VCP55D_wAns Flashcards
What is Indicated by the performance chart? * Host is I/O contrained * Guest Memory is overcommitted * Host memory is overcommitted * Guest is I/O constrained
- Host is I/O contrained * Guest Memory is overcommitted * Host memory is overcommitted * Guest is I/O constrained
A vSphere administrator has created a Virtual SAN cluster with Automatic Mode Disk Goups. The cluster includes three ESXi hosts contributing one SSD and six SAS disks each. The administrator has four new ESXi hosts that boot from a Fibre Channel array and have no local disks attached. The four new hosts need additional shared storage but there is insufficient space on the fibre channel array. The hardware budget is limited.What can the administrator do to provide the needed storage for the lowest cost? * Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and contribute the fibre channel disks to the Virtual SAN * Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster and use the existing storage in the cluster * Add an SAS RAID controller to each of the new hosts. Attach one SSD and six SAS disks to each RAID controller and then add the four hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster * Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and change to Manual Mode Disk Groups
- Add the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster and use the existing storage in the cluster Explanation: Host Requirements - A minimum of three hosts contributing local disks, at least one SSD and one HDD, are required.Install ESXi 5.5 or later on each host. You can add the hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster during initial setup of the cluster, or you can add hosts later.The hosts must be managed by vCenter Server 5.5. Not all hosts need to have local storage. ESXi memory requirements: at least 6GB of RAM on each host.Automatic Mode - Virtual SAN claims all available and usable disks and organizes them into default groups with one SSD and one or multiple HDDs. If you add more disks to hosts or add new hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster, all applicable disks are claimed by Virtual SAN. Virtual SAN in automatic mode claims only local disks on the ESXi hosts in the cluster. You can add any remote nonshared disks manually.Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Storage > Working with Virtual SAN
Why would a vSphere administrator configure resource shares for a virtual machine? * To prioritze access to a resource during contention * To guarantee access to a resource during contention * To prioritize access to a resource at all times * To guarantee access to a resource at all times
- To prioritze access to a resource during contention Explanation:Shares specify the relative importance of a virtual machine (or resource pool). If a virtual machine has twice as many shares of a resource as another virtual machine, it is entitled to consume twice as much of that resource when these two virtual machines are competing for resources.Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Resource Management > Configuring Resource Allocation Settings
An administrator decreases the CPU share value for two virtual machines in a DRS cluster from 1000 to 100 shares. The DRS cluster contains more resources than both virtual machines can consume. The characteristics of the VMs are listed below: * The second virtual machine is a clone of the first virtual machine. * Both VM’s are identical in every way. * Both VM’s are not attached to the IP network. * Both VM’s are powered on.What impact on the virtual machines performance will be observed? * The original VM will perform better than the clone when contention occurs. * The VM’s will have equal performance under normal conditions and reduced performance when contention occurs * The performance of the VM’s will reduce by a factor of ten once the share value is adjusted. * The VM’s will have equal performance under all conditions.
- The VM’s will have equal performance under all conditions.Explanation:The important aspect is that “The DRS cluster contains more resources than both virtual machines can consume.” Therefore, there will never be contention (i.e. “competing for resources”)Shares specify the relative importance of a virtual machine (or resource pool). If a virtual machine has twice as many shares of a resource as another virtual machine, it is entitled to consume twice as much of that resource when these two virtual machines are competing for resources.Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Resource Management > Configuring Resource Allocation Settings
An administrator is preparing to install an additional Single Sign-On node on a stand-alone server. What information is required during the installation routine? * Lookup Service URL * Partner Host Name * System DSN * Active Directory Domain name and credentials
- Partner Host Name Explanation:”Procedure:Step 6Enter the information to point this additional node to the first vCenter Single Sign-On server.Note - If the primary node is in a high-availability cluster, enter the address of the primary node load balancer.a Enter the Partner host name. The partner host name is the DNS name of the existing vCenter Single Sign-On server to replicate from.b Enter the password for the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator account of the existing vCenter Single Sign-On server (administrator@vsphere.local).”Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Installation and Setup > Installing vCenter Server > Use Custom Install to Install vCenter Server and Required Components
Which action should an administrator take to increase the size of a VMFS5 datastore from 2TB to 32TB? * Dynamically expand the original LUN and increase the size of the VMFS datastore * Dynamically expand the original LUN and add a second share for the NFS datastore * Dynamically expand the original LUN and add extents to the VMFS datastore * Dynamically expand the orignal LUN and add extents to the NFS datastre
- Dynamically expand the original LUN and increase the size of the VMFS datastore Explanation:The important aspect is the reference to “original LUN”Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Storage > Working with Datastores > Understanding VMFS Datastoresandhttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017662
An administrator notices that a Virtual Machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power->Power On. Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start? * FDM.log * messages * vmkernel.log * vpxa.log
- vmkernel.log Explanation”/var/log/vmkernel.log: Core VMkernel logs, including device discovery, storage and networking device and driver events, and virtual machine startup.”Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2032076
An administrator is using vSphere Replication to replicate a number of virtual machines to a recover site. The administrator plans on enabling Storage DRS on the production site, which is running vSphere 5.5. What changes must be made in order to support this configuration? * Disable Storage DRS on the virtual machines utilizing vSphere Replication * Storage DRS can be added to the existing configuration without any configuration changes * Change the Recovery Point Objective for the replicated virtual machines to support the additional synchronization time * Storage DRS cannot be used in conjunction with vSphere Replication
- Storage DRS can be added to the existing configuration without any configuration changes Explanation:”You can move the disk files of a replicated virtual machine on the source site using Storage DRS with no impact on the ongoing replication.”Reference:vSphere Replication 5.5 Documentation > VMware vSphere Replication Administration > vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Which two statements accurately describe the steps that are taken to recover a virtual machine using vSphere Replication (choose two.) * Upon recover, the virtual machine must be manually attached to a network * A recovery is initiated from the source site. * A recovery is initiated from the target site. * Upon recovery, the virtual machine is automatically attached to it’s configured network.
- Upon recover, the virtual machine must be manually attached to a network * A recovery is initiated from the target site. Explanation:”Procedure Step 1Log in to the vSphere Web Client for the target site.”and Notes”If a replicated virtual machine is attached to a distributed virtual switch and you attempt to perform a recovery in an automated DRS cluster, the recovery operation succeeds but the resulting virtual machine cannot be powered on. Edit the recovered virtual machine settings to attach it to the correct network.vSphere Replication disconnects virtual machine network adapters to prevent damage in the production network. After recovery, you must connect the virtual network adapters to the correct network. If target host or cluster has no access to the DVS the virtual machine was configured with at the source site, manually connect the virtual machine to a network or other DVS to successfully power on the virtual machine.”Reference:vSphere Replication 5.5 Documentation > VMware vSphere Replication Administration > Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported: “Hardware virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS.”Which condition would generate this message? * Hyperthreading is not enabled in the BIOS. * SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS. * NX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS. * LAHF/SAHF is not enabled in the BIOS.
- NX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS. Explanation:NX/XD is part of Hardware virtualization and cannot be enabled/disabled in BIOS.LAHF/SAHF and SSE3 cannot be enabled in BIOS.Hyperthreading has nothing to do with Hardware virtualization. Reference:”http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003661”
Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining, and Stress are minor badges of which major badge in vCenter Operations Manager? * Workload * Effciency * Risk * Health
- Risk Explanation:”The second major metric that vC Ops report is Risk. Risk is a combination of its three sub-metrics - Stress, Time Remaining and Capacity Remaining.”Reference:http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2014/04/david-davis-on-vcenter-operations-post-8-understanding-vcenter-operations-badges.html
When Deploying two sibling resource pools (RP1 and RP2), an administrator needs to make all resources in RP1 available to virtual machines in RP2.Which configuration should the administrator use to meet this requirement? * set the Limit of RP2 to Unlimited * Set the Limit of RP1 to Unlimited * Set the Reservation of RP1 to 0 * Set the Reservation of RP2 to 0
- set the Limit of RP2 to Unlimited Explanation:Setting a Unlimited Limit allows the RP to grab all parent resourcesReference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Resource Management > Configuring Resource Allocation Settings
Ad administrator has configured hardware acceleration for a Fibre Channel storage array. After a recent maintenance event, the administrator finds that cloning and migration operations are taking excessively long to complete.Which two settings could cause hardware acceleration to become disabled? (Choose two.) * VAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_SYM * VAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_NETAPP * VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking = 0 * Datamover.HardwareAcceleratedInit = 0
- VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking = 0 * Datamover.HardwareAcceleratedInit = 0Explanation:Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1033665
A virtual machine has the following configuration: * Thin Provisioned Virtual disks * The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN. * The storage array is VAAI-enabledWhat is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition? * It is powered off. * It is suspended. * It is gracefully shut down. * It is converted to space-efficient sparse
- It is suspended. Explanation:”If no space is left to allocate to the thin-provisioned LUN, the following actions take place:a The storage array reports out-of-space condition to your host. Caution: In certain cases, when a LUN becomes full, it might go offline or get unmapped from the host.b The host pauses virtual machines and generates an out-of-space alarm.You can resolve the permanent out-of-space condition by requesting more physical space from the storage administrator.”Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Storage > Storage Thin Provisioning > Array Thin Provisioning and VMFS Datastores
What is the simplest baseline group combination an administrator could create to upgrade hosts, VMware tools,and virtual machine hardware to the latest versions using Update Manager? * One baseline group that contains the host upgrade baselines and one baseline group that contains the VM Hardware and VMware Tools upgrades baselines * One baseline group that contains the host upgrade and vCenter upgrade baselines * On baseline group that contains the Host, VMware tools and VM Hardware upgrade baselines * One baseline group that contains the Data Center upgrade baseline and one baseline group that contains the VM upgrade baseline
- One baseline group that contains the host upgrade baselines and one baseline group that contains the VM Hardware and VMware Tools upgrades baselines Explanation:”Baseline groups can contain patch, extension, and upgrade baselines. The baselines that you add to a baseline group must be non-conflicting.”Reference:vSphere Update Manager 5 Documentation > Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager > Understanding Update Manager > About the Update Manager Process > Creating Baselines and Baseline Groups
An organization wants to ensure that if a host in High Availability (HA) cluster fails, critical virtual machines resume operation even if there are insufficient resources to continue to run all Virtual Machines in the cluster.Which HA setting should be configured to ensure the cluster operates as expected? * VM restart priority * Admission Control Policy * VM Monitoring sensitivity * das.CheckVmStateDelay
- VM restart priority Explanation:”VM restart priority determines the relative order in which virtual machines are placed on new hosts after a host failure. Such virtual machines are restarted, with the highest priority virtual machines attempted first and continuing to those with lower priority until all virtual machines are restarted or no more cluster resources are available. “Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Availability > Creating and Using vSphere HA Clusters > How vSphere HA Works
A virtual machine is unable to communicate with another virtual machine. Both virtual machines are connected to the Production port group on the same virtual switch and are running on the same host. Which configuration is causing the inability of the virtual machines to communicate? * LLDP was enabled instead of CDP for the vSphere Distributed switch. * Promiscuous Mode has been set to Allow on the Production port gorup. * The Production port group is configured to use a secondary PVLAN. * The speed and duplex settings for the virtual machine vmnics do not match.
- The Production port group is configured to use a secondary PVLAN. Explanation:The only one that makes sense is that the Secondary PVLAN is set to Isolated
The bandwidth between two sites is too slow to transfer large virtual machine files. The administrator needs to export a virtual machine to OVF to reduce the size of the transfer. When the administrator attempts to initiate the Export OVF Template feature, the selection is grayed out.What is the likely reason that the administrator is unable to select this option? * The virtual machine is not compatible with the OVF format. * There is not enough disk space on the destination for the OVF. * The virtual Machine is in a powered on state. * The administrator’s account does not have the correct privileges.
- The virtual Machine is in a powered on state. Explanation:”Verify that the virtual machine is powered off.”Reference:Using VMware Workstation > Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
A network auditing team has observed activity from a Virtual machine that may be an organization policy security breach. The vSphere administrator needs to stop network traffic from the virtual machine.Which step should the administrator take? * Enable Port Blocking on the vSphere Distributed Switches in the organization and block the port on which the virtual machine is connected. * Enable Port Blocking on each vSphere Distributed Switch portgroup in the organization, then block the port on which the vitual machine is connected. * Enable Port Blocking on the vSphere Standard Switches in the organzation and block the port on which the virtual machine is connected. * Enable Port Blocking on each vSphere Standard Switch portgroup in the organization, then block the port on which the virtual machine is connected.
- Enable Port Blocking on each vSphere Distributed Switch portgroup in the organization, then block the port on which the vitual machine is connected. Explanation:The blocking policy is a per DVS no way to globally enforce.Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1 Documentation > vSphere Networking > Networking Policies
a vSphere administrator needs to increase the capacity of an existing Storage Distributed Resource Schedule (SDRS) datastore cluster. The storage administrator has provisioned two new NFS datastores to be added to the cluster. The vSphere administrator recieves and error message, preventing the administrator from adding the newly provisioned datastores to the cluster.What is the likely reason that the action failed? * The SDRS cluster has not been placed into maintenance mode. * The datastores in the existing cluster have hardware acceleration enabled and the new datastores do not. * The datastores in the SDRS cluster are VMFS datastores. * There are virtual machines running on the datastores being added to the cluster.
- The datastores in the SDRS cluster are VMFS datastores. Explanation:”NFS and VMFS datastores cannot be combined in the same datastore cluster.”Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Resource Management > Creating a Datastore Cluster
A customer needs to size a single backup appliance for backing up 3TB of data. There is no requirement for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange. What is the minimum VMware Data Protection solution and sizing that would fulfill the stated requirements? * VMware Data Protection Advanced with a 4TB backup appliance * VMware Data Protection with a 4TB backup appliance * VMware Data Protection Advanced with a 3TB backup appliance * VMware Data Protection with a 3TB backup appliance
- VMware Data Protection Advanced with a 4TB backup appliance Explanation:”Support for 0.5 TB, 1 TB, or 2 TB of deduplicated backup data”Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2016565
An administrator of a secure environment needs to add an iSCSI target to a new ESXi host using the vSphere client. The administrator has configured discovery and performed a rescan operation, but the iSCSI target does not appear.What action should the administrator take for the target to appear in the vSphere client? * Configure appropriate CHAP authentication settings * Bind a VMkernel port ot the ISCSI initiator * Configure Jumbo Frames prior to adding ISCSI targets * Enable ISCSI in a vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
- Configure appropriate CHAP authentication settings Explanation:”If the expected LUNs do not appear after rescan, access control might not be configured correctly on the storage system side:If CHAP is configured, ensure that it is enabled on the ESXi host and matches the storage system setup.”Reference:ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 Documentation > vSphere Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting Storage > Resolving SAN Storage Display Problems
The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one ESXi 5.5 host to another ESXi 5.5 host. The virtual machine has a virtual disk that is stored in local storage.Assuming only the vSphere essentials licensing is in place, which technique should the administrator use to accomplish the migration? * Enhanced vMotion migration * vMotion migration * Cold migration * Storage vMotion migration
- Cold migration Explanation:vSphere Essentials does not allow for Enhanced vMotionReference:http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare
An administrator needs to export system logs for an ESXi 5.5 host to determine the root cause for a host performance issue. This host supports manifest-driven exports of system logs.Which manifest is selected by default during the export system log wizard? * Userworld * Hostworld * PerformanceSnapshot * HungVM
- Userworld Explanation:Userworld is a default selection.Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/653