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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 30 minutes.
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1. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
the vmkernel port
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
32

2. What is Vswif?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
Level 4 Statistics

3. You can't automatically...
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Host Profiles
install VMTools on an OS
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

4. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Level 4 Statistics
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
ESX

5. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
the vmkernel port
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMware capacity planner
install VMTools on an OS

6. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
ESX
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

7. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
When you enable it - it is off by default
Swap - root and /var/log
32
xp 32bit+

8. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

9. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
vmkernel port

10. How many NICs does ESX support?
the vmkernel port
Swap - root and /var/log
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
32

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

12. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
8 MB
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

13. What can you install vcenter on?
contains all data that makes up the VM
xp 32bit+
64
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

14. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
xp 32bit+
256 on bootup - 128 on install
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
The port for the service console

15. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
you can't
hard disk configuration file
When you enable it - it is off by default

16. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
vmkernel port
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

17. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Level 4 Statistics

18. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
When you enable it - it is off by default
64
10

19. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
32
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8 MB

20. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
contains all data that makes up the VM
Swap - root and /var/log

21. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
install VMTools on an OS
contains all data that makes up the VM
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

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

23. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
the vmkernel port
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

24. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
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.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

25. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
64
install VMTools on an OS
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
8 MB

26. What is Guided Consolitdation?
32
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
10
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

27. How many NICs does a VM support?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
8 MB
10
xp 32bit+

28. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
4.1 Enterprise and +
8 MB
SQL Native Client
vmkernel port

29. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8 MB
When you enable it - it is off by default
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

30. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
ESX

31. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
install VMTools on an OS
255GB
Level 4 Statistics
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

32. 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
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
SQL Native Client
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
When you enable it - it is off by default

33. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
32
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
SQL Native Client
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

34. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
10
hard disk configuration file
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

35. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
64
Inside the VMs guest OS
contains all data that makes up the VM

36. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
8 MB
the vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file

37. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Inside the VMs guest OS
32

38. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
255GB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
install VMTools on an OS