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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

Subjects : certifications, vce, it-skills

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
VMware capacity planner
contains all data that makes up the VM
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

2. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
you can't
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

3. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
you can't
Inside the VMs guest OS
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
contains all data that makes up the VM

4. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

5. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
ESX
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
hard disk configuration file
install VMTools on an OS

6. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
install VMTools on an OS
When you enable it - it is off by default
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

7. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
8 MB
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
vmkernel port

8. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
Inside the VMs guest OS
you can't
8 MB
Host Profiles

9. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
8 MB

10. You can't automatically...
SQL Native Client
install VMTools on an OS
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
32

11. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
255GB
8 MB

12. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
64
The port for the service console

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

14. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

15. What can you install vcenter on?
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
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
xp 32bit+

16. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
255GB
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

17. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
4.1 Enterprise and +

18. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Swap - root and /var/log
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
SQL Native Client
4.1 Enterprise and +

19. How many NICs does a VM support?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
10
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
contains all data that makes up the VM

20. What is Vswif?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMware capacity planner
256 on bootup - 128 on install
The port for the service console

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

22. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
ESX
256 on bootup - 128 on install
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

23. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
SQL Native Client
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Host Profiles

24. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
255GB
64
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

25. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
contains all data that makes up the VM
64
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

26. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
255GB
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

27. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
When you enable it - it is off by default
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

28. What is Guided Consolitdation?
Host Profiles
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Swap - root and /var/log
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

29. 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
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
xp 32bit+
10

30. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Host Profiles
The port for the service console

31. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
8 MB
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Level 4 Statistics

32. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
SQL Native Client
vmkernel port
4.1 Enterprise and +

33. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
hard disk configuration file
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
contains all data that makes up the VM
4.1 Enterprise and +

34. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Inside the VMs guest OS
xp 32bit+
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

35. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

36. How many NICs does ESX support?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8 MB
vmkernel port
32

37. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
Inside the VMs guest OS
the vmkernel port
When you enable it - it is off by default
4.1 Enterprise and +

38. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Host Profiles
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
VMware capacity planner