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Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

Subjects : certifications, vce, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. How many NICs does ESX support?
install VMTools on an OS
64
32
Inside the VMs guest OS

2. You can't automatically...
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
4.1 Enterprise and +
install VMTools on an OS
64

3. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
hard disk configuration file
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Inside the VMs guest OS
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

4. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
vmkernel port
8 MB
hard disk configuration file
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

5. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
SQL Native Client
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
install VMTools on an OS

6. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
When you enable it - it is off by default
the vmkernel port
VMware capacity planner
255GB

7. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
contains all data that makes up the VM
255GB
the vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default

8. 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.
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
ESX
Inside the VMs guest OS

9. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
contains all data that makes up the VM
ESX
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

10. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
256 on bootup - 128 on install
xp 32bit+
vmkernel port

11. How many NICs does a VM support?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
contains all data that makes up the VM
10

12. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
ESX
Swap - root and /var/log
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

13. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Inside the VMs guest OS
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
SQL Native Client

14. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
64
VMware capacity planner
the vmkernel port

15. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
SQL Native Client
hard disk configuration file
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

16. What can you install vcenter on?
8 MB
SQL Native Client
xp 32bit+
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

17. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
8 MB
10
Swap - root and /var/log

18. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
VMware capacity planner
install VMTools on an OS

19. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
SQL Native Client
vmkernel port
xp 32bit+
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

20. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
Swap - root and /var/log
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Level 4 Statistics

21. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
ESX
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

22. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
The port for the service console
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
64

23. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
xp 32bit+
Host Profiles

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

25. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Host Profiles
The port for the service console

26. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
hard disk configuration file
255GB
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
install VMTools on an OS

27. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
32
255GB
ESX

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

29. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
contains all data that makes up the VM
Level 4 Statistics
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Inside the VMs guest OS

30. 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
When you enable it - it is off by default
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

31. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
the vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Level 4 Statistics

32. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
255GB
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.
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

33. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
10
64
When you enable it - it is off by default
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

34. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
you can't
255GB
When you enable it - it is off by default
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

35. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
contains all data that makes up the VM
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
the vmkernel port

36. What is Vswif?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
10
The port for the service console
contains all data that makes up the VM

37. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
256 on bootup - 128 on install

38. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
When you enable it - it is off by default
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+
you can't