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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

Subjects : certifications, vce, it-skills

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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?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Level 4 Statistics
the vmkernel port
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

2. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
vmkernel port
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
4.1 Enterprise and +

3. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Host Profiles
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
ESX
256 on bootup - 128 on install

4. 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.
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

5. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Host Profiles
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
Inside the VMs guest OS

6. What is Guided Consolitdation?
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
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

7. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Level 4 Statistics
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

8. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
contains all data that makes up the VM

9. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
32
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
When you enable it - it is off by default
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

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

11. What can you install vcenter on?
Level 4 Statistics
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Host Profiles
xp 32bit+

12. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
contains all data that makes up the VM
Swap - root and /var/log
hard disk configuration file
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

13. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
64
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
SQL Native Client

14. How many NICs does ESX support?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
install VMTools on an OS
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
32

15. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
32
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
contains all data that makes up the VM
Inside the VMs guest OS

16. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Swap - root and /var/log
8 MB

17. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
Level 4 Statistics
Host Profiles
hard disk configuration file
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

18. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
xp 32bit+
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

19. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX
32

20. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
255GB
32
8 MB
64

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

22. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
SQL Native Client
64
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

23. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
10
SQL Native Client
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

24. How many NICs does a VM support?
Inside the VMs guest OS
10
xp 32bit+
32

25. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
10
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Host Profiles
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

26. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
32

27. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Level 4 Statistics
256 on bootup - 128 on install
64
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

28. What is Vswif?
The port for the service console
Host Profiles
256 on bootup - 128 on install
the vmkernel port

29. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
you can't
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
32
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

30. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Swap - root and /var/log
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

31. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
Swap - root and /var/log
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
ESX
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

32. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
32
255GB
8 MB
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

33. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
SQL Native Client
Swap - root and /var/log
256 on bootup - 128 on install

34. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
VMware capacity planner
4.1 Enterprise and +
8 MB
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

35. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
ESX
Level 4 Statistics
VMware capacity planner

36. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
When you enable it - it is off by default
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

37. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Level 4 Statistics

38. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Host Profiles