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1
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What is the largest block size you can have in VMFS-5?

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8MB (when upgraded from VMFS-3)

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What is the largest block size you can have in VMFS-3?

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8MB

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An NFS datastore was unmounted for maintenance. How is it mounted again?

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It will have to be added to the ESXi host again.

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A VMFS datastore was deleted. What happens to the data on it?

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The data is lost.

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What is the smallest block size you can have in VMFS-5?

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1MB

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What is the smallest block size you can have in VMFS-3?

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1MB

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What version of NFS is supported for use in vSphere as a datastore?

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Version 3

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What is the largest VMDK file size in vSphere 5.5?

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62TB

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What is the largest VMFS-5 volume size possible in vSphere 5?

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64TB

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Which ESX/ESXi hosts can access a VMFS-5 datastore?

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ESXi 5 only

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What is a prerequisite for VMFS-2 datastores to be upgraded to VMFS-5?

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They first must be upgraded to VMFS-3.

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What are the three default path selection policies?

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Fixed, Most Recently Used, and Round Robin

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13
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Which type of RDM can be placed in snapshot mode?

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Virtual Compatibility Mode

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14
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How many NAS mounts per ESXi 5 host are supported?

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256

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15
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What are the two ways to increase the capacity of a VMFS volume?

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Grow Extent and Add Extent

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16
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What is used to configure vCenter Single Sign-On?

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vSphere Web Client

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17
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Which licensing is required to use the Virtual Serial Port Concentrator?

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Enterprise or Enterprise Plus

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What is iSCSI Firmware Boot Table (iBFT) used for?

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iBFT is used to communicate information about an iSCSI boot device to an OS.

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Which PVLAN port can communicate with all ports, including the isolated and community ports?

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Promiscuous

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Using the embedded vPostgres database, how many hosts can the vCenter Server Appliance support?

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100

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vSwitches provide which two connection types?

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Virtual machine and VMkernel

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Is adding or removing a vmnic to/from a vSwitch with a virtual machine networking connection type disruptive to virtual machines?

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No

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Can a vSwitch be removed if virtual machines are actively connected to it?

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No

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What are the three vSwitch security policies?

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Promiscuous Mode, MAC Address Changes, and Forged Transmits

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Which type of port group is created to access an NFS share?

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VMkernel

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26
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dvSwitches require vCenter Server and which edition of vSphere?

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Enterprise Plus

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What are the three types of PVLAN ports?

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Promiscuous, isolated, and community

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Which distributed switch version is the latest version included with vSphere 5.5?

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vSphere Distributed Switch version 5.5.0

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Private VLANs are supported in which type of virtual switch?

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dvSwitches only

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30
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Which type of virtual switch allows a VLAN range to be specified?

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dvSwitch only

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31
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What are the three types of port binding?

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Static binding, dynamic binding, and ephemeral binding

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32
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Can multiple vMotion port groups per host be enabled?

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Yes, with multi-NIC vMotion

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33
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Which virtual switch provides bidirectional virtual machine rate limiting (traffic shaping)?

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dvSwitch only

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34
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What are the four policies that the vSwitch and dvSwitch have in common?

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Failover and Load Balancing Policy, VLAN Policy, Security Policy, and Traffic Shaping Policy

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Which load-balancing policy is available only on the dvSwitch?

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Route Based on Physical NIC Load

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36
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TSO is enabled on VMs by using which two network adapter types?

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VMXNET 2 or VMXNET 3

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37
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What are the three VLAN tagging configurations?

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External Switch Tagging (EST), Virtual Switch Tagging (VST), and Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT)

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38
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Jumbo frames are enabled on VMs by using which two network adapter types?

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VMXNET 2 and VMXNET 3

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A traffic-shaping policy consists of three configurable options; what are they?

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Average Bandwidth, Peak Bandwidth, and Burst Size

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Which load-balancing policy requires Enterprise Plus licensing?

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Route Based on Physical NIC Load

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41
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What are the three default system roles in vCenter Server?

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No Access, Read Only, and Administrator

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42
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Permissions are applied in vCenter Server by pairing a user or group with what?

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A role

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43
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User permissions take precedence over _____ permissions.

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group

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44
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Any permission defined directly on a child object will ________ permissions propagated from parent objects.

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override

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45
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What are the three start-up policies available for services when configured in the ESXi firewall?

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Start and Stop with Port Usage, Start and Stop with Host, and Start and Stop Manually

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46
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All operations performed against an ESXi host in Lockdown Mode must originate from where?

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The vCenter Server managing the ESXi host

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47
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The MAC Address Changes policy will affect VM traffic that is ________.

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received

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The Forged Transmits policy will affect VM traffic that is ________.

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transmitted

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49
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In vCenter, a permission is a role plus the user or group name assigned to what?

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Inventory object

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vSphere Data Protection was introduced in vSphere 5.1 to replace which product?

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VMware Data Recovery

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51
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Which vSphere editions include vSphere Flash Read Cache?

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Enterprise Plus

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52
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The vCenter Server Appliance requires which versions of ESX/ESXi hosts?

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ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 and ESXi 5 or newer

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53
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vCenter Server?s bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition database supports how many VMware ESX/ESXi hosts and how many virtual machines in the inventory?

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5 ESX/ESXi hosts and 50 virtual machines

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54
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What is the single VMware-supported solution that provides application-level high availability for vCenter Server?

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VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat

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55
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What is configured on ESXi hosts to ensure accurate time?

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NTP

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56
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Where are three places that routing and DNS for ESXi hosts can be configured?

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The vSphere Web Client, the vSphere Client, and the DCUI

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57
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vCenter Server 5 requires a __-bit operating system and a __-bit DSN.

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64, 64

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58
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What is updated first, virtual machine hardware or VMware Tools?

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VMware Tools

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59
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To upgrade an ESXi host with Update Manager, are static or DHCP addresses required?

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Static IP addresses

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60
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Which virtual hardware version is introduced in vSphere 5.5?

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Version 10

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61
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Virtual machine hardware version 10 offers support for ___ vCPUs and ___ of memory.

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64, 1TB

62
Q

What is the name of the file used to configure VMware Tools from the command line on a Windows server?

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VmwareToolboxCmd.exe

63
Q

What are the two modes that can be used with independent disks?

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Independent Persistent and Independent Nonpersistent

64
Q

What are the three types of SCSI bus sharing?

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None, virtual, and physical

65
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What are the three formats for virtual disks?

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Flat disk, thick provision, and thin provision

66
Q

________ are used to specify the relative importance of a virtual machine as it pertains to a specific resource.

A

Shares

67
Q

Name an application that can be used to shrink virtual disks.

A

VMware Converter

68
Q

vApps require which edition of vSphere to be licensed?

A

Enterprise or Enterprise Plus

69
Q

What are the two formats that a vApp can be exported in?

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Folder of files (OVF) and single file (OVA)

70
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Which version of vSphere was the first to introduce support for backing up and restoring dvSwitch configuration?

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vSphere 5.1

71
Q

What is the maximum amount of RAM supported in an ESXi 5.5 host?

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4TB

72
Q

When SSO is first deployed in vSphere 5.5, the only user with administrative privileges in SSO is ________________.

A

Administrator@vsphere.local

73
Q

The Simple Install option for vCenter Server supports up to _____ vSphere hosts and ______virtual machines.

A

1,000, 10,000

74
Q

vSphere Data Protection is based on which EMC technology?

A

Avamar

75
Q

Which vSphere feature allows the copying of virtual machines from one location to another location?

A

vSphere Replication

76
Q

Cloning a virtual machine requires ________ and the ________.

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vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client (or vSphere Client)

77
Q

When a virtual machine is converted to a template, what does the .vmx file extension change to?

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.vmtx

78
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What is used to deploy an OVF template?

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The vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client

79
Q

What is the use case for templates in vCenter Server?

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To deploy multiple consistent images from a protected virtual machine

80
Q

What is the file extension for a virtual hard disk file that actually contains the guest OS data?

A

NAME?

81
Q

What is the VSWP file in a virtual machine?s working location?

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The virtual machine swap file

82
Q

What are the two types of storage capabilities used with VM storage profiles?

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System-defined and user-defined

83
Q

What option can be used to slow down a virtual machine if there is a problem running or installing software in the virtual machine?

A

Disable Acceleration

84
Q

Wake On LAN is supported for which guest operating systems?

A

Windows

85
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Adding a configuration parameter to a virtual machine modifies which file in the virtual machine?s working location?

A

VMX

86
Q

If a DRS cluster is not overcommitted, the virtual machine entitlement will be ________ as the resource allocation for the virtual machine.

A

the same

87
Q

What is used to allow ESXi hosts in a cluster to exchange network heartbeats via the HA agents over their management networks?

A

Host Monitoring

88
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If a master host stops receiving network heartbeats from a slave host, what does the master host use to determine if the slave host is failed, isolated, or partitioned?

A

Datastore heartbeating

89
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What are the three admission control policies in vSphere HA?

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Host Failures The Cluster Tolerates, Percentage Of Cluster Resources Reserved As Failover Spare Capacity, and Specify Failover Hosts

90
Q

In vSphere HA, what are the four settings for virtual machine restart priority?

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Disabled, Low, Medium, High

91
Q

What are the three automation levels available for DRS clusters?

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Manual, Partially automated, and Fully automated

92
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In which direction do you move the DRS migration threshold slider to make DRS more conservative?

A

Left

93
Q

What are the two types of relationships that can be established with affinity rules?

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Affinity and anti-affinity

94
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What are the two types of affinity rules?

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VM-Host and VM-VM

95
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Which type of affinity rule will use the DRS Groups Manager?

A

VM-Host

96
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What are the four options available when creating a VM-Host affinity rule?

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Must Run On Hosts In Group, Should Run On Hosts In Group, Must Not Run On Hosts In Group, and Should Not Run On Hosts In Group

97
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If VM-VM affinity rules conflict with each other, which of the rules will be disabled?

A

The newer of the conflicting rules

98
Q

What is used in a cluster to allow greater vMotion compatibility for the different ESXi hosts in the cluster?

A

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

99
Q

Datastore clusters are supported on which ESX/ESXi versions?

A

ESXi 5 and newer only

100
Q

VMware FT supports how many vCPUs in a virtual machine?

A

One

101
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What are two ways that FT can be tested?

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Pulling the power cables from an ESXi host or using the FT Test Failover functionality

102
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What virtual disk format is required for VMware FT?

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Thick-provisioned eager zeroed format

103
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What two VMkernel network connections are required to use VMware FT?

A

vMotion and fault tolerance logging

104
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Can vCenter Server be protected with VMware FT in a supported configuration?

A

No

105
Q

What is the minimum number of ESX/ESXi hosts required to implement VMware FT?

A

Two

106
Q

What is used to allow a child resource pool to request resources from its parent or ancestors?

A

The Expandable Reservation parameter

107
Q

What is the basis for any hierarchy of resource pools that exist on standalone hosts or in DRS-enabled clusters?

A

Root resource pool

108
Q

Can vSphere Data Protection be managed with the vSphere Client?

A

No

109
Q

________ are used to set an upper bound for memory and CPU resources.

A

Limits

110
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________ can be used to guarantee a minimum allocation of CPU and/or memory for a resource pool.

A

Reservations

111
Q

Can vMotion be used to migrate virtual machines to new datacenters?

A

No

112
Q

Can a suspended virtual machine be moved to a new datacenter?

A

Yes

113
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How can Storage vMotion be used without a license?

A

When using evaluation mode

114
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Can virtual machines that use a virtual device backed by a device that is not accessible on the destination host be migrated with vMotion?

A

No

115
Q

To use EVC in a cluster, can both Intel and AMD processors be used for the hosts?

A

No

116
Q

What are the three locations where virtual machine swap files can be stored?

A

Default (defined by the host or cluster swap file settings), always stored with the virtual machine, and stored in the host?s swap file datastore

117
Q

An individual virtual machine swap file location setting conflicts with the setting specified on an ESXi host. Which setting will be effective?

A

The virtual machine?s

118
Q

Can virtual disk formats be changed during a Storage vMotion?

A

Yes

119
Q

What are three things that a snapshot will preserve?

A

Virtual machine settings, power state, and disk state

120
Q

What happens to a virtual machine?s VMDK files when a snapshot is taken of the virtual machine?

A

The files are placed in read-only mode.

121
Q

What level of consistency will be achieved when taking a snapshot of a Windows 2003 guest OS running the latest version of the VMware Tools?

A

Application level

122
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Can a virtual machine with a physical compatibility mode RDM have a snapshot taken of it?

A

No

123
Q

How is vCenter Operations Manager deployed?

A

vCenter Operations Manager is a vApp that is imported in a vCenter Server environment.

124
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Deleting a virtual machine snapshot will _______ the current state of the virtual machine.

A

commit

125
Q

Can backups made with VMware Data Recovery be migrated to vSphere Data Protection?

A

Yes, a migration tool is included with vSphere Data Protection 5.1.10 and newer.

126
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Which ESX/ESXi host versions are supported with vSphere Data Protection?

A

ESX/ESXi 4 or newer

127
Q

What is the maximum number of supported virtual machine backups for a single vSphere Data Protection appliance?

A

100

128
Q

How many vSphere Data Protection appliances can exist per ESXi/ESX host?

A

One each

129
Q

vCenter Server can support up to _____ VDP appliances.

A

10

130
Q

What are the three different OVA sizes available for the vSphere Data Protection appliance?

A

0.5TB, 1TB, or 2TB

131
Q

Update Manager 5.5 requires which ESX/ESXi host versions?

A

ESX/ESXi 4 and newer

132
Q

Host profiles require which versions of ESX/ESXi hosts and which vSphere editions?

A

ESX/ESXi 4 and newer and the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere

133
Q

vSphere Update Manager requires a ___-bit OS for installation and a ___-bit DSN for an externally connected database.

A

64, 32

134
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vSphere Update Manager 5.5 is compatible with which versions of vCenter Server?

A

vCenter Server 5.5 only

135
Q

Which tab is used to monitor ESXi hardware health when connected directly to the ESXi host with the vSphere Client?

A

The Configuration tab

136
Q

In vCenter Operations Manager, which color will the risk badge be if a low chance of future problems exists?

A

Yellow

137
Q

What command can be used in the ESXi Shell to export diagnostic information from an ESXi host?

A

/usr/sbin/vm-support

138
Q

After installing ESXi, the host is not reachable on the network. What setting in the DCUI can be used to diagnose and correct this?

A

Configure Management Network

139
Q

Which utility can be used from the vMA to monitor ESXi host performance?

A

resxtop

140
Q

Which metric is defined as the average amount of time in milliseconds the VMkernel spends servicing I/O requests?

A

KAVG/cmd

141
Q

Which metric is defined as the total number of I/O operations per second?

A

CMDS/s

142
Q

If the DRS migration threshold is set to Conservative, the target host load standard deviation will report what value?

A

N/A (No attempt to load-balance is made with this setting selected.)

143
Q

Scheduled tasks are a feature of which VMware product?

A

vCenter Server

144
Q

Can a scheduled task be created to delete a virtual machine?

A

No

145
Q

vCenter Server includes an SNMP agent that can be configured to send SNMP traps to how many receivers?

A

Four

146
Q

Which two fields must be filled out to configure SMTP for vCenter Server?

A

SMTP Server and Sender Account

147
Q

vCenter Server logging detail is by default configured at which level?

A

Information (Normal Logging)

148
Q

Does vCenter Server have to be running to create a log bundle?

A

No

149
Q

From where is the ESXi Host Agent restarted?

A

ESXi Shell

150
Q

What three actions do all vCenter Server alarm-type monitors have in common?

A

Send a notification email, send a notification trap, and run a command

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