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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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1. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
xp 32bit+
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
64

2. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Level 4 Statistics
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
install VMTools on an OS
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

3. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
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
When you enable it - it is off by default

4. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Host Profiles
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
contains all data that makes up the VM

5. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Swap - root and /var/log
SQL Native Client
install VMTools on an OS

6. What is Vswif?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
vmkernel port
Inside the VMs guest OS
The port for the service console

7. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
contains all data that makes up the VM
VMware capacity planner
xp 32bit+
When you enable it - it is off by default

8. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
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
256 on bootup - 128 on install

9. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
vmkernel port
ESX
install VMTools on an OS
VMware capacity planner

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

11. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Level 4 Statistics

12. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
256 on bootup - 128 on install
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

13. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
vmkernel port
Level 4 Statistics
255GB

14. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
64

15. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
The port for the service console
the vmkernel port
Level 4 Statistics
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

16. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
8 MB
255GB
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vmkernel port

17. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
The port for the service console
256 on bootup - 128 on install
ESX
Level 4 Statistics

18. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

19. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
contains all data that makes up the VM
install VMTools on an OS
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

20. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Level 4 Statistics
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

21. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
64
install VMTools on an OS

22. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
vmkernel port
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
the vmkernel port

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

24. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
10
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
VMware capacity planner

25. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
VMware capacity planner
Host Profiles
Level 4 Statistics
Swap - root and /var/log

26. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
vmkernel port
32
Host Profiles
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

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
4.1 Enterprise and +
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
64

28. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
SQL Native Client
ESX
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

29. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
10
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

30. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Host Profiles
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

31. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Inside the VMs guest OS
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
4.1 Enterprise and +
10

32. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
the vmkernel port
ESX

33. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
4.1 Enterprise and +
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

34. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
When you enable it - it is off by default
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

35. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
Level 4 Statistics
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

36. What can you install vcenter on?
Inside the VMs guest OS
64
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
xp 32bit+

37. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
When you enable it - it is off by default
VMware capacity planner

38. How many NICs does a VM support?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
256 on bootup - 128 on install
255GB
10