Section 2: vCenter Server Installation and Setup

Question 1

What component of vSphere provides a centralized platform for management, operation, resource provisioning, and performance evaluation of virtual machines and hosts?

Answer 1

vCenter Server

Question 2

What is VMware’s recommended method of deploying vCenter Server?

Answer 2

Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance with embedded Platform Services Controller

Question 3

What services are provided by the Platform Services Controller?

Answer 3

• vCenter Single Sign-On
• License service
• Lookup service
• VMware Certficate Authority

Question 4

What services are provided by vCenter Server?

Answer 4

• vCenter Server (service)
• vSphere Web Client
• vSphere Auto Deploy
• vSphere ESXi Dump Collector

Windows vCenter also contains the VMware vSphere Syslog Collector

vCSA contains the VMware vSphere Update Manager Extension service

Question 5

Starting with vSphere 6.5, all vCenter Server services and some Platform Services Controller services run as child processes of what service?

Answer 5

VMware Service Lifecycle Manager service

Question 6

What does the PSC’s Single Sign-On authentication service provide?

Answer 6

Secure one-stop-shop authentication services to vSphere software components through a secure token exchange mechanism within an internal security domain (vsphere.local).

Question 7

What does the PSC’s License service provide?

Answer 7

Common license inventory and management capabilities to all vCenter Server systems that are connected to the PSC.

Question 8

What does the PSC’s Certificate Authority (VMCA) provide?

Answer 8

Provisions each ESXi host with a signed certificate that has VMCA as the root certificate authority, by default.

All ESXi certificates are stored locally on the host.

Question 9

What is vCenter Server’s ESXi Dump Collector service?

Answer 9

Acts as vCenter Server’s support tool to collect VMkernel memory and send to a networked server.

Question 10

What is Windows’ Syslog Collector service?

Answer 10

Enables network logging and combining of logs from multiple hosts which is sent to a server on the network, rather than a local disk.

Question 11

What is the recommended maximum number of supported hosts to collect logs from via the Windows’ vCenter Server Syslog Collector service?

Answer 11

30

Question 12

What is the vCenter Server Appliance?

Answer 12

A preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine that is optimized for running vCenter Server and the associated services

Reduces deployment time of vCenter Server and the associated services, and provides a low-cost alternative to the Windows-based vCenter Server installation

Question 13

What version of vSphere enables enhanced linked mode for vCenter Servers with an embedded PSC?

Answer 13

vSphere 6.5 Update 2

Question 14

What is the default user name to log in to the vCSA OS and Appliance Management Interface?

Answer 14

root

Question 15

What is the default user name for vCenter Single Sign-On login?

Answer 15

administrator@vsphere.local (your_domain_name)

Question 16

What are the different environment sizes for the vCenter Server Appliance?

Answer 16

Tiny
Small
Medium
Large
X-Large

Question 17

What are the hardware requirements for a vCSA deployment with a tiny environment?

Answer 17

2 vCPUs
10GB RAM

Supports up to 10 hosts or 100 VMs

Question 18

What are the hardware requirements for a vCSA deployment with a small environment?

Answer 18

4 vCPUs
16GB RAM

Supports up to 100 hosts or 1,000 VMs

Question 19

What are the hardware requirements for a vCSA deployment with a medium environment?

Answer 19

8 vCPU
24GB RAM

Supports up to 400 hosts or 4,000 VMs

Question 20

What are the hardware requirements for a vCSA deployment with a large environment?

Answer 20

16 vCPUs
32GB RAM

Supports up to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 VMs

Question 21

What are the hardware requirements for a vCSA deployment with an X-Large environment?

Answer 21

24 vCPUs
48GB RAM

Supports up to 2,000 hosts or 35,000 VMs