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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 the upgrade order of ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
you can't
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
install VMTools on an OS

2. 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
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Level 4 Statistics
10

3. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
the vmkernel port
10
Level 4 Statistics

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

5. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
hard disk configuration file
8 MB
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Swap - root and /var/log

6. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
contains all data that makes up the VM
10
When you enable it - it is off by default
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

7. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

8. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Inside the VMs guest OS
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
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

9. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
the vmkernel port
vmkernel port

10. What can you install vcenter on?
10
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
32
xp 32bit+

11. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
256 on bootup - 128 on install
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

12. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
Inside the VMs guest OS
contains all data that makes up the VM
64
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

13. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

14. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
The port for the service console
ESX
vmkernel port
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

15. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
VMware capacity planner

16. 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
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
When you enable it - it is off by default

17. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
xp 32bit+
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
255GB
Inside the VMs guest OS

18. 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.
Swap - root and /var/log
When you enable it - it is off by default
The port for the service console

19. What is Guided Consolitdation?
Host Profiles
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
When you enable it - it is off by default
ESX

20. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
64
VMware capacity planner
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

21. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
10
VMware capacity planner
install VMTools on an OS
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

22. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
255GB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

23. How many NICs does ESX support?
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
32
4.1 Enterprise and +

24. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
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
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS

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

26. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
32
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
8 MB

27. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Level 4 Statistics
32
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Inside the VMs guest OS

28. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
The port for the service console
64
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS

29. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
Inside the VMs guest OS
32
8 MB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

30. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
VMware capacity planner
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

31. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Inside the VMs guest OS
Swap - root and /var/log
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
4.1 Enterprise and +

32. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
contains all data that makes up the VM
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

33. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
Swap - root and /var/log
Level 4 Statistics
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

34. What is Vswif?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Level 4 Statistics
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
The port for the service console

35. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
SQL Native Client
10
Host Profiles
hard disk configuration file

36. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
When you enable it - it is off by default
Level 4 Statistics
Host Profiles

37. How many NICs does a VM support?
you can't
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
10

38. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
4.1 Enterprise and +
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vmkernel port