Question 1

John, a VMware administrator, has noticed a massive increase in the vCenter database size. What is also alarming is that the size is continually increasing at an alarming rate. What is a possible cause for this increase?
A)The database has a simple recovery model.
B)The database backup failed.
C)The vCenter statistics level is set to 4.

Accepted Answer

A possible cause for the vCenter database size increase is that the vCenter statistics level is set to 4. This captures all vCenter metrics and should only be used for debugging purposes. If a database backup had failed, then the log files would have increased.

Question 2

What is the maximum number of concurrent operations per vCenter server?
A)96
B)8
C)4
D)2
E)16

Accepted Answer

The maximum number of concurrent operations per vCenter server is 96. This can be any combination of operations such vMotion, storage vMotion, cloning etc., provided that individual maximums are not exceeded.

Question 3

What is the feature of a vSphere cluster that detects failure and provides for rapid recovery of virtual machines?
A)HA
B)DRS
C)EVC

Accepted Answer

HA is the feature of a vSphere cluster that detects failure and provides for rapid recovery of virtual machines. At the core of this feature is the ability to monitor host and virtual machine heartbeats to minimize downtime.

Question 4

John, a VMware administrator, has set a virtual machine as fault tolerant using VMware Fault Tolerance. The fault-tolerant pair of virtual machines has been working as expected for several weeks, but John is now receiving errors relating to the fault-tolerant pair. What is a likely cause of these error messages?
A)The hosts are at the same patch level.
B)There are only four identical hosts in the vSphere cluster.
C)The virtual machines only have one vCPU.
D)There is increased bandwidth on the physical network.

Accepted Answer

A likely cause of fault-tolerance-related errors in this scenario is that there has been an increased amount of bandwidth on the physical network. If there is not sufficient bandwidth on the physical network, then the lockstep logging is unable to keep up with the virtual machine transactions, and this induces errors. In this situation, you should isolate the FT network or reduce the load on the physical network.

Question 5

Where can you check the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch using the vSphere client?
A)From the hosts configuration section
B)From the main network view
C)From the VMs and Templates view.
D)From the Datastores view.

Accepted Answer

You can check the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch using the vSphere client by going to the main network view from the home view. You can only check the vStandard switch configuration form the host's networking configuration section.

Question 6

Of the following options, which can be monitored by vCenter? Select three.
A)Virtual machines
B)Hosts
C)Clusters
D)Physical switches

Accepted Answer

Virtual machines, hosts and clusters can all have alarms defined for them. Physical switches are not part of the virtual environment and cannot be monitored by vCenter. In order to monitor a physical switch, one must employ third-party tools.

Question 7

Which of the following features are not supported for a fault-tolerant virtual machine? Select three.
A)Storage vMotion
B)vMotion
C)Snapshots
D)DRS

Accepted Answer

Storage vMotion, Snapshots and DRS are not supported features for fault-tolerant virtual machines. DRS does initially place a secondary virtual machine, but neither the primary nor the secondary machine takes part in DRS load balancing. Virtual machines can be manually migrated to balance load if required.

Question 8

What is the term used to refer to resource pools and virtual machines at the same level?
A)Parents
B)Children
C)Siblings
D)Brothers
E)Sisters

Accepted Answer

Resource pools and virtual machines at the same level are referred to as siblings. Objects at a higher level are termed parents, while objects at a lower level are termed children.

Question 9

Choose an option below to complete the statement following statement: You should complete a _____________ to confirm that backup is proceeding as expected and that a restore operation would complete correctly.
A)Backup Rehearsal
B)Failover test
C)Restore Rehearsal
D)Backup Test

Accepted Answer

A Restore Rehearsal is a test to confirm that a virtual machine is being backed up as expected and that a restore operation would complete successfully. Before a Restore Rehearsal can take place you must have properly configured VMware Data Recovery and have completed at least one backup operation.

Question 10

Guy is a vMware administrator in an Enterprise deployment of 400 ESXi hosts. He is performing some administration on several ESX hosts and does not wish for anybody else to impact his changes. How best could Guy communicate this to the other vCenter administrators?
A)Export the list of administrators to Excel, call HR to ask for the contact details and then call each of the administrators.
B)Guy could right-click the users in question and send them a message from vCenter.
C)Guy could edit the message of the day in vCenter settings to inform the administrators of his actions.
D)Guy could delete all the administrator accounts from active directory.

Accepted Answer

To best inform all vCenter users of your actions, you could edit the message of the day to inform them of your plans. When they first log onto the vSphere client, they will be presented with the message in a pop-up window.

Question 11

A user who is a member of the Windows administrators group on the vCenter Server system by default has the same rights as what vCenter role?
A)Virtual machine power user
B)Datacentre administrator
C)Administrator
D)Host power user

Accepted Answer

A user who is a member of the Windows administrators group on the vCenter Server system by default has the same rights as the administrator vCenter role. However, when directly connected to an ESX/i host, the vpxuser user and root accounts have the same access rights as a user assigned the administrator role.

Question 12

Which type of user account is added to an ESX host when that host is joined to a vCenter server?
A)Local administrator
B)vCenter admin
C)VPD admin
D)vpxuser

Accepted Answer

A "vpxuser" user account is added to an ESX host when that host is joined to a vCenter server. The vpxuser user is a vCenter Server entity with root privileges on the ESX/i host, allowing it to manage that host. The vpxuser account is created at the time that an ESX/i host is added to vCenter Server.

Question 13

Tom, a VMware administrator, is deploying a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine from a template using VMware Converter Standalone. He is unable to customize guest preferences for the virtual machine. What is a possible cause of this?
A)Tom does not have the customize virtual machine guest preference permission.
B)The Sysreconfig files are not present on Tom's machine.
C)The Sysprep files are not present on Tom's machine.
D)The Sysconfig files are not present on Tom's machine.

Accepted Answer

Tom is probably unable to configure guest preferences because the Sysprep files are not present on his virtual machine. The Sysprep files are required to reconfigure windows guests with the exception of Windows server 2008; server 2008 Sysprep tools are built into the operating system.

Question 14

James, an infrastructure engineer, has been tasked with changing a virtual machine's disk type from thin to thick. Select the correct way to achieve this.
A)Edit virtual machine advanced options and change the disk.type.provision option from Thick to Thin.
B)Power off the virtual machine and vMotion it to a different ESX host.
C)Leave the virtual machine powered on and Storage vMotion it to a different location, setting the new disk format as thick.

Accepted Answer

One way to change a disk type from thin to thick is to Storage vMotion it to a different location, selecting the new disk format as thick. Alternatively you could right-click the virtual machine disk file and select Inflate.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A)You can always power on a VMware vApp.
B)You can power on a VMware vApp only if it contains a virtual machine.

Accepted Answer

You can power on a VMware vApp only if it contains a virtual machine. A vApp is a container and, like a resource pool, it can contain one or more virtual machines. A vApp can also be cloned.

Question 16

What would happen if a physical adapter were moved to a vNetwork Distributed Switch from a standard virtual switch with only one uplink and virtual machines currently connected?
A)You cannot move a single physical NIC to a vNetwork Distributed Switch.
B)The virtual machines will be migrated with the physical link.
C)The virtual machines will lose connectivity to the network.

Accepted Answer

If you move a physical adapter to a vNetwork Distributed Switch without first moving the virtual machines to another virtual switch, then the virtual machines will lose connectivity. In order to prevent this from happening, either connect another uplink to the virtual switch first or migrate the virtual machines first.

Question 17

Please select the option that best completes the following statement:vNetwork standard switches can implement traffic shaping for _________.
A)Ingress and egress traffic.
B)Egress traffic only.
C)Ingress traffic only.

Accepted Answer

vNetwork standard switches can implement traffic shaping for egress traffic only. In order to fully control network traffic, you must use a vNetwork Distributed Switch; this can control both ingress and egress traffic.

Question 18

ESXi does not allow for individual storage adapters to be scanned.

Accepted Answer

ESXi does not allow you to rescan for an individual storage adapter; if you scan a single adapter, then all adapters are actually scanned.

Question 19

What is the maximum number of hosts per vNetwork Distributed Switch?
A)8
B)18
C)12
D)64

Accepted Answer

The maximum number of hosts that can be connected to a vNetwork Distributed Switch is 64. This is a maximum limit, and fewer hosts may be possible if other maximums are breached first.

Question 20

What two things are hosts scanned for at the datacenter level of the inventory?
A)Viruses
B)Faulty hardware
C)Patches and extensions
D)Upgrades

Accepted Answer

When at the datacenter level of the inventory, hosts can be scanned for patches and extensions and upgrades. In order to this you can select the datacenter, right-click and select Scan for Updates.

Quiz 1: VMware

John, a VMware administrator, has noticed a massive increase in the vCenter database size. What is also alarming is that the size is continually increasing at an alarming rate. What is a possible cause for this increase?

What is the maximum number of concurrent operations per vCenter server?

What is the feature of a vSphere cluster that detects failure and provides for rapid recovery of virtual machines?

Where can you check the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch using the vSphere client?

Of the following options, which can be monitored by vCenter? Select three.

Which of the following features are not supported for a fault-tolerant virtual machine? Select three.

What is the term used to refer to resource pools and virtual machines at the same level?

Choose an option below to complete the statement following statement: You should complete a _____________ to confirm that backup is proceeding as expected and that a restore operation would complete correctly.

Guy is a vMware administrator in an Enterprise deployment of 400 ESXi hosts. He is performing some administration on several ESX hosts and does not wish for anybody else to impact his changes. How best could Guy communicate this to the other vCenter administrators?

A user who is a member of the Windows administrators group on the vCenter Server system by default has the same rights as what vCenter role?

Which type of user account is added to an ESX host when that host is joined to a vCenter server?

Tom, a VMware administrator, is deploying a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine from a template using VMware Converter Standalone. He is unable to customize guest preferences for the virtual machine. What is a possible cause of this?

James, an infrastructure engineer, has been tasked with changing a virtual machine's disk type from thin to thick. Select the correct way to achieve this.

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

What would happen if a physical adapter were moved to a vNetwork Distributed Switch from a standard virtual switch with only one uplink and virtual machines currently connected?

Please select the option that best completes the following statement:vNetwork standard switches can implement traffic shaping for _________.

ESXi does not allow for individual storage adapters to be scanned.

What is the maximum number of hosts per vNetwork Distributed Switch?

What two things are hosts scanned for at the datacenter level of the inventory?