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| Name 3 steps you must take to ensure the system that vCenter Server will be installed on can be identified. |
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1. Verify FQDN is resolvable (nslookup your_vCenter_Server_fqdn): should return the IP and name of the domain controller machine
2. Check DNS lookup returns a FQDN when queried with the IP address
3. Verify the host name complies with RFC 952 |
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| Should the vCenter Server System be in a workgroup or a domain? |
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| How many charactars can the computer name contain for the system vCenter Server is installed on. |
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| No more than 15 charactars. |
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| Where must the Network Service Account be on the system that vCenter Server is installed on? |
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| On the folder where the vCenter Server is installed and on the HKLM regisry. |
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| T/F: The vCenter Server host should be an Active Directory domain controller |
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| F: The vCenter Server host should NOT be an Active Directory domain controller. |
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| What permissions does the domain user account need on the system vCenter Server is installed on? (Name 3) |
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- Member of Admins group
- Act as a part of the OS
- Log on as a service
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| Should the vCenter server system use static IP or DHCP? |
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| Static is recommended, but if you use DHCP, make sure that vCenter Server computer name is updated in the DNS. |
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| What built in Windows accounts can you use to run vCenter Server (name 2) |
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1. User account which must be an administrator on the local machine. IN the installation wizard, specify the account as DomainName\Username. Configure the SQL Server database to allow the domain account to access SQL Server
2. System account - which has more permissions and rights than the vCenter Server needs and may contribute to security problems |
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| Under what conditions would you set up a local user account for the vCenter Server System? |
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Condition: SQL Server DSNs NOT configued with windows authentication, or DB2 or Oracle DB.
Ensure user account is an admin on the local machine. |
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| What steps must you take when installing vCenter Server on IPv6 Machines? |
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| When you connect to that vCenter Server system or install more modules, you must specify the server address in IPv6 format, unless you use the fully qualified domain name. |
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| When using the Java runtime engine, databases are referenced using JDBC URLs. The syntax of these URLs depends on the database driver you are using. |
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| When joining vCenter Server to Linked Mode, what steps do you need to take to make sure the remote vCenters can talk to the local instance? (2 steps) |
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1. Ensure the domain name and the machine name of the system match.
2. If you needed to change either name in 1, configure the vCenter Server URLs to make them compatible with the new domain name and machine name. |
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| What installation action can you perform for vCenter from a network drive? |
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| You can run the installer from a NW drive but you cannot install the software there. The software must be installed on a local machine. |
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| Can you run a MS SQL Database in compatability mode when installing it with vCenter Server. |
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Definition
| vCenter Server database must be a supported version and cannot be set to compatability mode with an unsupported version. |
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