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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?
the vmkernel port
Level 4 Statistics
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
vmkernel port

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

3. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
255GB
install VMTools on an OS

4. What is Vswif?
the vmkernel port
SQL Native Client
The port for the service console
10

5. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
ESX
8 MB
the vmkernel port
contains all data that makes up the VM

6. You can't automatically...
When you enable it - it is off by default
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
install VMTools on an OS

7. What is Guided Consolitdation?
hard disk configuration file
255GB
the vmkernel port
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

8. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
4.1 Enterprise and +
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

9. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
hard disk configuration file
Inside the VMs guest OS

10. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
8 MB

11. How many NICs does a VM support?
32
contains all data that makes up the VM
10
SQL Native Client

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

13. 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
255GB
Swap - root and /var/log
8 MB

14. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
vmkernel port
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Level 4 Statistics
255GB

15. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
255GB
the vmkernel port
vmkernel port
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

16. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
you can't
10
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

17. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Host Profiles
contains all data that makes up the VM
the vmkernel port

18. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Swap - root and /var/log
SQL Native Client
Host Profiles

19. How many NICs does ESX support?
4.1 Enterprise and +
xp 32bit+
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
32

20. 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
Swap - root and /var/log
hard disk configuration file
VMware capacity planner

21. What can you install vcenter on?
VMware capacity planner
xp 32bit+
the vmkernel port
Level 4 Statistics

22. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
Swap - root and /var/log
SQL Native Client
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
The port for the service console

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

24. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
8 MB
vmkernel port
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
hard disk configuration file

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
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Level 4 Statistics

26. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
32
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

27. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Inside the VMs guest OS
4.1 Enterprise and +

28. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
install VMTools on an OS
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

29. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
SQL Native Client
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

30. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of 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
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
contains all data that makes up the VM
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

31. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Host Profiles
256 on bootup - 128 on install
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
255GB

32. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
10
vmkernel port
the vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

33. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
SQL Native Client
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
contains all data that makes up the VM

34. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
10
VMware capacity planner
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
SQL Native Client

35. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
SQL Native Client
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
64

36. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
contains all data that makes up the VM
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
8 MB

37. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
256 on bootup - 128 on install
255GB
install VMTools on an OS

38. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Swap - root and /var/log
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
255GB
the vmkernel port