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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default
Level 4 Statistics
64

2. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
8 MB
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Host Profiles

3. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Host Profiles
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

4. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
64
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

5. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Swap - root and /var/log
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
the vmkernel port

6. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
Level 4 Statistics
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
vmkernel port
ESX

7. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
SQL Native Client
8 MB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

8. What can you install vcenter on?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
xp 32bit+
install VMTools on an OS
8 MB

9. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
xp 32bit+
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

10. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
The port for the service console
10
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
VMware capacity planner

11. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
the vmkernel port
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

12. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
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
SQL Native Client
32

13. What is Vswif?
32
The port for the service console
10
VMware capacity planner

14. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
256 on bootup - 128 on install

15. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
hard disk configuration file
xp 32bit+
4.1 Enterprise and +

16. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
32
you can't
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
ESX

17. 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
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
64

18. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
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

19. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
10
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
install VMTools on an OS

20. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
xp 32bit+
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
4.1 Enterprise and +

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

22. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
VMware capacity planner
Host Profiles
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

23. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
64

24. What is Guided Consolitdation?
Level 4 Statistics
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

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
xp 32bit+
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
255GB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

26. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
ESX
vmkernel port
64

27. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
ESX
255GB
VMware capacity planner
Swap - root and /var/log

28. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
hard disk configuration file
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

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

30. How many NICs does ESX support?
Swap - root and /var/log
install VMTools on an OS
32
you can't

31. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
ESX
the vmkernel port
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
10

32. How many NICs does a VM support?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
10
contains all data that makes up the VM
install VMTools on an OS

33. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
VMware capacity planner
64
When you enable it - it is off by default

34. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
32
vmkernel port
ESX
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

35. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

36. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
Swap - root and /var/log
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
hard disk configuration file
8 MB

37. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Level 4 Statistics
Swap - root and /var/log
VMware capacity planner

38. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
The port for the service console
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service