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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. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Swap - root and /var/log
the vmkernel port
install VMTools on an OS

2. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
install VMTools on an OS
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
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

3. 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
64
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

4. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
64
Inside the VMs guest OS
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

5. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
64
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

6. 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
The port for the service console
the vmkernel port
Level 4 Statistics

7. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
ESX
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
64
SQL Native Client

8. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

9. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Swap - root and /var/log
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

10. What is Guided Consolitdation?
8 MB
The port for the service console
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

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

12. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
255GB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
64
Host Profiles

13. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
When you enable it - it is off by default
32

14. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
the vmkernel port
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

15. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
the vmkernel port
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

16. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
xp 32bit+
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
contains all data that makes up the VM

17. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Level 4 Statistics
hard disk configuration file
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

18. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
When you enable it - it is off by default
Swap - root and /var/log

19. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
VMware capacity planner
8 MB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
4.1 Enterprise and +

20. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
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
contains all data that makes up the VM

21. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
contains all data that makes up the VM
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Swap - root and /var/log

22. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
install VMTools on an OS
you can't
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
the vmkernel port

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

24. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Swap - root and /var/log

25. What is Vswif?
xp 32bit+
you can't
The port for the service console
64

26. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
hard disk configuration file
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Host Profiles

27. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
you can't
10
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
ESX

28. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Inside the VMs guest OS
255GB
The port for the service console
Swap - root and /var/log

29. You can't automatically...
VMware capacity planner
255GB
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
install VMTools on an OS

30. How many NICs does a VM support?
Level 4 Statistics
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
10
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

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

32. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
8 MB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
xp 32bit+
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

33. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
64
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Inside the VMs guest OS
the vmkernel port

34. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
The port for the service console
VMware capacity planner

35. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default
ESX
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

36. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
xp 32bit+
vmkernel port
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

37. What can you install vcenter on?
xp 32bit+
Level 4 Statistics
the vmkernel port
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?
10
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Host Profiles
xp 32bit+