vSphere ICM 8.x

Which of the following are requirements for creating an Enhanced vMotion Compatibility cluster in vSphere?

"Hosts" and "Applications" related options

What is the file extension of the configuration file for a VMware virtual machine?

.vmx

How many virtual SCSI targets can you have for a virtual SCSI adapter if you use a PVSCSI driver?

64

What is the minimum requirement for the amount of physical RAM in a host to meet the hardware configurations supported by ESXi 8.0?

8 GB

What is thin provisioning and what are its benefits?

A disk type that uses only as much datastore space as the disk initially needs

What is Raw Device Mapping (RDM)?

A file stored in a VMFS volume that acts as a proxy for a raw physical device

What is a published library?

A local library that is available for subscription

What is a datastore and how does it relate to virtual machine files?

A logical container for holding virtual machine files that hides the specifics of the underlying storage device

What is promiscuous mode in a virtual switch or port group?

A mode that forwards all traffic, regardless of their destinations

What is a trunk port in a vSphere networking environment?

A port on a physical Ethernet switch that sends and receives packets tagged with a VLAN ID

What is the vCenter Serve Appliance?

A prepackaged Linux-based VM that is optimized for running vCenter Server and associated services.

What is the difference between a software iSCSI initiator and a hardware iSCSI initiator in ESXi?

A software iSCSI initiator is VMware code built in to the VMkernel and uses standard network adapters, while a hardware iSCSI initiator is a third-party adapter with iSCSI offload function

What is vSAN?

A software-defined storage solution that pools together storage components from hosts in a cluster

What happens when the descriptor and snapshot files do not match during snapshot consolidation in vCenter?

A warning is displayed in vCenter

What is snapshot consolidation?

A way to remove unneeded delta disk files from a datastore

What is the default state of the ESXi firewall?

Activated

You have just added several hosts to your new vCenter Server and need to assign new licenses to all of them. What must you do before you can assign the licenses?

Add the new licenses to the vCenter License Service in the vSphere Client by going to Menu > Administration > Licenses and then selecting "ADD" and inputting the licenses one per line.

What are the two types of rules that can be created in a vSphere DRS cluster to specify affinity?

Affinity rules and anti-affinity rules

How does deploying desktops as a managed service benefit businesses?

All of the above

How does vSphere DRS improve resource utilization in a cluster?

All of the above

How is the VM DRS score computed in vSphere?

All of the above

What are some methods for provisioning virtual machines in a virtual infrastructure?

All of the above

What is Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in vSphere, and what does it do?

All of the above

Which of the following features does the NFS 4.1 client offer over NFS 3?

All of the above

Which of the following metrics are displayed on the VM DRS Score page for powered-on VMs in vSphere?

All of the above

Why is redundant heartbeat networking recommended for a vSphere HA cluster?

All of the above

What are the possible responses of vSphere HA to datastore accessibility failures?

All of the above.

Which of the following are tasks that you can do using the Cluster Quickstart workflow in vSphere?

All of the abovec

What happens when you select the "Reserve all guest memory (All locked)" check box when reserving memory for a VM?

All the VM's memory gets reserved, even if the total amount of memory for the VM changes

What is overcommitting memory in the context of virtualization?

Allocating more physical RAM to a VM than is available on the host

What does an ESXi host synchronize its time with when configured as an NTP client?

An NTP server on the Internet or your corporate NTP server

What is the purpose of simple versioning with regards to content libraries?

Assigning a numerical value to the content library and its content

What does vSphere Lifecycle Manager look for in the vSphere Lifecycle Manager depot to generate recommendations?

Available software and firmware

What are some use cases for cross vCenter migrations with vSphere vMotion?

Balancing workloads across clusters and vCenter instances in the same site or in another geographical area

Which method can detect failures in a NIC team that link-status monitoring alone cannot?

Beacon probing

What type of communication is available with VMCI?

Both connectionless and connection oriented

What types of workloads does vSphere+ support?

Both traditional workloads and modern workloads based on containers

How does the hypervisor manage the allocation of physical resources to VMs?

By providing equal resource shares to all VMs on the same host

How can iSCSI arrays restrict access to targets from hosts?

By restricting access based on the host's IP address or subnet

How do VMs communicate with each other in a virtualized environment?

By utilizing virtual switches on the same ESXi host

What is the difference between CPU virtualization and software emulation?

CPU virtualization supports guest operating systems designed for x64 processors, while software emulation supports applications on operating systems they were not designed for

What type of protocol is NTP?

Client-server protocol

In a vSphere cluster, which admission control policy is set as the default and automatically recalculates as the cluster's resources change?

Cluster Resource Percentage

What is the difference between cold and hot migration?

Cold migration moves a powered-off or suspended VM, while hot migration moves a powered-on VM

What does the Delete All Snapshots action do?

Commits all the intermediate snapshots before the current-state icon (You are here) to the VM and removes all snapshots for that VM.

What does validating an image ensure?

Completeness of the image

What migration option allows you to move a VM to another host without moving its storage?

Compute resource only

Using the vCenter Server GUI Installer to deploy vCenter Server, what are some steps that you take in Stage 1: Deploy vCenter Server? Select all that apply.

Connect to the target ESXi host or vCenter Server system. Accept the EULA. Define the vCenter Server Appliance name and root password. Define networking settings. Select compute size, storage size, and datastore location (thin disk).

When should you consider upgrading VM hardware?

Consider upgrading VM hardware only when new features are required.

What is the main advantage of VM isolation?

Consistent access and performance during guest operating system failures

Which component of a distributed switch is responsible for configuring the switch, coordinating port migration, and managing NIC teaming?

Control plane

What is the recommended method for updating a template with new patches or software?

Convert the template to a VM, make changes, power off the VM, then convert it back to a template

What is the recommended method for securing the root user account on an ESXi host?

Creating strong passwords and changing them periodically

Which interface is used to configure certain settings for ESXi hosts during the initial basic configuration?

DCUI

What is the transport protocol used for vSAN?

Direct attached

Which key do you press to start customizing system settings in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)?

F2

An administrator directly change the contents of a subscribed library. True or False?

False

ESXi Quick Boot requires reinitializing the physical server BIOS during a reboot. True or False?

False

For CPU usage, the VM boxes are not color-coded because the relationship between consumed memory and entitlement is often not easily categorized. True or False?

False

Parallel remediation remediates all hosts that are in maintenance mode in sequence instead of in parallel. True or False?

False

Virtual switches forward frames at the Physical Layer. True or False?

False

When running a virtual machine, the VMkernel creates a discrete addressable memory space for the VM. True or False?

False

When using vSphere HA Orchestrated Restart you should create cyclical dependencies to make sure the VM's restart succeeds. True or False?

False

When you delete a snapshot one or more levels below the "You are here "level, it and all snapshots below it are committed to the parent snapshot. True or False?

False

You can migrate a VM from a host with an IPv4 address to a host with an IPv6 address using vSphere vMotion. True or False?

False

You can only view Datacenter objects in the Inventory view in which they were created. True or False?

False

You can upgrade the ESXi host on which vCenter resides using the vSphere Client without migrating the vCSA. True or False?

False

You can use the VAMI at port 9850 to make backups of your vCenter Server Appliance. True or False?

False

You click the "RUN DRS NOW" button to apply all DRS recommendations. True or False?

False

Which of the following is a valid SCSI-based storage device that can be used with VMFS?

Fibre Channel storage

Which types of storage devices can you create VMFS datastores on in ESXi?

Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and local storage devices

What is included in new releases of VM hardware?

Greater configuration maximums

What does PTP provision for virtual machines and hosts within a network?

Hardware-based timestamping

Which feature of ESXi helps to minimize the risk of attacks through the management interface?

Host-based firewall

Which CPU characteristic can cause a vSphere vMotion migration to fail if the source and target hosts are not an exact match?

Hyperthreading

What does the networking security policy provide protection against?

IP address spoofing

What are some benefits of installing VMware Tools in a virtual machine?

Improved network performance

You have just finished installing a vCenter Server instance and want to assign a new license to it. You have already entered the 25-character license key into your vCenter License Service through the vSphere Client. How do you assign the license key to the vCenter Server instance asset?

In the vSphere Client, select the vCenter Server from the navigation pane, select "Configure" from the ribbon, select "Licensing" under "Settings" in the middle pane, and then select "ASSIGN LICENSE". From there you select the License Key you entered earlier.

When you first open the vCenter Server Appliance Installer, what are the four options you are given?

Install, Upgrade, Migrate, or Restore.

What is the recommended installation method for small deployments of fewer than five hosts?

Interactive installation

What is the main purpose of VMware Tools in a virtual machine?

It allows the guest operating system to interact efficiently with the virtual hardware.

What is a drawback of specifying a limit for a VM's resource usage?

It can result in wasted idle resources

How does the VMware virtualization layer handle memory in a virtualized environment?

It configures the virtual address space for each VM at startup

vCenter Server does which of the following? Select all that apply.

It directs the actions of VMs and hosts. It runs on a Linux-based appliance. It acts as a central administration point for ESXi hosts and virtual machines.

What is a benefit of specifying a limit for a VM's resource usage?

It guarantees that idle resources will not be wasted

What is the prerequisite for generating interoperability reports for VMware products associated with vCenter?

Joining the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

What is the recommended practice regarding troubleshooting services in the DCUI?

Keep them deactivated until necessary for troubleshooting.

Which of the following is an authentication method supported by ESXi for iSCSI initiators and targets?

LDAP

Which migration threshold setting applies only priority 1 recommendations, such as satisfying VMs' requirements and host maintenance?

Level 1 (Conservative)

From the main menu, which option should you select to access vSphere Lifecycle Manager?

Lifecycle Manager

Which of the following is a challenge posed by the traditional model of running physical servers in a data center?

Limited rack space

What are the possible modes of operation when configuring the discovery protocol on a vSphere host?

Listen and Advertise

Which feature of virtual machines allows for increased uptime and faster recovery from failures?

Live migration and fault tolerance

What is the recommended approach for managing ESXi hosts centrally?

Managing through vCenter Server using the vSphere Client

Which automation level setting allows for more control over the placement of a critical VM and requires manual intervention for migration recommendations?

Manual

In which industry can vSphere Bitfusion be used to optimize factory workflow and supply chain logistics?

Manufacturing and shipping

When turning on vSphere Fault Tolerance for a VM, what changes are made to the VM's memory settings?

Memory limit is set to the default (unlimited memory)

What can you do if some VMware products are undetected in the interoperability report?

Modify the product list manually

Which of the following is a benefit of managing VM templates with the content library?

Monitor the changes made by privileged users

Which of the following is storage shared over standard TCP/IP networks at the file system level?

NAS

What NFS protocol versions are supported by vSphere v8?

NFS 3 and NFS 4.1

What can be used as a fallback if the PTP service does not work?

NTP

Which protocol provides millisecond timing accuracy for time synchronization?

NTP

Which graphics card brands are supported by VMware for configuring VMs with virtual GPUs?

NVIDIA and AMD

What feature does NFS 4.1 provide for servers that support session trunking?

Native multipathing

What does NIC teaming provide?

Network redundancy and increased bandwidth

Which policy provides protection against MAC address impersonation and unwanted port scanning?

Networking Security Policy

vCenter Server provides a few system roles which you cannot modify. Select some of the vCenter Server System Roles from the list below.

No Access Role No Cryptography Administrator Role Read-only Role

Can the NTP and PTP services run simultaneously on an ESXi host?

No, only one of them can be active at a time

Can you add or remove VMCI devices?

No, you cannot add or remove VMCI devices

Where is the vSphere Lifecycle Manager image depot located?

On the vCenter system

What type of templates can be synchronized between a published and subscribed library?

Only OVF templates

What are some of the tasks involved in populating and organizing your vCenter Server inventory? Select all that apply.

Organizing inventory objects in folders Setting up networking by using vSphere standard switches or vSphere distributed switches Configuring storage systems and creating datastore inventory objects to provide logical containers for storage devices in your inventory Creating clusters to consolidate the resources of multiple hosts and VMs

In vSphere, what configuration threshold determines when a warning or notice is generated based on the cluster's available capacity and performance reduction tolerance?

Performance degradation VMs tolerate threshold

What should you do before deleting or unmounting a VMFS datastore?

Power off all VMs whose disks reside on the datastore

What are switch discovery protocols and how do they help network administrators?

Protocols used to determine the capabilities of a network device and aid in troubleshooting network problems

What is the purpose of vSphere Fault Tolerance?

Providing fault-tolerant protection for mission-critical VMs

What is the role of the hypervisor in virtualization?

Providing physical hardware resources to VMs

What is the default setting for the MAC address changes setting in virtual switches?

Reject

How does virtualization impact the provisioning process compared to physical servers?

Relies on graphical user interface for quick provisioning

What are the two ways to remove a VM in VMware?

Remove from inventory and delete from disk

What mechanism does vSphere provide to allow less, more, or equal access to a defined resource?

Resource allocation

Which of the following tasks can be performed from the DCUI for management network configuration?

Restarting the management network

What are some examples of path selection policies offered by VMware for load-balancing and failover?

Round Robin, Most Recently Used (MRU), and Fixed

What is the default format for delta disks on VMFS6 datastores?

SEsparse

What happens in the event of a primary host failure when using vSphere Fault Tolerance?

Secondary VM takes over without interruption

What is an advantage of configuring a distributed switch at the data center level compared to a standard switch at the host level?

Simplified setup and administration

What is the difference between static and ephemeral binding in vSphere?

Static binding guarantees connectivity at all times and assigns a port immediately when a VM is connected to a port group, while ephemeral binding creates a port only when the VM is powered on and its NIC is connected

What is the purpose of the provisioning TCP/IP stack?

Supports the traffic for VM cold migration, cloning, and snapshot creation

When making changes to the networking configuration on ESXi hosts in a vSphere HA-configured cluster, what action is required to avoid false detection of host failure and network isolation?

Suspending host monitoring

What information can be identified about a physical switch using CDP and LLDP in vSphere?

Switch name, port number, and port speed/duplex settings

Which option do you select from the Lifecycle Mangers ACTIONS dropdown menu to manually import content from an online depot into the Image Depot?

Sync Updates

How do virtual machines benefit from time synchronization with the ESXi host?

Synchronized time for applications

What are the developer services included with vSphere+?

Tanzu Mission-Control Essentials

What is the benefit of creating templates for virtual machines?

Templates make the provisioning of virtual machines much faster and less error-prone than physical machines

What must you install to add firmware and drivers add-ons to an image?

The Hardware Support Manager plug-in for the respective family of servers

What determines whether vSphere DRS makes migration recommendations or automatically places VMs on hosts?

The automation level

What are the two planes that make up the architecture of a distributed switch, and where do they reside?

The control plane and the I/O plane, with the control plane residing in vCenter and the I/O plane residing in the VMkernel of each ESXi host

What happens to the corresponding library item when you convert the VM template in the vCenter inventory to a VM?

The corresponding library item is deleted

What can happen if consolidation is not performed?

The delta disk files might expand to consume all the remaining space on the datastore

Before deploying vCenter Server Appliance, you must complete several tasks such as verifying that all vCenter Server Appliance system requirements are met and ensuring that clocks on all VMs in the vSphere network are synchronized. What else must you get before deploying vCenter Server Appliance?

The fully qualified domain name (FQDNs) or the static IP of the host machine on which you install vCenter Server Appliance.

How does the hypervisor handle CPU resources when multiple VMs are running on an ESXi host?

The host time slices physical processors across all VMs

Which of the following is a requirement for hosts to be attached to a distributed switch in vSphere?

The hosts must either have an Enterprise Plus license or belong to a vSAN cluster

What does the Burst size parameter determine when shaping traffic on an ESXi host?

The maximum number of kilobytes to allow in a burst, allowing a port to temporarily transmit data at a faster speed

What is the maximum number of vCPUs a VM can have?

The number of logical CPUs on the host

What is the role of the operating system in managing memory in a physical environment?

The operating system assumes ownership of all the physical memory in the system

What is the software iSCSI initiator and how does it communicate with the iSCSI storage system?

The software iSCSI initiator is a software-based component that resides in the ESXi host and transmits SCSI commands over the IP network to the iSCSI target

What does the status "Up to Date" indicate for VM hardware?

The version of VM hardware configured in the VM matches the latest available version for the ESXi host.

What does the status "Upgrade Available" indicate for VMware Tools in a virtual machine?

The version of VMware Tools installed is older than the version available on the ESXi host.

What happens when you inflate a thin-provisioned disk?

The virtual disk is converted to a thick-provisioned, eagerzeroed forma

What is a possible reason that the status "Guest Managed" is indicated for VMware Tools in a virtual machine?

The virtual machine is running the Linux OpenVMTools package for managing VMware Tools.

What information must be configured for each VMkernel port in vSphere?

Their own IP address, netmask, and gateway

How do VM ports and VMkernel ports in vSphere connect to the outside world?

They connect to physical Ethernet adapters that are connected to the virtual switch uplink ports

Which of the following statements is true regarding vSphere distributed switches?

They provide more advanced networking capabilities for larger vSphere environments.

What is the purpose of the vSAN service?

To activate the vSAN traffic on the host

What is the purpose of using tags in the vCenter inventory?

To attach metadata to objects for better organization

What is the purpose of SAN switches in a Fibre Channel SAN?

To connect hosts to storage arrays

What do hosts use the vmx-*.vswp swap file for?

To gather and track memory overhead

What is the purpose of the NVMe over RDMA service?

To handle dedicated NVMe over RDMA storage traffic

What is the purpose of the vSphere Replication service?

To handle outgoing replication data from the source ESXi host to the vSphere Replication server

What is the purpose of WWPN?

To identify a node in the SAN

Which of the following is a reason for using VLANs in a vSphere networking environment?

To isolate networks on separate virtual switches

What is the purpose of using snapshots in vSphere?

To preserve the state of the VM so that you can repeatedly return to the same state

What is the purpose of a failover order in NIC teaming?

To provide network security for the virtual switch

What is the purpose of swap files (.vswp) in a VMware virtual machine?

To reclaim memory during periods of contention

What is the purpose of ESXi Quick Boot?

To reduce remediation time during patch or upgrade operations

What is the purpose of zoning and LUN masking in a Fibre Channel SAN environment?

To separate SAN activity and restrict access to storage devices

What is the purpose of managing clusters with images in vSphere?

To standardize the software on ESXi hosts

What is the Fibre Channel protocol used for in a Network?

Transporting SCSI traffic from VMs to the Fibre Channel SAN Devices

Which of the following is not a CHAP authentication method supported by ESXi?

Triple CHAP

A slot is calculated by combining the largest memory reservation and the largest CPU reservation of any running VM in the cluster. True or False?

True

A vSphere Lifecycle Manager cluster is a cluster of ESXi hosts that you can manage with a single image. True or False?

True

SSH should only be activated on an ESXi Host for troubleshooting and maintenance purposes and then be immediately deactivated when finished. True or False?

True

Staging is the process during which vSphere Lifecycle Manager downloads patches and extensions from the image depot to the ESXi hosts.

True

To configure vSphere vMotion networking, you must set up a VMkernel adapter with the vSphere vMotion service activated on the source and destination host. True or False?

True

VMware vSphere+ is a subscription-based offering that brings the benefits of cloud to on-premises workloads. True or False?

True

When using the VAMI to set up Log File Forwarding to a remote host, you specify forwarding configuration information for the remote syslog server such as the Server Address, Protocol, and Port. True or False?

True

You can use the vCenter Server Appliance GUI installer to upgrade your vCSA. True or False?

True

You should plan the VMware Tools upgrade during your maintenance window, especially if a reboot of the VM is required after the upgrade completes. True or False?

True

vSphere Virtual Volumes virtualizes SAN and NAS devices by abstracting physical hardware resources into logical pools of capacity. True or False?

True

In the vCenter Server Appliance, which column in the Update pane provides information about whether a release item is an update, an upgrade, or a patch?

Type

Which protocol does an ESXi host use for time synchronization as an NTP client?

UDP over port 123

Which protocol does a PTP client use for time synchronization?

UDP over ports 319 and 320

How many ESXi hosts can a cluster contain in vSphere?

Up to 96 ESXi hosts

How is the primary host determined in a vSphere HA cluster?

Using an election process based on datastore accessibility

How does the primary host determine whether a secondary host is isolated or has failed in a vSphere HA cluster?

Using datastore heartbeating

What are some considerations when planning to use NFS Kerberos?

Using different Active Directory users on different hosts that access the same NFS share can cause the vSphere vMotion migration to fail

What is the recommended approach for accessing an ESXi host when the vCenter Server system is unavailable?

Using the VMware Host Client

Which of the following is used for more efficient transfers when the datastores used by the published and subscribed libraries exist in the same storage array?

VAAI

Which of the following settings can be configured using the DCUI for ESXi host management network?

VLAN ID

What are some examples of data that can be stored on Direct-attached storage (DAS)?

VM files and templates

Which vSphere HA setting lets you customize the restart priority for individual VMs?

VM-Level Restart Priority

Which of the following is a redo log that starts empty, immediately after a VM snapshot is taken, and expands to the size of its base VMDK when the entire VMDK is rewritten with new data after the VM snapshot?

VMDKsparse

Which datastore type in vSphere uses a clustered fi le system optimized for virtual machines?

VMFS

In which two vCenter Inventory Views can you view and manage VMs?

VMs and Templates Host and Clusters

Which tool is used for managing individual ESXi hosts directly when vCenter Server is unavailable?

VMware Host Client

What does a distributed switch track during a vSphere vMotion migration?

Virtual networking state

Can a published library publish both VM templates and OVF templates to its subscribers?

Yes, all templates are synchronized automatically

Can you change the amount of memory allocated to a VM without powering it off?

Yes, for some memory parameter settings

What should you keep in mind when cloning a VM?

You must be connected to vCenter to clone a VM

Where can you access the vSphere Client?

https://<vCenter_FQDN_or_IP_Address>/ui

After deploying your vCenter Server Appliance, what address do you use to access and manage your vCenter Server inventory with the vSphere Client?

https://vCenter_Server_FQDN_or_IP_address/ui

After deploying your vCenter Server Appliance, what address do you use to configure and monitor your vCenter Server Appliance instance with the VAMI?

https://vCenter_Server_FQDN_or_IP_address:5480/ui

Which storage protocol maps SCSI block-oriented storage over TCP/IP?

iSCSI

What is the default administrative username for the ESXi host?

root

Which component of vSphere acts as the central administration platform for ESXi hosts, virtual machines, storage, and networking?

vCenter

The vCenter Server Appliance package contains what software?

vCenter Server services Photon PostgreSQL database

vCenter Server services include?

vSphere Client VMware Certificate Authority vCenter Single Sign-On vSphere ESXi Dump Collector vCenter Server vCenter Lookup Service

Which feature helps balance the load between hosts in a vSphere cluster after failover and VM restart?

vSphere DRS

Which of the following are Cluster Features? Select all that apply.

vSphere DRS vSphere HA

What is the role of vSphere DRS during remediation operations with vSphere Lifecycle Manager?

vSphere DRS evacuates hosts before they are patched

The virtual provisioning X agent (vpxa) acts as an intermediary between what two deamons to provide communication between vCenter Server and an ESXi Host?

vpxd and hostd