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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
255GB
xp 32bit+
contains all data that makes up the VM

2. 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
32
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
you can't

3. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
32
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS
VMware capacity planner

4. What is Vswif?
The port for the service console
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
SQL Native Client

5. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
4.1 Enterprise and +
10
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

6. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

7. You can't automatically...
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
you can't
install VMTools on an OS
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

8. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
ESX
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

9. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
hard disk configuration file
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Inside the VMs guest OS

10. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
8 MB
vmkernel port

11. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
you can't
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
255GB
SQL Native Client

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

13. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
SQL Native Client
install VMTools on an OS
4.1 Enterprise and +
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

14. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
Inside the VMs guest OS
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.

15. How many NICs does a VM support?
32
VMware capacity planner
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
10

16. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

17. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8 MB
When you enable it - it is off by default
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

18. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
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
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

19. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
ESX
Level 4 Statistics
vmkernel port
Host Profiles

20. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
ESX
32
contains all data that makes up the VM
The port for the service console

21. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Swap - root and /var/log
When you enable it - it is off by default
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Level 4 Statistics

22. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

23. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
255GB

24. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
8 MB
SQL Native Client
xp 32bit+
4.1 Enterprise and +

25. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
256 on bootup - 128 on install
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

26. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

27. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
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
Swap - root and /var/log

28. What is Guided Consolitdation?
xp 32bit+
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
vmkernel port

29. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
255GB
Host Profiles
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vmkernel port

30. What can you install vcenter on?
Level 4 Statistics
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
xp 32bit+
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

31. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
Host Profiles
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
The port for the service console

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

33. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
When you enable it - it is off by default

34. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
32
Host Profiles
hard disk configuration file

35. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
the vmkernel port
4.1 Enterprise and +
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

36. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Swap - root and /var/log
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
xp 32bit+
SQL Native Client

37. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
xp 32bit+
8 MB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

38. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
xp 32bit+
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
8 MB
256 on bootup - 128 on install