- You updated the virtual machine hardware version for a virtual machine from version 9 to version 10. Several days later an application on this virtual machine is being reported as no longer working. You need to return the virtual machine back to the previous virtual hardware version. How do you do this?
A. Use the vSphere Client to change the version.
B. Use the vSphere Web Client to change the version.
C. Use VMware Converter to change the version.
D. None of these is correct.
C. The Vmware Converter can be used to change the virtual hardware configuration for virtual machines, includeing the virtual machine hardware version.
- Which of the following methods can be used to configure and deploy a new virtual machine? (Choose all that apply.)
A. vMA
B. vSphere Client
C. vSphere Web Client
D. vApp
B and C. New virtual machines can be configured and deployed with either the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client. New virtual machine hardware features, however will be available only in the vSphere Web Client.
- You have a virtual machine with a single 20GB thin disk with 40 percent free space. The virtual machine needs to have a SAN-aware application installed that will consume 100MB of additional disk space. What type of disk should you add to this virtual machine?
A. Physical Compatibility Mode RDM.
B. Virtual Compatibility Mode RDM.
C. No disk needs to be added.
D. None of these is correct.
A. An RDM in Physical Compatibility Mode allows the guest OS to access the raw device directly and is used for SAN-aware applications running in a virtual machine.
- Which of the following are VMware device drivers loaded by the VMware Tools? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Mouse
B. VMCI
C. VMXNet
D. Memory Control
A, B, C and D. All of these are device drivers included with the Vmware Tools
- Which eitions of vSphere include the VMware Converter (Choose all that apply.)
A. Essentials
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise Plus
D. None of these
D. The Vmware Converter is not a component of any vSphere 5.5 edition. It is a freely downloadable product available from VMWare.
- Which of the following can be used to clone a vApp (Choose all that apply)?
A. VMware Converter
B. vSphere Client
C. vSphere Web Client
D. vMA
B and C. Cloning a vApp is accomplished with either the vSphere Client or the Web Client.
- Which type of SCSI bus sharing allows virtual disks to be shared by virtual machines located on the same ESXi host?
A. None
B. Local
C. Physical
D. Virtual
D. The Virtual SCSI bus sharing type allows virtual disks to be shared by virtual machines located on the same ESXi host.
- Which inventory objects are IP pools associated with?
A. vCenter root object
B. Datacenter
C. Cluster
D. Host
B. IP Pools are always associated with the datacenter inventory object.
- Which of the following NICs will always require the VMware Tools to provide drivers for them? (Choose all that apply.)
A. E1000e
B. VMXNET
C. VMXNET 2
D. VMXNET 3
B, C and D. The VMXNET, VMXNET2, and VMXNET3 NICs rely on Vmware Tools to provide drivers to them.
- Which of the following objects may be added to an existing vApp? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Virtual machines
B. Resource pools
C. vApps
D. Folders
A, B and C. Objects that can be added to an existing vApp include virtual machines, resource pools, and other vApps.
- Which of the following statements are correct about the VMware Tools? (Choose two.)
A. The VMware Tools are required for virtual machines
B. The VMware Tools are required only for advanced functionality in virtual machines.
C. An automatic VMware Tools upgrade can reboot the guest OS without prompting.
D. An interactive VMware Tools upgrade can reboot the guest OS without prompting.
B and C. The Vmware Tools are not required for any virtual machine, but they do offer advanced functionality and management for virtual machines. An automatic Vmware Toosl upgrade is not interactive and can reboot the guest OS without prompting.
- Which of the following statements are true about the start order for the virtual machines in a vApp? (Choose two.)
A. Each group is started at the same time, and virtual machines in the groups are started in the order listed.
B. Each virtual machine in the same group is started in the order listed, before the next group begins.
C. Shutdown is performed in reverse order of the start order.
D. Shutdown is performed as a simultaneous operation against all virtual machines in the vApp.
B and C. Each virtual machine in the same group is started in the order specified, before the next group in the list begins. Shutdown is performed in revers order of the start order.
- Which disk mode results in a disk that loses all changes at virtual machine power off or reset?
A. Independent Persistent
B. Dependent Persistent
C. Independent Nonpersistent
D. Dependent Nonpersistent
C. All changes made to an independent nonpersistent disk are lost at VM power-off or reset.
- You want to use VMware Converter to import a Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V hosted virtual machine into your vSphere 5.5 environment. Which of the following are acceptable ways to perform this operation? Choose two.
A. Run VMware Converter with the Hyper-V virtual machine running, and treat it like you would any other physical machine.
B. Power off the Hyper-V virtual machine and then run VMware Converter.
C. Power off the Hyper-V virtual machine and copy its files to the system where VMware Converter is installed. Then import the Hyper-V VM locally.
D. Use the vSphere Client with the VMware vCenter Converter plug-in to import the Hyper-V virtual machine.
A and B. Running Vmware Converter with the powered on VM or importing a powered-off Hyper-V virtual machine are the two acceptable ways to accomplish this task.
- You plan to deploy a vApp on a DRS-enabled cluster. Which editions of vSphere will you be able to accomplish this with? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Essentials Plus
B. Standard
C. Enterprise
D. Enterprise Plus
C and D. DRS requries either the Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere.
- Which of the following are capabilities of virtual machine hardware version 10? (Choose two.)
A. 32 vCPU
B. 64 vCPU
C. 512GB RAM
D. 1TB RAM
B and D. Virtual machine hardware version 10 supports a maximum of 64 vCPUs and 1TB of RAM.
- What are the three options available for choosing the location used to store the virtual disk files? (Choose three.)
A. With the virtual machine
B. In a datastore different from the virtual machine
C. In a datastore cluster
D. In a resource pool
A, B and C. Virtual disk files can be stored with the virutal machine, or a different datastore or datastore cluster can be specified for them.
- Which of the following methods can be used to convert a thin disk to a thick disk? (Choose all that apply.)
A. The Datastore Browser Inflate option
B. Storage vMotion
C. VMware Converter
D. vmkfstools
A, B, C and D. All of these methods can be used to convert a thin disk to a thick disk.
- Which of the following options can be used to disable periodic time synchronization? (Choose two.)
A. VMwareToolboxCmd.exe
B. VMware-toolbox-cmd
C. vSphere Client
D. vSphere Web Client
A and B. VmwareToolboxCmd.exe can be uesed to disable periodic time synchronization in Windows, and vmware-toolbox-cmd can be used on Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD.
- Which of the following methods can be used to obtain virtual machine console access? (Choose all that apply.)
A. vSphere Client
B. vSphere Web Client
C. ESXi Shell
D. VMware Converter
A and B. The vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client can be used to obtain virtual machine console access.
