Module 14: Installing VMware ESX and ESXi Flashcards
(41 cards)
Before installing VMware® ESXTM, ensure that the hardware requirements are met (4 points)
64 bit processor, min 3gb memory, one or more ethernet controllers, SCSI adapter, Fire channel or RAID controller
ESC can be installed using either; (3)
GUI , text mode, an installation script
During installation, the ESX installer prompts you for information like: (7)
license key, ip settings, host name, time zone, date and time, root password, location of installation ISO image
During ESX installation, the following physical partitions are created: (3)
/boot; vmkcore; /vmfs
/vmfs is required to
store your virt machines
/boot contains…
ESX software and support files
vmkcore is required to
store core dumps for troubleshooting
The / vmfs / volumes partition also holds the ___ __ ___, located in a virtual disk named
esxconsole.vmdk.
esx service console
esxconsole . vmdk contains the ___-based service console operating
system.
linux
The service console has its own swap partition. Configure the swap partition size to be at least ___ __ ___of the service console’s RAM allocation
twice
the size
ESXi Installable requires:
64 bit server (AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, or Intel Nehalem).
ESXi host must have 4 things:
1 or more ethernet controllers, SCSI controller , internal RAID controller, SCSI disk or local RAID LUN
ESXi Installable supports installing on and booting from __ ___or ___
SATA disk drives, SCSI disk drives, or
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives.
ESXi Embedded does not have to be installed, because it __ __ __ __on your
physical server.
comes embedded as firmware
When you power on an ESXi host (either ESXi Embedded or ESXi Installable) for the first time, it
enters a __ ___, during which system network and storage devices are configured with
defaults.
bootup phase
After the host completes the bootup phase, the direct console user interface appears on the attached
monitor. Using a keyboard attached to the host, press ___to examine and, if necessary, modify the
default configuration
F2
The disk-formatting software retains existing diagnostic partitions that are created by the hardware
vendor. In the remaining space, the software creates:
One 4GB VFAT scratch partition for system swap
• One 110MB diagnostic partition for core dumps
• One VMware vStorage VMFS datastore on the remaining free space
By default, all visible, blank___ ___ are formatted with a VMFS datastore so that you can
store virtual machines on the disks.
internal disks
Disks are
considered to be blank if they do not have a valid partition table or partitions
True
LVM=
Logical Volume Manager
___ ___ ___occurs the first time that you power on the host and when you power on
the host after you reset the host to the configuration defaults.
Automatic disk formatting
To prevent automatic disk formatting,
detach local storage devices from the ___ before you power on the host for the first time. Or ___ ___ ___ ___ before you power on the host after you reset the host to the configuration
defaults
host ; detach
local storage devices
During the auto configuration phase, a 4GB ____ scratch partition is created if this partition is not
present on another disk.
VFAT
the scratch partition is not required
true
