Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Question 1

What kind of access do VM’s have to the vFlash cache?

Answer 1

Read-only

Question 2

Can EVC be turned on after adding hosts to a cluster?

Answer 2

No, it must be turned on before.

Question 3

Can a local USB be vmotioned to a new host?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What SCSI disk controller type is appropriate for heavy I/O

Answer 4

vMware Paravirtual

Question 5

Can both Tasks and Events be viewed when connecting to a host?

Answer 5

No, only Events

Question 6

List the actions available for scheduled tasks

Answer 6

Change the power state of a VM
Clone a virtual machine
Deploy a virtual machine
Migrate a virtual machine
Create a virtual machine
Create a snapshot of a virtual machine
Add a host
Change cluster power settings
Edit resource settings
Check compliance of a profile
Scan for Updates
Remediate

Question 7

What is a user directory timeout?

Answer 7

User Directory Timeout is the number of seconds specifi ed for the connection timeout to
the directory service. If you fi nd that users and groups are not being listed, increasing the
timeout interval can resolve this issue.

Question 8

What is the query limit size?

Answer 8

Limits the amount of users and groups displayed when assigning permissions

Question 9

What is the validation period?

Answer 9

vCenter periodically queries the directory service to update information on users and groups

Question 10

What is the vCenter Timeout setting

Answer 10

The amount of time before long and short operations time out

Question 11

What are the logging levels for vCenter and what is the default

Answer 11

None
Error
Warning
Information (default)
Verbose
Trivia

Question 12

What are several ways to create a log bundle?

Answer 12

From the Windows Start Menu, from vCenter log bundle wizard

Question 13

What are the commands to verify, start, stop and restart the hostd service?

Answer 13

./etc/init.d/hostd status
./etc/init.d/hostd start
./etc/init.d/hostd stop
./etc/init.d/hostd restart

Question 14

How do you log into the esxi shell from the DCUI?

Answer 14

Alt+F1

Question 15

How do you restart all management agents through the shell?

Answer 15

./sbin/services.sh restart

Question 16

What are the resource maps available in vCenter

Answer 16

Virtual Machine Resources
Host Resources
Datastore Resources
Custom
vMotion

Question 17

In what two views can the vMotion resource map be viewed?

Answer 17

Host and Clusters / VMs and Templates