A new LUN has been presented to two ESXi Hosts, ESXiA and ESXiB. The LUN can be seen from both servers. A new VMFS Data store is created on LUN using a vSphere client attached to ESXiB. The new data store is visible on sESXiB, but not on ESXiA. What steps must betaken to make the data store visible ESXiA?

A new LUN has been presented to two ESXi Hosts, ESXiA and ESXiB. The LUN can be seen from both servers. A new VMFS Data store is created on LUN using a vSphere client attached to ESXiB. The new data store is visible on sESXiB, but not on ESXiA. What steps must betaken to make the data store visible ESXiA? 

A. Modify LUN masking settings on the storage array.
B. Perform a Rescan operation on ESXiB
C. Reboot ESXiA
D. Perform a Rescan operation on ESXiA





Answer: D

Which of the following methods can be used to migrate a virtual machine for a vNetwork Standard Switch to a vNetwork Distributed Switch? (Choose two)

Which of the following methods can be used to migrate a virtual machine for a vNetwork Standard Switch to a vNetwork Distributed Switch? (Choose two) 

A. Edit the Network Adapter settings for the VM and select a dvPort group from the list.
B. Migrate the port group containing the VM from a vNetwork Standard Switch using the migrate virtual Machine Networking option.
C. Edit the virtual adapter settings for the ESXi host and select a dvPort group from the list.
D. Select the VM from a list of virtual machines using the Migrate virtual networking option.






Answer: C,D

The VMkernel is secured using which of the following techniques (Choose Two)?

The VMkernel is secured using which of the following techniques (Choose Two)? 

A. Kernel Module Integrity
B. Memory Hardening
C. Binary Translation
D. Service Console Firewall











Answer: A,B

vSphere virtual switches are configured, based on the number of physical uplinks bound, in which of the following methods?

vSphere virtual switches are configured, based on the number of physical uplinks bound, in which of the following methods? 

A. vSwitch with none, one or more NICs
B. vSwitch with a binding to another vSwitch and one or more NICs
C. vSwitch with bindings to a virtual machine, and HBA and the Service Console
D. vSwitch with one, two or more NICs





Answer: A

Beacon Probing is used in vSphere networking to:

Beacon Probing is used in vSphere networking to: 

A. discover which uplink has the shortest route
B. identify when an upstream link failure has occurred
C. discover alternate default gateway addresses
D. identify which uplink has the longest reported uptime





Answer: B

What is the minimum period time after which the confidence metric for a system analyzed using Guided Consolidation will always be High?

What is the minimum period time after which the confidence metric for a system analyzed using Guided Consolidation will always be High? 

A. 1 week
B. 24 hours
C. 12 hours
D. 1 month





Answer: B

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi Host. Which of the following steps can be used to backup the Host before the upgrade is performed?

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi Host. Which of the following steps can be used to backup the Host before the upgrade is performed? 

A. Use the ESXi Direct Console and select the Host Backup option
B. Use the vCLI and run vicfg-cfgbackp -s to save the ESXi Host configuration
C. Using the VI Client, attach to the ESXi Host and choose the Backup option from the Configuration Tab
D. Log on to the ESXi Host directly and execute file esxcfg-ckup -s option







Answer: B

When configuring the vSwitch NIC teaming policy, what happens when the Notify Switches option is set to Yes?

When configuring the vSwitch NIC teaming policy, what happens when the Notify Switches option is set to Yes? 

A. The physical switch is notified when the location of a virtual NIC changes
B. The virtual switch is notified when the location of a physical NIC changes
C. The virtual switch is notified when the physical NIC link state changes
D. The physical switch is notified when the virtual NIC link state changes






Answer: A

Which of the following objects can be updated using vCenter Update Manager (Choose Three)?

Which of the following objects can be updated using vCenter Update Manager (Choose Three)? 

A. Windows, Linux and Solaris Virtual machines
B. VCB Images
C. Virtual Appliances
D. Templates
E. ESX and ESXi Hosts





Answer: C,D,E

vCenter Server allows you to centrally manage hosts and use which of the following services that would otherwise be unavailable (Choose Three)?

vCenter Server allows you to centrally manage hosts and use which of the following services that would otherwise be unavailable (Choose Three)? 

A. vMotion
B. Update Manager
C. Fault Tolerance (FT)
D. Thin Provisioning
E. Resource Pools





Answer: A,B,C

Guided consolidation shows you the following information after a successful analysis (Choose Two)?

Guided consolidation shows you the following information after a successful analysis (Choose Two)? 

A. Storage Utilization
B. Memory Usage
C. Physical Computer Host Name
D. Recommended ESX/ESXi Host






Answer: B,C

When adjusting the slider to allocate resources for a Virtual machine.the yellow indicator on the resource bar indicates:

When adjusting the slider to allocate resources for a Virtual machine.the yellow indicator on the resource bar indicates: 

A. a limit has been imposed by the Resource Pool or the ESX Host where the VM is running
B. the current configured limit valusjf one exists
C. the maximum resources that can be reserved for the virtual machine
D. the current configured reservation value if one exists








Answer: A

A Windows virtual machine (VM) viewed through Task Manager shows CPU utilization averaging 95-100%. What metric shoule be checked to ensure this VM is not in contention for CPU resources with other VMs on the same ESX Host?

A Windows virtual machine (VM) viewed through Task Manager shows CPU utilization averaging 95-100%. What metric shoule be checked to ensure this VM is not in contention for CPU resources with other VMs on the same ESX Host? 

A. CPU Ready
B. CPU Wait
C. CPU Usage
D. CPU Overhead






Answer: A

In a Resource Pool hierarchy, changes made to resources available to a Parent Pool affect:

In a Resource Pool hierarchy, changes made to resources available to a Parent Pool affect: 

A. Sibling Pools
B. Child Pools
C. Root Resource Pools
D. Sibling and Child Pools





Answer: D

During peak operating hours, an Administrator finds that a business antic al 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 antic al 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? 

A. Set a Reservation equal to te Average Memory utilization of the virtual machine running the application
B. Set the Share levd to High for the virtual machine running the application and set all other virtual machines to Low
C. Set a Limit equal to the Peak Memory utilization of the virtual machine running the application
D. Set a Reservation equal to the configured Memory of the virtual machine running the application






Answer: D

Which of the following steps, required for iSCSI software multihpathing, must be performed using the esxcli interface?

Which of the following steps, required for iSCSI software multihpathing, must be performed using the esxcli interface? 

A. Connecting the YMkernel ports to the virtual switch
B. Binding the VMkernel ports to the selected uplinks
C. Configuiing Dynamic Discovery for the iSCSI software initiator
D. Connectmg the iSCSI software initiator to the VMkernel ports






Answer: D

Which of the following are valid sub-profile configurations that may be edited with the Host Profile editor (Choose Three)?

Which of the following are valid sub-profile configurations that may be edited with the Host Profile editor (Choose Three)? 

A. Pennissions
B. CPU
C. Firewall
D. Storage
E. Service



Answer: C,D,E

Avirtual machine performance graph shows the swap In value to be at 95%, and the Balloon value to be at 0%. Users of the VM are complaining that performance is slow. Which of the following actions can be done to increase performance of the VM (Choose Two)?

Avirtual machine performance graph shows the swap In value to be at 95%, and the Balloon value to be at 0%. Users of the VM are complaining that performance is slow.
Which of the following actions can be done to increase performance of the VM (Choose Two)? 

A. Migrate the virtual machine to another datastore using Storage VMotion
B. Change the CPU Share value for this virtual machine to High
C. Install VMware Tools into this virtual machine
D. Change the Memory Share value for this virtual machine to High







Answer: A,D

In configuing a VMware HA Cluster the System Administrator can configure Admission Control. There are two options: Prevent VMs from being powered on if they violate availability constraints, or Allow VMs to be powered on even if they violate availability constraints. If the System Administrator chooses the opition Allow VMs to be powered on even if they violate availability constraints then which of the following apply in the even of an ESX Host failure (Choose Two)?

In configuing a VMware HA Cluster the System Administrator can configure Admission Control.
There are two options: Prevent VMs from being powered on if they violate availability constraints, or Allow VMs to be powered on even if they violate availability constraints. If the System Administrator chooses the opition Allow VMs to be powered on even if they violate availability constraints then which of the following apply in the even of an ESX Host failure (Choose Two)? 

A. Virhal machines can be powered on until the percentage of cluster resources reaches 25%
B. Only Virhal machines with a high restart priority will be restarted on surviving ESX Hosts
C. VMware
H. restarts Virtual machines on surviving hosts with the most unreserved capacity
D. VMware HA cannot guarantee that all VMs from a failed host will be restarted







Answer: C,D

Which two statements are true about port groups and VLANs? (Choose Two)

Which two statements are true about port groups and VLANs? (Choose Two) 

A. Only one VLAN can be specified in a port group.
B. The same VLAN cannot be specified in multiple port groups.
C. Multiple port groups can specify the same VLAN.
D. Multiple VLANs can be specified in a port group.







Answer: A,C

Ports on a secondary Private VLAN that communicate only with Promiscuous ports are

Ports on a secondary Private VLAN that communicate only with Promiscuous ports are 

A. Promiscuous
B. Community
C. Trunked
D. Isolated





Answer: D

A user has permissions to create and manage alarms and tasks for a group of virtual machines. An administrator modifies permissions for the user so that they can no longer create alarms. Once this change is made:

A user has permissions to create and manage alarms and tasks for a group of virtual machines.
An administrator modifies permissions for the user so that they can no longer create alarms.
Once this change is made: 

A. The user can no longer create alarms and cannot modify or delete any existing alarms
B. The user can no longer create alarms and cannot delete any existing alarms
C. The user can no longer create alarms, but can modify or delete their existing alarms
D. The alarms option is greyed out m the vSphere Client and no alarm related actions may be taken by user.






Answer: C

Which are valid network load balancing policies for a vNetwork Distributed Switch (Select all that apply)?

Which are valid network load balancing policies for a vNetwork Distributed Switch (Select all that apply)? 

A. route based on explicit failover order
B. route based on source MAC hash
C. route based on source and destination MAC hash
D. route based on source IP hash
E. route based on the originating virtual port ID







Answer: A,B,E

A vNetwork Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based Load Balancing utilizing 2 uplinks. A new uplink is added to the switch. How will the additional uplink be configured by default?

A vNetwork Standard Switch has been configured for IP-based Load Balancing utilizing 2 uplinks.
A new uplink is added to the switch. How will the additional uplink be configured by default? 

A. The uplink is marked as Unused until it is added to the Active NIC Team
B. The uplink is placed in Standby mode until it is added to the Active NIC Team
C. The uplink is considered Active, but will not participate in the Active NIC Team until assigned to a port group
D. The uplink automatically becomes a part of the IP-based NIC Team







Answer: C

Traffic Shaping can be configured on the following vSphere elements (Choose Two)?

Traffic Shaping can be configured on the following vSphere elements (Choose Two)? 

A. On a vNetwork Standard Switch port group or the entire vSwitch for outbound traffic only
B. On a vNetwork Distributed Switch dvPort or the entire dvPort Group for outbound traffic only
C. On a vNetwork Standard Switch port group or the entire vSwitch for inbound traffic only
D. On a vNetwork Distributed Switch dvPort or the entire dvPort Group for inbound and outbound traffic






Answer: A,D

Which of the following describes the default behavior of uplinks added to a vNetwork Standard Switch?

Which of the following describes the default behavior of uplinks added to a vNetwork Standard Switch? 

A. All uplinks are active
B. The first uplink is active, additional uplinks are standby
C. The first uplink is active, additional uplinks are unused
D. Only one uplink can be attached to a virtual switch








Answer: A

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 or more cores
D. 6 or more cores






Answer: C

Which of the following CHAP security levels is supported with both Hardware and Software Initiators (Choose Two)?

Which of the following CHAP security levels is supported with both Hardware and Software Initiators (Choose Two)? 

A. Do not use CHAP unless prohibited by target
B. Do not use CHAP
C. Use CHAP
D. Use CHAP unless prohibited by target






Answer: B,D

Which of the following circumstances prevents the option of joining a linked mode group during vCenter Server installation (Choose Two)?

Which of the following circumstances prevents the option of joining a linked mode group during vCenter Server installation (Choose Two)? 

A. An administrator installed vCenter Server instances using different domain accounts
B. An administrator has vCenter Server instances in multiple domains
C. An administrator is installing the first of the vCenter Server instances
D. An administrator is upgrading an existing VirtualCenter Server installation







Answer: A,C

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

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

A. A large number of kilobytes read and written
B. A large number of bus resets
C. A large number of commands issued
D. A high device latency value





Answer: D

Which of following cannot be upgraded by vCenter Upgrade Manager?

Which of following cannot be upgraded by vCenter Upgrade Manager? 

A. VMware Tools
B. Service Console
C. VMFS File System
D. Virtual Machine Hardware






Answer: D

Which of the following are valid sub-profile configurations that may be edited with the Host Profile (Choose Three)?

Which of the following are valid sub-profile configurations that may be edited with the Host Profile (Choose Three)? 

A. Memory Reservation
B. CPU Reservation
C. Advanced
D. Security
E. Virtual Machine Options






Answer: A,C,D

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi Host. Which of the following steps can be used to back up the Host before the Upgrade is performed.

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi Host. Which of the following steps can be used to back up the Host before the Upgrade is performed. 

A. Use the ESXi Direct Console and select the Host Backup option
B. Use the vCLI and run vicfg-cfgbackp -s to save the ESXi Host configuration
C. Using the VI Client, attach to the ESXi Host and choost the Backup option from the Configuration Tab
D. Log on to the ESXi Host directly and execute the esxcfg-backup -s option






Answer: B

Using the Plug-In Manager, which of the following actions can be taken (Choose Two)?

Using the Plug-In Manager, which of the following actions can be taken (Choose Two)? 

A. Remove an installed Plug-in
B. Enable an installed Plug-in
C. View available Plug-ins that are not installed
D. Configure permissions for a Plug-in







Answer: B,C

An administrator needs to be able to define the size of the VMFS partition during installation. Which of the following installation types can be used?

An administrator needs to be able to define the size of the VMFS partition during installation.
Which of the following installation types can be used? 

A. text and scripted installations
B. Text installation
C. graphic installation
D. scripted installation





Answer: A

Which of following are valid severity levels for host updates in vCenter Update Manger (Choose Three)?

Which of following are valid severity levels for host updates in vCenter Update Manger (Choose Three)? 

A. Critical
B. Moderate
C. Important
D. Security
E. General






Answer: A,D,E

When removing a role, which of the following applies (Choose Two)?

When removing a role, which of the following applies (Choose Two)? 

A. Users assigned to the removed role can be reassigned to any other existing role
B. Users assigned to the removed role lose all privileges
C. Users assigned to the removed role are unaffected, but new users cannot be assigned the removed role
D. Users assigned to the removed role are automatically assigned the Read Only role






Answer: A,B

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

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

A. Only one VLAN can be specified in a port group
B. Multiple VLANs can be specified in a port group
C. The same VLAN cannot be specified in multiple port groups
D. Multiple port groups can specify the same VLAN






Answer: A,D

A virtual machine performance graph shows Memory Swap In to be at 95%. Users of the VM are complaining that performance is slow. Which of the following actions can be done to increase performance of the VM? (Choose Two)

A virtual machine performance graph shows Memory Swap In to be at 95%. Users of the VM are complaining that performance is slow.
Which of the following actions can be done to increase performance of the VM? (Choose Two) 

A. decrease the memory reservation of the VM
B. decrease the memory limit of the VM
C. increase the memory reservation of the VM
D. move the VM using VMotion to another server






Answer: C,D

An administrator is building a vNetwork Distributed Switch. The administrator will migrate an existing vNetwork Standard Switch providing Service Console and vMkernel ports to an ESX Host. Which of the following describes what happens when the Physical Adapter from the switch is migrate to a vNetwork distributed Switch?

An administrator is building a vNetwork Distributed Switch. The administrator will migrate an existing vNetwork Standard Switch providing Service Console and vMkernel ports to an ESX Host.
Which of the following describes what happens when the Physical Adapter from the switch is migrate to a vNetwork distributed Switch? 

A. The VMkernel port is migrated to the vNetwork Distributed Switch
B. The Service Console port is migrated to the vNetwork Distributed Switch
C. The Service Console and VMkernel ports are also migrated to the vNetwork
D. The Service Console and VMkernel ports lose connectivity




Answer: D

Using the vSphere Client, which of the following actions can be scheduled through the Schedule through the Scheduled Task Wizard (Choose Two)?

Using the vSphere Client, which of the following actions can be scheduled through the Schedule through the Scheduled Task Wizard (Choose Two)? 

A. Enter Maintenance Mode
B. Create a snapshot of a virtual machine
C. Add a host
D. Change the power state of a host






Answer: B,C

When memory is overcommitted, which of the following settings determine the amount of memory (above the virtual machine??s Reservation) that is granted to a given virtual machine? (Choose Two)

When memory is overcommitted, which of the following settings determine the amount of memory (above the virtual machine??s Reservation) that is granted to a given virtual machine? (Choose Two) 

A. Working Set Size
B. Shares
C. Slot Size
D. Idle Memory Tax






Answer: A,B

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

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

A. A VLAN can be configured for the entire virtual switch and/or on individual port groups
B. Multiple port groups can specify the same VLAN
C. VLANs can only be configured on individual port groups
D. Multiple VLANs can be specified in a port group





Answer: B,C

Click the Exhibit button. Which of the following changes would eliminate the symptom in the performance chart shown in the exhibit?

Click the Exhibit button.
Which of the following changes would eliminate the symptom in the performance chart shown in the exhibit? 

A. increase CPU shares
B. increase the number of CPUs on the virtual machine
C. increasing CPU reservation
D. increase CPU limit






Answer: C

An administrator is migrating a virtual machine in a DRS cluster. The migration fails the Validation Check due to a CPU incompatibility issue. Which of the following steps can be taken to resolve the issue (Choose Two)?

An administrator is migrating a virtual machine in a DRS cluster. The migration fails the Validation Check due to a CPU incompatibility issue. Which of the following steps can be taken to resolve the issue (Choose Two)? 

A. Identify the CPU feature incompatibility, then mask the feature on all virtual machines in the cluster
B. Enable EVC in the DRS options
C. Identify the CPU feature incompatibility, then disable the feature in the BIOS of the affected ESX Host
D. Enable EVC from the configuration tab of each ESX Host







Answer: B,C

If a virtual machine is removed from a Resource Pool, the total number of shares associated with the Resource Pool:

If a virtual machine is removed from a Resource Pool, the total number of shares associated with the Resource Pool: 

A. Remains the same if a Custom Share value was configured, Increases if a High, Medium or Low value was configured
B. Remains the same
C. Decreases
D. Increases





Answer: A

Which of the following steps are required to successfully install VMware Data Recovery (Choose Two)?

Which of the following steps are required to successfully install VMware Data Recovery (Choose Two)?

A. A shared backup disk or tape device must be designated
B. The VMware Data Recovery Backup Appliance must be installed to a managed ESX Host
C. The Client Plug-in must be installed in the vSphere Client
D. The VMware Data Recovery server component must be installed on the vCenter Server







Answer: B,C

What is the maximum Hosts in Linkedmode environment?

What is the maximum Hosts in Linkedmode environment? 

A. 10
B. 100
C. 1000
D. 200






Answer: C

Which of the following are valid choices for optimizing performance of Virtual Machines?

Which of the following are valid choices for optimizing performance of Virtual Machines? 

A. Disable unused devic es such as COM ports, Floppy drives, and CD ROM drive
B. Avoid installing vmware-tools on resource intensive virtual machines.
C. Def ragment attached VMFS-3 volumes.
D. Tune and size virtual machine operating systems as you would on physical hosts.
E. Keep virtual machines that have similar resource requirements on the same host.






Answer: A,D,E

Which of the following is a key feature of VMware High Availability services?

Which of the following is a key feature of VMware High Availability services? 

A. HA can VMotion Virtual Machines to surviving ESX servers.
B. HA can automatically restart Virtual Machines from a failed ESX server
C. HA can take the place of other cluster software, like Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS)
D. HA can automatically restart failed ESX Servers.





Answer: B

What is requirement for enabling NIC teaming?

What is requirement for enabling NIC teaming? 

A. A physical NIC is linked to multiple virtual switches
B. All physical NITs must be of the same type
C. Multiple physical NITs are linked to a single virtual switch
D. All virtual NITs must be of the same type.






Answer: C