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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
64
10
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

2. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
SQL Native Client
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
The port for the service console
Host Profiles

3. 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
Level 4 Statistics
ESX
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

4. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Host Profiles
xp 32bit+
When you enable it - it is off by default

5. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
SQL Native Client
64
hard disk configuration file
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

6. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
the vmkernel port
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
256 on bootup - 128 on install
10

7. What can you install vcenter on?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
xp 32bit+

8. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
The port for the service console
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

9. 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
255GB
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

10. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
Host Profiles
8 MB
install VMTools on an OS
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

11. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
255GB
When you enable it - it is off by default
SQL Native Client
32

12. How many NICs does a VM support?
the vmkernel port
8 MB
10
32

13. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
xp 32bit+
255GB
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

14. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
256 on bootup - 128 on install
install VMTools on an OS
ESX

15. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
255GB
you can't
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

16. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
vmkernel port
contains all data that makes up the VM
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

17. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
8 MB
4.1 Enterprise and +
vmkernel port

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

19. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
4.1 Enterprise and +
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
contains all data that makes up the VM

20. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
256 on bootup - 128 on install
8 MB
you can't

21. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
64
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMware capacity planner

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

23. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
The port for the service console
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
SQL Native Client
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

24. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
255GB
the vmkernel port
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Swap - root and /var/log

25. What is Guided Consolitdation?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Level 4 Statistics
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

26. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
ESX
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
install VMTools on an OS
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

27. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Host Profiles
you can't
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
When you enable it - it is off by default

28. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
the vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

29. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
SQL Native Client

30. You can't automatically...
VMware capacity planner
install VMTools on an OS
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

31. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
hard disk configuration file
32
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

32. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
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
ESX
Level 4 Statistics

33. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
ESX
255GB
32

34. 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.
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
the vmkernel port
ESX

35. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
4.1 Enterprise and +
you can't
contains all data that makes up the VM

36. How many NICs does ESX support?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
32
SQL Native Client
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

37. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
64
SQL Native Client
vmkernel port

38. 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
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
the vmkernel port