Which options would reduce the load on the VMkernel when connecting to an iSCSI array? (Choose two.)

Which options would reduce the load on the VMkernel when connecting to an iSCSI array? (Choose two.)  A. Use an independent hardware iSCSI...

When a virtual machine interacts with persistent thick virtual disks stored on a traditional Fibre Channel storage array, which two actions are always taken by the VMkernel? (Choose two.)

When a virtual machine interacts with persistent thick virtual disks stored on a traditional Fibre Channel storage array, which two actions are always...

Which two storage adapters require no VMkernel ports? (Choose two.)

Which two storage adapters require no VMkernel ports? (Choose two.)  A. Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapter B. iSCSI Software Adapter C. Dependent...

An administrator wants to determine the current network adapter configuration for an uplink on an ESXi 5.x host. Which three items can be viewed from the Network Adapters section of the Configuration tab, using the vSphere Client? (Choose three.)

An administrator wants to determine the current network adapter configuration for an uplink on an ESXi 5.x host. Which three items can be viewed from...

An administrator is creating a vSphere Standard Switch with virtual machine and VMkernel networking. The administrator has two uplinks attached to the switch and wants to make sure multiple sessions for a virtual machine can utilize both uplinks. Which load-balancing policy will guarantee this requirement is met, even if additional management or virtual machine traffic is added to the switch in the future?

An administrator is creating a vSphere Standard Switch with virtual machine and VMkernel networking. The administrator has two uplinks attached to the...

What failure will beacon probing identify in vSphere networking?

What failure will beacon probing identify in vSphere networking?  A. An improper VLAN configuration on a physical switch port B. A disconnected...

Which vSwitch or vSwitch port group policy setting allows packets to be received by a virtual machine with different destination MAC addresses than the configured MAC address?

Which vSwitch or vSwitch port group policy setting allows packets to be received by a virtual machine with different destination MAC addresses than...

Which statement describes the functionality of traffic shaping on a vSphere Standard Switch?

Which statement describes the functionality of traffic shaping on a vSphere Standard Switch? A. vSphere Standard Switches support only egress traffic...

Which methods can be used to migrate a VMkernel port from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

Which methods can be used to migrate a VMkernel port from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)  A. Use...

Which type of port on a secondary private VLAN can communicate with promiscuous ports and other ports that share its VLAN tag?

Which type of port on a secondary private VLAN can communicate with promiscuous ports and other ports that share its VLAN tag?  A. Isolated B....

What are two network load-balancing policies for a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

What are two network load-balancing policies for a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)  A. Route based on source MAC hash B. Route using...

What are three methods of adding virtual machine networking to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)

What are three methods of adding virtual machine networking to a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)  A. A portgroup can be created...

Which three features are only available in the vSphere Client when using a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)

Which three features are only available in the vSphere Client when using a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose three.)  A. Port Mirroring B....

When you are configuring the NIC teaming policy for a vSwitch, what happens when the Failback option is set to Yes?

When you are configuring the NIC teaming policy for a vSwitch, what happens when the Failback option is set to Yes?  A. A failed uplink will...

Which settings are required for virtual machine guest tagging for VLAN 100 in a vSphere 5.x environment?

Which settings are required for virtual machine guest tagging for VLAN 100 in a vSphere 5.x environment?  A. Port Group configured for VLAN...

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has been tasked with adding a newly installed uplink to vSwitch1. Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement about this environment?

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has been tasked with adding a newly installed uplink to vSwitch1. Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement...

A virtual machine, VM21, will be migrated between two ESXi 5.x hosts, labeled ESXi01 and ESXi02. Each host has two vSphere Standard Switches (vSS), configured as follows: 1. vSwitch0 has a portgroup labeled Management and a portgroup labeled vMotion. 2. The Management portgroup contains a vmkernel port tagged for management traffic. 3. The vMotion portgroup contains a vmkernel port tagged for vMotion traffic. 4. vSwitch0 on ESXi01 has a single uplink attached to the 10.1.20.0/24 network. 5. vSwitch0 on ESXi02 has a single uplink attached to the 10.1.20.0/24 network. 6. Each host has a vSwitch1 with a Production portgroup used by virtual machine traffic. 7. Each vSwitch1 has an uplink attached to the 10.1.40.0/24 network. What is true about migrating VM21 to the new host?

A virtual machine, VM21, will be migrated between two ESXi 5.x hosts, labeled ESXi01 and ESXi02. Each host has two vSphere Standard Switches (vSS),...

Which two statements are true regarding vSphere virtual switch uplinks? (Choose two.)

Which two statements are true regarding vSphere virtual switch uplinks? (Choose two.)  A. vSphere virtual switches do not need to be configured...

A vSphere Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based load balancing using two uplinks. A new uplink is added to the vSwitch. What is the status of the uplink by default?

A vSphere Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based load balancing using two uplinks. A new uplink is added to the vSwitch. What is the status...

Which two statements are true about VLANs and port groups defined on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.)

Which two statements are true about VLANs and port groups defined on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.)  A. A VLAN can be accessed by...

Which VMware solution allows for the automated discovery and mapping of applications running over the VM infrastructure?

Which VMware solution allows for the automated discovery and mapping of applications running over the VM infrastructure?  A. VMware vCloud...

An existing vSphere 4 environment will be upgraded to vSphere 5.x. The current implementation utilizes ESXi 4.1 and the new implementation will use ESXi 5.x. In which two ways will the new ESXi 5.x implementation differ from the ESXi 4.1 implementation? (Choose two.)

An existing vSphere 4 environment will be upgraded to vSphere 5.x. The current implementation utilizes ESXi 4.1 and the new implementation will use...

Which component is the metering tool for vCloud administration?

Which component is the metering tool for vCloud administration?  A. VMware vCenter Chargeback B. VMware vCloud Service Manager C. VMware vCloud...

An administrator attempts to increase the number of vCPUs in a virtual machine to 8. The configuration cannot be successfully completed. What are two likely causes of this issue? (Choose two.)

An administrator attempts to increase the number of vCPUs in a virtual machine to 8. The configuration cannot be successfully completed. What are two...

What Windows security object is granted the vCenter Server administrator role during installation?

What Windows security object is granted the vCenter Server administrator role during installation?  A. Domain Admins B. Administrator C. Administrators D....

Which two features secure the VMkernel? (Choose two.)

Which two features secure the VMkernel? (Choose two.)  A. Memory Encryption B. Hardware assist virtualization C. Kernel module integrity D....

Acme Disposal Services is a large company which has many administrators. For auditing purposes, each administrator must use a unique account to access ESXi Standard hosts. Which two actions satisfy this requirement and require the least amount of administrative effort? (Choose two.)

Acme Disposal Services is a large company which has many administrators. For auditing purposes, each administrator must use a unique account to access...

For security reasons, an administrator removes a user from the Active Directory domain used by all ESXi hosts for authentication. At the time the user is removed they are actively logged into an ESXi 5.x host through the vSphere Client. What is true regarding this scenario?

For security reasons, an administrator removes a user from the Active Directory domain used by all ESXi hosts for authentication. At the time the user...

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi host. Which step can be used to back up the host before the upgrade is performed?

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi host. Which step can be used to back up the host before the upgrade is performed?  A....

An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a private, SAN-attached LUN. What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful?

An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon...

Click the Exhibit button. 10 ESXi 5.x hosts will be installed as part of a vSphere 5.x deployment. Security hardening is required as part of the installation. The current security profile is displayed in the exhibit. Which three services shown in the exhibit are configured to run by default in a completed vSphere installation? (Choose three.)

Click the Exhibit button. 10 ESXi 5.x hosts will be installed as part of a vSphere 5.x deployment. Security hardening is required as part of the installation....

Which three configuration settings will be migrated when upgrading a host from ESX 4.x Classic to ESXi 5.x? (Choose three.)

Which three configuration settings will be migrated when upgrading a host from ESX 4.x Classic to ESXi 5.x? (Choose three.)  A. The SSH configuration...

An administrator has deployed a vCenter Server to manage a virtual environment. The administrator has been asked to develop a plan for handling major upgrades to the application. What should be included in the upgrade plan?

An administrator has deployed a vCenter Server to manage a virtual environment. The administrator has been asked to develop a plan for handling major...

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks. What boot options are supported for use in place of local disks? (Choose three.)

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks. What boot options are supported for use in place of local disks?...

Which tool defines the Image Profiles used with Auto Deploy?

Which tool defines the Image Profiles used with Auto Deploy?  A. The vSphere PowerCLI add-deployrule cmdlet B. The vSphere PowerCLI new-deployrule...

An administrator is setting up vSphere Auto Deploy to deploy 25 ESXi 5.x hosts using the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA). What would be considered best practices for Auto Deploy? (Choose three.)

An administrator is setting up vSphere Auto Deploy to deploy 25 ESXi 5.x hosts using the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA). What would be considered...

An administrator is deploying several ESXi 5.x hosts. Centralized logging with accurate timestamps is a requirement for the deployment. Which two operations ensure these requirements are met? (Choose two.)

An administrator is deploying several ESXi 5.x hosts. Centralized logging with accurate timestamps is a requirement for the deployment. Which two operations...

What are two valid use cases for vCenter Server Linked Mode? (Choose two.)

What are two valid use cases for vCenter Server Linked Mode? (Choose two.)  A. An administrator wants to migrate running virtual machines...

What are two prerequisites for installing the vCenter Server application? (Choose two.)

What are two prerequisites for installing the vCenter Server application? (Choose two.)  A. The system vCenter Server is installed on must...

An administrator is configuring Storage DRS in their environment. The Ds. Storage DRS has been enabled, but is showing as disabled on several virtual machine disks in the datastore cluster. Which two conditions would cause this error to occur? (Choose two.)

An administrator is configuring Storage DRS in their environment. The Ds. Storage DRS has been enabled, but is showing as disabled on several virtual...

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator is applying patches to a batch of ESXi 5.x hosts in an under-allocated HA/DRS cluster. An attempt is made to place the host into maintenance mode, but the progress has stalled at 2%. DRS is configured as shown in the exhibit. Of the four choices below, two would effectively resolve this issue. Which two steps could be taken to correct the problem? (Choose two.)

Click the Exhibit button.An administrator is applying patches to a batch of ESXi 5.x hosts in an under-allocated HA/DRS cluster. An attempt is made...

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has a DRS/HA cluster with five ESXi 5.x hosts. When the administrator tries to start a new Web server virtual machine, an error is displayed saying insufficient resources exist for HA. Based on the HA configuration in the exhibit, which two changes can resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

Click the Exhibit button.An administrator has a DRS/HA cluster with five ESXi 5.x hosts. When the administrator tries to start a new Web server virtual...

Which two circumstances might cause a DRS cluster to become invalid? (Choose two.)

Which two circumstances might cause a DRS cluster to become invalid? (Choose two.)  A. DRS has been disabled on one or more ESXi hosts. B....

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator is configuring vMotion in their environment. As part of the implementation, an administrator is examining resource mapping for virtual machines. What is a likely cause of the error shown in the exhibit?

Click the Exhibit button.An administrator is configuring vMotion in their environment. As part of the implementation, an administrator is examining...

Which of these factors indicates a high likelihood that the performance of a virtual machine disk is being constrained by disk I/O?

Which of these factors indicates a high likelihood that the performance of a virtual machine disk is being constrained by disk I/O?  A. A...

An administrator has determined that storage performance to a group of virtual machines is reduced during peak activity. The virtual machines are located in a VMFS datastore called Production1 on an active-active storage array. The ESXi 5.x host running the virtual machines is configured with an MRU multipathing policy. Which two actions can be taken to improve the storage performance of these virtual machines? (Choose two.)

An administrator has determined that storage performance to a group of virtual machines is reduced during peak activity. The virtual machines are located...

Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck caused by a virtual machine with occasional high outbound network activity?

Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck caused by a virtual machine with occasional high outbound network activity?  A....

A company wants to increase disk capacity for their vSphere environment Management mandates that: 1. vMotion must work in this environment. 2. The existing LAN infrastructure must be used. Which storage option best meets the company objectives?

A company wants to increase disk capacity for their vSphere environment Management mandates that:1. vMotion must work in this environment.2. The existing...

An administrator is informed that there will be a storage maintenance window and that failovers may occur. What is the expected length of time that a Windows 2008 virtual machine storage I/O will pause during a path failover?

An administrator is informed that there will be a storage maintenance window and that failovers may occur.What is the expected length of time that a...

An administrator must decommission a datastore. Before unmounting the datastore, which three requirements must be fulfilled? (Choose three.)

An administrator must decommission a datastore.Before unmounting the datastore, which three requirements must be fulfilled? (Choose three.) A....

An administrator receives a complaint that a virtual machine is performing poorly. The user attributes the issue to poor storage performance. If the storage array is the bottleneck, which two counters would be higher than normal? (Choose two.)

An administrator receives a complaint that a virtual machine is performing poorly. The user attributes the issue to poor storage performance. If the...

An administrator is unable to connect a vSphere Client to an ESXi 5.x host. Which option can be selected from the direct console to restore connectivity without disrupting running virtual machines?

An administrator is unable to connect a vSphere Client to an ESXi 5.x host.Which option can be selected from the direct console to restore connectivity...

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration, but fails. What could the administrator do to resolve the issue?

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration, but fails.What could the administrator...

A user attempts a remote SSH connection to a newly-installed ESXi 5.x host to execute some commands. The SSH connection attempt fails, though the user is able to receive a ICMP ping back from the host. What must the administrator do to enable SSHA (Choose two.)

A user attempts a remote SSH connection to a newly-installed ESXi 5.x host to execute some commands. The SSH connection attempt fails, though the user...

A vSphere 5 implementation consists of a fully automated DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts with the following vSphere Standard Switch configuration. 1. Switch A. three vmnics, one port group named sFTP-PG 2. Switch B. two vmnic, one port group named Web-PG 3. All vmnics are trunked to the same physical switch. DRS has been configured with an anti-affinity rule for all virtual machines in the Web-PG so that no more than half of the virtual machines run on any given host. The virtual machines on WebPG are experiencing significant network latency. The network team has determined that a performance bottleneck is occurring at the ESXi host level. Which solution will require the least amount of administrative work and the least amount of service interruption?

A vSphere 5 implementation consists of a fully automated DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts with the following vSphere Standard Switch configuration.1....

An administrator has configured a vSphere Distributed Switch to send all network traffic to a collector virtual machine for analysis. However, after checking the collector virtual machine several hours later the administrator finds that no data has been collected. vSphere 5.x has been deployed in the datacenter. Which two items below could be causing this issue? (Choose two.)

An administrator has configured a vSphere Distributed Switch to send all network traffic to a collector virtual machine for analysis. However, after...

An iSCSI array is being added to a vSphere 5.x implementation. An administrator wants to verify that all IP storage VMkernel interfaces are configured for jumbo frames. What are two methods to verify this configuration? (Choose two.)

An iSCSI array is being added to a vSphere 5.x implementation. An administrator wants to verify that all IP storage VMkernel interfaces are configured...

An administrator wants to monitor the health status of an ESXi 5.x host. However, when the administrator clicks the Hardware Status tab the following error is displayed. This program cannot display the webpage What might cause this problem?

An administrator wants to monitor the health status of an ESXi 5.x host. However, when the administrator clicks the Hardware Status tab the following...

A series of Auto Deploy ESXi 5.x hosts which utilize vSphere Standard Switches are unable to boot. In prior testing, all of the hosts were able to boot successfully. Which two conditions might cause this issue? (Choose two.)

A series of Auto Deploy ESXi 5.x hosts which utilize vSphere Standard Switches are unable to boot. In prior testing, all of the hosts were able to boot...

An administrator notices that log files kept on an ESXi 5.x host are being rotated very quickly, inhibiting the troubleshooting of an issue. Which two configuration changes will resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

An administrator notices that log files kept on an ESXi 5.x host are being rotated very quickly, inhibiting the troubleshooting of an issue. Which two...

What is a function of the vmmemctl driver?

What is a function of the vmmemctl driver?  A. reclaims unused memory from the guest OS B. allows the operation of unsupported guest OS types C....

During peak operating hours, an Administrator finds that a business critical application is not performing as well as during normal hours. Which of the following memory management methods could be used to guarantee the application performs well at all times?

During peak operating hours, an Administrator finds that a business critical application is not performing as well as during normal hours. Which of...

What is the maximum number of cores that can be used with Standard licensing?

What is the maximum number of cores that can be used with Standard licensing?  A. 8 B. 16 C. 12 D. 6 Answer:...

Additional licensing is required once the number of cores per CPU reaches which of the following?

Additional licensing is required once the number of cores per CPU reaches which of the following? A. 16 or more cores B. 12 or more cores C. 8...

Creating which of the following optional partitions would change the default partition size for /?

Creating which of the following optional partitions would change the default partition size for /?  A. /tmp B. /home C. /var/log D. /usr Answer:...

Click the Exhibit button. Based on the exhibit, what is the reason that two of the paths are marked as standby?

Click the Exhibit button.Based on the exhibit, what is the reason that two of the paths are marked as standby?  A. The other two paths were set...

A vSphere Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based load balancing using two uplinks. A new uplink is added to the vswitch. What additional configuration is required by default?

A vSphere Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based load balancing using two uplinks. A new uplink is added to the vswitch. What additional configuration...

The VMware vCenter Server Appliance offers many features of the Windows application version. Which of the following features is only available on the Windows application version of vCenter?

The VMware vCenter Server Appliance offers many features of the Windows application version. Which of the following features is only available on the...

What is the default VFAT scratch partition size for ESXi 5.x?

What is the default VFAT scratch partition size for ESXi 5.x?  A. 4GB B. 600MB C. 544MB D. None Answer:...

Which two statements are true about VLANs and portgroups defined on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.)

Which two statements are true about VLANs and portgroups defined on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two.)  A. A VLAN can be accessed by...

Which are three use cases for vSphere Fault Tolerance? (Choose three.)

Which are three use cases for vSphere Fault Tolerance? (Choose three.)  A. Provide guaranteed reliability for a legacy Windows NT virtual...

In a vSphere HA cluster what is the maximum number of point-to-point communication links to the slaves each master maintains?

In a vSphere HA cluster what is the maximum number of point-to-point communication links to the slaves each master maintains?  A. 32 B. 64 C....

An administrator decides to use Data Recovery to back up some key virtual machines. What is the process to install Data Recovery?

An administrator decides to use Data Recovery to back up some key virtual machines. What is the process to install Data Recovery?  A. Download...

An administrator is upgrading an ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to ESX 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a private, SAN-attached LUN. What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful?

An administrator is upgrading an ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to ESX 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel...

Which two methods can be used to improve the vMotion migration speed of a virtual machine? (Choose two.)

Which two methods can be used to improve the vMotion migration speed of a virtual machine? (Choose two.)  A. Enable High priority on the virtual...

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator is configuring vMotion in their environment. As part of the implementation, an administrator is examining resource mapping for virtual machines. What is a likely cause of the error shown in the exhibit?

Click the Exhibit button.An administrator is configuring vMotion in their environment. As part of the implementation, an administrator is examining...

Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck caused by a virtual machine with occasional high outbound network activity?

Which resource management technique can be used to relieve a network bottleneck caused by a virtual machine with occasional high outbound network activity?  A....

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration but fails. What could the administrator do to resolve the issue?

An administrator is setting up vMotion in a vSphere environment. A migration is run to test the configuration but fails.What could the administrator...

A DRS cluster has been created with two ESXi hosts. One host in the cluster is running at 98 percent CPU utilization. The other host is running at 52 percent utilization. Upon analysis, it appears that none of the virtual machines are being migrated from the CPU-constrained host, and no recommendations are being generated. What are the two most likely causes of the problem? (Choose two.)

A DRS cluster has been created with two ESXi hosts. One host in the cluster is running at 98 percent CPU utilization. The other host is running at 52...

Which are three of the steps recalled patches automatically go through in vSphere Update Manager? (Choose three.)

Which are three of the steps recalled patches automatically go through in vSphere Update Manager? (Choose three.)  A. Delete recalled patch...

Which three statements regarding Network I/O Control (NetIOC) are accurate? (Choose three.)

Which three statements regarding Network I/O Control (NetIOC) are accurate? (Choose three.)  A. Isolation allows domination by any one traffic...

Which scenario requires an additional database server when adding vSphere Update Manager 5 to an environment?

Which scenario requires an additional database server when adding vSphere Update Manager 5 to an environment?  A. vCenter Appliance with an...

Which two solutions require Raw Device Mapping using virtual compatibility mode? (Choose two.)

Which two solutions require Raw Device Mapping using virtual compatibility mode? (Choose two.)  A. Array-based snapshots B. virtual machine...

An administrator finds that an ESXi host cannot be managed by vCenter Server. Which logs can be reviewed using the DCUI? (Choose three.)

An administrator finds that an ESXi host cannot be managed by vCenter Server.Which logs can be reviewed using the DCUI? (Choose three.)  A....

What is an accurate statement about vSphere Fault Tolerant secondary virtual machines?

What is an accurate statement about vSphere Fault Tolerant secondary virtual machines?  A. Cannot be stored on an NFS datastore B. Created...

When deploying an OVF template, what file format will the resulting virtual disk be?

When deploying an OVF template, what file format will the resulting virtual disk be?  A. OVF B. VMDK C. VMX D. VSWP Answer:...

How is the page file for a Windows guest operating system or the swap partition for a Linux guest operating system created?

How is the page file for a Windows guest operating system or the swap partition for a Linux guest operating system created?  A. By the ESXi...

What are two consequences of deleting an VMFS datastore from an ESXi host? (Choose two.)

What are two consequences of deleting an VMFS datastore from an ESXi host? (Choose two.)  A. The datastore is unaccessible from all connected...

How can you verify vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) is enabled?

How can you verify vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) is enabled?  A. "VAAI" listed on the Hard Disk properties page for any VMDK stored...