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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
install VMTools on an OS

2. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
ESX
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
hard disk configuration file

3. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Level 4 Statistics
4.1 Enterprise and +

4. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Host Profiles
SQL Native Client

5. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
64
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX

6. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
The port for the service console
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
you can't
When you enable it - it is off by default

7. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
4.1 Enterprise and +
10
Host Profiles
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

8. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
the vmkernel port
Swap - root and /var/log

9. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
64
255GB

10. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
32
Inside the VMs guest OS
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

11. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
install VMTools on an OS
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file

12. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
contains all data that makes up the VM
When you enable it - it is off by default

13. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
install VMTools on an OS
SQL Native Client
hard disk configuration file
ESX

14. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
8 MB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

15. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
256 on bootup - 128 on install

16. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
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
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

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

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

19. 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
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
VMware capacity planner
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

20. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
ESX
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
4.1 Enterprise and +

21. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
10
contains all data that makes up the VM
xp 32bit+
64

22. 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
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

23. What can you install vcenter on?
10
xp 32bit+
256 on bootup - 128 on install
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

24. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Swap - root and /var/log
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
The port for the service console

25. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Host Profiles
When you enable it - it is off by default

26. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
255GB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

27. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
xp 32bit+
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

28. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
When you enable it - it is off by default
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
vmkernel port
contains all data that makes up the VM

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

30. You can't automatically...
you can't
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
contains all data that makes up the VM
install VMTools on an OS

31. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
xp 32bit+
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
256 on bootup - 128 on install
contains all data that makes up the VM

32. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Host Profiles
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Swap - root and /var/log

33. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
the vmkernel port
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

34. How many NICs does a VM support?
10
ESX
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Inside the VMs guest OS

35. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Swap - root and /var/log
hard disk configuration file

36. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
When you enable it - it is off by default
install VMTools on an OS
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

37. What is Vswif?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
The port for the service console
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

38. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
10
install VMTools on an OS
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Level 4 Statistics