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VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 - V11.5 sscllc edition

Number: VCP-510Passing Score: 600Time Limit: 120 minFile Version: 11.5.1

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VMware VCP-510VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5EXAM A is real test questions and Answers (these ar e the combined new prepking and my prviousdump)EXAM B is New Questions for Actual Test Jan 1/27

**** Notes **** 1. VERY slight difference between 11.5 and 11.5.12. Thanks again for the contributions!3. If you see OLD#, "", that means old reviews for answers.4. Newest REVIEW is always on top5. Some questions were added, edited and corrected

Questions updated and changed (sscllc):Some answers are correct, but they have old explanations. A few explanations and reasoning added.#157 is added

For update dump and study materials visit:http://certcollection.org/forum/topic/143147-vcp-510-updated-dump-and-links/

For ALL VMware Study Videos:http://certcollection.org/forum/forum/153-vmware-shares/

As always, thank you vSphereking!

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Exam A

QUESTION 1Which three modules are optional components that can be added from the vCenter Server installer? (Choosethree.)

A. VMware vCenter ESXi Dump CollectorB. VMware vCenter Storage MonitoringC. VMware vSphere Web ClientD. VMware vCenter OrchestratorE. VMware vSphere Update Manager

Correct Answer: ACESection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) 00 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf

QUESTION 2What are two benefits of virtual compatibility mode for RDMs, as compared to physical compatibility mode?(Choose two)

A. Allows the use of SAN-aware applicationsB. Allows for cloning

C. Allows for the use of array-based snapshotsD. Allows for template creation of the related virtual machine

Correct Answer: BDSection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)

9 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-virtual-machine-admin-guide.pdf

QUESTION 3An existing vSphere environment will be upgraded to vSphere 5. The current implementation utilizes ESX 4.1 and the new implementations will ESXi 5.x.In which two ways will the new ESXi 5.x implementation differ from ESX 4.1 implementation? (Choose two)

A. VMware ESXi 5.x does not provide a host-based firewall.B. VMware ESXi 5.x can boot from additional sources, such as a USB drive.C. VMware ESXi 5.x does not provide local command-line management capabilities.D. VMware ESXi 5.x can support virtual machine which larger resource configurations.



Option A is incorrect, ESXi have a internal firewall.Page 36 from Vsphere Security - ESXi 5.0.pdf

Option B is correct. Page 28 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf

Option C is incorrect, ESXi have local command-line but is necessary enable it.Page 9 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-command-line-interface-getting-started-guide.pdf

Option D is correct. See all Maximum configuration for ESX 4 and ESX5 document.Some example:ESX 4Max CPU - 8

ESX 5Max CPU - 32

QUESTION 4Click the exhibit button.

Based on the exhibit, what is the reason that none of the paths are marked as preferred?

A. A preferred path has been selected, but the Refresh button must be pressed to reflect the change.B. A preferred path cannot be selected.C. A preferred path has not been chosen.D. A preferred path has not been chosen because insufficient Active paths exist

Correct Answer: BSection: (none)Explanation


from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

QUESTION 5Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck by a virtual machine withoccasional high outbound network activity?


A. Apply traffic shaping to the port group that contains the virtual machine.B. Convert traffic shaping from a vNetwork Standard Switch to a vNetwork Distributed Switch.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.

Correct Answer: ASection: (none)Explanation


4 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf

I'm not shure but the more likely is apply Traffic Shaping in port that contains virtual machine to bursts traffic.

QUESTION 6VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager requires which two VMware products as part of the solution?

A. vSphere HAB. VMware ESXiC. VMware vCenter ServerD. VMware Data Recovery

Correct Answer: BCSection: (none)Explanation


Option A is incorrect:vSphere HA is used to perform High Availability in local environments, and is not needed in vCenter SiteRecovery Manager environment.

Option B is correct:ESXi run virtual machines of virtual environment.

Option C is correct:VMware vCenter Server help to manage Site Recovery Manager actions.

Option D is incorrect:VMware Data Recovery is used to perform backup of virtual machines.

QUESTION 7Which tool defines the Image Profiles used with Auto Deploy?

A. The vSphere Client via the Image Profiles management plug-inB. The vSphere Power CLI image builder cmdletC. The vSphere CLI esxcfg-image utilityD. The vSphere CLI esxcli image add command



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QUESTION 8Under which two situations does the dead space reclamation feature VAAI Thin Provisioning offer the ability toreclaim blocks of a thin provisional LUN on a array? (Choose two)

A. When a virtual machine is migrated to a different datastore.B. When a guest OS files in a virtual disk are deleted.C. When a virtual machine is migrated to a different host.D. When a virtual disk is deleted.

Correct Answer: ADSection: (none)Explanation


Page 188 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

QUESTION 9An administrator receives a complaint that a virtual machine is performing poorly. The user attributes the issueto poor storage performance.If the storage array is the bottleneck, which two counters would be higher than normal?(Choose two)

A. Average device latency per command, in milliseconds (DAVG per cmd)B. Average ESXi VMKernel latency per command, in milliseconds (KAVG per cmd)C. Average virtual machine operating system latency per command, in milliseconds (GAVG per cmd)D. Number of SCSI reservation conflicts per second (CONS per second)



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QUESTION 10A user attempts a remote SSH connection to a newly installed ESXi 5.x host to execute some commands. TheSSH connection attempts fails, through the user is able to receive a ICMP ping back from the host.Which two connections might cause the issue? (Choose two)

A. The shell timeout is set too low.B. The ParentRootLogin option is set to False.C. The SSH service is disabled on the host by default.D. The ESXi firewall blocks the SSH protocol by default.

Correct Answer: CDSection: (none)Explanation


Option A is incorrect:Shell Timeout is disabled by default.

Option B is incorrect:The paremeter "ParentRootLogin" is only used in ESX no in ESXi

Option C is correct:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-3B5AF2B1-C534-4426-B97A-D14019A8010F.html

Option D is correct:Per default the service and ports are disable after installation.

QUESTION 11An administrator has deployed vCentre Data Recovery and needs to create a de-duplication. Which threestorage options can be used? (Choose three)

A. 1TB Raw Device Mapped diskB. 1TB virtual diskC. 1TB CIFS network shareD. 500GB CIFS network shareE. 2TB Raw Device Mapped disk

Correct Answer: ABDSection: (none)Explanation


from vmware-data-recovery-administrators-guide-20.pdf

QUESTION 12A datastore administrator has requested that a virtual disk attached to a virtual machine running an I/Ointensive 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 Browser.C. Use the Inflate option in the Datastore Properties.D. Use Storage vMotion and change the disk type to Thick.



Option B is correct:Page 130 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

Option D is correct:Page 226 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

QUESTION 13An administrator has purchased a new 10GB Converged Network Adapter (CNA) for installation in system thatis running ESXi 5.x. the administrator has downloaded the latest driver from the hardware vendor and wants toinclude the driver in an image. The image profile acceptance level is set to VMwareAccepted.Which acceptance level could the driver have and still be included in the image? (Choose two)

A. PartnerSupportedB. VMwareAcceptedC. CommunitySupportedD. VMwareCertified


Explanation/Reference:

VMwareCertified

Die Akzeptanzebene „VMwareCertified“ hat die strengsten Anforderungen. VIBs dieser

Ebene unterliegen einer gründlichen Prüfung entsprechend den internen VMware-Qualitätssicherungstests für die gleiche Technologie. Heute werden nur IOVP-Treiber aufdieser Ebene veröffentlicht. VMware übernimmt Support-Anrufe für VIBs dieserAkzeptanzebene.

VMwareAccepted

VIBs dieser Akzeptanzebene unterliegen einer Verifizierungsprüfung; es wird jedoch nichtjede Funktion der Software in vollem Umfang getestet. Der Partner führt die Tests durchund VMware verifiziert das Ergebnis. Heute gehören CIM-Anbieter und PSA-Plug-Ins zu denVIBs, die auf dieser Ebene veröffentlicht werden. VMware leitet Support-Anrufe für VIBsdieser Akzeptanzebene an die Support-Organisation des Partners weiter.

PartnerSupported

VIBs mit der Akzeptanzebene „PartnerSupported“ werden von einem Partner veröffentlicht,dem VMware vertraut. Der Partner führt alle Tests durch. VMware überprüft die Ergebnissenicht. Diese Ebene wird für eine neue oder nicht etablierte Technologie verwendet, diePartner für VMware-Systeme aktivieren möchten. Auf dieser Ebene sind heute Treiber-VIB-Technologien mit nicht standardisierten Hardwaretreibern, wie z. B. Infiniband, ATAoE undSSD. VMware leitet Support-Anrufe für VIBs dieser Akzeptanzebene an die Support-Organisation des Partners weiter.

CommunitySupported

Die Akzeptanzebene „Unterstützte Community“ ist für VIBs gedacht, die von Einzelpersonenoder Unternehmen außerhalb der VMware Partner-Programme erstellt wurden. VIBs aufdieser Ebene wurden nicht im Rahmen eines von VMware zugelassenen Testprogrammsgetestet und werden weder von VMware Technical Support noch von einem VMware-Partner unterstützt.

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QUESTION 14Where the VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Manager (VSA Manager) must be installed in a vSphere 5environment?

A. On a standalone Windows machine.B. The VSA manager is installed as a separate virtual appliance.C. On the vCenter Server system.D. On the VMware vSphere Storage Appliance.

Correct Answer: CSection: (none)Explanation


Option C is correct:Page 11 from vsphere-storage-appliance-10-install-config.pdf

QUESTION 15A new LUN has been presented to two ESXi hosts: ESXiA and ESXiB. The LUN can be seen from bothservers. A vSphere Client attached to ESXiB is used to create a VMFS datastore on the LUN. The newdatastore is visible on ESXiB but not on ESXiA.Which step must be taken to make the datastore visible to ESXiA?

A. Perform a rescan operation on ESXiB.B. Reboot ESXiA.C. Perform a rescan operation on ESXiAD. Modify LUN masking settings on the storage array.



VCP4 question.

QUESTION 16Click the Exhibit button.

Based on the exhibit, what is the appropriate action to disable a path?

A. Paths cannot be disabled in this interface.B. Right-click the path you want to disable and then select DisableC. Click, the path you want to disable then press DeleteD. Double-click the new path you wish to make active. The existing path will be disabled


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc_50/GUID-FC0346B1-7A32-4A49-9415-F93260367200.html

QUESTION 17An administrator is installing a vCenter Server instance to manage 10 ESXi hosts and 100 machines.Approximately how much additional datastore capacity is required to increase the statistics collection level tomaximum for all collection periods, compared to a standard installation?

A. 6GBB. 9GBC. 3GBD. 1GB

Correct Answer: B

Section: (none)Explanation


VCP4 question.

QUESTION 18To uplink a Hardware FCoE Adapter, what, configuration step must be performed?

A. Create a vSphere Distributed Switch and add the FCoE Adapter as an uplink.B. Enable the FCoE service and select the newly installed adapter.C. Create a vSphere Standard Switch and add the FCoE Adapter as an uplink.D. No configuration is required. The adapter will appear to the host as a Fibre Channel Adapter.

Correct Answer: DSection: (none)Explanation



QUESTION 19An administrator is attempting to deploy a virtual machine from an existing template, but deploy Virtual Machinefrom this template menu option is unavailable.What are two reasons this issue would occur? (Choose two)

A. The template has not been stored in the proper formatB. The vSphere Client is connected to an ESXi hostC. The template is listed as OrphanedD. The administrator is using the vSphere Web Client


Explanation/Reference:11-14-2011 Challenged by Kre-den

A - probably wrong, there is no proper template formatB - 100% correct, vClient must be connected to vCenter not directly to ESX server to use templatesC - probably correct, if ESX looses connection to Vcenter templates are orphaned

D - wrong, templatec can be used by Web Client

QUESTION 20Click the Exhibit Button.

The information shown in the exhibit must be configured to support which cluster feature?

A. HAB. DPMC. DRSD. EVC



Virtual Center use ILO/IPMI/DRAC commands to shutdown or start ESX hosts.

QUESTION 21What are two ways to enable remote tech support mode (SSH) on an ESXi 5.x host?(Choose two)

A. Through the Security Profile pane of the Configuration tab m the vSphere ClientB. Through the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)C. Through the Advanced Settings pane of the Configuration tab in the vSphere ClientD. Through the Networking pane of the Configuration tab in the vSphere Client

Correct Answer: ABSection: (none)Explanation



QUESTION 22An administrator is performing maintenance on a storage array used by a DRS cluster. The administrator wantsto disable alarm actions for the cluster while the maintenance is taking place.What procedure will accomplish this task?

A. Go to the alarms tab for each ESXi host in the DRS cluster. Locate storage-related alarms.Right click and disable each alarm

B. Right-click the DRS cluster and select Alarm and Disable Alarm ActionsC. Right-click the datacenter containing the DRS cluster. Select Alarm Disable Alarm ActionsD. Go to the alarms tab for the datacenter containing DRS cluster. Locate the storage-related alarms. Right-

click and disable each alarm



Using a productoin environment I can see what is the correct answer.

QUESTION 23Which two features secure the VMkernel? (Choose two)

A. Memory hardeningB. Binary translationC. Kernel module integrityD. Service console firewall

Correct Answer: ACSection: (none)Explanation


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QUESTION 24A company runs several instances of an application that requires large amounts of memory.Which three metrics are checked to diagnose a memory bottleneck at the ESXi host level? (Choose three)

A. MEMSZB. MEMCTLC. SWAPD. ZIPE. MCTLTGT

Correct Answer: ABCSection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) Most new dumps say B,C,D *** with review from AT below I have changed to B,C,D

THIS IS A HIGHLY DEBATED QUESTION - SOOoooo If you think it is wrong please research thoroughlybefore requesting an update... an official response from VMware would be nice. :D

3 metrics to diagnose a memory bottleneck at the ESXi host level: MEMSZ, MEMCTL, SWAP.

MEMSZ - Amount of physical memory allocated to a resource pool or virtual machine.MEMCTL - Displays the memory balloon statistics. All numbers are in megabytes.MCTLTGT - Amount of physical memory the ESXi system attempts to reclaim from the resource pool or virtualmachine by way of ballooning.SWAP - When the VMkernel on the host is swapping memory to diskZIP indicates memory is compressed, which also show memory shortage

SWAP – if an ESXi host is excessively swapping memory to disk, this points to the ESXi host suffering memorycontention issues, VMs should either be moved or powered off from the host in question (if this is not an optionthen it is time for either a memory upgrade or to introduce a new ESXi Host into the environment.)

MEMCTL (MB) & MEMSZ (MB) – need to look at these two metrics together. Ballooning as displayed byMEMCTL is not always a problem and could indicate that guest VMs have been over allocated memory (seeMEMSZ for guest memory allocation.) If have been careful to correctly allocate memory to guest VMs thenexcessive ballooning again points to the ESXi host suffering memory contention issues; basically the host istaking memory away from inside guest VMs by using the memory balloon driver installed along with VMwaretools, this memory is written to the vswp file.

Remember that – unlike in the physical world – in the virtual world throwing too much resource at a virtualserver can actually result in less performance.

Revised; Answer is MEMSZ,MEMCTL,SWAP. Checked with VMWARE on this. Renegade_ZA

QUESTION 25An administrator has been tasked with creating a vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) for an ESXi host with thefollowing specifications:

1. 116 virtual machines will be connected to the switch,2. The switch wall have four uplinks configured for port-based load balancing.3. The switch will act as a secondary heartbeat network for HA.

Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two)

A. The configuration requires a Service Console PortB. The configuration requires a VMkernel PortC. A vSS created with default settings in the vSphere Client is insufficient for this configurationD. A vSS created with 128 ports using the vSphere CLI is sufficient for this configuration



ESXi didn't have Service Console port

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QUESTION 26A network administrator has discovered a failure that has affected accessibility to the management network Asa result, none clusters are able to communicate on this network. The cluster was configured with defaultsettings.What happens as a result of the failure?

A. The VMs will be powered off on slave hosts in the cluster.B. All VMs on all hosts in the cluster are unaffected.C. The VMs will be powered off on slave hosts that cannot communicate with the master on the affected

network.D. The VMs will be powered down on all hosts in the cluster


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc_50/GUID-FA8B166D-A5F5-47D3-840E-68996507A95B.html

Page 24 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-availability-guide.pdf


Assuming that this is the only virtual machine and the only resource pool, what is the maximum amount ofmemory that can be configured for use by the virtual machine that is part of the finance resource pool?

A. 16,384 MB, less virtual machine overheadB. 57 MB less virtual machine overheadC. 3,009 MB, less virtual machine overheadD. 1 3,375 MB, less virtual machine overhead


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)Prior: AAfter: C (This is because of another 410 Dump has the same questions and Worst Case shows 4GB - thiscould be the only answer IMO)

QUESTION 28What is the traffic shaping adjustment?

A. Minimum bandwidth adjusted in kbpsB. Peak bandwidth adjusted in MbpsC. Burst time in secondsD. Burst size in KB




QUESTION 29An administrator would like to have vCentre take action any time a virtual machine is using over 90% of itsavailable 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. Increase Virtual Machine MemoryB. Reboot Guest on VMC. Send notification trap (SNMP)D. Increase Virtual Machine CPU SharesE. Send notification email (SMTP)

Correct Answer: BCESection: (none)Explanation



ACME Logging Inc. has been using the vSphere Web Client template to five-node vSphere 5 cluster. Afterdeploying a new template, the resulting virtual machine is not able to connect the deployment network to whichit was assigned. When deploying another template, the message in the exhibit is shown.

Based on the information, what is the likely problem?

A. Host esxi2 does not have > network uplink attached to the Production vSwitch.B. Host esxi2 does not have the Production network created to bind to.C. DRS must be enabled if you are deploying templates into a cluster.D. A vDS must be configured it you are deploying templates into a cluster.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)The attached screenshot in test is a bit blurry but we think it is the following:Network interface 'Network adapter 1' uses network 'Production', which is a 'virtual intranet' We've tested this and the only way to reproduce this error was to create a vSwitch with no uplinks.If you don't have the production network created on an other ESXi host the warning is Network interface'Network adapter 1' uses network 'Production', which is not accessible

So we think the correct answer should be Host esxi2 does not have > network uplink attached to the ProductionvSwitch.http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003832

QUESTION 31Which two settings are required by the deployment wizard when installing the VMware vCenter ServerAppliance? (Choose two)

A. Disk formatB. Amount of RAM

C. Cluster and/or HostD. Size of me JVM Heap


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) Prep king AB

QUESTION 32Which predefined vCenter Server role can perform tasks on ESXi host objects?

A. Datastore ConsumerB. Datacenter AdministratorC. Resource Pool AdministratorD. Administrator



QUESTION 33An administrator is configuring admission control settings for a vSphere HA cluster. The administrator selectsthe option Allow VM power on operations that violate availability constraintsWhich two events occur during an ESXi host failure? (Choose two)

A. Only virtual machines with a high restart priority are restarted on surviving ESXi hosts.B. vSphere HA cannot guarantee that all virtual machines from a failed host will be restarted.C. vSphere HA restarts virtual machines on surviving ESXi hosts with the most unreserved capacity.D. Virtual machines can be powered on until the percentage of cluster resources reaches 25 percent.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)prep king had A and CPage 25 from vsphere-esxi- vcenter-server-50-availability-guide.pdf

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc_50/GUID-FA8B166D-A5F5-47D3-840E-68996507A95B.html


ACME Catering Services is using esx top to troubleshoot a problem with one of their ESXi hosts Hostdisconnection from vCenter server as well as sluggish perform when performing tasks on the host have beenobserved.Based on the output in tin- exhibit, what three corrective actions can be taken to resolve the issue? (Choosethree)

A. Increase the CPU Reservation on FileServer01B. Decrease the number of vCPUs in use on this hostC. Migrate the FileServer01 virtual machine to another hostD. Increase the number of Physical CPUs in the hostE. Increase the amount of RAM in the host because swapping is occurring

Correct Answer: BCDSection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) (Prep king had A, C, and E)

In TK answer have FileServer00 in option A but this server didn't show in exhibit.

I can't find documentation talking about that but I choose the answers that more correct in my opnion. Forexample, the exhibit didn't show information about SWAP, only CPU.

Fileserver01 is using all CPU server capacity.

QUESTION 35VMware solution pools virtual infrastructure resource in a datacenter and delivers them to users as well as acatalog-based service?

A. VMware vCloud DirectorB. VMware vCenter ConfigControlC. VMware vCenter OrchestratorD. VMware vSphere 5



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QUESTION 36Anvil Incorporated has several departments which each have unique resource requirements in theirenvironment:

1. The Manufacturing department has three production virtual machines2. The Manufacturing virtual machines need to have priority access to resources.3. The development department has no specific resource requirements

Resource Pools will be used to address three requirements.When creating the Manufacturing resource pool, which two settings might be configured to meet the statedrequirements? (Choose two.)

A. Set the shares value to High for memory and CPU on the resource pool

B. Set a reservation for memory and CPU on the resource poolC. Set affinity or anti-affinity rules to ensure that the Development VMs do not run on the same hosts as

Production VMsD. Set a limit for memory and CPU on the resource pool



Study case question, I didn't find any documentation to answer this question.

I choose option A and B because Set Revervation and Shares in Resource Pool will give some priority inManufacturing Resource Pool.

Set a limit in Manufacturing Resourse pool will limit resources use in resource pool.

Set Affinity or ant-affinity rule didn't change resource pool priority nether garantee resources to resource pool.

QUESTION 37An administrator has deployed a vSphere 5 implementation. Due to security reasons the system state of avirtual machine must be reverted on a regular basis what feature will meet this requirement?

A. Create the virtual machine using Independent-Persistent disksB. Create a Scheduled Task using the Delete All Snapshots option according to security requirementsC. Create the virtual machine using Independent-Nonpersistent disksD. Create a Scheduled Task using the Delete Snapshot option to delete the most recent snapshot according to

security requirements.



I didn't find documentation to explain that question.

QUESTION 38A company runs several instances of multi-threaded application that requires virtual machines to be configuredwith multiple vCPUs.Which metric is checked to determine if CPU contention exists on an ESXi 5.x host?

A. %RUNB. %WAITC. %USEDD. %RDY



Prep king had option D as %RPV could be a mis-spelling often occurs in dumps. if not rdy then %wait...http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9279

"%WAIT"The percentage of time the world spent in wait state.

This %WAIT is the total wait time. I.e., the world is waiting for some VMKernel resource. This wait time includesI/O wait time, idle time and among other resources. Idle time is presented as %IDLE.

"%RDY"The percentage of time the world was ready to run.

A world in a run queue is waiting for CPU scheduler to let it run on a PCPU. %RDY accounts the percentage ofthis time. So, it is always smaller than 100%.

+Q: How do I know CPU resource is under contention?++A: %RDY is a main indicator. But, it is not sufficient by itself.+

QUESTION 39Which vSwitch port group policy setting allows packets to be created by a virtual machine with different sourceMAC addresses to MAC address?

A. Promiscuous modeB. Traffic shapingC. Forged transmitsD. MAC address changes




QUESTION 40An administrator is using Update Manager 5.0 to update virtual appliances in a vSphere environment. Theenvironment is using the vCenter Server appliance. The administrator is unable to remediate the vCenterServer appliance.What would cause the remediation to fail?

A. Updating of the appliance can only be done if the vCenter Server Appliance has beenB. Remediation must be configured on the Appliance Administration page before useC. Remediation of the vCenter Server Appliance with Update Manager is not supportedD. Remediation of the vCenter Server Appliance must be done from the PowerCLL



QUESTION 41Which three configuration settings will be migrated when upgrading a host from ESX 4.x Classic to ESXi 5.x?(Choose three)

A. The NTP configuration in /etc/ntp.confB. The syslog configuration in /etc/syslog.confC. The hostname information in /etc/hostsD. The time zone configuration in /etc/localtimeE. The name resolution Configruation in /etc/resolv.conf


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)11-28 - Question was modded to reflect the actual questions on the test.Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50/GUID-C89D8EDF-07DF-42DF-B5A0-F992B7DB1FF2.html

Modified 11-5 Was A,B,C - Changed to only two answers A and C. ESX = Classic; Not ESXi - (The Daemonused for syslog on ESX is incompatible and not migrated) Modified 11-14 believed to be a 3 answer question soadded a 3rd correct answer http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50/GUID-C89D8EDF- 07DF-42DF-B5A0-F992B7DB1FF2.htmlo The upgrade process preserves as much of the ESX host configuration as possible. However, because ofdifferences between ESX 4.x and ESXi5.0 architecture, many configuration files cannot be migrated (Forbes: there are many more listed in thedocumentation, but I thought thesewere the most noteable examples):/etc/logrotate.conf Not migrated. ESXi Logrotation is incompatible with prior versions. /etc/localtime Notmigrated. Timezones are not supported in ESXi. /etc/syslog.conf Migrated for ESXi, not migrated for ESX. /etc/sysconfig/network Migrated. Service Console virtual NICs (vswif) will be converted to ESXi virtual NICs(vmk)./etc/sysconfig/i18n Not migrated. i18n is not supported in ESXi./etc/ssh Migrated. OpenSSH is now included in ESXi./etc/hosts.allow & hosts.deny Not migrated./etc/sudoers Not migrated. sudo is not supported in ESXi. /etc/vmware/vmware.lic Not migrated. ESXi 5.0upgrades are reset to evaluation mode.

QUESTION 42What is the size of a virtual machine .vswp file if defaults are accepted for the virtual machine reservations,limits, and shares?

A. The virtual machine. vswp file is equal to twice the amount of available memory configured for the virtualmachine when it was created.

B. The virtual machine. vswp file is equal to the amount of virtual memory (virtual machine available memory,plus virtual machine overhead the virtual machine when it was created.

C. The virtual machine. vswp file is equal to zero length when the virtual machine is created and expands asnecessary

D. The virtual machine. vswp file is equal to the amount of available memory configured for the virtual machinewhen it was created.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:If you make reservations for your virtual machine's that are equal to the amount of RAMassigned to them, swapping and page sharing does not occur. You can over commit prettyheavily if you are comfortable with poorer performance. If you do not set reservations, ESXhost creates a .vswp file equal to the difference between the amount of physical memoryassigned to the virtual machine and the reservation it has. By default, memory reservationsare set to 0. If you have a virtual machine with 2GB of memory without a reservation, itcreates a 2GB .vswp file when it is powered on. The virtual machine starts using the .vswpfile if the server is out of physical RAM. If you set a 1GB reservation, it creates a 1GB .vswpfile. The .vswp files are what allows for memory overcommitment.

Determining the right size for your VMware VMFS data stores.The .vswp fileis a virtual swap file that equals the size of the memory assigned to a VM,minus any memory reservations assigned to a VM, which by default is zero.

QUESTION 43Which three features are only available when using a vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch? (Choose three)

A. NetFlow MonitoringB. 802.3ad Link AggregationC. Network I/O ControlD. Egress Traffic ShapingE. IEEE 802.1p Qos tagging


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: Removed Egress traffic shaping and added option E.

Reference:vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf from vSphare documentation andhttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-50-Networking-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf

QUESTION 44An iSCSI array is being added to a vSphere5 implementation. An administrator wants to verify that all IPstorage VMkernel interfaces are configured for jumbo frames.

What are two methods to verify the configuration? (Choose two)

A. Run the esxcli network IP interface list commandB. Run the esxcfg-vswitch -l commandC. View the VMKernel interface properties in the vSphere ClientD. View the Network Adapter properties in the vSphere Client



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ESXCFG-VSWITCH is used in ESX Linux based, now usin g ESXCLI

An administrator has deployed a new virtual machine on an ESXi host. Users are complaining of poorperformance on the virtual machine performance tool display the result shown in the exhibit.Which two might improve the user experience? (Choose two)

A. Add a vCPU to the virtual machineB. Remove CPU affinity on the advanced CPU setting of the virtual machineC. Migrate the virtual machine to another ESXi hostD. Remove the limit on the CPU settings of the virtual machine


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)Challeneged by Kre-den - prep king had A and B which I actually believe as this is a recommendation byVMware to perform first. Regardless if you limit CPU with a hard limit it still gets the speed of 1 full corebecause it is not possible to limit a VM based on a certain MHZ... As it is all clocks and scheduling.

48: A DThe picture shows CPU at 100% in VM, not CPU shortage on ESX server.A,D - these 2 options both increase the amount of CPU allocated to VMB,C - these 2 options change the physical CPU allocated to VM, but this was not the problem shown

QUESTION 46An administrator is creating a virtual machine that will be running "Windows 2008 Enterprise (64-bit). Theapplication to installed in the virtual machine requires eight vCPUs to run effectively. During installation, the onlyavailable options are one, two, three, or four vCPUs.What condition explains the available vCPU selections?

A. The virtual machine hardware version is 8.B. The guest operating system for the virtual machine is 64-bit

C. The ESXi host has two AMD dual-core CPUsD. The ESXi host has two Intel dual-core CPUs



C is the correct answer but not because of the limits of ESX3.ESX3 can have up to 32 cores and 128 virtual CPU’s.http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_config_max.pdf Page 4.

The reason is the AMD platform. Intel doesn’t support 3 vCPU’s for a guest which AMD does support.

In the question you can see the vCPU selection: 1, 2, 3 or 4 vCPU’s.

QUESTION 47What are two valid default upgrade baselines included with vSphere Update Manager?(Choose two)

A. VMFS Upgrade to Match HostB. VMware Tools Upgrade to Match HostC. VA Upgrade to LatestD. Host Upgrade to Latest



vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-upgrade-guide.pdf

QUESTION 48What is the most appropriate way to test a virtual machine enabled for VMware Fault Tolerance?

A. Cause a failure on the ESXi host running the primary virtual machineB. Cause a failure on an application within the primary virtual machineC. Disable network connectivity to the primary virtual machineD. Cause a failure on the primary virtual machine


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) Changed to D > see last option causing a vailure on the Primary Virtual Machine bykilling the process running on ESXi for that machine. Option A I believe is incorrect because it is impacting totest that out when just a simple process kill will do the trick.Source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020058

The following are proper testing scenarios with their expected outcomes:

Note: The following tests assume two hosts, Host A and Host B, with the primary fault tolerant virtual machinerunning on Host A and the secondary virtual machine running on Host B. Select the Test Failover Function from the Fault Tolerance menu on the virtual machine.

This tests the Fault Tolerance functionally in a fully supported and non-invasive way. In this scenario, the virtualmachine fails over from Host A to Host B, and a secondary virtual machine is started back up again. VMwareHA failure does not occur in this case.

Host A complete failover

This scenario can be accomplished by pulling the host power cable, rebooting the host, or powering off the hostfrom a remote KVM (such as iLO, DRAC, or RSA). The secondary virtual machine on Host B takes overimmediately and continues to process information for the virtual machine. VMware HA failover occurs.

Virtual machine process on Host A fails

This scenario can be accomplished by terminating the active process for the virtual machine by logging intoHost A. The secondary virtual machine takes over and no VMware HA failure occurs. VMware does notrecommend testing in this way. For more information on terminating a virtual machine, see Powering off anunresponsive virtual machine on an ESX host (1004340)

QUESTION 49What are two network load-balancing policies for a vNetwork Distributed Switch? (Choose two)

A. Route based on source and destination MAC hashB. Route using Round RobinC. Route based on the originating virtual port IDD. Route based on IP hash


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) **** Debated A for D *****11-9-2011 Debated again (giobuon) - so now there is a screen shot SHOWING what is right...

Argument: Vendor documentation and the fact these were the right answers on a 410 only proves the pointfurther. Word "NETWORK" load-balancing policies... However there is an option on vSphere 5 distributedswitches that is called "Route based on Physical NIC Load". For now these two are the correct answers unlesssomeone can provide proof that they aren't.

(According to Cisco these are the only two teaming policies offered for network load balancing for DVS)http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/solution_overview_c22-526262.pdf Pg. 2

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QUESTION 50An administrator receives a call indicating users reported extremely slow access to virtual machines theprevious evening. Access to virtual machines performs as expected as checked by the administrator. Over thecourse of several days, the administrator continues to receive calls about the issue, which appears to occur atintermittent times each evening.Which step can be taken to collect information about the issue?

A. Create a condition alarm to alert when Datastore Disk Usage (*) exceeds 70%B. Collect esxtop performance data in batch mode and analyze total number of I/O operations (CMDS/s)

metricsC. Create an event alarm to alert when a storage device is disconnectedD. Collect esxtop performance data in batch mode and analyze average device latency (DAVG/cm-d) metrics.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) Prepking uses the words "resxtop" which is esxtop for ESXi.

I didn't find oficial docs to that question but using logic, I choose option D.

A - Used for space use.B - Depend on your Storage Array you can obtain more or less I/O operations, its good to look this but only forhelp.C - Storage is not disconnected is high used, that answer didn't work.

QUESTION 51An administrator wishes to send traffic from a vNetwork Distributed Switch to a collector virtual machine foranalysis. vSphere 5 has been deployed in the datacenter.Which two configurations will enable the functionality? (Choose two)

A. The source and target virtual machines must be on the same vNetwork Switch.B. The source and target virtual machines must both be on a vNetwork Distributed Switch, but can be on any

vDS in the datacenter.C. The port group on the distributed port must have Promiscuous Mode enabled.D. The port group on distributed port must have NetFlow enabled.




QUESTION 52Click the exhibit button:

An administrator is configuring vMotion in their environment. As a part of the implementation, an administratoris examining resource mapping for virtual machines.What is a likely cause of the error shown in the exhibit?

A. vMotion has been disabled because the Production network does not exist on both ESXi host.B. vMotion has not been enabled on the Production port group.C. vMotion has not been enabled on a VMkernel port group.D. vMotion has been disabled because datastored is not presented to both ESXi hosts.


Explanation/Reference:Challenged by Kreden 11-14-2011 Believes answer is D - However, if you read the following its obviouslyincorrect - C is still the correct answer.

This only shows up in the Maps when the vmotion OPTION is not checked in the PORT group - hence vMotionis DISABLED!

Other Notes: vMotion doesn't need a "production" network it can use any network. It also should not be using a"production" network. Datastore has nothing to do with vMotion in this diagram - this is Maps - it would give avmotion error if it wasn't on the datastore not a vmotion disabled..

Please see: http://cosonok.blogspot.com/2011/10/vcp 510-vcp-on-vsphere-5-exam-cram-notes.html

QUESTION 53An administrator has recently upgraded their Update manager infrastructure to vSphere 5. Several hosts andvirtual machines have not been upgraded yet.Which vSphere object cannot be upgraded by Update Manager when running against a legacy host?

A. Virtual Machine HardwareB. ESX HostC. ESX PatchesD. VMware Tools



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QUESTION 54In the vSphere Client, the Resource Allocation tab for virtual machines displays host memory and guestmemory. Which two statements best describe these terms? (Choose two.)

A. Guest memory is the amount of physical memory that has been allocated to a virtual machineB. Host memory is the amount of physical memory that has been allocated to a virtual machine.C. Guest memory is the memory usage of a virtual machine.D. Host memory is the memory usage of a virtual machine.



QUESTION 55An administrator finds that vMotion and Storage VMotion operations do not succeed on a virtual machine. Thevirtual machine has been configured with N_Port ID Virtualization. The virtual machine has two data RDMs, oneusing a RAID 5 LUN on using a RAID0+1 LUN. The mapping file for RAID 5 LUN was created on the samedatastore as the virtual machine, and the mapping file for the RAID0+1 LUN was placed in a datastore used forproduction data virtual disks.Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two)

A. vMotion cannot be used unless boot mapping files are placed on the same datastore.B. Storage vMotion cannot be used unless both mapping files are placed on the same datastore.C. Storage vMotion cannot be used with NPIV.D. vMotion cannot be used with NPIV



N_Port ID Virtualization or NPIV is a Fibre Channel facility allowing multiple N_Port IDs to share a singlephysical N_Port. This allows multiple Fibre Channel initiators to occupy a single physical port, easing hardwarerequirements in Storage Area Network design, especially where virtual SANs are called for. NPIV is defined bythe Technical Committee T11 in the Fibre Channel - Link Services (FC-LS) specification.


QUESTION 56A series of Auto Deploy ESXi hosts which utilize vDS are unable to boot in prior testing. All of the hosts wereable to boot successfully.Which two conditions might cause this issue? (Choose two)

A. The hosts have experienced a network error.B. The Auto Deploy server permissions are invalid.C. vCenter Server is down.D. The hosts have experienced a local disk error.



Let me explain why I believe A & C are correct.

A. the hosts have experienced a network error.

Anyone who has ever worked with AutoDeploy knows how critical the network infrastructure is. Everything fromthe DHCP server being online and configured correctly, the TFTP server being online and configured correctlyto the switching/routing infrastructure needs to be spot on for an image to be pulled over the network.AutoDeploy has everything to do with the network!

B. the AutoDeploy server permissions are invalidWhat permissions are we talking about here? You can search the whole AutoDeploy guide and you will see noreference to permission problems being related to troubleshooting (If you find something, please post!)

C. vCenter server is downAbsolutely this is correct. The ESXi hosts require vCenter online to retrieve the image.

D. the hosts have experienced a local disk errorA big advantage to AutoDeploy is not relying on local disks. This option is clearly incorrect.

QUESTION 57What are three true statements about quiescing virtual machine snapshots? (Choose three)

A. VMware Tools is not required for quiescing to be successful.B. The operation ensures that the snapshot includes a power state.C. The operations may alter the behavior of applications within the virtual machine.D. The operation ensures all pending disk I/O operations are written to disk.E. VMware Tools is required for quiescing to be successful.

Correct Answer: CDESection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015180Quiescing doesn't allow you to capture a powerstate - the snapshot does that... Quiescing only affectapplications in I/O within the VM.This is why if you snapshot a VM that is running without VMware tools it will snapshot but can also break theVM. For example try snapshotting active directory VM without VMware tools. Eventually it will break it if won'tthe first time.

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An administrator is applying patches to a batch of ESXi 5.x hosts in an under-allocated HA/DRS cluster. Anattempt is made to place the host into maintenance mode, but the progress has stalled at 2%. DRS areconfigured as shown in the exhibit. Of the four choices below, two would effectively resolve this issue.Which two steps could be taken to correct the problem? (Choose two.)

A. Manually migrates any running virtual machines to another hostB. Set the cluster to Fully AutomatedC. Disable HA Monitoring to allow Maintenance Mode to proceedD. Set the cluster migration threshold to Aggressive


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)Changed answers to A and B and here is why:A. This will do the trickB. This will work (tested)C. Makes sense but it is UNDER-Allocated and this is disable monitoring for that 1 host - So this answer I dontunderstandD. Fully Automated already takes care of this and the threshold is for automation not for any other DRS setting.

I had this issue happen on a 4.1 cluster but it had bad over allocation. TURNING OFF HA was the only way toget things to migrate... That is my reason for not choosing C. I think these are the answers VMware is lookingfor.http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007156

Prep King has options B and D and I changed them to B and D because reading the question it notes "Under-Allocated" so there would be no reason to disable HA in this case.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1036167

- If an ESX host is a part of VMware High Availability (HA) or DR'S cluster, check the Admission Controlsettings. You may have to disable this option if there are not enough resources to ensure fail over capacity.- If you want vCenter Server to migrate your running virtual machines automatically to other hosts when placingyour host in maintenance mode, DR'S must be enabled in your cluster in the Fully Automated mode.So my responses are B and C. I think if you change DRS settings through a MM placement it will migratethem... please share your thoughts at: (and try it out in your lab)http://certcollection.org/forum/topic/143147-vcp-510-updated-dump-and-links/

QUESTION 59A virtual machine, VM21, will be migrated between two ESXi 5.x hosts, labeled ESXi01 and ESXi02. Each hosthas two vSphere Standard Switches (vSS), configured as follows:

1. vSwitch0 has a port group labeled management and a port group labeled vMotion.2. The management port group contains a vmkernel port tagged for management traffic.3. The vMotion port group contains a vmkernel port tagged for vMotion traffic.4. vSwitch0 on ESX01 has an uplink attached to the 10.1.30.0/24 network.5. vSwitch0 on ESX02 has an uplink connected to the 10.1.30.0/24 network.6. Each host has a vSwitch 1 with a production port group used by virtual machine traffic.7. Each vSwitch 1 has an uplink attached to the 10.1.40.0/24

What is true about migrating VH21 to the new host?

A. vMotion would be supported in this configurationB. Storage vMotion would not be supported in this configurationC. vMotion would not be supported in this configurationD. Storage vMotion would be supported it the storage device supports

Correct Answer: A



QUESTION 60When you are configuring the vSwitch NIC teaming policy, what happens when the Notify Switches option is setto yes?

A. The physical switch is notified when the virtual NIC link state changes.B. The physical switch is notified when the location of a virtual NIC changes.C. The virtual switch is notified when the location of a physical NIC changes.D. The virtual switch is notified when the physical NIC link state changes.



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QUESTION 61Users are experiencing performance issue when updating their database hosted on a virtual machine. Theadministrator determines that I/O is high across all HBAs on the ESXi host containing the virtual machine.What actions will most likely correct the issue without significantly impacting other users?

A. Manually configure the disk multipathing policies to fix for each datastore.B. Migrate the virtual machine to a less used datastore with storage vMotion.C. Use vMotion to migrate the Virtual machine to another ESXi host.D. Map additional LUNs to the ESXi host and extend the datastores.


Explanation/Reference:Moving it to another datastore accessed by the same host does not relieve HBA contention across the storageHBAs. You’re just changing lanes on the same congested freeway. Moving it to another host is analogousgetting on another highway altogether.

QUESTION 62Which two settings determine the amount of memory overhead required by a virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. Reserved memoryB. Configured memoryC. Guest operating system (32- or 64-bit)D. Number of vCPUs




QUESTION 63What are three valid objects to place in a vApp? (Choose three)

A. FoldersB. HostsC. Resource poolsD. vAppsE. Virtual machines




QUESTION 64An administrator plans to use an upgrade script to upgrade a number of ESXi hosts.Which two settings are requirements for the kick start file? (Choose two.)

A. Keyboard layoutB. Root passwordC. Install locationD. IP address


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)prep king had B and D which is wrong..Page 46 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf

QUESTION 65A VMFS3 datastore has just been upgraded to VMFS5.In what two ways does this affect the partition format? (Choose two)

A. The partition format is retained, which is the MBR (Master Boot Record) format.B. The partition format is retained, which is the MBR (Master Boot Record) format. To change the GPT (Guide

Partition table) format, the datastore must be re-formatted.C. The partition format is retained, but will be upgraded to GPT (GUID Partition Table) format once the

datastore exceeds 2TB.D. The partition format is upgraded to the GPT (GUID Partition table) format



QUESTION 66An administrator has deployed a vCenter Server Appliance to manage a virtual environment. The administratorhas been asked to develop a plan for handling major upgrades to the appliance.

What should be included in the upgrade plan?

A. Utilize vCenter Configuration Manager to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance in place.B. Install a new vCenter Server Appliance and import the information from the existing vCenter Server

Appliance.C. Install a new vCenter Server Appliance over the existing vCenter Server Appliance.D. Utilize Update Manager to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance in place.



QUESTION 67Using the vSphere Client from a remote PC, an administrator wants to connect a virtual machine and burn aDVD.What is true about this scenario?

A. The host device must be used. The virtual machine must be configured for Host Device and PassthroughIDE mode.

B. The remote client device can be used. The virtual machine must be configured for Host Device and EmulateIDE mode.

C. The host device must be used. The virtual machine must be configured for Host Device and Emulate IDEmode.

D. The remote client device can be used. The virtual machine must be configured for Host Device andPassthrough IDE mode.




QUESTION 68A vNetwork Standard Switch has been configured for IP based load balancing uplinks. A new uplink is added tothe switch.How will the additional uplink be configured by default?

A. The uplink is placed in standby mode until it is added to the active NIC team.B. The uplink is considered active, but it will not participate in the active NIC team until assigned to a port

group.C. The uplink automatically becomes a part of the IP-based NIC team.D. The uplink is marked as unused until it is added to the active NIC team.


Explanation/Reference:Page 44 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf

Prep-king had answer B.

Not > The uplink is considered active, but it will not participate in the active NIC team until assigned to a portgroup.

When you add an uplink, to a vSS it becomes active for its port groups too. Read the link below it states

"By default, new adapters are active for all policies. New adapters carry traffic for the standard switch and itsport group unless you specify otherwise."

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc_50/GUID-43D9CE31-19A1-4931-90DA-3FE0122EFBA2.html

QUESTION 69A vSphere 5 environment has an ESXi 5 x host configured to boot from a Software iSCSI adapter.What is the expected outcome if the administrator attempts to disable the iSCSI Software adapter?

A. The adapter will be disabled, but is re-enabled the next time the host boots up.B. The adapter will be disabled and the host will not boot the next time the host boots upC. The adapter will not be disabled and the vSphere Client will return an error messageD. The adapter will be enabled, but the host will boot into troubleshooting mode the next time the host boots




QUESTION 70An administrator is using vSphere auto deploy to Deploy 25 ESXi hosts. The information used for deploymentwill be stored using an answer file.What are three ways that auto deploy can access the answer file? (Choose Three) (PLEASE REVIEW)

A. ISOB. CIFSC. SFTPD. HTTPE. NFS


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED) prep king had B,C,DPrior it was 3 choices - then one - then none because of the following answers... I think this question is incomplete and personally think it was talking about answer files alone. Just note all theautodeploy doc's don't say.

The only protocol they mention is HTTP. Also, since the AD server is Linux based that would only mean SFTPand NFS would work or could work if it is 3 options. HTTP would be correct if it was one answer... Corrrectanswer should be none... I don't think this is correct because of the following excerpt:The answer file is not stored in a location or format that administrators can access. Use the Host Profiles UI inthe vSphere Client to manage answer files. The correct answer is D. HTTP. See the VMware AutoDeployAdministrator's guide, page 9 http://labs.vmware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/autodeploy_fling.pdf

The administrator does not need to access the files, the question is about auto deploy process downloading theconfiguration file. The document doesn't mention other ways but HTTP. The question might be wrong on VCPtest, this way nobody could score 500. But if I have to choose 3 answers, I would go with C. SFTP, D. HTTPand E. NFS. Vsphereking, thank you very much for the hard work, I'm taking VCP test next week. THIS ONE iskind of interesting... from what I have been reading... Answer files are stored differently when using Auto

Deploy... From what I gather below and from the admin guide itself AutoDeploy Completely stores and givesmanagement of the answer files to vCenter. It is not accessible to admins.....

Pay close attention as well... Previously Kickstart installs and upgrade/Install scripts could be stored on thesetypes of storage-access protocols but Auto Deploy is Completely Different! All these answers to this questionare wrong IMO as the correct answer should be a new one - vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-auto-deploy-guideThe installation or upgrade script can reside in one of the following locations (normal upgrade):

o FTPo HTTP/HTTPSo NFSo USB flash driveo CDROM

When you install ESXi using the ks.cfg script, the default root password is mypassword.

o The following locations are supported for the installation or upgrade script:o CD/DVD.o USB Flash driveo A location accessible with the following protocols: NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP When using AutoDeploy:The answer file is not stored in a location or format that administrators can access. Use the Host Profiles UI inthe vSphere Client to manage answer files.

QUESTION 71Which two conditions will prevent a virtual machine from being successfully migrated using Storage vMotion?(Choose two)

A. The virtual machine has active snapshotsB. The virtual machine has an in progress installation of VMware Tools.C. The virtual machine has a disk that is configured as independent non-persistent.D. The virtual machine has a disk that is configured as persistent.



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QUESTION 72A host failure occurs in vSphere HA cluster, but virtual machines from the failed host are not restarted on thesurviving nodes in the cluster.Which two conditions explain this behavior? (Choose two)

A. HA has been configured to use a dedicated failure host, and the failed host is designated failover host.B. An anti-affinity rule configured and restarting the VMs would place them on the same host.C. The virtual machines on the failed host are HA disabled.D. Host Monitoring is disabled


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED)Lets go deeper:A. No VMs should be running on a Failover HOST < Hmmm does this mean if you did and it failed would i stillrestart? Like to know...B. No, actually I was wrong before "WORST-CASE" it will restart them on a host with Anti-Affinity rules... ITWILL because ultimately HA says "YOU HAVE TO START, SORRY DRS"C. Yes, this is in fact correct... duh.D. See below

Please NOTE: Some dumps showD: HOT monitoring disabled (This option will be wrong if you check it but I think it may NOT be a typo... I thinkVMware would actually try and trick you)

Prior: B and DAfter: C and D Because B makes no sense H/A does not account for DRS rules. You can disable HA at the VMlevel.

QUESTION 73

Which vSphere feature cannot be used with virtual machines that are enabled for VMware Fault Tolerance?(Choose two)

A. EVCB. Storage vMotionC. RDMs in virtual compatibility modeD. VMware SMP




QUESTION 74An administrator must decommission a datastore.Before unmounting the datastore, which three requirements must be fulfilled? (Choose three)

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



QUESTION 75Which two methods can be used to migrate a virtual machine from a vNetwork Standard to a vNetworkDistributed Switch? (Choose two)

A. Edit the virtual adapter settings for the ESXi host and select a dvPort group from the list.B. Migrate the port group containing the virtual machine from a vNetwork Standard Switch using the Migrate

Virtual machine networking option.C. Use the Migrate Virtual machine networking option to select the virtual machine from a list of virtual

machines.D. Edit the Network Adapter settings for the virtual machine and select a dvPort group from the list.


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc_50/GUID-DFF61E3E-18E0-430A-8F4B-4560674863F2.html

Prep, king has B and D

QUESTION 76An administrator has received calls about a virtual machine experiencing intermittent application issues duringthe evening. To troubleshoot, the administrator needs to capture the virtual machine in the state it is in duringthe evening hours for later analysis.Which two tasks would accomplish this requirement? (Choose two)

A. Create a scheduled task to clone the virtual machine once per eveningB. Create an alarm that is triggered when a loss of VMware Tools heartbeat to the virtual machine occurs.C. Use esxtop in batch mode and capture metrics during the evening hours.D. Create a scheduled task to create a snapshot of the virtual machine once per evening



QUESTION 77An administrator wants to determine the current network adapter configuration for an uplink on an ESXi host.Which three items can be viewed from the Network Adapter section Configuration tab, using the vSphereclient? (Choose three)

A. Observed IP rangesB. TCP segmentation offloads (TSO) supportC. Adapter speedD. Jumbo frames supportE. Wake on LAN support



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QUESTION 78Which three storages I/O Control conditions might trigger the Non-VI workload detected on the datastorealarm? (Choose three)

A. The datastore is connected to an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host that does not support Storage I/O Control.B. The datastore is on an array that is performing system tasks such as replication.C. The datastore is utilizing active/passive multipathing or NMP (Native Multi-Pathing)D. The datastore is storing virtual machines with one or more snapshots.E. The datastore is connected to an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host that is not managed by vCenter

Correct Answer: ABESection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Prep King had BCDhttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020651

Explanation:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1020651…

* One or more hosts accessing the datastore are running an ESX version older than 4.1.* One or more hosts accessing the datastore are not managed by vCenter Server.* Not all of the hosts accessing the datastore are managed by the same vCenter Server.* The storage media (spindles, SSD) where this datastore is located are shared with other datastores that arenot SIOC enabled.* Datastores in the configuration have multiple extents.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.troubleshooting.doc_50/GUID-38F95285-DB4F-462F-AFD7-0F4D812B085F.htmlorPage 39 on vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-troubleshooting-guide.pdf

Unsupported Host Connected to DatastoreIn the vSphere Client, an alarm is triggered when vCenter Server detects that a workload from a host might beaffecting performance.ProblemThe alarm Pre-4.1 host connected to SIOC-enabled datastore is triggered.CauseThe datastore is Storage I/O Control-enabled, but it cannot be fully controlled by Storage I/O Control because ofthe external workload.This condition can occur if the Storage I/O Control-enabled datastore is connected to a host that does notsupport Storage I/O Control.SolutionEnsure that all hosts that are connected to the datastore support Storage I/O Control.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.troubleshooting.doc_50/GUID-38F95285-DB4F-462F-AFD7-0F4D812B085F.html

QUESTION 79Refer to the Exhibit.

10 ESXi 5.x hosts will be installed as part of vSphere 5 deployment. Security hardening is required as part ofthe installation. The current security profile is displayed in the exhibit.Which three services shown in the exhibit can be disabled to secure the hosts with nominal impact toadministrative operation? (Choose three)

A. Network login server (Active Directory Service)B. SSHC. ESXi ShellD. Direct Console UIE. vpxa




An administrator is creating a vApp for a multi-tiered web application. The vApp has been as shown in exhibit.Testing of the vApp indicates that attempts to communicate with the web server on Dev_Web_01 fail.

A. Change the startup sequence to startup when VMware Tools is readyB. Change the Startup Sequence value from 120 to 240C. Move the Dev_Web_01 virtual machine to Group 3D. Move the Dev_SQL_01 virtual machine to Group 2 and move the Dev_App_01 virtual machine to Group 3



The only logical answer seems to be A. Since option B is asking you to increase the time elapsed which has noimpact on the virtual machine. There is also no use moving Dev_Web_01 to group 3 or even moving or shuffling the virtual machines fromone group to another.

QUESTION 81Several virtual machines residing in a resource pool are exhibiting pools and critical virtual machines in the poolappear hung. The resource pool has been allocated exactly 500MHz of CPU and does not have the Expandable Reservation option selected. The cluster in which the resource pool resides has a total of6000MHz, with 1000MHz available.

Which step can be used to increase the performance of the critical?

A. Increase the CPU limit on the critical virtual machine.B. Increase the CPU reservations on the critical virtual machC. Increase the CPU reservations on the resource poolD. Increase the CPU limit on the resource pool



Since several critical virtual machines are hung, and if I understand the question didn't have limit configured(The resource pool has been allocated exactly 500MHz of CPU and does not have the option selected ) Ichoose the option C.

The basic premise is that resource pool reservations are not limits. If the resource pool has been allocatedEXACTLY 500 MHz this is a limit not a reservation.

Source: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_resource_mgmt.pdfCheckout page 39 and the bottom of the page is a table with definitions.

QUESTION 82An administrator is enabling Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in a DRS cluster. The administrator wants thegreatest 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 clusterB. The highest baseline that is compatible with the ESXi hosts in the clusterC. The lowest baseline that is compatible with all ESXi hosts in the clusterD. The highest baseline that is compatible with vSphere 4.x and 5.x


Explanation/Reference:Reference: (REVIEWED)


Change the EVC Mode for a ClusterIf all the hosts in a cluster are compatible with the new mode, you can change the EVC mode of an existingEVC cluster. You can raise the EVC mode to expose more CPU features, or lower the EVC mode to hide CPUfeatures and increase compatibility.To raise the EVC mode from a CPU baseline with fewer features to one with more features, you do not need toturn off any running virtual machines in the cluster. Virtual machines that are running do not have access to thenew features available in the new EVC mode until they are powered off and powered back on. A full powercycling is required. Rebooting the guest operating system or suspending and resuming the virtual machine isnot sufficient.To lower the EVC mode from a CPU baseline with more features to one with fewer features, you must firstpower off any virtual machines in the cluster that are running at a higher EVC mode than the one you intend toenable, and power them back on after the new mode has been enabled.

QUESTION 83When 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 packetsB. Mapping requests for blocks on the virtual disk to blocks on the appropriate physical deviceC. Issuing SCSI commands to the virtual diskD. Encapsulation of I/O requests into iSCSI Protocol Data Units (PDUs)


Explanation/Reference:Using HW iSCSI adapter it will offload from the VMkernel to the HW iSCSI adapter:

Encapsulation of iSCSI PDUs TCP/IP packets and Encapsulation of I/O requests into iSCSI Protocol Data Units (PDUs)

Hence the VMkernel does not perform these two tasks making these the correct answers:

Mapping requests for blocks on the virtual disk to blocks on the appropriate physical deviceandIssuing SCSS commands to the virtual disk


QUESTION 84Why 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 cloningB. The clone process has low priority on the system CPU to minimize performanceC. The template conversion only renames the vmx file.D. The template conversion creates a linked-mode disk.



QUESTION 85Users are complaining that they cannot access their files on a file server virtual machine. The vSphere clientshows that a triggered alarm stating disk latency is beyond the default Threshold for the datastore where the fileserver virtual machine is located. The path selection policy has been set by the ESXi host to Fixed with defaultpath settings.Which two options could be used to increase performance of the file server virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. Use Storage vMotion to move the file server virtual machine to datastore with lower latencyB. Use disk shares to increase the priority for the datastore housing the file server virtual machineC. Change the path selection policy to Round RobinD. Change the path selection policy to Most Recently Used (MRU)



QUESTION 86An 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 addressB. SNMP address informationC. SMTP server informationD. Receiver email address




QUESTION 87What are three use cases for vSphere Fault Tolerance? (Choose three)

A. An administrator wants to provide continuous availability if a business-critical application fails.B. An administrator wants to provide on-demand fault tolerance for a virtual machine during a critical operation.C. An administrator wants to provide fault tolerance for one or more physical servers.D. An administrator wants application high availability for application that are not cluster-aware.E. An administrator wants to provide continuous availability if a critical hardware component fails.

Correct Answer: BDESection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Updated: 11-9-2011 Challenged by sim0ne (A,D,E)

B,D, and E are correct because:Essentially FT does not offer Application FT - it only offers FT at the VM level. If the application fails there isnothing FT could do... This would be app monitoring. However the use cases desribed by VMware does use"Not Cluster-Aware" meaning a server with a single point of failure i.e. cannot be clustered so you can use FTto make it a redundant VM.

This question can be found in a VCP-410 Dump with the very same answers.

http://www.vmware.com/products/fault-tolerance/overview.html

QUESTION 88The database server administrator requests a virtual machine with a small system disk and a single data diskthat must be 3TB in size. The storage administrator has already created a 3TB LUN. A 500GB VMFS3datastore already exists.Which process will the vSphere administrator use to provision the data disk?

A. No action is required on the VMFS3 Datastore. On that volume, creates a critical compatibility mode RDMmapping to the 3TB LUN.

B. No action is required on the VMFS3 Datastore. On that volume, create a physical compatibility mode RDMmapping to the 3TB LUN.

C. Upgrade the VMFS3 Datastore to VMFS5. On that volume, creates a physical compatibility mode RDMmapping to the 3TB LUN.

D. Upgrade the VMFS3 Datastore to VMFS5. On that volume create a virtual compatibility mode RDMmapping to the 3TB LUN



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QUESTION 89Using the vSphere storage Appliance (VSA) Manager to view the Datastore Status column, what are three validstates? (Choose three)

A. DisconnectedB. ConnectedC. DegradedD. Online

E. Offline



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QUESTION 90Acme Disposal Services is a large company which has many administrators. For auditing purpose, eachadministrator must use a unique account to access ESXi hosts.Which two actions satisfy this requirement and require the least amount of administrative effort? (Choose two)

A. Configure Authentication Services for Active Directory based authentication to ESXiB. Configure a unique root level account for each administrator using vSphere Client.C. Configure user accounts in a host profile, then apply the host profile to ESXi hostsD. Configure Active Directory based authentication on the ESXi host using esxcli-auth



Security Add a user or a usergroup and set the rootpassword.

Pg.11 fromhttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-host-profiles-guide.pdf

QUESTION 91What are two valid use cases for Linked Mode vCenter Server ? (Choose two)

A. An administrator wants to migrate virtual machines between vCenter Server instances.B. An administrator wants to define roles once and have them applied to all vCenter Server instances.C. An administrator wants to manage ESX/ESXi hosts from multiple vCenter Server instances.D. An administrator wants to search all inventory objects across multiple vCenter Server instances from on

vSphere Client


Explanation/Reference:Challenged by Kre-Den 11-14-2011 stated answer should be C and D - This is incorrectLinkedlo mode is all about searching and viewing inventory objects... not management.

The guide covers 3 things in detail 1. search objects and locate inventory objects across vcenters2. Check multiple vcenter services3. Propagate rules

Reference:


Roles was debated so here is the excerpt THEY DO PROPAGATE!!!! pg.49 same book

The vCenter Server instance is now part of a Linked Mode group. After you form a Linked Mode group, youcan log in to any single instance of vCenter Server and view and manage the inventories of all the vCenterServers in the group. It might take several seconds for the global data (such as user roles) that are changed onone machine to be visible on the other machines. The delay is usually 15 seconds or less. It might take a fewminutes for a new vCenter Server instance to be recognized and published by the existing instances, becausegroup members do not read the global data very often.

QUESTION 92An administrator is creating a vNetwork Standard Switch with virtual machine and VMkernel networking. The

administrator has two uplinks attached to the switch but wants to separate the virtual machine and VMKerneltraffic to the two uplinks.Which load-balancing policy will guarantee this requirement is met, even if additional management or virtualmachine traffic is added to the switch

A. Route based on IP hashB. Router based on source MAC hashC. Route based on the originating port IDD. Use explicit failover




QUESTION 93It appears that a single vCPU virtual machine in a resource pool called Production is available in havingperformance problem because it does not have enough CPU Shares."Which two methods can be used to improve performance and reduce CPU contention of thisvirtual machine while maintaining compatibility with DRS? (Choose two)

A. Configure a CPU reservation for this virtual machine.B. Dedicate a physical CPU to this virtual machine.C. Increase the share priority setting for this virtual machine.D. Increase the share priority setting for the Production resource pool



QUESTION 94An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks.Which three options are supported for use in place of local disks? (Choose three)

A. A dedicated Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) LUNB. A PXE capable NIC

C. A shared Fibre Channel LUND. An NFS shareE. USB Drive


Explanation/Reference:Page 27 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf


An administrator has a DRS/HA clusters with five ESXi 5.x hosts. When the administrator tries to start a newWeb server virtual machine, an administrator is displayed saying insufficient resources exist for HA.Based on the HA configuration in the exhibit, which two changes can resolve the issue? (Choose two)

A. Specify one of the ESXi hosts to be a failover hostB. Allow virtual machines to be powered on even if they violate HA availability constraintsC. Modify the percentage of reserved resources to 30 percentD. Add a ESXi host to the cluster



QUESTION 96An administrator is cloning a vSphere 5 virtual machine. The resulting clone will be placed in a datastorecluster. The virtual machine requires high availability on high storage performance.Which option can be selected during the cloning process to meet these requirements?

A. Change the format of the virtual disks to FlatB. Apply a VM Storage ProfileC. Select Disable Storage DRS for this virtual machineD. Do not select a datastore cluster, manually select an appropriate datastore




QUESTION 97Which two statements are true about port groups and VLANs defined on a vNetwork standard Switch? (Choosetwo)

A. A VLAN can be configured for the entire virtual switch or on individual port groups or bothB. Multiple port groups can specify the same VLANC. VLANs can be configured only on individual port groupsD. Multiple VLANs can be specified in a port group



QUESTION 98Witch two statements are true about High Priority vMotion requests in vSphere 5.x?(Choose two)

A. Migrations always proceed regardless of whether or not resources have been successfully reserved.B. Migrations do not proceed if resources are not successfully reserved.

C. vCenter Server attempts to reserve resources on both the source and destination hosts to be shared amongall concurrent migrations with vMotions.

D. vCenter Server attempts to reserve resources on both the source and destinations hosts for each individualHigh Priority migration with vMotion.


Explanation/Reference:Page 135 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-host-management-guide.pdf

QUESTION 99Which two events will result in a vSphere 5.x host running a virtual machine that contains an older virtualhardware version? (Choose two)

A. a virtual machine is created on a vSphere 5.x host and virtual for the VM are created on a VMFS3datastore.

B. a virtual machine was migrated from a vSphere 4.x host.C. a virtual machine is created on a vSphere 5.x host with a with a vmxnet network adapter.D. a virtual machine is created on a vSphere 5.x host and attached to an existing virtual disk created with

vSphere 4.x



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QUESTION 100Which of these factors indicates a high likelihood that the performance of a virtual machine is being containedby disk I/O?

A. A large number of commands issuedB. A large number of bus resetsC. A high device latency valueD. A large number of kilobytes read and written.



QUESTION 101An administrator is deploying several ESXi 5.x hosts. Centralized logging with accurate timestamp is arequirement for the deployment.Which two operations ensure these requirements are met? (Choose two.)

A. Configure the host to use an NTP serverB. Configure the hosts to direct logs to a syslog serverC. Configure the host to record fame stamps m the local time zoneD. Configure vilogger on the vSphere Management Appliance



QUESTION 102Click the Exhibit button

ACME Party Supplies Corporation has a requirement to monitor all virtual machines in a vSphere 5environment for CPU and Memory usage. An administrator configures an alarm in vCenter Server to send analert when any VM exceeds 65% memory utilization and 75% CPU utilization. The alarm should warnadministrators if the virtual machine is within 10% of the defined thresholds. The alarm has been created withthe default options shown in exhibit.

Which three modifications must be made to the default settings on the alarm definition to satisfy statedrequirements? (Choose three)

A. Set the VM CPU Usage (%) Alert trigger to 75% and the VM Memory usage (%) Warning trigger to 65%B. Set the VM CPU Usage (%) Alert trigger to 75% and the VM Memory Usage (%) Alert trigger to 65%C. Set the VM CPU Usage (%) Warning trigger to 65% and the VM Memory usage (%) Warning trigger to 55%D. Set the Trigger if all of the conditions are satisfied radio button.E. Set the Trigger if any of the conditions are satisfied radio button.


Explanation/Reference:Corrected one of the thresholds to 55% as it seemed logical. I'm still not sure if the question is asking to bewarned if either any or all of the threshols must be hit before triggering the warning. I decided to go with all asthe question says "is within 10% of the defined thresholds" < Note plural potentially meaning both. Also itmeans having to change the setting currently in the exibit.

QUESTION 103What are two requirements when configuring a Fibre Chanel SAN with ESXi 5.x? (Choose two)

A. Virtual machine multipathing software should be used to perform I/O load balancing to individual LUNs.

B. RDMs should not be used to access raw disks from ESX 2 5 or 3 x hosts.C. Each LUN should contain only one VMFS datastore.D. Each LUN must present the same LUN ID number to all ESXi hosts




QUESTION 104An administrator is working to upgrade the host and virtual machines in vSphere 5 deployment UpgradeBaselines.Other than host patches, which three items can be added to a vSphere 5 Baseline? (Choose three)

A. Operating system patchesB. Virtual appliance updatesC. Virtual machine Virtual Hardware upgradeD. VMware toolsE. Applications patches within the virtual machine



vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-upgrade-guide.pdf

QUESTION 105Which statement describes the functionality of traffic shaping on a vNetwork Distributed Switch?

A. vNetwork Distributed Switches support only egress traffic shapingB. vNetwork Distributed Switches support both ingress and egress traffic shapingC. vNetwork Distributed Switches support best-effort traffic shaping based on quality of service (QoS)D. vNetwork Distributed Switches support only ingress traffic shaping




QUESTION 106An administrator has determined that storage performance to group of virtual machines is reduced during peakactivity. The virtual machines are located in VMFS datastore called Production 1 on an active-active storagearray. The ESXi host running the virtual machine 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 physical storage, create a VMFS datastore called Production 2 on the New storage, and then migratesome of the virtual machines from Production1.

B. Change the storage multipathing policy to Round Robin.C. Add physical storage and add an extent to the physical storage called Production 1.D. Change the storage multipathing policy to Fixed.


Explanation/Reference:Active/Active storage array is mentioned in the question and Fixed is typically a default path selection policy foran Active/Active array.

The only reason I can think of is that maybe there are problems with 1 path. then round robin would just switchevery time between the bad path and the good path. fixed should fix this problem.

QUESTION 107What are three methods of adding VMkernel networking to a vNetwork Distributed Switch? (Choose three)

A. A VMkernel Network adapter can be created and added to a standalone port.B. A VMkernel network adapter can be created along with a VMkernel port group on the selected vNetwork

Distributed Switch.C. A VMkernel port can be cloned from a vNetwork Standard SwitchD. A VMkernel network adapter can be associated with a port group on a vNetwork Distributed Switch.E. A VMkernel port can be migrated from a vNetwork Standard Switch.

Correct Answer: ADESection: (none)Explanation



QUESTION 108An administrator is deploying a number of virtual machines to an NFS datastore. The NFS datastore does notsupport hardware Acceleration.Which virtual disk type is supported on this platform?

A. Flat diskB. Raw Device Mapped diskC. Thin Provisioned diskD. Thick Provisioned disk



NFS Disk FormatsThe only disk formats you can use for NFS are thin, thick, zeroedthick and 2gbsparse.Thick, zeroedthick and thin formats usually behave the same because the NFS server and not the ESXi hostdetermines the allocation policy. The default allocation policy on most NFS servers is thin. However, on NFSservers that support Storage APIs - Array Integration, you can create virtual disks in zeroedthick format. Thereserve space operation enables NFS servers to allocate and guarantee space.

QUESTION 109Which two actions can be scheduled through the Scheduled Task in the vSphere Client? (Choose two)

A. Add a host

B. Change the power state of a hostC. Enter maintenance modeD. Take a snapshot of a virtual machine



QUESTION 110The remote console performance for a virtual machine on an ESXi host appears to be degraded.What are two possible causes of the problem? (Choose two)

A. The virtual NIC assigned to the virtual machine has a speed or duplex mismatch.

B. The physical NIC assigned to the virtual machine port group containing the affected virtual machine has aspeed or duplex mismatch.

C. The physical NIC assigned to the Service Console port group has a speed or duplex mismatch.D. The physical NIC assigned to the VMkernel port group has a speed or duplex mismatch.



QUESTION 111An administrator selects the profile compliance tab of an HA/DRS cluster, than selects Check ComplianceNow?What happens if a host profile is not attached to the cluster?

A. The compliance check generates an errorB. The compliance check prompts for a valid host profileC. The compliance check uses the default data center host profileD. The cluster is checked for specific HA, DRS, and VMware DPM cluster requirements.


Explanation/Reference:Challenged by Sim0ne 11-9-2011 (B)Why the Answer is D and not B.This question has been debated endlessly because of the sly wording of the question, in my opinion thefollowing needs to be observed:1. The question is asking in a specific way the process of checking the compliance2. The excerpt below from documentation states a seperate way of checking compliance which doesn't mean itis the "Correct" answer Question3. I tested this in my lab and the following occured: Showed all host non-compliant . No Prompt. No Error inCheck Compliance task in vCenter (bar on bottom)

Answer will stay D because it checked Basic HA, DRS settings regardless of a profile being selected orattached...

This concludes why the following is misleading and the way it describes in managing profiles vs checkingcompliance.Evidence (Screenshot shows that it is checked for HA/DRS, and VMware DPM)pg. 13 - 15*** This is not correct context with the question - Question reads in going to the profile compliance tab - Notright clicking Clusters or going to host profiles ***

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-host-profiles-guide.pdf

QUESTION 112An administrator is configuring Storage DRS in their Environment. Storage DRS has been enabled, but isshowing as disabled on several virtual machine disks in the datastore cluster.Which three conditions would cause this error to occur? (Choose three)

A. The virtual machine is a vAppB. A datastore in the cluster is completely full

C. One or more virtual machines has been enabled for Fault ToleranceD. One or more virtual machines have swap files located on a local host datastoreE. One or more virtual machines are configured with an independent disk



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QUESTION 113Which VLAN value permits virtual machine guest tagging in vSphere 5 environment?

A. 4095B. 1C. 4096D. 0


Explanation/Reference:http://vmnomad.blogspot.com/2011/07/vlan-tagging-and-use-cases-of-vlan-id.html

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QUESTION 114The power and restart buttons for a virtual machine can be configured from the Options tab of the virtualmachine.What are the two default actions that are configured for these buttons? (Choose two)


A. The Restart button does a graceful reboot.

B. Power button does a graceful shutdownC. Power button does a hard shutdownD. The Restart button resets power


Explanation/Reference:When you finish to deploy a virtual machine even if you select the OS to be Other default options are:

QUESTION 115An administrator notices that log files kept on an ESXi host are being rotated very quickly, initiating thetroubleshooting of an issue?Which two configuration changes will resolve this issue?

A. Configure syslog to send the logs to a separate fileB. Increase the number of logs keptC. Increase the logging levelD. Increase the log file size


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50/GUID-DD8C6FF2-1949-4C82-A4BA-578988CA7BA1.html

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vcli.examples.doc_50/cli_performance.12.5.html

QUESTION 116What is a characteristic of a mapped SAN LUN (RDM) set to physical compatibility mode?

A. It allows the LUN to be made into a templateB. It allows the VMkernel to natively access NTFS data on the LUNC. It allows the virtual machine to use VMware snapshotsD. It allows the guest operating system to access the hardware directly




QUESTION 117Which three statements regarding Network I/O Control (NetIOC) are accurate? (Choose three)

A. Isolation prevents network traffic from bridging physical network portsB. Limits enforces maximum throughput control on a virtual machineC. Load based teaming efficiently uses a vDS set of dvUplinks for network capacityD. Isolation prevents domination by any one traffic flowE. Relative shares fairly allocates available bandwidth among multiple flows



http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW_Netioc_BestPractices.pdf

QUESTION 118A 2TB VMFS3 datastore has been upgraded to VMFS5. The original block size was 2MB.What effect will this upgrade have on the maximum file size supported by the datastore?

A. The maximum virtual disk size remains 512MBB. The maximum virtual disk size increases to 1TBC. The maximum virtual disk size increases to 32TB providing the datastore is also increasedD. The maximum virtual disk size increases to 2TB minus 512B



QUESTION 119An administrator is informed that there will be a storage maintenance window and that failovers may occur.What is the expected length of time that virtual machine storage I/O will pause during a path failover?

A. 0 to 30 secondsB. 90 to 120 secondsC. 60 to 90 secondsD. 30 to 60 seconds




QUESTION 120An administrator is working to implement Storage Profiles in their environment.Which two ways can storage capabilities be generated? (Choose two)

A. Generated by a Storage Cluster while monitoring its LUNsB. Storage capabilities are pre-determined by the Storage Profile on creation

C. Pulled from the array through the VMware APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)D. Manually generated by the administrator




QUESTION 121An administrator is configuring a stretched DRS/HA clusters. The administrator wishes to restrict the failover ofVMs to certain hosts within a given site.Winch vSphere feature satisfies this requirement?

A. DRS Storage GroupsB. DRS Host GroupsC. Host PriorityD. Host Affinity



Page 73 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-resource-management-guide.pdf

DRS Host Group is a prerequisite of VM-Host Affinity rule. In DRS group you will create a list of available hostsfrom specific virtual machines.

QUESTION 122What information determines which datastore will be used for vSphere HA heartbeats?

A. The number of datastores connected to an ESXI hostB. The number of ESXi hosts connected to a datastoreC. The storage protocol usedD. The type of datastore




http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/#HA-50heartbeats

QUESTION 123 The typical option is selected while running the New Virtual Machine Wizard in the vSphere Client;Which three specific configuration options are skipped during virtual machine creation? (Choose Three)

A. Datastore locationB. Virtual machine versionC. Resource poolD. Number of vCPUsE. Memory configuration


Explanation/Reference:Page 74 from vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-examples-scenarios-guide.pdf

The typical option began in page 74 and explain all itens that you can or can't to configure. (Another optioncould be "Virtual Machine Configuration" however this is not on the test)

QUESTION 124What are two consequences of deleting an NFS datastore from an ESXi host? (Choose two)

A. The datastore is removed from all connected ESX/ESXi hostsB. The datastore and all virtual machines are removed from the storage deviceC. The datastore and all virtual machines remain on the storage deviceD. The datastore only removed from that specific ESX/ESXi host.


Explanation/Reference:The below explination is for deleting VMFS, as far as I know you can't delete NFS datastores from an ESXihost. You can unmount it which only removes it from that single host and the VM's would still remain on thedatastore. Therefore The correct answers should be:

The datastore and all virtual machines remain on th e storage device andThe datastore only removed from that specific ESX/E SXi host.

I have copied this exact question into this dump, (Q160) changing the NFS to VMFS, of course then having theoposite results.

QUESTION 125Which two are true about shared storage capabilities on NFS datastores supported by ESXi 5.x? (Choose two)

A. You can use Storage vMotion to move virtual machines between NFS datastoresB. You can use MSCS to cluster virtual machine across ESXi hosts using NFS datastoreC. You can use VMware Storage APIs with an NFS datastoreD. You can create raw device mapping (RDM) virtual disks on NFS datastore




QUESTION 126Which three requirements must be met, in order to use Storage I/O Control? (Choose three.)

A. The datastore must contain a single VMFS extentB. The datastore must contain a single NFS volumeC. The datastore must not include virtual machines with snapshotsD. The datastore must be managed by a single vCenter ServerE. Array-based automated storage tiering must be explicitly certified



Extents are only a single extent - not multiples. Also, because NFS is not VMFS it does not use extents. Yougrow the NFS from the actual NAS appliance itself with extents.

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QUESTION 127What is beacon probing used for in vSphere networking?

A. To identify when an upstream link failure has occurredB. To probe for network intrusionsC. To discover which uplink has the shortest route

D. To identify which uplink has the longest reported uptime



http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005577

QUESTION 128An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi host.Which step can be used to back up the host before the upgrade is performed?

A. Use the ESXi direct console and select the Host Backup option.B. Use vCLI and run vicfg-cfgbackup s backupfile to save the ESXi host configuration.C. Login to the ESXi host directly and run esxcfg-backup file to save the ESXi host configuration.D. Using the vSphere Client, attach to the ESXi host and select the Backup option from the Configuration tab



I can use option B and C, but with option C when I run the file is save local in ESX, when I run using powerCLIthe file is save in my PC.

QUESTION 129What arc two functions of zoning in fibre Channel switches? (Choose two)

A. Controls and isolates LUNs on a Fibre Channel storage arrayB. Restrict connections on a storage array to ESXi hosts that use the arrayC. Prevents non-ESXi hosts from possibly destroying VMFS dataD. Reduces the number of targets and LUNs presented by a Fibre Channel storage array





An administrator has received reports of poor network performance with a virtual machine.Which task will improve the network performance of this virtual machine?

A. Adjust shares for the virtual NIC on the virtual machineB. Traffic-shape this virtual machineC. Increase memory to the virtual machineD. Add an uplink to the virtual switch that this virtual machine is attached to



QUESTION 131When an explicit failover order has not been configured on a virtual switch with multiple uplinks, whatdetermines which uplink is used when a failover event occurs?

A. The first available uplink that reports a positive link stateB. The reported uptime for the surviving uplinksC. The next available uplink on the HostD. The uplink with the shortest route



QUESTION 132An administrator is upgrading an application running in a virtual machine. Before performing the upgrade asnapshot called pre-upgrade is created. NO other snapshots exist. The upgrade operation succeeds and theadministrator wants to keep the changes from the snapshot.Which two operations can the administrator perform to ensure that the upgrade cannot be reverted? (Choosetwo)

A. Use the Delete All option within the Snapshot ManagerB. Use the Delete option within the Snapshot ManagerC. Use the Consolidate option with the Snapshot ManagerD. Use the Go To option in the snapshot



QUESTION 133An administrator wants to restrict the ability of selected administrators to install plug-ins in their vSphere Clientapplication.What action should the administrator perform?

A. Modify permissions for the administrators and add the Validate Session privilegeB. Modify permissions for the administrators and add the Disable Methods privilegeC. Modify permissions for the administrators and remove the Register Extension privilegeD. Modify permissions for the administrators and remove the CIM Interaction privilege



QUESTION 134Under which two conditions is a master elected by vSphere HA? (Choose two.)

A. When a network partition occursB. When a failure of vCenter Server occursC. When vSphere HA is enabledD. When a host is added to an HA enabled cluster



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QUESTION 135What are the three different workload categories that can be serviced by a Private Cloud? (Choose three)

A. InfrastructureB. TransientC. StableD. ElasticE. Constant



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QUESTION 136When writes from a virtual machine are delivered to a Fibre Channel storage array, which two actions are takenby the VMkernel? (Choose two)

A. The modified I/O request is sent from the physical HBA to the device driver.B. The file corresponding to the virtual machine is located on the VMFS datastores.C. The request for blocks on the virtual disk is mapped to blocks on the appropriate physical device.D. The I/O request is converted from binary data form to optical data from.



http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc_50/GUID-3A05795A-283F-4959-AD81-FAC61FD8D456.html

QUESTION 137When memory is overcommitted, which two values determine the amount of physical memory above the virtualmachine reservation that is guaranteed to a given virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. Idle Memory TaxB. SharesC. Working Set SizeD. Slot Size




QUESTION 138Administrators are unable to connect to an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere client. Restarting themanagement agent will likely fix the issue, but must be done without disrupting network connectivity to anyvirtual machines.Which two actions will meet these goals? (Choose two)

A. Enter the service mgmt vmware restart command from either SSH or local CLIB. Select Restart Management Agents in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)C. Select Restart Management Network in the Direct Console User interface (DCUI)D. Enter the services. sh restart command from either SSH or the local CLI



ESXi command is: /sbin/services.sh restart Antwort A war für ESX nicht ESXi Hosts

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/08/10/howto-esxi-and-ssh/

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?

language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003490

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QUESTION 139Refer to the Exhibit button.

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

A. The server does not have available uplinks to be assigned to this vSwitchB. The available uplinks are not compatible with a standard vSwitchC. The vSwitch is out of capacity for uplinksD. The current uplinks cannot be attached because they are in use by other port groups



QUESTION 140An administrator attempts to increase the number of vCPUs in a virtual machine to 32. The configurationcannot be successfully completed.What are two likely causes of this issue? (Choose two)

A. The vSphere 5 implementation has a license which does not include virtual SMP.

B. The total number of cores in the host is 32 and a CPU must be reserved for ESXi.C. The virtual machine was built using version 7 virtual machine hardware.D. The vSphere 5 implementation is using an Enterprise license.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (REVIEWED by sscllc)

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QUESTION 141The VMware vCenter Server Appliance has been deployed using default settings.What user name and password are used to log in the administrator interface to configure the appliance?

A. The initial user name and password must be supplied on the first login attemptB. The initial user name and password must be supplied during deploymentC. The initial user name is root and the password is blankD. The initial user name is root and the password is vmware




QUESTION 142What two things are guaranteed when establishing a virtual machine memory reservation? (Choose two)

A. Physical memory for the VMkernel to start the virtual machineB. Minimum virtual memory guaranteed to the virtual machine while the virtual machine is runningC. Minimum physical memory guaranteed to the virtual machine while the virtual machine is runningD. Virtual memory for the VMkernel to start the virtual machine



QUESTION 143An administrator wants to apply Disk Shares to ensure proper storage performance.These shares areconfigured on which object?

A. Storage AdapterB. Virtual MachineC. DatastoreD. Resource Pool


Explanation/Reference:This is a real question from VCP-510.

QUESTION 144Which of the following options cannot be edited if vApp Options is disabled in theOptions tab for a Virtual Machine that is part of a vApp (Choose Two)?

A. vApp ResourcesB. IP Allocation PolicyC. vApp Startup and Shutdown Options

D. OVF Environment Transport


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:The screen shot below shows vApp Options disabled

The screen shot below shows vApp Options enabled

Specifying IP Allocation Policy. [B above]

Specifying OVF Environment Transport. [D above]

QUESTION 145Chap Security Level for Independent hardware ISCSI? (Choose Two)

A. Do not use ChapB. Do not use CHAP unless required by targetC. Use Chap unless prohibited by targetD. Use chap


Explanation/Reference:(REVIEWED by sscllc)

A and C is correct

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc_50/GUID-3F97FB05-3C92-4040-84E7-D928555B3808.html

Do not use CHAP unless required by target (software and dependent hardware iSCSI only )Use CHAP unless prohibited by targetUse CHAP (software and dependent hardware iSCSI only ). To configure mutual CHAP, youmust select this option.

QUESTION 146A design requirement calls for setting up an ESXi HA/DRS cluster between 2 datacenters. The host for thecluster are approximately 50km apart. What ports would need to be opened between the firewalls to allowcommunication between the Hosts? (Choose Two)

A. 80B. 2050 to 2250C. 8080D. 8000


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (Reviewed by sscllc)

From http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmw-vsphere-high-availability.pdf

Ensure that TCP/UDP port 8182 is open within the network. HA will automatically open these ports whenenabled and close when disabled. User action is required only if there are firewalls in place between hostswithin the cluster, as in a stretched cluster configuration.• If using an ESX host, ensure that there is no service running in the ESX console OS that uses port 8182.

From ICM 5 class: UDP 8182 for election, TCP 8182 for master to slave cluster config updates

"ESXi 5.x 2050 to 2250 TCP/UDP Traffic between hosts for vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA) and EMCAutostart Manager ESXi 5.x 8000 TCP From VM host source to VM host destination (VMotion Port)

Open to edits but something close to this was on the exam."

QUESTION 147What port is used for iSCSI?

A. 3260B. 903C. 23D. 1160


Explanation/Reference:Please see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI

Heading: Functionality Also Port 860 can be used though it may not be the port used in vSphere/ESXi 5.

QUESTION 148What IOPS should be used with Storage I/O control (SIOC) to limitdisk throughput to roughly 15MPS if theguest application writes 64KB?

A. 320B. 240C. 64D. 150



IOPS = (MBps Throughput / KB per IO) * 1024OrMBps = (IOPS * KB per IO) / 1024

15MBs*1024=1563015630/64= 240

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc_50/GUID-D964A753-0844-4343-A96F-27A4C769F92D.html

"The benefits and drawbacks of setting resource limits are described in Resource Allocation Limit. If the limityou want to set for a virtual machine is in terms of MB per second instead of IOPS, you can convert MB persecond into IOPS based on the typical I/O size for that virtual machine. For example, to restrict a backupapplication with 64KB IOs to 10MB per second, set a limit of 160 IOPS."

QUESTION 149A user wants to configure a DRS migration threshold that allow automated applied of all priority one & tworemediation only. What is the setting?

A. Priority 2B. Priority 1C. The moderately conservative settingD. Defualt setting


Explanation/Reference:"You can move the threshold slider to use one of five settings, ranging from Conservative to Aggressive. Thefive migration settings generate recommendations based on their assigned priority level. Each setting you movethe slider to the right allows the inclusion of one more lower level of priority. The Conservative setting generatesonly priority-one recommendations (mandatory recommendations), the next level to the right generates priority-two recommendations and higher, and so on, down to the Aggressive level which generates priority-fiverecommendations and higher (that is, all recommendations.)"

QUESTION 150

When coordinating the VM NMP and any installed 3-party MIP, what operations does the PSA perform?

A. Implements logical devices bandwidth sharingB. Process I/O request to logical devicesC. Associate physical path with logical devicesD. Manage physical path claiming and unclaiming


Explanation/Reference:(REVIEWED by sscllc)page 158 fromhttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

When coordinating the VMware NMP and any installed third-party MPPs, the PSA performs the following tasks: Loads and unloads multipathing plug-ins. Hides virtual machine specifics from a particular plug-in. Routes I/O requests for a specific logical device to the MPP managing that device. Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices. Implements logical device bandwidth sharing between virtual machines. Handles I/O queueing to the physical storage HBAs. Handles physical path discovery and removal. Provides logical device and physical path I/O statistics.

QUESTION 151If I have a ESXi server with a green circle in map view visualization, what does it mean?

A. The host currently has free resources.B. The host is downC. The host doesn't have free resourcesD. The host is not in a cluster


Explanation/Reference:A host that is compatible for vMotion migration. The color of the circle varies in intensity based on the load ofthe current host. Heavily used hosts are pale; low-load hosts are saturated green.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-BBA5CE4B-3E12-4B65-ADE5-265477FAD22D.html

QUESTION 152What are two consequences of deleting an VMFS datastore from an ESXi host? (Choose two)

A. The datastore is removed from all connected ESX/ESXi hostsB. The datastore and all virtual machines are removed from the storage deviceC. The datastore and all virtual machines remain on the storage deviceD. The datastore only removed from that specific ESX/ESXi host.

Correct Answer: ABSection: (none)

Explanation


QUESTION 153What are the requirements for HA to work? (Choose Two)

A. Hosts need to have compatible CPUB. Hosts need to have shared storageC. Hosts should have a static IP addressD. You need 2 VMkernel


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-availability-guide.pdfPage 24

QUESTION 154What kind of traffic can be priorized with Network I/O Control? (Choose Three)

A. Virtual MachineB. vMotionC. Fault ToleranceD. FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet)E. Hardware Dependent iSCSI adapter


Explanation/Reference:Need info:*New Question*

QUESTION 155Which of the following are only available with vCenter Server? (Choose Three)

A. Fault ToleranceB. Thin ProvisioningC. Resource PoolsD. Update Manager

E. vMotion



QUESTION 156A client wants to create a virtual machine with intense I/O traffic. Which type of disk should he choose? (choosetwo)

A. Thick ProvisionedB. Flat Disk (Disk File *-flat.vmdk)C. Raw Mapped Device (RDM)D. Thin Provisioned



QUESTION 157Which of the following allows the virtual disk of a VM to be migrated to another datastore? (Choose Two)

A. Storage vMotionB. vMotionC. VMware Data Recovery (VDR)D. VM migrated in suspended state


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-F52300EB-F43B-49F8-820E-298D75025DF3.html

QUESTION 158An administrator has purchased a new 10GB Converged Network Adapter (CNA) for installation in system thatis running ESXi 5.x. the administrator has downloaded the latest driver from the hardware vendor and wants toinclude the driver in an image. The image profile acceptance level is set to VMwareAccepted and the driveracceptance level is set to Partner Supported.

A. driver will be included , but the support diverted to vendorB. image will be created but driver will not be includedC. image can not be createdD. driver will include, and support will be provided by VMware.

Correct Answer: CSection: (none)

Explanation

Explanation/Reference:The acceptance level of all VIBs on a host must be at least as high as the host acceptance level. For example,if the host acceptance level is VMwareAccepted, you can install VIBs with acceptance levels ofVMwareCertified and VMwareAccepted, but you cannot install VIBs with acceptance levels of PartnerSupportedor CommunitySupported. To install a VIB with a less restrictive acceptance level than that of the host, you canchange the acceptance level of the host by using the vSphere Client or by running esxcli softwareacceptancecommands.Setting host acceptance levels is a best practice that allows you to specify which VIBs can be installed on ahost and used with an image profile, and the level of support you can expect for a VIB. For example, aCommunitySupported VIB might not be recommended for an ESXi server in a production environment.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50/GUID-27BBBAB8-01EA-4238-8140-1C3C3EFC0AA6.html

QUESTION 159When creating an alarm which state is not available on the Actions Tab?

A. Red to GreenB. Yellow to RedC. Green to YellowD. Red to Yellow



QUESTION 160Windows VM is experiencing the poor application performance. The suspected issue is a lack of availablememory. Windows Task Manager shows 30% of the memory within the VM is not currently being used. Whatthis indicate and what could be checked next?

A. Windows Task Manager is not reading actual memory usage in the VM. Windows System Monitor shouldbe used to get precise reading on memory usage.

B. The application problems are defintely due to a non-memory related problem. CPU affinity settings shouldbe checked for this VM.

C. The VM has memory available, however it may not actually have "Physical" memory available. VMkernelswap activity on the ESX Server host should be checked next.

D. The application problems are definitely due to a non-memory related problem. CPU utilization should bechecked next using Windows Task Manager.


Explanation/Reference:Incomplete User did not know the rest.... So I used the data from a 410 dump. I am beginning to update thisdump with more relvant 410 to 510 questions... These are the right answers from that dump.

QUESTION 161How big is the VFAT partition in ESXi5?

A. 544MB

B. 600MBC. 1.6GBD. 4GB


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50/GUID-F149EDB3-F00F-43AB-9508-72331F4FE8DB.html&resultof=%22vfat%22%20%22scratch%22%20

QUESTION 162What requirements must be in order for VMotion conditions to be satisfied?

A. Same clock speed of CPUB. Same number of coresC. Same manufacturerD. Same Features



QUESTION 163By default, if you remove a user from an Active Directory domain who iscurrently logged in to vCenter Server, which of the following actions is taken?

A. The user can remain logged in indefinitely, but once they log out they cannot log back inB. The user can remain logged in for up to 24 hoursC. The user is logged out of vCenter Server and cannot log back inD. The user is given a warning they are about to be logged out and given a 1 hour grace period



QUESTION 164Assuming the appropriate HA configuration options have been selected, which of the following situations wouldresult in VMware HA restarting virtual machines (Choose Two)?

A. An ESX Server in the cluster becomes isolated from the networkB. An ESX Server in the cluster is put into Maintenance ModeC. A guest OS is manually powered offD. A guest OS fails



QUESTION 165Under which condition will vCenter Server communicate directly with a vSphere HA slave?

A. When distributing the host compatibility listB. When an update is needed for the list of powered on VMsC. When powering on a FT secondary VMD. When distributing cluster configuration updates


Explanation/Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004429

vCenter may communicate to the Slaves in certain situations, such as: Scanning for a existing Master If the Master states that it cannot reach a Slave. In this case, vCenter will try to contact the Slave todetermine why. When powering on a FT Secondary VM When host is reported isolated or partitioned

QUESTION 166In Map view tab of the vSphere client what type of resources do you see? (Choose Three)

A. NetworkB. StorageC. HostD. Datastore

Correct Answer: ACDSection: (none)Explanation

Explanation/Reference:Storage I dont believe is correct because mapping has to do with vSphere resources... it uses datastorewhether its VMFS/NFS

QUESTION 167After deploying vCenter 5.x , where are the licenses stored?

A. License File in ESX hostB. License ServerC. in vCenter License InventoryD. License file in vcenter server


Explanation/Reference:Answer is c: Click home, Licensing, And Vola! - Renegade_ZA

QUESTION 168Which of the following are true about the share value for a virtual machine after it has been added to aResource Pool?(Choose Two)

A. If a previously defined custom share value exists, the %Shares value is maintainedB. If a previously defined custom share value exists, the %Shares value is adjusted to reflect the total number

of shares in use in the Resource PoolC. If a previously defined share level (high, medium, low) exists, the %Shares value is maintainedD. If a previously defined share level (high, medium, low) exists, the %Shares value is adjusted to reflect the

total number of shares in use in the Resource Pool

Correct Answer: AD


Explanation/Reference:Answer: A and D (Need vSphere 5 References)

vSphere Resource Management Guide, ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, vCenter Server 4.0, page 38-39When you move a virtual machine to a new resource pool:If the virtual machine's shares are high, medium, or low, %Shares adjusts to reflect the total number of sharesin use in the new resource pool. If the virtual machine has custom shares assigned, the share value ismaintained.

QUESTION 169What are the different security options to upgrade the hosts with VUM ? (choose 3)

A. ImportantB. CriticalC. ModerateD. securityE. general


Explanation/Reference:(Reviewed by sscllc)

From: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004397

Severity values for the Security category

Critical: Vulnerabilities that can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker or vulnerabilities that breakguest/host Operating System isolation. The exploitation results in the compromise of confidentiality, integrity,availability user data, or processing resources without user interaction. Exploitation could be leveraged topropagate an Internet worm or execute arbitrary code between virtual machines and the host.

Important: Vulnerabilities whose exploitation results in the compromise of confidentiality, integrity, or availabilityof user data and processing resources. Such flaws could allow local users to gain privileges, allowauthenticated remote users to execute arbitrary code, or allow local or remote users to easily cause a denial ofservice.

Moderate: Flaws where the ability to exploit is mitigated to a significant degree by configuration or difficulty ofexploitation, but in certain deployment scenarios could still lead to some compromise of the confidentiality,integrity, or availability of user data and processing resources. These are the types of vulnerabilities that couldhave had a critical impact or important impact but are less easily exploited based on a technical evaluation ofthe flaw, or affect unlikely configurations.

Low: All other issues that have a security impact. Vulnerabilities where exploitation is believed to be extremelydifficult, or where successful exploitation would have minimal impact.

OLD Review::from http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-update-manager-50-install-administration-guide.pdfSeverity of the update. For hosts, the severity status might be Critical, General, Security,and so on. For virtual machines, the severity might be Critical, Important, Moderate, and

so on.

QUESTION 170VMware vSphere can be evaluated prior to purchase. What is the maximum number of days the evaluation canbe used before a license must be purchased?

A. 30B. 60C. 90D. 120


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed: B (Download it and see. :P )

QUESTION 171VMware Tools should be installed on which virtual machines?

A. LinuxB. All except LinuxC. WindowsD. All



QUESTION 172What is the name of the new high performance paravirtualized adapter available onvSphere 4?

A. VMXNET 3B. E1000C. VMXNET 2D. vLance


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed: This is an old VCP-410 not sure if this is on the test. Please confirm..

QUESTION 173The VMXNET 3 adapter is only supported on which virtual machine hardware version?

A. Version 6B. Version 7

C. Version 4D. All Versions



QUESTION 174Which of the following are valid conditions for installing the Paravirtualized SCSI(PVSCSI) adapter in a guest (Choose Two)?

A. The adapter should be used with the OS virtual diskB. The adapter should be used with the data virtual diskC. The Guest Operating System must be Windows 2003,2008 or RHEL 5D. The Guest Operating Systems can be any guest that supports Paravirtualization



QUESTION 175There are several reasons to prefer vmxnet to vlance.Which if these is NOT a reason?

A. vmxnet can offer better performanceB. vmxnet places less burden on system CPU.C. vmxnet is easier to installD. vmxnet’s software driver was purposely written for a virtual device.



Choose C because it made the most sense.

A. VMxnet does offer better perf over vLanceB. It does place less burdenC. Its a driver so its not any easier in fact you have to have VMtools installed for VMxnet drivers to work vlanceyou dont.D. It was written especially by VMware for Virtual Machines...

QUESTION 176Where are paravirtualized device drivers installed?

A. In the Guest OSB. In the Host OSC. Compiled into the hypervisor

D. No special drivers are required for paravirtualization



QUESTION 177which network driver is not competible with virtual machine version 8 ?

A. vmxnet3B. vmxnet 2 enhancedC. E1000D. vlance


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed:Reference vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-virtual-machine-admin-guide.pdf:VMXNET 2 (Enhanced) Based on the VMXNET adapter but provides high-performance featurescommonly used on modern networks, such as jumbo frames and hardwareoffloads. VMXNET 2 (Enhanced) is available only for some guest operatingsystems on ESX/ESXi 3.5 and later.

QUESTION 178An administrator wants to enable Guest Customization in Vcenter Setver for varios Windows ans Linux virtualmachines. Which of the following steps must be perfomed on the vCenter Server and in the guest virtualmachines? (Choose Two)

A. Microsoft sysprep tools must be placed on the vcenter serverB. Perl must be installed in the Linux Guest OS C. The Linux Open source tools must be added to the vcenter Server D. The windows guest OS must be Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, 2008


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed:

QUESTION 179A memory reservation defines:

A. the amount of virtual machine memory that can be paged to the VMkernel swapfile B. the amount of physical memory that is guaranteed to the VM C. the maximum amount of physical memory that will be used by a VM D. the amount of host memory reserved for the VMkernel

Correct Answer: B



QUESTION 180After an upgrade from ESXi4.0 to ESXi5.0 you are unable to putty your hosts. What could have caused this?

A. The SSH port in ESXi 5.0 has changed to 443 for added security.B. SSH is not available with ESXi5.0, it is only available with ESX5.0C. SSH is always disabled after an upgrade or clean installation.D. SSH configuration is not migrated for ESX 4.x hosts or ESXi 4.0 hosts. For these hosts, SSH access is

disabled during the upgrade or migration process.


Explanation/Reference:The host SSH configuration is migrated only for upgrades from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0SSH configuration is not migrated for ESX 4.x hosts or ESXi 4.0 hosts. For these hosts, SSH access isdisabledduring the upgrade or migration process. You can reenable SSH access in the direct console.”

QUESTION 181Which of the following is no longer available with vSphere 5?

A. vCenterB. vSphere ClientC. PowerCLID. ESX



QUESTION 182You've been asked to make sure that you guarantee a certain level of capacity, performance, availability,redundancy for your virtual machines storage. What feature of vSphere 5 would you use to ensure you canmeet that request?

A. Profile-Driven StorageB. VAAIC. sDRS/vMotionD. Capacity Planner



QUESTION 183Which new feature of vSphere 5 is used to create ESXi installation images with a customized set of updates,patches and drivers?

A. Auto DeployB. Host ProfilesC. esxcliD. Image Builder



QUESTION 184Which feature of vSphere 5 can be used to reduce virtual machine memory overhead?

A. Memory ReservationsB. Swap to HostC. SplitRXD. VMX Swap


Explanation/Reference:VMX Swap Files:Virtual machine executable (VMX) swap files allow the host to greatly reduce the amount of overhead memoryreserved for the VMX process.

NOTE: VMX swap files are not related to the swap to host cache feature or to regular host-level swap files.

ESXi reserves memory per virtual machine for a variety of purposes. Memory for the needs of certaincomponents, such as the virtual machine monitor (VMM) and virtual devices, is fully reserved when a virtualmachine is powered on. However, some of the overhead memory that is reserved for the VMX process can beswapped. The VMX swap feature reduces the VMX memory reservation significantly (for example, from about50MB or more per virtual machine to about 10MB per virtual machine). This allows the remaining memory tobe swapped out when host memory is overcommitted, reducing overhead memory reservation for each virtualmachine. The host creates VMX swap files automatically

SplitRx ModeSplitRx mode, a new feature in ESXi 5.0, uses multiple physical CPUs to process network packets received ina single network queue. This feature can significantly improve network performance for certain workloads.

QUESTION 185After an upgrade from ESX/ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0, your monitoring department are reporting that they havestopped receiving Syslog data from all of the ESXi hosts. What could be the problem?

A. Tech Support Mode is disable by default after an upgrade to ESXi 5.0 stopping all traffic on all portsB. Custom ports that were opened by using the ESX/ESXi 4.1 esxcfg-firewall command do not get copied

during the upgrade to ESXi 5.0.C. ESXi 5.0 cannot send logs to Syslog servers.

D. Custom ports that were opened by using the ESX/ESXi 4.1 esxcfg-firewall command do not remain openafter the upgrade to ESXi 5.0


Explanation/Reference:The host firewall configuration is affected. When you migrate from ESX 4.x to ESXi 5.0, the ESX 4.x rule setslist is replaced by the new rule sets list in ESXi 5.0. However, the migration preserves the status of services(enabled/disabled) and the list of allowed IP addresses that were added by the ESX firewall configuration tool,esxcfg-firewall. Customized firewall rules that were created in ESX 4.x. are not preserved after the upgrade.Custom ports that were opened by using the ESX 4.x esxcfg-firewall command do not remain open after theupgrade to ESXi 5.0.

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QUESTION 186The upgrade procedure from VMFS-3 to VMFS-5 will require downtime of that datastore?

A. TrueB. False



QUESTION 187Which of the following installation methods installs the ESXi image directly into the Host memory ?

A. Scripted ESXi InstallationB. Interactive ESXi InstallationC. Upgrade via VMware Update ManagerD. vSphere Auto Deploy ESXi Installation Option



QUESTION 188Which of the following is a requirement for vCenter?

A. A DHCP IP addressB. A static IP addressC. A valid (internal) domain name system (DNS) registration.


Explanation/Reference:The Fully Qualified Domain Name field displays the FQDN of the system that you are installing vCenter Serveron. The vCenter Server installer checks that the FQDN is resolvable. If not, a warning message is displayed.Change the entry to a resolvable FQDN. You must enter the FQDN, not the IP address.

QUESTION 189It is possible to Storage vMotion virtual machines that have snapshots?

A. TrueB. False



QUESTION 190Which of the following dvPort binding types have been removed in vSphere5?

A. Ephemeral BindingB. Static BindingC. Dynamic Binding



From: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf

Select Static binding to assign a port to a virtual machine when thevirtual machine connects to the distributed port group. This option is notavailable when the vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

Select Dynamic binding to assign a port to a virtual machine the firsttime the virtual machine powers on after it is connected to the distributedport group. Dynamic binding is depricated in ESXi 5.0 .

Select Ephemeral for no port binding. This option is not available whenthe vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

QUESTION 191What are the 4 VM Restart Priority options available on an HA cluster?

A. Enabled, Small, Medium, Largest, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

B. 1st Tier, 2nd Tier, 3rd Tier, Best EffortC. Priority, 2D. Disabled, Low, Medium, High

Correct Answer: DSection: (none)

Explanation


QUESTION 192Which two users are assigned the Administrator role at the ESX Server level by default?

A. root, administratorB. root, vpxaC. root, hostdD. root, vpxuser



QUESTION 193By deafault, where do hosts deployed with VMware Auto Deploy store logs

A. first mounted LUNB. local diskC. vMA

D. in memory



QUESTION 194How has vMotion been improved in vSphere 5?

A. long distance vMotion, allowing for vMotions over a large geographical areaB. Multi platform vMotion, allowing for vMotions between vSphere and hyper-V platformsC. Storage vMotion, allowing for virtual machines storage to be moved between datastoresD. multiple vMotion vmknicks, allowing for more and faster vmotion operations


Explanation/Reference:Multi–network adaptor enablement for vMotion

The new performance enhancements in vSphere 5.0 enable vMotion to effectively saturate a 10GbE networkadaptor bandwidth during the migration, significantly reducing vMotion transfer times. In addition, VMware ESX5.0 adds a multi-network adaptor feature that enables users to employ multiple network adaptors for vMotion.The VMkernel will transparently load-balance the vMotion traffic over all the vMotion-enabled vmknics in aneffort to saturate all of the connections. In fact, even when there is a single vMotion, VMkernel uses all theavailable network adaptors to spread the vMotion traffic.

QUESTION 195You're new storage array supports vSphere storage APIs-Storage awareness. You are keen to manage storageplacement by using virtual machine profiles. Which of the following is the correct set of tasks required to enablethis?

A. a) Create user-defined storage capabilities b)Associate user-defined storage capabilities with datastores c)Create virtual machine storage profile e) Associate a virtual machine with a profile

B. a) Create virtual machine storage profile b) Enable virtual machine storage profiles for a host or cluster c)Create user-defined storage capabilities with datastores e) Associate a virtual machine with a profile

C. a) Enable virtual machine storage profiles for a host or cluster b) Create virtual machine storage profile c)Create user-defined storage capabilities d) Associate a virtual machine storage profile with the virtualmachine files or virtual disks



QUESTION 196You have just had a new storage array installed and you are asked by your VMware admin, what is the correctMMP to use? Where would you find out the recommended MPP?

A. VMware HClB. ask the guy installing itC. let cSphere decideD. VMware compatibility matrix



QUESTION 197The organization you work for is currently running vSphere 4.1 U1. Your team have just created a new Test/Dev environment based on vSphere 5. The VM management team have asked if you could combine the curret4.1 U1 environment and 5.0 vCenters with Linked-Mode. What is the correct response to the VM managementteam?

A. additional licensing is required to use Linked-ModeB. only vCenter administrators can use Linked-ModeC. No problemD. vCenter 4.1 and vCenter 5 cannot be joined with Linked-Mode


Explanation/Reference:http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-50-release-notes.htmlUpdated vSphere Client Connections to Linked Mode Environments

vCenter Server 5.0 can exist in Linked Mode only with other instances of vCenter Server 5.0. Linked Modegroups that contain both vCenter Server 5.0 and earlier versions of vCenter Server are not supported.

QUESTION 198Your manager has requested that you look for ways to ensure that your storage is utilized evenly. Which featureof vSphere 5 would help achieve this request?

A. sDRSB. profile driven storageC. VAAID. thin provisioning



QUESTION 199Which of the following formulas defines the amount of virtual machine memory that will always be composed ofdisk pages?

A. memory limit-(minus) memory reservationB. memory limit-(minus) memory available

C. memory allocated-(minus) memory availableD. memory allocated- (minus) memory limit


Explanation/Reference:The memory limit CAN be less than the memory allocated which in this case would always result in paging. Thisactually occurs in my environment frequently. VM admins would set limits on VMs which at first would be higherthan the allocated memory. At a later date someone would request a memory increase, the VM admin wouldthen allocate more memory to the OS (hoping to increase performance). The allocation now will be higher thanthe limit (by accident) and would cause worse performance on the VM.“2GB” of Memory allocated – (minus) “1GB” memory limit = 1GB of (disk) paging

QUESTION 200What the packaging format used by the VMware ESXi Image Builder?

A. .rarB. .zipC. .isoD. VIB



QUESTION 201ESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions?

A. TrueB. False


Explanation/Reference:Early AMD64 and Intel 64 CPUs lacked LAHF and SAHF instructions. AMD introduced the instructions withtheir Athlon 64, Opteron and Turion 64 revision D processors in March 2005[33][34][35] while Intel introducedthe instructions with the Pentium 4 G1 stepping in December 2005.

The instructions LAHF and SAHF deal with five of the status flags, which are used primarily by the arithmeticand logical instructions.

LAHF (Load AH from Flags) copies SF, ZF, AF, PF, and CF to AH bits 7, 6, 4, 2, and 0, respectively (seeFigure 3-22). The contents of the remaining bits (5, 3, and 1) are undefined. The flags remain unaffected.

SAHF (Store AH into Flags) transfers bits 7, 6, 4, 2, and 0 from AH into SF, ZF, AF, PF, and CF, respectively(see Figure 3-22).

QUESTION 202You boss has asked you deploy 40 ESXi hosts as quickly as possible, which is the recommended install

method to use in this situation?

A. Scripted InstallationB. Interactive InstallationC. Upgrade via VMware Update ManagerD. VMware Auto Deploy Installation



QUESTION 203Your colleague has accidentally allocated more vRAM than your company are licensed for. What will happen toyour virtual machines?

A. all VM's will be powered offB. VMware will be notifiedC. nothing will happenD. new VM's cannot be powered ON



QUESTION 204When deploying hosts with VMware auto deploy, which is the recommended method to configure ESXi once ithas been installed?

A. manuallyB. powerCLIC. via direct consoleD. host profiles



QUESTION 205What is the name of the globally unique identifier assigned to each fibre channel port?

A. IP addressB. MAC address (Mac)C. port_IDD. world wide name (WWN)

Correct Answer: D



QUESTION 206The default security policy on a Port Group is:

A. Reject, Reject, RejectB. Accept, Accept, AcceptC. Reject, Reject, AcceptD. Reject, Accept, Accept



QUESTION 207Which new version of VMFS is introduced by vSphere 5?

A. VMFS-2B. VMFS-3C. VMFS-4D. VMFS-5



QUESTION 208VMFS-5 upgraded from VMFS-3 continues to use the previous file block size which may be larger than theunified 1MB file block size.

A. TrueB. False



QUESTION 209Which of the following is not a benefit of VMware Auto Deploy?

A. Decouples the VMware ESXi host from the physical server and eliminates the boot diskB. Eliminates configuration driftC. Simplifies patching and updatingD. Accelerates deployment of virtual machines



QUESTION 210After an upgrade from ESX4.X to ESXi5.0 you notice that your Port Group named "Service Console" is missing.Where has it gone?

A. During the upgrade all Port Groups are moved to Distributed Switches.B. During the upgrade all Port Groups are moved to Standard Switches.C. During the upgrade all Port Groups are removed. The Service Console Port Group will need to be

recreated.D. Because ESXi 5.0 has no service Console, upgrading from ESX 4.x to ESXi 5.0 removes the Service

Console port group.



QUESTION 211Which new feature of vSphere 5 is used to collect host core dumps?

A. vMA 5.0B. ESXi Syslog CollectorC. VMware vDR 2.0

D. ESXi Dump Collector



QUESTION 212Which feature of vSphere 5 can be used to increase network throughput to virtual machines?

A. VMDirectpath I/OB. NPIVC. RDMD. SplitRX



QUESTION 213What are the two iSCSI discovery methods that are supported by an ESXi host?

A. Dynamic Discovery, FindtargetsB. Static Discovery, FindtargetsC. Static Targets, Dynamic TargetsD. Static Discovery, Send Targets


Explanation/Reference:Static/Dynamic Discovery: iSCSI uses a method of discovery where the iSCSI initiator can query an iSCSItarget for the available LUNs. Static discovery involves a manual configuration, whereas dynamic discoveryissues an iSCSI-standard SendTargets command to one of the iSCSI targets on the array. This target thenreports all the available targets and LUNs to that particular initiator.

Reply

QUESTION 214Distributed Power Management (DPM) requires which technology to be available on the NIC?

A. DNSB. BMCC. NetBIOSD. Wake On LAN (WOL)



It is talking about a NIC, not a server

"Since ESX 4.0 DPM use BMC.WOL was correct in ESX 3.5 !

Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esx-vcenter/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.resourcemanagement.doc_40/using_drs_clusters_to_manage_resources/t_configure_ipmi_settings_for_vmware_dpm.html"

QUESTION 215You have just had a new storage array installed and you are looking for a quick way to move your virtualmachines to LUN's presented by your new storage. What is the best way to do this?

A. Use Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machine storage to the new datastoresB. Create a datastore cluster from the existing datastores and the new datastores and let sDRS move the

virtual machine storage to the new datastores.C. Enable VAAI and the migration from the old storage to the new will happen automatically as VAAI will

always use the newest storage LUN'sD. Use the Rebalance function to move migrate the virtual machine storage to the new datastores

automatically



QUESTION 216Which of the following actions would be LEAST likely to reduce resource contention?

A. Powering off a VMB. Enabling Swap-To-CacheC. Enabling vNUMAD. Disable transparent memory page sharing.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:A virtual machine connected to certain devices, like a serial or parallel port or a CD-ROM drive, can use someCPU resources. So it might be possible to reduce resource contention slightly by disconnecting from thesedevices. However, disabling transparent memory page sharing would reduce the amount of physical memoryavailable to virtual machines, actually increasing the likelihood of resource contention, making that option thelease likely to reduce contention.Transparent memory page sharing is performed by the ESX Host and is transparent to the virtual machine,therefore a limit at the virtual machine level would be ineffective.

QUESTION 217To improve security which new feature has been added to ESXi?

A. Local Mode

B. Anti-VirusC. vShieldD. Firewall



QUESTION 218Your boss has asked you to setup 4 ESXi host to evaluate the new vSphere 5 release, which is therecommended install method to use in this situation?

A. vSphere Auto Deploy installationB. Scripted installationC. Upgrade via VMware Update ManagerD. Interactive installation



QUESTION 219Which of the following actions is not available via the Direct Console?

A. Shutdown hostB. View host logsC. Configure host DNSD. Enter host into Maintenance Mode



QUESTION 220What are the Automation Levels on a DRS Cluster?

A. Manual, Partially Automatic, Fully AutomaticB. Manual, Semi Automated, Fully AutomaticC. Manual, Semi Automatic, AutomaticD. Manual, Partially Automated, Fully Automated



QUESTION 221Which of the following is not a new feature made available with vSphere 5?

A. sDRSB. VSAC. vSphere Web ClientD. vDR (VMWare Data Recovery)



QUESTION 222An Ex-employee had named all of the virtual machines using the wrong naming conventions. After renamingthe virtual machines what is the next step to ensuring that all virtual machine files are named the same?

A. Storage vMotionB. Remove from Inventory and then Add to InventoryC. Rename the virtual machine files manuallyD. Nothing, renaming the virtual machine will rename all of the virtual machine files



QUESTION 223ESX5 introduces Virtual Hardware Version?

A. Hardware v4B. Hardware v5C. Hardware v7D. Hardware v8



QUESTION 224You have been asked to provide high availability for your vCenter server. Which product would you use to helpachieve this?

A. Fault-ToleranceB. vCenter Linked-Mode

C. Microsoft Clustering ServicesD. vCenter Heartbeat



QUESTION 225When is vNUMA enable by default on a virtual machines?

A. When the guestOS is configured using an SMP HALB. All the timeC. vNUMA is never enabled by defaultD. When a virtual machine has more than 8 vCPU's


Explanation/Reference:http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

Virtual NUMA (vNUMA. NUMA stands for Non-Uniform Memory Access.), a new feature in ESXi 5.0, exposesNUMA topology to the guest operating system, allowing NUMA-aware guest operating systems and applications to make the most efficient use of the underlying hardware’s NUMA architecture.

By default, vNUMA is enabled only for virtual machines with more than eight vCPUs. This feature can be enabled for smaller virtual machines, however, by adding to the .vmx file the line:numa.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = X(where X is the number of vCPUs per vNUMA node)

What does Non-Uniform Memory Access really mean to me?Non-Uniform Memory Access means that it will take longer to access some regions of memory than others.This is due to the fact that some regions of memory are on physically different busses from other regions.

What is the difference between NUMA and SMP?The NUMA architecture was designed to surpass the scalability limits of the SMP architecture. With SMP,which stands for Symmetric Multi-Processing, all memory access are posted to the same shared memory bus.This works fine for a relatively small number of CPUs, but the problem with the shared bus appears when youhave dozens, even hundreds, of CPUs competing for access to the shared memory bus. NUMA alleviatesthese bottlenecks by limiting the number of CPUs on any one memory bus, and connecting the various nodesby means of a high speed interconnect.

QUESTION 226Additional licensing is required once the number of cores per CPU reaches which of the following?

A. 16 or more coresB. 12 or more coresC. 8 or more coresD. 6 or more cores


Explanation/Reference:This question should be removed - there is no CPU limit in vSphere 5 (sscllc)

QUESTION 227ESX Service Console patches should be applied (Choose Two)?

A. in accordance with VMware Security AdvisoriesB. when notified on the VMware Security BlogC. when advised by VMware authorized technical support personnelD. in accordance with VMware and RedHat Security Advisories



QUESTION 228A Virtual machines appear in the vSphere Client inventory list with (orphaned) appended to their name. What isthe quickest solutions to correct this?

A. Reboot the Host that VM is hosted onB. Reboot the VMC. Remove the VM from Inventory, Browse to the VM .vmx file on the Datastore and add the VM to InventoryD. Right click the VM, select Relocate and select a different host with the cluster



This should be C. (original D). You cannot relocate a VM if it is orphaned.

QUESTION 229A virtual machine using Hardware Version 3 is supported with vSphere 5?

A. FalseB. True



QUESTION 230Which ports need to be available on vCenter system?

A. 80, 389, 443, 636B. 904, 905, 443, 80C. 80, 366, 443, 902D. 983, 443, 80, 366


Explanation/Reference:ESXi Installable and vCenter Server, Setup Guide, ESXi 4.0 Installable, vCenter Server4.0, page 18.vCenter Server requires certain ports to send and receive data.* 80 vCenter Server requires port 80 for direct HTTP connections. Port 80 redirectsrequests to HTTPS port* 443. This is useful if you accidentally use http://server instead of https://server.* 389 This port must be open on the local and all remote instances of vCenter Server.This is the LDAP port number for the Directory Services for the vCenter Server group.* 443 The default port that the vCenter Server system uses to listen for connections fromthe vSphere Client.* 636 For vCenter Linked Mode, this is the SSL port of the local instance.* 902 The default port that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to managed hosts.Managed hosts also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to the vCenter Serversystem.

QUESTION 231What is the recommended size for the /var/log partition?

A. 3072MBB. 1024MBC. 512MBD. 2000MB



QUESTION 232What is an HA Slot?

A. A slot has nothing to do with HA, it's how DRS calculates which Virtual Machine should be placed where.B. A slot is given to each Virtual Machine, this determines the restart priority.C. A slot is a logical representation of the memory and CPU resources that satisfy the requirements for any

powered-on virtual machine in the cluster.D. A slot is a given to each Host in an HA Cluster, there is a maximum of 32 in an HA Cluster



VMware HA slot calculation is done by the vCenter HA service and provides the capacity of the cluster as awhole to the various agents involved.

QUESTION 233To get the maximum performance benefits of vNUMA it is recommended to:

A. Only use single vCPU virtual machinesB. Enable EVC on your clustersC. Disable Hyper-ThreadingD. Make sure your clusters are composed entirely of hosts with matching NUMA architecture



From: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

� Make sure the BIOS is set to enable all populated processor sockets and to enable all cores in each socket.� Enable “Turbo Boost” in the BIOS if your processors support it.� Make sure hyper-threading is enabled in the BIOS for processors that support it.� Some NUMA-capable systems provide an option in the BIOS to disable NUMA by enabling nodeinterleaving. In most cases you will get the best performance by disabling node interleaving (in otherwords, leaving NUMA enabled).� Make sure any hardware-assisted virtualization features (VT-x, AMD-V, EPT, RVI, and so on) are enabledin the BIOS.

Exam B

QUESTION 1Which two conditions must exist on all hosts in the cluster of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) is used?(Choose two)

A. The host must run all the same vSphere version.B. The hosts must have the NXXD feature enabled in BIOSC. The hosts must all belong to the same CPU familyD. The host must all be part of the same DRS Group


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID- 3B5AF2B1-C534-4426-B97A-D14019A8010F.html

EVC RequirementsHosts in an EVC cluster must meet certain requirements.To enable EVC on a cluster, the cluster must meet the following requirements:

■All virtual machines in the cluster that are running on hosts with a feature set greater than the EVC mode youintend to enable must be powered off or migrated out of the cluster before EVC is enabled.

■All hosts in the cluster must have CPUs from a single vendor, either AMD or Intel.

■All hosts in the cluster must be running ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 or later.

■All hosts in the cluster must be connected to the vCenter Server system.

■All hosts in the cluster must have advanced CPU features, such as hardware virtualization support (AMD-V orIntel VT) and AMD No eXecute (NX) or Intel eXecute Disable (XD), enabled in the BIOS if they are available.

■All hosts in the cluster should be configured for vMotion. See Host Configuration for vMotion.

■All hosts in the cluster must have supported CPUs for the EVC mode you want to enable. ProcessorsSupported in EVC Clusters lists the processor families supported for each EVC mode. To check EVC supportfor a specific processor or server model, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

Any host added to an existing EVC-enabled cluster must also meet the requirements

QUESTION 2A vSphere 5 implementation consists of a fully automated DRS cluster with the following vNetwork StandardSwitch configuration.

1. Switch A: two vmnics, one port group named sFTP-PG

2. Switch B: one 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 machine on WebPG are experiencing significantnetwork latency. The network team has determined that a performance bottleneck is occurring at the ESXi hostlevel.

Which solution will require the least amount of administrative work and least amount of service interruption?

A. Move a vmnic from Switch A to Switch B on each host.B. Migrate Web-PG to Switch A and sFTP-PG to Switch B on each host.C. Convert the three Switcg Bs to a single vNetwork Distributed Switch.D. Use vMotion to redistribution some of the VMs in Web-PG to a different ESXi host.


Explanation/Reference:(Explanation sscllc):

So let us examine this is a problem with resource contention on a NIC on a host. VDS WILL NOT FIX theproblem because dvuplinks are the same as uplinks on the ESX host experiencing a problem.B should be incorrect, you cannon migrate networking on a VSSVMotion should not be a solution, DRS already has VMotion and knows where to place VMs using definedrules.I think it should be A

QUESTION 3Which two conditions prevent the application of a host profile to an ESXi host? (Choose two)

A. The host has multiple profiles attachedB. The host has not been placed into maintenance modeC. The host is running virtual machinesD. The host is an ESXi host



QUESTION 4Which two statements are true regarding a mixed DRS cluster with Intel Intel-Based and AMD- based ESXihosts? (Choose two)

A. DRS can load-balance running virtual machines, using all hosts in the clusterB. HA can failover virtual machines to any host in the clusterC. FT can be configured for this clusterD. EVC can be enabled for this cluster


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:A is wrong – You cannot vMotion VM between Intel and AMD CPUs

(http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-03E7E5F9-06D9-463F-A64F-D4EC20DAF22E.html).B is right – VM is powered-on during HA failover so the CPU vendor does not matter.C is probably right – Secondary VM will be automatically placed on a host with the same CPU vendor and DRSload balancing is disabled for FT on non-EVC clusters.D is wrong – All hosts in EVC-enabled cluster must have CPUs from a single vendor, either AMD or Intel.(http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-FEC87C0B-7276-4152-8EAA-915305E64FED.html)

QUESTION 5Which memory conservation technique collaborates with the server to reclaim pages that are considered leastvaluable by the guest operating system?

A. Transparent Page SharingB. Memory Balloon DriverC. Ram OvercommitD. VMkernel Swap



QUESTION 6On which two vSphere elements can traffic shaping be configured? (Choose two.)

A. On a vNetwork Distributed Switch dvPort or the ennre dvPort group for inbound and outbound trafficB. On a vNetwork Distributed Switch dvPort or the entire dvPort group for outbound traffic onlyC. On a vNetwork Standard Switch port group or the entire vSwitch for inbound traffic onlyD. On a vNetwork Standard Switch port group or the entire vSwitch for outbound traffic only



QUESTION 7A new ESXi host is set up with two virtual machines. A memory limit is applied do that users will havepredictable performance as virtual machines are added to the host.

What is the effect of applying a memory limit these virtual machines?

A. No physical memory will be granted above the limit, unless expandable reservations are enabled.B. No physical memory will be granted above the limit, but disk pages can be used.C. Physical memory will be granted above the limit under normal conditions, but he limit will be enforced if

connection occurs.D. Physical memory will be granted above the limit under normal conditions. Disk pages will be used if

connection occurs.



Shares Specify the relative priority for a virtual machine if more than the reservation is available.Reservation Is a guaranteed lower bound on the amount of physical memory that the host reserves for thevirtual machine, even when memory is overcommitted. Set thereservation to a level that ensures the virtual machine has sufficient memory to run efficiently, without excessivepaging.

After a virtual machine has accessed its full reservation, it is allowed to retain that amount of memory and thismemory is not reclaimed, even if the virtualmachine becomes idle. For example, some guest operating systems (for example, Linux) might not access allof the configured memory immediatelyafter booting. Until the virtual machines accesses its full reservation, VMkernel can allocate any unused portionof its reservation to other virtual machines.However, after the guest’s workload increases and it consumes its full reservation, it is allowed to keep thismemory.

Limit Is an upper bound on the amount of physical memory that the host can allocate to the virtual machine.The virtual machine’s memory allocation is alsoimplicitly limited by its configured size. Overhead memory includes space reserved for the virtual machineframe buffer and various virtualization data structures.

QUESTION 8Which two conditions could prevent HA from powering on a virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. An ESXi host has been placed into maintenance modeB. The virtual machine has a high priority settingC. Strict admission control is configuredD. The target ESXi host is not compatible with the virtual machine.



QUESTION 9During peak operating hours, an administrator finds that a business-critical application running a virtualmachine is not performing as well as during normal hours. Which memory management method can be used toguarantee that the application performs well at all times?

A. Set a reservation equal to the average memory utilization of the virtual machine running the application.B. Set the share level to high for the virtual machine running the application and set the share level for all other

virtual machines to low.C. Set a limit equal to the peak memory utilization of the virtual machine running the application.D. Set the reservation equal to the configured memory of the virtual machine running the application.

Correct Answer: D



Memory Reservations are an ESX Server memory management technique used to controlhow memory is allocated from an either an explicit or implicit resource pool by theVMkernel to a virtual machine or group of virtual machines.Reservations consist of two settings – a reservation, or guaranteed amount of physicalmemory that will always be available to the virtual machine(s), and a limit, which is theabsolute maximum physical memory a virtual machine or group of virtual machines canconsume on the hostDuring peak operating hours, by definition more systems and more resources includingmemory, will be being consumed. Therefore memory reservation is required. By setting areservation equal to the peak memory utilization, this will guarantee the applicationreceives all memory it requires.

QUESTION 10A virtual machine is using Fiber Channel attached RDM LUN.

Which three applications used with the virtual machine would require the RDM to be in physical compatibilitymode? (Choose three)

A. SCSI target based softwareB. VMware snapshotsC. Physical server-to-virtual machine clusteringD. Distributed file lockingE. SAN management agent


Explanation/Reference:Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0 vCenterServer 4.0, page 25.Cluster Physical and Virtual MachinesA standby host cluster has specific hardware and software requirements.Use RDMs in physical compatibility mode (pass-through RDM). You cannot use virtualdisks or RDMs in virtual compatibility mode (non-pass-through RDM) for sharedstorage. [A is correct].Physical compatibility mode allows the guest operating system to access the hardwaredirectly. Physical compatibility is useful if you are using SAN-aware applications in thevirtual machine. However, a virtual machine with the physical compatibility RDMcannot be cloned, made into a template, or migrated if the migration involves copying thedisk.Virtual compatibility allows the RDM to behave as if it were a virtual disk, so you canuse such features as snapshotting, cloning, and so on. Recommended Detailed Material on RDM’sPhysical mode for the RDM specifies minimal SCSI virtualization of the mapped device,allowing the greatest flexibility for SAN management software. In physical mode, theVMkernel passes all SCSI commands to the device, with one exception: the REPORTLUNs command is virtualized, so that the VMkernel can isolate the LUN for the owningvirtual machine. Otherwise, all physical characteristics of the underlying hardware areexposed. Physical mode is useful to run SAN management agents [B above] or otherSCSI target based software [D above] in the virtual machine.Part 2: Configure iSCSI SAN Storage (13 questions)

QUESTION 11An administrator is updating a program running on a virtual machine. The update file has been downloaded asan .iso file placed on a shared NFS datastore. An attempt to mount the .iso file to the virtual machine fails, butsubsequent testing shows that the .iso file can be mounted to a virtual machine running on another ESXi host.


Which step can be taken to enable access to the .iso file for the affected virtual machine?

A. Reboot the ESXi host running the affected virtual machine.B. Remount the NFS volume to the ESXi host running the affected virtual machine.C. Rescan all datastore.D. Reboot the NFS server.



QUESTION 12What is true about Agent (HA?) VMs?

A. They are restarted on surviving nodes in the event of an HA failover.B. They have a 1-to-l association with Client VMs.C. They are tied to a specific ESXi host.D. They can be vMotion migrated in a DRS cluster.



QUESTION 13After installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance, an administrator attempts to configure linked mode.

What will cause the attempt fail?

A. An active directory server cannot be located.B. The vCenter Server appliance cannot be configured in linked mode until installed via the vCenter server

appliance administrator interface.C. A vCenter Server instance must be installed as standalone before the vCenter Server appliance can be

joined to it.D. Linked mode is not available when using the vCenter Server appliance.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (Reviewed)

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50/GUID-25FCBA87-5D2F-4CB6-85D7-88899B4AC174.html

QUESTION 14Which two components must be installed in monitored virtual machines for vSphere HA Application monitoringto work? (Choose two)

A. An Application Monitoring scriptB. The Application Monitoring agentC. VMware ToolsD. The vSphere HA agent


Explanation/Reference:VMware now provides a mechanism for this through the use of the vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA)application monitoring API, which is included with vSphere 5.0. This API allows a developer to create amonitoring program, running within the guest OS that communicates with vSphere HA using heartbeats. Theseheartbeats inform vSphere HA that an application is functioning properly. Upon loss of a heartbeat, vSphere HAwill restart the virtual machine.

By leveraging this API, customers and vendors can more easily craft solutions that take advantage of vSphereHA and the underlying infrastructure protection it provides.

QUESTION 15How can you change the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) cluster IP address?

A. Use a supported browser to access the web based management portal on the VSA.B. Use the vSphere Client logged on to vCenter Server.C. Use SSH to access the VSA console.D. Use the vSphere Client logged on to the ESXi host directly


Explanation/Reference:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsa.doc_10%2FGUID-6A8E845D-8826-4BEA-BD96-EC46B539A95F.html

QUESTION 16When usin the failover option for a virtual switch with multiple uplinks, how does ESXi determine the uplink touse in a failover event?

A. Using link state tracking to see which uplinks are connected.B. Using beacon probing to discover which uplink has a shortest route.

C. A specified list.D. Using the reported uptime to determine which uplink to select.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: Use explicit failover order -- Always use the highest order uplink from the list of Active adapterswhich passes failover detection criteria.

QUESTION 17vCenter Server is running in a virtual machine that is part of a vSphere HA and SDRS cluster. The vCenterServer virual machine has been tested an can successfully migrate with vMoaon between all ESXi hosts m thecluster DRS is configured for partial automation.

What happens if an ESXi host that is running the vCenter Server virtual machine experiences a power outage?

A. All DRS cluster operations will be unavailable until the failed ESXi host is brought back online.B. vCenter Server will remain offline, but all virtual machines on the remaining hosts will continue without

interruption.C. This situation cannot occur, because vCenter Server cannot be installed on a virtual machine in a vSphere

HA cluster.D. vSphere HA will restart the vCenter Server virtual machine on another host



QUESTION 18Which two statements are true regarding vSphere virtual switch uplinks? (Choose two.)

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


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:VMware Virtual Networking Concepts, page 6. Some virtual switches should not connect to a physical networkand thus have no uplink port. If you attempt to assign an uplink port, (previously assigned to a switch), to asecond switch, the uplink will be disconnected from the first switch before being connected to the second.

QUESTION 19An administrator requires that the vCenter Server Appliance is highly available. Which solution can be utilized toachieve this?

A. vCenter Server HeartbeatB. vSphereHAC. vSphere FTD. Host Based Replication


Explanation/Reference:I was playing around in my lab and figured I would give the vCenter Appliance (VCVA) a try. I realize that todaythere are limitations when it comes to the vCenter Appliance and I wanted to list those to get them out in theopen:

No Update ManagerNo Linked-ModeNo support for the VSA (vSphere Storage Appliance)Only support for Oracle as the external databaseEmbedded database, DB2, only supports 5 hosts and 50 VMsNo support for vCenter Heartbeat

Now that you’ve seen the limitations why would you even bother testing it? You will still need Windows if you arerunning VUM and you can only use Oracle for large environments… Those are probably the two biggestconstraints for 80% of you reading this and I agree they are huge constraints. But I am not saying that youshould go ahead and deploy this in production straight away, I do feel that the VCVA deserves to be tested as itis the way forward in my opinion! Why? Most importantly, it is very simple to implement… Seriously setting it uptakes a couple of minutes. You just import the OVF, accept the EULA, select the correct database type andstart the vCenter service. Without any hassle it also includes a Syslog Collector service, Autodeploy and theWebclient. But that’s not all… If you look at it from a strategic perspective this is the first step. A first steptowards a possible distributed vCenter solution, and I know some of you have been waiting on that for a while,

so why not get your hands dirty straight away and start testing it.

QUESTION 20Due to anti-affinity rules, what is an accurate statement about vSphere Fault Tolerant virtual machines?

A. Never located in the same cluster.B. Never located on the same hostC. Sometimes located on the same host if an HA event occurs.D. Sometimes located on the same host, but only in a powered-off state



Fault Tolreance:

A: noB: noC: No because HA will trigger an alert and notify youD: yes because its powered off versus an HA event

QUESTION 21An administrator decides to use data recovery to backup some key virtual machines. What is the process toinstall VMware Data Recovery?

A. Run the vCenter installer, using the Custom option as the choice for type of installation, and then follow theprompts to install the tool.

B. Locate the folder on the vCenter mdia and install VDR to the vCenter Server.C. Copy the OVF from the Data recovery CD and use the vSphere Client to import it.D. Download the OVF file and copy it to a datastore that is visible to the managed hosts. Right- click the OVF

file and select Add to Inventry.



I don't know if there is a CD?

QUESTION 22A group of virtual machine has been deployed using the disk because of limited storage space availability. Thestorage team has expressed concern about extensive use of this type of provisioning.

What can be done to to inform an administrator when an unacceptably of virtual machines are being deployedusing thin-disk provisioning?

A. Modify the default datastore usage on disk alarm with a determined percentage. Create a trigger for thealarm with an email or SNMP notification option.

B. Use the default host storage Status alarm. Crate a trigger for the alarm with an emailor SNMP notificationoption.

C. Find the predefined Thin-Provisioned LUN Capacity Exceeded alarm for each datastore. Set an action toenable the email or SNMP notification option.

D. Create an alarm for Disk Usage and determine the appropriate amount. Create a trigger for the alarm withan email or SNMP notification option.



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Dozens of default alarm definitions are provided by the vSphere Client, which you can locate in the Alarms tabfor an inventory object. One of these default alarms is Datastore usage on disk , which you use to monitor thepercentage of disk usage . This kind of alarm is important if the virtual machines in the datastore have virtualdisks in the thin provisioned format. With thin provisioning, at first a thin provisioned disk uses only as muchdatastore space as the disk initially needs. However, if the thin disk needs more space later, it can grow to themaximum capacity allocated to it.With thin provisioning, it is possible to oversubscribe storage space if the virtual machines grow unattended. Analarm set on the datastore can notify you when the space issues threaten to become critical.

QUESTION 23Which two actions can be taken using the Plug-in Manager? (Choose two)

A. Disable an installed plug-inB. Download and Install available plug-insC. Configure permissions for a plug-inD. Remove an installed plug-in



QUESTION 24What are two requirements for successful vMotion migration? (Choose two.)

A. CPUs with the same clock speed and cache size must east on both the source and destination hosts.B. Gigabit Ethernet networking must exist between the source and destination hosts.C. Virtual machines must have access to the same subnets on the source and destination hosts.D. Virtual machines cannot be configured to use RDMs



QUESTION 25Which two vSphere components can be upgraded by Update Manager? (Choose two.)

A. vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)B. Virtual machine hardwareC. VMFS file systemD. VMware Tools


Explanation/Reference:Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esx-vcenter/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_41/esx_upgrade/intro_host/r_list_of_upgraded_components.html

QUESTION 26What are two benefits of using resource pools? (Choose two.)

A. Access control and delegationB. Isolation between poolsC. Automatically apply reservations and limits to groups of virtual machinesD. Integration of resources with hardware


Explanation/Reference:The question is asking the benefits directly, not what it is capable of. A and B are straight out of the benefits ofusing resource pools. Both answers are on the topic of delegation and control so think of administration if youget this question.

QUESTION 27Which network policy is only available with vNetwork Distributed Switches?

A. Port blocking policyB. VLAN policyC. Traffic shaping policyD. Security policy


Explanation/Reference:The figures below show network policies available with vNetwork Standard Switches:Traffic Shaping Policy, (B), VLAN Policy, (C), and Security Policy, (D).

QUESTION 28Windows virtual machines use a page file and Linux virtual machines use a swap partition for virtual memory.

When you are determining the appropriate size for these, which file is affected?

A. The -flat vmdk fileB. The vswp fileC. The service console swap partitionD. The vmdk file


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: The -flat.vmdk file. This is the default large virtual disk data file that is created when you add avirtual hard drive to your VM that is not an RDM. When using thick disks, this file will be approximately thesame size as what you specify when you create your virtual hard drive. Since both the Windows page file andLinux swap partition are located on the virtual disk, the -flat.vmdk file will be affected.

QUESTION 29Which three features can be used in combination with network-attached storage (NAS)? (Choose three)

A. Storage vMotionB. MSCS clusteringC. Raw device mappingD. vSphereHAE. Virtual machine snapshots



QUESTION 30What happened to the total number of shares provided to a resource pool by the parent pool (%Shares) if avirtual machine is removed from the resource pool?

A. Remains the sameB. DecreasesC. IncreasesD. Remains the same if a custom share value was configured. Increases if a high, medium, or low value was

configured


Explanation/Reference:When you remove a virtual machine from a resource pool, the total number of shares associated with theresource pool DECREASES, so that each remaining share represents more resources. For example, assumeyou have a pool that is entitled to 6GHz, containing three virtual machines with shares set to Normal. Assumingthe virtual machines are CPU-bound, each gets an equal allocation of 2GHz. If one of the virtual machines ismoved to a different resource pool, the two remaining virtual machines each receive an equal allocation of3GHz.

QUESTION 31Which two circumstances might cause a DRS cluster to become invalid? (Choose two)

A. A reservation on a parent pool is reduced while a virtual machine is failing overB. An ESXi host in the cluster has been placed into maintenance modeC. A migration on a virtual machine is attempted while the virtual machine is failing overD. Virtual machines have been powered on from a vSphere Client connected directiy to an ESXi host


Explanation/Reference:A & Breason for a:You might reduce the reservation of the parent resource pool before the failover completes

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QUESTION 32What are two reasons why a company would choose to use ESXi 5 x instead of using VMware Server 2?(Choose two)

A. The company needs to access its virtual machines remotely, and VMware Server 2 does not support atemote console option

B. The company needs the ability to run dual-processor virtual machinesC. The company is virtualizing several physical servers and wants a centralized management optionD. The company wants to be able to patch the servers hosting its virtual machines with zero virtual machine

downtime



QUESTION 33An administrator views the Fault Tolerance pane of the Summary tab of a virtual machine and finds that thecurrent status is Not Protected.

What are two vSphere Fault Tolerance states that would cause the virtual machine to not be protected?(Choose two )

A. Stopped - Fault Tolerance has been stopped on the secondary virtual machine.B. Need Secondary VM - The primary virtual machine is running without a secondary virtual machine and is not

protected.C. Need Primary VM - The secondary virtual machine is running, and a new primary virtual machine cannot be

generated.D. Disabled - Fault Tolerance is disabled


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:vSphere Availability Guide ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, Page 37.

Table 3-2. Reasons for Primary VM Not Protected Status

-> "Need Primary VM" Status gibt es nicht, vCenter disabled in diesem Fall FT

QUESTION 34A user wants to receive an email notification when thr virtual machine CPU usage enters a critical state, andagain when the condition has been resolved.

Which two state changes must be selected to receive the appropriate notifications? (Choose two)

A. Yellow-red state changeB. Red-green state changeC. Yellow-green state changeD. Green-yellow state change



Explanation:vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server 4.0 ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0, page 235.VMware uses colors to denote alarm severity:Normal greenWarning yellowAlert redYou can set alarms to trigger when the state changes from green to yellow, yellow to red, red to yellow, andyellow to green.

When the virtual machine CPU usage enters a warning state, it will change from Normal (green) to Warning(yellow). When the condition has been resolved it will change from Warning (yellow) to Normal (green).

QUESTION 35An administrator notices that when a virtual machine is placed into a resource pool, a warning indicates that thevirtual machine will receive a very large percentage of the total shares for the memory.

Which action can be taken to resolve this problem?

A. Increase the memory resource allocation to the resource poolB. Increase the share value for the resource pool

C. Change the shares setting from custom to high, medium, or low for the virtual machineD. Decrease the memory allocation for the virtual machine


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server 4.0 ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0, page 157

The Memory Resources panel lets you allocate memory resources for a virtual machine and specifyreservations, limits, and shares. Symbolic values Low, Normal, High, and Custom are compared to the sum ofall shares of all virtual machines on the server and, on an ESX host, the service console.

By decreasing the memory share of a particular system, it receives less memory out of the total availablememory.

QUESTION 36Which three tasks can be selected from the home page of an ESXi host? (Choose three )

A. View vSphere DocumentationB. Browse Datastores in the inventory of this hostC. Download VMware vCenterD. Browse Virtual Machines in the inventory of this hostE. Download VMware Web Access Client



QUESTION 37An administrator is migrating a virtual machine in a DRS cluster. The migration fails the validation checkbecause of a CPU incompatibility issue.

Which two steps can be taken to resolve this issue? (Choose two)

A. Identify the CPU feature incompatibility, and then disable the feature in the BIOS of the effected ESXi hosts.B. Configure EVC for RDS (DRS?) cluster.

C. Configure EVC for each ESXi host.D. Identify the CPU feature incompatibility, and then mask the feature on all virtual machines in the cluster.



CPU Compatibility and EVCvCenter Server performs a number of compatibility checks before allowing migration of running or suspendedvirtual machines to ensure that the virtual machine is compatible with the target host.vMotion transfers the running state of a virtual machine between underlying ESXi systems. Successful livemigration requires that the processors of the target host be able to provide the same instructions to the virtualmachine after migration that the processors of the source host provided before migration. Clock speed, cachesize, and number of cores can differ between source and target processors, but the processors must comefrom the same vendor class (AMD or Intel) to be vMotion compatible.Migrations of suspended virtual machines also require that the virtual machine be able to resume execution onthe target host using equivalent instructions.When you initiate a migration with vMotion or a migration of a suspended virtual machine, the Migrate VirtualMachine wizard checks the destination host for compatibility and produces an error message if there arecompatibility problems that will prevent migration.

The CPU instruction set available to the operating system and applications running in a virtual machine isdetermined at the time that a virtual machine is powered on. This CPU "feature set" is determined based on thefollowing items:

■Host CPU family and model

■Settings in the BIOS that might disable CPU features

■The ESX/ESXi version running on the host

■The virtual machine's virtual hardware version

■Thevirtual machine's guest operating systemTo improve CPU compatibility between hosts of varying CPU feature sets, some host CPU features can be"hidden" from the virtual machine by placing the host in an Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) cluster.

QUESTION 38What function does Enhanced vMotion Compatibility provide?

A. The ability to use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts that have CPUs with hardwarevirtualization capabilities and CPUs without this feature.

B. The ability ti use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts that have CPUs with a commonsupported baseline.

C. The ability ti use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts with intel CPUs and ESXi hostswith AMD CPUs.

D. The ability ti use vMotion to migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts with different core counts.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&extern

alId=1003212nhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) simplifies VMotion compatibility issues across CPU generations. EVCautomatically configures server CPUs with Intel FlexMigration or AMD-V Extended Migration technologies to becompatible with older servers. After EVC is enabled for a cluster in the VirtualCenter inventory, all hosts in thatcluster are configured to present identical CPU features and ensure CPU compatibility for VMotion. Thefeatures presented by each host are determined by selecting a predefined EVC baseline. VirtualCenter doesnot permit the addition of hosts that cannot be automatically configured to be compatible with the EVC baseline.

QUESTION 39Which VMware solution uses the security of a vSphere implementation and provides lmked-clone technology tovirtual desktops?

A. VMware ACEB. VMware ViewC. VMware WorkstationD. VMware ThinApp


Explanation/Reference:Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-4-Composer-DS-EN.pdf (page 1, last paragraph)

QUESTION 40Winch two objects can be migrated using the Migrate option in the vSphere Client? (Choose two.)

A. virtual disksB. templatesC. agent virtual machinesD. virtual machines



QUESTION 41What are three valid subprofile configurations that can be edited with the Host Profile editor? (Choose three.)

A. PermissionsB. ServiceC. StorageD. FirewallE. CPU


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:Storage,Memory reservation,Networking,Date and Time,Firewall,Security,Service and Advanced

QUESTION 42Which is an important benefit provided by VLANs?

A. Higher network availabilityB. Reduced broadcast trafficC. Higher tolerance to broken physical hardwareD. Improved fault isolation



QUESTION 43What does vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) enable?

A. virtual machines to configure storage snapshot consistency groups on supported storage arraysB. virtual machines to configure storage replication on supported storage arraysC. supported hardware storage arrays to accelerate virtual machine cloning activitiesD. supported hardware storage arrays to accelerate datastore creation


Explanation/Reference:Reference: http://www.vmware.com/partners/programs/vmware-ready/vstorage-api-arrays.html

QUESTION 44After upgrading an ESXi host to vSphere 5.x from vSphere 4.x, which three actions must be taken? (Choosethree.)

A. Update any scripts that reference host SCSI devices.B. Configure ESXi host networkingC. Configure licensingD. Reconnect managed hosts to vCenter ServerE. Configure the ESXi firewall

Correct Answer: ACDSection: (none)Explanation


This can be seen below from the vmware upgrade whitepaperAfter you upgrade or migrate a host, take the following actions:1.View the upgrade logs. You can use the vSphere Client to export the log files.

2.If vCenter Server manages the host, you must reconnect the host to vCenter Server by right-clicking thehost in the vCenter Server inventory and selecting Connect.

3.When the upgrade is complete, ESXi is in evaluation mode. The evaluation mode period is 60 days. Youmust reapply your license or assign an upgraded lic ense to your product within 60 days after theupgrade.Use the License Portal and the vSphere Client to configure licensing. See

4.On the VMware Web site, log in to your account page to access the license portal. From the license portal,upgrade your ESXi license. Use the vSphere Client to assign the upgraded license key to the host.

5. The host sdX devices might be renumbered after the upgrade. If necessary, update any scripts thatreference sdX devices .

6. After the upgrade, you must convert LUN masking to the claim rule format. Run the esxcli corestorageclaimrule convert command in the vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI). This command convertsthe /adv/Disk/MaskLUNs advanced configuration entry in /etc/vmware/esx.conf to claim rules withMASK_PATH as the plug-in. See the vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference.

QUESTION 45What 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 lengthC. 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


Explanation/Reference:Reference:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2003790 (Topic: Environmental prerequisites, 6th bulleted point)


Users are having difficulty accessing a web server since a new web application was configured in a virtualmachine running on sc-titanrum03.vmeduw.com. The vSphere Client reports the error shown in the Exhibit. DRS is set to fully automated mode, but the problemhas 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 clusterC. 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.



This one was changed to B by dumpchopperA. Hot-add does nothing, it is the HOST CPU usageD - why power off if DRS can VMotion?

QUESTION 47What 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 the same timeB. A host upgrade that upgrades and patches multiple ESXi hosts simultaneouslyC. A virtual machine upgrade that upgrades virtual machine hardware and VMware Tools in a staged manner

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



This is a contradictory one (see below) Changed back to A

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An orchestrated upgrade of virtual machines allows you to upgrade VMware Tools and the virtual hardware forthe virtual machines in your vSphere inventory at the same time. You can perform an orchestrated upgrade ofvirtual machines at the folder or datacenter level.Update Manager makes the process of upgrading the virtual machines convenient by providing baselinegroups. When you remediate a virtual machine against a baseline group containing the VMware Tools Upgradeto Match Host baseline and the VM Hardware Upgrade to Match Host baseline, Update Manager sequencesthe upgrade operations in the correct order. As a result, the guest operating system is in a consistent state atthe end of the upgrade.

OLD2:"Per Scott Lowe, "Mastering vSphere 5.0" book (p.165):1. You can create a host baseline group that combines a host upgade baseline with a dynamic host patchbaseline to apply the latest updates2. The VM baseline group upgrades the VMware Tools and then (not at the same time! - sscllc) upgrades theVM hardware to version 8.C is incorrect - there will be downtimeD is incorrect - there will be downtime"

"Explanation (OLD1):Update Manager allows you to perform orchestrated upgrades of the ESX/ESXi hosts in your vSphere inventoryusing a single upgrade baseline. vSphere Update Manager upgrades multiple VMware vSphere componentsTable 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 YesGuest operating systems Yes, for SP and patch releases."

QUESTION 48An 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 thecluster

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

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

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



QUESTION 49What arr three true statements about an integrity check in vCenter Data Recovery? (Choose three )

A. The operation reclaims space on the deduplication storeB. The operation can be executed outside of the maintenance windowC. The operation ensures that the deduplicauon store is synchronized with the catalogD. The operation can be resumed from a previous incomplete integrity checkE. The operation can be incremental


Explanation/Reference:See Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-recovery-administrators-guide-20.pdf (page 10-11, topic: integrity check, reclaim and recatalog)A - WRONG - The operation reclaims space on the deduplication store - THIS IS RECLAIM'S JOB not IntegrityChecker'sC - WRONG - The operation ensures that the deduplicauon store is synchronized with the catalog - THIS ISRECATALOG'S JOB not Integrity Checker'sread page 11 on the above document

Reference: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vdr_12_admin.pdf (page 10, topic: integrity check)

QUESTION 50An administrator wants to monitor the health status of an ESXi host. However, when the host is selected in thevSphere Client, the Hardware Status tab is not visible.

What might cause this problem?

A. The security settings for Internet Explorer are too highB. The required plug-in is not enabledC. The required service is not runningD. The name of the vCenter Server system could not be resolved

Correct Answer: BSection: (none)

Explanation


QUESTION 51An 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 virtualmachines?

A. Restore the Standard SwitchesB. Restart the Management AgentsC. Restart the Management NetworkD. Disable the Management Network


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:When you are not able to connect ESX server to vCenter, or when you cannot connect to ESX server from VIclient it may be necessary to restart the management agents on your ESX Server.

QUESTION 52Assuming that ballooning is possible, under which three circumstances might the VMkernel use a swap file fora running virtual machine?

A. The Mem CtlMaxPercent value is between 10 and 25 percentB. Memory cannot be reclaimed quickly enoughC. The virtual machine is starting upD. VMware Tools is not installedE. 50 percent of the configured memory has already been balooned


Explanation/Reference:C: Wrong: When the machine is starting up the Ballooning driver hasn’t loaded yet. D: Wrong: When VMware tools is not installed Ballooning isn’t possible

QUESTION 53Recently, 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 tha theissue 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 lastB. Set up an alarm with the Lost Network Redundancy trigger to send an email for notification when the

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

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

the connection is lost



QUESTION 54What does the OVF formal allows to be done to virtual machine templates?

A. UpgradedB. TransportedC. ConvertedD. Automated


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:OVF enables efficient, flexible, and secure distribution of enterprise software, facilitating the mobility of virtualmachines and giving customers vendor and platform independence

QUESTION 55Which 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 machineB. A network storage device or hard disk must be added to the backup applianceC. The vSphere Client plug-in must be installed on the vCenter Server machineD. The Data Recovery backup appliance must be installed to a managed ESXi host


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:VMware® Data Recovery 1.0 Evaluator's Guide, page 9. You have to ensure the VMware Data Recovery Plug-In has been properly installed, and the backup appliance has been properly imported and configured beforeproceeding.

QUESTION 56A company wants to increase disk capacity 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. iSCSIB. Fibre ChannelC. SATAD. NFS


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, page 9, 13, 16.

Overview of Using ESX/ESXi with a SANUsing ESX/ESXi with a SAN improves flexibility, efficiency, and reliability. Using ESX/ESXi with a SAN alsosupports centralized management and failover and load balancing technologies. The following are benefits ofusing ESX/ESXi with a SAN:You can perform live migration of virtual machines using VMware Vmotion. Therefore this option would meetrequirement (1) VMotion must work in this environment iSCSI SANs use Ethernet connections betweencomputer systems, or host servers, and high- performance storage subsystems. The SAN components includehost bus adapters (HBAs) or Network Interface Cards (NICs) in the host servers, switches and routers thattransport the storage traffic, cables, storage processors (SPs), and storage disk systems Therefore this optionwould meet requirement (2) the existing LAN infrastructure must be used Use the vSphere Client to set up aVMFS datastore in advance on any SCSI-based storage device that your ESX/ESXi host discovers. A VMFSdatastore can be extended over several physical storage extents, including SAN LUNs and local storage. Thisfeature allows you to pool storage and gives you flexibility in creating the storage volume necessary for yourvirtual machine. Therefore this option would meet requirement (3) the storage must support VMFS volumes

QUESTION 57An administrator revokes user permissions on an object in vCenter Server. At the time the permissions arerevoked, the user is actively logged in to vCenter Server through the vSphere Cleint.

What is true regarding this scenario?

A. The user immediately loses permissions on the objectB. The user retains permissions on the object for up to 24 hoursC. The user retains permissions on the object for up to 24 hours or unul the next time the user logs in to

vCrnter ServerD. The user retains permissions on the object unul the next time the user logs m to vCenter Server


Explanation/Reference:The question refers to permissions in Vcenter serve r which will take place immeadiatly . If permissionsare changed in the active directory domain, that is where 24 hours comes into play

Achtung nicht das gleiche! : To remove users or groups from vCenter Server, you must remove them from thedomain or Active Directory users and groups list.

If you remove users from the vCenter Server domain, they lose permissions to all objects in the vSphereenvironment and cannot log in again.NOTE Users who are logged in and are removed from the domain keep their vSphere permissions until thenext validation period. The default is every 24 hours

QUESTION 58A 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 virtualmachine on the same ESXi host?

A. CPU overheadB. CPU readyC. CPU usageD. CPU wait


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:The VM is utilizing most of the CPU resources allocated to it. The CPU Ready value should be checked todetermine if this is a resource constraint.

QUESTION 59What does the recommended maximum memory value that is displayed when configuring a virtual machinerepresent?

A. The value that the operating system vendor reports as being optimal for performanceB. The threshold needed for the ESXi host to satisfy a reservation valueC. The maximum value the guest operating system supportsD. The threshold above which the physical memory of the ESXi host is insufficient to run the virtual machine at

full speed



http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc_50/GUID-7DE71A2A-065B-4B44-B97C-BAAAA7E6CCF9.html

If the virtual machine memory is greater than the host memory size, swapping occurs, which can have a severeeffect on virtual machine performance. The memory size must be a multiple of 4MB. The maximum for bestperformance represents the threshold above which th e host’s physical memory is insufficient to runthe virtual machine at full speed . This value fluctuates as conditions on the host change, for example, asvirtual machines are powered on or off.

"Explanation:The virtual machine settings editor also shows a value for the maximum amount of memory for bestperformance. If you have only one virtual machine running on the host and you set virtual machine memory tothis value, the virtual machine can run entirely in RAM. A virtual machine running completely in RAM performs

better than a virtual machine that must swap some of its memory to disk."

QUESTION 60When creating a dvport group, which port binding option assigns a port to a virtual machine when the machineis connected to the dvPort Group?

A. Static bindingB. FlexibleC. EphemeralD. Dynamic binding



From: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf

Select Static binding to assign a port to a virtual machin e when thevirtual machine connects to the distributed port gr oup . This option is notavailable when the vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

Select Dynamic binding to assign a port to a virtual machine the firsttime the virtual machine powers on after it is connected to the distributedport group. Dynamic binding is depricated in ESXi 5.0 .

Select Ephemeral for no port binding. This option is not available whenthe vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

"Explanation:vSphere4 Documentation Notes vReference.com Version 1.0 Page 1 [email protected] MainDocumentation Set, page 15.dvPort group properties include:Port Binding - when ports are assigned to virtual machines connected to this dvPort group. Static binding - toassign a port to a virtual machine when the virtual machine is connected to the dvPort group.Dynamic binding - to assign a port to a virtual machine the first time the virtual machine powers on after it isconnected to the dvPort group. Ephemeral - for no port binding."

QUESTION 61Which two components must be modified to enable jumbo frames support for the software iSCSI initiator?(Choose two.)

A. The virtual switchB. The virtual machine port groupC. The iSCSI vmhbaD. The VMkernel port



iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide ESX 4.0 ESXi 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, page 30.

If needed, enable Jumbo Frames. Jumbo Frames must be enabled for each vSwitch through the vSphere CLI.Also, if you use an ESX host, you must create a VMkernel network interface enabled with Jumbo Frames.

QUESTION 62A virtual machine performance graph shows the swap in value to be at 95 percent and the balloon value to beat 0 percent. Users of the virtual machines are complaining that performance is slow.

Which actions can be done to increase performance of the virtual machine? (Choose two)

A. Use Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machineB. Change the memory share value for this virtual machine to another datastoreC. Install VMware Tools into this virtual machine D. Change the CPU share value for virtual machine to high



Sapping involves disk... In this case swapped to wherever the VM *.vswp is located.

Before D and B. After

A. if there is contention on a Datastore (then this would be good)B. Makes no sense.. MEMORY share for a Datastore??? (Disk shares BUT NOT Memory)C. YES! if no VMware Tool = no Ballooning.D. Not CPU problem Memory problem.

So I believe A and C are correct.

QUESTION 63Which 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 datacentersC. Virtual machines in one datacenter can be cloned to another datacenterD. Virtual machines in one datacenter can be migrated with vMotion to another datacenter


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: The screen shot below shows that when a Virtual Machines in one datacenter is cloned, it can becloned to any existing datacenter, (B).

QUESTION 64An 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. PXEB. FTPC. HTTPD. USB



Explanation:

QUESTION 65Which two configuration settings can be modified when using the Typical option in the Create New VirtualMachine wizard? (Choose two)

A. Network Adapter typeB. Datastore on which to place the virtual machine disksC. Disk Provisioning TypeD. Number of Virtual CPUs



The correct answers should be A&C. The disk location (not VM files location!) cannot b e selected inTypical configuration , only in Custom

"Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi- vcenter-server-50-virtual-machine-admin-guide.pdf (page 32, the last bulleted point on the page; page 33, second bulletedpoint at the very top of the page)"

QUESTION 66An administrator has just completed an upgrade of an ESXi 5.x host. Prior to the upgrade, a backup of the hostconfiguration was performed. After the upgrade the backup was restored to the upgraded host. Shortly theadministrator 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 licenced.C. The backup applied to the host after the upgrade corrupted the image.D. The host was not licenced after the upgrade.



QUESTION 67How 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.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003988

A rescan of storage devices is needed when a stora ge device has been added, removed, or changedfrom the array.

Note: This performs a rescan of every installed Hardware Bus Adapter (HBA), regardless of the HBA that isselected in the Storage Adapters view.

The progress of the rescan can be monitored from the ESX/ESXi host console in the /var/log/vmkernel (for ESXhosts) or /var/log/messages (for ESXi) logfiles.Note: The Rescan in the VI Client, by default, combines the rescan for new LUNs (and removal of retired ones)with the detection of new VMFS data stores, depending on which check boxes are selected when the rescan isinitiated. The rescan and datastore detection are asynchronous processes. As a result, the detection processfor new data stores may complete before the detection process for new LUNs is complete. You may need toperform the rescan twice if the newly added LUN has a VMFS data store on it, or perform an HBArescan and VMFS rescan in separate tasks. You may s elect either or both of the two to be performed,per a modal dialog box when initially beginning a r escan.

NOTE: A reboot WILL present those LUNS as it does rescan so be aware it could be two answers HOWEVER,the answer VMware would look for is a rescan....

QUESTION 68Which two vCenter plug-ins are installed with a default vCenter Server installation ? (Choose two)

A. VMware vCenter Data RecoveryB. VMware vCenter Service StatusC. VMware vSphere Update ManagerD. VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring



QUESTION 69Click the Exhibit button

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

A. Increase CPU limitB. Increase CPU reservationC. Increase the number of CPUs on the virtual machineD. Increase CPU shares


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:THE TEST SHOWS THIS AS THE CPU READY BEING REALLY HIGH!!! THAT WHAT IT IS!!!

QUESTION 70An administrator decides ti implement a Fixed multipathing policy for an ESXi host with four available paths andfour configured VMFS datastores.

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

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



Explanation:

Topic 3, Practice Questions

QUESTION 71What are the three Host Isolation Response options available on an HA Cluster?

A. Shut down, Restart, power onB. Shut down, Restart, Leave powered onC. Shut down, Power off, Leave powered offD. Shut down, Power off, Leave powered on



QUESTION 72Which vSphere feature provides dynamic allocation of storage capacity?

A. vStorage APIs / VCB

B. ThinappC. sDRSD. vStorage Thin Provisioning



QUESTION 73What protocol is used by an ESXi host to communicate with NAS devices?

A. SMBB. CIFSC. iSCSID. NFS



QUESTION 74What are the two iSCSI discovery methods that are supported by an ESXi host?

A. Dynamic Discovery, FindTargetsB. Static Discovery, FindTargetsC. Static Targets, Dynamic TargetsD. Static Discovery, SendTargets


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:http://www.vreference.com/wp-content/uploads/vsphere5-notes1.0.1.pdf

Dynamic Discovery — Also known as SendTargets discovery. Each time the initiator contacts a specifiediSCSI server, the initiator sends the SendTargets request to the server. The server responds by supplying a list of available targets to theinitiator. The names and IP addresses of these targets appear on the Static Discovery tab. If you remove a static target added bydynamic discovery, the target might be returned to the list the next time a rescan happens, the HBA is reset, or the host is rebooted.

Static Discovery — The initiator does not have to perform any discovery. The initiator has a list of targets itcan contact and uses their IP addresses and target names to communicate with them.

QUESTION 75After an upgrade from ESX4.X to ESXi5.0 you notice that when you run the following command via the vMA:

"esxcfg-vswif -l" you notice that their are no configure vswif interfaces listed. Why would this be?

A. The Service Console is no longer available with vSphere 5. All vswif interfaces are removed during theupgrade.

B. During the upgrade process, vswif interfaces are disable by default, they'll need to be enable before they willbe listed.

C. The wrong command is being used. "vicfg-vswif -l" is the correct command to display all vswif interfaces.D. During the upgrade process all vswif interfaces are migrated to vmk interfaces.


Explanation/Reference:vmnic = A real phyiscal interface on an ESX host vmknic = virtual network interface that is used by the VMKernel veth = nothing, this isn't a real term, but it's probably the same thing as vswif vswif = The virtual ethernet interface that is used by the service console vmfs = VMware Filesystem, currently at version 3 is a journaled distributed filesystem used for storing VMs

QUESTION 76You have just had a new storage array installed and you are asked by your VMware admin, whats is the correctMMP to use? Where would you find out the recommended MPP?

A. VMware HCLB. Ask the guy installing itC. Let vSphere decideD. VMware Compatibility Matrix



QUESTION 77When an existing role that has been assigned to users is removed from vcenter server, which of the followingcould occur? (Choose Two)

A. user or groups retain the removed role until they are manually assigned a new roleB. users or groups can be reassigned to any available roleC. users or groups that had privileges may no longer have any permissions in vCenterD. users or groups are automatically assigned to the next most restrictive role..



QUESTION 78What type of datastore can you add an extent to? (choose one)

A. NFSB. Any DatastoreC. NFS and VMFSD. VMFS



VMFS because NFS is a NAS and extents are added from the NAS device itself - this only leaves VMFS.

QUESTION 79A vSphere 5 implementation contains two ESXi hosts, ESXi01 and ESXi02. A virtual machine, VM21a onESXi01 is connected to a vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) in a port group called Production. The vSS isconnected to an uplink on the 10.1.20.0/24 network. ESXi02 is configured with a vSS connected to an uplink onthe 10.1.30.0/24 network. A port group called Engineering exists on this switch.

Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two.)

A. Broadcasts from the Production port group can be received on the Engineering port group.B. Broadcasts from the Production port group can not be received on the Engineering port group.C. The virtual machine can be vMotion migrated to the target host.D. The virtual machine can not be vMotion migrated to the target host.



QUESTION 80When is a 64-bit Windows Operating System required for the installation of vCenter Server?

A. When the managed vSphere environment exceeds 200 ESX hostsB. When the managed vSphere environment exceeds 1000 virtual machinesC. When deploying vSphere 4.1 or laterD. vCenter Server is not supported on 64-bit Windows operating systems



QUESTION 81When is the page file for a Windows guest operating system or the swap partition for a Linux guest operatingsystem created?

A. When the guest operating system is installed on the virtual machineB. When a reservation is set for the virtual machineC. When the virtual machine is createdD. When the virtual machine is first powered on



QUESTION 82An administrator is configuring iSCSI for use with a vSphere environment. Which networking feature should beconfigured on the ESXi host to improve iSCSI performance?

A. Jumbo FramesB. NetQueueC. EtherChannelD. PortFast



QUESTION 83To prevent non-ESXi hosts from seeing VMFS datastores, which would be the most efficent place to configureLUN masking?

A. on the ESXi hostB. on the SAN Storage DeviceC. on the non-ESXi hostsD. on the Fibre Channel Switch



QUESTION 84An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration, butfails. On which vSphere component does vMotion need to be enabled?

A. vCenter ServerB. Virtual Machine port groupC. VMkernel port groupD. vNetwork Standard Switch

Correct Answer: CSection: (none)

Explanation


QUESTION 85A company has been utilizing templates in its environment. It is running a 10-node ESXi 5.x Cluster and DRShas not been configured. Several virtual machines have been deployed from this template and successfullypowered on, but a newly deployed virtual machine will not power on. There appears to be adequate CPU andMemory resources available on the host. Which three things can be done to allow more virtual machines to bedeployed into the cluster from this template? (Choose three.)

A. Deploy the virtual machine to a different host using the same datastoreB. Enable DRS on the cluster to balance the virtual load out across hostsC. Increase the virtual machine memory reservationD. Move the swap file to a different locationE. Select a different datastore for the virtual machine


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:ExplanationOriginal Answer:BDE Correct Answer: CDE (I had this question on VCP Mock and scored 100%). There is notenough space on datastore to power on the VMs, all these 3 answers resolve this issue. By increasing the VMmemory reservation, the swap file will be smaller. See the VMware KBhttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&ext ernalId=1003755

Quote from KB:If you make reservations for your virtual machine's that are equal to the amount of RAM assigned to them,swapping and page sharing does not occur. You can over commit pretty heavily if you are comfortable withpoorer performance. If you do not set reservations, ESX host creates a .vswp file equal to the differencebetween the amount of physical memory assigned to the virtual machine and the reservation it has. By default,memory reservations are set to 0. If you have a virtual machine with 2GB of memory without a reservation, itcreates a 2GB .vswp file when it is powered on. The virtual machine starts using the .vswp file if the server isout of physical RAM. If you set a 1GB reservation, it creates a 1GB .vswp file. The .vswp files are what allowsfor memory overcommitment.

QUESTION 86Which vSphere feature provides for the dynamic allocation of storage capacity for individual virtual machines?

A. vStorage VMFS Volume GrowB. VMware vStorage Thin ProvisioningC. VMware vStorage APIsD. VMware ThinApp



QUESTION 87

You have 50 virtual machines (VMs) running across five ESXi hosts in a DRS Cluster in a productionenvironment for a number of weeks. Several VMs running on one of the ESXi hosts suddenly blue-screen.What is the most likely cause of the failure?

A. A patch recently applied to all virtual machines.B. A driver recently applied to all virtual machines.C. A VMkernel panic on the ESXi host running the failed virtual machines.D. A hardware problem on the ESXi host running the failed virtual machines.



A host HW problem would properly show itself by Purple screen of Death or just a drop.A and B can’t be it as it affects only ONE Esxi hostC – never heard of an VMKernel panic…

QUESTION 88What is the connection type of the primary VLAN in a Private VLAN?

A. PromiscuousB. IsolatedC. CommunityD. Trunked



QUESTION 89Which of the following actions requires a reboot of an ESXi host?

A. Changing the number of ports on a virtual switchB. Implementing VLANs in a virtual switchC. Adding a second VMkernel port to a virtual switchD. Configuring a NIC team for a virtual switch



QUESTION 90An administrator finds that an ESXi host cannot be managed by vCenter Server. Which three logs can bereviewed using the DCUI? (Choose three.)

A. The ESXi shell logsB. The HA agent logsC. The Management Agent logD. The vmkernel logE. The VMware ESXi Observation log


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:Log view options:

1 Syslog2 vmKernel3. Config4 Management Agent (hostd)5 VirtualCenter Agent (VPXA)6 VMware ESXi Observation log (vobd)

QUESTION 91At which two levels can blocking policies be applied on a vNetwork Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

A. Virtual AdapterB. dvUplinkC. dvPort GroupD. Physical Adapter



QUESTION 92Which of the following ports is not required by vCenter Server?

A. 80B. 902C. 25D. 443



QUESTION 93What is true about transparent memory page sharing?

A. It will not share more than 65% of a VMs memory.

B. It must be enabled on each hostC. It is enabled by defaultD. It cannot be disabled.



QUESTION 94You have a Windows 2003 Server virtual machine (VM) that is experiencing performance problems.

Task Manager displays the following information:

CPU Usage: 85%

Memory Available: 3 GB

Network Utilization: 25%

vCenter Server displays this additional information:

ESXi host CPU Utilization: 60%

VMkernel Swap Activity: None

Average Network Usage: 900 Mbps

What is the most likely cause for the performance problems?

A. The VM is CPU constrained.B. The ESXi host is CPU constrained.C. The ESXi host NIC is being over utilized.D. The ESXi host needs more memory installed.



QUESTION 95Which three Path Selection Policies are supported by default in vSphere? (Choose three.)

A. MRU (Most recently used)B. Round RobinC. FixedD. Least I/OE. Least Busy



QUESTION 96What is the maximum number of VMkernel swap files that an ESXi host can have on a single VMFS volume?

A. 1B. VMkernel swap files must be stored locally on the ESXi hostC. 1 per virtual machineD. 1 per virtual disk



QUESTION 97You are running into disk contention problems on a VMFS datastore. Which two actions will resolve thisproblem? (Choose two.)

A. Adjust disk shares for each ESXi host accessing this datastore.B. Adjust disk shares for all virtual machines accessing this datastore from the same ESXi hostC. Move some of the virtual machines from this VMFS datastore to another datastore on the same LUN.D. Move some of the virtual machines from this VMFS datastore to another datastore on a different LUN.



Disk shares are set at the virtual machine level and can be used to prioritize access to the datastore. However,if contention is severe enough some virtual machines may need to be moved to an alternate datastore. Movesome of the virtual machines from this VMFS datastore to another datastore on a different LUN.

QUESTION 98What two things are controlled by the DRS automation level? (Choose two.)

A. VM isolation responseB. VM restart priorityC. VM migrationD. Initial placement of VMs



QUESTION 99An ESXi host is configured to access an iSCSI target using CHAP authentication. What happens to the access

if CHAP is disabled on the ESXi host?

A. Access is unaffected until the CHAP is disabled at the iSCSI targetB. Access is immediately removedC. Access is unaffected until either the ESXi host or the iSCSI Array are restartedD. Access is removed on the next rescan



QUESTION 100An administrator is configuring a vNetwork Standard Switch for load balancing. The physical network isconfigured for switch-assisted load balancing using EtherChannel. Which load- balancing policy must be usedto support this configuration?

A. Route based on source MAC hashB. Route based on IP hashC. Route based on the originating port IDD. Route using Round-Robin


Explanation/Reference:Three valid NIC teaming policies exist for use with ESX/ESXi. These include Source MAC based, IP based andvSwitch port based. Of the three, IP based is required when using a switch-assisted load balancingconfiguration such as EtherChannel

QUESTION 101An administrator would like to set up Host Profiles in a vSphere architecture. Using the vSphere Client, theadministrator connects to vCenter Server and navigates to Management, then begins to build a new HostProfile but is unable to save the profile. Why is the administrator unable to save the completed profile?

A. The administrator does not have the proper vSphere edition so this feature is not licensedB. The Host Profiles service is stopped and must be restarted to access this optionC. No ESXi hosts have been added to vCenter Server, and this option will not be available until at least one

host is managedD. No DRS/HA Cluster has been defined, and Host Profiles must be applied to a cluster.



QUESTION 102Which CHAP authentication mechanism is available when using software iSCSI and dependent hardwareiSCSI?

A. Mutual CHAPB. Per-subnet CHAPC. Per-target CHAPD. One-way CHAP



Reference: 1) vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf , Page 82,

"For software and dependent hardware iSCSI adapters, ESXi also supports per-target CHAP authentication"

Answer verified via VMware VCP5 Mock Exam, which states "Mutual CHAP is also available with IndependantHardware iSCSI Adapters", so Mutual CHAP is not correct answer

QUESTION 103What is a valid use case for the No Access role?

A. An administrator wants to revoke permissions on an object that would otherwise be propagated.B. An administrator wants to allow the state and details of an object to be viewed, but provide no other access.C. An administrator wants to allow only the status of an object to be viewed, but provide no other access.D. An administrator wants to prevent a user from launching the vSphere Client.



QUESTION 104Which VMware solution provides rich, personalized virtual desktops to Thin Clients and repurposed PCs with allthe benefits of centralized desktop management?

A. VMware WorkstationB. VMware FusionC. VMware ACED. VMware View



QUESTION 105What are the iSCSI discovery methods that are supported by ESXi hosts?

A. Static Targets, Dynamic TargetsB. Static Discovery, SendTargets

C. Static Discovery, FindTargetsD. Dynamic Discovery, FindTargets


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:http://www.vreference.com/wp-content/uploads/vsphere5-notes1.0.1.pdf

Dynamic Discovery — Also known as SendTargets discovery. Each time the initiator contacts a specifiediSCSI server, the initiator sends the SendTargets request to the server. The server responds by supplying a list of available targets to theinitiator. The names and IP addresses of these targets appear on the Static Discovery tab. If you remove a static target added bydynamic discovery, the target might be returned to the list the next time a rescan happens, the HBA is reset, or the host is rebooted.

Static Discovery — The initiator does not have to perform any discovery. The initiator has a list of targets itcan contact and uses their IP addresses and target names to communicate with them.

QUESTION 106An administrator finds that the Hardware Status tab is unavailable when an ESXi host is selected in vCenterServer. Which two steps could be taken to investigate the issue? (Choose two.)

A. Check the status of the CIM Data Feed in vCenter Service StatusB. Check the status of the vCenter Hardware Service in the Windows Services appletC. Check the status of the vCenter Hardware Service in the Plug-in ManagerD. Check the status of the CIM Data Feed on the ESXi host



QUESTION 107When defining a NIC team (bond) on an vNetwork Standard Switch, it is possible to designate some of thephysical NICs that make up the bond as "standby" NICs. Which statement most accurately describes thepurpose of a standby NIC?

A. Used to implement traffic shaping for the rest of the team.B. Used only in the case of the failure of other NICs in the team.C. Not used as part of the team until activated by the administrator.D. Used only when network traffic exceeds the capacity of the rest of the team.



QUESTION 108

Which two actions have no effect on the amount of physical memory resources used for virtualizationoverhead? (Choose two.)

A. Installing a 64-bit versus 32-bit operating system.B. Increasing the amount of RAM in the virtual machine.C. Increasing the number of virtual CPUs in the virtual machine.D. Increasing the memory shares for the virtual machine.



QUESTION 109Which functionality does vSphere HA provide?

A. Automatic restart of virtual machinesB. Automatic balancing of server workloadsC. High availabilty of ESXi hosts in a clusterD. Zero downtime for virtual machines



QUESTION 110Which memory conservation technique allows the secure elimination of redundant copies of memory pagesbetween virtual machines on the host?

A. VMkernel SwapB. Memory Balloon DriverC. RAM OvercommitD. Transparent Page Sharing



QUESTION 111What would cause the proportional share mechanism to be invoked?

A. there is resource contentionB. CPU ready time exceeds a thresholdC. More than 1 virtual machine is runningD. the sum of reservations exceeds the physical resources



QUESTION 112A storage array containing a VMFS datastore must be taken offline for maintenance. What can be done toavoid virtual machine downtime on VMs running in this datastore?

A. Clone the virtual machines to a VMFS datastore on a different storage array.B. Use Site Recovery Manager to failover the virtual machines on the storage array to the recovery site.C. Use vSphere HA to failover the virtual machines to ESX Servers attached to a different storage array.D. Use Storage VMotion to migrate the virtual machines to a VMFS datastore on a different storage array.



QUESTION 113An administrator has a mixture of Intel-based ESX Hosts in a DRS cluster where the CPUs are compatible inevery way except that some support the NX/XD feature and some do not. Which two actions will minimize theeffect of these differences? (Choose two.)

A. Mask the NX/XD bit in the Processor section of the Configuration tab on the ESXi hostsB. Mask the NX/XD bit on every virtual machine in the clusterC. Enable Enhanced VMotion CompatibilityD. Enable Rapid Virtualization Indexing


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:Since we do not have the option to disable it on the host you would hide it on the VM's just as the followingstates:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1993#modnxxd

Modifying the default NX/XD mask

Issues with the NX/XD features on CPUs are common. Ensure that the feature is either enabled (or disabled) inthe BIOS of all hosts to avoid these compatibility error messages.

Note: Not all servers have the option to disable or enable NX or XD in the BIOS.

If a CPU feature compatibility issue with the NX/XD bit is encountered, an error similar to this is generated:

The CPU of the host is incompatible with the cpu feature requirements of virtual machine; problem detected atCPUID level 0x80000001 register 'edx'.

Power off the virtual machine before modifying the NX/XD mask.

To modify the mask to enable or disable the NX/XD CPU bit:

Navigate to the CPUID Mask option on the virtual machine Options tab (see steps above, if necessary).Select Hide the NX flag from guest to disable the CPUcompatibility check for the selected virtual machine,orExpose the NX flag to guest to enable this CPU compatibility check for the selected virtual machine.Click OK to save the change.

QUESTION 114An administrator determines that a virtual machine configured for the Development port group lost networkconnectivity when it was migrated with vMotion from one ESXi 5.x host to another. The administrator noticesthat machines configured for the Production port group are not experiencing the issue. The hosts have portgroups with the following network configuration:

Host A:

Production (VLAN 100)

Development

Host B:

Production (VLAN 100)

Development (VLAN 200)

Which two conditions would explain the loss of network connectivity for the virtual machine? (Choose two.)

A. The configured VLAN for Production on Host A is incorrect.B. The configured VLAN for Development on Host B is incorrect.C. An improper native VLAN is configured on the uplinks to Host A.D. An improper native VLAN is configured on the uplinks to Host B.



QUESTION 115Which two conditions will cause a vMotion validation check to fail? (Choose two.)

A. An active connection that matches an existing port group label on the target hostB. Insufficient network bandwidth on the target virtual switchC. Different security policies on the target virtual switchD. An active connection to an internal virtual switch



Internal switch links two VM in ESXi host but do not have an uplink. So these switches are local to a ESXi hosthence Vmotion will not work if VM has an active connectionto internal virtual switch.

Insufficient network bandwidth on the target virtual switch

Explanation: VMotion requires sufficient network bandwidth to perform migration, but this is not a part of theVMotion validation check.

QUESTION 116Which condition produces a warning message but will allow a VMotion migration to proceed?

A. A virtual machine has an active connection to the ESXi host's CD-ROM driveB. A virtual machine has a CPU affinity set to run on a specific CPU.C. A virtual machine is in an MSCS Cluster relationship with another virtual machineD. A virtual machine is configured to use an internal virtual switch but is not connected to the switch



QUESTION 117An administrator must perform maintenance on a fibre channel switch connected to vmhba2 on an ESXi host.The ESXi host has been configured with the Fixed policy, and the preferred path will be impacted by themaintenance event. Which procedure is the least disruptive option that can be taken to prepare for themaintenance event?

A. Change the policy on the ESXi host to MRU for the duration of the maintenance eventB. Use the vSphere Client to disable the path impacted by the maintenance eventC. Unplug the FC cable from vmhba2 for the duration of the maintenance eventD. Unplug the FC cable from the Storage Processor port on the FC array for the duration of the maintenance

event



QUESTION 118What is true about the indexing operation in VDR? (from examcollection comments)

A. Helps reclaim space B. Syncs Datastores with recovery pointsC. Can be scheduledD. Can be triggered manuallyE. Can be made to start from previous incomplete indexing operation F. Is incremental


Explanation/Reference:¿Index operation? (to review...)

QUESTION 119What do changes made to resources available in a parent pool affect in a resource pool hierarchy?

A. Child poolsB. Sibling poolsC. Sibling and child poolsD. Root resource pools




A resource pool can contain child resource pools, virtual machines, or both. You can create a hierarchy ofshared resources. The resource pools at a higher level are called parent resource pools. Resource pools andvirtual machines that are at the same level are called siblings. The cluster itself represents the root resourcepool. If you do not create child resource pools, only the root resource pools exist.

QUESTION 120VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager requires which two VMware products as part of the solution?

A. vSphere HAB. vSphere ReplicationC. vCenter Server Linked ModeD. vSphere DRS



Here is what I found http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/SRM/VMware-vCenter-Site-Recovery-Manager-Evaluation-Guide.pdf:

SRM has the following prerequisites:• A vCenter server installed at the protected site• A vCenter server installed at the recovery site• Preconfigured array-based replication between the protected site and the recovery site (if array-based

replication will be used)• Network configuration that allows TCP connectivity between SRM servers and vCenter servers• An Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server database that uses ODBC for connectivity in the protected site and in therecovery site• An SRM license installed with a sufficient number of per–virtual machine licenses to cover the systemsprotected in the evaluation

QUESTION 121Which two statements are about Unplanned Device Loss in a vSphere 5 environment?(Choose two)

A. It is condition where an ESXi host determines a device loss has occurred that was not planned.B. Performing a storage rescan restores access to determine why device loss occurred.C. It is a condition where an ESXi host is unable to determine why device loss occurred.D. Performing a storage rescan removes the persistent information related to the device.




QUESTION 122Which of the following are accurate descriptions of the Predictive and Adaptive Schemes for placing VMFSdatastores (Choose Two)?

A. The Adaptive Scheme utilizes a small number of large LUNs

B. The Predictive Scheme utilizes several LUNs with different storage characteristicsC. The Adaptive Scheme utilizes several LUNs with different storage characteristicsD. The Predictive Scheme utilizes a small number of large LUNs



Making LUN Decisions.In the predictive scheme, you:* Create several LUNs with different storage characteristics. (B above)* Build a VMFS volume in each LUN (label each volume according to itscharacteristics).* Locate each application in the appropriate RAID for its requirements.* Use disk shares to distinguish high-priority from low-priority virtual machines. Notethat disk shares are relevant only within a given ESX Server host. The shares assigned tovirtual machines on one ESX Server host have no effect on virtual machines on otherESX Server hosts.

In the adaptive scheme, you:* Create a large LUN (RAID 1+0 or RAID 5), with write caching enabled. (A above)* Build a VMFS in that LUN.* Place four or five virtual disks on the VMFS.* Run the applications and see whether disk performance is acceptable.* If performance is acceptable, you can place additional virtual disks on the VMFS. If itis not, you create a new, larger LUN, possibly with a different RAID level, and repeat theprocess. You can use cold migration so you don’t lose virtual machines when recreatingthe LUN.

QUESTION 123In vSphere, a bound physical NIC can be configured to transmit and receive Jumbo Frames. What is theMaximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for Jumbo Frames in vSphere?

A. 5000B. 5500C. 9500D. 9000



QUESTION 124What is a object to which an extent can be added?

A. An NFS datastoreB. An available unused storage volumeC. A VMFS or NFS datastoreD. A VMFS datastore

Correct Answer: D


Explanation/Reference:VMFS because NFS is a NAS and extents are added from the NAS device itself - this only leaves VMFS.

QUESTION 125When is the page file for a Windows guest OS or the swap partition for aLinux guest OS created?

A. When the Virtual Machine is createdB. When a Virtual Machine is first powered onC. When the Guest OS is installed on the Virtual MachineD. When a reservation is set for the Virtual Machine



QUESTION 126Assuming a user or a group is assigned a single vCenter Server role, if therole is then removed, which of the following occurs?

A. Users or groups are automatically assigned the Read Only role until an administrator can manuallyassign a new role

B. Users or groups retain the permissions associated with the removed role until they are manuallyassigned a new role

C. Users or groups assigned the removed role no longer have any permissions in vCenterD. A role assigned to existing users or groups cannot be removed until all users or groups are removed

from the role



QUESTION 127How much data is to be planned by the database administrator in the vCenter database for every 50 new virtualmachines added ?

A. 100MBB. 300MBC. 500MBD. 1GB


Explanation/Reference:Answer: 300MB per 50 VM. Refer vCenter DB size calculator on vmware.com

Ref: www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_4x_db_calculator.xls - Renegade_ZA

QUESTION 128Which two types of information can be obtained about a VMFS datastore using the Storage Views tab in thevSphere Client? (Choose two.)

A. Multipathing status for the datastoreB. vmhba adapter used to access the datastoreC. Space used in the datastoreD. Runtime name of the datastore



QUESTION 129An administrator is troubleshooting an ESXi 5.x host and needs to export diagnostic information. The host iscurrently managed by a vCenter Server instance.Which two ways can the information be gathered using the vSphere Client? (Choose two)

A. In the vSphere Client, select the affected ESXi host. Right-click the host and select export Diagnostic data.Select a location the location and click OK.

B. Select Home, Under Administration, click System Logs and click the export systemLogs button.Select the effected ESXi host. Select `Select All'. Select a location and click Finish.

C. Select Home, Under Administration, click System Logs and select the affected ESXI host.Right-click the host and select Export Diagnostic Data. Select a location and click OK.

D. In the vSphere Client, select the affected ESXi host. Select File, Export and Export System Logs. Select alocation and click Finish.



Answer D:

Answer B

QUESTION 130What are the three default roles provided on an ESXi host?

A. read only, operator access and administratorB. virtual machine user, virtual machine power user and administratorC. network consumer, datastore consumer and resource pool administratorD. no access, read only and administrator



QUESTION 131An administrator is considering deploying a new storage array for a vSphere 5 implementation. If the arraysupports the vStorage APIs for array integration (VAAI), which two tasks can be performed directly by thearray? (Choose two.)

A. creating VMFS datastoresB. cloning virtual machines and templatesC. migrating virtual machines using Storage vMotionD. creating NFS datastores



http://www.vmware.com/products/vstorage-apis-for-array-integration/overview.html

QUESTION 132

Which two iSCSI adapters require one or more VMkernel ports? (Choose two.)

A. Independent Hardware iSCSI AdapterB. Software iSCSI AdapterC. Adaptive Software iSCSI AdapterD. Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapter




QUESTION 133Which type of port on a Secondary private VLAN can only communicate with promiscuous ports?

A. IsolatedB. PromiscuousC. CommunityD. Trunked

Correct Answer: A




QUESTION 134Assuming that VLANs are not configured, what is true about traffic from a virtual machine connected to a portgroup on a vNetwork Standard Switch with NO uplinks?

A. The virtual switch will drop the packets of no uplink is present.B. Virtual machines on any vNetwork Standard Switch on the same ESXi host can receive the traffic.C. Virtual machines in any port group on the virtual switch can receive the traffic.D. Only virtual machines in the same port group on the virtual switch can receive the traffic.


Explanation/Reference:Explanation:(REVIEWED)


QUESTION 135An administrator has just finished deploying a vApp for web service.What three options are available to the administrator for IP allocation within the vApp? (Choose three)

A. TransientB. FixedC. DHCPD. BridgedE. NAT



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Specify an IP Address Range You can set up an IP address range by specifying a host address range within a network. IP pool ranges are configured with IPv4 and IPv6. vCenter Server uses these ranges todynamically allocate IP addresses to virtual machines when a vApp is set up to usetransient IP allocation

QUESTION 136An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of

RAM, and a VMFS datastores on private, SAN-attached LUN.What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful?

A. The ESXi host has 4GB RAMB. The ESXi host has one processorC. ESXi 3.5 is not supported for direct upgradeD. The VMFS datastore resides on a private, SAN-attached LUN




QUESTION 137What does OVF/OVA format allows to be done to a VMware template or Virtual Machine?

A. UpgradeB. TransportC. Convert D. Automate VM deployment


Explanation/Reference:The true definition for an OVF/OVA file is that it is an "Open" format that is able to be "Transported". Thismeans the VM can be literally transported between different cloud systems such as Amazon, Google, and MS.

Any cloud provider that supports this format can have the VM imported into their cloud system.

QUESTION 138When removing a role, which two consequences apply? (Choose two )

A. Users assigned to the removed role are unaffected, but new users cannot be assigned the removedB. Users assigned to the removed role are automatically assigned the Read Only roleC. Users assigned to the removed role lose all privilegesD. Users assigned to the removed role can be reassigned to any other existing role

Correct Answer: CD


Explanation/Reference:Explanation: (Reviewed)

QUESTION 139ESXi Server has one HBA with dual port and confiured with zoning and path selection is set to round robin. Howmany path (s) will be used by ESXi server to access VMFS?

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


Explanation/Reference:Answer C, Round Robin alternates paths continuosly - only really utilizing one path. Round Robins USE-CASEis usually when working with active/active SAN Controllers. This was on a vcp-410 dump.

QUESTION 140What method would you use to deploy VMware Data Recovery? (Choose One)

A. Download the OVF and import it using the vSphere ClientB. Run the vCenter installer using Custom as the choice for type of installation then follow the prompts

to install the tool.C. Locate the folder on the vCenter media and install VDR to the vCenter ServerD. Download the OVF and copy it to a datastore that is visible to the managed hosts. Right-click on

the .ovf file and choose Add to Inventory


Explanation/Reference:VMware Data Recovery aka VDR is an appliance all appliances are in an OVF format that you import...

QUESTION 141An administrator decides to implement a Fixed multipath policy for an ESXi Host with 4 available paths and 4configured vmfs datastores. How many paths will be used by host to send data to the 4 Datastores. (ChooseOne)

A. 4B. 8C. 16D. 12


Explanation/Reference:vSphere 5 still doesn't offer True multi-pathing like EMC powerpath does. It only uses one path per datastore

regardless of the setting...

QUESTION 142which of these statements are true about vSwicth uplinks?

A. vSwitch can be configured without uplinkB. vswitch can not be configured without uplinkC. Multiple vSwitches cannot be configured with the same uplinksD. Multiple vSwitches can be configured with the same uplinks



QUESTION 143An administrator has implemented a new vSphere 5 environment and is deploying their first Windows 2003 x64wizard, the error shown in the exhibit appears. What can be done to correct the problem?

A. Install the VMware Quickprep utilityB. Windows 2003 x64 cannot be customizedC. Download and install the Microsoft Sysprep tool into the virtual machine to be customizedD. Download the Microsoft Sysprep tool to the appropriate vCenter Server directory



QUESTION 144An administrator is performing upgrades to ESXi 5.0 from ESX 3.x and ESX 4.x hosts. What is true about thisprocedure?

A. A direct, in-place upgrade can be performed only on ESX 4.1 and later hostsB. ESX 3.x and later hosts can be upgraded, but the upgrade cannot be performed in placeC. A direct, in-place upgrade can be performed only on ESX 4.0 and later hostsD. A direct, in-place upgrade can be performed only on ESX 3.5 and later hosts



http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-upgrade-guide.pdfpage 82 Table 6-4:

4.x ESX or ESXi host, migration or upgrade with vSp hereUpdate Manager - Supported. See “Using vSphere Update Manager to PerformOrchestrated Host Upgrades,” on page 94 and the Installingand Administering VMware vSphere Update Managerdocumentation.

QUESTION 145What are the installation requirements of vCenter Server 5?

A. Must be in a VMB. DNS Entry needs to be correct (FQDN must resolve to the vCenter IP)C. No NAT (Network Address Translation) use between vCenter and ESXi for communicationD. vCenter needs to be installed on a domain


Explanation/Reference:THIS question is on the test - it may not be in this format - the poster wasn't sure but please post opinions to:http://certcollection.org/forum/topic/143147-vcp-510-updated-dump-and-links/

11-28 Answers provided based off kb article below:NOTE: Question is asking about MUST installation requirements not best practices so Answer A wouldnt becorrect and vCenter DOESN'T have to be on a domain.

See: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?

micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=2003790At the bottom:

- Verify that the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the system where you are installing vCenter Server isresolvable. To check that the FQDN is resolvable, type nslookup <vCenter_Server_fqdn> at a command lineprompt. If the FQDN is resolvable, the nslookup command returns the IP and name of the domain controllermachine.

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

- Make sure the system on which you are installing vCenter Server is not an Active Directory domain controller.Installing vCenter Server on a domain controller is not supported.

QUESTION 146How many iSCSI LUN per 5 Host ?

A. 128B. 127C. 256D. 255


Explanation/Reference:Answer: Chttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf

QUESTION 147Exhibit:

Which statement is true about the network performance of the virtual machine (VM) shown in theexhibit?

A. The VM can send traffic as fast as the underlying physical NIC.B. The underlying physical NIC is configured for 100 Mbps/half-duplex.C. The VM can send at the maximum of 10 Mbps.D. Virtual Switch autonegotiation settings need to be adjusted to improve performance.


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed: Need Information. (NOTE VCP 4 Exam)

QUESTION 148In a HA cluster how many point-to-point communication links does the slave has with the master host?

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



Reviewed:http://www.slideshare.net/esloof/introduction-vsphere-5-high-availability-ha

Each slave maintains a single TCP connection to the master

QUESTION 149What are the options available on the default home page of the esxi host. (dont remeber all options but we hadto select 3 out of 5) (Choose 3)

A. Manage through webclientB. Download vCenter ServerC. Browse datastores in this host's inventoryD. Access vsphere documentationE. Browse Virtual Machines in this Host's inventory


Explanation/Reference:Reviewed:

Took Answer E from a VCP-410 dump. Found the answer wasn't on the home page, and I think VMware wouldkeep this the same seeing its is a tricky question.

QUESTION 150Which of the following is not a supported location for a host diagnostic partition?

A. Private local storageB. Private SAN storageC. Shared SAN storageD. Shared local storage



QUESTION 151In an HA cluster after an initial election process, host are either:

A. Primary or SecondaryB. King or QueenC. Live or StandbyD. Master or Slave


Explanation/Reference:This is only in vSphere 5 - think the question should mention in a HA cluster running on vCenter 5... anyways..

QUESTION 152What are the block size options for a new created VMFS-5 VMDK?

A. 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MBB. 1MBC. 4MBD. 8MB



QUESTION 153SSH operates on which port?

A. 21B. 22C. 23D. 25



QUESTION 154vCenter Server 5 requires a 64 bit DSN?

A. TrueB. False



QUESTION 155vSphere environment has experienced a failure event and VMs migarted from one datastore to another. Beforethe migration all VMS run correctly. After the migration several VMs blue-screened. Only Windows VMs faulted.What can fix the problem:

A. Specify disk write delay inside OS to 30-60 secondsB. Specify disk write delay inside OS to 60-90 secondsC. Make sure VMs use LSI Logic controllerD. Make sure VMs use Bus Logic controller

Correct Answer: B



QUESTION 156A user was previously assigned a permission to create alarms. What can the user do after the permission isremoved?

A. User cannot create new alarms, but can modify or delete existing onesB. User cannot create new alarms, and cannot modify or delete existing onesC. Alarms tab will be greyed outD. Something else here but I can't remember but easily eliminated


Explanation/Reference:The wording of the question may differ, but the idea is there (sscllc-had this on my exam)

QUESTION 157What all can be upgraded using VMware vCenter Update Manager v5? (Choose 2)

A. TemplateB. VMware ToolsC. VM HardwareD. LinuxE. Windows & Linux



QUESTION 158Which CHAP authentication mechanisms are only available when using software and dependent hardwareiSCSI adapters (Choose Two)?

A. Mutual CHAP

B. Per-Subnet CHAPC. Per-target CHAPD. One-way CHAP


Explanation/Reference:From http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc_50/GUID-3F97FB05-3C92-4040-84E7-D928555B3808.html

ESXi supports the following CHAP authentication methods:

One-way CHAPIn one-way CHAP authentication, also called unidirectional, the target authenticates the initiator, but the initiatordoes not authenticate the target.

Mutual CHAPIn mutual CHAP authentication, also called bidirectional, an additional level of security enables the initiator toauthenticate the target. VMware supports this method for software and dependent hardware iSCSI adaptersonly.

On the VCP5 Mock exam, this question asks to choose two. Mutual CHAP and Per-target CHAP are the correctanswers. Per-subnet CHAP does not exist, and one-way CHAP is not available when using dependanthardware iSCSI.

QUESTION 159Some VMware Data Recovery backup jobs are not completing. What could cause this?

A. 4 GB of free space on the DR datastoreB. Four backup jobs are runningC. Four restore jobs are runningD. ESXi host processor utilization above 90%


Explanation/Reference:sscllc

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.datarecovery.admin.doc_20/GUID-A1A9D274-44EA-4237-A8DE-46D01CCE673E.html

Backup and restore operations are not completing as expected. An integrity check may have discovered a problem with the integrity of the deduplication store.The integrity of new backups is checked each day, and the entire deduplication store is checked once a week.If problems are found during the integrity check, the deduplication store is locked. As a result, no backups orrestores can be performed until the issues reported by the integrity check are fixed. To resolve this issue, selectthe problematic restore points on the restore tab, and click Mark for Delete. These restore points are deletedduring the next integrity check, after which the deduplication store is unlocked.If no integrity check problem has been identified, the issue may be due to an excess of jobs. Data Recoverylimits the number of jobs that can run to help prevent systems from becoming overloaded and failing to makeprogress. Some of the limits include: Maximum of eight backup jobs can run at the same time. Maximum of eight restore jobs can run at the same time.

Processor utilization must not exceed 90% to start single backups or 80% to start multiple backups. The datastore where virtual machines are located must have at least 10 GB of space for indexing andprocessing restore points and 5 GB of storage space available for each virtual machine to be backed up. Forexample, to simultaneously back up eight virtual machines that reside on one datastore, 50 GB of storagespace should be available with 10 GB for indexing and processing and 40 GB for the virtual machines. If any of these limits are exceeded, new jobs do not start.

QUESTION 160DRS on a cluster with two ESX Hosts is set to Fully Automated mode. One server in the cluster is running at98% CPU utilization, while the other host is running at 52% utilization.Upon analysis, it appears that none of the virtual machines (VMs) are being migrated to the other server, andno recommendations are being generated. Which of the following are the most likely causes of the problem(Choose Two)?

A. The ESX Server has CPU features that are incompatible with other hosts in the clusterB. The VMotion licenses for the cluster have expiredC. The current DRS Migration Threshold setting is too conservativeD. Insufficient resources exist to perform the VMotion migration


Explanation/Reference:sscllc:

B- is not correct, there is no VMotion licenseC- is incorrect becuase they analyzed and none of the machines are movingA - a posibilty for sureD- RAM maybe unavailable, not just CPU

QUESTION 161Assuming the appropriate HA configuration options have been selected, which of the following situations wouldresult in VMware HA NOT restarting virtual machines (Choose Two)?

A. A guest OS failsB. A guest OS is manually powered offC. An ESX Server in the cluster becomes isolated from the networkD. An ESX Server in the cluster is put into Maintenance Mode


Explanation/Reference:A is correct NO PROBLEM, will not restartB. IF VM MONITORING is configured IT WILL restart (we need to verify is it is enabled by default. If yes, thanthis is an INCORRECT choice)C. Incorrect - VMs will be restartedD. You can put a host in maintenance on HA cluster without DRS, so it will restart. If HOST MONITORING ISdisabled - IT WILL NOT RESTART. By default Host Monitoring is enabled which means it may restart.

Explanation:VMware HA provides high availability for virtual machines by pooling them and the hosts they reside on into acluster. Hosts in the cluster are monitored and in the event of a failure, the virtual machines on a failed host are

restarted on alternate hosts. If you select Enable VM Monitoring, the VM Monitoring service (using VMwareTools) evaluates whether each virtual machine in the cluster is running by checking for regular heartbeats fromthe VMware Tools process running inside the guest. If no heartbeats are received, this is most likely becausethe guest operating system has failed or VMware Tools is not being allocated any time to complete tasks. Insuch a case, the VM Monitoring service determines that the virtual machine has failed and the virtual machineis rebooted to restore service. Host network isolation occurs when a host is still running, but it can no longercommunicate with other hosts in the cluster. With default settings, if a host stops receiving heartbeats from allother hosts in the cluster for more than 12 seconds, it attempts to ping its isolation addresses. If this also fails,the host declares itself as isolated from the network. When the isolated host’s network connection is notrestored for 15 seconds or longer, the other hosts in the cluster treat it as failed and attempt to fail over itsvirtual machines. In a cluster using DRS and VMware HA with admission control turned on, virtual machinesmight not be evacuated from hosts entering maintenance mode. This is because of the resources reserved tomaintain the failover level. You must manually migrate the virtual machines off of the hosts using VMotion.

QUESTION 162What are the differences between Private and Public Cloud Computing?

A. private cloud is provided to a single party, public is provided to public and organizationsB. private cloud is managed by a single party & public cloud is managed by third-partyC. private cloud is on-premises & public cloud is off-premisesD. unknown choice



QUESTION 163(EXHIBIT)A company created a two-node DRS cluster in a fully automated mode. A managment and VMotion vmkernelports were configured on separate physical networks. While one host is reaching its capacity and being overworked, none ot the virtual machines are migrating to theother host.By viewing the exhibit, what can help solve this situation?

A. Configure VMotion on the vmkernel portB. Provide a valid IP address to the hostC. Disable HAD. Unknown choice (can be easily eliminated)


Explanation/Reference:sscllc:

On the Exhibit, it showed an error stating "Host could not communicate on VMwotion network. Please can thesettings for the VMotion network"

My Choice on the exam was B

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