- The vCenter Server Appliance shipped with vSphere 5.5 contains an embedded database that supports how many VMs?
A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 3000
D. 4000
C. The version of the vCenter Server Appliance shipped with vSphere 5.5 contains an embedded vPostgres database that can support up to 100 hosts and 3,000 virtual machines.
- vCenter Server Comes bundled with a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition database. This bundled database is supported for up to how many hosts?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. Unlimited
A. The bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition database can be used with up to 5 Vmware ESX hosts and 50 virtual machines in the inventory.
- When installing ESXi 5.5 interactively, you need to use a root password consisting of how many characters?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 0
B. The root password is required to be at least seven characters long.
- When SSO is first deployed invSphere 5.1, what is the name of the user account that has administrative priveleges in SSO?
A. Admin@System-Domain
B. Administrator@System-Domain
C. Admin@vsphere.local
D. Administrator@vsphere.local
A. The SSO administrator in vCenter Single Sign-On shipped with vSphere 5.1 is named Admin@System-Domain.
- You plan to install vCenter Server 5.5 in a virtual machine. The vCenter Server will use a remote SQL database and will support 2 hosts and 15 virtual machines. How many vCPUs should you start with when building this VM? (Choose two.)
A. 1 vCPU with 2 cores
B. 2 vCPUs with 1 core
C. 3 vCPUs with 2 cores
D. 4 vCPUs with 1 core
A and B. vCenter Server 5.5 requires 2 vCPUs or one dual-core vCPU to be a supported configuration.
- Which of the following is not a component of vCenter Single Sign-On?
A. Administration Server
B. Security Token Service
C. vCenter Inventory Service
D. VMware Directory Service
C. The vCenter Inventory Service, which is a part of a Simple Install of vCenter Server, is primarily used to manage the vSphere Web Client inventory objects and is not a component of vCenter Single Sign-On.
- Which of the following is used to ensure accurate time on ESXi hosts?
A. vCenter Operations Manager
B. PXE
C. vSphere Syslog Collector
D. NTP
D. NTP is configured on ESXi hosts to ensure they each have accurate time.
- What is the first item to be updated in the sequence of events in a vSphere 5.1 to vSphere 5.5 upgrade?
A. vCenter Single Sign-On
B. ESXi hosts
C. vCenter Server
D. vSphere Client
A. vCenter Single Sign-On is always installed and/or upgraded first, when applicable.
- What are two technologies that Auto Deploy relies on?
A. RDP
B. PXE
C. DHCP
D. SSL
B and C. ESXi 5 hosts can PXE boot and receive an IP address from a DHCP server. Then the Auto Deploy server will stream the ESXi image to the host.
- ESXi 5 has a system requirement of a minimum of how many processor cores?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
B. ESXi 5 requires a minimum of two processor cores.
- You plan to install vCenter Server on a Windows server and use an external SQL Server. Which of the following is required? (Choose two.)
A. 32-bit DSN
B. 64-bit DSN
C. SQL Native Client
D. vSphere Client
B and C. vCenter Server with an external SQL database requires a 64-bit DSN created for the SQL Native Client.
- Which advanced setting is used to enable/disable the memory compression cache?
A. Mem.BalancePeriod
B. Mem.MemZipEnable
C. Mem.ShareVmkEnable
D. Mem.MemZipMaxPct
B. Mem.MemZipEnable is used to enable/disasble the memory compression cache. By default the setting is 1, or enabled.
- Which of the following can be used to configure DNS and routing settings for an ESXi host? (Choose all that apply.)
A. vSphere Client
B. vSphere Web Client
C. Service Console
D. DCUI
A, B and D. DNS and routing can be configured using the vSphere Client, the vSphere Web Client, or the DCUI.
- You have a virtual machine administrator who has Mac OS on her laptop. She needs to perform dat-to-day operations of a Windows VM that she is responsible for. Which client application should she use?
A. vSphere Client
B. vCenter Client
C. vSphere Web Client
D. vCenter Remote Client
C. The vSphere Web Client is a web application that can be used on Mac OS to administer vCenter Server.
- Which of the following vCenter Server Support Tools are available for install from the VMware vCenter installer? (Choose all that apply.)
A. VMware ESXi Dump Collector
B. VMware Syslog Collector
C. VMware Auto Deploy
D. VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy
A, B, C, and D. These are the four available vCenter Server Support Tools that can be installed from the Vmware vCenter Installer.
- VMware vCenter Server Standard is used in which of the following vSphere 5 Kits? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Essentials Plus
B. Standard
C. Advanced
D. Enterprise Plus
B and D. Vmware vCenter Server Standard is used in the vSphere 5 Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus kits.
- What is the minimum GB of disk space required for the vCenter Server Appliance?
A. 7
B. 25
C. 50
D. 80
A. The vCenter Server Appliance requries a minimum of 7GB of disk space and a maximum of 125GB.
- Which of the following statements is true of vSphere Host Power Management? (Choose all that apply.)
A. It requires specific BIOS settings on each ESXi host.
B. It requires vSphere Distributed Power Management.
C. ESXi hosts can control power management.
D. It requires Intel processors.
A and C. vSphere Host Power Management requries specific BIOS settings to be configured, and then the individual ESXi host can manage the power for the server.
- When SSO is first deployed in vSphere 5.5, what is the user account that has administrative priveleges in SSO?
A. Admin@System-Domain
B. Administrator@System-Domain
C. Admin@vsphere.local
D. Administrator@vsphere.local
D. The SSO administrator in vCenter Single Sign-On shipped with vSphere 5.5 is named Administrator@vsphere.local.
- Which of the following utilities are supported for ESXi 5 upgrades from ESX/ESi 4.x versions?
A. esxcli
B. esxupdate
C. vihostupdate
D. None of the above
D. Update Manager, interactive, and scripted upgrades are the supported upgrade methods when upgrading ESX/ESXi 4.x versions to ESXi 5.
