VCP 5 Flash Cards
(150 cards)
1
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What is the largest block size you can have in VMFS-5?
A
8MB (when upgraded from VMFS-3)
2
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What is the largest block size you can have in VMFS-3?
A
8MB
3
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An NFS datastore was unmounted for maintenance. How is it mounted again?
A
It will have to be added to the ESXi host again.
4
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A VMFS datastore was deleted. What happens to the data on it?
A
The data is lost.
5
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What is the smallest block size you can have in VMFS-5?
A
1MB
6
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What is the smallest block size you can have in VMFS-3?
A
1MB
7
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What version of NFS is supported for use in vSphere as a datastore?
A
Version 3
8
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What is the largest VMDK file size in vSphere 5.5?
A
62TB
9
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What is the largest VMFS-5 volume size possible in vSphere 5?
A
64TB
10
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Which ESX/ESXi hosts can access a VMFS-5 datastore?
A
ESXi 5 only
11
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What is a prerequisite for VMFS-2 datastores to be upgraded to VMFS-5?
A
They first must be upgraded to VMFS-3.
12
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What are the three default path selection policies?
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Fixed, Most Recently Used, and Round Robin
13
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Which type of RDM can be placed in snapshot mode?
A
Virtual Compatibility Mode
14
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How many NAS mounts per ESXi 5 host are supported?
A
256
15
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What are the two ways to increase the capacity of a VMFS volume?
A
Grow Extent and Add Extent
16
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What is used to configure vCenter Single Sign-On?
A
vSphere Web Client
17
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Which licensing is required to use the Virtual Serial Port Concentrator?
A
Enterprise or Enterprise Plus
18
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What is iSCSI Firmware Boot Table (iBFT) used for?
A
iBFT is used to communicate information about an iSCSI boot device to an OS.
19
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Which PVLAN port can communicate with all ports, including the isolated and community ports?
A
Promiscuous
20
Q
Using the embedded vPostgres database, how many hosts can the vCenter Server Appliance support?
A
100
21
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vSwitches provide which two connection types?
A
Virtual machine and VMkernel
22
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Is adding or removing a vmnic to/from a vSwitch with a virtual machine networking connection type disruptive to virtual machines?
A
No
23
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Can a vSwitch be removed if virtual machines are actively connected to it?
A
No
24
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What are the three vSwitch security policies?
A
Promiscuous Mode, MAC Address Changes, and Forged Transmits
25
Which type of port group is created to access an NFS share?
VMkernel
26
dvSwitches require vCenter Server and which edition of vSphere?
Enterprise Plus
27
What are the three types of PVLAN ports?
Promiscuous, isolated, and community
28
Which distributed switch version is the latest version included with vSphere 5.5?
vSphere Distributed Switch version 5.5.0
29
Private VLANs are supported in which type of virtual switch?
dvSwitches only
30
Which type of virtual switch allows a VLAN range to be specified?
dvSwitch only
31
What are the three types of port binding?
Static binding, dynamic binding, and ephemeral binding
32
Can multiple vMotion port groups per host be enabled?
Yes, with multi-NIC vMotion
33
Which virtual switch provides bidirectional virtual machine rate limiting (traffic shaping)?
dvSwitch only
34
What are the four policies that the vSwitch and dvSwitch have in common?
Failover and Load Balancing Policy, VLAN Policy, Security Policy, and Traffic Shaping Policy
35
Which load-balancing policy is available only on the dvSwitch?
Route Based on Physical NIC Load
36
TSO is enabled on VMs by using which two network adapter types?
VMXNET 2 or VMXNET 3
37
What are the three VLAN tagging configurations?
External Switch Tagging (EST), Virtual Switch Tagging (VST), and Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT)
38
Jumbo frames are enabled on VMs by using which two network adapter types?
VMXNET 2 and VMXNET 3
39
A traffic-shaping policy consists of three configurable options; what are they?
Average Bandwidth, Peak Bandwidth, and Burst Size
40
Which load-balancing policy requires Enterprise Plus licensing?
Route Based on Physical NIC Load
41
What are the three default system roles in vCenter Server?
No Access, Read Only, and Administrator
42
Permissions are applied in vCenter Server by pairing a user or group with what?
A role
43
User permissions take precedence over _____ permissions.
group
44
Any permission defined directly on a child object will ________ permissions propagated from parent objects.
override
45
What are the three start-up policies available for services when configured in the ESXi firewall?
Start and Stop with Port Usage, Start and Stop with Host, and Start and Stop Manually
46
All operations performed against an ESXi host in Lockdown Mode must originate from where?
The vCenter Server managing the ESXi host
47
The MAC Address Changes policy will affect VM traffic that is ________.
received
48
The Forged Transmits policy will affect VM traffic that is ________.
transmitted
49
In vCenter, a permission is a role plus the user or group name assigned to what?
Inventory object
50
vSphere Data Protection was introduced in vSphere 5.1 to replace which product?
VMware Data Recovery
51
Which vSphere editions include vSphere Flash Read Cache?
Enterprise Plus
52
The vCenter Server Appliance requires which versions of ESX/ESXi hosts?
ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 and ESXi 5 or newer
53
vCenter Server?s bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition database supports how many VMware ESX/ESXi hosts and how many virtual machines in the inventory?
5 ESX/ESXi hosts and 50 virtual machines
54
What is the single VMware-supported solution that provides application-level high availability for vCenter Server?
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
55
What is configured on ESXi hosts to ensure accurate time?
NTP
56
Where are three places that routing and DNS for ESXi hosts can be configured?
The vSphere Web Client, the vSphere Client, and the DCUI
57
vCenter Server 5 requires a __-bit operating system and a __-bit DSN.
64, 64
58
What is updated first, virtual machine hardware or VMware Tools?
VMware Tools
59
To upgrade an ESXi host with Update Manager, are static or DHCP addresses required?
Static IP addresses
60
Which virtual hardware version is introduced in vSphere 5.5?
Version 10
61
Virtual machine hardware version 10 offers support for ___ vCPUs and ___ of memory.
64, 1TB
62
What is the name of the file used to configure VMware Tools from the command line on a Windows server?
VmwareToolboxCmd.exe
63
What are the two modes that can be used with independent disks?
Independent Persistent and Independent Nonpersistent
64
What are the three types of SCSI bus sharing?
None, virtual, and physical
65
What are the three formats for virtual disks?
Flat disk, thick provision, and thin provision
66
________ are used to specify the relative importance of a virtual machine as it pertains to a specific resource.
Shares
67
Name an application that can be used to shrink virtual disks.
VMware Converter
68
vApps require which edition of vSphere to be licensed?
Enterprise or Enterprise Plus
69
What are the two formats that a vApp can be exported in?
Folder of files (OVF) and single file (OVA)
70
Which version of vSphere was the first to introduce support for backing up and restoring dvSwitch configuration?
vSphere 5.1
71
What is the maximum amount of RAM supported in an ESXi 5.5 host?
4TB
72
When SSO is first deployed in vSphere 5.5, the only user with administrative privileges in SSO is ________________.
Administrator@vsphere.local
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The Simple Install option for vCenter Server supports up to _____ vSphere hosts and ______virtual machines.
1,000, 10,000
74
vSphere Data Protection is based on which EMC technology?
Avamar
75
Which vSphere feature allows the copying of virtual machines from one location to another location?
vSphere Replication
76
Cloning a virtual machine requires ________ and the ________.
vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client (or vSphere Client)
77
When a virtual machine is converted to a template, what does the .vmx file extension change to?
.vmtx
78
What is used to deploy an OVF template?
The vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client
79
What is the use case for templates in vCenter Server?
To deploy multiple consistent images from a protected virtual machine
80
What is the file extension for a virtual hard disk file that actually contains the guest OS data?
#NAME?
81
What is the VSWP file in a virtual machine?s working location?
The virtual machine swap file
82
What are the two types of storage capabilities used with VM storage profiles?
System-defined and user-defined
83
What option can be used to slow down a virtual machine if there is a problem running or installing software in the virtual machine?
Disable Acceleration
84
Wake On LAN is supported for which guest operating systems?
Windows
85
Adding a configuration parameter to a virtual machine modifies which file in the virtual machine?s working location?
VMX
86
If a DRS cluster is not overcommitted, the virtual machine entitlement will be ________ as the resource allocation for the virtual machine.
the same
87
What is used to allow ESXi hosts in a cluster to exchange network heartbeats via the HA agents over their management networks?
Host Monitoring
88
If a master host stops receiving network heartbeats from a slave host, what does the master host use to determine if the slave host is failed, isolated, or partitioned?
Datastore heartbeating
89
What are the three admission control policies in vSphere HA?
Host Failures The Cluster Tolerates, Percentage Of Cluster Resources Reserved As Failover Spare Capacity, and Specify Failover Hosts
90
In vSphere HA, what are the four settings for virtual machine restart priority?
Disabled, Low, Medium, High
91
What are the three automation levels available for DRS clusters?
Manual, Partially automated, and Fully automated
92
In which direction do you move the DRS migration threshold slider to make DRS more conservative?
Left
93
What are the two types of relationships that can be established with affinity rules?
Affinity and anti-affinity
94
What are the two types of affinity rules?
VM-Host and VM-VM
95
Which type of affinity rule will use the DRS Groups Manager?
VM-Host
96
What are the four options available when creating a VM-Host affinity rule?
Must Run On Hosts In Group, Should Run On Hosts In Group, Must Not Run On Hosts In Group, and Should Not Run On Hosts In Group
97
If VM-VM affinity rules conflict with each other, which of the rules will be disabled?
The newer of the conflicting rules
98
What is used in a cluster to allow greater vMotion compatibility for the different ESXi hosts in the cluster?
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
99
Datastore clusters are supported on which ESX/ESXi versions?
ESXi 5 and newer only
100
VMware FT supports how many vCPUs in a virtual machine?
One
101
What are two ways that FT can be tested?
Pulling the power cables from an ESXi host or using the FT Test Failover functionality
102
What virtual disk format is required for VMware FT?
Thick-provisioned eager zeroed format
103
What two VMkernel network connections are required to use VMware FT?
vMotion and fault tolerance logging
104
Can vCenter Server be protected with VMware FT in a supported configuration?
No
105
What is the minimum number of ESX/ESXi hosts required to implement VMware FT?
Two
106
What is used to allow a child resource pool to request resources from its parent or ancestors?
The Expandable Reservation parameter
107
What is the basis for any hierarchy of resource pools that exist on standalone hosts or in DRS-enabled clusters?
Root resource pool
108
Can vSphere Data Protection be managed with the vSphere Client?
No
109
________ are used to set an upper bound for memory and CPU resources.
Limits
110
________ can be used to guarantee a minimum allocation of CPU and/or memory for a resource pool.
Reservations
111
Can vMotion be used to migrate virtual machines to new datacenters?
No
112
Can a suspended virtual machine be moved to a new datacenter?
Yes
113
How can Storage vMotion be used without a license?
When using evaluation mode
114
Can virtual machines that use a virtual device backed by a device that is not accessible on the destination host be migrated with vMotion?
No
115
To use EVC in a cluster, can both Intel and AMD processors be used for the hosts?
No
116
What are the three locations where virtual machine swap files can be stored?
Default (defined by the host or cluster swap file settings), always stored with the virtual machine, and stored in the host?s swap file datastore
117
An individual virtual machine swap file location setting conflicts with the setting specified on an ESXi host. Which setting will be effective?
The virtual machine?s
118
Can virtual disk formats be changed during a Storage vMotion?
Yes
119
What are three things that a snapshot will preserve?
Virtual machine settings, power state, and disk state
120
What happens to a virtual machine?s VMDK files when a snapshot is taken of the virtual machine?
The files are placed in read-only mode.
121
What level of consistency will be achieved when taking a snapshot of a Windows 2003 guest OS running the latest version of the VMware Tools?
Application level
122
Can a virtual machine with a physical compatibility mode RDM have a snapshot taken of it?
No
123
How is vCenter Operations Manager deployed?
vCenter Operations Manager is a vApp that is imported in a vCenter Server environment.
124
Deleting a virtual machine snapshot will _______ the current state of the virtual machine.
commit
125
Can backups made with VMware Data Recovery be migrated to vSphere Data Protection?
Yes, a migration tool is included with vSphere Data Protection 5.1.10 and newer.
126
Which ESX/ESXi host versions are supported with vSphere Data Protection?
ESX/ESXi 4 or newer
127
What is the maximum number of supported virtual machine backups for a single vSphere Data Protection appliance?
100
128
How many vSphere Data Protection appliances can exist per ESXi/ESX host?
One each
129
vCenter Server can support up to _____ VDP appliances.
10
130
What are the three different OVA sizes available for the vSphere Data Protection appliance?
0.5TB, 1TB, or 2TB
131
Update Manager 5.5 requires which ESX/ESXi host versions?
ESX/ESXi 4 and newer
132
Host profiles require which versions of ESX/ESXi hosts and which vSphere editions?
ESX/ESXi 4 and newer and the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere
133
vSphere Update Manager requires a ___-bit OS for installation and a ___-bit DSN for an externally connected database.
64, 32
134
vSphere Update Manager 5.5 is compatible with which versions of vCenter Server?
vCenter Server 5.5 only
135
Which tab is used to monitor ESXi hardware health when connected directly to the ESXi host with the vSphere Client?
The Configuration tab
136
In vCenter Operations Manager, which color will the risk badge be if a low chance of future problems exists?
Yellow
137
What command can be used in the ESXi Shell to export diagnostic information from an ESXi host?
/usr/sbin/vm-support
138
After installing ESXi, the host is not reachable on the network. What setting in the DCUI can be used to diagnose and correct this?
Configure Management Network
139
Which utility can be used from the vMA to monitor ESXi host performance?
resxtop
140
Which metric is defined as the average amount of time in milliseconds the VMkernel spends servicing I/O requests?
KAVG/cmd
141
Which metric is defined as the total number of I/O operations per second?
CMDS/s
142
If the DRS migration threshold is set to Conservative, the target host load standard deviation will report what value?
N/A (No attempt to load-balance is made with this setting selected.)
143
Scheduled tasks are a feature of which VMware product?
vCenter Server
144
Can a scheduled task be created to delete a virtual machine?
No
145
vCenter Server includes an SNMP agent that can be configured to send SNMP traps to how many receivers?
Four
146
Which two fields must be filled out to configure SMTP for vCenter Server?
SMTP Server and Sender Account
147
vCenter Server logging detail is by default configured at which level?
Information (Normal Logging)
148
Does vCenter Server have to be running to create a log bundle?
No
149
From where is the ESXi Host Agent restarted?
ESXi Shell
150
What three actions do all vCenter Server alarm-type monitors have in common?
Send a notification email, send a notification trap, and run a command
