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Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

Subjects : certifications, vce, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
Inside the VMs guest OS
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Host Profiles
64

2. 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
vmkernel port
you can't

3. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Host Profiles
vmkernel port
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

4. What is Guided Consolitdation?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
hard disk configuration file
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

5. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
the vmkernel port
you can't
4.1 Enterprise and +

6. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
8 MB
255GB
VMware capacity planner

7. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
10
8 MB
contains all data that makes up the VM
4.1 Enterprise and +

8. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
ESX
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

9. 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

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

11. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
SQL Native Client
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
The port for the service console

12. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
When you enable it - it is off by default
contains all data that makes up the VM

13. What can you install vcenter on?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
xp 32bit+
When you enable it - it is off by default
Host Profiles

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

15. 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
vmkernel port
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

16. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Swap - root and /var/log
4.1 Enterprise and +
255GB

17. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
hard disk configuration file
the vmkernel port
Host Profiles
ESX

18. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
the vmkernel port
you can't
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

19. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Level 4 Statistics
10
vmkernel port

20. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
10
255GB
The port for the service console

21. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Swap - root and /var/log
The port for the service console
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
VMware capacity planner

22. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Level 4 Statistics
Inside the VMs guest OS
4.1 Enterprise and +

23. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
vmkernel port
you can't
4.1 Enterprise and +
When you enable it - it is off by default

24. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Host Profiles
Level 4 Statistics
64
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

25. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Level 4 Statistics
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

26. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
install VMTools on an OS
Level 4 Statistics
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 the order of install and setup for vcenter?
Inside the VMs guest OS
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Host Profiles
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

28. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
VMware capacity planner
vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

29. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Swap - root and /var/log
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
64

30. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
10
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

31. What is Vswif?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
The port for the service console

32. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
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
you can't

33. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
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
32

34. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Host Profiles
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Level 4 Statistics

35. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
SQL Native Client
255GB
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

36. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
the vmkernel port
contains all data that makes up the VM
255GB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

37. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Level 4 Statistics

38. How many NICs does a VM support?
4.1 Enterprise and +
10
VMware capacity planner
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN