A vSphere 5.x implementation contains two ESXi hosts, ESXi01and ESXi02. There is a virtual machine "VM21" connected to the Production port group on ESXi01. ESXi01 has the following switch configuration. vSwitch0, single uplink to 10.1.20.0/24 Production port group VMkernel port for vMotion VMKernel port for management vSwitch1, single uplink to 10.1.40.0/24 Engineering port group VMKernel port for NFS storage ESXi02 has the following switch configuration. vSwitch0, single uplink to 10.1.20.0/24 Engineering port group VMkernel port for vMotion VMKernel port for management vSwitch1, single uplink to 10.1.40.0/24 Production port group VMKernel port for NFS storage Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two.)

A vSphere 5.x implementation contains two ESXi hosts, ESXi01and ESXi02. There is a virtual machine "VM21" connected to the Production port group on ESXi01.
ESXi01 has the following switch configuration.
vSwitch0, single uplink to 10.1.20.0/24
Production port group
VMkernel port for vMotion
VMKernel port for management
vSwitch1, single uplink to 10.1.40.0/24
Engineering port group
VMKernel port for NFS storage
ESXi02 has the following switch configuration.
vSwitch0, single uplink to 10.1.20.0/24
Engineering port group
VMkernel port for vMotion
VMKernel port for management
vSwitch1, single uplink to 10.1.40.0/24
Production port group
VMKernel port for NFS storage
Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two.) 






A. vMotion is not available between the two hosts
B. If VM21 is migrated to ESXi02 it will not be available on the network
C. The virtual machine can be vMotion migrated to the target host.
D. Broadcasts from the Production port group will not reach the Engineering port group.





Answer: B,D

What are two considerations when using resource pools in a vSphere cluster? (Choose two.)

What are two considerations when using resource pools in a vSphere cluster? (Choose two.) 









A. Default shares are equal for all sibling resource pools, regardless of virtual machines or child pools
B. By default, Reservations can be exceeded
C. vMotion must be setup prior to creating Resource Pools
D. DRS rules cannot violate Resource Pool membership



Answer: A,B

Which two components can be installed in monitored virtual machines to trigger vSphere HA Application Monitoring? (Choose two.)

Which two components can be installed in monitored virtual machines to trigger vSphere HA Application Monitoring? (Choose two.) 





A. A custom script utilizing the appmonitor executable
B. The vSphere Fault Tolerant agent
C. Third-party utilities such as Neverfail or ApplicationHA
D. The vSphere HA application agent





Answer: A,C

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has received reports of poor network performance with a virtual machine. Which task will improve the network performance of this virtual machine?

Click the Exhibit button.
An administrator has received reports of poor network performance with a virtual machine.
Which task will improve the network performance of this virtual machine? 






A. Adjust shares for the virtual NIC on the virtual machine.
B. Traffic-shape this virtual machine.
C. Move the virtual machine to another virtual switch.
D. Add a CPU to the virtual machine.





Answer: C

The performance graph for a virtual machine with 1GB of RAM shows the Swap In rate to be 150 MBps and the Balloon value to be at 0 MB. Users of the virtual machine are complaining that performance is slow. Which two actions could increase performance of the virtual machine? (Choose two.)

The performance graph for a virtual machine with 1GB of RAM shows the Swap In rate to be 150 MBps and the Balloon value to be at 0 MB. Users of the virtual machine are complaining that performance is slow.
Which two actions could increase performance of the virtual machine? (Choose two.) 






A. Install the VMMEMCTL driver on the ESXi host.
B. Increase the memory share value for this virtual machine.
C. Install VMware Tools into this virtual machine.
D. Disable swapping in the virtual machine operating system.







Answer: B,C

Which option could be used for vSphere HA heartbeats?

Which option could be used for vSphere HA heartbeats? 





A. An iSCSI LUN used for booting the master ESXi host.
B. An iSCSI LUN backing an RDM connected over 10GB Ethernet
C. An NFS datastore shared with the all hosts, sync, no_root_squash and read only options
D. A Fibre Channel LUN on an 8GB active/active array backing a VMFS5 datastore





Answer: D

Users have reported performance issues with an application running on a Windows VM. Performance analysis shows high CPU activity on the ESXi host but low CPU activity on the Windows VM. A high value in which overview graph and counter on the virtual machine's Performance tab would confirm the results of the performance analysis?

Users have reported performance issues with an application running on a Windows VM. Performance analysis shows high CPU activity on the ESXi host but low CPU activity on the Windows VM.
A high value in which overview graph and counter on the virtual machine's Performance tab would confirm the results of the performance analysis?










A. CPU (%) / Wait
B. CPU Usage (Mhz) / Wait
C. CPU Usage (Mhz) / Ready
D. CPU (%) / Ready



Answer: D

What would be a valid reason to enable traffic shaping?

What would be a valid reason to enable traffic shaping? 







A. Limiting the bandwidth of a FTP server
B. Restricting the load on a IDS server
C. Limiting the bandwidth used by an independent hardware iSCSI adapter
D. Improving the performance of a CPU-intensive application server






Answer: A

A database administrator has reported periodic poor performance on a particular virtual machine. The virtual machine administrator has noticed a significant drop in performance when utilized memory exceeds 1GB. What does this indicate and what could be checked next?

A database administrator has reported periodic poor performance on a particular virtual machine. The virtual machine administrator has noticed a significant drop in performance when utilized memory exceeds 1GB.
What does this indicate and what could be checked next? 





A. The application problems are definitely due to a non-memory-related problem. CPU affinity settings should be checked for this virtual machine.
B. The application problems are definitely due to a non-memory-related problem. CPU utilization should be checked next, using Windows Task Manager.
C. The virtual machine might not have physical memory available. Compression and swap activity on the ESXi host should be checked next.
D. The virtual machine might not have physical memory available. Ensure the memory limit on the VM is set to 0 MB.






Answer: C

A request has been made to the SAN administrator to provision a new LUN. A LUN (LUN 6) is created, and the SAN administrator presents the LUN to an ESXi 5.x host, using the storage array SAN management software. The administrator looks at the Storage configuration for the ESXi host, and does not see the new LUN. Other LUNs from the same storage array are visible. Which two conditions are most likely to cause the error described? (Choose two.)

A request has been made to the SAN administrator to provision a new LUN. A LUN (LUN 6) is created, and the SAN administrator presents the LUN to an ESXi 5.x host, using the storage array SAN management software. The administrator looks at the Storage configuration for the ESXi host, and does not see the new LUN. Other LUNs from the same storage array are visible.
Which two conditions are most likely to cause the error described? (Choose two.) 






A. The administrator has not performed a Rescan All on the ESXi host.
B. The multipathing policy has been set to Fixed for the LUN.
C. Zoning on the Fibre Channel switches is not configured correctly.
D. The LUN was not presented to the correct ESXi host.






Answer: A,D

A vSphere environment is created with two virtual machines, VM23 and VM43. Each virtual machine has an instance of the front-end web application for the company's manufacturing management database. A physical load-balancer is configured for the application. Which type of DRS rule should be implemented for VM23 and VM43?

A vSphere environment is created with two virtual machines, VM23 and VM43. Each virtual machine has an instance of the front-end web application for the company's manufacturing management database. A physical load-balancer is configured for the application.
Which type of DRS rule should be implemented for VM23 and VM43? 







A. Separate Virtual Machines
B. Virtual Machines to Hosts
C. Host DRS Groups
D. Keep Virtual Machines Together






Answer: A

During peak operating hours, an administrator finds that a business-critical application running in a virtual machine is not performing as well as during normal hours. Which memory management method can be used to guarantee that the application performs well at all times?

During peak operating hours, an administrator finds that a business-critical application running in a virtual machine is not performing as well as during normal hours.
Which memory management method can be used to guarantee that the application performs well at all times? 





A. Set a reservation equal to the average memory utilization of the virtual machine running the application.
B. Set the share level to high for the virtual machine running the application and set the share level for all other virtual machines to low.
C. Check the Reserve all guest memory checkbox.
D. Set a reservation equal to the installed memory of the ESXi host running the application.






Answer: C

On which two vSphere elements can traffic shaping be configured? (Choose two.)

On which two vSphere elements can traffic shaping be configured? (Choose two.) 






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






Answer: A,B

Click the Exhibit button. What does the graph in the exhibit indicate?

Click the Exhibit button.
What does the graph in the exhibit indicate? 






A. The average amount of read and write latency from the ESXi host to the SAN.
B. The average amount of read and write latency from the guest operating system to the virtual machine virtual disk file.
C. The average amount of read and write latency from the ESXi host to the datastore.
D. The average amount of read and write latency from the cluster to the datastore.






Answer: C

Which two conditions could prevent HA from powering on a virtual machine? (Choose two.)

Which two conditions could prevent HA from powering on a virtual machine? (Choose two.) 






A. There is not enough free memory to meet the guests memory reservation.
B. The virtual machine has been assigned a required affinity rule.
C. Strict admission control is disabled for the HA cluster.
D. The vCenter is hosted on the ESXi host that failed.





Answer: A,B

An administrator is updating a program running on a virtual machine. The update file has been downloaded as an .iso file and placed on a shared NFS datastore. An attempt to mount the .iso file to the virtual machine fails, but subsequent testing shows that the .iso file can be mounted to a virtual machine running on another ESXi 5.x host. Which step can be taken to enable access to the .iso file for the affected virtual machine?

An administrator is updating a program running on a virtual machine. The update file has been downloaded as an .iso file and placed on a shared NFS datastore. An attempt to mount the .iso file to the virtual machine fails, but subsequent testing shows that the .iso file can be mounted to a virtual machine running on another ESXi 5.x host.
Which step can be taken to enable access to the .iso file for the affected virtual machine? 






A. Reboot all ESXi hosts in the cluster where the affected virtual machine is running.
B. Refresh all datastores on the ESXi host running the affected VM.
C. Rescan all datastores on the ESXi host running the affected VM.
D. Unmount the volume from the ESXi host running the affected VM, and then add as a new datastore.






Answer: B

An administrator decides to implement a Fixed multipathing policy for an ESXi 5.x host with four available paths to one VMFS datastore. After the policy has been enabled for the datastore, how many paths will have an active status by default?

An administrator decides to implement a Fixed multipathing policy for an ESXi 5.x host with four available paths to one VMFS datastore. After the policy has been enabled for the datastore, how many paths will have an active status by default? 






A. 4
B. 3
C. 1
D. 2





Answer: A

Which are the correct parameters to specify when adding an iSCSI target to an ESXi 5.x host using the Static Discovery tab?

Which are the correct parameters to specify when adding an iSCSI target to an ESXi 5.x host using the Static Discovery tab? 





A. iSCSI server ip address, port 902
B. iSCSI server ip address, port 3260
C. iSCSI server ip address, port 902, iSCSI target name
D. iSCSI server ip address, port 3260, iSCSI target name






Answer: D

A new ESXi 5.x host is set up with two virtual machines. A memory limit is applied so that users will have predictable performance as virtual machines are added to the host. What is the effect of applying a memory limit to these virtual machines?

A new ESXi 5.x host is set up with two virtual machines. A memory limit is applied so that users will have predictable performance as virtual machines are added to the host.
What is the effect of applying a memory limit to these virtual machines? 






A. No physical memory will be granted above the limit, but VSWP can be used.
B. No physical memory will be granted above the limit, unless expandableVM shares are set to high.
C. Physical memory will be granted above the limit under normal conditions. Disk pages will be used if contention occurs.
D. Physical memory will be granted above the limit under normal conditions, unless physical memory runs out.






Answer: A

Users are complaining that they cannot access their files on a file server virtual machine. The vSphere Client shows that a triggered alarm stating disk latency is beyond the default threshold for the datastore where the file server virtual machine is located. The path selection policy has been set by the ESXi host to Fixed with default path settings. Which two options could be used to increase performance of the file server virtual machine? (Choose two.)

Users are complaining that they cannot access their files on a file server virtual machine. The vSphere Client shows that a triggered alarm stating disk latency is beyond the default threshold for the datastore where the file server virtual machine is located. The path selection policy has been set by the ESXi host to Fixed with default path settings.
Which two options could be used to increase performance of the file server virtual machine? (Choose two.) 






A. Use disk shares to increase the priority for the datastore housing the file server virtual machine.
B. Use vMotion to reloacte the VM to an ESXi host with loser HBA saturation.
C. Change the path selection policy to Round Robin.
D. Change the path selection policy to Most Recently Used (MRU).






Answer: B,C

During the installation of vCenter Server, if you choose Join Group, which of the following actions is taken?

During the installation of vCenter Server, if you choose Join Group, which of the following actions is taken? 


A. The vCenter Server is joined to a Linked Mode group
B. The vCenter Server is clustered with an existing vCenter Server for high availability
C. The /etc/group file on ESX Hosts managed by vCenter Server are configured for vpxuser authentication
D. The vCenter Server is configured for VMware Fault Tolerance

Answer: A

An administrator is installing a vCenter Server to manage 10 ESX hosts and 100 virtual machines. Approximately how much additional space is required to increase the statistic collection level to maximum for all collection periods compared to a standard installation?

An administrator is installing a vCenter Server to manage 10 ESX hosts and 100 virtual machines. Approximately how much additional space is required to increase the statistic collection level to maximum for all collection periods compared to a standard installation? 


A. 6GB
B. 2GB
C. 1GB
D. 4GB

Answer: A

An administrator is creating a database for a vCenter installation. Approximately how much additional space is needed for every 50 virtual machines being managed, assuming statistic collection is at the default level?

An administrator is creating a database for a vCenter installation. Approximately how much additional space is needed for every 50 virtual machines being managed, assuming statistic collection is at the default level? 





A. 700MB
B. 1GB
C. 500MB
D. 100MB
E. 340 MB

Answer: E

Which of the following are prerequisites for installing vCenter Server (Choose Three)?

Which of the following are prerequisites for installing vCenter Server (Choose Three)? 





A. The system vCenter is installed on can be in a workgroup or a domain
B. The system vCenter is installed on must belong to a domain
C. The system vCenter is installed on must be a physical server
D. The system vCenter is installed on can be a virtual machine or physical server
E. The system vCenter is installed on must have a Static IP address or be registered with DNS if using DHCP

Answer: B,D,E

When configuring the Oracle Connection to work remotely with vCenter Server, which of the following is required (Choose Two)?

When configuring the Oracle Connection to work remotely with vCenter Server, which of the following is required (Choose Two)? 


A. The tnsnames.ora file must be edited with the managed host name
B. The TNS Service Name option must be configured in the ODBC DSN
C. Use the Net8 Configuration Utility to add the service name
D. Add the entry open_cursors = 300 to the C:.ora file

Answer: A,B

Which of the following are valid reasons for deploying vCenter Server in a virtual machine (Choose Three)?

Which of the following are valid reasons for deploying vCenter Server in a virtual machine (Choose Three)? 


A. vCenter Server must be deployed as a virtual machine to be migrated using VMotion
B. vCenter Server must be deployed as virtual machines to join a Linked Mode group
C. vCenter Server must be deployed as a virtual machine to support failover using Site Recovery Manager
D. vCenter Server must be deployed as a virtual machine to be protected by High Availability
E. vCenter Server must be deployed as a virtual machine to back it up using vCenter Data Recovery

Answer: A,D,E

Before you upgrade an ESX host what should you do?

Before you upgrade an ESX host what should you do? 





A. back up /proc, /mnt, /tmp, custom scripts and all VMFS datastores
B. back up /home, /etc/init.d and /boot
C. back up /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow, custom scripts and local VMFS
D. back up /var/logs, /usr, /bin and the dmesg output








Answer: C

The Runtime Name for a Fibre Channel storage device is equivalent to?

The Runtime Name for a Fibre Channel storage device is equivalent to? 




A. The Network Address Authority (NAA) name of the device
B. The name of the current path to the device in vmhba:C:T:L format
C. The Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) to the device
D. The name of the first discovered path to the device in vmhba:C:T:L format




Answer: D

An administrator finds that a VMotion and Storage vMotion operations do not succeed on a virtual machine. The virtual machine has been configured with N-Port ID Virtualization. The virtual machine has two data RDMs, one using a RAID5 LUN and one using a RAID0+1 LUN. When created, the mapping file for the RAID5 LUN was created on the same datastore as the virtual machine, while the mapping file for the RAID0+1 LUN was placed in a datastore used for production data virtual disks. Which of the following statements are true about this configuration (Choose Two)?

An administrator finds that a VMotion and Storage vMotion operations do not succeed on a virtual machine. The virtual machine has been configured with N-Port ID Virtualization. The virtual machine has two data RDMs, one using a RAID5 LUN and one using a RAID0+1 LUN. When created, the mapping file for the RAID5 LUN was created on the same datastore as the virtual machine, while the mapping file for the RAID0+1 LUN was placed in a datastore used for production data virtual disks.
Which of the following statements are true about this configuration (Choose Two)? 





A. VMotion cannot be used with NPIV
B. Storage VMotion cannot be used with NPIV
C. VMotion cannot be used unless both mapping files are placed on the same datastore
D. Storage VMotion cannot be used unless both mapping files are placed on the same datastore







Answer: B,C

A virtual machine has been configured with N-Port ID Virtualization. The Guest OS virtual disk is placed in a RAID5 datastore, while the Production virtual disk is placed in a RAID1+0 datastore. Why would an administrator consider placing both disks on the same datastore (Choose Two)?

A virtual machine has been configured with N-Port ID Virtualization. The Guest OS virtual disk is placed in a RAID5 datastore, while the Production virtual disk is placed in a RAID1+0 datastore. 

Why would an administrator consider placing both disks on the same datastore (Choose Two)?






A. VMotion can be used with NPIV enabled virtual machines, but not with disks in multiple datastores
B. Storage VMotion cannot be used on a virtual machine with NPIV enabled
C. VMotion cannot be used on a virtual machine with NPIV enabled
D. Storage VMotion can be used with NPIV enabled virtual machines, but not with disks in multiple datastores





Answer: A,B

A virtual machine is using a Fibre Channel attached Raw Device Mapped (RDM) LUN. Which of the following applications used with the virtual machine would require the RDM to be in Physical Compatibility Mode (Choose Three)?

A virtual machine is using a Fibre Channel attached Raw Device Mapped (RDM) LUN. Which of the following applications used with the virtual machine would require the RDM to be in Physical Compatibility Mode (Choose Three)? 





A. SAN Management Agents
B. Physical Server to Virtual Machine Clustering
C. Storage Array based Replication
D. VMware Snapshots
E. SCSI-target based software






Answer: A,B,E

An administrator is configuring an ESXi Host with 2 Fibre Channel HBAs. The attached FC Storage Array has two active Storage Processor ports. No zoning is configured. Using Round Robin multipathing, how many paths are used to send data to a VMFS Datastore at any given time?

An administrator is configuring an ESXi Host with 2 Fibre Channel HBAs. The attached FC Storage Array has two active Storage Processor ports. No zoning is configured. Using Round Robin multipathing, how many paths are used to send data to a VMFS Datastore at any given time? 







A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4




Answer: B

What are two functions of zoning in Fibre Channel Switches (Choose Two)?

What are two functions of zoning in Fibre Channel Switches (Choose Two)? 







A. Reduces the number of targets and LUNs presented by a Fibre Channel Storage Array
B. Prevents non-ESX Hosts from possibly destroying VMFS data
C. Controls and isolates LUNs on a Fibre Channel Storage Array
D. Restrict connections on a storage array to ESX Hosts that utilize the array



Answer: B,D

What two things are guaranteed when establishing a virtual machine memory reservation? (Choose two)

What two things are guaranteed when establishing a virtual machine memory reservation? (Choose two) 





A. Physic al memory for the VMkernel to start the virtual machine
B. Minimum virtual memory guaranteed to the virtual machine while the virtual machine is running
C. Minimum physical memory guaranteed to the virtual machine while the virtual machine is running
D. Virtual memory for the VMkernel to start the virtual machine





Answer: A,C

The VMware vCenter Server Appliance has been deployed using default settings. What user name and password are used to log in the administrator interface to configure the appliance?

The VMware vCenter Server Appliance has been deployed using default settings.
What user name and password are used to log in the administrator interface to configure the appliance? 





A. The initial user name and password must be supplied on the first login attempt
B. The initial user name and password must be supplied during deployment
C. The initial user name is root and the password is blank
D. The initial user name is root and the password is vmware






Answer: B

An administrator attempts to increase the number of vCPUs in a virtual machine to 32. 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 32. The configuration cannot be successfully completed.
What are two likely causes of this issue? (Choose two) 





A. The vSphere 5 implementation has a license which does not include virtual SMP.
B. The total number of cores in the host is 32 and a CPU must be reserved for ESXi.
C. The virtual machine was built using version 7 virtual machine hardware.
D. The vSphere 5 implementation is using an Enterprise license.





Answer: B,C

Refer to the Exhibit button. An administrator has been tasked with adding an uplink to a vSwitch. Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement about this environment?

Refer to the Exhibit button.
An administrator has been tasked with adding an uplink to a vSwitch.
Based on the exhibit, what is a true statement about this environment? 






A. The server does not have available uplinks to be assigned to this vSwitch
B. The available uplinks are not compatible with a standard vSwitch
C. The vSwitch is out of capacity for uplinks
D. The current uplinks cannot be attached because they are in use by other port groups






Answer: C

Administrators are unable to connect to an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere client. Restarting the management agent will likely fix the issue, but must be done without disrupting network connectivity to any virtual machines. Which two actions will meet these goals? (Choose two)

Administrators are unable to connect to an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere client. Restarting the management agent will likely fix the issue, but must be done without disrupting network connectivity to any virtual machines.
Which two actions will meet these goals? (Choose two) 







A. Enter the service mgmt ?C vmware restart command from either SSH or local CLI
B. Select Restart Management Agents m the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
C. Select Restart Management Network in the Direct Console User interface (DCUI)
D. Enter the services. sh restart command from either SSH or the local CLI




Answer: A,B