6.5 Foundations Practice Exam Flashcards
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- Which two options can change the thin provisioned disk to thick provisioned? (Choose two.)
A. Use vMotion to migrate the VM to another ESXi host without moving the disks.
B. Use Storage vMotion of the running VM to the same datastore and select Thick Provision.
C. Power off the VM, locate the VMDK disk in the Datastore browser, right-click that and select Inflate.
D. Use Storage vMotion of the running VM to another datastore and select Thick Provision.
Correct Answers: C, D
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2014832
- In order for a company to meet regulatory requirements, all ESXi 6.x Hosts must be configured to direct logs to a syslog server.
What are two ways ESXi hosts can configured for this action? (Choose two)
A. Use the esxcli system syslog command.
B. Syslog logging is not available for ESXi Hosts.
C. From the Syslog collector user interface of the Web Client.
D. Edit them in the ESXi host Advanced System Settings.
Correct Answer: A, D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID9F67DB52-F469-451F-B6C8-DAE8D95976E7.html
- After installation of a host in your test environment, you need to move it to production.
The only major change that needs to be made is that the hostname of the server needs to change.
What are two ways that an administrator can change the host name without editing configuration files on the host directly? (Choose two.)
A. Use the Ruby vSphere Client to send a script to the ESXi host that updates the hostname.
B. Login to the Direct Console User Interface and change it from here.
C. Update the information in DNS and the ESXi host will automatically update with these changes.
D. Edit the Default TCP/IP Configuration from the vSphere Web Client.
Correct Answer: B,D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-D4AF4F9F-F274-4ADE-98F41CB44ABCC505.html
- Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).
What is the most likely explanation?
A. The ESXi host is running in evaluation mode.
B. The host requires a reboot before this feature is available.
C. The host has not yet been added to a vCenter Server.
D. The BIOS on the host does not have NX/XD enabled.
Correct Answer: C
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1008077
- A Long-Distance vMotion migration cannot complete.
Which three situations could cause this? (Choose three.)
A. The license currently in use for the two hosts in vSphere Enterprise Edition.
B. The round-trip time between the hosts is greater than 150 milliseconds.
C. The virtual machine is configured to use Virtual NVMe disks.
D. The vMotion traffic to the destination host is on the default TCP/IP stack.
E. The license currently in use for the two hosts is vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition.
Correct Answer: A,B,D
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2106949
- Which two choices are VMware-recommended ESXi syslog configurations? (Choose two.)
A. Remote logging to a central host.
B. Store logs in the in-memory filesystem.
C. Configure persistent logging to a datastore.
D. Configure logging to the vCenter Server.
Correct Answer: A,C
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-F35D7005-58EB-48AC-99D5-B9942EB2A8EF.html
- A mission-critical virtual machine built on vSphere 4.1 needs to be moved to an ESXi 6.x host.
Which virtual hardware version is needed to move the virtual machine without upgrading?
A. 10
B. 7
C. 6
D. 11
Correct Answer: B
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2007240
- Which two statements are Datastore Cluster requirements? (Choose two.)
A. Datastore clusters can only contain VMFS datastores.
B. Datastores shared across multiple data centers cannot be included in a datastore cluster.
C. NFS and VMFS datastores cannot can not be combined in the same datastore cluster.
D. Datastore clusters must contain three or more datastores..
Correct Answer: B,C
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-34A10B42-C79E-491C-A5AA99E3B5FA2278.html
9. Which three IP addresses may be pinged by the Test Management Network feature in the ESXi hosts DCUI? (Choose three.) A. NTP server B. Secondary DNS server C. DHCP server D. Default gateway E. Primary DNS server
Correct Answer: B,D,E
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID0CDC0898-34C2-4DF5-B7F8-49BEE14D0A85.html
- A vSphere Administrator attempts to remove a host from a vSphere distributed switch, and fails. There is a notification that resources are still in use.
What are two possible causes? (Choose two.)
A. There are virtual machine network adapters connected to the distributed switch.
B. There are VMkernel adapters on the distributed switch that are in use.
C. The administrator does not have sufficient rights to remove the host from the distributed switch.
D. The ESXi host has a virtual machine with over 256 GB RAM assigned.
Correct Answer: A,B
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-038AC93F-D710-48ED-8E3B258A23FB2930.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKoDswCMIFMAEAXA9hgSmgLY4BumYGAEjgM5YYBmATjkRpa QMoAOAFmmaYAIgEt6zUcgCuWNABMMXAO6isAYz4gAvkA
- Which three factors should an Administrator take into account when determining the required VDP appliance size and number of appliances? (Choose three.)
A. retention periods (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
B. VMs guest OS family and version
C. typical change rate
D. Number and type (database, file system) of VMs
Correct Answer: A,C,D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/vmware-data-protectionadministration-guide-61.pdf#page=27
- A vSphere Administrator recently upgraded to vSphere .6.5 and wants to assign more than 4 TB of RAM to the virtual machine.
What must happen first?
A. Make sure that the user account has administrative privileges at a global level.
B. Upgrade the Virtual Machine compatibility to version 13.
C. Obtain an ESXi server with an Intel Skylake CPU.
D. Make sure that there are no snapshots present on the virtual machine..
Correct Answer: B
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2051652
- A vSphere administrator has been using vSphere in evaluation mode and now wants to deploy an environment that provides the same features.
Which edition of vSphere provides similar functionality to evaluation mode?
A. Essentials
B. Standard
C. Enterprise Plus
D. Enterprise
Correct Answer: C
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-7AFCC64B-7D94-48A0-86CF8E7EF55DF68F.html
- Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator attempts to enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) on a cluster.
The operation results in a compatibility error, as shown in the exhibit.
“Hosts with the following processor types will be permitted to enter the cluster:
“AMD Opteron TM generation 1”
“AMD Opteron TM generation 2”
“AMD Opteron TM generation 3”
What is the likely cause of this error?
A. The CPUs in the ESXi host do not support hardware virtualization capabilities.
B. There is no shared storage between the hosts in the cluster.
C. The CPUs in the ESXi host are not AMD CPUs.
D. The XD/NX CPU features have not been enabled in the BIOS of the server.
Correct Answer: C
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003212
15. What is a valid plug-in status for a plug-in that has been added to a vSphere client? A. Stopped B. Disabled C. Installed D. Unknown
Correct Answer: B
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.hostclient.doc/GUID-0BEFEFAD-EF82-4AFB-8D2547730B18FA7E.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIA4QK4HMC0BLAdgAnQZ2wBN8wAjCAU0OzADMAXCgJ10z3sig F8g
17. What are three valid disk configurations for the vSphere Data Protection 6.x Appliance? (Choose three.) A. 500GB B. 2TB C. 1TB D. 4TB E. 1.5TB
Correct Answer: B, C, D
Explanation: This question is tricky as the guide says the following: Available storage size 0.5 TB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, and 8 TB but technically .5 TB is 512 GB so I did not choose A
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/vmware-data-protectionadministration-guide-60.pdf#page=15
- An administrator has unsuccessfully attempted several times to install an Operating System inside a virtual machine. The administrator finds that the installation fails at random intervals.
Which two actions can be taken to resolve this issue? (Choose two.)
A. Verify the md5sum and if invalid, download the installation files again.
B. Create a new virtual machine and attempt the installation with the existing media.
C. Attempt to use a different installation media or installation method.
D. Attempt the installation an additional time.
Correct Answer: A,C
Reference: Unable to find a reference so these are my answers
19. Which two network failure detection options are available when using a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.) A. Fixed with preferred path B. Dynamic C. Link status with Beacon probing D. Link status only
Correct Answer: C,D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-D34B1ADD-B8A7-43CD-AA7E2832A0F7EE76.html
- Refer to the Exhibit. A storage administrator is not seeing full utilization of all bandwidth from an ESXi host.
The vSphere administrator observes the adapter details, as shown in the Exhibit.
https://imgur.com/QzCZvCS
What is the probable cause of this issue?
A. The array is not setup to use the correct multipathing policy.
B. No traffic is being sent across it because a path failed.
C. Another path needs to be used to allow full utilization of the bandwidth.
D. There are no virtual machines on the host.
Correct Answer: B
Reference: No reference just my answer based on the question “what is the probable cause?”.
- Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is adding an NFS datastore as shown in the Exhibit.
https: //imgur.com/MxT2Wdb
What is the purpose of the Servers to be added list?
A. It contains the IP addresses of the NFS Storage Server to provide multipathing capability.
B. It contains the IP addresses of the ESXi hosts that mount the datastore.
C. It contains the IP addresses used for Static Discovery of targets.
D. It contains the IP addresses used for Dynamic Discovery of targets.
Correct Answer: A
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-B52657D0-248D-4A99-99CC-D35B350461D5.html
- When is it possible to place a VMFS5 datastore in maintenance mode?
A. When it is a member of Virtual SAN cluster
B. When it is a member of a Virtual Volume
C. When it is a member of a multi-extent datastore
D. When it is a member of a Storage DRS cluster
Correct Answer: D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-D229556E-C991-41BD-A378363CC9D2B2CC.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIAoTAYwKYAIxoCJgC5gGdcB7AJ3QEsA7NAWTGtxSrCtTuIBMU QBfIA
- A vSphere Administrator notices that one of the virtual machines has been configured for VMDirectPath I/ O, and a physical NIC has been assigned to the VM.
What feature is not available to this VM?
A. VMware Tools upgrades
B. Virtual Machine Compatibility version upgrades
C. Storage DRS
D. vMotion
Correct Answer: D
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-BF2770C3-39ED-4BC5-A8EF77D55EFE924C.html
- Which statement is true regarding the licensing of vCenter Server?
A. Changing the license assigned to vCenter Server requires a restart of the vCenter Server service.
B. Virtual machines can still be powered on if the vCenter Server license expires.
C. The license for vCenter Server must be provided at the time of installation.
D. Licensing for a single vCenter Server installation is determined by the number of managed virtual machines.
Correct Answer: B
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMwarevSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-1D945AFF-3BAF-4A02-B547A99353321E59.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKIGUAaBLABACQPYGcAuaAIijgMZYB2FApqXjmgGYBOWAtmgG 4DC1Fe1ZmgSDOgkAF8gA
- A VMware vSphere 6.x Administrator is implementing a new eight-node cluster for business critical applications. Each server will be configured with two 10 GbE network adapters and will utilize iSCSI for storage on one subnet.
Which feature is required to implement this solution?
A. LACP
B. Storage DRS
C. VMkernel Port Binding
D. Network I/O Control
Correct Answer: C
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2038869