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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
The port for the service console
8 MB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Swap - root and /var/log

2. What is Guided Consolitdation?
VMware capacity planner
32
4.1 Enterprise and +
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

3. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
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
Level 4 Statistics
ESX

4. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
255GB
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

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

6. What is Vswif?
10
64
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
The port for the service console

7. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
you can't
Level 4 Statistics
When you enable it - it is off by default
32

8. What can you install vcenter on?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
xp 32bit+
vmkernel port
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

9. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Swap - root and /var/log
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
32
vmkernel port

10. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
When you enable it - it is off by default
hard disk configuration file
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Host Profiles

11. How many NICs does a VM support?
255GB
10
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
you can't

12. 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
32
256 on bootup - 128 on install
vmkernel port

13. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
4.1 Enterprise and +
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
contains all data that makes up the VM

14. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
the vmkernel port
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Inside the VMs guest OS

15. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
contains all data that makes up the VM
When you enable it - it is off by default
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

16. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
10
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
VMware capacity planner
hard disk configuration file

17. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
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
Inside the VMs guest OS
hard disk configuration file

18. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
Inside the VMs guest OS
8 MB
contains all data that makes up the VM
install VMTools on an OS

19. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
256 on bootup - 128 on install

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
contains all data that makes up the VM
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

21. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

22. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
you can't
Swap - root and /var/log
VMware capacity planner

23. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
contains all data that makes up the VM
VMware capacity planner

24. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
64
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

25. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
you can't
ESX

26. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
the vmkernel port
install VMTools on an OS
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
64

27. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
64
When you enable it - it is off by default
Level 4 Statistics
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

28. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
xp 32bit+
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Inside the VMs guest OS
ESX

29. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
8 MB
32
vmkernel port

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

31. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
4.1 Enterprise and +
SQL Native Client
When you enable it - it is off by default
the vmkernel port

32. How many NICs does ESX support?
Swap - root and /var/log
ESX
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
32

33. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
xp 32bit+
8 MB
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
SQL Native Client

34. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
xp 32bit+
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

35. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8 MB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

36. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
ESX
VMware capacity planner
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
vmkernel port

37. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
64
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Host Profiles
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

38. You can't automatically...
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
install VMTools on an OS
Level 4 Statistics
SQL Native Client