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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
you can't
xp 32bit+
Inside the VMs guest OS

2. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
SQL Native Client
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vmkernel port
xp 32bit+

3. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
you can't
255GB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

4. What is Vswif?
8 MB
The port for the service console
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Host Profiles

5. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
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
install VMTools on an OS
64

6. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
Inside the VMs guest OS
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Level 4 Statistics

7. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
The port for the service console
Host Profiles
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Swap - root and /var/log

8. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
vmkernel port
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
4.1 Enterprise and +
Host Profiles

9. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
64
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
10
VMware capacity planner

10. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

11. How many NICs does a VM support?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
10
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
The port for the service console

12. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
8 MB
contains all data that makes up the VM
vmkernel port
256 on bootup - 128 on install

13. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
64
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
4.1 Enterprise and +
8 MB

14. How many NICs does ESX support?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
32
contains all data that makes up the VM
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

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

16. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
Inside the VMs guest OS
When you enable it - it is off by default
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
4.1 Enterprise and +

17. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
10
ESX

18. What can you install vcenter on?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Level 4 Statistics
contains all data that makes up the VM
xp 32bit+

19. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
255GB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
4.1 Enterprise and +
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

20. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
hard disk configuration file
64

21. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Level 4 Statistics
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

22. 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
VMware capacity planner
SQL Native Client
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

23. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
64
Level 4 Statistics
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

24. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
When you enable it - it is off by default
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Inside the VMs guest OS
contains all data that makes up the VM

25. 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
The port for the service console
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
install VMTools on an OS
32

26. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
contains all data that makes up the VM
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

27. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
255GB
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

28. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Host Profiles
you can't
contains all data that makes up the VM
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

29. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
install VMTools on an OS
you can't
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Level 4 Statistics

30. What is Guided Consolitdation?
When you enable it - it is off by default
255GB
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

31. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMware capacity planner
SQL Native Client
Host Profiles

32. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
Swap - root and /var/log
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
xp 32bit+
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

33. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
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
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Inside the VMs guest OS

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

35. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
xp 32bit+
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
install VMTools on an OS
contains all data that makes up the VM

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
8 MB
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

37. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
The port for the service console
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
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

38. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS