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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
4.1 Enterprise and +
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

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

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3. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
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
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
vmkernel port

4. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
The port for the service console
SQL Native Client
32
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

5. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
255GB
Swap - root and /var/log
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

6. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
vmkernel port
64
The port for the service console
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

7. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
4.1 Enterprise and +
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vmkernel port
xp 32bit+

8. What can you install vcenter on?
xp 32bit+
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
32
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

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

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10. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
contains all data that makes up the VM
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins

11. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
10
Swap - root and /var/log
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
When you enable it - it is off by default

12. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
contains all data that makes up the VM
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

13. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Swap - root and /var/log
SQL Native Client
10

14. 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
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
8 MB
hard disk configuration file

15. How many NICs does ESX support?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
64
32

16. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
you can't
255GB
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

17. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
The port for the service console
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

18. 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
ESX
contains all data that makes up the VM
Inside the VMs guest OS

19. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
4.1 Enterprise and +
The port for the service console
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN

20. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
8 MB
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
Inside the VMs guest OS

21. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Swap - root and /var/log
255GB
4.1 Enterprise and +
Host Profiles

22. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
64
xp 32bit+
Level 4 Statistics
255GB

23. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
Swap - root and /var/log
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

24. 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 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
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust

25. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
8 MB
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
hard disk configuration file
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

26. What is Vswif?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
SQL Native Client
The port for the service console
255GB

27. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
4.1 Enterprise and +
The port for the service console
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
VMware capacity planner

28. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
64
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
8MB - creates 1.5 TB

29. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
256 on bootup - 128 on install
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

30. How many NICs does a VM support?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
10
Promiscuous - Isolated Community

31. 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
contains all data that makes up the VM
install VMTools on an OS

32. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
32
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX
Level 4 Statistics

33. What is Guided Consolitdation?
VMware capacity planner
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

34. You can't automatically...
the vmkernel port
install VMTools on an OS
Level 4 Statistics
contains all data that makes up the VM

35. 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
When you enable it - it is off by default
you can't

36. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Host Profiles
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
VMware capacity planner
When you enable it - it is off by default

37. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
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

38. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Level 4 Statistics
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
you can't
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation