考试题目

Q1. An administrator wants to provide users restricted access. The users should only be able to perform the following
tasks:
- Create and consolidate virtual machine snapshots
- Add/Remove virtual disks
- Snapshot Management
Which default role in vCenter Server would meet the administrator's requirements for the users?
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A. Virtual machine user
B. Virtual machine power user
C. Virtual Datacenter administrator
D. VMware Consolidated Backup user
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B
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Q2. Which two roles can be modified? (Choose two.)
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A. Administrator
B. Network Administrator
C. Datastore Consumer
D. Read-Only
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BC
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Q3. An administrator with global administrator privileges creates a custom role but fails to assign any privileges to it.
Which two privileges would the custom role have? (Choose two.)
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A. System.View
B. System.Anonymous
C. System.User
D. System.ReadOnly
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AB
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Q4. An administrator wishes to give a user the ability to manage snapshots for virtual machines.Which privilege does
the administrator need to assign to the user?
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A. Datastore.Allocate Space
B. Virtual machine.Configuration.create snapshot
C. Virtual machine.Configuration.manage snapshot
D. Datastore.Browse Datastore
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A
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Q5. An object has inherited permissions from two parent objects.
What is true about the permissions on the object?
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A. The common permissions between the two are applied and the rest are discarded.
B. The permissions are combined from both parent objects.
C. No permissions are applied from the parent objects.
D. The permission is randomly selected from either of the two parent objects.
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B
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Q6. What is the highest object level from which a virtual machine can inherit privileges?
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A. Host Folder
B. Data Center
C. Data Center Folder
D. VM Folder
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C
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Q7. Which three Authorization types are valid in vSphere? (Choose three.)
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A. Group Membership in vsphere.local
B. Global
C. Forest
D. vCenter Server
E. Group Membership in system-domain
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ABD
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Q8. Which three components should an administrator select when configuring vSphere permissions? (Choose three.)
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A. Inventory Object
B. Role
C. User/Group
D. Privilege
E. Password
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ABC
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Q9. In which two vsphere.local groups should an administrator avoid adding members? (Choose two.)
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A. SolutionUsers
B. Administrators
C. DCAdmins
D. ExternalPDUsers
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AB
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Q10. An administrator has configured three vCenter Servers and vRealize Orchestrator within a Platform Services
Controller domain, and needs to grant a user privileges that span all environments.
Which statement best describes how the administrator would accomplish this?
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A. Assign a Global Permission to the user.
B. Assign a vCenter Permission to the user.
C. Assign vsphere.local membership to the user.
D. Assign an ESXi Permission to the user.
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A
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Q11. Which two methods are recommended for managing the VMware Directory Service? (Choose
two.)
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A. Utilize the vmdir command.
B. Manage through the vSphere Web Client.
C. Manage using the VMware Directory Service.
D. Utilize the dc rep command.
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AB
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Q12. What are two sample roles that are provided with vCenter Server by default? (Choose two.)
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A. Virtual machine User
B. Network Administrator
C. Content Library Administrator
D. Storage Administrator
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AB
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Q13. An administrator would like to use the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) as an Intermediate Certificate
Authority (CA). The first two steps performed are:
- Replace the Root Certificate
- Replace Machine Certificates (Intermediate CA)
Which two steps would need to be performed next? (Choose two.)
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A. Replace Solution User Certificates (Intermediate CA)
B. Replace the VMware Directory Service Certificate (Intermediate CA)
C. Replace the VMware Directory Service Certificate
D. Replace Solution User Certificates
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AC
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Q14. Which three options are available for ESXi Certificate Replacement? (Choose three.)
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A. VMware Certificate Authority mode
B. Custom Certificate Authority mode
C. Thumbprint mode
D. Hybrid Deployment
E. VMware Certificate Endpoint Authority Mode
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ABC
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Q15. Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi 6.x host and users are restricted from logging into the Direct
Console User Interface (DCUI).
Which two statements are true given this configuration? (Choose two.)
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A. A user granted administrative privileges in the Exception User list can login.
B. A user defined in the DCUI.Access without administrative privileges can login.
C. A user defined in the ESXi Admins domain group can login.
D. A user set to the vCenter Administrator role can login.
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AB
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Q16. Strict Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi host.
Which action should an administrator perform to allow ESXi Shell or SSH access for users with administrator
privileges?
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A. Grant the users the administrator role and enable the service.
B. Add the users to Exception Users and enable the service.
C. No action can be taken, Strict Lockdown Mode prevents direct access.
D. Add the users to vsphere.local and enable the service.
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B
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Q17. An administrator wants to configure an ESXi 6.x host to use Active Directory (AD) to manage users and groups.
The AD domain group ESX Admins is planned for administrative access to the host.
Which two conditions should be considered when planning this configuration? (Choose two.)
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A. If administrative access for ESX Admins is not required, this setting can be altered.
B. The users in ESX Admins are not restricted by Lockdown Mode.
C. An ESXi host provisioned with Auto Deploy cannot store AD credentials.
D. The users in ESX Admins are granted administrative privileges in vCenter Server.
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AC
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Q18. Which password meets ESXi 6.x host password requirements?
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A. 8kMVnn2x!
B. zNgtnJBA2
C. Nvgt34kn44
D. !b74wr
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A
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Q19. An administrator would like to use a passphrase for their ESXi 6.x hosts which has these characteristics:
- Minimum of 21 characters
- Minimum of 2 words
Which advanced options must be set to allow this passphrase configuration to be used?
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A. retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 7, 21, 7 passphrase=2
B. retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 21, 7, 7 passphrase=2
C. retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 2, 21, 7
D. retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 21, 21, 2
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B
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Q20. Which Advanced Setting should be created for the vCenter Server to change the expiration policy of the vpxuser
password?
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A. VimPasswordExpirationInDays
B. VimExpirationPasswordDays
C. VimPassExpirationInDays
D. VimPasswordRefreshDays
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A
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Q21. An administrator has been instructed to secure existing virtual machines in vCenter Server.
Which two actions should the administrator take to secure these virtual machines? (Choose two.)
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A. Disable native remote management services
B. Restrict Remote Console access
C. Use Independent Non-Persistent virtual disks
D. Prevent use of Independent Non-Persistent virtual disks
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BD
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Q22. An administrator has recently audited the environment and found numerous virtual machines with sensitive data
written to the configuration files.
To prevent this in the future, which advanced parameter should be applied to the virtual machines?
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A. isolation.tools.setinfo.disable = true
B. isolation.tools.setinfo.enable = true
C. isolation.tools.setinfo.disable = false
D. isolation.tools.setinfo.enable = false
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A
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Q23. Which two statements are correct regarding vSphere certificates? (Choose two.)
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A. ESXi host upgrades do not preserve the SSL certificate and reissue one from the VMware Certificate Authority
(VMCA).
B. ESXi host upgrades preserve the existing SSL certificate.
C. ESXi hosts have assigned SSL certificates from the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) during install.
D. ESXi hosts have self-signed SSL certificates by default.
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BC
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Q24. Which three options are available for replacing vCenter Server Security Certificates? (Choose three.)
翻译：下面的方法中哪些可以替换vCenter的安全证书？
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A. Replace with Certificates signed by the VMware Certificate Authority.
B. Make VMware Certificate Authority an Intermediate Certificate Authority.
C. Do not use VMware Certificate Authority, provision your own Certificates.
D. Use SSL Thumbprint mode.
E. Replace all VMware Certificate Authority issued Certificates with self-signed Certificates.
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ABC
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Q25. When attempting to log in with the vSphere Web Client, users have reported the error:
Incorrect Username/Password
The administrator has configured the Platform Services Controller Identity Source as:
- Type. Active Directory as an LDAP Server
- Domain: vmware.com
- Alias: VMWARE
- Default Domain: Yes
Which two statements would explain why users cannot login to the vSphere Web Client? (Choose two.)
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A. Users are typing the password incorrectly.
B. Users are in a forest that has 1-way trust.
C. Users are in a forest that has 2-way trust.
D. Users are logging into vCenter Server with incorrect permissions.
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AB
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Q26. Which group in the vsphere.local domain will have administrator privileges for the VMware Certificate Authority
(VMCA)?
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A. SolutionUsers
B. CAAdmins
C. DCAAdmins
D. SystemConfiguration.Administrators
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B
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Q27. Which Platform Service Controller Password Policy determines the number of days a password can exist before
the user must change it?
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A. Maximum Lifetime
B. Password Age
C. Maximum Days
D. Password Lifetime
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A
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Q28. An administrator is configuring the clock tolerance for the Single Sign-On token configuration policy and wants to
define the time skew tolerance between a client and the domain controller clock.
Which time measurement is used for the value?
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A. Milliseconds
B. Seconds
C. Minutes
D. Hours
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A
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Q29. Which VMware Single Sign-On component issues Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tokens?
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A. VMware Security Token Service
B. Administration Server
C. VMware Directory Service
D. Identity Management Service
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A
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Q30. Which two are valid Identity Sources when configuring vCenter Single Sign-On? (Choose two.)
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A. Radius
B. NIS
C. OpenLDAP
D. LocalOS
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CD
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Q31. An administrator needs to create an Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) Identity Source on a newly
deployed vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA).
Which two actions will accomplish this? (Choose two.)
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A. Use a Service Principal Name (SPN) to configure the Identity Source.
B. Use a Domain administrator to configure the Identity Source.
C. Join the VCSA to Active Directory and configure the Identity Source with a Machine Account.
D. Create a computer account in Active Directory for the VCSA and configure the Identity Source
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AC
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Q32. An administrator is creating a new Content Library. It will subscribe to another remote Content Library without
authentication enabled.
What information from the published library will they need in order to complete the subscription?
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A. Subscription URL
B. A security password from the publishing Content Library
C. Publisher's Items.json file
D. Username from the publishing Content Library
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A
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Q33. An administrator is assigning a user the Content Library administrator role. The user will only be creating the
library for a single vCenter Server.
What is the lowest level of the permission heirarchy that this role can be granted to the user and still allow them to
create a Content Library?
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A. Global
B. Datacenter Folder
C. Virtual Center
D. Datacenter
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A
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Q34. Which three connection types are supported between a remote site and vCloud Air? (Choose three.)
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A. Secure Internet Connectivity
B. Private Connect
C. Direct Connect
D. Internet Connectivity
E. Secure VPN
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ACE
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Q35. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is adding an Active Directory over LDAP Identity Source for vCenter Single Sign- On, as indicated in
the Exhibit.
What is the correct value to configure for the Domain alias?
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A. The domain's NetBIOS name.
B. The fully qualified domain name.
C. vsphere.local
D. A user defined label.
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A
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Q36. An administrator decides to change the root password for an ESXi 6.x host to comply with the company's security
policies.
What are two ways that this can be accomplished? (Choose two.)
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A. Use the Direct Console User Interface to change the password.
B. Use the passwd command in the ESXi Shell.
C. Use the password command in the ESXi Shell.
D. Use the vSphere client to update local users.
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AB
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Q37. An administrator connects to an ESXi 6.x host console in order to shutdown the host.
Which option in the Direct Console User Interface would perform this task?
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A. Press the F12 key
B. Press the F2 key
C. Press Alt + F1 simultaneously
D. Press Alt + F2 simultaneously
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A
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Q38.An administrator is able to manage an ESXi 6.x host connected to vCenter Server using the vSphere Web Client but is
unable to connect to the host directly.
Which action should the administrator take to correct this behavior?
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A. Restart management agents on the ESXi host.
B. Disable Lockdown Mode on the ESXi host through vCenter Server.
C. Disable the ESXi firewall with the command esxcli network firewall unload.
D. Reboot the ESXi host.
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B
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Q39. An administrator needs two vCenter Servers to be visible within a single vSphere Web Client session.
Which two vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller (PSC) configurations would accomplish this? (Choose two.)
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A. Install a single PSC with two vCenter Servers registered to it.
B. Install two PSCs in the same Single Sign-On domain with one vCenter Server registered to each PSC.
C. Install a single PSC with two vCenter Servers registered to it and configure Linked Mode.
D. Install two PSCs in the same Single Sign-On domain with one vCenter Server registered to each PSC and configure
Linked Mode.
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AB
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Q40. An administrator wants to clone a virtual machine using the vSphere Client.
Which explains why the Clone option is missing?
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A. The vSphere Client is directly connected to the ESXi host.
B. The virtual machine is configured with a thin-provisioned virtual disk.
C. The virtual machine is configured with outdated Virtual Hardware.
D. Cloning can only be performed with vRealize Orchestrator.
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A
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Q41. An administrator creates a custom ESXi firewall rule using an XML file, however the rules do not appear in the
vSphere Web Client.
Which action should the administrator take to correct the problem?
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A. Load the new rules using esxcli network firewall reload.
B. Load the new rules using esxcli network firewall refresh.
C. Verify the entries in the XML file and then reboot the ESXi host.
D. Remove the ESXi host from the inventory and add it back.
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B
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Q42. A common root user account has been configured for a group of ESXi 6.x hosts.
Which two steps should be taken to mitigate security risks associated with this configuration? (Choose two.)
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A. Remove the root user account from the ESXi host.
B. Set a complex password for the root account and limit its use.
C. Use ESXi Active Directory capabilities to assign users the administrator role.
D. Use Lockdown mode to restrict root account access.
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BC
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Q43. Which two advanced features should be disabled for virtual machines that are only hosted on a vSphere system?
(Choose two.)
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A. isolation.tools.unity.push.update.disable
B. isolation.tools.ghi.launchmenu.change
C. isolation.tools.bbs.disable
D. isolation.tools.hgfsServerSet.enable
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AB
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Q44. To reduce the attack vectors for a virtual machine, which two settings should an administrator set to false?
(Choose two.)
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A. ideX:Y.present
B. serial.present
C. ideX:Y.enabled
D. serial.enabled\
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AB
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Q45. Which two groups of settings should be reviewed when attempting to increase the security of
virtual machines (VMs)? (Choose two.)
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A. Disable hardware devices
B. Disable unexposed features
C. Disable Vmtools devices
D. Disable VM Template features
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AB
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Q46. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is changing the settings on a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). During this process, the ESXi
Management IP address is set to an address which can no longer communicate with the vCenter Server.
What is the most likely outcome of this action?
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A. The host will disconnect from the vCenter Server and remain disconnected.
B. The host will automatically detect the communication issue and revert the change.
C. The host will stay connected with the change, but show an alert.
D. The host will disconnect and migrate the vDS portgroup to a standard switch.
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B
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Q47. Which secondary Private VLAN (PVLAN) type can communicate and send packets to an Isolated PVLAN?
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A. Community
B. Isolated
C. Promiscuous
D. Primary
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C
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Q48. Which three traffic types can be configured for dedicated Vmkernel adapters? (Choose three.)
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A. Discovery traffic
B. vMotion traffic
C. vSphere Replication NFC traffic
D. Provisioning traffic
E. vSphere Custom traffic
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BCD
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Q49. What are two limitations of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose
two.)
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A. IP Hash load balancing is not a supported Teaming Policy.
B. Software iSCSI multipathing is not compatible.
C. Link Status Network failover detection must be disabled.
D. It does not support configuration through Host Profiles.
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BD
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Q50. Which two features are deprecated in Network I/O Control 3 (NIOC3)? (Choose two.)
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A. Class Of Service (COS) Tagging
B. Bandwidth Allocation
C. User-defined network resource pools
D. Admission control
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AC
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Q51. An administrator runs the command esxcli storage core device list and sees the following output:
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 Display Name: RAID 5 (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0) Has Settable Display Name: false SizE. 40960
Device Type: Direct-Access Multipath Plugin: NMP Devfs Path:
/vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 Status: off Is Local: true
What can be determined by this output?
*
A. The device is a being used for vFlash Read Cache.
B. The device is in a Permanent Device Loss (PDL) state.
C. The device is a local Solid State Device (SSD).
D. The device is in an All Paths Down (APD) state.
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B
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Q52. An administrator notices that there is an all paths down (APD) event occurring for the software FcoE storage.
What is a likely cause?
*
A. Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled on the network ports.
B. Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled on the network ports.
C. Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled on the storage processors.
D. Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled on the storage processors.
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A
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Q53. Which two statements are true regarding iSCSI adapters? (Choose two.)
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A. Software iSCSI adapters require vmkernel networking.
B. Independent Hardware iSCSI adapters offload processing from the ESXi host.
C. Dependent Hardware iSCSI adapters do not require vmkernel networking.
D. Independent Hardware iSCSI adapters require vmkernel networking.
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AB
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Q54. Which command shows the Physical Uplink status for a vmnic?
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A. esxcli network ip get
B. esxcli network nic list
C. esxcli network vmnic list
D. esxcli network ifconfig get
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B
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Q55. An administrator creates a Private VLAN with a Primary VLAN ID of 2. The administrator then creates three
Private VLANs as follows:
- Marketing
- PVLAN ID. 4
- PVLAN Type. Isolated
- Accounting
- PVLAN ID. 5
- PVLAN Type. Community
- Secretary
- PVLAN ID. 17
- PVLAN Type. Isolated
Users in the Accounting PVLAN are reporting problems communicating with servers in the Marketing PVLAN.
Which two actions could the administrator take to resolve this problem? (Choose two.)
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A. Change the PVLAN type for the Accounting network to Promiscuous.
B. Change the PVLAN ID for the Accounting network to 2.
C. Change the PVLAN type for Marketing network to Promiscuous.
D. Change the PVLAN ID for Accounting network to 4.
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AB
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Q56. What are two use cases for Fibre Channel Zoning in a vSphere environment? (Choose two.)
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A. Increases the number of targets presented to an ESXi host.
B. Controls and isolates paths in a fabric.
C. Controls and isolates paths to an NFS share.
D. Can be used to separate different environments.
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BD
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Q57. Which two considerations should an administrator keep in mind when booting from Software Fiber Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE)? (Choose two.)
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A. Software FCoE boot configuration can be changed from within ESXi.
B. Software FCoE boot firmware cannot export information in FBFT format.
C. Multipathing is not supported at pre-boot.
D. Boot LUN cannot be shared with other hosts even on shared storage.
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CD
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Q58. An administrator is configuring virtual machines to use Worldwide Port Names (WWPNs) to access the storage.
Which two conditions are required? (Choose two.)
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A. The switches in the fabric must be N-Port ID Virtualization aware.
B. The virtual machines must be using passthrough Raw Disk Mapping (RDMp).
C. The virtual machines must be using Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK).
D. The switches in the fabric must be Storage I/O Control aware
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AB
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Q59. Which two statements are true regarding VMFS3 volumes in ESXi 6.x? (Choose two.)
*
A. Creation of VMFS3 volumes is unsupported.
B. Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is supported.
C. Existing VMFS3 volumes are unsupported.
D. Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is unsupport
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AB
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Q60. Which three statements are correct regarding Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCOE)? (Choose three.)
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A. The network switch must have Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) set to AUTO.
B. The network switch must have Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) set to ON.
C. Each port on the FCoE card must reside on the same vSwitch.
D. Each port on the FCoE card must reside on a separate vSwitch.
E. The ESXi host will require a reboot after moving an FCoE card to a different vSwitch.
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ADE
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Q61. Which two statements are true regarding Virtual SAN Fault Domains? (Choose two.)
*
A. They enable Virtual SAN to tolerate the failure of an entire physical rack.
B. Virtual SAN ensures that no two replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
C. Virtual SAN ensures that all replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
D. They require VMware High Availability (HA) to ensure component distribution across domains.
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AB
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Q62. An administrator created a six node Virtual SAN cluster, created a fault domain, and moved three of the six nodes
into that domain.
A node that is a member of the fault domain fails.
What is the expected result?
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A. The remaining two fault domain members are treated as failed.
B. The remaining two fault domain members stay protected by the domain.
C. One of the non-member nodes will be automatically added to the fault domain.
D. VMware High Availability will restart virtual machines on remaining nodes in the domai
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A
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Q63. Where is a Virtual SAN Fault Domain configured?
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A. VMware Virtual SAN Cluster configuration
B. VMware High Availability Cluster configuration
C. Distributed Resource Scheduler configuration
D. Datacenter Advanced Settings configuration
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A
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Q64. Which statement is true for the Path Selection Plug-In VMW_PSP_MRU?
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A. VMW_PSP_MRU is default for a majority of active-active and active-passive arrays.
B. VMW_PSP_MRU will remain on the selected path even if the state were to change.
C. VMW_PSP_MRU is recommended for Virtual SAN.
D. VMW_PSP_MRU will have no preferred path setting for the Plug-In.
*
D
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Q65. Which two tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) perform? (Choose two.)
*
A. Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices.
B. Handles physical path discovery, but is not involved in the removal.
C. Handles physical path discovery and removal.
D. Handles I/O queueing to FC storage HBAs
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AC
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Q66. Which two statements are true regarding Storage Multipathing Plug-Ins? (Choose two.)
*
A. The default Path Selection Policy is VMW_PSP_MRU for iSCSI or FC devices.
B. The default Path Selection Policy is VMW_PSP_FIXED for iSCSI or FC devices.
C. VMW_PSP_MRU is typically selected for ALUA arrays by default.
D. VMW_PSP_FIXED is typically selected for ALUA arrays by default.
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BC
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Q67. What is the command to list multipathing modules on an ESXi 6.x host?
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A. esxcli storage core list plugin --plugin-class=MP
B. esxcli storage core list plugin --class-plugin=MP
C. esxcli storage core plugin list --plugin-class=MP
D. esxcli storage core plugin list --class-plugin=MP
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C
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Q68. Which two solutions require Physical Mode Raw Device Mapping (RDM)? (Choose two.)
*
A. Direct access to the storage array device
B. Virtual Machine Snapshots
C. Hardware Acceleration
D. Guest Clustering across ESXi hosts
*
AD
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Q69. A device's vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) support status command line output shows:
naa.500253825002a865 VAAI Plugin Name: ATS Status: unsupported Clone Status: unsupported Zero Status:
supported Delete Status: unsupported
What is the corresponding VAAI support status in the vSphere Web Client?
*
A. Unknown
B. Supported
C. Not supported
D. Unsupported
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A
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Q70. Refer to the Exhibit.
What will be the result of selecting the highlighted device?
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A. Datastore will grow up to 200.01GB using the remaining free space on the device.
B. Datastore will add 200.01GB by adding the device as a second extent.
C. The device size can be expanded to be larger than 200.01 GB in size.
D. The device is not suitable for this operation.
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A
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Q71. An administrator observes that virtual machine storage activity on an ESXi 6.x host is negatively affecting virtual
machine storage activity on another host that is accessing the same VMFS Datastore.
Which action would mitigate the issue?
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A. Enable Storage IO Control.
B. Configure Storage DRS.
C. Enable the Dynamic Queue Depth Throttling option.
D. Configure the Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding parameter.
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A
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Q72. An administrator is having a problem configuring Storage I/O Control on a Datastore.
Which two conditions could explain the issue? (Choose two.)
*
A. A host is running ESXi 4.0.
B. An ESXi host does not have appropriate licensing.
C. The vCenter Server version is 5.0.
D. The vCenter Server License is Standard.
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AB
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Q73. Which three are requirements for configuring Storage I/O Control (SIOC)? (Choose three.)
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A. The datastore must consist of only one extent.
B. The datastore is managed by a single vCenter Server.
C. Auto-tiered storage must be compatable with SIOC.
D. Auto-tiered storage must be SSD or SATA.
E. The datastore must be VMFS.
*
ABC
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Q74. Refer to the Exhibit
An administrator wishes to provide Load Balanced I/O for the device shown in the Exhibit.
To meet this requirement, which setting should be changed?
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A. Storage Array Type Policy = VMW_NMP_RR
B. Path Selection Policy = Round Robin (VMware)
C. Storage Array Type Policy = VMW_SATP_RR
D. Path Selection Policy = MRU (VMware)
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B
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Q75. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is configuring a storage device as shown in the Exhibit.
What is the expected effect on the stated device after running the command?
*
A. I/O will rotate on all storage targets regardless of port group state.
B. I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are Active Optimized state only.
C. I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are Active Unoptimized state only.
D. I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are on Available Nodes only
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B
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Q76. Refer to the Exhibit.
A vSphere 6.x environment is configured with VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs). An administrator accesses the cluster
Actions menu, as shown in the Exhibit.
Which option is used to create a VVOL on an existing VVOL container?
*
A. Storage
B. Deploy OVF Template
C. New vApp
D. Settings
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A
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Q77. Refer to the Exhibit.
What will be created upon completion of the steps in this wizard?
*
A. 100GB VMFS5 datastore with free space available for expansion
B. 100GB VMFS5 datastore with free space available for a second datastore
C. 100GB VMFS3 datastore
D. 200.01 GB VMFS5 datastore
*
A
==
Q78. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is attempting to enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), but receives the error shown in the
Exhibit.
Which condition would explain the error?
*
A. The ESXi hosts are not licensed for EVC.
B. The administrator does not have privileges to enable EVC.
C. The ESXi host CPU has the Intel No-Execute feature disabled.
D. The administrator has turned on Intel Virtualization Technology
*
C
==
Q79. Refer to the Exhibit.
The list of devices attached to vmhba1 will be the basis for configuring a VMware Virtual SAN using Manual Mode.
Based on the exhibit, which two combinations of devices should be used to create Disk Group(s)? (Choose two.)
*
A. One Disk Group with one Flash Drive and three HDDs
B. Two Disk Groups with one Flash Drive and two HDDs each
C. One Disk Group with one Flash Drive and four HDDs
D. Two Disk Groups with two Flash Drives and four HDDs each
*
AB
==
Q80. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is using the esxtop command to troubleshoot storage performance issues on a virtual machine. The
esxtop capture is shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
*
A. The iSCSI device is experiencing high latency.
B. The ESXi kernel is experiencing high latency.
C. The Guest OS is experiencing high latency and response time.
D. The NFS device is experiencing high latency.
*
AC
==
Q81. An administrator needs to recover disk space on a previously-used thin provisioned virtual disk. The volumes
where the administrator needs to recover the disk blocks are on VAAI-compliant storage arrays.
Which two actions should the administrator take accomplish this task? (Choose two.)
*
A. Perform a Storage vMotion to another volume in order to force free space recovery to occur.
This recreates the volume in a new location and recovers all unused space.
B. Use VMware Converter to migrate the virtual machine to a new datastore. This will recreate the volumes and recover
all unused space.
C. Issue the vmkfstools -vmfs unmap command within the VMFS volume directory on the ESXi host console.
D. Execute the esxcli storage vmfs unmap command.
*
BD
==
Q82. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator recently created a Virtual SAN but no Storage Policies were defined. A few virtual machines were
deployed to this cluster. The administrator analyzes the default Virtual SAN policy as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
*
A. Losing one cluster node will not affect data availability.
B. Losing one Hard Disk in a cluster node will not affect data availability.
C. Creating a virtual machine Swap file will fail if it violates default storage policy.
D. Creating a virtual machine will succeed even if it violates default storage policy.
*
AB
==
Q83. Refer to the Exhibit.
A Storage Policy for a Virtual SAN is set to the default policy, as shown in the Exhibit.
Which change would reduce the storage consumption by one third?
*
A. Number of failures to tolerate = 1
B. Number of disk stripes per object = 2
C. Number of failures to tolerate = 3
D. Number of disk stripes per object = 1
*
A
==
Q84. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator would like to add Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) to an iSCSI adapter. The
administrator accesses the Storage Adapters menu as shown in the Exhibit.
In which tab can the task be accomplished?
*
A. Properties
B. Advanced Options
C. Targets
D. Devices
*
A
==
Q85. An administrator is writing a kickstart script to upgrade an ESXi 6.x host.
In which three locations can the script reside? (Choose three.)
*
A. NFS
B. USB
C. HTTP
D. TFTP
E. PXE
*
ABC
==
Q86. Which file determines the location of the installation script during a scripted upgrade?
*
A. boot.cfg
B. ks.cfg
C. script.cfg
D. upgrade.cfg
*
A
==
Q87. What three supported methods can be used to upgrade a host from ESXi 5.x to ESXi 6.x? (Choose three.)
*
A. vSphere Update Manager
B. vihostupdate
C. esxcli
D. vSphere Auto Deploy
E. esxupdate
*
ACD
==
Q88. Which two supported tools can be used to upgrade virtual machine hardware? (Choose two.)
*
A. vSphere Web Client
B. vSphere Update Manager
C. vmware-vmupgrade.exe
D. esxcli vm hardware upgrade
*
AB
==
Q89. What are three recommended prerequisites before upgrading virtual machine hardware? (Choose three.)
*
A. Create a backup or snapshot of the virtual machine.
B. Upgrade VMware Tools to the latest version.
C. Verify that the virtual machine is stored on VMFS3, VMFS5, or NFS datastores.
D. Detach all CD-ROM/ISO images from the virtual machines.
E. Set the Advanced Parameter virtualHW.version = 11
*
ABC
==
Q90. An administrator wants to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.x.
The vCenter Server:
- Is hosted on a virtual machine server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, with 8 vCPUs and 16GB RAM.
- Will have an embedded Platform Services Controller.
- Hosts a Large Environment with 1,000 ESXi hosts and 10,000 Virtual Machines.
Why does the vCenter Server not meet the minimum requirements?
*
A. Windows Server 2008 R2 is not a supported Operating System for vCenter Server.
B. The virtual machine has insufficient resources for the environment size.
C. The environment is too large to be managed by a single vCenter Server.
D. The Platform Services Controller must be changed to an External deployment
*
B
==
Q91. An administrator has upgraded a Distributed vCenter Server environment from 5.5 to 6.0.
What is the next step that should be taken?
*
A. vCenter Inventory Service must be manually stopped and removed.
B. vCenter Inventory Service must be changed from manual to automatic.
C. vCenter Inventory Service must be manually stopped and restarted.
D. vCenter Inventory Service must be changed from automatic to manual.
*
A
==
Q92. When upgrading vCenter Server, an administrator notices that the upgrade fails at the vCenter Single Sign-On
installation.
What must be done to allow the upgrade to complete?
*
A. Verify that the VMware Directory service can stop by manually restarting it.
B. Verify that the vCenter Single Sign-On service can stop by manually restarting it.
C. Uninstall vCenter Single Sign-On service.
D. Uninstall the VMware Directory service.
*
A
==
Q93. During a vCenter Server upgrade, an ESXi 6.x host in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails.
Which statement is true?
*
A. HA will fail the virtual machines over to an available host during the vCenter Server upgrade process.
B. HA is unavailable during the vCenter Server upgrade process.
C. HA will fail the virtual machines over to an available host after the vCenter Server upgrade completes.
D. HA will successfully vMotion the virtual machines during the host failure.
*
A
==
Q94. An administrator is upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance and wants to ensure that all the prerequisites are met.
What action must be taken before upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance?
*
A. Install the Client Integration Plug-in.
B. Install the database client.
C. Install the ODBC connector.
D. Install the Update Manager Plug-in.
*
A
==
Q95. An administrator is upgrading vCenter Server and sees this error:
The DB User entered does not have the required permissions needed to install and configure vCenter Server with the
selected DB. Please correct the following error(s): %s
Which two statements explain this error? (Choose two.)
*
A. The database is set to an unsupported compatibility mode.
B. The permissions for the database are incorrect.
C. The permissions for vCenter Server are incorrect.
D. The database server service has stopped.
*
AB
==
Q96. Which two vCenter Server services are migrated automatically as part of an upgrade from a Distributed vCenter
Server running 5.x? (Choose two.)
*
A. vCenter Single Sign-on Service
B. vSphere Web Client
C. vSphere Inventory Service
D. Storage Policy Based Management
*
BC
==
Q97. What command line utility can be used to upgrade an ESXi host?
*
A. esxcli
B. esxupdate
C. vihostupdate
D. esxcfg
*
A
==
Q98. Which log file would you examine to identify an issue which occurred during the pre-upgrade phase of a vCenter
Server upgrade process?
*
A. vcdb_req.out
B. vcdb_export.out
C. vcdb_import.out
D. vcdb_inplace.out
*
A
==
Q99. What is the minimum Virtual Hardware version required for vFlash Read Cache?
*
A. Version 8
B. Version 9
C. Version 10
D. Version 11
*
C
==
Q100. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator reviews the Health of a virtual machine, as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which three metrics can be used to determine the virtual machine's Workload characteristics?
(Choose three.)
*
A. CPU
B. Memory
C. Network IO
D. Threads
E. vNUMA Stats
*
ABC
==
Q101. Refer to the Exhibit.
Which tab shows the Hardware Acceleration support status?
*
A. Devices
B. Properties
C. Paths
D. Advanced Options
*
A
==
Q102. Which minor badge items make up the Efficiency badge score for an ESXi host in vCenter Operations Manager?
*
A. Workload, Anomalies, Faults
B. Workload, Stress, Density
C. Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining
D. Reclaimable Waste, Density
*
D
==
Q103. An administrator subscribes to the vCloud Air Disaster Recovery service.
Which replicated objects can be directly monitored and managed?
*
A. Virtual machine Snapshots
B. vApps
C. Virtual machines
D. ESXi Hosts
*
C
==
Q104. Which three statements are true when restoring a Resource Pool Tree? (Choose three.)
*
A. Distributed Resource Scheduler must be set to manual.
B. Restoring a snapshot can only be done on the same cluster from which it was taken.
C. No other resource pools can be present in the cluster.
D. Restoring a resource pool tree must be done in the vSphere Web Client.
E. Enabling Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on the cluster is required.
*
BCD
==
Q105. An administrator has created a resource pool named Marketing HTTP with a Memory Limit of 24 GB and a CPU
Limit of 10,000 MHz.
The Marketing HTTP resource pool contains three virtual machines:
- Mktg-SQL has a memory reservation of 16 GB.
- Mktg-App has a memory reservation of 6 GB.
- Mktg-Web has a memory reservation of 4 GB.
What would happen if all three virtual machines are powered on?
*
A. All three virtual machines can power on, but will have memory contention.
B. All three virtual machines can power on without memory contention.
C. Only two of the three virtual machines can power on.
D. Only one of the virtual machines can power on
*
C
==
Q106. Vmware vSphere Replication protects virtual machines from partial or complete site failures by replicating the
virtual machines between which three sites? (Choose three.)
*
A. From a source site to a target site.
B. From within a single site from one cluster to another.
C. From multiple source sites to a shared remote target site.
D. From a single source site to multiple remote target sites.
E. From multiple source sites to multiple remote target sites
*
ABC
==
Q107. Which two capabilities does the vSphere Replication Client Plug-in provide? (Choose two.)
*
A. Configure connections between vSphere Replication Sites.
B. Deploy and register additional vSphere Replication Servers.
C. Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Server.
D. Configure an external database for a vSphere Replication Site.
*
AB
==
Q108. A vSphere Replication user needs to connect a source site to a target site.
What privilege is needed at both sites?
*
A. VRM remote.Manage VRM
B. VRM datastore mapper.Manage
C. Host.vSphere Replication.Manage replication
D. Virtual machine.vSphere Replication.Manage replication
*
A
==
Q109. Which three parameters should be considered when calculating the bandwidth for vSphere Replication?
(Choose three.)
*
A. Data change rate
B. Traffic rates
C. Link speed
D. Application type
E. Hardware type
*
ABC
==
Q110. When importing an existing SSL certificate into vSphere Replication Server, which file format is required?
*
A. PKCS#12
B. DER
C. PEM
D. PKCS#7
*
A
==
Q111. Which keystore would a vSphere Replication administrator use to manually add an additional Certificate Authority
certificate?
*
A. hms-truststore.jks
B. hms-keystore.jks
C. certificates.ks
D. cacerts.ks
*
A
==
Q112. What is the maximum number of snapshot instances in vSphere Replication that can be configured to recover a
virtual machine at a specific point in time?
*
A. 16
B. 24
C. 48
D. 72
*
B
==
Q113. What is the compression algorithm used by vSphere Replication to compress data at the source?
*
A. FastLZ
B. Lz4
C. Lzr
D. Lzx
*
A
==
Q114. A user notifies an administrator that Content Libraries are not visible.
What is a possible solution?
*
A. Assign the user the read-only role at the global permission level.
B. Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server root level.
C. Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server data center level.
D. Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server cluster level
*
A
==
Q115. When a Content Library is deleted, what happens to the files contained on the backing storage?
*
A. The files will be unchanged.
B. The files will be deleted.
C. The files will remain and be marked as orphaned.
D. The containing folder will be marked as orphaned.
*
B
==
Q116. An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 5.5 host to ESXi 6.x and gets the following error:
MEMORY_SIZE
What does this indicate?
*
A. Insufficient memory on the ESXi host to complete the upgrade.
B. Insufficient memory for Auto Deploy to complete the upgrade.
C. Insufficient memory in vCenter Server to complete the upgrade.
D. Insufficient memory for Update Manager to complete the upgrade.
*
A
==
Q117. An administrator is unable to start the vCenter Server service. The vpxd.log file shows this service failure:
[13308 error `Default' opID=622892-371bf717] CoreDump: Unable to write minidump [13308 error `Default'
opID=622892-371bf717] error -2147024784 : There is not enough space on the disk.
What is preventing the start of the service?
*
A. Insufficient space on the vCenter Server
B. Insufficient space on the Database Server
C. Insufficient space on the VMFS volume
D. Insufficient space on the ESXi ramdisk
*
A
==
Q118. After deploying a vSphere Platform Services Controller (PSC), an administrator is unable to install vCenter
Server. The error displayed is:
Could not contact Lookup Service. Please check VM_ssoreg.log.
Which two actions can be taken to correct this problem? (Choose two.)
*
A. Verify that the clocks on the host machines running the PSC, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client are
synchronized.
B. Configure a valid Identity Source for the Platform Services Controller in the vSphere Web Client.
C. Ensure that there is no firewall blocking port 7444 between the PSC and vCenter Server.
D. Uninstall and reinstall the Platform Services Controller software
*
AC
==
Q119. Which condition would cause a vCenter Server installation to fail when installing on a Windows virtual machine?
*
A. The virtual machine does not have at least four vCPUs.
B. The virtual machine is running Windows Server 2008.
C. The virtual machine has an E1000 network device.
D. The virtual machine does not have 16GB of RAM.
*
B
==
Q120. An administrator is unable to see performance statistics for only the Past Week performance data. The vCenter
Server is using a Microsoft SQL Server Database.
What are three likely causes contributing to this issue? (Choose three.)
*
A. Performance statistics are turned off.
B. The Past Day rollup job is not present.
C. The stats_rollup_1_proc is not present.
D. The Vmware Performance Charts Service is stopped.
E. The JDBC URL is incorrect in the vcdb.properties file
*
ABC
==
Q121. An ESXi 6.x host in the vCenter Server inventory has disconnected due to an All Paths Down (APD) situation. An
administrator has corrected the APD issue on the host, but it still remains disconnected.
What action should the administrator take next?
*
A. Select Restart Management Agents from the DCUI.
B. Execute esxcli system settings advanced set 璬 /Scsi/FailVMIOonAPD.
C. Modify the advanced parameter /Disk/ApdTokenRetryCount.
D. Enable the advanced parameter /Misc/APDHandlingEnable
*
A
==
Q122. An administrator notices that the time on an ESXi 6.x host is incorrect.
Which two actions should the administrator take to correct this issue? (Choose two.)
*
A. Modify the time for the host using the vSphere client.
B. Correct the NTP settings in the /etc/ntp.conf file.
C. Configure NTP from the Direct Console User Interface.
D. Use the vicfg-ntp command from the vSphere Management Appliance.
*
AB
==
Q123. After successfully adding a new ESXi 6.x host to vCenter Server, an administrator sees it as Not Responding in
the vSphere Web Client interface a few minutes later.
If the issue is caused by a network firewall blocking traffic, which port must be opened to correct this specific problem?
*
A. 443 (TCP)
B. 443 (UDP)
C. 902 (TCP)
D. 902 (UDP)
*
D
==
Q124. An administrator is troubleshooting network communications between the vCenter Server and the ESXi 6.x host.
Which log shows the interaction events between these components?
*
A. /var/log/syslog.log
B. /var/log/hostd.log
C. /var/log/vpxa.log
D. /var/log/fdm.log
*
C
==
Q125. An administrator is observing slow performance of the vCenter Inventory Service and observes the entries from
the wrapper.log file:
Exception in thread "tomcat-exec-2" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap spaceException in thread
"http-bio-0.0.0.0-10443-Acceptor-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
What should the administrator do to resolve the problem?
*
A. Increase the memory resources of the vCenter Server.
B. Increase the values using cloudvm-ram-size.
C. Increase the memory resouces of the Platform Services Controller.
D. Increase the wrapper.java.maxmemory value in wrapper.conf.
*
A
==
Q126. An administrator is troubleshooting a virtual machine that has unexpectedly powered off.
Which two logs should be used to troubleshoot the issue? (Choose two.)
*
A. vmware.log
B. hostd.log
C. syslog.log
D. shell.log
*
AB
==
Q127. An administrator notices that one virtual machine is in an orphaned state.
What are two reasons that a virtual machine can appear as orphaned? (Choose two.)
*
A. A Vmware High Availability host failure has occurred.
B. The virtual machine was unregistered directly on the host.
C. The ESXi host is disconnected.
D. The user does not have privilege to access the virtual machine.
*
AB
==
Q128. What are three reasons why a virtual machine might fail to power on? (Choose three.)
*
A. The virtual machine is running on an ESXi host which has an expired license.
B. The virtual machine is running on a datastore which has insufficient disk space for the .vswp file.
C. The virtual machine is in a cluster with vSphere HA Admission control enabled.
D. The virtual machine has a disconnected network adapter.
E. The virtual machine does not have a Virtual Hard Disk assigned.
*
ABC
==
Q129. What is the name of the command line utility that checks for VMFS5 metadata corruption?
*
A. vmkfstools 璫 heck
B. voma
C. vmfsanalyzer
D. esxcli vmfs check
*
B
==
Q130. What are two reasons why a local flash device would be unavailable for use with Virtual SAN? (Choose two.)
*
A. It has a VMFS datastore present.
B. It is in use by the vFlash Read Cache feature.
C. It is smaller than the minimum capacity required for Virtual SAN usage.
D. It does not have any partitions created.
*
AB
==
Q131. Which three troubleshooting actions should an administrator take to address slow performance when deploying
a virtual machine template? (Choose three.)
*
A. Increase network throughput by adding additional uplinks to the vSwitch.
B. Change the destination datastore or volume for the virtual machine template.
C. Configure a Provisioning Traffic vmkernel port to perform the deployment operation.
D. Reduce the size of the virtual machine template's virtual disk.
E. Deploy the virtual machine template to the cluster and allow Distributed Resource Scheduler to register the virtual
machine.
*
ABC
==
Q132. When attempting to remove a host from a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), an administrator observes the error
message:
The resource `16' is in use
What are two reasons why this error would be displayed? (Choose two.)
*
A. Vmkernel network adapters on the vDS are in use.
B. Virtual machine network adapters are connected to the vDS.
C. Network I/O Control has been configured on the vDS.
D. There is active network traffic on the vDS.
*
AB
==
Q133. An administrator suspects that the MTU value for a vSphere Standard Switch is misconfigured.
Which two commands can determine the value? (Choose two.)
*
A. esxcfg-vswitch 璴
B. esxcli network vswitch standard list
C. esxcfg-vss 璴
D. esxcli network standard vswitch list
*
AB
==
Q134. Deletion of an NFS datastore generates the following error:
Sysinfo error on operation returned the following status: Busy
Which step can be performed that will allow the deletion to complete successfully?
*
A. Storage vMotion any virtual machines on the datastore to another location.
B. Remove the datastore from the Storage DRS cluster in which it resides.
C. Verify the value of the NFS.HeartbeatDelta is not set to 0.
D. Suspend any running virtual machines and unmount the NFS datstore.
*
A
==
Q135. An administrator uses the df 環 command and notices that an NFS datastore is reporting a capacity of 0 Bytes.
What condition would cause this to occur?
*
A. The NFS server on which the datastore resides is down.
B. The datastore was mounted as Read/Write.
C. The datastore was mounted as Read-Only.
D. The datastore was created with NFS version 4.1.
*
A
==
Q136. The command esxcli network vm list displays four virtual machines connected to the Production vSwitch. Within
the vSphere Web Client, five virtual machines are seen.
What explains this behavior?
*
A. The fifth virtual machine is currently powered off.
B. The fifth virtual machine has two vnics.
C. The fifth virtual machine has an invalid IP address.
D. The fifth virtual machine has an invalid MAC address.
*
A
==
Q137. An administrator is experiencing network connectivity issues between virtual machines. The virtual machines and
hosts are configured as follows:
- VM1 is running on Host1
- VM2 is running on Host2
- Both Host1 and Host2 are attached to the vSphere Distributed Switch dvSwitch1
- Both Host1 and Host2 are using vmnic0 and vmnic1 on dvSwitch1
- Both virtual machines are using the default portgroup for network traffic
What are three settings the administrator should investigate while troubleshooting the connectivity issue? (Choose
three.)
*
A. VLANs of the physical NICs
B. Failover order of the uplinks
C. Virtual NIC connectivity to the dvSwitch
D. Security policy of the portgroup
E. Traffic shaping on the portgroup
*
ABC
==
Q138. A task fails while creating a VMFS5 datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
- Was previously used by a Linux server
- Was not erased
- Is visible with the vSphere Web Client
Which action can be performed to resolve the issue?
*
A. Delete the partitions on the disk manually with partedUtil first.
B. Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
C. Create the VMFS5 file system manually using vmkfstools.
D. Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.
*
A
==
Q139. A vSphere Web Client task fails while creating a VMFS datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
- The disk was formatted with an Master Boot Record (MBR) partition table
- The disk was not erased
- The disk is visible in the vSphere Web Client
What action needs to be performed to resolve the issue?
*
A. Delete the partitions manually with partedUtil.
B. Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
C. Create a VMFS5 file system with the command esxcli storage filesystem add.
D. Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.
*
A
==
Q140. Which two reasons would prevent Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) from operating on a
datastore? (Choose two.)
*
A. The datastore has Storage I/O Control disabled.
B. The datastore is connected to an unsupported host.
C. The datastore is hosted on an NFS server.
D. The datastore is hosted on an iSCSI server.
*
AB
==
Q141. An administrator is unable to upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance from version 5.1 Update 2 to version 6.0.
What is a likely reason for this?
*
A. vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 does not support upgrades from version 5.1 Update 2.
B. vCenter Server Appliance must be joined to an Active Directory domain before upgrading to version 6.0.
C. vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2 uses an incompatible database for upgrading to version 6.0.
D. vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 must be upgraded using the vSphere Web Client.
*
A
==
Q142. An administrator has migrated a vCenter Server Appliance from version 5.5 to version 6.x. During the migration,
the administrator selected DHCP for the appliance and obtained a hostname from the DHCP server. The administrator
adjusts the hostname after the migration and uses a static IP and hostname.
What should the administrator do immediately after this change to prevent service failures?
*
A. Regenerate the SSL certificates.
B. Re-register components to Single Sign-On.
C. Update the /etc/hosts file.
D. Execute the command services.restart vmware-vpxd.
*
A
==
Q143. An administrator is unable to patch an ESXi 6.x host using VMware Update Manager.
What is an alternative option for patching a host?
*
A. Upload the offline bundle to a datastore and execute the command esxcli software vib install -d to apply it manually.
B. Upload the vib to a datastore and execute the command esxcli software vib install -d to apply it manually.
C. Upload the offline bundle to a datastore and execute the command esxupdate install 璿 to apply it manually.
D. Upload the vib to a datastore and execute the command esxupdate install 璿 to apply it manually.
*
A
==
Q144. Which three logs can be reviewed to troubleshoot a vCenter Server upgrade failure? (Choose three.)
*
A. vminst.log
B. vim-vcs-msi.log
C. pkgmgr.log
D. vc-upgrade.log
E. firstboot.log
*
ABC
==
Q145. Attempting to update an ESXi 6.x host using the following command:
esxcli software vib update 璬 update.zip
Generates the following error:
Could not download from depot at /tmp/index.xml, skipping ((`/tmp/index.xml', `', "[Errno 4] IOError:
<urlopen error [Error 2] No such file or directory: `/tmp/index.xml'>")) url = /tmp/index.xml
What action should be taken to correct the problem?
*
A. Add the full file path to the command.
B. Use the update option instead of install.
C. Use the switch 璬 instead of 璿.
D. Replace esxcli with esxupdate.
*
A
==
Q146. A failed upgrade from vCenter Server version 5.x to version 6.0 produces the following error:
[00800 error `Default'] Database version id `600' is incompatible with this release of VirtualCenter.
What is the cause of the upgrade failure?
*
A. There was a database schema upgrade failure during the installation.
B. The VMWAREVCMSDS service was upgraded before the vCenter Server service.
C. The Vmware Directory Service database failed during the installation.
D. There was an incompatible ODBC driver version for the database.
*
A
==
Q147. An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance issue for a virtual machine.
Which three esxtop counters may demonstrate CPU contention? (Choose three.)
*
A. %RDY
B. %RUN
C. %MLMTD
D. %WAIT
E. %CSTP
*
ACE
==
Q148. Users are reporting CPU related performance problems on the virtual machine Email-Prod throughout the day.
The resource settings for the VM and the ESXi host the VM is running on are shown below:
VM:
- Email-Prod
- vCPUs: 4
- Memory: 96GB
ESXi host:
- CPU: 2 x 8 Core Processors
- Memory: 128GB
- NUMA rchitecture. 2 Nodes
Which two options would alleviate the observed performance problem for Email-Prod? (Choose two.)
*
A. Enable the advanced parameter Numa.PageMigEnable.
B. Enable the advanced parameter Numa.AutoMemAffinity.
C. Enable CPU affinity to separate 2 vCPUs for each NUMA node.
D. Enable CPU affinity to bind all vCPUs to one NUMA node.
*
BC
==
Q149. An administrator is troubleshooting a performance problem with a virtual machine (VM). The VM and ESXi host
configuration is as follows:
- The application which runs within the virtual machine is highly sensitive to memory latency, but has low processor
utilization.
- The virtual machine has 6 vCPUs.
- The ESXi host CPU topology has 2 Physical CPU Sockets, each with 8 Logical CPUs.
- The ESXi host CPU has Hyper Threading enabled.
The administrator would like to improve CPU performance for this VM. Other VMs on the host have no performance
issues. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the issue?
*
A. Set the Advanced Parameter numa.vcpu.preferHT = TRUE in the virtual machine configuration file.
B. Set the Advanced Parameter numa.vcpu.preferHT = FALSE in the virtual machine configuration file.
C. Set the Advanced Parameter numa.PreferHT = 1 in the ESXi host configuration file.
D. Set the Advanced Parameter numa.PreferHT = 0 in the ESXi host configuration file
*
A
==
Q150.
An administrator has a virtual machine configured with the following settings:
- ESXi version: 5.1
- CPU: vCPUs 6
- Memory: 48GB
- Hardware version: 7
- VMware Tools: Installed
Which two actions must the administrator take in order to utilize vNUMA? (Choose two.)
*
A. Upgrade the ESXi host to vSphere 5.5 or later.
B. Upgrade to Virtual Hardware version 8.
C. Configure numa.vcpu.min to 5
D. Configure numa.vcpu.min to 6
*
BC
==
Q151. When troubleshooting a performance related issue, an administrator sees the following warning message on an
ESXi Console:
Significant imbalance between NUMA nodes detected. Performance may be impacted.
Which action should the administrator take to correct this problem?
*
A. Ensure that the RAM modules are evenly balanced between processor sockets in the physical server.
B. Ensure that all memory banks associated with CPU Socket 0 in the physical server are completely filled.
C. Ensure that the physical server has the maximum amount of RAM modules that it can support.
D. Ensure that all RAM modules in the host are Error-correcting code (ECC) modules.
*
A
==
Q152. An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU issue for a virtual machine. The following is seen in esxtop:
- CPU0 is at 100% usage
- The remaining logical CPUs are close to 0%
- %RDY value is consistently above 10%
What is likely the cause of the CPU issue?
*
A. The virtual machine has a CPU limit configured.
B. The virtual machine's guest operating system is configured for SMP.
C. The virtual machine has CPU affinity configured.
D. The virtual machine is configured with a CPU reservation.
*
C
==
Q153. An administrator notices that 8 out of 10 virtual machines have memory ballooning and swapping. However,
virtual machine 9 is not ballooning or swapping and virtual machine 10 is not ballooning but is swapping.
Which two statements explain the behavior of virtual machine 9 and virtual machine 10? (Choose two.)
*
A. Virtual machine 9 has a 100% memory reservation.
B. Virtual machine 10 has a memory limit configured.
C. Virtual machine 9 has memory shares set to HIGH.
D. Virtual machine 10 does not have Vmware Tools enabled or installed.
*
AD
==
Q154. An administrator is troubleshooting a virtual machine performance issue using vRealize Operations.
Which two badges would help to identify possible resource contention concerns? (Choose two.)
*
A. Health > Workload
B. Health > Faults
C. Risk > Time Remaining
D. Risk > Stress
*
AD
==
Q155. A virtual machine is exhibiting these symptoms:
- Memory usage is constantly high (94% or greater) or constantly low (24% or less).
- Free memory is consistently 6% or less and swapping frequently occurs
Which three solutions could correct this problem? (Choose three.)
*
A. Verify that Vmware Tools is installed on each virtual machine.
B. Decrease the memory reservation setting, if higher than active memory.
C. Add physical memory to the host.
D. Disable the balloon driver in each virtual machine.
E. Create a memory limit for each virtual machine.
*
ABC
==
Q156. An administrator is concerned about possible vCPU over-commitment for an ESXi 6.x host.
Which two Performance Counters should be reviewed in the vSphere Web Client Performance Charts to confirm if
there is contention on the host? (Choose two.)
*
A. Wait
B. Ready
C. Core Utilization
D. Co-Stop
*
BD
==
Q157. An administrator tries to run esxtop to troubleshoot CPU performance issues, but no output is displayed.
How can the issue be resolved?
*
A. esxtop is deprecated in vSphere 6.x, resxtop must be used to produce the desired output.
B. In esxtop, press f and place an asterisk next to each field that should be displayed.
C. sudo should be run in front of esxtop to give the administrator the proper permissions.
D. The esxtop command must be run from the /proc directory to produce output
*
B
==
Q158. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance related problem for the SlowVM virtual machine.
Which three actions should the administrator take to improve CPU performance for SlowVM? (Choose three.)
*
A. Increase the number of vCPUs assigned to SlowVM.
B. Decrease the number of vCPUs assigned to SlowVM.
C. Power off other VMs running on the same ESXi host.
D. Increase the CPU limit for SlowVM.
E. Move SlowVM to another ESXi host with more physical CPU resources available.
*
BCE
==
Q159. Refer to the Exhibit.
Examine the esxtop command output shown in the Exhibit.
Which option would improve application performance for the SlowVM virtual machine?
*
A. Increase the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
B. Decrease the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
C. Move SlowVM to another ESXi host with more physical CPU resources available.
D. Increase the CPU limit assigned to SlowVM.
*
D
==
Q160. An administrator notices that a Windows virtual machine is using 95% CPU in Task Manager.
Which two actions should be taken to resolve this issue? (Choose two.)
*
A. Increase the memory reservation of the virtual machine.
B. Increase the CPU Shares on the resource pool where the virtual machine resides.
C. Decrease the CPU reservation of the virtual machine.
D. Increase the CPU limit on the resource pool where the virtual machine resides.
*
BD
==
Q161. An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will disable most
hardware power management features.
Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to meet this requirement?
*
A. High Performance
B. Balanced
C. Low Power
D. Disabled
*
A
==
Q162. An administrator wants to monitor virtual machines on a host and send notifications when memory usage
reaches 80%.
What should the administrator create in vCenter Server to accomplish this?
*
A. A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a trigger to email the notification.
B. A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an action to email the notification.
C. A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an action to email the notification.
D. A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a trigger to email the notification.
*
B
==
Q163. What is the name of the High Availability agent log?
*
A. fdm.log
B. ha.log
C. vpxa.log
D. aam.log
*
A
==
Q164. An administrator is attempting to enable Legacy Fault Tolerance (FT) on a virtual machine and observes the
following in the vSphere Web Client:
Fault Tolerance has not been licensed on host <hostname>.
What is the minimum licensed edition that supports this configuration?
*
A. Standard
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise Plus
D. Essentials Plus
*
A
==
Q165. An administrator is attempting to enable Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and observes the
following in the vSphere Web Client:
Fault Tolerance has not been licensed on host <hostname>.
What is the minimum licensed edition that supports this configuration?
*
A. Enterprise
B. Enterprise Plus
C. Standard
D. Essentials Plus
*
A
==
Q166. When attempting to place a datastore in Maintenance Mode, the task remains at 1%.
What are two potential causes for this? (Choose two.)
*
A. Storage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s).
B. Storage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk.
C. Storage DRS datastores have insufficient space to accommodate failover.
D. Storage DRS provisioning network has been limited with I/O control policies.
*
AB
==
Q167. What are two likely causes for a DRS cluster to become unbalanced? (Choose two.)
*
A. Migration threshold is too low.
B. Affinity rules are preventing virtual machines from being moved.
C. A device is mounted to a virtual machine preventing vMotion.
D. Migration cost is too low.
*
BC
==
Q168. Which two scenarios would cause a Fault Tolerance-enabled virtual machine to fail to power the Secondary
virtual machine? (Choose two.)
*
A. The host has entered a Network Partitioned state.
B. vSphere High Availability (HA) is disabled on the host cluster.
C. Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) is enabled on the host cluster.
D. vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM) is enabled on the host cluster.
*
AB
==
Q169. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is reviewing a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enabled Cluster and observes
unexpected behavior as shown in the Exhibit.
What are three potential causes of the cluster imbalance? (Choose three.)
*
A. A local device is mounted to one or more virtual machines.
B. DRS rules prevent virtual machines from being moved.
C. vMotion is not configured and enabled.
D. There are insufficient cluster resources to perform the migration.
E. DRS has been configured for a conservative migration threshold.
*
ABC
==
Q170. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator receives the error message shown in the Exhibit.
Which two actions can be taken to clear the warning? (Choose two.)
*
A. Add a Virtual SAN datastore and configure it for High Availability heartbeating.
B. Set the advanced High Availability parameter Das.heartbeatdsperhost to 1.
C. Set the advanced High Availability parameter Das.ignoreInsufficientHbDatastore to true.
D. Add a shared datastore and reconfigure High Availability.
*
CD
==
Q171. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator wants to increase the capacity of a VMFS5 datastore; but the Increase Size by slider is not available,
as shown in the Exhibit.
How should the administrator resolve this problem?
*
A. Select a valid partition configuration from the drop-down menu.
B. Use fdisk utility to manually resize the partition.
C. Use the mouse to resize the partition indicated in the Partition Layout.
D. Clicking Next will prompt for available usable space.
*
A
==
Q172. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is troubleshooting intermittent poor performance of virtual machines in a vSphere
6.x cluster. Investigating esxtop data shows that the only statistic that stands out is %CSTP as depicted in Exhibit 1:
The administrator proceeds to switch to the Power Management screen and observes the data depicted in Exhibit 2:
Based on the information in the exhibits, which two configurations are probable causes of the poor performance?
(Choose two.)
*
A. The active power policy is set to Low Power.
B. The host has active Sleep States configured in the BIOS.
C. The active power policy is set to High Performance.
D. The host has active Power States configured in the BIOS.
*
AB
==
Q173. An administrator has recently configured HA on a cluster. After reviewing the summary tab on one of the hosts,
the warning in Exhibit 1 is displayed:
The administrator proceeds to view the management network port group data shown in Exhibit 2:
The administrator then views the management network vSwitch as shown in Exhibit 3:
Based on the exhibits, which two steps should be taken to ensure redundancy on the management network? (Choose
two.)
*
A. Move vmnic1 to Standby adapters.
B. Add an additional vmknic to the Network Adapters and move it to Active adapters.
C. Set the advanced HA configuration parameter das.ignoreRedundantNetWarning to True.
D. Uncheck the Override Failover Checkbox on the management network port group.
*
AD
==
Q174. Refer to the Exhibit.
The Exhibit shows the status of vmhba32 and vmhba33 as Unbound.
What is a likely reason for this status?
*
A. The host bus adapter is not associated with a vmknic.
B. The Dynamic Target Discovery was not configured.
C. The Static Target Discovery was not configured.
D. The host bus adapter is not associated with a vmnic
*
A
==
Q175. Refer to the Exhibit.
Review the Exhibit. An administrator has configured permissions for a group called VMGroup and a user named
VMUser. A new Role has been created called PowerVM. The group and role have these charecteristics:
- PowerVM role can power on VMs
- VMGroup granted PowerVM role on VMFolder
- VMUser is a member of VMGroup
- VMUser granted No Access on VMFolder
Based on the exhibit, which statement best explains why VMUser is denied access to the VMFolder?
*
A. The VMUser permission overrides the VMGroup permission.
B. The No Access role overrides the PowerVM role.
C. The VMGroup permission overrides the VMUser permission.
D. The PowerVM role overrides the No Access role.
*
A
==
Q176. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator receives an error on a vSphere cluster as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which three configuration changes can resolve the error? (Choose three.)
*
A. Change the Admission Control policy for the cluster.
B. Adjust CPU and Memory reservations of the virtual machines.
C. Increase the amount of failover resources in the cluster.
D. Reconfigure the ESXi host cluster for High Availability.
E. Disable Virtual Machine Monitoring.
*
ABC
==
Q177. An administrator is upgrading an ESXi host from 5.5 to 6.0 and runs the following command:
esxcli software vib list 璻 ebooting-image
What does this command show?
*
A. VIBs active after a reboot.
B. VIBs that require a reboot.
C. VIBs that are in the boot image.
D. VIBs that are third-party.
*
A
==
Q178. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator receives vRealize Operations alerts for the Health of the virtual machine PVMAPP_0 as shown in
Exhibit 1:
The administrator clicks on the Analysis pane, as shown in Exhibit 2:
Based on the exhibits, what action would correctly address the performance problems observed?
*
A. Increase the number of vCPUs for PVMAPP_0.
B. Increase the allocation of memory for PVMAPP_0.
C. Increase the Memory limit for PVMAPP_0.
D. Increase the reservation in MHz for vCPUs for PVMAPP_0
*
A
==
Q179. Which two identification sources can a vSphere Auto Deploy rule use to identify target hosts? (Choose two.)
*
A. Processor Serial Number
B. Security Identifier
C. SMBIOS information
D. BIOS UUID
*
CD
==
Q180. An administrator has decided to create 10 ESXi 6.x hosts via Auto Deploy for a new Test/Dev cluster. The hosts
are configured to obtain their networking configuration via DHCP.
Which Direct Console User Interface option should the administrator use to renew the DHCP lease for the hosts?
*
A. Restore Network Settings
B. Test Management Network
C. Restart Management Network
D. Network Restore Options
*
C
==
Q181. An administrator is deploying ESXi 6.x hosts using Auto Deploy and wants the image profile to be available, even
after closing and opening a new PowerCLI window.
Which command can be used to ensure that image profiles are preserved across PowerCLI sessions?
*
A. Set-EsxImageProfile
B. Export-EsxImageProfile
C. Save-EsxImageProfile
D. Preserve-EsxImageProfile
*
B
==
Q182. Which two are valid compliance results that indicate the need to apply a Host Profile? (Choose two.)
*
A. Non-compliant
B. Inconsistent
C. Unknown
D. Disconnected
*
AC
==
Q183. An administrator is using Auto Deploy to create several ESXi 6.x hosts that will be connected to a vSphere
Distributed Switch. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP packets are not being sent
between them.
Which statement best describes why this issue is occurring?
*
A. LACP is not enabled on the vCenter Server.
B. The LACP support settings do not exist in the host profile.
C. The LACP installation bundle is not included in the image profile.
D. LACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server.
*
B
==
Q184. An administrator is building a large virtual machine that will require as many vCPUs as the host can support. An
ESXi 6.x host has these specifications:
- Six 32-core Intel Xeon Processors
- 256 GB of Memory
- 512 GB Local disk space using VMFS5
What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that the virtual machine can be allocated?
*
A. 64
B. 128
C. 192
D. 256
*
B
==
Q185.Which two features are available for virtual machines configured with DirectPath I/O? (Choose two.)
*
A. Fault Tolerance
B. Suspend and Resume
C. Virtual Symmetric Multi-Processing (vSMP)
D. Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (vNUMA)
*
CD
==
Q186. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator has configured a vSphere 6.x DRS cluster as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
*
A. A virtual machine can be powered on in the Test Resource Pool with a 6 GB Memory
Reservation.
B. A virtual machine can be powered on in the Dev Resource Pool with a 8 GB Memory Reservation.
C. A virtual machine from both the Test Resource Pool and the Dev Resource Pool can be powered on with a 4 GB
Memory Reservation.
D. No more virtual machines can be powered on due to insufficient resources.
*
A
==
Q187. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator has created the DRS cluster shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
*
A. Under CPU contention, Prod-VM1 receives four times the CPU resources than Test-VM1.
B. The Prod-VM1 will always have more CPU resources than all other virtual machines.
C. The Test-VM2 will always have less CPU resources than all other virtual machines.
D. Under CPU contention, Test-VM1 will receive 25% of the total CPU resources.
*
A
==
Q188. What are two ways to view the DNS settings for an ESXi 6.x host? (Choose two.)
*
A. Use the vicfg-dns command from the vSphere Management Appliance.
B. View the /etc/resolv.conf file on the ESXi host.
C. Use vicfg-dns command on the ESXi host.
D. View the /etc/dns.conf file on the ESXi host.
*
AB
==
Q189. After configuring a Virtual SAN cluster, an administrator using the vSphere Web Client notices that the Virtual
SAN datastore is smaller than expected. The cluster contains:
- Three ESXi hosts
- Each host has one 10GB SDD
- Each host has one 100GB HDD
Why would the Virtual SAN datastore show as 100GB instead of 300GB?
*
A. There is a network problem with the Virtual SAN vmkernel ports.
B. The Virtual SAN VASA provider is disabled.
C. vSphere High Availability is enabled on the Virtual SAN cluster.
D. The Virtual SAN cluster must be managed using the vSphere Web Client.
*
A
==
Q190. An administrator tries to capture network traffic for a virtual machine, but cannot see the expected traffic in the
packet capture tool.
Which step can resolve the problem?
*
A. Migrate the virtual machine to a Distributed Virtual Switch.
B. Enable Promiscuous Mode on the relevant port group.
C. Modify the default value of MAC Address changes.
D. Enable Forged Transmits on the virtual machine.
*
B
==
Q191. An administrator attempts to place a Storage DRS enabled Datastore into Maintenance Mode. The task never
completes, and the Entering Maintenance Mode status remains at 1%.
Which two actions should the administrator take to resolve this problem? (Choose two.)
*
A. Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 1.
B. Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 0.
C. Disable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
D. Enable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
*
AC
==
Q192. Which two scenarios could cause Storage DRS to be disabled on a Virtual Disk (VMDK)? (Choose two.)
*
A. The VMDK is an independent disk.
B. The virtual machine has vSphere Fault Tolerance enabled.
C. The VMDK is hosted on NFS storage.
D. The virtual machine has a CD-ROM/ISO image connected.
*
AB
==
Q193. Refer to the Exhibit.
A vSphere 6.x DRS cluster is configured as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
*
A. A virtual machine can be powered on in the Web Resource Pool with a 3 GHz CPU Reservation.
B. A virtual machine can be powered on in the Web Resource Pool with a 4 GHz CPU Reservation.
C. A virtual machine can be powered on in the DB Resource Pool with a 3 GHz CPU Reservation.
D. A virtual machine can be powered on in the DB Resource Pool with a 4 GHz CPU Reservation.
*
C
==
Q194. An administrator wants to set a non-default isolation address of 192.168.1.2 for High Availability.
Which advanced setting would accomplish this task?
*
A. Das.isolationaddress0=192.168.1.2
B. Das.useisolationaddress0=192.168.1.2
C. Das.defaultisolationaddress0=192.168.1.2
D. Das.haisolationaddress0=192.168.1.2
*
A
==
Q195. How does vSphere High Availability calculate the memory slot size of a virtual machine?
*
A. Virtual machine memory reservation + overhead of largest virtual machine
B. Virtual machine memory reservation ?overhead of largest virtual machine
C. Virtual machine memory reservation + overhead of smallest virtual machine
D. Virtual machine memory reservation ?overhead of smallest virtual machine
*
A
==
Q196. In a vSphere High Availability cluster, what is the VM Monitoring I/O stats interval default value?
*
A. 60 seconds
B. 90 seconds
C. 120 seconds
D. 180 seconds
*
C
==
Q197. An administrator enables High Availability (HA) on a Virtual SAN cluster.
There are four vmkernel port groups with the following IP addresses assigned:
- Management: 192.168.12.10
- vMotion: 192.168.13.10
- Virtual SAN: 192.168.14.10
- Fault TolerancE. 192.168.15.10
Which IP address will HA use for traffic?
*
A. 192.168.12.10
B. 192.168.13.10
C. 192.168.14.10
D. 192.168.15.10
*
C
==
Q198. An administrator wants to configure a High Availability cluster to allow virtual machines a 10 minute window to
shut down in the event of a Host Isolation incident.
What two configuration settings would satisfy this requirement? (Choose two.)
*
A. Set the advanced option das.isolationshutdowntimeout = 10.
B. Set the advanced option das.isolationshutdowntimeout = 600.
C. Configure Host Isolation Response to Shut Down and Restart VMs.
D. Configure Host Isolation Response to Power Off and Restart VMs.
*
BC
==
Q199.
A vSphere 6 High Availability cluster has been configured with default settings. Four virtual machines in the cluster have
been configured with these priorities:
- Prod-DB. High
- Prod-Email: High
- Prod-VC. Medium
- Dev-VDI: Low
How many VM Overrides would need to be defined at the cluster level to meet the restart priorities?
*
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
*
B
==
Q200. Which two settings are required for Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) to protect from All Paths
Down (APD) and Permanent Device Loss (PDL)? (Choose two.)
*
A. Host Monitoring
B. VM Restart Priority
C. Virtual machine Monitoring
D. Response for Host Isolation
*
AB
==
Q201. Which two options are available in the Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) setting Response for
Datastore with All Paths Down (APD)? (Choose two.)
*
A. Issue Events
B. Power off and restart virtual machines
C. Reset virtual machines
D. Leave Powered On
*
AB
==
Q202. Which two statements regarding Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) affinity rules are true? (Choose two.)
*
A. When two VM-VM affinity rules conflict, the older one takes precedence and the newer rule is disabled.
B. Using Specify Failover Hosts admission control policy, VM-VM affinity rules are not supported.
C. DRS gives higher precedence to preventing violations of anti-affinity rules than violations of affinity rules.
D. It is not possible to create an affinity rule that conflicts with the other rules being used.
*
AC
==
Q203. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator has configured Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) groups and Affinity Rules as shown in the
Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
*
A. If ESXi-A and ESXi-D failed, VM-A and VM-B would not failover.
B. A new conflicting affinity rule will be disabled by default.
C. VM-B and VM-D can run on the same hosts.
D. The administrator must disable Rule3 in order to enable Rule4.
*
BD
==
Q204. An administrator wants to prevent a priority virtual machine that resides in a vSphere DRS cluster from migrating
to other hosts in the cluster.
What configuration step will accomplish this without affecting other virtual machines?
*
A. Set VM Overrides to Partially Automated.
B. Set VM Overrides to Manual.
C. Configure a VM/Host Rule with the setting Must run on hosts in group.
D. Configure a VM/Host Rule with the setting Should run on hosts in group.
*
B
==
Q205. Refer to the Exhibit.
The Prod-DB virtual machine has a VM Override as shown in the Exhibit.
What step, it taken, would require all virtual machines in the cluster to migrate automatically?
*
A. Deselect the virtual machine from VM Overrides.
B. Add all virtual machines to the VM Overrides.
C. Change Response for Host Isolation to Use Cluster Settings.
D. Change the Automation level to Use Cluster Settings.
*
D
==
Q206.
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator manages a High Availability (HA)/Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)-enabled cluster and has
configured the affinity rule shown in the Exhibit.
Which two statements best describe the configuration shown in the exhibit? (Choose two.)
*
A. HA will not failover Marketing to ESXi hosts that are not in the Host Group.
B. HA will failover Marketing to ESXi hosts that are not in the Host group.
C. DRS will attempt to keep Marketing on the ESXi host 10.21.38.106.
D. DRS will not attempt to keep Marketing on the ESXi host 10.21.28.106.
*
BD
==
Q207. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator has configured a firewall rule as shown in the Exhibit.
Which statement best describes the ESXi 6.x firewall rule?
*
A. Connections from the ESXi host to all devices on the 192.168.1.0 network and 192.168.2.220 on port 22 are allowed.
B. Connections coming from IP addresses from the 192.168.1.0 network and 192.168.2.220 on port 22 are allowed.
C. TCP Connections coming from IP addresses from the 192.168.1.0 network and 192.168.2.220 on port 22 are not
allowed.
D. TCP Connections from the ESXi host to all devices on the 192.168.1.0 network and 192.168.2.220 on port 22 are not
allowed.
*
B
==
Q208. An administrator is planning a vSphere infrastructure with the following specific networking requirements:
?The ability to shape inbound (RX) traffic
?Support for Private VLANs (PVLANs)
?Support for LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
What is the minimum vSphere Edition that will support these requirements?
*
A. vSphere Essentials Plus
B. vSphere Standard
C. vSphere Enterprise
D. vSphere Enterprise Plus
*
D
==
Q209. What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two.)
*
A. Networks
B. Applications
C. Storage
D. Management
*
AC
==
Q210. An administrator is performing a silent automatic update of VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine.
What syntax needs to be entered into the Advanced Options box?
*
A. /s /v "/qn" /l "c:\Windows\filename.log"
B. --prefix=/usr/local,/usr/lib,/usr/doc --silent
C. --prefix=c:\Windows,c:\VMtools --silent
D. /fs /v "/qn+" /l "c:\Windows\filename.log"
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A
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Q211. An administrator wants to reduce the memory overhead for a 3D graphics enabled virtual machine (VM).
What advanced feature can be added to the VM configuration file to reduce memory overhead?
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A. vga.vgaOnly=TRUE
B. vga.svgaEnable=FALSE
C. svgaEnabled=FALSE
D. svgaDisable=TRUE
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A
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Q212. Which three ports are used by the vSphere Web Client when connecting directly to an ESXi 6.x host? (Choose
three.)
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A. 443 TCP
B. 902 TCP and UDP
C. 903 TCP
D. 5480 TCP
E. 9443 TCP and UDP
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ABC
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Q213. When attempting to connect to a vCenter Server, an administrator observes the following at the top of the
vSphere Web Client:
Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server Systems: https://vCenter.corp.com:443/sdk
What three reasons could be preventing the vSphere Web Client from communicating with this vCenter Server?
(Choose three.)
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A. The vCenter Server machine is not responding via the network.
B. An incorrect entry for this vCenter Server exists in the Single Sign-On service.
C. The SSL certificates do not match the FQDN address for the server.
D. The Platform Services Controller is external to this vCenter Server.
E. The DNS entry for the vCenter Server is incorrect.
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ABC
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Q214. An administrator wants to allow users to login to the vSphere Web Client using the Use Windows session
authentication check box for faster authentication.
Which three requirements must be met for this feature to be available and functional? (Choose three.)
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A. Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on the vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller
machines.
B. Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on each workstation from where a user will sign in.
C. The users must be signed into Windows using Active Directory user accounts.
D. The administrator must create a valid Identity Source in Single Sign-On for the users domain.
E. The administrator must create a valid Single Sign-On Identity Source using Integrated Windows Authentication.
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BCD
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Q215. An administrator wants to power on a virtual machine (VM) while connected to an ESXi host using SSH. The VM
has the following Name and ID:
- VM Name = SQL001
- VMID = 12345
Which command would successfully power on the virtual machine?
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A. vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 12345
B. vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on SQL001
C. vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 12345
D. vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on SQL001
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A
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Q216. What will occur if the .nvram file is deleted from a powered off virtual machine?
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A. The .nvram file will get created the next time the virtual machine is powered on.
B. Restoring the file from backup is needed to allow the virtual machine to power on.
C. The virtual machine will fail to power on and enter an Orphaned state.
D. The virtual machine will fail to power on and enter an Inaccessible state.
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A
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Q217. An administrator tries to connect the vSphere 5.5 Client to an ESXi 6.x host.
What will happen when this takes place?
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A. The operation will fail, since the vSphere Client is deprecated in vSphere 6.x.
B. The operation will fail and the administrator will need to delete the client and install the 6.x version.
C. The operation will prompt the administrator to run a script to upgrade the vSphere Client.
D. The operation will update the vSphere Client silently in the background, then connect.
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C
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Q218. An administrator observes the following symptoms for a virtual machine:
- CPU usage is consistently above 90%
- CPU ready value is consistently above 20%.
- Application performance is impacted.
Which two actions should the administrator take to improve the performance of this virtual machine? (Choose two.)
*
A. Increase the number of vCPUs assigned to this virtual machine.
B. Decrease the number of vCPUs assigned to this virtual machine.
C. Verify that VMware Tools is installed on every virtual machine on the host.
D. Increase the CPU shares assigned to the virtual machine.
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CD
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Q219. An administrator plans to use VMware Converter Standalone to convert a virtual machine to a vSphere
environment. The source virtual machine has these properties:
- Running Windows 2008 R2
- Contains one NTFS formatted volume
During conversion, how many virtual disks can the administrator add to the destination virtual machine?
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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
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A
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Q220. An administrator needs to migrate a legacy physical application server to a virtual machine within a vSphere 6
cluster. As part of the conversion, the administrator must reduce the size of the virtual disks.
What action should the administrator take to create a virtual machine with smaller virtual disks than the original physical
server?
*
A. Shut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volume-based cloning at the disk level.
B. Use VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the block level.
C. Shut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volume-based cloning at the file level.
D. Use VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the file level.
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D
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Q221. An administrator is creating a new Platform Service Controller Password Policy with the following
requirements:
?Minimum length: Minimum of 8 characters.
?Restrict use: 6
?Character requirements: At least one upper-case letter, one number, and one special character.
?Identical adjacent characters: 0
When trying to assign the password "P@$$w0rd", the administrator receives an error that the password does not meet
the Password Policy requirements.
Which part of the Password Policy does this password violate?
*
A. Minimum length
B. Restrict use
C. Character requirements
D. Identical adjacent characters
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D
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Q222. Which VMware Single Sign-On component handles STS authentication requests?
*
A. Security Token Service
B. Administration Server
C. VMware Directory Service
D. Identity Management Service
*
D
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Q223. An administrator is configuring an identity source for Single Sign-On. The administrator will use the machine that
Single Sign-On is running on, but does not want all users on the machine to be visibile to SSO.
Which Identity Source meets this requirement?
*
A. Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication)
B. Active Directory as an LDAP Service
C. OpenLDAP
D. LocalOS
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A
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Q224. An administrator is building a large virtual machine that will require as many vCPUs as the host can support. An
ESXi 6.x host has these specifications:
?Four 24-core Intel Xeon Processors
?256 GB of Memory
?512 GB Local disk space using VMFS5
What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that the virtual machine can be allocated?
*
A. 64
B. 96
C. 128
D. 192
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B
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Q225. An administrator has a virtual machine (VM) that uses a shared USB device.
Which option will allow the VM to utilize vMotion while retaining the maximum possible functionality?
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A. Disable the USB device from the VM.
B. Configure the VM to support vMotion while the device is connected.
C. Enable migration support for the individual USB device.
D. Remove the device from the VM.
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B
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Q226. An administrator is creating a new Content Library. It will subscribe to another remote Content Library without
authentication enabled. Optimal performance is desired for the configuration.
What two steps should be taken to set up the library? (Choose two.)
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A. The Subscription URL should be provided.
B. The library should be published externally.
C. A file system should be used for this library.
D. A datastore should be used for this library.
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AD
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Q227. An administrator has configured Network I/O Control to support bandwidth allocation to a group of virtual
machines running on a vSphere 6.x HA/DRS Cluster.
Which two conditions would cause DRS to migrate one of these virtual machines to another host in the cluster?
(Choose two.)
*
A. The reservation is changed to a value that the initial host can no longer satisfy.
B. A physical adapter that carries traffic from the virtual machine is offline.
C. A physical adapter cannot supply the minimum bandwidth in accordance with the teaming policy.
D. A reservation for a VM network adapter is less than the free quota in the network resource pool.
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AB
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Q228. An administrator wants to ensure that all datastores defined on an ALUA-based storage array have load
balancing enabled by default. The storage configuration is:
?Storage Array Type = VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
?Path Selection Policy = VMW_PSP_FIXED
Which configuration would support the stated requirements?
*
A. Change the Storage Array Type Policy to = VMW_SATP_ALUA and the Path Selection Policy = VMW_PSP_RR.
B. Change the Path Selection Policy = VMW_PSP_RR and leave the Storage Array Type Policy as is.
C. Change the Storage Array Type Policy to = VMW_SATP_ALUA and leave the Path Selection Policy as is.
D. Change the Path Selection Policy = NMP and leave the Storage Array Type Policy as is.
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A
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Q229. An administrator needs to configure a storage solution for a vSphere 6.x implementation with these
characteristics:
?Snapshot support
?vMotion Capability
?Clustering across multiple ESXi hosts
?Database application with high transaction count
?vFlash Read Cache
Which solution meets all of the stated requirements?
*
A. A vmdk located on a Shared VMFS datastore
B. A Physical Mode Raw Device Mapped LUN
C. A Virtual Mode Raw Device Mapped LUN
D. A Virtual SAN-based vmdk
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C
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Q230. An administrator observes that virtual machine storage activity on an ESXi 6.x host is negatively affecting virtual
machine storage activity on another host that is accessing the same VMFS Datastore.
Which action would mitigate the issue?
*
A. Enable Storage I/O Control.
B. Configure Storage DRS.
C. Enable the Dynamic Queue Depth Throttling option.
D. Configure the Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding parameter.
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A
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Q231. An administrator is configuring Storage I/O Control. After enabling, the administrator notices high device latency
and poor storage performance.
Which two actions would likely reduce latency and improve functionality? (Choose two.)
*
A. Set the congestion threshold to 15ms
B. Set the congestion threshold value to 5ms
C. Ensure that each datastore has independent spindles
D. Ensure that each datastore uses shared spindles
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AC
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Q232. Which two statements are true regarding upgrading ESXi 6.x hosts using a USB flash drive?
(Choose two.)
*
A. The ks.cfg file must be available to the ESXi 6.x host during bootup on a TFTP server.
B. The USB flash drive must be formatted using Fat32.
C. A partition table must be manually created on the USB flash device.
D. The USB flash drive must be mounted from a Windows device with sysconfig installed
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BC
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Q233. Which two conditions would prevent an administrator from upgrading an existing vCenter Appliance to vSphere
6.x? (Choose two.)
*
A. The appliance has been configured to use an external Single Sign-On server.
B. The administrator did not export the appliance configuration.
C. The administrator is using an appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller.
D. The ESXi Host that the appliance will run on has not been placed into Maintenance Mode
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AB
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Q234. Which two statements are true regarding upgrading from a Distributed vCenter Server 5.x to vCenter Server 6.x?
(Choose two.)
*
A. vCenter Single Sign-on becomes part of the Platform Services Controller.
B. vCenter Inventory Service becomes part of the Platform Services Controller.
C. The vCenter Server service is not migrated during the upgrade process.
D. The vSphere License Service is migrated to the new vCenter Server 6.x instance.
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AC
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Q235.An administrator has noticed that virtual machine VM2 in the vApp shown in the Exhibit is demonstrating poor
performance
Which three changes, if performed separately, would improve the performance of VM2? (Choose three.)
*
A. Remove the CPU limit on the vApp.
B. Remove the CPU limit on the resource pool.
C. Increase the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM1.
D. Power off virtual machine VM1.
E. Increase the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM2.
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ADE
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Q236. An administrator is configuring resource pools for a vSphere 6.x cluster. The cluster has these characteristics:
?Five ESXi 6.x hosts
?Six cores per host
?70 virtual machines with 1 vCPU each
The administrator configures three resource pools and places the virtual machines into the pools, as follows:
?Production pool - High Share value with 40 virtual machines
?Infrastructure pool - Medium Share value with 20 virtual machines
?Development pool - Low Share value with 10 virtual machines
Given this configuration, what is the expected performance for each group of virtual machines during contention?
*
A. Virtual machines in the Production pool will perform two times as well as those in the Infrastructure pool.
B. Virtual machines in the Infrastructure pool will perform four times as well as those in the Development pool.
C. Virtual machines in all resource pools will perform equally.
D. Virtual machines in the Development pool will perform two times as well as those in the Infrastructure pool.
*
C
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Q237. An administrator has decided to create 10 ESXi 6.x hosts via Auto Deploy for a new Test/Dev cluster. The hosts
are configured to obtain their networking configuration via DHCP.
Which condition would explain why none of the hosts are able to receive a valid DHCP address?
*
A. The BIOS DHCP File Name was incorrectly entered on the DHCP server.
B. The DHCP scope was set too small.
C. The DHCP lease duration is set too short.
D. The Boot Server Host Name has been set to the TFTP server.
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A
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Q238. An administrator wants to clone the configuration of an existing ESXi 6.x host to a new group of hosts, but does
not want to clone storage specific settings.
Which action would accomplish this?
*
A. Uncheck sub-profile
B. Remove sub-profile
C. Revert profile
D. Disable VM Storage Profile
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B
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Q239. When operating with Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and Distributed Power Management (DPM), what
two statements explain the impact of disabling vSphere High Availability admission control? (Choose two.)
*
A. VMware DPM does not place hosts in standby mode if doing so would violate failover requirements.
B. DRS does not evacuate virtual machines from a host for the purpose of placing it in maintenance or standby modes if
placing the host in this state would violate failover requirements.
C. DRS will evacuate virtual machines from hosts and places hosts in maintenance or standby modes regardless of the
impact this might have on failover requirements.
D. VMware DPM will place hosts in standby mode even if doing so violates failover requirements.
*
CD
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Q240. An administrator has configured a cluster with the Host Failures Cluster Tolerates admission control policy, as
shown in the Exhibit:
Based on the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
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A. The number of slots per cluster node is four.
B. The cluster can sustain loss of only one node.
C. The number of slots per cluster node is three.
D. The cluster can sustain the loss of two nodes.
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BC
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Q241. A virtual machine has been renamed and an administrator is unable to find files with the new virtual machine
name in the datastore.
What is the reason for this?
*
A. The names of the files on the datastore do not change.
B. The names of the files on the datastore have been corrupted.
C. The virtual machine needs to be re-added to the inventory.
D. The Distributed Resource Scheduler moved the virtual machine to another host.
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A
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Q242. What is required when changing a virtual machine name using the vSphere Web Client?
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A. Verify connectivity to the ESXi host where the virtual machine is running and its inventory list is accessible.
B. Verify in which datastore the virtual machine resides and that you have access and its inventory list is accessible.
C. Verify that virtual machine files are stored in the same datastore and can be accessed in the datastore browser list.
D. Verify the virtual machine is not running in Fault Tolerant mode and that it is not in a Distributed Resource Scheduler
cluster.
*
A