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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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1. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
256 on bootup - 128 on install
the vmkernel port
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

2. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
the vmkernel port
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
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

3. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
When you enable it - it is off by default
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

4. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
10
64

5. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
contains all data that makes up the VM
the vmkernel port
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
hard disk configuration file

6. 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
Swap - root and /var/log
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
you can't
VMware capacity planner

7. What is Vswif?
10
Inside the VMs guest OS
The port for the service console
xp 32bit+

8. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
hard disk configuration file
10
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

9. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
8 MB
contains all data that makes up the VM
The port for the service console
10

10. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Inside the VMs guest OS
VMware capacity planner
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

11. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
install VMTools on an OS
32
255GB
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

12. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
SQL Native Client
255GB
xp 32bit+

13. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
64
Level 4 Statistics
VMware capacity planner

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

15. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
VMware capacity planner

16. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

17. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
255GB
256 on bootup - 128 on install

18. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
VMware capacity planner
32
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

19. How many NICs does ESX support?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Level 4 Statistics
8 MB
32

20. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
32
When you enable it - it is off by default
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
ESX

21. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Swap - root and /var/log

22. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
Swap - root and /var/log
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
64
Inside the VMs guest OS

23. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Swap - root and /var/log
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

24. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
Level 4 Statistics
255GB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
vmkernel port

25. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
contains all data that makes up the VM
Inside the VMs guest OS
32
Swap - root and /var/log

26. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
4.1 Enterprise and +
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
you can't
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 does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Host Profiles
you can't
xp 32bit+

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

29. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
VMware capacity planner
Level 4 Statistics

30. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
ESX
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
4.1 Enterprise and +
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

31. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
hard disk configuration file
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
4.1 Enterprise and +

32. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
10
VMware capacity planner
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

33. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
255GB
vmkernel port
Swap - root and /var/log
10

34. What can you install vcenter on?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
xp 32bit+
Host Profiles

35. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Host Profiles
contains all data that makes up the VM

36. How many NICs does a VM support?
The port for the service console
64
10
Level 4 Statistics

37. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
ESX
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
VMware capacity planner

38. What is Guided Consolitdation?
xp 32bit+
SQL Native Client
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
you can't