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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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1. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
255GB
ESX
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

2. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
Host Profiles
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
256 on bootup - 128 on install
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

3. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
64
SQL Native Client
you can't

4. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
10
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
you can't

5. How many NICs does a VM support?
10
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

6. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
64
the vmkernel port
ESX
When you enable it - it is off by default

7. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
10
Host Profiles
The port for the service console
256 on bootup - 128 on install

8. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
vmkernel port
8 MB
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

9. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
When you enable it - it is off by default
Swap - root and /var/log
you can't

10. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
10

11. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
Inside the VMs guest OS
install VMTools on an OS
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

12. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
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
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
8 MB

13. 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.
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

14. You can't automatically...
install VMTools on an OS
SQL Native Client
Host Profiles
When you enable it - it is off by default

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

16. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
4.1 Enterprise and +
Inside the VMs guest OS
ESX
64

17. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
install VMTools on an OS
Inside the VMs guest OS
hard disk configuration file
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

18. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
VMware capacity planner

19. 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
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
you can't
hard disk configuration file
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

20. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
ESX
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
VMware capacity planner

21. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
hard disk configuration file
When you enable it - it is off by default
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

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

23. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
The port for the service console
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
10
4.1 Enterprise and +

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
32
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
Inside the VMs guest OS

25. How many NICs does ESX support?
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
32
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Level 4 Statistics

26. What is Vswif?
The port for the service console
vmkernel port
Inside the VMs guest OS
256 on bootup - 128 on install

27. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
When you enable it - it is off by default

28. What is Guided Consolitdation?
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
the vmkernel port
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
256 on bootup - 128 on install

29. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
contains all data that makes up the VM
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
VMware capacity planner

30. What can you install vcenter on?
32
xp 32bit+
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
The port for the service console

31. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
32
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
ESX
4.1 Enterprise and +

32. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
64
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM

33. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
Level 4 Statistics
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.
Host Profiles

34. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
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
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service

35. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
VMware capacity planner
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
SQL Native Client
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

36. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
Inside the VMs guest OS
255GB
64

37. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
10

38. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
xp 32bit+
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Level 4 Statistics