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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
ESX
10
64
Swap - root and /var/log

2. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Level 4 Statistics
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

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

4. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
32
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
ESX
hard disk configuration file

5. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
the vmkernel port
ESX
Level 4 Statistics
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

6. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

7. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
VMware capacity planner
SQL Native Client
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

8. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
xp 32bit+
32
Level 4 Statistics

9. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Host Profiles
Swap - root and /var/log
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

10. 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
install VMTools on an OS
hard disk configuration file

11. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
ESX
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
hard disk configuration file

12. 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
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
The port for the service console
install VMTools on an OS

13. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
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
the vmkernel port

14. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
xp 32bit+
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

15. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
8 MB
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

16. What is Guided Consolitdation?
4.1 Enterprise and +
Level 4 Statistics
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
you can't

17. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
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
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

18. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
When you enable it - it is off by default
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
the vmkernel port

19. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
the vmkernel port
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

20. 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
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
10
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

21. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
Swap - root and /var/log
Inside the VMs guest OS
64
4.1 Enterprise and +

22. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
vmkernel port

23. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
Inside the VMs guest OS
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

24. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
The port for the service console
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
When you enable it - it is off by default

25. What can you install vcenter on?
xp 32bit+
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

26. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
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
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

27. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
vmkernel port
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
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

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

29. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
install VMTools on an OS
SQL Native Client
10
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

30. What is Vswif?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
you can't
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
The port for the service console

31. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-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
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

32. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
the vmkernel port
SQL Native Client
contains all data that makes up the VM
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

33. How many NICs does ESX support?
ESX
64
VMware capacity planner
32

34. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
hard disk configuration file
Inside the VMs guest OS
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
32

35. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Level 4 Statistics
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
The port for the service console
you can't

36. How many NICs does a VM support?
255GB
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
vmkernel port
10

37. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
the vmkernel port
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Host Profiles

38. You can't automatically...
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
install VMTools on an OS
Level 4 Statistics
4.1 Enterprise and +