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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many NICs does ESX support?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Level 4 Statistics
32
Swap - root and /var/log

2. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
The port for the service console
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
32

3. How many NICs does a VM support?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
10

4. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
install VMTools on an OS

5. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Inside the VMs guest OS

6. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
the vmkernel port
ESX
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Inside the VMs guest OS

7. 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
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
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 +

8. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Swap - root and /var/log
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
the vmkernel port

9. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

10. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
vmkernel port

11. What is Vswif?
255GB
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
the vmkernel port

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

13. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an 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
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

14. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
the vmkernel port
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
10

15. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
SQL Native Client
Swap - root and /var/log
Host Profiles

16. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
The port for the service console

17. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
The port for the service console

18. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
you can't
4.1 Enterprise and +
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

19. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
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
The port for the service console
255GB

20. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Level 4 Statistics
hard disk configuration file
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX

21. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vmkernel port

22. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
64
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

23. What can you install vcenter on?
xp 32bit+
contains all data that makes up the VM
ESX
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

24. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
xp 32bit+
64

25. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Host Profiles
vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Swap - root and /var/log

26. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
32
VMware capacity planner

27. 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
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

28. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
The port for the service console
256 on bootup - 128 on install
hard disk configuration file

29. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
you can't
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

30. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
32
ESX
SQL Native Client
vmkernel port

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

32. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
32
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Host Profiles

33. What is Guided Consolitdation?
VMware capacity planner
vmkernel port
256 on bootup - 128 on install
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

34. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
SQL Native Client
4.1 Enterprise and +
255GB
contains all data that makes up the VM

35. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
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
Swap - root and /var/log
contains all data that makes up the VM

36. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
The port for the service console
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vmkernel port

37. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Level 4 Statistics

38. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
64
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
When you enable it - it is off by default