Section 2.2

Question 1

What is a site in vSphere?

Answer 1

A site is a logical construct that can be used to PSC instances within a vCenter SSO domain.

Question 2

In the event of a PSC failover, what happens to a vCenter Server instance belonging to the same site?

Answer 2

The vCenter Server is affinitized to a different PSC in the same site.

Question 3

For external PSC deployments, how many PSCs are required to ensure PSC High Availability?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

What appliance can ensure an automatic failover without downtime in external PSC deployments?

Answer 4

Third-party Load Balancer

Question 5

What similarity must external PSCs have in order to support High Availability behind a 3rd party LB?

Answer 5

The same operating system type

Question 6

To ensure High Availability with automatic failover throughout multiple sites (1 SSO domain), what is needed in each site?

Answer 6

A separate LB with associated vCenter Server and external PSC instances

Question 7

What components are required to support PSC High Availability with manual failover?

Answer 7

Within a single site, 2 PSC instances must be configured.

Question 8

What procedure is required after a PSC fails in a site with no LB and 2 PSC instances?

Answer 8

Repointing the vCenter Server instances to the other external PSC

Question 9

What topology can be created if a single SSO domain contains at least 3 PSC instances?

Answer 9

A Ring topology

Question 10

What command can be run to create a ring topology for a SSO domain containing at least 3 PSC instances?

Answer 10

/usr/lib/vmware-vmdir/bin/vdcrepadmin -f createagreement

This is ran on the first and last PSC instance deployed

Question 11

What is vCenter Enhanced Link Mode

Answer 11

Allows you to login to any vCenter Server instance and view and manage the inventories of all the vCenter Server systems in the group

Question 12

For vCSA with embedded PSC deployments, how many nodes can join a single SSO domain?

Answer 12

15

Question 13

For vCenter Server with external PSC deployments, how many external PSC nodes and vCenter Server nodes can join a single SSO domain?

Answer 13

10 external PSCs

15 vCenter Server instances

Question 14

What version of vSphere allows you to migrate an embedded vCenter Server node to another SSO domain ?

Answer 14

vSphere 6.7 Update 1

Question 15

What services are retained and migrated during the vCenter migration to the new domain?

Answer 15

Tagging and licensing

Question 16

With regards to vCenter Enhanced Link Mode, what are the repointing methods available to migrate vCenter Servers to another SSO Domain?

Answer 16

• Single embedded node from one domain to an existing domain
• Embedded node from one domain to an existing domain with a replication partner
• Embedded node to a new domain

Question 17

With regards to vCenter Enhanced Link Mode, what optional pre-check command will analyze conflicts between source and destination vCenter Servers?

Answer 17

cmsso-util domain-repoint -m pre-check

Question 18

What directory is the pre-check command conflict results stored in for use in vCenter Enchanced Link Mode migrations?

Answer 18

/storage/domain-data

Question 19

What are the 3 conflict resolutions used for vCenter Enhanced Link Mode?

Answer 19

Copy: Creates a duplicate copy of the data in the target domain
Skip: Skips copying the data in the target domain
Merge: Merges the conflict without creating duplicates

Question 20

What is the default resolution mode for Tags and Authorization conflicts for vCenter Enhanced Link Mode?

Answer 20

Copy, unless overridden in the conflict files generated during pre-check.

Question 21

What command reads the pre-check conflict results, imports data into target node, and repoints vCenter node to new domain?

Answer 21

cmsso-util domain-repoint -m execute