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VCP 5 - Final Study Set Part 3
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02/24/2013

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When creating a dvPort group, which port binding assigns a port to a VM when the VM is first powered on?
Definition
Dynamic binding

Static: assigns immediately even before power on
Ephemeral: no assignment
Term
An administrator wants to reduce the memory overhead required by a VM. What TWO tasks could accomplish this?
Definition
1. Reduce the number of vCPUs on the VM
2. Reduce the amount of configured memory (their answer)
3. Reduce the amount of reserved memory (my answer)

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Term
Which two statements about vLANs and port groups defined on a vSS are true?

1. A vLAN can be accessed by the entire virtual switch or individual port groups
2. Multiple PGs are restricted from accessing the same vLAN
3. vLANs can be configured only on individual PGs
4. Multiple vLANs can be accessed by VMs connected to one PG
Definition
1. A vLAN can be accessed by the entire virtual switch or individual port groups
4. Multiple vLANs can be accessed by VMs connected to one PG
Term
Using the VSA manager to view the Appliance Status column, what are 3 valid states?
Definition
1. Degraded
2. Online
3. Offline
Term
An alert in vSphere client shows storage connectivity alarm for all hosts has been triggered. The storage screen indicates everything is connected but hte triggered alert has not been acknowledged. How can you correct this and allow users to access their files?
Definition
1. Reconnect the storage containing the user files to all hosts in the cluster.
2. Rescan datastores on all hosts in the cluster
Term
Which memory conservation technique collaborates with the server to reclaim pages that are redundant in a virtual machine or virtual machines?
Definition
Transparent page sharing
Term
Where must the VSA manager be installed (version 5.0)
Definition
With the vCenter Server, outside the VSA environment
Term
An administrator selects the Profile Compliance tab of a vSphere cluster then selects 'Check'. Will host profiles be checked?
Definition
FT won't be checked. Host Profiles will, vMotion, DRS.
Term
A user complains that their VM is running poorly and blames the storage I/O. If the storage is the bottleneck, which two counters will be running higher than normal?
Definition
1. ESXi highest latency, ms
2. Average VM operating system latency per command, in ms
Term
A company wants to increase disk capacity and it must meet these requirements:

1. vMotion must work in this environment

2. The existing LAN infrastructure must be used

What is their best option out of iSCSI, FC, SATA, NFS
Definition
NFS
Term
Name a network driver that is not supported with virtual machine hardware version 8
Definition
vmxnet 2

Supported: vmxnet 3; Enhanced vmxnet; E1000
Term
Name two required steps before Data Recovery can be used
Definition
1. vSphere Client plug-in must be installed on any machine VDR will be managed from
2. DR backup appliance must have additional storage added to it
Term
If you create a custom role and do not assign privileges what system-defined privileges are added?
Definition
1. System.Anonymous
2. System.Read
Term
Name 2 options that cannot be edited if the vApp Options is disabled on a VM that is part of a vApp
Definition
1. Transient IP addresses
2. Configure OVF properties
Term
Name two methods that can be used to migrate a VMkernel port from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch
Definition
1. Use the Add Virtual Adapter wizard from the Manage Virtual Adapters window
2. Use the Manage Hosts wizard from the Configuration tab of the vDS
Term
When using the UM to update virtual appliances in a vSphere environment using a vCenter Server virtual Appliance (vCSA), what could cause the remediation to fail?
Definition
Remediation requires the hosts to be connected to vCenter using an IPv4 address
Term
An admin wants to deploy ESXi 5.x without CD or DVD media. what are 2 alternate ways to provide the ESXi 5.x installation script?
Definition
1. FTP
2. HTTP
Term
Which type of port on a secondary private vLAN can communicate with promiscuous ports and other ports that share its vLAN tag?
Definition
Community
Term
In a vSphere HA cluster, what is the maximum no. of point-to-point communication links to the slaves each master maintains
Definition
32
Term
An admin has enabled jumbo frames on the vmkernel port used for the software iSCSI initiator. What other components (2) must be modified to enable jumbo frames support on the software iSCSI initiator?
Definition
1. Physical switch
2. virtual switch
Term
What are three reasons for deploying vCenter in a physical machine?
Definition
1. To support VSA configuration
2. To ensure it is not susceptible to vSphere outages
3. To ensure it does not contend for resources
Term
The typical option is selected while running the New Virtual Machine Wizard in the vSphere Client. Name three configuration options that are included during VM creation?
Definition
1. Datastore Location
2. Storage DRS
3. Virtual Disk size
Term
What number of IOPs should be used with Storage I/O control to limit disk throughput to roughly 10MBps if the guest application writes 64 blocks?
Definition
64
Term
What is the expected length of time a Windows 2008 VM storage I/O will pause during a path failover?
Definition
30 to 60 seconds
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