Manual
A
- An administrator is deploying vSphere 5.5. The administrator creates a vSphere Distributed Switch, then uses Auto Deploy to deploy several ESXi hosts. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP packets are not being sent between them. Which condition would cause this issue to occur?
A. The LACP support settings do not exist in the Host Profile.
B. The LACP installation bundle is not included in the Image Profile.
C. The LACP setting is not enabled on vCenter Server.
D. LACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server.
A
- A virtual machine is receiving a large number of network packets, which is affecting the performance of other virtual machines connected to the same virtual network. What should the vSphere administrator do to resolve the issue?
A. Migrate the virtual machine to a standard switch that has been configured for ingress traffic shaping
B. Configure the distributed switch to which the virtual machine is connected for ingress traffic shaping
C. Migrate the virtual machine to a different port group on the same distributed switch
D. Enable Network I/O Control on the standard switch to which the virtual machine is connected
B
- A virtual machine is unable to communicate with another virtual machine. Both virtual machines are connected to the Production port group on the same virtual switch and are running on the same host. Which configuration is causing the inability of the virtual machines to communicate?
A. LLDP was enabled instead of CDP for the vSphere Distributed Switch.
B. Promiscuous Mode has been set to Allow on the Production port group.
C. The Production port group is configured to use a secondary PVLAN.
D. The speed and duplex settings for the virtual machine vmnics do not match.
C
- Which two statements are true regarding a new vSphere deployment that is using software FCoE boot from SAN? (Choose two.)
A. Multi-pathing options must be configured by the vmkernel after boot.
B. The adapter must support iBFT or UEFI.
C. The adapter must support FBFT or FBPT.
D. Multi-pathing options must be configured in the Boot ROM.
AC
- Which feature requires an administrator to configure an RDM with Virtual Compatibility Mode?
A. vMotion
B. Virtual Machine Snapshots
C. High Availability
D. N-port ID Virtualization
B
- A virtual machine has the following configuration: • Thin provisioned virtual disks • The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN. • The storage array is VAAI-enabled. What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition?
A. It is suspended.
B. It is gracefully shut down.
C. It is powered off.
D. It is converted to space-efficient sparse.
A
- What should an administrator do to configure multi-pathing using software iSCSI?
A. Bind the VMkernel ports to the software iSCSI initiator
B. Configure Zoning between the hosts and SAN switches
C. Configure NIC teaming on the associated uplinks
D. Ensure jumbo frames are enabled end-to-end
A
- A vSphere administrator observes a problem with the Virtual SAN Cluster Setting as shown: Which action should the administrator take on the vmkernel portgroup on all hosts used by Virtual SAN cluster to resolve this problem?
A. Select the Virtual SAN traffic option
B. Increase the MTU value
C. Change the DNS server address
D. Increase the Port Speed
A
- Which statement is true about the hardware configuration for ESXi hosts participating in a virtual SAN?
A. The hosts must have identical hardware.
B. Each host must have at least one Solid State Drive (SSD).
C. The hosts must have network attached storage.
D. Each host must have a RAID Controller.
B
- An administrator has configured a vSphere 5.5 test environment to evaluate the Virtual SAN feature using Automatic Mode Disk Groups. The administrator needs to disable the Virtual SAN cluster while preserving the virtual machines running on that cluster. The administrator has already installed a vSphere 5.5 Client on a Windows 7 desktop and also has access to the vSphere 5.5 Web Client. What should the administrator do to disable the Virtual SAN?
A. Use Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machines to another datastore then use the vSphere 5.5 Client to disable the Virtual SAN.
B. Use Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machines to another datastore then use the vSphere 5.5 Web Client to disable the Virtual SAN.
C. Use the vSphere 5.5 Client to disable the Virtual SAN, which will automatically migrate the virtual machines via the Storage DRS feature.
D. Use the vSphere 5.5 Web Client to disable the Virtual SAN, which will automatically migrate the virtual machines via the Storage DRS feature.
B
- A vSphere administrator has created a Virtual SAN Cluster with Automatic Mode Disk Groups. The cluster includes three ESXi hosts contributing one SSD and six SAS disks each. The administrator has four new ESXi hosts that boot from a fiber channel array and have no local disks attached. These four new hosts need additional shared storage but there is insufficient space on the fiber channel array. The hardware budget is limited. What can the administrator do to provide the needed storage for the lowest cost?
A. Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and use the existing storage in the cluster.
B. Add an SAS RAID controller to each of the new hosts. Attach one SSD and six SAS disks to each RAID controller and then add the four hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster.
C. Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and contribute the fiber channel disks to the Virtual SAN.
D. Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and change to Manual Mode Disk Groups.
A
- A customer needs a datastore to be seen across multiple vSphere clusters with applications inside of the virtual machines that must detect the physical characteristics of the storage device. Which type of virtual disk meets this requirement?
A. A virtual disk on a VMFS datastore
B. A raw device mapped disk in virtual compatibility mode
C. A raw device mapped disk in physical compatibility mode
D. A virtual disk on an NFS datastore
C
- The current block size of a datastore in VMFS3 is 4MB. An administrator needs to upgrade the datastore to VMFS5 and wants to change it to 1MB block size. Which action should the administrator take?
A. Upgrade the datastore to VMFS 5. Select the 1MB block size option during the upgrade.
B. Create a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size. Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore, then delete the VMFS3 datastore.
C. Upgrade the datastore to VMFS5. Use vmkfstools to change the block size on the upgraded datastore.
D. Create a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size. Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore. Upgrade the virtual machine hardware on the migrated VMs, then delete the VMFS3 datastore.
B
- An administrator needs to use guest OS clustering in a vSphere environment that uses a Fibre Channel SAN. The clustering software does NOT have a SCSI target or a SCSI command passthrough requirement. Which VMware storage type should the administrator use?
A. Physical RDM
B. VMFS
C. Virtual RDM
D. NFS
B
- Which two CPU features enable the use of 64-bit virtual machines? (Choose two.)
A. Intel VT
B. NX/XD Bit
C. Hyper-threading
D. AMD RVI
AD
- An administrator is creating a new VMFS volume and needs to make it available to all hosts within a datacenter using the Web Client. What should the administrator scan for in order to meet this requirement?
A. New Storage Devices and LUNs
B. New Storage Devices and VMFS Volumes
C. New VMFS Volumes and Datastores
D. New VMFS Volumes and LUNs
B
- An administrator is deploying a virtual machine from a template. Assuming all of the inventory objects below exist in the implementation, what is the highest level in the vCenter Server hierarchy to which a virtual machine can be deployed?
A. Datacenter
B. Cluster
C. Resource Pool
D. Host
B
- Which statement is accurate when choosing the storage controller for a virtual machine using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard in custom mode?
A. There is a predetermined controller based on the guest OS, which cannot be changed.
B. A controller is recommended based on the guest OS type. The administrator can choose this controller or select any other.
C. There is a predetermined controller based on the guest OS, which can only be changed after the virtual machine is deployed.
D. The controller options presented will be based on the guest OS type. The administrator must choose one of these options.
B
- A VMware administrator needs to simplify the placement of virtual machines. The administrator also needs to balance I/O load and space utilization automatically. Which combination of features should the administrator use to achieve this?
A. Create a Datastore Cluster and enable Storage DRS on the cluster
B. Create a Datastore Cluster and enable Storage I/O Control on each datastore
C. Enable Storage DRS and Storage I/O Control on each datastore
D. Enable Storage I/O Control on each datastore and configure Storage vMotion
A
- An administrator is creating a vApp for a multi-tiered application and needs to configure custom startup actions for each virtual machine. What should the administrator do to enable this functionality?
A. Verify that VMware Tools is installed on each virtual machine in the vApp.
B. Ensure all virtual machines in the vApp are running hardware version 8 or later.
C. Configure custom startup actions on the virtual machines, then add them to the vApp.
D. Deploy a vSphere Management Assistant in the cluster and enable the vApp plug-in.
A
- A vSphere administrator is creating a vApp for a multi-tier application. Every time the vApp is started, the virtual machines perform a file system check. Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
A. Change the shutdown action in the vApp to Guest Shutdown
B. Change the shutdown action in the vApp to Graceful Shutdown
C. Change the shutdown action in the vApp to Graceful Power Off
D. Change the shutdown action in the vApp to Guest Power Off
A
- An administrator needs to configure a Linux virtual machine template to support guest customization. The administrator has installed VMware Tools. Which additional component is necessary to enable Linux guest OS customization?
A. Perl
B. bash
C. Python
D. Sysprep
A
- A VMware administrator needs to export a vApp and create a self-contained package that has a single file. Which format should the administrator use?
A. Export as OVF
B. Export as OVA
C. Export as ZIP
D. Export as ISO
B
- A vSphere administrator needs the ability to adjust the amount of guaranteed physical CPU and Memory resources to a virtual machine without incurring application downtime. Which actions must the administrator perform?
A. Enable CPU hotplug and Memory hotplug on the virtual machine.
B. Adjust the number of CPUs and the Memory Configuration for the virtual machine.
C. Adjust the CPU reservation slider and click the Reserve all Guest Memory checkbox.
D. Adjust the CPU and Memory reservation sliders on the virtual machine.
D
- A system administrator has an application installed on a physical machine that is licensed to the MAC address of the physical NIC. This system needs to be virtualized. What two methods could an administrator use to ensure the license will function in the virtual machine? (Choose two.)
A. Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC in the guest OS
B. Install the NIC from the physical server into the ESXi host
C. Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC using the Web Client
D. Configure the physical server’s MAC address in the virtual switch
AC
- An administrator needs to prevent two virtual machines from running on the same host at any time. Which DRS rule should the administrator apply?
A. vm-to-vm affinity
B. vm-to-host affinity
C. vm-to-vm anti-affinity
D. vm-to-host anti-affinity
C
- A vSphere administrator needs to enable Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) in an existing vSphere environment: • The environment contains a High Availability (HA) cluster with eight ESXi hosts. • Six ESXi hosts are not in a cluster. • DRS should be used on as many hosts as possible. • Initial placement of virtual machines should be automatically performed. • Migration recommendations should be provided, but not performed without approval. Which procedure should the administrator perform to accomplish this task?
A. Select the datacenter and create a DRS cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS. Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Partial.
B. Select the existing HA cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster. Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Manual.
C. Select the datacenter and create a DRS cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS. Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Manual.
D. Select the existing HA cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster. Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Partial.
D
- An organization’s wants to ensure that if a host in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, critical virtual machines resume operation even if there are insufficient resources to continue to run all virtual machines in the cluster. Which HA setting should be configured to ensure the cluster operates as expected?
A. VM restart priority
B. Admission Control policy
C. VM monitoring sensitivity
D. das.checkVmStateDelay
A
- A vSphere administrator needs to reconfigure the Distributed Power Management (DPM) threshold to be more aggressive. Where should the administrator edit the settings of DPM in the vSphere Web Client?
A. DPM plug-in settings
B. Cluster settings
C. ESXi host power settings
D. vCenter Service Status
B
- An administrator has created a Virtual Flash Read Cache and needs to add a total 2TB of capacity to the cache. The administrator has a total of six SSD disks to add, but is unable to add one of the disks. What is a likely cause of the problem?
A. The SSD device size is less than 256GB.
B. The SSD device size is greater than 4TB.
C. The SSD device is a local disk.
D. The SSD device contains existing data.
B
- A DRS cluster has been created with the following specifications: • All mission critical virtual machines are in the root resource pool. • All other virtual machines are placed into two child pools based on medium or low priority. • The two child pools contain adequate resources needed by the medium and low priority virtual machines. • The two child pools are reserving 35% of the total available resources of the cluster. What is the advantage of leaving the mission critical virtual machines in the root resource pool?
A. The root resource pool has immediate access to new physical resources added to the cluster.
B. Virtual machines placed in the root resource pool have a higher vMotion priority in DRS.
C. Transparent Memory Page Sharing in the root resource pool has a higher weight than in child pools.
D. Virtual machines placed in the root resource pool have higher default share values.
A
- A vSphere administrator needs to temporarily disable DRS on a cluster containing a resource pool hierarchy. Which procedure should the administrator follow to preserve the resource pool hierarchy while DRS is disabled?
A. Move the resource pool hierarchy out of the cluster prior to disabling DRS.
B. Save the resource pool hierarchy to the administrator’s local machine prior to disabling DRS.
C. Backup the vCenter Server database and restore the database after re-enabling DRS.
D. Create a new cluster and move the resource pool hierarchy to the new cluster prior to disabling DRS.
B
- A vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine to another datastore and host without disrupting virtual machine users. Which technique should the vSphere administrator use?
A. Enhanced vMotion
B. High Priority vMotion
C. Low Priority vMotion
D. Storage vMotion
A
- A vSphere administrator needs to enable Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine. When performing a Storage vMotion migration, which setting should the vSphere administrator change in the virtual machine’s disk format to ensure it meets Fault Tolerance requirements?
A. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
B. Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
C. Thin Provisioned
D. Thin Provision Eager Zeroed
A
- The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one host to another. The virtual machine .vswp file resides in local storage. Which two techniques can the administrator use to migrate the virtual machine? (Choose two.)
A. vMotion migration
B. Cold migration
C. Storage vMotion migration
D. Enhanced vMotion migration
AB
- A customer needs to size a single backup appliance for backing up 3TB of data. There is no requirement for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange. What is the minimum VMware Data Protection solution and sizing that would fulfill the stated requirements?
A. VMware Data Protection Advanced with a 4TB backup appliance
B. VMware Data Protection with a 4TB backup appliance
C. VMware Data Protection Advanced with a 3TB backup appliance
D. VMware Data Protection with a 3TB backup appliance
A
- Which tool should an administrator use to modify vSphere Data Protection (VDP) backup jobs?
A. vSphere Web Client
B. vSphere Client using the VDP plugin
C. VAMI on the VDP Appliance
D. vSphere Management Appliance
A
- An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of ESXi hosts and virtual machines. The vSphere management components reside in a secure environment that does not have direct access to the Internet. How would Update Manager be configured in this environment while maintaining the organization’s security requirements?
A. Install Update Manager Download Service on a machine with Internet access and configure an export policy to the Update Manager server.
B. Install Update Manager Secure Gateway on a machine in the DMZ and configure an IPsec tunnel to the internal Update Manager server.
C. Create a TFTP server as an HTTP proxy and configure an export policy to the Update Manager server.
D. Enable gateway services on the Update Manager server and provide Internet access to the gateway address.
A
- An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager for the initial deployment of VMware Tools on a group of newly created virtual machines. When the administrator scans the objects for compliance, a compliance state of Incompatible is returned. How should the administrator resolve the issue?
A. Install VMware Tools manually on the new virtual machines.
B. Ensure the latest version of VMware Tools has been downloaded to the Update Manager repository.
C. Enable the Upgrade VMware Tools on Power Cycle option.
D. Create a separate baseline object for each guest OS type .
A
- An administrator is installing ESXi 5.x to a local SAS drive. The installation stops on a purple screen and shows the error: The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. Could not populate the filesystem: Admission check failed Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
A. Upgrade the ESXi host to meet the minimum hardware requirement for installation.
B. Disable the network interface cards (NICs) to ensure that third-party drivers do not interfere with installation.
C. Enable hardware Virtualization Technology in the ESXi host BIOS.
D. Disable the Host Bus Adapters (HBA) to ensure the installation targets the local disk.
A
- An administrator notices that a virtual machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power -> Power On. Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start?
A. vmkernel.log
B. messages
C. vpxa.log
D. fdm.log
A
- A vSphere administrator is performing maintenance on a group of ESXi 5.5 hosts when an error message displays indicating that the ramdisk is full. The two hosts reporting the problem were deployed with Auto Deploy. What should the administrator do to resolve this issue?
A. Redirect host logs to an NFS store
B. Disable the System Logs through the host DCUI
C. Decrease the maximum host log file size to 10240KB
D. Move the ramdisk to an SSD drive
A
- An administrator creates an ESXi cluster using vSphere Auto Deploy. The ESXi hosts are configured to get a management IP address from a DHCP server. The administrator needs to troubleshoot the management network on one of the hosts. Which DCUI option should the administrator use to renew the DHCP lease?
A. Restart Management Network
B. Restore Network Settings
C. Test Management Network
D. Configure Management Network
A
- A vSphere administrator assigns VLAN 3389 to the Production port group on the VCP_DCV_Example vSphere Distributed Switch. After the change, users report a loss of connectivity to their applications. Further analysis provides the following data: • The cluster has not had a ESXi host failure. • Application functioned normally prior to the change. • The loss of connectivity occurred immediately following the change. Which condition would cause this loss of connectivity?
A. The physical switch ports used by the vmnics have not been configured with 802.1Q.
B. Maintenance Mode was initiated on one of the hosts in the cluster. Connectivity will resume after the virtual machines are migrated.
C. All uplinks were removed from the VCP_DCV_Example switch and added to another virtual switch.
D. A load balancing setting on the port group conflicts with the load balancing setting of the switch.
A
- Why would an administrator be unable to locate an IP address for a vSphere vmnic uplink?
A. IP addresses are defined at the virtual nic level, not the vmnic level.
B. ESXi host vmnics communicate with physical switches on layer 3.
C. ESXi hosts use NAT translation to mask the actual vmnic IP address.
D. The IP address of the vmnic is not shown in the vSphere Client.
A
- Which database platform is embedded within the vApp architecture of vCenter Operations Manager?
A. MySQL
B. IBM DB2 Express
C. Oracle 11g Express
D. vPostgres
D
- An administrator attempts to delete a Storage Policy and receives an error. Which two object types, if assigned a Storage Policy, would prevent the Storage Policy from being deleted? (Choose two.)
A. A virtual machine.
B. A virtual disk.
C. A datastore.
D. A datastore cluster.
AB
- An administrator has configured hardware acceleration for a Fibre Channel storage array. After a recent maintenance event, the administrator finds that cloning and migration operations are taking excessively long to complete. Which two settings could cause hardware acceleration to become disabled? (Choose two.)
A. VAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_SYM
B. VAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_NETAPP
C. VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking = 0
D. Datamover.HardwareAcceleratedInit = 0
CD
- A VMFS5 datastore shows several errors, which suggests file system corruption. Which tool could a vSphere administrator use to check the VMFS file system?
A. vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA)
B. VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant (VIMA)
C. vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
D. VMware vSphere Health Check Analyzer (VHCA)
A
- What is indicated by the performance chart shown?
A. Guest memory is overcommitted.
B. Host memory is overcommitted.
C. Host is I/O constrained.
D. Guest is I/O constrained.
B
- A vSphere administrator receives a request to capture the state of a virtual machine six times a day. Which procedure will satisfy the requirement with the least amount of administrator intervention?
A. Use the vSphere web client to configure a scheduled task to take a snapshot every four hours.
B. Use the vSphere web client to configure a scheduled workflow to take a snapshot every four hours.
C. Use the vSphere web client to manually initiate a snapshot of the virtual machine every four hours.
D. Use the vSphere web client to schedule an automated snapshot every four hours using Snapshot Manager.
A
- The virtual machine Fileserver01 shown in the exhibit can not ping anything on the Internet. Why is Fileserver01 unable to connect to the Internet?
A. Fileserver01 does not have a reachable IP address.
B. Fileserver01 is not on the Production network.
C. The virtual nic for Fileserver01 has a speed or duplex mismatch.
D. The vSwitch1 virtual switch does not have an attached vmnic adapter.
A
- A vSphere administrator installs an ESXi host and creates a virtual machine, then installs vCenter Server. Upon connecting to the environment, the administrator notices that several inventory views appear to be missing from the Navigation Bar as shown in the Exhibit. Which condition would result in this behavior?
A. The vSphere administrator is logged directly into the ESXi host.
B. The vSphere administrator is logged directly into the vCenter Server.
C. The vSphere administrator has limited permissions on the ESXi host.
D. The vSphere administrator has limited permissions on the vCenter Server.
A
- A vSphere administrator created a Virtual SAN and a relevant virtual machine Storage Policy. The administrator is unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy when creating a new virtual machine. Based on the exhibit, why is the administrator unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy?
A. The administrator did not enable the virtual machine Storage Policy per compute resource.
B. The ESXi Host license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.
C. The vCenter Server license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.
D. The administrator did not create a storage policy for the datastore selected for the virtual machine.
A
- Why is the network configuration shown in the exhibit impossible?
A. A single vmnic cannot be shared by two virtual switches.
B. The MAC address of the Management Network VMkernel port is invalid.
C. Virtual machines are not allowed to run on the same virtual machine port group as the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance.
D. Virtual Machine Port Groups and VMkernel Ports are not allowed on the same virtual switch.
A
- An administrator is unable to configure Receive Side Scaling on the vmnic driver in a Windows 2008 R2 guest. Based on the exhibit, what would need to be modified to enable this option?
A. Manually configure a static MAC address
B. Enable DirectPath I/O
C. Ensure the vmnic is attached to the correct network
D. Change the adapter type to VMXNET3
D
- The Edit Settings wizard reports a virtual machine is configured as follows: Which setting, if NOT configured, will prevent network connectivity?
A. The network label must be supplied.
B. The MAC address must be supplied.
C. The device status must be set to Connected.
D. The DirectPath I/O status must be Supported.
A
- Using the vSphere Web Client to display Software iSCSI Initiator properties reveals that one of two configured paths is Not Used. The ESXi syslog events are as shown: What is the root cause of the problem?
A. The VMkernel adapter named vmk3 is on a subnet different from the iSCSI server’s subnet.
B. The path will only become Active if the VMkernel adapter named vmk1 loses connectivity.
C. The VMkernel adapter named vmk3 has lost network connectivity.
D. The VMKernel adapter named vmk3 is on a different vSwitch from vmk1.
A
- The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard shows Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues associated with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green. What is the most likely reason for this health score?
A. The workload for the virtual machine is higher than normal, which is generating a large number of anomalies within vCenter Operations Manager.
B. A high stress and a pattern of constrained resources has been attributed to the virtual machine in vCenter Operations Manager.
C. A recent migration to another host in the cluster has violated HA admission control policy.
D. vCenter Operations Manager has determined that the time remaining for the virtual machine’s assigned CPU resources is very low.
A
- A vSphere administrator has a 4 host DRS cluster with plans to grow to 8 hosts. During a vMotion migration, the following error is displayed: What action could be taken to resolve the issue?
A. Ensure all hosts in the cluster contain only Intel or AMD CPUs
B. Choose Reset all to Default in the CPU Identification Mask of the VM
C. Verify and correct the vmkernel port settings for the vMotion network
D. Configure the DRS Migration Threshold to the most conservative setting
B
- Users accessing the WinXP virtual machine shown in the exhibit report intermittent connectivity to the corporate network. The configuration is as follows: • This virtual machine runs in a DRS/HA cluster of two ESXi hosts. • The VCP_DCV_Example vSphere Distributed Switch was recently created. • The WinXP virtual machine was recently migrated from another vSphere Distributed Switch. • The WinXP virtual machine was able to connect prior to migration to this switch. • No changes to the VCP_DCV_Example switch have been made since creation. Which step should the administrator take to resolve the WinXP virtual machine’s intermittent connectivity to the corporate network?
A. Add the ESXi host to the switch where the virtual machine is currently running
B. Disable Port Blocking on the VCP_DCV_Example switch
C. Disable Port Blocking on the Production port group
D. Enable Network I/O Control on the switch to better balance I/O
A
- Which field should an administrator add to a Virtual SAN Disk Group under the Device Backing settings to monitor the health of disks in the Disk Group?
A. Issue
B. Operational Status
C. Capacity
D. Transport Type
A
- An ESXi host’s networking is configured as shown. The virtual machine named Fileserver01 is unable to ping anything on an external network: Which condition would explain this behavior?
A. The vSwitch1 virtual switch does not have an attached vmnic adapter.
B. The Fileserver01 virtual machine is not running.
C. vSwitch0 is configured to reject MAC address spoofing.
D. vmk0 is using a non-routable IP address.
B
- A security audit has revealed that a virtual machine on vSwitch1 is receiving all traffic sent to the virtual switch, violating corporate policy. The vSphere administrator examines the properties for vSwitch1, as shown in the exhibit: Which configuration explains why the virtual machine is receiving all traffic sent to vSwitch1?
A. The Production port group has the Promiscuous Mode policy set to Accept.
B. vSwitch1 has the Promiscuous Mode policy set to Reject.
C. The Network Failure Detection policy on the Production port group is set to Link Status plus Beaconing.
D. The Network Failure Detection policy on vSwitch1 is set to Link Status only.
A
- An administrator receives notice of a large number of ARP table issues. The issues began after a maintenance window 36 hours ago. The issue did not exist prior to the maintenance window. Which change was made to the port group that is causing the ARP table issue?
A. Notify Switches was changed to No.
B. Uplink 2 was changed from Standby to Active.
C. Failback was changed to Yes.
D. Network failure detection was changed to Link status only.
A
- A vSphere administrator attempts to manually vMotion a virtual machine but receives error messages related to the Shared Storage datastore shown in the exhibit. The administrator uses the vSphere Web Client and locates the datastore settings shown: Which action should the administrator take to resolve these errors?
A. Reconnect server3 to the vCenter server.
B. Select server3 and click Mount.
C. Remove server3 from the cluster then re-add it.
D. Right-click Not connected and select Connect.
B
- The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard is showing Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green: How should an administrator resolve this issue?
A. Select the Anomalies badge to identify the cause of the abnormal behavior, then take appropriate action.
B. Select the Stress badge to identify the cause of the increased stress, then take appropriate action.
C. Select the Risk badge, identify the host at risk, and migrate the VM to a host with more resources.
D. Select the Risk badge to identify how much time is remaining before CPU resources are gone, then assign more resources.
A
