Section 2.1

Question 1

What are the hardware requirements for an external PSC?

Answer 1

2 vCPUs

4GB RAM

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Default: 300 GB
Large: 825 GB
X-Large: 1700 GB

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Default: 340 GB
Large: 870 GB
X-Large: 1750 GB

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Default: 525 GB
Large: 1025 GB
X-Large: 1905 GB

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Default: 740 GB
Large: 1090 GB
X-Large: 1970 GB

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Default: 1180 GB
Large: 1230 GB
X-Large: 2110 GB

Question 7

What is the storage requirement for an external PSC appliance?

Answer 7

60 GB

Question 8

What are the supported browsers for the vSphere Client running off of Windows 32 bit and 64 bit

Answer 8

IE 11+
Firefox 56+
Chrome 62+

Question 9

What are the supported browsers for the vSphere Client running off of Mac OS?

Answer 9

Firefox 56+

Chrome 62+

Question 10

What are the supported versions of Windows to deploy the vCenter Server GUI/CLI installer?

Answer 10

7, 8, 8.1, & 10
Server 2012 x64 bit
Server 2012 R2 x64 bit
Server 2016 x64 bit

Question 11

What are the supported versions of Linux to deploy the vCenter Server GUI/CLI installer?

Answer 11

SUSE 12

Ubuntu 14.04

Question 12

What are the supported versions of Mac to deploy the vCenter Server GUI/CLI installer?

Answer 12

macOS v10.9, 10.10, 10.11

macOS Sierra

Question 13

What are the minimum hardware configuration for optimal performance of GUI/CLI installers on Windows?

Answer 13

4 GB RAM
2 CPU w/ 4 cores at 2.3 GHz
32 GB Hard disk
1 NIC

Question 14

What are the minimum hardware configuration for optimal performance of GUI/CLI installers on Linux?

Answer 14

4 GB RAM
1 CPU w/ 2 cores at 2.3 GHz
16 GB Hard disk
1 NIC

Question 15

What are the minimum hardware configuration for optimal performance of GUI/CLI installers on Mac?

Answer 15

8 GB RAM
1 CPU w/ 4 cores at 2.4 GHz
150 GB Hard disk
1 NIC

Question 16

What are the requirements for a Windows vCenter installation?

Answer 16

• Verify host name of VM or physical server complies with RFC 1123 guidelines
• Verify system is not an AD Domain Controller

Question 17

What are the user account requirements to run the vCenter Server service (if not using the Local System account)?

Answer 17

• Member of Administrators group
• Log on as a service
• Act as part of the operating system (if user is a domain user)

Question 18

What local policy should be enabled for new users if installing vCenter on a Windows machine?

Answer 18

Log on as a batch job

Question 19

What version of vSphere allows instances of vCenter Server with an embedded PSC to be joined to enable enhanced linked mode?

Answer 19

vSphere 6.5 Update 2

Question 20

Starting in vSphere 6.0 and later, what should you not do in order to prevent authentication conflicts?

Answer 20

Use the same name that is used by OpenLDAP, Active Directory, or other directory services.