| Question | Answer |
| Name 3 objects can be updated using vCenter Update Manager | 1) Templates
2) ESX & ESXi Hosts
3) Virtual Appliances |
| What is true regarding the ESX Service Console file system structure? | 1) running out of space on / can cause vSphere Client connectivity disruptions
2) separate mount points are created for /var /log & swap by default |
| Valid reasons for deploying vCenter Server in a VM (3) | 1) vCenter Server must be deployed as a VM to be migrated using VMotion
2) vCenter Server must be deployed as a VM to be protected by High Availability
3) vCenter Server must be deployed as a VM to back it up using vCenter Data Recovery |
| Conditions 4 installing Paravirtualized SCSI adapter in a guest?
A guest OS can b any that supports Paravirtualization
B adapter should b used w/ the data virtual disk
C Guest OS must B W2K3, W2K8, or RHEL5
D adapter should b used w/ the OS virtual di | B adapter should b used w/ the data virtual disk
C Guest OS must B W2K3, W2K8, or RHEL5 |
| What is the maximum number of VMFS datastores that can be configured per ESX Host? | 256 |
| An application that uses W2K3 SP1 and has very strict hardware requirements. Which of these would prohibit virtualization?
A min disk size of 2TB
B min of 4 available SCSI adapters
C 3 NICs & 3 SCSI adapters
D 4 CPUs & 4.5 GB ram | C 3 NICs & 3 SCSI adapters |
| A VM running W2K8 64-bit with 8 vCPUs. During install only options available are 1,2,3 or 4 CPUs. Which of these explains this?
A VM version 7
B 8vCPU only available for 32bit guest OS VMs
C ESX Host has 2 Intel dual-cores
D ESX Host has 2 AMD dual-co | D ESX Host has 2 AMD dual-cores |
| vSphere 4 Client minimum requrements are:
A 3GHz CPU, 2GB ram, 2GB HDD
B 266MHz CPU, 2GB ram, 2GB HDD
C 500MHz CPU, 200MB ram, 1GB HDD
D 266MHz CPU, 200MB ram, 1GB HDD | D 266MHz CPU, 200MB ram, 1GB HDD |
| What is the recommended size for the /var/log partition?
A 512MB
B 1024MB
C 2048MB
D 2000MB | D 2000MB |
| Which 2 of these is true regarding vSphere virtual switch (VS) uplinks?
A VS must be config with at least 1 uplink
B VS can be config to use the same uplink
C Multiple VS cannot be config to use the same uplink
D VS do not need to config with an uplin | C Multiple VS cannot be config to use the same uplink
D VS do not need to config with an uplink |
| Which memory conservation technique allows the secure elimination of redundant copies of memory pages between virtual machines on the host?
A VMkernel Swap
B RAMOvercommit
C Memory Ballon Driver
D Transparent Page Sharing | D Transparent Page Sharing |
| Which 2 of the following are not valid permissions for a Datacenter admin?
A Create a VM
B Add a Host
C Assign Permissions to a user
D Create a Resource Pool | A Create a VM
C Assign Permissions to a user |
| An admin is configuring software iSCSI multipathing. What is the minimum required configuration for Round Robin multipathing? | Configure 2 VMkernel ports. Bind each port to a different uplink on the same virtual switch. Choose the Round Robin Path Selection Plugin (PSP) |
| Which 3 of the following objects can be updated using vCenter Update manager?
A VCB Images
B Templates
C Windows, Linux & Solaris VMs
D ESX & ESXi Hosts
E Virtual Appliances | B Templates
D ESX & ESXi Hosts
E Virtual Appliances |
| What is the maximum number of systems guided consolidation can simultaneously analyze?
A 250
B 1000
C 500
D 100 | D 100 |
| What is the maximum amount of characters that a vCenter server name should not exceed?
A 10
B 15
C 20
D 25 | B 15 |
| True or False:
Backups of ESX 3.x VMs take longer than backups of ESX 4 VMs | True |
| True or False:
Backups of ESX 3.x & later VMs take the same amount of time to complete | False |
| True or False:
Backups of ESX 3.0 VMs are not supported, but 3.5 VMs are supported | False |
| True or False:
Backups of ESX 3.x VMs are not supported | False |
| To restart the VMware Host Agent on an ESX Host, Which command would you use?
A service mgmt-hostd restart
B service vmware-hostd restart
C service vmware-vpxa restart
D service mgmt-vmware restart | D service mgmt-vmware restart |
| ESX 4 Hosts will only run on:
A 32bit CPUs only
B 32bit & 64bit CPUs
C 64bit CPUs only
D Intel CPUs only | C 64bit CPUs only |
| When creating an MSCS Cluster across 2 ESX4 Hosts, what type of Virtual Disks can be used? | Raw Device Mapped (RDM) disks in Physical or Virtual Compatibility Mode |
| An admin notices that when a VM is placed into a resource pool, a warning indicated the VM would receive a very large % of the total share for memory. How could you resolve this problem? | Change the Shares setting from custom to High, Medium or Low for the VM |
| What method can be used to disable VM logging? | Choose edit settings in the vSphere client, Under Options>Advanced>General, uncheck Enable Logging |
| Before you upgrade and ESXi host?
A update the ESXi restore CD with the current ESXi image
B save the current ESXi image to another ESXi server
C copy the embedded ESXi image to a USB flash drive
D save the ESXi config using vicfg-cfgbackp s from the | D save the ESXi config using vicfg-cfgbackp s from the vCLI |
| What are 2 requirements for a successful VMotion migration? | 1 VMs must have access to the same subnets on the source and destination hosts
2 Gigabit Ethernet networking must exist between the source and destination hosts |
| Which type of virtual NIC must be used for a 32bit Windows Server 2003 in an MSCS cluster?
A Flexible
B pro1000
C vmxnet
D e1000 | A Flexible |
| What resource management technique could be used to relieve a network bottleneck cause by a VM with occasional high outbound network activity? | Apply traffic shaping to the port group containing the virtual machine |
| When you delete a VMFS datastore from an ESX Host, what occurs? | All hosts that were configured to use the datastore will no longer see the datastore and it is deleted from the storage device |
| True or False:
Host certificate checking is enabled by default and SSL certificates are used to encrypt network traffic. | True |
| When you delete a VMFX datastore, it is destroyed and disappears from?
A all hosts in the same DRS/HA cluster
B the storage device containing the datastore
C only the host that you have deleted it from
D all hosts with connectivity to the datastore | D all hosts with connectivity to the datastore |
| What is the maximum amount of logical processors that a vSphere Host can have?
A 8
B 32
C 64
D 18 | C 64 |
| Which of the following resources can be viewed using the vCenter Maps (2)?
A Network Resources
B Datastore Resources
C Host Resources
D HA Resources | B Datastore Resources
C Host Resources |
| You may create a new vApp under what 3 conditions? | 1 A folder is chosen in the Virtual Machines and Templates view
2 A dRS-enabled cluster is chosen in the inventory
3 A host is selected in the inventory that is running ESX 3.0 or greater |
| The vSphere Host Update Utility provides a graphical user interface for (2)?
A performing a host compatibility check
B upgrading standalone ESX/ESXi hosts
C upgrading ESX hosts in DRS/HA clusters
D keeping guest operating systems patched | A performing a host compatibility check
B upgrading standalone ESX/ESXi hosts |
| When planning storage for a Virtual Infrastructure, an administrator chooses a 4MB block size for the VMFS datastore. What is the largest virtual disk that can be created on this datastore?
A 1TB - 512B
B 256GB - 512B
C 512GB - 512B
D 2TB - 512B | A 1TB - 512B |
| When configuring the vSwitch NIC teaming policy, what happens when the Notify Switches option is set to Yes? | The physical switch is notified when the location of a virtual NIC changes |
| Which of the following are valid sub-profile configs that may be edited with the Host Profile editor (3)?
A Advanced
B Virtual Machine Options
C Security
D Memory Reservation
E CPU Reservation | A Advanced
C Security
D Memory Reservation |
| An admin wishes to cold clone a physical server using vCenter Converter. What is the minimum amount of RAM required for this operation?
A 264MB
B 128 MB
C 256 MB
D 136 MB | A 264 MB |
| What is the maximum amount of vNIC's that a vSphere Guest can have?
A 2
B 1
C 10
D 4 | C 10 |
| What is the minimum CPU speed required for vCenter Server?
A 500MHz
B 1GHz
C 2GHz
D 3GHz | C 2GHz |
| Which of the following options cannot be edited if vApp Options is disabled in the Options tab for a VM that is part of a vApp (2)?
A vApp Startup & Shutdown Options
B IP Allocation Policy
C OVF Environment Transport
D vApp Resources | B IP Allocation Policy
C OVF Environment Transport |
| What are 2 benefits of that can be achieved by creating images as templates?
A easier to upgrade & manage multiple VMs
B templates deploy faster than cloning
C base images cannot be directly modified
D less disk space used for base images | C base images cannot be directly modified
D less disk space used for base images |
| The vSphere 4 Update Manager upgrades (3)?
A virtual machine tools
B VMFS datastores
C virtual machine hardware
D vSphere Client
E vCenter | A virtual machine tools
B VMFS datastores
C virtual machine hardware |