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Certified Virtualization Expert Vce

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How do you perform a text mode upgrade of ESX?

2. How do you create a 1.5 TB hard drive - what block size do you need?
8 MB
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
hard disk configuration file
Inside the VMs guest OS

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

4. What is the upgrade order of ESX?
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
xp 32bit+
install VMTools on an OS
64

5. What block size will for VMFS will allow you to create the maximum sized VMFS volume on a lun?
hard disk configuration file
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
32

6. What is Vswif?
vmkernel port
The port for the service console
xp 32bit+
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools

7. What tool will determine necessary hardware to run your new infrastructure for your conversion?
VMware capacity planner
32
4.1 Enterprise and +
When you enable it - it is off by default

8. In a fibre channel lun - what does vmhba1:c0:t2:l3:s1 represtent?
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
install VMTools on an OS
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

9. Which level of logging in vCenter will collect all possible?
Level 4 Statistics
Swap - root and /var/log
Inside the VMs guest OS
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

10. What does ESX4.x Provide instead of Capacity Planner?
64
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
vmkernel port
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

11. How many NICs does ESX support?
32
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
the vmkernel port
Swap - root and /var/log

12. How do you change DNS behavior in ESX?
the vmkernel port
Host Profiles
8 MB
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

13. What are used to apply and monitor configurations to ESX?
10
hard disk configuration file
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Host Profiles

14. what is a VM_name.vmdk file?
When you enable it - it is off by default
hard disk configuration file
The port for the service console
Inside the VMs guest OS

15. What is best practice to resize during an ESX installaiton?
Swap - root and /var/log
Host Profiles
255GB
install VMTools on an OS

16. Where can ESX 4.x be installed?
When you enable it - it is off by default
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Level 4 Statistics
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner

17. You can't automatically...
SQL Native Client
install VMTools on an OS
256 on bootup - 128 on install
8 MB

18. what is a VM_name-flat.vmdk file?
contains all data that makes up the VM
VMware capacity planner
8MB - creates 1.5 TB
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch

19. What technology allows you to store a VM on a NFS share?
ESX
Level 4 Statistics
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
The port for the service console

20. What is Guided Consolitdation?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
255GB

21. Contrast VMWare Server and workstation in terms of installation as and running
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
SQL Native Client
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

22. What must you create to add a NFS datastore to ESX4 host?
contains all data that makes up the VM
vmkernel port
hard disk configuration file
change the etc/nssswitch.conf

23. in ESX - how many hosts per switch?
install VMTools on an OS
64
The port for the service console
vmkernel port

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

25. 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
hard disk configuration file
10
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
Create a separate portgroup and attach a vm running the web service to it.

26. What does vCenter Server linked mode require?
255GB
64
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1

27. Which services need access to the iSCSI SAN to run?
the vmkernel port
hadrare dapter id of 1 - storage channel is 0 - storage processor target id is 2 - lun is 2 and partition number is 1
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
you can't

28. You want to design for Fastest throughput and have 2 physical Nics available?
Host Profiles
Add 2 physical NICs to a virtual switch - then connect your VMs to a portgroup on that virtual switch
32
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server

29. How many NICs does a VM support?
When you enable it - it is off by default
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
10
256 on bootup - 128 on install

30. What is the order of install and setup for vcenter?
255GB
When you enable it - it is off by default
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
64

31. Which ESX editions allow third party storage multipathing?
4.1 Enterprise and +
64
Install DBA server - create a dba - establish an ODBC connection - install vcenter - install any plugins
256 on bootup - 128 on install

32. What is the Max RAM support for a VM in ESX?
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
change the etc/nssswitch.conf
256 on bootup - 128 on install
255GB

33. In ESX - how do you set the IP addres for the virtual Nic?
Network Time Synch - Full DNS resolution - all domains connected in 2 way trust
On a harddrive or shipped from the factory in EPROM
Inside the VMs guest OS
vmkernel port

34. Which vCenter Server 4 driver is required to make a system ODBC connection?
You don't have to - the customization files are preinstalled on the vCenter Server
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
SQL Native Client
you can't

35. How to provide space to a VMFS datastore without moving data somewhere else?
255GB
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation
extend your vmware vmfs datastore to another empty LUN
install VMTools on an OS

36. Which modes does a vNetwork Distributed Switch support?
Promiscuous - Isolated Community
Inside the VMs guest OS
vCenter then ESX then vmware tools
the vmkernel port

37. How many LUNs can a Fibre Channel san recognize during bootup and install?
256 on bootup - 128 on install
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
Mini-Capacity Planner known as Guided Consolodation

38. When can you use the Web Browser to manage ESX 4?
VMWare Server and Workstation both install as an application and run as a user mode application - but Server can run as a service
ESX Alternative to Capacity Planner - it is AKA Mini-Capacity Planner
install VMTools on an OS
When you enable it - it is off by default