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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
4.1 Enterprise and +
256 on bootup - 128 on install
32

2. How many NICs does ESX support?
the vmkernel port
32
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
you can't

3. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
ESX
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
4.1 Enterprise and +
Inside the VMs guest OS

4. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Level 4 Statistics
The port for the service console

5. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

6. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
When you enable it - it is off by default
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

7. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
VMware capacity planner
Swap - root and /var/log
8 MB
10

8. What can you install vcenter on?
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
xp 32bit+

9. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Inside the VMs guest OS
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

10. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
SQL Native Client
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Swap - root and /var/log

11. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
When you enable it - it is off by default
VMware capacity planner
Host Profiles

12. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
255GB
the vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

13. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
255GB
you can't

14. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Level 4 Statistics
install VMTools on an OS
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

15. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Level 4 Statistics
ESX
SQL Native Client

16. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
ESX
Host Profiles
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

17. What is Vswif?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
The port for the service console
64
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

18. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
vmkernel port
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Host Profiles

19. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
contains all data that makes up the VM
256 on bootup - 128 on install
xp 32bit+
ESX

20. In ESX you have a VM that hosts a public website and you want to ensure excessive traffic from the website will not prevent other VMs from fully utilizing the NIC
the vmkernel port
The port for the service console
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

21. How do you perform a text mode upgrade of ESX?

22. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
VMware capacity planner
8 MB

23. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
When you enable it - it is off by default
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
vmkernel port

24. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

25. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
4.1 Enterprise and +
contains all data that makes up the VM

26. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
contains all data that makes up the VM
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
vmkernel port

27. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
255GB
When you enable it - it is off by default
hard disk configuration file
install VMTools on an OS

28. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
hard disk configuration file
When you enable it - it is off by default
255GB

29. How many NICs does a VM support?
VMware capacity planner
32
10
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

30. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
xp 32bit+
VMware capacity planner

31. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Host Profiles
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Swap - root and /var/log
255GB

32. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
8 MB
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

33. You can't automatically...
256 on bootup - 128 on install
install VMTools on an OS
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
255GB

34. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
contains all data that makes up the VM
4.1 Enterprise and +
64
255GB

35. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
SQL Native Client
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Level 4 Statistics
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

36. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Level 4 Statistics
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

37. How do you prepare your vCenter 4 server for VM Customization?

38. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
64
Level 4 Statistics