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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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1. What can you install vcenter on?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
you can't
xp 32bit+
32

2. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
Inside the VMs guest OS
xp 32bit+
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

3. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
The port for the service console
vmkernel port
Swap - root and /var/log
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

4. 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
4.1 Enterprise and +
xp 32bit+
ESX

5. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
The port for the service console

6. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
vmkernel port
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

7. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
install VMTools on an OS
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
vmkernel port

8. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
64
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

9. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
255GB
the vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8 MB

10. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
the vmkernel port
vmkernel port
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
hard disk configuration file

11. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
When you enable it - it is off by default
VMware capacity planner
xp 32bit+
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

12. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
64
contains all data that makes up the VM
hard disk configuration file

13. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
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
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?
SQL Native Client
VMware capacity planner
ESX
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

15. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

16. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
xp 32bit+
VMware capacity planner
install VMTools on an OS
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

17. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
vmkernel port

18. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
10

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

20. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
ESX
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
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

21. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
ESX
SQL Native Client
255GB
vmkernel port

22. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
the vmkernel port
SQL Native Client
8 MB
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

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

24. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
64
4.1 Enterprise and +
Level 4 Statistics
10

25. You can't automatically...
When you enable it - it is off by default
ESX
the vmkernel port
install VMTools on an OS

26. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
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
the vmkernel port

27. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
The port for the service console
SQL Native Client
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

28. What is Vswif?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
255GB

29. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
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
the vmkernel port
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

30. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Level 4 Statistics
SQL Native Client
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

31. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
The port for the service console
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
hard disk configuration file

32. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
4.1 Enterprise and +
contains all data that makes up the VM
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

33. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
ESX
the vmkernel port
4.1 Enterprise and +
256 on bootup - 128 on install

34. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
10
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
you can't

35. 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.
xp 32bit+
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

36. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Level 4 Statistics
install VMTools on an OS

37. How many NICs does ESX support?
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
64
32

38. How many NICs does a VM support?
The port for the service console
10
Host Profiles
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM