Vcp5.1 Test Primer

Front 1

An administrator is enabling Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in a DRS cluster. The administrator wants the greatest degree of flexibility when adding new hosts in the cluster.

Which setting satisfies this requirement?

A. Any baseline compatible with the existing ESXi hosts in the cluster
B. The highest baseline that is compatible with the ESXi hosts in the cluster
C. The lowest baseline that is compatible with all ESXi hosts in the cluster
D. The highest baseline that is compatible with vSphere 4.x and 5.x

Back 1

C

Front 2

When using a hardware iSCSI initiator with an ESXi host, which two tasks are performed by VMKernel?

(Choose two)

A. Encapsulation of iSCSI PDUs TCP/IP packets
B. Mapping requests for blocks on the virtual disk to blocks on the appropriate physical device
C. Issuing SCSS commands to the virtual disk
D. Encapsulation of I/O requests into iSCSI Protocol Data Units (PDUs)

Back 2

B, C

Front 3

Why is converting a virtual machine to template significantly faster than creating a clone of a virtual machine?

A. The clone process is creating a snapshot of the virtual machine before cloning
B. The clone process has low priority on the system CPU to minimize performance
C. The template conversion only renames the vmx file.
D. The template conversion creates a linked-mode disk.

Back 3

C

Front 4

Users are complaining that they cannot access their files on a file server virtual machine. The vSphere client shows that a triggered alarm stating disk latency is beyond the default Threshold for the datastore where the file server virtual machine is located. The path selection policy has been set by the ESXi host to Fixed with default path settings?

Which two options could be used to increase performance of the server virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. Use storage vMotion to move the file server virtual machine to datastore with lower latency
B. Use disk shares to increase the priority for the datastore housing the file server virtual machine
C. Change the path selection policy to Round Robin
D. Change the path selection policy to Most Recently Used (MRU)

Back 4

A, C

A, because this should resolve the latency problem, this is a free bee.

C, RR distributes the latency across all the paths, Fixed and MRU only use one path at a time. Because the ESXi server defaulted to Fixed we can assume that the storage is Active, Active allowing us to use RR to gain better performance as all of the paths to the SAN will be active.

Note:
If the host uses a default preferred path and the path's status turns to Dead, a new path is selected as preferred. However, if you explicitly designate the preferred path, it will remain preferred even when it becomes inaccessible.

Front 5

n administrator is configuring vCenter Server to support email notification.

Which two parameters must be configured in the vCenter Server Settings? (Choose two)

A. Sender email address
B. SNMP address information
C. SMTP server information
D. Receiver email address

Back 5

A, C

The recipient email address is assigned in the actual alarm.

Front 6

Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck caused by a virtual
machine on a vSS with occasional high outbound network activity?

A. Convert the switch from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch.
B. Create a new portgroup for the virtual machine and enable traffic shaping.
C. Apply traffic shaping to the other virtual machines in the same port group.
D. Apply traffic shaping to the virtual machine with high activity.

Back 6

B

vSS does not enable you to apply traffic shaping at the port level. To not interfere with other virtual machines you need to create a separate port group to move the VM into so you can apply shaping to that port group.

Front 7

An administrator has determined that storage performance to a group of virtual machines is reduced during peak activity.

The virtual machines are located in a VMFS datastore called Production1 on an active-active storage array.

The ESXi 5.x host running the virtual machines is configured with an MRU multipathing policy.

Which two actions can be taken to improve the storage performance of these virtual machines? (Choose two.)

A. Add virtual storage, create a VMFS datastore called Production2 on the new storage, and then migrate some of the virtual machines from Production1 to Production2.
B. Change the storage multipathing policy to Round Robin.
C. Add physical storage, create a VMFS datastore called Production2 on the new storage, and then migrate some of the virtual machines from Production1 to Production2.
D. Change the storage multipathing policy to Fixed with default settings.

Back 7

B, C

Changing the multipathing policy to RR on a Active, Active storage array results in more active paths to the SAN. MRU and Fixed results in one active path to the SAN, fixing nothing.

Adding actual physical storage and migrating machines into this physical storage will resolve this issue as well.

Front 8

Which of these factors indicates a high likelihood that the performance of a virtual machine disk is being
constrained by disk I/O?

A. A large number of commands issued
B. A high device latency value
C. A high disk used value
D. A large number of kilobytes read and written

Back 8

B

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The deviceLatency data counter measures the average amount of time, in milliseconds, to complete a SCSI command from the physical device. Depending on your hardware, a number greater than 15ms indicates there are probably problems with the storage array. Move the active VMDK to a volume with more spindles or add disks to the LUN

Front 9

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the
configuration, but fails.

What could the administrator do to resolve the issue?

A. Ensure the VMkernel port group is configured for Management Traffic.
B. Enable VMkernel port group for the vSphere cluster.
C. Ensure the vMotion enabled adaptors are configured for the same subnet.
D. Use a vDS instead of a standard switch.

Back 9

C

A. Management traffic != vMotion.
B. This makes no sense.
D. This again makes no sense as vMotion is not dependent on vDS

Front 10

An administrator is unable to connect a vSphere Client to an ESXi 5.x host.

Which option can be selected from the direct console to restore connectivity without disrupting running virtual machines?

A. Restore the Standard Switch from the ESXi host.
B. Restart the Management Agents from the vSphere client.
C. Restart the Management Agent from the ESXi host
D. Disable the Management Network from the vSphere client.

Back 10

C

A. Never go full retard.
B. How are you going to do this exactly when you cannot login?
D. Full retard.

Front 11

An administrator receives a complaint that a virtual machine is performing poorly.
The user attributes the issue to poor storage performance.

If the storage array is the bottleneck, which two counters would be higher than normal? (Choose two.)

A. Average ESXi VMKernel latency per command, in milliseconds
B. Average ESXi kernelLatency, in milliseconds
C. Average deviceLatency, in milliseconds
D. Number of SCSI reservation conflicts per second

Back 11

B, C


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The kernelLatency data counter measures the average amount of time, in milliseconds, that the VMkernel spends processing each SCSI command. For best performance, the value should be 0-1 milliseconds. If the value is greater than 4ms, the virtual machines on the ESX/ESXi host are trying to send more throughput to the storage system than the configuration supports. Check the CPU usage, and increase the queue depth.
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The deviceLatency data counter measures the average amount of time, in milliseconds, to complete a SCSI command from the physical device. Depending on your hardware, a number greater than 15ms indicates there are probably problems with the storage array. Move the active VMDK to a volume with more spindles or add disks to the LUN.

Front 12

An administrator must decommission a datastore.

Before unmounting the datastore, which three requirements must be fullfilled? (Choose three.)

A. No virtual machines reside on the datastore.
B. The datastore is not used for vSphere HA heartbeat.
C. No registered virtual machines reside on the datastore.
D. The datastore must not have any extents.
E. The datastore must not be part of a datastore cluster.

Back 12

A, B, E

Prerequisites
Before unmounting a VMFS datastores, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
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No virtual machines reside on the datastore.
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The datastore is not part of a datastore cluster.
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The datastore is not managed by Storage DRS.
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Storage I/O control is disabled for this datastore.
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The datastore is not used for vSphere HA heartbeating.

Front 13

An administrator is informed that there will be a storage maintenance window and that failovers may
occur.

What is the expected length of time that a Windows 2008 virtual machine storage I/O will pause during a path failover?

A. 0 to 30 seconds
B. 90 to 120 seconds
C. 60 to 90 seconds
D. 30 to 60 seconds

Back 13

D

Path Failover and Virtual Machines
Path failover occurs when the active path to a LUN is changed from one path to another, usually because of a SAN component failure along the current path.
When a path fails, storage I/O might pause for 30 to 60 seconds until your host determines that the link is unavailable and completes failover. If you attempt to display the host, its storage devices, or its adapters, the operation might appear to stall. Virtual machines with their disks installed on the SAN can appear unresponsive. After failover is complete, I/O resumes normally and the virtual machines continue to run.
However, when failovers take a long time to complete, a Windows virtual machine might interrupt the I/O and eventually fail. To avoid the failure, set the disk timeout value for the Windows virtual machine to at least 60 seconds.

Front 14

An administrator wants to monitor the health status of an ESXi 5.x host. However, when the administrator
clicks the Hardware Status tab the following error is displayed. This program cannot display the webpage

What might cause this problem?

A. The VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices Service is not started.
B. The required plug-in is not enabled.
C. The VMware ESXi Management Webservices Service is not started
D. The name of the vCenter Server system could not be resolved.

Back 14

A

There are several possible causes for this issue. Attempt each of the troubleshooting steps below in sequence, without skipping any.

Confirm that the vCenter Web Management Service is running.

To resolve this issue, connect to vCenter locally with a vSphere Client located on the vCenter Server and follow Stopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services (1003895).

The only one related specifically to vmware is above.

Front 15

An iSCSI array is being added to a vSphere 5.x implementation. An administrator wants to verify that all
IP storage VMkernel interfaces are configured for jumbo frames.

What are two methods to verify this configuration? (Choose two.)

A. Run the esxcli network ip interface list command
B. Run the esxcfg-vswif -l command
C. Ensure that the Enable Jumbo Frames box is checked in the VMkernel interface properties in the vSphere client
D. Ensure that the MTU size is set correctly in the VMkernel interface properties in the vSphere client

Back 15

A,D

B: This no longer exists in 5.0, this is a 4.0 command.
C: There is no jumbo frames check box.

Front 16

An administrator has configured a vSphere Distributed Switch to send all network traffic to a collector virtual machine for analysis. However, after checking the collector virtual machine several hours later the administrator finds that no data has been collected. vSphere 5.x has been deployed in the datacenter.

Which two items below could be causing this issue? (Choose two.)

A. The source virtual machine does not have Promiscuous Mode enabled.
B. The source and target virtual machines are not both on the same vSphere Distributed Switch.
C. The port group or distributed switch does not have Promiscuous Mode enabled.
D. The port group or distributed port does not have NetFlow enabled.

Back 16

B, D


NetFlow is a networking protocol that collects IP traffic information as records and sends them to a collector such as CA NetQoS for traffic flow analysis. VMware vSphere 5 supports NetFlow v5, which is the most common version supported by network devices.

Front 17

A vSphere 5 implementation consists of a fully automated DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts with the
following vSphere Standard Switch configuration.

1) Switch A three vmnics, one port group named sFTP-PG
2) Switch B two vmnic, one port group named Web-PG
3) All vmnics are trunked to the same physical switch.

DRS has been configured with an anti-affinity rule for all virtual machines in the Web-PG so that no more than half of the virtual machines run on any given host. The virtual machines on WebPG are experiencing significant network latency. The network team has determined that a performance bottleneck is occurring at the ESXi host level.
Which solution will require the least amount of administrative work and the least amount of service interruption?

A. Migrate Web-PG to Switch A and sFTP-PG to Switch B on each host
B. Move a vmnic from Switch A to Switch B on each host
C. Convert the three Switch Bs to a single vSphere Distributed Switch

Back 17

B

Zero interruption, allows for more bandwith for Web-PG / Switch B

Front 18

A user attempts a remote SSH connection to a newly-installed ESXi 5.x host to execute some commands.
The SSH connection attempt fails, though the user is able to receive a ICMP ping back from the host.

What must the administrator do to enable SSH? (Choose two.)

A. Enable root logon on the ESXi server.
B. Open the SSH port on the ESXi firewall.
C. Start the SSH service on the ESXi server.
D. Create a local user on the ESXi server.

Back 18

B, C

Front 19

Which three features are only available in the vSphere Client when using a vSphere Distributed Switch?

(Choose three.)

A. Port Mirroring
B. PVLAN tagging
C. Storage I/O Control
D. Ingress Traffic Shaping
E. 802.1q VLAN Tagging

Back 19

A, B, D

A: Port mirroring in vDS only
B: Private Vlan Tagging is once again VDS only
C: Has nothing to do with networking
D: Ingress Shaping is only available in vDS
E: This is normal VLAN tagging and is available on vSS as well.

Front 20

What are three methods of adding virtual machine networking to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose
three.)

A. A portgroup can be created using the vSphere client and virtual machines can be added using their
Properties tab.
B. A portgroup can be created as part of the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard before virtual machines are moved to the vDS.
C. A portgroup can be cloned from a vSphere Standard Switch, inheriting the virtual machines that were attached to the cloned portgroup.
D. A portgroup can be created using the vSphere client and virtual machines can be migrated using the
Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard.
E. A portgroup can be created during the creation of the vDS and virtual machines can be migrated using the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking wizard.

Back 20

A, D, E

B: Nope, the migrate virtual machine wizard does not do this.

C: You cannot clone port groups from vSS

Front 21

What are two network load-balancing policies for a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

A. Route based on source MAC hash
B. Route using physical NIC load
C. Route based on the destination virtual port ID
D. Route based on port ID hash

Back 21

A, D


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Route based on the originating virtual port. Choose an uplink based on the virtual port where the traffic entered the virtual switch.
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Route based on IP hash. Choose an uplink based on a hash of the source and destination IP addresses of each packet. For non-IP packets, whatever is at those offsets is used to compute the hash.
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Route based on source MAC hash. Choose an uplink based on a hash of the source Ethernet.
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Use explicit failover order. Always use the highest order uplink from the list of Active adapters which passes failover detection criteria.

Front 22

Which type of port on a secondary private VLAN can communicate with promiscuous ports and other ports
that share its VLAN tag?

A. Isolated
B. Promiscuous
C. Community
D. Trunked

Back 22

C

Community— Community ports communicate among themselves and with their promiscuous ports. These interfaces are separated at Layer 2 from all other interfaces in other communities or isolated ports within their PVLAN.

Front 23

Which methods can be used to migrate a VMkernel port from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere
Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

A. Use the Add Virtual Adapter wizard from the Manage Virtual Adapters window.
B. Use the Manage Hosts wizard from the Configuration tab of the vDS.
C. Use the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking option to select the port from a list.
D. Edit the Network Adapter settings for the port and select a dvPort group from the list.

Back 23

A,B

To migrate the service console or vmkernel of one Host

Click Host > Configuration > Networking.

Note: This is not a cluster wide option.

Click the Distributed Virtual Switch view.
Click Manage Virtual Adapters.

To migrate one or more VMkernel or Service Console of one or more ESXi hosts from the vCenter Server

Navigate to Home > Inventory > Networking.
Right-click the dVswitch.
When the host has already been added to the dVswitch Click Manage Hosts , otherwise Click Add Host.
Choose the host(s), Click Next.
Select the physical adapters (vmnic) to use for the vmkernel, Click Next.
Select the Virtual adapter (vmk) to migrate and Click on the Destination port group field. For each adapter, Select the correct port group from drop down, Click Next.
Click Next to omit Virtual Machine networking migration.
Click Finish after reviewing the new vmkernel and Uplink assignment.
The wizard and the job completes moving both the vmk interface and the vmnic to the dVswitch.

Front 24

Which two statements are true regarding vSphere virtual switch uplinks? (Choose two.)

A. vSphere virtual switches do not need to be configured with an uplink.
B. Multiple vSphere virtual switches can be configured to use the same uplink.
C. vSphere virtual switches must be configured with at least one uplink.
D. Multiple vSphere virtual switches cannot be configured to use the same uplink.

Back 24

A, D

Front 25

A virtual machine, VM21, will be migrated between two ESXi 5.x hosts, labeled ESXi01 and ESXi02. Each
host has two vSphere Standard Switches (vSS), configured as follows:

1) vSwitch0 has a portgroup labeled Management and a portgroup labeled vMotion.
2) The Management portgroup contains a vmkernel port tagged for management traffic.
3) The vMotion portgroup contains a vmkernel port tagged for vMotion traffic.
4) vSwitch0 on ESXi01 has a single uplink attached to the 10.1.20.0/24 network.
5) vSwitch0 on ESXi02 has a single uplink attached to the 10.1.20.0/24 network.
6) Each host has a vSwitch1 with a Production portgroup used by virtual machine traffic.
7) Each vSwitch1 has an uplink attached to the 10.1.40.0/24 network. What is true about migrating VM21 to the new host?

A. vMotion would be supported in this configuration.
B. Storage vMotion would not be supported in this configuration.
C. vMotion would not be supported in this configuration.
D. Storage vMotion would be supported if the storage device supports VAAI.

Back 25

A
B. It certainly should be
C. Both our hosts have the required physical uplinks and vmkernel ports required for vmotion.
D. At what point did the question even specify a san?

Front 26

An administrator has been tasked with adding a newly installed uplink to vSwitch1. Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement about this environment?

The add adapter window is shown with 2 physical uplinks attached to vSwitch's already.

A. The server does not have available vSwitches to be assigned to this uplink.
B. The available uplinks are not compatible with a standard vSwitch.
C. The host needs a driver installed for the newly installed uplink.
D. The current uplinks cannot be attached because they are in use by other port groups.

Back 26

C

The new vmnic/physical uplink is not displayed.

Front 27

Which settings are required for virtual machine guest tagging for VLAN 100 in a vSphere 5.x
environment?

A. Port Group configured for VLAN 100, physical switch configured as a VLAN trunk
B. Port Group configured for VLAN 4095, physical switch configured as a VLAN trunk
C. Port Group configured for VLAN 100, physical switch configured for VLAN 100
D. Port Group configured for VLAN 4095, physical switch configured for VLAN 100

Back 27

B

What this question is asking is how do you make it so that a vm can tag its own packets (VGT Mode). VLAN 4095 sets the port group to Trunk mode, the physical switch also needs to be set to trunk mode.

This article provides a sample configuration of a VLAN tagging at virtual machine level.

Physical switch is set to trunk mode by using VLAN ID 4095.
Edit host networking via the Virtual infrastructure Client.
Click Host > Configuration > Networking > vSwitch > Properties.
Click Ports > Portgroup > Edit.
Click the General tab.
Set the VLAN ID to 4095. A VLAN ID of 4095 represents all trunked VLANs.

Front 28

When you are configuring the NIC teaming policy for a vSwitch, what happens when the Failback option is
set to Yes?

A. A failed uplink will be left inactive upon recovery until another uplink fails.
B. The physical switches are notified when a failover event occurs.
C. The physical switches are notified when a failback event occurs.
D. A failed uplink is returned to active duty immediately upon recovery.

Back 28

D

Select Yes or No to disable or enable failback.
This option determines how a physical adapter is returned to active duty after recovering from a failure. If failback is set to Yes (default), the adapter is returned to active duty immediately upon recovery, displacing the standby adapter that took over its slot, if any. If failback is set to No, a failed adapter is left inactive even after recovery until another currently active adapter fails, requiring its replacement.

Front 29

A vSphere Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based load balancing using two uplinks. A new
uplink is added to the vSwitch.
What is the status of the uplink by default?

A. uplink is placed in standby mode until it is added to the active NIC team.
B. uplink is marked as active but does not participate in the active NIC team until assigned to a port group.
C. uplink is marked as active, but cannot be used by the active NIC team until it is added to the existing 802.3ad group on the physical switch.
D. uplink is marked as unused until it is added to the active NIC team.

Back 29

C, uplink is marked as active, but cannot be used by the active NIC team until it is added to the existing 802.3ad group on the physical switch.

802.3ad 2000 Link aggregation for parallel links:
Link aggregation is a computer networking term to describe various methods of combining (aggregating) multiple network connections in parallel to increase throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain, and to provide redundancy in case one of the links fails.

Front 30

Which two conditions prevent the application of a host profile to an ESXi 5.x host? (Choose two.)

A. The host has multiple profiles attached.
B. The host has not been placed into maintenance mode.
C. The host is running virtual machines.
D. The host is an ESXi host.

Back 30

B, C

Prerequisites
The profile must be attached to the host and the host must be in maintenance mode before a profile is applied to it.

Front 31

What happens to the total number of shares available to the children of a resource pool if a virtual machine
is powered off inside the resource pool?

A. It remains the same
B. It decreases
C. It increases
D. It remains the same only if a custom share value was configured

Back 31

B

The total number of shares means the added up total of all of the shares in the resource pool. If you have 4 machines and they each have 1000 shares you have a total of 4000 shares. Turn one off you have a total of 3000 shares.

Front 32

Which three files are valid virtual machine files that might be identified when examining a folder that
contains a virtual machine template on a VMFS datastore? (Choose three.)

A. RDM map file (-rdm.vmdk)
B. BIOS settings file (.bios)
C. Template file (.vmtx)
D. Lock file (.lck)
E. Suspended state file (.vmsn)

Back 32

A, C, E

B: There are no .BIOS Files in vmware
D: There are no lck files in vmware

Front 33

Which two actions can be scheduled through the Scheduled Task wizard in the vSphere Client? (Choose
two.)

A. Remove a host.
B. Change the VM power state.
C. Create a virtual machine.
D. Revert to a snapshot of a virtual machine.

Back 33

B, C

A: You cannot remove a host via a task, only add one.
D: You can only create snapshots not delete them.

Front 34

Which network settings are only available with vSphere Distributed Switches?

A. Jumbo Frames
B. PVLAN
C. Load Balancing
D. Promiscuous Mode

Back 34

B
Private vlans are not available on vSS

Front 35

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks.
What boot options are supported for use in place of local disks? (Choose three.)

A. An SD card
B. A NIC with iBFT
C. Auto Deploy
D. A server with IPMI or iLO
E. A dedicated NFS share

Back 35

A, B, C

A: USB devices. Supported for installing ESXi 5.1.

B: iBFT iSCSI Boot Overview ESXi hosts can boot from an iSCSI SAN using the software or dependent hardware iSCSI adapters and network adapters.

C: When you provision hosts using the Auto Deploy feature, vCenter Server loads the ESXi image directly into the host memory. Auto Deploy does not store the ESXi state on the host disk.

Front 36

An administrator is setting up vSphere Auto Deploy to deploy 25 ESXi 5.x hosts using the vCenter Server
Virtual Appliance (vCSA). What would be considered best practices for Auto Deploy? (Choose three.)

A. Enable vSphere HA on the cluster.
B. Protect the vCenter server with Fault Tolerance.
C. Install the Auto Deploy service on the VCSA.
D. Include the vmware-fdm VIB in the image profile.
E. Use PowerCLI to write a rule that assigns a custom image profile to the target hosts.

Back 36

C, D, E

A: has nothing to do with Auto Deploy in this respect.

B: vCenter cannot use FT as it requires 2 cpu's.

D:
Problem
When you upgrade vCenter Server, vCenter Server replaces the vSphere HA agent (vmware-fdm) version 5.0 with vSphere HA agent version 5.1 on each ESXi host. On hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy, the replacement is not permanent because no state is on the host. If vCenter Server is not available, the ESXi hosts do not have the correct vSphere HA agent and cannot join a cluster.
Cause
The Auto Deploy 5.0 server does not automatically upgrade the FDM VIB to version 5.1. Unless you create a new image that includes the VIB, Auto Deploy reverts to the FDM VIB version 5.0 after reboot.
Solution
Upgrade the Auto Deploy server.
If you cannot upgrade the Auto Deploy server, you can use Image Builder PowerCLI cmdlets included with vSphere PowerCLI to create an ESXi 5.0 image profile that includes the new vmware-fdm VIB. You can supply your hosts with that image profile.

Front 37

Which three modules are optional components that can be added from the vCenter Server installer?
(Choose three.)

A. VMware vCenter Syslog Collector
B. VMware vCenter License Server
C. VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy
D. VMware vCenter Host Update Utility
E. VMware vSphere Auto Deploy

Back 37

A, C, E

The installer has the following support tools:

Dump Collector
Syslog Collector
Auto Deploy
Authentication Proxy

Front 38

A DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts is set to fully automated mode. One host in the cluster is running at
98% CPU utilization. The other host is running at 52% utilization. Upon analysis, it appears that none of the
virtual machines are being migrated from the CPU-constrained host, and no recommendations are being
generated.
What are the two most likely causes of the problem? (Choose two.)

A. The VMkernel port is assigned an incorrect IP adderss.
B. vMotion is not enabled on the VMkernel port.
C. The DRS Migration Threshold is too aggressive.
D. VMware DRS is not set to Fully Automated.

Back 38

A, B

This is a free bee come on...

Front 39

Which two actions can be scheduled through the Scheduled Task wizard in the vSphere Client? (Choose
two.)

A. Remove a host.
B. Change the VM power state.
C. Create a virtual machine.
D. Revert to a snapshot of a virtual machine.

Back 39

B, C

You cannot remove hosts, or revert snapshots in tasks. Imagine the chaos.

Front 40

Which two vCenter plug-ins are installed with a default vSphere Client installation? (Choose two.)

A. vCenter Hardware Status
B. VMware ESXi Service Status
C. VMware vSphere Update Manager
D. VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service

Back 40

A, D

B: There is no ESXi Server status.
C: Update manager MUST be installed manually.

Front 41

Before upgrading an ESXi host to vSphere 5.x from vSphere 4.x, which three actions should be taken?
(Choose three.)

A. Update vCenter from 4.x to 5.x
B. Convert any Service Console port to Management.
C. Add an updated license to the host
D. Update vSphere 4.x licenses using the VMware License Portal
E. Verify the intended host is compatible with vSphere 5.x

Back 41

A, D, E

B: This is done automagically
C: You cannot do this before upgrading the host.

Front 42

Under which two conditions is a master elected by vSphere HA? (Choose two.)

A. When any cluster is created
B. When a host is placed into maintenance mode
C. When the datastore configuration changes
D. When "Reconfigure for vSphere HA" is executed

Back 42

A,D

A: As soon as the cluster is created and HA is enabled the election triggers.
B: Only if the master is put into maint mode.
D: Reconfiguring HA causes the election to re trigger.

Front 43

A database administrator has requested that a virtual disk attached to a virtual machine running an I/O
intensive database application be fully provisioned. The virtual disk was initially thin provisioned. Which two
Methods would accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

A. Use Storage vMotion and change the disk type to Flat.
B. Use the Inflate option in the Datastore Properties.
C. Use Storage vMotion and change the disk type to Thick Provisioned Lazy Zeroed.
D. Use Storage vMotion and change the disk type to Thick Provisioned Eager Zeroed

Back 43

B, D

A: There is no flat disk type.
B: Inflating the disk would achieve the result
C: Lazy Zero'd would not optimize performance for the disk.
D: Eager zero'd would give the optimum high IO performance.

Front 44

Which virtual disk types are supported on an network attached storage appliance using NFS with hardwareacceleration disabled?

A. Flat disk
B. Raw Device Mappings
C. Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
D. Thin Provision

Back 44

D

A: Does not exist....
B: RDM is not available for NFS devices
C: You cannot create think virtual disks on a non hardware accelerated NFS

RDM Considerations and Limitations
Certain considerations and limitations exist when you use RDMs.
■
The RDM is not available for direct-attached block devices or certain RAID devices. The RDM uses a SCSI serial number to identify the mapped device. Because block devices and some direct-attach RAID devices do not export serial numbers, they cannot be used with RDMs.

Front 45

How does a hardware FCoE Adapter appear to an ESXi host?

A. As an uplink adapter attached to a vSphere Distributed Switch.
B. As a hardware FCoE Adapter.
C. As an enabled FCoE software initiator.
D. As a Fibre Channel Adapter.

Back 45

D

Hardware FCoE Adapters. Hardware FCoE adapters include completely offloaded specialized Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) that contain network and Fibre Channel functionalities on the same card. When such an adapter is installed, your host detects and can use both CNA components. In the vSphere Web Client, the networking component appears as a standard network adapter (vmnic) and the Fibre Channel component as a FCoE adapter (vmhba). You do not have to configure a hardware FCoE adapter to be able to use it.

Front 46

Which two storage adapters require no VMkernel ports? (Choose two.)

A. Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapter
B. iSCSI Software Adapter
C. Dependent iSCSI Adapter
D. Fibre Channel HBA

Back 46

A, D

Front 47

What failure will beacon probing identify in vSphere networking?

A. An improper VLAN configuration on a physical switch port
B. A disconnected network cable
C. A VMkernel IP mismatch affecting vMotion or HA traffic
D. Jumbo frames improperly configured on an iSCSI target

Back 47

A

Sends out and listens for beacon probes on all NICs in the team and uses this information, in addition to link status, to determine link failure. This option detects many of the failures mentioned above that are not detected by link status alone.

Front 48

Which statement describes the functionality of traffic shaping on a vSphere Standard Switch?

A. vSphere Standard Switches support only egress traffic shaping.
B. vSphere Standard Switches support both ingress and egress traffic shaping.
C. vSphere Standard Switches support best-effort traffic shaping based on quality of service (QoS).
D. vSphere Standard Switches support only ingress traffic shaping.

Back 48

A

Front 49

Which three features are only available in the vSphere Client when using a vSphere Distributed Switch?
(Choose three.)

A. Port Mirroring
B. PVLAN tagging
C. Storage I/O Control
D. Inress Traffic Shaping
E. 802.1q VLAN Tagging

Back 49

A, B, D

Front 50

Which VMware solution allows for the automated discovery and mapping of applications running over the
VM infrastructure?

A. VMware vCloud Director
B. VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
C. VMware Service Manager
D. VMware vSphere 5

Back 50

B

vCenter Infrastructure Navigator is an application awareness plug-in to the vCenter Server that provides continuous dependency mapping of applications.
vCenter Infrastructure Navigator offers application context to the virtual infrastructure administrators to monitor and manage the virtual infrastructure inventory objects and actions. Administrators can use vCenter Infrastructure Navigator to understand the impact of the change on the virtual environment in their application infrastructure.

Front 51

An administrator plans to use an upgrade script to upgrade a number of ESXi 5.x hosts.
What options are available for the kickstart file? (Choose two.)

A. dryrun - Parse and check script but does not install
B. overwritevmfs - permits overwriting of existing VMFS volumes
C. vcenter - specifies vCenter Server
D. autodeploy - defines autodeploy options

Back 51

A, B

--overwritevmfs
Permits overwriting of VMFS partitions on the specified drives. By default, overwriting VMFS partitions is not allowed

-- dryrun (optional)
Parses and checks the installation script. Does not perform the installation.

Front 52

Which change will eliminate the symptom in the performance chart shown in the exhibit?

[The exhibit shows high CPU Ready]

A. Set CPU shares to High
B. Set CPU affinity for the virtual machine
C. Migrate the VM to a host that is less utilized
D. Add a CPU to the virtual machine

Back 52

C

A. this fixes nothing, CPU ready is an indicator that the vm's are waiting on the host to give them cpu time.
B. Same thing, you just fcuk all the other machines on the host.
D: This will just make things worse.

Front 53

Which three services will continue to function when vCenter Server is unavailable? (Choose three.)

A. Storage DRS
B. Fault Tolerance (FT)
C. vMotion
D. Thin Provisioning
E. High Availability

Back 53

B, D, E
A: DRS is a function of vCenter. Neither it or sDRS function without vCenter.
C: Is triggered, you manually vmotion stuff.

Front 54

A vSphere environment is created with two virtual machines, VM23 and VM43. Each virtual machine has an
instance of the front-end web application for the company's manufacturing management database. A
physical load-balancer is configured for the application.
Which type of DRS rule should be implemented for VM23 and VM43?

A. Separate Virtual Machines
B. Virtual Machines to Hosts
C. Host DRS Groups
D. Keep Virtual Machines Together

Back 54

A

Front 55

Which two conditions could prevent HA from powering on a virtual machine? (Choose two.)

A. There is not enough free memory to meet the guests memory reservation.
B. The virtual machine has been assigned a required affinity rule.
C. Strict admission control is disabled for the HA cluster.
D. The vCenter is hosted on the ESXi host that failed.

Back 55

A, B

If the VM needs to run on a specific host, it will override the ability of HA to power it on.

Front 56

Which are the correct parameters to specify when adding an iSCSI target to an ESXi 5.x host using the
Static Discovery tab?

A. iSCSI server ip address, port 902
B. iSCSI server ip address, port 3260
C. iSCSI server ip address, port 902, iSCSI target name
D. iSCSI server ip address, port 3260, iSCSI target name

Back 56

D

You will bind the iSCSI software adapter with the VMkernel adapter that you created. Your host can connect to the iSCSI storage device over an IP network by using standard network adapters.
Procedure
1
Select the host ESX-A in the inventory.
2
Click the Manage tab, and click Storage.
3
Select the iSCSI software adapter.
4
Click the Network Port Binding tab, and click Add.
5
Select the adapter named iSCSI Network and click OK.
6
Click Targets.
7
Click Dynamic Discovery, and click Add.
Each time the initiator contacts a specified iSCSI server, the server responds by supplying a list of available targets to the initiator. The names and IP addresses of these targets appear on the Static Discovery tab. If you remove a static target added by dynamic discovery, the target might be returned to the list the next time a rescan occurs, the HBA is reset, or the host is restarted.
8
In the iSCSI Server text box, type 198.162.0.100.
9
In the Port text box, type 3260.

Front 57

An administrator wants to configure a DRS Migration Threshold that allows automated migration only when
a host is placed into maintenance or to satisfy cluster constraints.
What setting should be utilized?

A. Priority 2
B. Priority 4
C. The most conservative setting
D. The default setting

Back 57

C

Front 58

How can you verify that vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) functionality is enabled for a storage
array in a vSphere 5.x implementation?

A. VAAI will be reported on the Hard Disk properties page for any VMDK stored on a compliant arrayB. Hardware Acceleration will be reported on the Hard Disk properties page for any VMDK stored on a
compliant array
C. Supported will be listed in the VAAI column for any datastore created on a compliant array
D. Supported will be listed in the Hardware Acceleration column for any datastore created on a compliant
array

Back 58

D

Front 59

What function does Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) provide?

A. The ability to enable Fault Tolerance on virtual machines that are not members of a cluster.
B. The ability to use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts with different CPU vendors.
C. The ability to replace manual CPU identification masks with an automated process managed by the
cluster.
D. The ability to use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between hosts with identical CPUs but different
vSphere versions.

Back 59

C. The ability to replace manual CPU identification masks with an automated process managed by the
cluster.

Front 60

What do changes made to resources reserved by a resource pool affect in the resource hierarchy?

A. Child pools
B. Host pools
C. Sibling and parent pools
D. Root resource pools

Back 60

C. Sibling and parent pools

Front 61

Which two steps are required before VMware Data Recovery can be used? (Choose two.)

A. The Data Recovery Appliance Module must be installed on vCenter Server.
B. A private network must be created for the backup appliance.
C. The vSphere Client plug-in must be installed on any machine VDR will be managed from.
D. The Data Recovery backup appliance must have additional storage added to it.

Back 61

C, D

The assumption is that the appliance is already installed, yeah it stupid. Welcome to vmware testing.

A: Appliance Module is a giveaway, no such thing.
B. Does not NEED a private network.

Front 62

An administrator finds that an ESXi 5.x host cannot be managed by vCenter Server.
Which three logs can be reviewed using the DCUI? (Choose three.)

A. Syslog
B. Config log
C. Virtual Center Agent
D. ESXi shell logs
E. VMware HA log

Back 62

A, B, C

The logs that can be viewed from the DCUI:
1 Syslog
2 Vmkernel
3 Config
4 Management agent (hostd)
5 Virtual Center Agent
6 Vmware ESXi Observation Log

D: does not exist
E: Cannot be viewed from here

Front 63

Which two statements are true regarding vSphere standard switches? (Choose two.)
A. Beaconing requires at least three uplinks to be considered useful.
B. Virtual machines on different vSwitches require the vSwitches to share an uplink to communicate.
C. vSphere virtual switches require at least one uplink adapter.
D. Setting the number of ports to the maximum on a vSwitch will exhaust the total ports on a host.

Back 63

A, D

Front 64

Virtual machine VM1 is unable to communicate with virtual machine VM2. Both virtual machines are
connected to a portgroup named Production on vSwitch1 on host ESXi01. Which statement could explain why?

A. The only vmnic connected to vSwitch1 on ESXi01 is set to unused
B. The only vmnic connected to vSwitch1 on ESXi01 is set to standby
C. Load balancing settings on Production do not match vSwitch1
D. VM1 is configured for VGT, VM2 is configured for VST

Back 64

D

VST = Virtual Switch Tagging, The switch tags the packet
VGT = Virtual Guest Tagging, The guest tags the packet

Front 65

An administrator would like to have vCenter take action any time a virtual machine is using over 90% of its
available resources for five minutes or longer.

Which three actions can be taken by vCenter Server in response to the trigger without running a script?
(Choose three.)

A. Power on a VM
B. Reboot Guest on VM
C. Increase Virtual Machine Memory
D. Migrate a VM
E. Increase Virtual Machine CPU Shares

Back 65

A, B, D

These are standard actions that can be executed due to a triggered alarm.

You can also:
Send a Notification Email
Send a Notification Trap
Power On and Off VM
Suspend a VM
Reset a VM
Shutdown a Guest on a VM

Front 66

What number of IOPS should be used with Storage I/O Control to limit disk throughput to roughly 10 MBps if
the guest application writes 64KB blocks?

A. 320
B. 160
C. 240
D. 64

Back 66

B

This answer is addressed directly in the vmware documentation but you can do the math.

10,000 / 64 = 156 (close enough to 160)

Front 67

An administrator is applying patches to a batch of ESXi 5.x hosts in an under-allocated HA/DRS cluster. An
attempt is made to place the host into maintenance mode, but the progress has stalled at 2%. DRS is
configured as shown in the exhibit. Of the four choices below, two would effectively resolve this issue.

Exhibit shows DRS set to manual and fully conservative.

Which two steps could be taken to correct the problem? (Choose two.)

A. Enable VMware EVC.
B. Set the virtual machines on the host to Fully Automated.
C. Shut down the virtual machines on the host.
D. Move the virtual machine swap file off the local datastore.

Back 67

B,C

Shutting off some vm's on the host will open up slots on the other hosts in the cluster.

Setting the DRS level to fully automated will allow the cluster to migrate machines to migrate off the host when putting the hosts into maintenance mode.

Front 68

An iSCSI array is being added to a vSphere 5.x implementation. An administrator wants to verify that all IP
storage VMkernel interfaces are configured for jumbo frames.

What are two methods to verify this configuration? (Choose two.)

A. Run the esxcli network ip interface list command
B. Run the esxcfg-vswif -l command
C. Ensure that the Enable Jumbo Frames box is checked in the VMkernel interface properties in the
vSphere client
D. Ensure that the MTU size is set correctly in the VMkernel interface properties in the vSphere client

Back 68

A, D

Have to love repeat questions....

Front 69

ACME Catering Services is using esxtop to troubleshoot a performance problem with one of their ESXi 5.x
hosts. Host disconnections from vCenter Server as well as sluggish performance when performing tasks on
the host have been observed.

[Showing the valid chunk of the exhibit]

Name NWLD
dasojose-vma50 5
DEV_App_01 5
Dev_SQL_01 5
FileServer01 12

Based on the output in the exhibit, how many vCPU's have been assigned to
FileServer01?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8

Back 69

D

NWLD = Number of worlds. Every virtual machines starts out with 4 worlds. Each additional world = 1 vCPU. So from the exhibit we see that FileServer01 has 12 worlds. Subtract the default 4 worlds and we end up with 8 = 8 vCPU's.

Front 70

An administrator is troubleshooting an ESXi 5.x host and needs to export diagnostic information. The host is currently managed by a vCenter Server instance.

Which two ways can the information be gathered using the vSphere Client? (Choose two.)

A. Select Home. Under Administration, click System Logs and click the Export System Logs button. Select
the affected ESXi host. Select All. Select a location and click Finish.
B. In the vSphere Client, select the affected ESXi host. Right-click the host and select Export Diagnostic
Data. Select a location and click OK.
C. Log in to the ESXi host locally, Select Export System Logs.
D. In the vSphere Client, select the affected ESXi host. Select File, Export and Export System Logs. Select
Select All. Select a location and click Finish.

Back 70

A, D

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.monitoring.doc/GUID-5085A0ED-EF03-402D-B2FB-1A61FB934C46.html?resultof=%2522%2565%2578%2570%256f%2572%2574%2522%2520%2522%2573%2579%2573%2574%2565%256d%2522%2520%2522%256c%256f%2567%2573%2522%2520%2522%256c%256f%2567%2522%2520

Front 71

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration,
but fails. What could the administrator do to resolve the issue?

A. Ensure the VMkernel port group is configured for Management Traffic.
B. Enable VMkernel port group for the vSphere cluster.
C. Ensure the vMotion enabled adaptors configured for the same subnet.
D. Use a vDS instead of a standard switch.

Back 71

C

The only valid answer is the only one that makes sense

Front 72

An administrator is investigating a report of slow disk performance. Where is the most efficient place for the
administrator to check?

A. The performance tab of the vApp.
B. The performance tab of the virtual machine.
C. The performance tab of the vApp resource pool.
D. The performance tab of the cluster.

Back 72

B

Viewing the performance tab of any of the other objects will not give yo the information you need, diskLatency.

Front 73

A database administrator has reported periodic poor performance on a particular virtual machine. The virtual
machine administrator has noticed a significant drop in performance when utilized memory exceeds 1GB.
What does this indicate and what could be checked next?

A. The application problems are definitely due to a non-memory-related problem. CPU affinity settings
should be checked for this virtual machine.
B. The application problems are definitely due to a non-memory-related problem. CPU utilization should be
checked next, using Windows Task Manager.
C. The virtual machine might not have physical memory available. Compression and swap activity on the
ESXi host should be checked next.
D. The virtual machine might not have physical memory available. Ensure the memory limit on the VM is
set to 0 MB.

Back 73

C

Front 74

Which two statements are true about shared storage capabilities on NFS datastores supported by ESXi 5.x?
(Choose two.)

A. You can create Fault Tolerant virtual machines
B. You can mount up to 256 NFS datastores
C. You can use VMware Storage APIs with all NFS datastores
D. You can use Storage vMotion from a virtual-mode RDM

Back 74

A, B

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2239

NFS.MaxVolumes: Limits the number of NFS datastores which can be mounted by the vSphere ESXi/ESX host concurrently. The default value is 8, and can be increased to a maximum specific to the version of ESXi/ESX:

ESXi/ESX 3.x: Set NFS.MaxVolumes to 32
ESXi/ESX 4.x: Set NFS.MaxVolumes to 64
ESXi 5.x: Set NFS.MaxVolumes to 256

Front 75

Which network driver is not supported with virtual machine hardware version 8?

A. vmxnet 3
B. Enhanced vmxnet
C. vmxnet 2
D. E1000

Back 75

B


Seeing as an "Enhanced" vmxnet does not exist the answer is B

Front 76

An administrator wants to reduce the amount of memory overhead required by a virtual machine.

What two options below could be used to accomplish that task? (Choose two.)
A. Reduce the amount of memory configured for the VM.
B. Reduce the memory reservation for the VM.
C. Reduce the memory shares for the VM.
D. Reduce the number of vCPUs VM.

Back 76

A, D

Remember we are talking about OVERHEAD not reservation.

More vCPU = More memory overhead
The overhead also includes the memory configured for the guest.

Front 77

The storage administrator has recommended testing the performance benefits of jumbo frames and
enabled jumbo frames on the storage array. The VMware administrator has enabled jumbo frames on the
VMkernel port used for the software iSCSI initiator.

What other two components must be modified to enable jumbo frames support for the software iSCSI
initiator? (Choose two.)

A. The physical switch
B. The port group
C. The software initiator
D. The virtual switch

Back 77

A, D

MTU is configured at the switch level in both the physical and virtual domains.

Front 78

An administrator decides to implement a Fixed multipathing policy for an ESXi host with four available paths and four configured VMFS datastores.

After the policy has been enabled for each datastore, how many paths by default will the host use to send data to the four datastores?

A. 4
B. 3
C. 1
D. 2

Back 78

A

Each of the 4 data stores will have a single active path.

Front 79

Which two vCenter plug-ins are installed with a default vCenter Server installation ? (Choose two)

A. VMware vCenter Data Recovery
B. VMware vCenter Service Status
C. VMware vSphere Update Manager
D. VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring

Back 79

B, D

Both the Update Manager and the Data recovery plug in are installed by the admin later.

Front 80

How are new LUNs discovered by an ESXi host?

A. A rescan operation is periodically performed by ESXi hosts to detect new LUNs.
B. A reboot operation is required every time a LUN is added.
C. A manual rescan operation is required every time a LUN is added.
D. ESXi hosts automatically detect new LUNs as they are presented.

Back 80

C

After presenting a new lun to a host a manual rescan needs to be done for the host to find it.

In certain cases, you need to perform a manual rescan. You can rescan all storage available to your host, or, if you are using the vCenter Server, to all hosts in a folder, cluster, and datacenter.
If the changes you make are isolated to storage connected through a specific adapter, perform a rescan for this adapter.
Perform the manual rescan each time you make one of the following changes.
■
Zone a new disk array on a SAN.
■
Create new LUNs on a SAN.
■
Change the path masking on a host.
■
Reconnect a cable.
■
Change CHAP settings (iSCSI only).
■
Add or remove discovery or static addresses (iSCSI only).
■
Add a single host to the vCenter Server after you have edited or removed from the vCenter Server a datastore shared by the vCenter Server hosts and the single host.

Front 81

An administrator has just completed an upgrade of an ESXi 5.x host. Prior to the upgrade, a backup of the host configuration was performed. After the upgrade the backup was restored to the upgraded host. Shortly the administrator receives complaints that users are unable to power on virtual machines.

What are two most likely reasons that VMs cannot power up on this host? (Choose two)

A. The ESXi host had a corrupt installation that was never properly repaired before the backup was taken.
B. The backup applied to the host after the upgrade was taken before the host was licensed.
C. The backup applied to the host after the upgrade corrupted the image.
D. The host was not licensed after the upgrade.

Back 81

B, D

Front 82

Which two configuration settings can be modified when using the Typical option in the Create New Virtual Machine wizard? (Choose three)

A. Network Adapter type
B. Datastore on which to place the virtual machine disks
C. Disk Provisioning Type
D. Number of Virtual CPUs

Back 82

A, B, C

Front 83

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x. but does not want to use a CD or DVD.

What are two alternate ways to provide the ESXi 5.x installer to the host? (Choose two)

A. PXE
B. FTP
C. HTTP
D. USB

Back 83

B, C

The installation kick starter file can point to storage locations on FTP, or HTTP. Answer D does not indicate the medium as USB is an interface. And PXE is a start up protocol not a storage location

Front 84

Which action can be successfully performed when multiple data centers are configured in vCenter Server?

A. Virtual machines can be failed over to another datacenter (using HA)
B. Virtual machines can exist on hosts in a DRS cluster that spans datacenters
C. Virtual machines in one datacenter can be cloned to another datacenter
D. Virtual machines in one datacenter can be migrated with vMotion to another datacenter

Back 84

C

DRS clusters cannot span datacenters.
HA cannot span datacenters.
You cannot vmotion across datacenters.

Front 85

Which two components must be modified to enable jumbo frames support for the software iSCSI initiator? (Choose two.)

A. The virtual switch
B. The virtual machine port group
C. The iSCSI vmhba
D. The VMkernel port

Back 85

A, D

MTU 9000 must be set on both the virtual switch and the kernel port.

Front 86

When creating a dvport group, which port binding option assigns a port to a virtual machine when the machine is connected to the dvPort Group?

A. Static binding
B. Flexible
C. Ephemeral
D. Dynamic binding

Back 86

A

These three different types of port binding determine when ports in a port group are assigned to virtual machines:

Static Binding
Dynamic Binding
Ephemeral Binding
Static binding

When you connect a virtual machine to a port group configured with static binding, a port is immediately assigned and reserved for it, guaranteeing connectivity at all times. The port is disconnected only when the virtual machine is removed from the port group. You can connect a virtual machine to a static-binding port group only through vCenter Server.

Note: Static binding is the default setting, recommended for general use.

Dynamic binding

In a port group configured with dynamic binding, a port is assigned to a virtual machine only when the virtual machine is powered on and its NIC is in a connected state. The port is disconnected when the virtual machine is powered off or the virtual machine's NIC is disconnected. Virtual machines connected to a port group configured with dynamic binding must be powered on and off through vCenter.

Dynamic binding can be used in environments where you have more virtual machines than available ports, but do not plan to have a greater number of virtual machines active than you have available ports. For example, if you have 300 virtual machines and 100 ports, but never have more than 90 virtual machines active at one time, dynamic binding would be appropriate for your port group.

Note: Dynamic binding is deprecated in ESXi 5.0.

Ephemeral binding

In a port group configured with ephemeral binding, a port is created and assigned to a virtual machine by the host when the virtual machine is powered on and its NIC is in a connected state. The port is deleted when the virtual machine is powered off or the virtual machine's NIC is disconnected.

You can assign a virtual machine to a distributed port group with ephemeral port binding on ESX/ESXi and vCenter, giving you the flexibility to manage virtual machine connections through the host when vCenter is down. Although only ephemeral binding allows you to modify virtual machine network connections when vCenter is down, network traffic is unaffected by vCenter failure regardless of port binding type.

Front 87

What does the recommended maximum memory value that is displayed when configuring a virtual represent?

A. The value that the operating system vendor reports as being optimal for performance

B. The threshold needed for the ESXi host to satisfy a reservation value

C. The maximum value the guest operating system supports

D. The threshold above which the physical memory of the ESXi host is insufficient to run the virtual machine at full speed

Back 87

D

The maximum for best performance represents the threshold above which the host’s physical memory is insufficient to run the virtual machine at full speed. This value fluctuates as conditions on the host change, for example, as virtual machines are powered on or off.

Front 88

What is a object to which an extent can be added?

A. An NFS datastore

B. An available unused storage volume

C. A VMFS or NFS datastore

D. A VMFS datastore

Back 88

D

Front 89

A windows virtual machine viewed through Task manager shows CPU utilization average 95-100 percent.

What metric be checked to ensure this virtual machine is not in contention for CPU resources with other virtual machine on the same ESXi host?

A. CPU overhead

B. CPU ready

C. CPU usage

D. CPU wait

Back 89

B

CPU ready identifies how long a VM has to wait to gain access to the host cpu.

Front 90

An administrator revokes user permissions on an object in vCenter Server. At the time the permissions are revoked, the user is actively logged in to vCenter Server through the vSphere Client.

What is true regarding this scenario?

A. The user immediately loses permissions on the object

B. The user retains permissions on the object for up to 24 hours

C. The user retains permissions on the object for up to 24 hours or until the next time the user logs in to vCenter Server

D. The user retains permissions on the object until the next time the user logs in to vCenter Server

Back 90

A

Object permissions are instant, BUT...

If you remove a user from the host, they lose permissions to all objects on the host and cannot log in again.
Note
Users who are logged in and are removed from the domain keep their host permissions until you restart the host.

That's the trick.

Front 91

A company wants to increase disk rapacity for their vSphere environment Management mandates that:

1. vMotion must work in this environment

2. The existing LAN infrastructure must be used

3. The storage must support raw device mapping.

Which storage option best meets the company objectives?

A. iSCSI

B. Fibre Channel

C. SATA

D. NFS

Back 91

A

B: Specialized hardware

C: local storage no vmotion

D: no RDM support.

Front 92

Which two steps are required before VMware Data Recovery can be used? (Choose two )

A. The Data Recovery server component must be installed on the vCenter Server machine

B. A network storage device or hard disk must be added to the backup appliance

C. The vSphere Client plug-in must be installed on the vCenter Server machine

D. The Data Recovery backup appliance must be installed to a managed ESXi host

Back 92

B, D

A: What vCenter server component, they are trying to trick you here.
C: The plugin is installed to the client not the server

Front 93

What does the OVF formal allows to be done to virtual machine templates?

A. Upgraded

B. Transported

C. Converted

D. Automated

Back 93

B

OVF enables efficient, flexible, and secure distribution of enterprise software, facilitating the mobility of virtual machines and giving customers vendor and platform independence

Front 94

Recently, a network interface card in an ESXi 5.x host has been experiencing connectivity staus?

Which two methods can be used to quickly identify the issue and immediately notify an administrator so that the issue can be resolved? (Choose two)

A. Set up an alarm with the Lost Network Connectivity trigger to send an email for notification when the connection is lost

B. Set up an alarm with the Lost Network Redundancy trigger to send an email for notification when the connection is set

C. Set up an alarm with the Network Redundancy Degraded trigger and configure an SNMP trap for notification when the connection is lost

D. Set up an alarm with the Lost Network Connectivity trigger and configure an SNMP trap notification when the connection is lost

Back 94

A, D

B: Redundancy is not the issue.
C: ^^

Front 95

Assuming that ballooning is possible, under which (three) circumstances might the VMkernel use a swap file for a running virtual machine?

A. The Mem CtlMaxPercent value is between 10 and 25 percent

B. Memory cannot be reclaimed quickly enough

C. The virtual machine is starting up

D. VMware Tools is not installed

E. 50 percent of the configured memory has already been balooned

Back 95

A, B, E

C: No vmware tools while starting up.
D: If ballooning is possible vmware tools is installed.

Front 96

An administrator is unable to connect a vSphere Client to an ESXi host.

Which option can be selected from the direct console to restore connectivity without disrupting running virtual machines?

A. Restore the Standard Switches

B. Restart the Management Agents

C. Restart the Management Network

D. Disable the Management Network

Back 96

B

Front 97

An administrator wants to monitor the health status of an ESXi host. However, when the host is selected in the vSphere Client, the Hardware Status tab is not visible.

What might cause this problem?

A. The security settings for Internet Explorer are too high

B. The required plug-in is not enabled

C. The required service is not running

D. The name of the vCenter Server system could not be resolved

Back 97

B

The hardware status plugin is not running.

Front 98

What are three true statements about an integrity check in vCenter Data Recovery? (Choose three )

A. The operation reclaims space on the de duplication store

B. The operation can be executed outside of the maintenance window

C. The operation ensures that the de duplication store is synchronized with the catalogue

D. The operation can be resumed from a previous incomplete integrity check

E. The operation can be incremental

Back 98

A, B, C

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.datarecovery.admin.doc_20%2FGUID-FC3ABCAE-7517-4B46-AD0B-F7464FBB2C00.html

Recatalog
This operation is performed to ensure that the catalog of restore points is synchronized with the contents of the deduplication store. This operation runs automatically when there is an inconsistency detected between the catalog and the deduplication store. While the recatalog operation is in progress, no other operation is allowed on the deduplication store.
Reclaim
This operation is performed to reclaim space on the deduplication store. This can be a result of the Data Recovery appliance enforcing the retention policy and deleting expired restore points. This operation runs automatically on a daily basis according to the maintenance window. While the reclaim operation is in progress, backups to the deduplication store are not allowed, but restore operations from the deduplication store are allowed.

Front 99

An administrator is configuring a vSphere HA cluster for three ESXi hosts and their resident virtual machines. The cluster will be configured to support a single host failure. Resource reservations must be enforced during a failover event.

Assuming default settings, how does HA determine the current failover capacity?

A. Using the highest CPU reservation and the available memory values for any given virtual machine in the cluster

B. Using the highest CPU reservation and memory reservation values of any given virtual machine in the cluster

C. Using an average of the total CPU reservation and memory reservation values of all virtual machines in the cluster

D. Using an average of total CPU reservation and available memory values of all virtual machines in the cluster

Back 99

B. Using the highest CPU reservation and memory reservation values of any given virtual machine in the cluster

Front 100

What is a valid example of a vSphere Update- Manager orchestrated upgrade?

A. A virtual machine upgrade that upgrades virtual machine hardware and VMware Tools at me same time

B. A host upgrade that upgrades and patches multiple ESXi hosts simultaneously

C. A virtual machine upgrade that upgrades virtual machine hardware and VMware Tools in a staged manner with no virtual machine

D. A host upgrade that upgrades multiple ESXi hosts in a staged manner with no host downtime

Back 100

A

Update Manager allows you to perform orchestrated upgrades of the ESX/ESXi hosts in your vSphere inventory using a single upgrade baseline. vSphere Update Manager upgrades multiple VMware vSphere components Table 10-1. Upgraded Components Component Upgraded by Update Manager Virtual machine kernel (vmkernel) Yes Service console, where present Yes Virtual machine hardware Yes Virtual Machine Tools Yes Guest operating systems Yes, for SP and patch releases.

D. Host downtime is inherit to the upgrade process, if it said not vm or cluster downtime it would be accurate.

This question is all about wording.

Front 101

Users are having difficulty accessing a web server since a new web application was configured in a virtual machine running on sc-titanrum03.vmeduw.com. The vSphere Client Shows a host cpu uasage Alert. DRS is set to fully automated mode, but the problem has not resolved.

Which action can resolve the issue?

A. Hot-add a CPU to the the web server virtual machine.

B. Add an ESXi host to the cluster

C. vMotion one or more running virtual machines on the ESXi host running the web server virtual machine to the other ESxi host in the cluster.

D. Power off one or more virtual machine on the ESXi host running on the Web server virtual machine and migrate them to the other ESXi host in the cluster.

Back 101

B

The fact that DRS has not migrated the webserver indicates that the cluster does not have the required resources to resolve this issue. Adding more resources to the cluster will.

Front 102

What are two prerequisites for installing vCenter Server? (Choose two )

A. The system vCenter Server is installed on must be a virtual machine.

B. The computer name must be an appropriate length

C. There must be no network address translation (NAT) between the vCenter Server system and the ES3G hosts.

D. The system vCenter Server is installed on must be a domain controller

Back 102

B, C

Verify that no Network Address Translation (NAT) exists between the vCenter Server system and the hosts it will manage.