VMware 6.0 Fundamentals Flashcards
By default, each ESXi 6.x host is provisioned with a certificate from which root certificate authority? A. RedHat Certificate Authority B. VMware Certificate Authority C. DigiCert Certificate Authority D. Verisign Certificate Authority
B. VMware Certificate Authority
Which vSphere 6 Enterprise Edition feature will allow an organization to ensure that critical multithreaded
applications have the maximum possible uptime?
A. Fault Tolerance
B. High Availability
C. Distributed Resource Scheduler
D. App HA
A. Fault Tolerance
Which vSphere 6 Standard Edition feature will allow an organization to ensure that critical multithreaded
applications have the maximum possible uptime?
A. Fault Tolerance
B. High Availability
C. Distributed Resource Scheduler
D. App HA
B. High Availability
Which vSphere 6.x feature will allow an organization to utilize native snapshots? A. Virtual Volumes B. Virtual SAN C. VMFS3 D. VMFS5
A. Virtual Volumes
Which two components can be used when configuring Enhanced Linked Mode? (Choose two.) A. vCenter Server Appliance B. vRealize Operations Manager C. vSphere Management Appliance D. vCenter Server for Windows
A. vCenter Server Appliance
D. vCenter Server for Windows
What is the effective vSphere licensing level during the 60 day evaluation period? A. vSphere Foundation Essentials Plus B. vSphere Standard C. vSphere Enterprise D. vSphere Enterprise Plus
D. vSphere Enterprise Plus
What component must be installed prior to deploying a vCenter Server in vSphere 6.x? A. vCenter Identity Services B. Platform Services Controller C. vCenter Single Sign-On D. Client Integration Plug-In
B. Platform Services Controller
An administrator deploys vCenter Server using the embedded Platform Services Controller. After
testing the deployment for a couple of months, it is determined that the environment would be
better served with an external Platform Services Controller.
What should the administrator do to meet this new requirement?
A. Deploy a fresh instance of vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller.
B. Perform a fresh install of an external Platform Services Controller.
C. Migrate the embedded Platform Services Controller to an external Platform Services Controller.
D. Upgrade the embedded Platform Services Controller to an external Platform Services
Controller.
D. Upgrade the embedded Platform Services Controller to an external Platform Services
Controller.
An administrator is installing vCenter Server for an environment that has 40 ESXi 6.x Hosts and 150 virtual machines. Which database would meet the minimal requirements needed for this task? A. vFabric Postgres B. Microsoft SQL Express 2008 C. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 D. Oracle 11g VMware 2V0-620 Exam "
C. Microsoft SQL Server 2014
What information is required as part of an interactive ESXi 6.x installation? A. Keyboard layout B. IP Address C. Root password D. DNS information
A. Keyboard layout
After installation of a host in your test environment, you need to move it to production. The only
major change that needs to be made is that the hostname of the server needs to change.
What are two ways that an administrator can change the host name without editing configuration
files on the host directly? (Choose two.)
A. Login to the Direct Console User Interface and change it from here.
B. Edit the Default TCP/IP Configuration from the vSphere Web Client.
C. Use the Ruby vSphere Client to send a script to the ESXi host that updates the hostname.
D. Update the information in DNS and the ESXi host will automatically update with these changes.
A. Login to the Direct Console User Interface and change it from here.
B. Edit the Default TCP/IP Configuration from the vSphere Web Client.
You are editing the management network configuration of an ESXi 6.x Host from the vSphere Web
Client. You mistakenly put the incorrect VLAN in place for the management network.
What action do you need to take to correct this?
A. You need to manually edit the configuration on the host with command line utilities.
B. No action is required. By default ESXi rolls back configuration changes that disconnect the
host.
C. The ESXi host system configuration will need to be restored to the factory configuration to fix
the issue.
D. The change can be reverted in the vSphere Web Client by simply editing the switch again.
B. No action is required. By default ESXi rolls back configuration changes that disconnect the
host.
You have just installed an ESXi 6.x Host. As part of your company security regulations, a security
banner must be presented on the console of the host.
How can this action be accomplished?
A. Configure the Advanced Settings > Annotations screen of the ESXi host.
B. This is configured from the Direct Console User Interface configuration menu.
C. It is not possible to configure a security banner for the ESXi host.
D. From vCenter Server, this setting is configured globally in the vCenter Server configuration.
A. Configure the Advanced Settings > Annotations screen of the ESXi host.
In order for a company to meet regulatory requirements, all ESXi 6.x Hosts must be configured to
direct logs to a syslog server.
What are two ways ESXi hosts can configured for this action? (Choose two)
A. Use the esxcli system syslog command.
B. Edit them in the ESXi host Advanced System Settings.
C. From the Syslog collector user interface of the Web Client.
D. Syslog logging is not available for ESXi Hosts.
A. Use the esxcli system syslog command.
B. Edit them in the ESXi host Advanced System Settings.
An administrator is performing an interactive installation of ESXi 6.x.
Which three options are available for installation? (Choose three.)
A. DVD
B. USB
C. PXE
D. Scripted
E. Auto Deploy
A. DVD
B. USB
C. PXE
An administrator is performing a scripted installation of ESXi 6.x.
In which three locations does the script need to be? (Choose three.)
A. PXE Server
B. HTTPS
C. FTP
D. NFS
E. VVOLs Datastore
B. HTTPS
C. FTP
D. NFS
Which three items should be validated prior to installing ESXi 6.x? (Choose three.)
A. Remote Storage has been disconnected.
B. Installation media is available.
C. Server hardware clock is set to UTC.
D. Storage has been partitioned with a VMFS volume.
E. Network cards have been setup to use Jumbo Frames.
A. Remote Storage has been disconnected.
B. Installation media is available.
C. Server hardware clock is set to UTC.
An administrator has just completed performing an interactive installation of ESXi 6.x and is
booting the host.
How is the network initially configured?
A. The network is configured by Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA).
B. The network is configured based on the settings detected in DNS.
C. The network is configured with the address as specified in the installer.
D. The network is automatically configured by DHCP.
D. The network is automatically configured by DHCP.
An administrator has just completed installing an ESXi 6.x host, but doesn’t know what address
has been configured.
Where is the ESXi host IP address configured?
A. RVC console
B. Direct Console User Interface
C. vSphere Web Client
D. vSphere Client
B. Direct Console User Interface
An administrator has just configured the IP address on an ESXi host from the Direct Console User
Interface.
How can the configuration be validated as correct without any additional tools?
A. Add the host to vCenter Server and if it works, then all networking settings are ok.
B. Select the Test Management Network option from the DCUI.
C. Connect to the host with the vSphere Client and click the Test Network option.
D. Use PowerCLI to connect to the host and initiate a network test.
B. Select the Test Management Network option from the DCUI.
An administrator has recently installed a new ESXi 6.x Host, and during the configuration notices
sporadic network problems. To check whether the issue occurred sometime during the
configuration, the administrator would like to reset the system.
How can this be accomplished in the shortest amount of time?
A. Run the ESXi installer again and reinstall the host.
B. Select the Reset System Configuration option from the vSphere Client when connected directly
to the host.
C. From the Direct Console User Interface, select Reset System Configuration.
D. Use a host profile to reset the configuration to a default state.
C. From the Direct Console User Interface, select Reset System Configuration.
Your manager has given you a bash script that retrieves data for ESXi 6.x host configurations.
This data needs to be collected right after the installation of a host and must be run directly on the
host.
Which two actions can be used to run this script on an ESXi host? (Choose two.)
A. Connect to the host with Ruby vSphere Console and run the script from there.
B. Enable SSH access from the Direct Console User Interface.
C. Enable the ESXi Shell from the Direct Console User Interface.
D. Run the script directly from the vSphere Web Client.
B. Enable SSH access from the Direct Console User Interface.
C. Enable the ESXi Shell from the Direct Console User Interface.
What is the default load balancing policy for a newly created VMkernel port on a vSphere
Distributed Switch?
A. Route based on orginating virtual port ID
B. Route based on IP Hash
C. Route based on source mac address
D. Route based on physical NIC load
A. Route based on orginating virtual port ID
How are ports scaled on vSphere Standard Switches (vSS)?
A. Ports on a vSS can be dynamically scaled up and down.
B. Ports on a vSS can only be statically scaled up or down.
C. Ports on a vSS can only be dynamically scaled down.
D. Ports on a vSS can only be dynamically scaled up.
A. Ports on a vSS can be dynamically scaled up and down.
Which three connection types are available when configuring a vSwitch in the vSphere Web
Client? (Choose three.)
A. VMkernel Network Adapter
B. Physical Network Adapter
C. Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch
D. vMotion Network Adapter
E. vSAN Network Adapter
A. VMkernel Network Adapter
B. Physical Network Adapter
C. Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch
How many Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs) can be configured on a vSphere 6.x Distributed Switch? A. 64 B. 96 C. 128 D. 256
A. 64
An administrator is configuring the Failover Order option on a vSphere Distributed Switch.
Which two options should be used with IP-hash load balancing? (Choose two.)
A. Active Uplinks
B. Standby Uplinks
C. Unused Uplinks
D. Override Failover Order
A. Active Uplinks
C. Unused Uplinks
An administrator is creating a new vSphere Distributed Switch that will be utilized with a specific
vSphere Cluster. The cluster itself contains a mix of ESXi 5.x and 6.x Hosts.
Which Distributed Switch version should be created to support this configuration?
A. Distributed Switch: 6.0.0
B. Distributed Switch: 5.0.0
C. Distributed Switch: 5.1.0
D. Distributed Switch: 5.5.0
B. Distributed Switch: 5.0.0
During a new vSphere Distributed Switch configuration, where does the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) value get modified? A. Uplink Settings B. Switch Settings C. Portgroup Settings D. NIC Teaming Settings
B. Switch Settings
Which two actions are prerequisites to adding ESXi 6.x hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch?
(Choose two.)
A. Verify that there is at least one Distributed Port Group on the Distributed Switch.
B. Verify that the Distributed Port Group have active uplinks configured in its teaming and failover
policy.
C. Verify that the Distributed Switch has been configured with a Network Profile.
D. Verify that Network I/O control for Management Traffic is configured for the highest share value.
A. Verify that there is at least one Distributed Port Group on the Distributed Switch.
B. Verify that the Distributed Port Group have active uplinks configured in its teaming and failover
policy.
Which load balancing policy, previously limited to vSphere Distributed Switches, is now available
on vSphere Standard Switches with vSphere 6.x?
A. Route based on physical NIC workload
B. Route based on IP Hash
C. Route based on the originating virtual port
D. Route based on Source MAC Hash
A. Route based on physical NIC workload
Which three VLAN Tagging modes are available in vSphere 6.x? (Choose three.) A. External Switch Tagging B. Private VLAN Tagging C. Virtual Switch Tagging D. VXLAN Tagging E. Virtual Guest Tagging
A. External Switch Tagging
C. Virtual Switch Tagging
E. Virtual Guest Tagging
Which three traffic types are available services options when configuring a vmkernel port? (Choose three.) A. Provisioning Traffic B. Virtual Volumes Traffic C. vSphere Replication NFC Traffic D. Virtual SAN Traffic E. FCoE Traffic
A. Provisioning Traffic
C. vSphere Replication NFC Traffic
D. Virtual SAN Traffic
Which two networking connection types can be configured on a virtual switch? (Choose two.)
A. Virtual machine portgroups
B. VMkernel services (such as NFS, iSCSI, or vMotion) to the physical network
C. Web services over the Management Network
D. NFS and FCoE storage services
A. Virtual machine portgroups
B. VMkernel services (such as NFS, iSCSI, or vMotion) to the physical network
An administrator is configuring the Maximum Transmission Unit value on a vSphere Distributed
Switch.
Which two options are typical values for ESXi networking? (Choose two.)
A. 1492
B. 1500
C. 9000
D. 9089
B. 1500
C. 9000
An administrator needs to monitor traffic on vSwitches in a vSphere 6.x environment.
Which option, if configured, would accomplish this task?
A. Forged Transmits
B. MAC Address Changes
C. Promiscuous Mode
D. Notify Switches
C. Promiscuous Mode
Which two allow for the disabling of Network Rollback operations? (Choose two.)
A. Modifying the vpxd advanded configuration options and adding
the config.vpxd.network.rollback key
B. Modifying the C:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\cfg\vmware-vpx\vpxd.cfg file and adjusting
the xml tag
C. Modifying the C:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\cfg\vmware-vpx\vpxd.cfg file and adjusting the
xml tag
D. Modifying the C:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\cfg\vmware-vpx\firstboot\vpxd-service-spec.prop
file and adjusting the xml tag
A. Modifying the vpxd advanded configuration options and adding
the config.vpxd.network.rollback key
B. Modifying the C:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\cfg\vmware-vpx\vpxd.cfg file and adjusting
the xml tag
What are two ways to identify TCP/IP stack information? (Choose two.) A. Using the vSphere Web Client B. Using esxcli network ip netstack C. Using esxcfg-netstack D. Using the vSphere Client
A. Using the vSphere Web Client
B. Using esxcli network ip netstack
Which two Fibre Channel zoning options are supported with vSphere 6.x? (Choose two.) A. Single-Initiator B. Single-Initiator-Single-Target C. Multiple-Initiators-Single-Target D. Multiple-Initiators-Multiple-Targets
A. Single-Initiator
B. Single-Initiator-Single-Target
Which two parameters are required when adding an iSCSI target to an iSCSI Software Adapter
using Dynamic Discovery? (Choose two.)
A. The iSCSI device’s IP Address or Fully Qualified Domain Name
B. The Port Number
C. The iSCSI device’s iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN)
D. The Default Gateway IP Address
A. The iSCSI device’s IP Address or Fully Qualified Domain Name
B. The Port Number
What is true regarding datastores on ESXi 6.x?
A. NFS 4.1 datastore does not support Fault Tolerance (FT)
B. VMFS3 and VMFS5 datastores can be newly created
C. NFS datastore can be concurrently mounted using NFS 4.1 on one host and NFS on another
D. NFS 3.0 datastore does not support Fault Tolerance (FT)
A. NFS 4.1 datastore does not support Fault Tolerance (FT)
Which type of Adapter does not require vmkernel networking? A. Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapter B. Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapter C. Software iSCSI Adapter D. Software FCoE Adapter
A. Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapter
What are two benefits of using NFS 4.1 with vSphere 6.x as compared to NFS 3? (Choose two.)
A. NFS 4.1 supports Kerberos Authentication
B. NFS 4.1 supports multipathing
C. NFS 4.1 supports IPv6
D. NFS 4.1 supports hardware acceleration
A. NFS 4.1 supports Kerberos Authentication
B. NFS 4.1 supports multipathing
Which two storage controller configurations can be used with Virtual SAN? (Choose two.) A. SAS controllers in Passthrough mode B. SAS controllers in RAID0 mode C. SAS controllers in RAID1 mode D. SAS controllers in RAID10 mode
A. SAS controllers in Passthrough mode
B. SAS controllers in RAID0 mode
A company has decided to implement Virtual SAN within their vSphere 6.x environment. The
Virtual SAN cluster will be composed of three ESXi 6.x hosts that are on the Virtual SAN Ready
Node list.
Each ESXi host includes:
Two SAS Controllers that support Passthrough Mode
Four Solid State Drives (SSDs) 1TB in size each
20 SAS Magnetic Disks (MDs) 1TB in size each
The SSDs and MDs are evenly split between the two SAS controllers
The company will pilot a Virtual SAN cluster utilizing VMware best practices while maximizing
storage capacity. The Virtual SAN cluster will use Manual Mode.
Which two Disk Group configurations would meet the stated configuration requirements? (Choose
two.)
A. 4 disk groups with 1 SSD and 5 MDs each
B. 2 disk groups with 1 SSD and 7 MDs each
C. 2 disk groups with 2 SSDs and 7 MDs each
D. 2 disk groups with 1 SSD and 10 MDs each
A. 4 disk groups with 1 SSD and 5 MDs each
B. 2 disk groups with 1 SSD and 7 MDs each
An administrator is creating a new Virtual SAN cluster on a Layer 2 network. There is an
existing Virtual SAN cluster on the same Layer 2 network.
Which two actions would allow the new Virtual SAN cluster to coexist with the older cluster?
(Choose two.)
A. Change the default Multicast Address on the new Virtual SAN cluster.
B. Change the default Unicast Address on the new Virtual SAN Cluster.
C. Create a separate VLAN for each cluster.
D. Create an ARP Alias for the Virtual SAN VMkernel Network Adapter.
A. Change the default Multicast Address on the new Virtual SAN cluster.
C. Create a separate VLAN for each cluster.
Which two Virtual SAN related actions might start resynchronization of virtual machine objects?
(Choose two.)
A. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to increase the number of replicas.
B. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to reduce the number of replicas.
C. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to increase the number of disk stripes.
D. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to reduce the number of disk stripes.
A. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to increase the number of replicas.
C. Editing a virtual machine storage policy to increase the number of disk stripes.
Which two NFS Protocol versions does vSphere 6 support? (Choose two.) A. Version 3 B. Version 3.1 C. Version 4 D. Version 4.1
A. Version 3
D. Version 4.1
An administrator attempts to create a Thick Provisioned Virtual Disk (VMDK) on an NFS
datastore; but it fails.
Which two reasons would explain the failure? (Choose two.)
A. Datastore is on an NFS 3 storage server that does not support Hardware Acceleration
B. Datastore is on an NFS 4.1 storage server
C. Only VMFS datastores support “Thick Provisioned” VMDK
D. The NFS datastore was not created on a “Thick Provisioned” device
A. Datastore is on an NFS 3 storage server that does not support Hardware Acceleration
B. Datastore is on an NFS 4.1 storage server
What condition would prevent an administrator from creating a new VMFS3 datastore on an ESXi
6.x host using the vSphere Web Client?
A. A VMFS3 datastore cannot be created on an ESXi 6.x host.
B. The VMFS3 kernel module is not loaded.
C. A VMFS3 datastore cannot be mounted on an ESXi 6.x host.
D. VMFS3 datastores are not compatible with virtual machines created on an ESXi 6.x host.
A. A VMFS3 datastore cannot be created on an ESXi 6.x host.
Which two statements are true about VMFS5 datastores on ESXi 6.x? (Choose two.)
A. Virtual Disk (VMDK) size can be larger than 2TB.
B. Datastore extent size can be larger than 2TB.
C. Only Physical Mode Raw Device Map (Passthrough-RDM) can be larger than 2TB.
D. 2MB block size is required to support larger than 2TB file size.
A. Virtual Disk (VMDK) size can be larger than 2TB.
B. Datastore extent size can be larger than 2TB.
Which three conditions would prevent Storage I/O Control from being enabled on a group of
datastores? (Choose three.)
A. The datastores planned for the solution are used by different vSphere clusters.
B. A datastore planned for the solution is configured as a Raw Device Mapping file.
C. A datastore planned for the solution has three extents.
D. A datastore planned for the solution is configured as NFS.
E. The organization has an Enterprise license.
B. A datastore planned for the solution is configured as a Raw Device Mapping file.
C. A datastore planned for the solution has three extents.
E. The organization has an Enterprise license.
When is it possible to place a VMFS5 datastore in maintenance mode?
A. When it is a member of a Storage DRS cluster
B. When it is a member of Virtual SAN cluster
C. When it is a member of a multi-extent datastore
D. When it is a member of a Virtual Volume
A. When it is a member of a Storage DRS cluster
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You are creating a virtual machine in the Web Client using the New Virtual Machine wizard.
Which two steps are required? (Choose two.)
A. Select a valid name.
B. Select a cluster for the compute resource.
C. Select a network adapter.
D. Select the virtual machine compatibility.
A. Select a valid name.
D. Select the virtual machine compatibility.
From which two locations in the inventory hierarchy can you deploy a virtual machine using a template? (Choose two.) A. Directly from the template. B. From a compute resource. C. From an existing virtual machine. D. From a Datastore.
A. Directly from the template.
B. From a compute resource.
An administrator is deploying multiple Windows 2003 Virtual Machines from the same template.
What two steps should be taken to avoid network conflicts? (Choose two.)
A. Customize the guest operating system.
B. Install VMware Tools into the new virtual machines.
C. Copy the Microsoft Sysprep tools onto the vCenter Server system.
D. Ensure the e1000 vmnic is selected for each new virtual machine.
A. Customize the guest operating system
C. Copy the Microsoft Sysprep tools onto the vCenter Server system.
An ESXi 6.x host consists of 24 logical cores. Hyperthreading is enabled on the host. What is the maximum number of vCPUs that can be assigned to a virtual machine on this host? A. 24 B. 48 C. 64 D. 128
A. 24
An administrator has an application that requires connection directly to PCI devices through a
virtual machine.
What is a limitation of this configuration?
A. Devices must be reserved for PCI passthrough on at least one host on which the virtual
machine will run.
B. Snapshots are not supported with DirectPath I/O passthrough devices.
C. A maximum of 18 PCI vSphere DirectPath devices can be added to a virtual machine.
D. Only one PCI controller can be presented to the virtual machine.
B. Snapshots are not supported with DirectPath I/O passthrough devices.
What is the optimal configuration when building a virtual machine for a single-threaded Windows
application?
A. Deploy single-threaded applications on uniprocessor virtual machines.
B. Deploy single-threaded applications on symmetric multi-processor virtual machines.
C. Tune single-threaded applications to take advantage of symmetric multi-processor resources.
D. Tune Single-threaded applications at the hypervisor level.
A. Deploy single-threaded applications on uniprocessor virtual machines.
A mission-critical virtual machine built on vSphere 4.1 needs to be moved to an ESXi 6.x host.
Which virtual hardware version is needed to move the virtual machine without upgrading?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 10
D. 11
B. 7
Which two configurable options apply to both virtual machine CPU and memory allocation? (Choose two.) A. Reservation B. Shares C. Resource Pool D. Reserve All
A. Reservation
B. Shares
A new vApp was built and tested in the corporate headquarters datacenter running vSphere 6.x.
What condition would explain why the virtual machine is failing to boot in an offsite datacenter
running on vSphere 5.5?
A. The virtual machine was built with the default hardware version.
B. The VMFS 5 datastore is not compatible with virtual machines configured with vSphere 6.x.
C. A DRS 5.5 cluster cannot run virtual machines configured with vSphere 6.x.
D. The VMDK file is locked.
A. The virtual machine was built with the default hardware version.
When modifying a vApp, which two vSphere entities can be added? (Choose two.) A. A resource pool B. A network pool C. A vApp D. A folder
A. A resource pool
C. A vApp
You need to add an object to an existing vApp using the vSphere Web Client. How is this
accomplished?
A. Create an Object Inside the vApp.
B. Add an Object to a vApp.
C. Add an Object to the Datastore the vApp is located in.
D. Move all Objects to a new Datastore folder.
A. Create an Object Inside the vApp.
B. Add an Object to a vApp.