Which Single Sign-On deployment mode should an administrator use for two 5.x vCenter Servers configured with linked mode?

Basic Single Sign-On with vCenter Server Heartbeat

Single Sign-On with Linked Mode

Which two statements below could explain why the vSphere Client is reporting N/A for hyperthreading? (Choose two)

Hyperthreading is disabled in the host's BIOS

The physical CPUs in the host are not multi-core

The number of CPUs meets or exceeds the maximum without hyperthreading

The physical CPUs in the host do not support hyperthreading

An administrator is upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch. The existing switch is version 5.0 and the administrator wants to upgrade to the latest version possible. The environment contains several ESXi 5.1 hosts. Which two options are available to ensure that the upgraded switch will be compatible with these hosts? (Choose two)

Upgrade the ESXi 5.1 hosts to version 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5

Upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.1

Upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5

Upgrade the ESXi host switches to 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5

An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client. The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day. What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue?

Verify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server

Verify the web browser being used has Adobe Flash plugin version 11.5 or later

Verify the vSphere Web Server service is running on the vCenter Server

Verify the administrator has permissions configured in vCenter Server

An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements: • A web browser will be utilized to manage the vSphere environment. • 16 ESXi hosts will be deployed. • Licenses must be shared with a vCenter Server at another site. • An external Oracle 10g database server will be used to host the vCenter Server database. Why will the administrator need to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server?

Linked Mode is a requirement for the solution

Oracle 10g is a requirement for the solution

The vSphere web client is a requirement for the solution

Management of more than 5 hosts is a requirement for the solution

Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). What is the most likely explanation?

The host has not yet been added to a vCenter Server

The BIOS on the host does not have NX/XD enabled

The ESXi host is running in evaluation mode

The host requires a reboot before this feature is available

During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported: Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS. Which condition would generate this message?

LAHF/SAHF is not enabled in the BIOS

NX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS. C. SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS

Hyperthreading is not enabled in the BIOS

SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS

During an upgrade, the ESXi 5.x installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume. No virtual machines exist on the host or VMFS3 volume. The requirement is to upgrade to VMFS5. Which option should be chosen to meet this requirement?

Install ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore

Upgrade ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore

Install ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore

Upgrade ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore

What happens to the status of users already logged into ESXi Shell when a vSphere administrator enables lockdown mode?

Users remain logged in and can run commands, except to disable lockdown mode

Users remain logged in and can run commands, including disabling lockdown mode

Users are immediately logged out of ESXi Shell

Users are logged out after a timeout specified by the vSphere administrator

The vSphere administrator is configuring directory services for an ESXi host: What should the vSphere administrator do to configure the host to use CAM services?

Check the Use vSphere Authentication Proxy checkbox

Set Select Directory Service Type to CAM services

Set Trusted Domains to cam\name.tld where name.tld is the domain that the host is joining

To comply with security requirements, an administrator with a vCenter Server Appliance needs to force logoff of the vSphere web client after 10 minutes of inactivity. What should the administrator do to meet the requirement?

Edit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10

Edit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=600

Edit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties modify session.timeout=600

Edit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10

As part of a multisite Single Sign-On (SSO) deployment what two steps are required to ensure that a change to one Single Sign-On instance is propagated to the other instances? (Choose two)

Schedule a Replication Task on the primary instance

During the installation of each instance choose Linked-Mode

Select the first instance during the installation of subsequent instances

Enable Synchronize to Active Directory on each instance

Which statement is true regarding the licensing of vCenter Server?

Virtual machines can still be powered on if the vCenter Server license expire

The license for vCenter Server must be provided at the time of installation

Changing the license assigned to vCenter Server requires a restart of the vCenter Server service

Licensing for a single vCenter Server installation is determined by the number of managed virtual machines

An administrator is re-provisioning an ESXi host and moving it to another datacenter. Which DCUI option should the administrator use to revert the system configuration to the default settings?

Rebuild Default System Configuration

Renew Default System Configuration

An administrator is preparing to install an additional Single Sign-On node on a stand-alone server. What information is required during the installation routine?

Active Directory domain name and credentials

Which Web service is installed during the vCenter Server installation?

Internet Information Service (IIS)

A large aerospace company utilizes a mission critical application requiring a large database server with 16 vCPUs and 500GB of RAM. Because of the critical nature of the application, the company also wants to leverage Reliable Memory Technology. What is the minimum edition of vSphere that will support this scenario?

vSphere with Operations Management Standard Edition

vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Edition

A large medical institution needs to centralize malware and anti-virus scanning in its environment. Which vSphere component will satisfy this requirement?

vSphere Data Protection Advanced

An administrator is setting up a new vSphere environment for application development with health monitoring and capacity management. The administrator has purchased three servers for the initial install. The administrator is NOT planning to grow the environment and needs to keep costs as low as possible. Which vSphere kit should the administrator use to meet these requirements?

vSphere with Operations Management Standard Acceleration Kit

vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Acceleration Kit

What is the correct order to install vCenter Server 5.x components?

vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server

vCenter Server, vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service

vCenter Server, Inventory Service, vCenter Single Sign-On

vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Server, Inventory Service

An administrator needs to continue using ESXi after the 60-day evaluation period expires. The administrator has obtained a valid license from VMware. Which step must the administrator take to deploy the license?

Add the license to the ESXi host

Perform an in-place upgrade of the free vSphere Hypervisor to the paid version

Add the ESXi host to a licensed vCenter Server

Re-install the host with standard ESXi and the obtained license

How should a vSphere administrator disable memory compression?

Attach a vSphere Client to an ESXi host and edit the Mem.MemZipEnable advanced setting

Connect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client and edit the virtual machine. Insert the Mem.MemZipDisable option and set the value to True

Connect a vSphere Client to vCenter Server and configure the Memory Compression setting from the Administration menu

Reboot the ESXi host and disable memory compression in the BIOS under Advanced Settings

Which installation method is not available for a new deployment of ESXi 5.x?

Text-based interactive installation

The oncall system administrator has made a change on the ESXi host requiring a restart of the management network. Lockdown mode is enabled. Which action should the administrator take to restart the management network?

Logon directly to the DCUI and use the menu to restart the management network

Use the vSphere client to enable local authentication services, then logon directly to the ESXi Shell and run services mgmt-vmware restart

Use an SSH client to logon to the command line and run services mgmt-vmware restart

Use the vSphere client to enable the DCUI and then logon to the ESXi Shell and use the menu to restart the management network

An administrator is attempting to use Update Manager to patch a cluster of ESXi 5.x hosts. The administrator needs to stage the patches for a scheduled update after hours. When verifying the hosts after the scheduled upgrade, the administrator determines that one of the hosts was not remediated and patches are not staged. The host is using PXE as its boot method. What condition would cause this behavior?

The host was rebooted prior to the scheduled remediation

Remediating PXE-booted hosts using Update Manager is unsupported

The user account used does NOT have the Remediate Hosts privilege

The RAMdisk on the host has insufficient capacity

An administrator determines that traffic shaping does not appear to be working on Production, a virtual machine port group on vSwitch1. Traffic shaping is working on all other port groups on the switch. The administrator examines the Traffic Shaping settings as shown in the exhibit: What should the administrator do to resolve the problem?

Select the Status checkbox to enable Traffic Shaping on the portgroup

Reduce the Average Bandwidth to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth

Reduce the Burst Size to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth

Click the Security tab and create the necessary security exception

The vSphere administrator needs to remove the Production virtual machine port group from an ESXi host. The ESXi host's Networking Configuration tab is shown in the exhibit. After disconnecting the Fileserver02 VM, what step does the administrator need to take, assuming that vSwitch1 will still be needed for further configuration?

Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for vSwitch1

Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the port group

Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the Network

Remove the Production port group by removing vSwitch1

Which two network settings are available on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two)

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN)

Private Virtual Local Area Networks (PVLAN)

A vSphere administrator upgrades a version 5.1.0 vSphere Distributed Switch to version 5.5.0. Another vSphere administrator, unaware of this change, tries to add an ESXi version 5.1.0 host to the switch and fails. What is causing this addition of the ESXi host to fail?

The upgraded switch supports version 5.5 ESXi hosts only

The upgraded switch must be set up for backwards compatibility

The switch failed to upgrade properly

A version 5.5 ESXi host must be added to the switch before the 5.1 host.

A vSphere administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch. The administrator receives notice from the service desk that a cluster of vSphere hosts has disconnected from vCenter Server. This disconnect occurred immediately after the new switch was created. • This vSphere Distributed Switch is the only distributed switch managed by vCenter. • The virtual machines are still functional and the applications are still accessible by end users. On the ESXi hosts, which step must the vSphere administrator take to allow vCenter Server to reconnect?

Use the Direct Console User Interface to reattach the management vmnic to the appropriate switch

Use the Direct Console User Interface to disable lockdown mode on each affected host

Use the ESXi Shell to restart the mgmt-vmware service on each affected host

Use the ESXi Shell to restart the vSphere Web Client service on each affected host

An administrator is deploying vSphere 5.5. The administrator creates a vSphere Distributed Switch, then uses Auto Deploy to deploy several ESXi hosts. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP packets are not being sent between them. Which condition would cause this issue to occur?

The LACP support settings do not exist in the Host Profile

The LACP installation bundle is not included in the Image Profile

The LACP setting is not enabled on vCenter Server

LACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server

A virtual machine is receiving a large number of network packets, which is affecting the performance of other virtual machines connected to the same virtual network. What should the vSphere administrator do to resolve the issue?

Configure the distributed switch to which the virtual machine is connected for ingress traffic shaping

Migrate the virtual machine to a standard switch that has been configured for ingress traffic shaping

Migrate the virtual machine to a different port group on the same distributed switch

Enable Network I/O Control on the standard switch to which the virtual machine is connected

A system administrator has an application installed on a physical machine that is licensed to the MAC address of the physical NIC. This system needs to be virtualized. What two methods could an administrator use to ensure the license will function in the virtual machine? (Choose two)

Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC in the guest OS

Manually set the MAC address for the vNIC using the Web Client

Install the NIC from the physical server into the ESXi host

Configure the physical server's MAC address in the virtual switch

A vSphere administrator assigns VLAN 3389 to the Production port group on the VCP_DCV_Example vSphere Distributed Switch. After the change, users report a loss of connectivity to their applications. Further analysis provides the following data: • The cluster has not had a ESXi host failure. • Application functioned normally prior to the change. • The loss of connectivity occurred immediately following the change. Which condition would cause this loss of connectivity?

The physical switch ports used by the vmnics have not been configured with 802.1Q

Maintenance Mode was initiated on one of the hosts in the cluster. Connectivity will resume after the virtual machines are migrated

All uplinks were removed from the VCP_DCV_Example switch and added to another virtual switch

A load balancing setting on the port group conflicts with the load balancing setting of the switch

Why would an administrator be unable to locate an IP address for a vSphere vmnic uplink?

IP addresses are defined at the virtual nic level, not the vmnic level

ESXi host vmnics communicate with physical switches on layer

ESXi hosts use NAT translation to mask the actual vmnic IP address

The IP address of the vmnic is not shown in the vSphere Client

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1An 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?
1. AEssentials Plus
2. BStandard
3. CEnterprise
4. DEnterprise Plus
2What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two)
1. ANetworks
2. BApplications
3. CStorage
4. DManagement
3An administrator attempts to install vCenter Single Sign-On Server. The installer returns an error message indicating that the installation failed. Prior to the installation, all setup prerequisites were met. The administrator has generated a vCenter Server Single Sign-On support bundle.
Which two files should the administrator analyze to determine the cause of the failure? (Choose two)
1. AServer\utils\logs\imsTrace.log
2. BServer\utils\logs\install.txt
3. C%TEMP%\utils\logs\vminst.log
4. D%TEMP%\vminst.log
4Which Single Sign-On deployment mode should an administrator use for two 5.x vCenter Servers configured with linked mode?
1. ABasic Single Sign-On with vCenter Server Heartbeat
2. BMultisite Single Sign-On
3. CBasic Single Sign-On
4. DSingle Sign-On with Linked Mode
5Which two statements below could explain why the vSphere Client is reporting N/A for hyperthreading? (Choose two)
1. AHyperthreading is disabled in the host's BIOS
2. BThe physical CPUs in the host are not multi-core
3. CThe number of CPUs meets or exceeds the maximum without hyperthreading
4. DThe physical CPUs in the host do not support hyperthreading
6An administrator is upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch. The existing switch is version 5.0 and the administrator wants to upgrade to the latest version possible. The environment contains several ESXi 5.1 hosts.
Which two options are available to ensure that the upgraded switch will be compatible with these hosts? (Choose two)
1. AUpgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
2. BUpgrade the ESXi 5.1 hosts to version 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
3. CUpgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.1
4. DUpgrade the ESXi host switches to 5.5, then upgrade the vSphere Distributed Switch to 5.5
7Which two Identity Sources are available to add for vCenter Single Sign-On authentication? (Choose two)
1. ALocalOS
2. BOpenLDAP
3. CNIS as an LDAP Server
4. DVCMSDS
8A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company's production applications.
What is the minimum vSphere offering that will support this requirement?
1. AvSphere Essentials
2. BvSphere Essentials Plus
3. CvSphere Hypervisor
4. DvSphere Standard
9A developer needs to create a multi-tier development stack for a home lab. Which vSphere product will support the architecture required for the least software cost?
1. AvSphere Hypervisor
2. BvSphere Essentials
3. CVMware Player 
4. DVMware Workstation
10An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client. The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day.
What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue?
1. AVerify the web browser being used has Adobe Flash plugin version 11.5 or later
2. BVerify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server
3. CVerify the vSphere Web Server service is running on the vCenter Server
4. DVerify the administrator has permissions configured in vCenter Server

11What is a valid plug-in status for a plug-in that has been added to a vSphere client?
1. ADisabled
2. BUnknown
3. CStopped
4. DInstalled
12An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements:
• A web browser will be utilized to manage the vSphere environment.
 • 16 ESXi hosts will be deployed. • Licenses must be shared with a vCenter Server at another site.
 • An external Oracle 10g database server will be used to host the vCenter Server database.
Why will the administrator need to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server?
1. ALinked Mode is a requirement for the solution
2. BOracle 10g is a requirement for the solution
3. CThe vSphere web client is a requirement for the solution
4. DManagement of more than 5 hosts is a requirement for the solution
13Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).
What is the most likely explanation?
1. AThe host has not yet been added to a vCenter Server
2. BThe BIOS on the host does not have NX/XD enabled
3. CThe ESXi host is running in evaluation mode
4. DThe host requires a reboot before this feature is available
14During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported:
Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS.
Which condition would generate this message?
1. ALAHF/SAHF is not enabled in the BIOS
2. BNX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS. C. SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS
3. CHyperthreading is not enabled in the BIOS
4. DSSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS
15During an upgrade, the ESXi 5.x installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume. No virtual machines exist on the host or VMFS3 volume. The requirement is to upgrade to VMFS5.
Which option should be chosen to meet this requirement?
1. AUpgrade ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
2. BInstall ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
3. CInstall ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
4. DUpgrade ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
16What happens to the status of users already logged into ESXi Shell when a vSphere administrator enables lockdown mode?
1. AUsers remain logged in and can run commands, except to disable lockdown mode
2. BUsers remain logged in and can run commands, including disabling lockdown mode
3. CUsers are immediately logged out of ESXi Shell
4. DUsers are logged out after a timeout specified by the vSphere administrator
17The vSphere administrator attempts to connect to an ESXi host via an SSH client and receives the following security alert:
The vSphere administrator needs to determine whether the RSA key fingerprint shown in the security alert is the fingerprint of the intended ESXi host.
Which tool should the vSphere administrator use?
1. ADirect Console User Interface
2. BvSphere Client 
3. CvSphere Web Client
4. DvSphere Management Assistant
18The vSphere administrator is configuring directory services for an ESXi host:
What should the vSphere administrator do to configure the host to use CAM services?
1. ACheck the Use vSphere Authentication Proxy checkbox
2. BSet Select Directory Service Type to CAM services
3. CSpecify CAM$ for the Domain
4. DSet Trusted Domains to cam\name.tld where name.tld is the domain that the host is joining
19An administrator creates an ESXi cluster using vSphere Auto Deploy. The ESXi hosts are configured to get a management IP address from a DHCP server. The administrator needs to troubleshoot the management network on one of the hosts. Which DCUI option should the administrator use to renew the DHCP lease?
1. ARestart Management Network
2. BRestore Network Settings
3. CTest Management Network
4. DConfigure Management Network
20An administrator creates an ESXi cluster using vSphere Auto Deploy. The ESXi hosts are configured to get a management IP address from a DHCP server. The administrator needs to troubleshoot the management network on one of the hosts. Which DCUI option should the administrator use to renew the DHCP lease?
1. ARestart Management Network
2. BRestore Network Settings
3. CTest Management Network
4. DConfigure Management Network
21To comply with security requirements, an administrator with a vCenter Server Appliance needs to force logoff of the vSphere web client after 10 minutes of inactivity.
What should the administrator do to meet the requirement?
1. AEdit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10
2. BEdit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=600
3. CEdit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties modify session.timeout=600
4. DEdit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10
22As part of a multisite Single Sign-On (SSO) deployment what two steps are required to ensure that a change to one Single Sign-On instance is propagated to the other instances? (Choose two)
1. ASchedule a Replication Task on the primary instance
2. BSelect the first instance during the installation of subsequent instances
3. CDuring the installation of each instance choose Linked-Mode
4. DEnable Synchronize to Active Directory on each instance
23Which statement is true regarding the licensing of vCenter Server?
1. AThe license for vCenter Server must be provided at the time of installation
2. BChanging the license assigned to vCenter Server requires a restart of the vCenter Server service
3. C Virtual machines can still be powered on if the vCenter Server license expire
4. DLicensing for a single vCenter Server installation is determined by the number of managed virtual machines
24A vSphere administrator has been using vSphere in evaluation mode and now wants to deploy an environment that provides the same features.
Which edition of vSphere provides similar functionality to evaluation mode?
1. AEnterprise Plus
2. BEnterprise
3. CStandard
4. DEssentials
25An administrator is re-provisioning an ESXi host and moving it to another datacenter.
Which DCUI option should the administrator use to revert the system configuration to the default settings?
1. AReset System Configuration 
2. BRebuild Default System Configuration
3. CRevert System Configuration
4. DRenew Default System Configuration
26An administrator is preparing to install an additional Single Sign-On node on a stand-alone server. What information is required during the installation routine?
1. AActive Directory domain name and credentials
2. BSystem DSN 
3. CLookup Service URL
4. DPartner Host Name
27Which Web service is installed during the vCenter Server installation?
1. AInternet Information Service (IIS)
2. BWEBrick
3. CTomcat Web server
4. DLiteSpeed Web server
28A large aerospace company utilizes a mission critical application requiring a large database server with 16 vCPUs and 500GB of RAM. Because of the critical nature of the application, the company also wants to leverage Reliable Memory Technology.
What is the minimum edition of vSphere that will support this scenario?
1. AvSphere Standard Edition
2. BvSphere with Operations Management Standard Edition
3. CvSphere Enterprise Edition
4. DvSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Edition
29A large medical institution needs to centralize malware and anti-virus scanning in its environment. Which vSphere component will satisfy this requirement?
1. AvShield Endpoint 
2. BvCloud Network and Security
3. CvSphere Data Protection Advanced
4. DvCenter Operations Manager
30An administrator is setting up a new vSphere environment for application development with health monitoring and capacity management. The administrator has purchased three servers for the initial install. The administrator is NOT planning to grow the environment and needs to keep costs as low as possible.
Which vSphere kit should the administrator use to meet these requirements?
1. AvSphere Essentials Kit
2. BvSphere Essentials Plus Kit
3. CvSphere with Operations Management Standard Acceleration Kit
4. DvSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Acceleration Kit
31What is the correct order to install vCenter Server 5.x components?
1. A vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server
2. BvCenter Server, vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service
3. CvCenter Server, Inventory Service, vCenter Single Sign-On
4. D vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Server, Inventory Service
32An administrator needs to continue using ESXi after the 60-day evaluation period expires. The administrator has obtained a valid license from VMware.
Which step must the administrator take to deploy the license?
1. AAdd the license to the ESXi host
2. BPerform an in-place upgrade of the free vSphere Hypervisor to the paid version
3. CAdd the ESXi host to a licensed vCenter Server
4. DRe-install the host with standard ESXi and the obtained license
33How should a vSphere administrator disable memory compression?
1. AAttach a vSphere Client to an ESXi host and edit the Mem.MemZipEnable advanced setting
2. BConnect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client and edit the virtual machine. Insert the Mem.MemZipDisable option and set the value to True
3. CConnect a vSphere Client to vCenter Server and configure the Memory Compression setting from the Administration menu
4. DReboot the ESXi host and disable memory compression in the BIOS under Advanced Settings
34Which installation method is not available for a new deployment of ESXi 5.x?
1. AUpdate Manager installation
2. BText-based interactive installation
3. CScripted installation
4. DAuto Deploy installation
35The oncall system administrator has made a change on the ESXi host requiring a restart of the management network. Lockdown mode is enabled.
Which action should the administrator take to restart the management network?
1. AUse the vSphere client to enable local authentication services, then logon directly to the ESXi Shell and run services mgmt-vmware restart
2. BUse an SSH client to logon to the command line and run services mgmt-vmware restart
3. CUse the vSphere client to enable the DCUI and then logon to the ESXi Shell and use the menu to restart the management network
4. DLogon directly to the DCUI and use the menu to restart the management network
36An administrator is attempting to use Update Manager to patch a cluster of ESXi 5.x hosts.
The administrator needs to stage the patches for a scheduled update after hours. When verifying the hosts after the scheduled upgrade, the administrator determines that one of the hosts was not remediated and patches are not staged. The host is using PXE as its boot method.
What condition would cause this behavior?
1. AThe host was rebooted prior to the scheduled remediation
2. BRemediating PXE-booted hosts using Update Manager is unsupported
3. CThe user account used does NOT have the Remediate Hosts privilege
4. DThe RAMdisk on the host has insufficient capacity
37Which VLAN configuration requires switch connectivity defined as an access port?
1. APrivate VLAN
2. BExternal Switch Tagging
3. CVirtual Guest Tagging
4. DVirtual Switch Tagging
38An administrator determines that traffic shaping does not appear to be working on Production, a virtual machine port group on vSwitch1. Traffic shaping is working on all other port groups on the switch.
The administrator examines the Traffic Shaping settings as shown in the exhibit:
What should the administrator do to resolve the problem?
1. ASelect the Status checkbox to enable Traffic Shaping on the portgroup
2. BReduce the Average Bandwidth to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth
3. CReduce the Burst Size to 50% of the Peak Bandwidth
4. DClick the Security tab and create the necessary security exception
39The vSphere administrator needs to remove the Production virtual machine port group from an ESXi host. The ESXi host's Networking Configuration tab is shown in the exhibit.
After disconnecting the Fileserver02 VM, what step does the administrator need to take, assuming that vSwitch1 will still be needed for further configuration?
1. ARemove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the port group
2. BRemove the Production port group by accessing the properties for vSwitch1
3. CRemove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the Network
4. DRemove the Production port group by removing vSwitch1
40A vSphere Standard Switch is configured with two uplinks.
When adjusting the failover order of the uplinks, what are two valid states in which an administrator can place the uplinks? (Choose two)
1. AActive
2. BUnused
3. CPassive
4. DDisabled
41An administrator determines that a vSphere Standard Switch is dropping all inbound frames to a specific virtual machine. The behavior appeared in the last two days. Which configuration setting, if changed during this timeframe, would result in this behavior?
1. AMAC address changes
2. BForged Transmit
3. CTraffic Shaping
4. DJumbo Frames
42Which two network settings are available on a vSphere Standard Switch? (Choose two)
1. AIngress traffic shaping
2. BEgress traffic shaping
3. CPrivate Virtual Local Area Networks (PVLAN)
4. DVirtual Local Area Networks (VLAN)
43A security team is validating policy settings in a vSphere environment. By default, which security policy is set to reject on a vSphere Standard Switch?
1. APromiscuous mode
2. BMAC address changes
3. CForged transmit
4. DUse explicit failover
44A vSphere administrator upgrades a version 5.1.0 vSphere Distributed Switch to version 5.5.0. Another vSphere administrator, unaware of this change, tries to add an ESXi version 5.1.0 host to the switch and fails.
What is causing this addition of the ESXi host to fail?
1. AThe upgraded switch supports version 5.5 ESXi hosts only
2. BThe upgraded switch must be set up for backwards compatibility
3. CThe switch failed to upgrade properly
4. DA version 5.5 ESXi host must be added to the switch before the 5.1 host.
45A vSphere administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch. The administrator receives notice from the service desk that a cluster of vSphere hosts has disconnected from vCenter Server. This disconnect occurred immediately after the new switch was created.
• This vSphere Distributed Switch is the only distributed switch managed by vCenter. 
• The virtual machines are still functional and the applications are still accessible by end users.
On the ESXi hosts, which step must the vSphere administrator take to allow vCenter Server to reconnect?
1. AUse the Direct Console User Interface to reattach the management vmnic to the appropriate switch
2. BUse the Direct Console User Interface to disable lockdown mode on each affected host
3. CUse the ESXi Shell to restart the mgmt-vmware service on each affected host
4. DUse the ESXi Shell to restart the vSphere Web Client service on each affected host
46A vSphere administrator is administering a vSphere Distributed Switch port group using the vSphere Web Client. The port group was configured using Static binding, but the number of ports must increase as virtual machines are added to the port group.
Which port allocation setting should the administrator use to achieve this goal?
1. AElastic
2. BDynamic
3. CFixed
4. DManual
47An administrator is deploying vSphere 5.5. The administrator creates a vSphere Distributed Switch, then uses Auto Deploy to deploy several ESXi hosts. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP packets are not being sent between them.
Which condition would cause this issue to occur?
1. AThe LACP support settings do not exist in the Host Profile
2. BThe LACP installation bundle is not included in the Image Profile
3. CThe LACP setting is not enabled on vCenter Server
4. DLACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server
48A virtual machine is receiving a large number of network packets, which is affecting the performance of other virtual machines connected to the same virtual network.
What should the vSphere administrator do to resolve the issue?
1. AMigrate the virtual machine to a standard switch that has been configured for ingress traffic shaping
2. BConfigure the distributed switch to which the virtual machine is connected for ingress traffic shaping
3. CMigrate the virtual machine to a different port group on the same distributed switch
4. DEnable Network I/O Control on the standard switch to which the virtual machine is connected
49A system administrator has an application installed on a physical machine that is licensed to the MAC address of the physical NIC. This system needs to be virtualized.
What two methods could an administrator use to ensure the license will function in the virtual machine? (Choose two)
1. AManually set the MAC address for the vNIC in the guest OS 
2. BInstall the NIC from the physical server into the ESXi host
3. CManually set the MAC address for the vNIC using the Web Client
4. DConfigure the physical server's MAC address in the virtual switch
50A vSphere administrator assigns VLAN 3389 to the Production port group on the VCP_DCV_Example vSphere Distributed Switch. After the change, users report a loss of connectivity to their applications. Further analysis provides the following data:
• The cluster has not had a ESXi host failure. 
• Application functioned normally prior to the change. 
• The loss of connectivity occurred immediately following the change.
Which condition would cause this loss of connectivity?
1. AThe physical switch ports used by the vmnics have not been configured with 802.1Q
2. BMaintenance Mode was initiated on one of the hosts in the cluster. Connectivity will resume after the virtual machines are migrated
3. CAll uplinks were removed from the VCP_DCV_Example switch and added to another virtual switch
4. DA load balancing setting on the port group conflicts with the load balancing setting of the switch
51Why would an administrator be unable to locate an IP address for a vSphere vmnic uplink?
1. AIP addresses are defined at the virtual nic level, not the vmnic level
2. BESXi host vmnics communicate with physical switches on layer
3. CESXi hosts use NAT translation to mask the actual vmnic IP address
4. DThe IP address of the vmnic is not shown in the vSphere Client
52A network auditing team has observed activity from a virtual machine that may be an organization policy security breach. The vSphere administrator needs to stop network traffic from the virtual machine.
Which step should the administrator take?
1. AEnable Port Blocking on the vSphere Standard Switches in the organization and block the port on which the virtual machine is connected
2. BEnable Port Blocking on each vSphere Standard Switch portgroup in the organization, then block the port on which the virtual machine is connected
3. CEnable Port Blocking on each vSphere Distributed Switch portgroup in the organization, then block the port on which the virtual machine is connected
4. DEnable Port Blocking on the vSphere Distributed Switches in the organization and block the port on which the virtual machine is connected
53An application administrator reports application slowness when loading the application's web portal. The virtual machine is currently connected to a vSphere Distributed Switch. The application owner requests information about the virtual machine's network traffic.
Which feature of a vSphere Distributed Switch should the administrator use to gather the needed information?
1. ANetFlow
2. BPort Mirroring
3. CNetwork I/O Control
4. DPromiscuous Mode
54Why is the network configuration shown in the exhibit impossible?
1. AA single vmnic cannot be shared by two virtual switches
2. BThe MAC address of the Management Network VMkernel port is invalid
3. CVirtual machines are not allowed to run on the same virtual machine port group as the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
4. DVirtual Machine Port Groups and VMkernel Ports are not allowed on the same virtual switch
55An administrator is unable to configure Receive Side Scaling on the vmnic driver in a Windows 2008 R2 guest.
Based on the exhibit, what would need to be modified to enable this option?
1. AManually configure a static MAC address
2. BEnable DirectPath I/O
3. CEnsure the vmnic is attached to the correct network
4. DChange the adapter type to VMXNET3
56Which setting, if NOT configured, will prevent network connectivity?
1. AThe network label must be supplied
2. BThe MAC address must be supplied
3. CThe device status must be set to Connected
4. DThe DirectPath I/O status must be Supported
57A vSphere administrator has created a vSphere Standard Switch with one virtual machine port group and one physical uplink. The administrator needs to ensure that the virtual machines on this port group can communicate only with each other.
What should the administrator do?
1. ARemove the physical uplink from the vSphere Standard Switch
2. BCreate a Private VLAN and apply it to the virtual machine port group on the vSphere Standard Switch
3. CEnable Port Security on the vSphere Standard Switch
4. DEnable the Fenced setting on the virtual machine port group
58A vSphere administrator needs to add redundancy to an ESXi 5.x management network on a vSphere Standard Switch.
Which method should the administrator use to create redundant management networks?
1. AConfigure the management network vSwitch with two active uplinks
2. BConfigure an additional management portgroup on the same vSwitch
3. CCreate a second management network on a second vSwitch in the same subnet
4. DCreate a second management network on the same vSwitch in the same subnet
59An administrator is building a new vSphere Standard Switch with two active uplinks. The physical switch ports for these uplinks are placed in an etherchannel.
Which load balancing policy should the administrator use to support the etherchannel configuration?
1. ARoute based on IP hash
2. BRoute based on the originating virtual port
3. CRoute based on source MAC hash
4. DRoute based on physical NIC load
60Which two traffic types can be enabled on the VMkernel adapters of an ESXi 5.5 host using the vSphere Web Client? (Choose two)
1. AFault Tolerance Traffic
2. BVirtual SAN Traffic
3. CiSCSI Traffic 
4. DVirtual Machine Traffic
61An organization is designing a new vSphere cluster to support a new product implementation.
The following challenges have been identified by the vSphere administration team:
• The organization has the vSphere Enterprise License.
• The network team needs to gather virtual machine network statistics over a long period of time.
• The network team needs the ability to quickly assess virtual machine traffic in the event of an attack.
• The network team has previously had problems implementing manual etherchannel configurations on their physical switches, resulting in production outages.
• The new cluster's initial size is 15 hosts.
The organization is willing to upgrade to vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing if it addresses these challenges.
Which three features of a version 5.5 vSphere Distributed Switch would address these challenges? (Choose three)
1. ALACP in Dynamic Mode
2. BPort Mirroring
3. CNetwork vMotion
4. DPrivate VLANs
5. ENetwork I/O Control
62Users accessing the WinXP virtual machine shown in the exhibit report intermittent connectivity to the corporate network.
The configuration is as follows:
 • This virtual machine runs in a DRS/HA cluster of two ESXi hosts. 
• The VCP_DCV_Example vSphere Distributed Switch was recently created.
 • The WinXP virtual machine was recently migrated from another vSphere Distributed Switch.
• The WinXP virtual machine was able to connect prior to migration to this switch.
 • No changes to the VCP_DCV_Example switch have been made since creation.
Which step should the administrator take to resolve the WinXP virtual machine's intermittent connectivity to the corporate network?
1. AAdd the ESXi host to the switch where the virtual machine is currently running
2. BDisable Port Blocking on the VCP_DCV_Example switch
3. CDisable Port Blocking on the Production port group 
4. DEnable Network I/O Control on the switch to better balance I/O
63An administrator needs to deploy a vSphere solution containing a number of hosts and a vSphere Distributed Switch.
Which steps should the administrator take to accomplish this?
1. ACreate the vSphere Distributed Switch, deploy the ESXi hosts, and then add each host to the switch
2. BDeploy the ESXi hosts, create an HA/DRS cluster containing the hosts, create the vSphere Distributed Switch, and then add the cluster to the switch
3. CCreate the vSphere Distributed Switch and as each ESXi host is deployed it will be automatically added to the switch
4. DDeploy the ESXi hosts and then create the vSphere Distributed Switch on the hosts
64An administrator is migrating 135 virtual machines from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed switch. The migration reports an error and only some of the virtual machines are transferred.
What is causing the error to occur?
1. AThe vSphere Distributed Switch was created with a single, default port group. 
2. BThe switch has become disconnected from an ESXi host
3. CThe port group on the vSphere Distributed Switch was not configured with an Elastic port binding. 
4. DThe virtual machine that failed to transfer did not have a network adapter
65An administrator needs to deploy several virtual machines. Storage contention between the virtual machines should be managed by the VMkernel. Some of the virtual machines will use MSCS and should be highly available across the ESXi 5.5 hosts.
Which two storage options meet these requirements? (Choose two)
1. AiSCSI
2. BNFS
3. CFibre Channel
4. DvSAN
66Which two precautions should a vSphere administrator take before increasing the size of a VMFS datastore? (Choose two)
1. AUnmount the datastore
2. BPerform a rescan to ensure that all hosts see the most current storage
3. CQuiesce I/O on all disks involved
4. DShut down all virtual machines stored in the datastore
67What action should the vSphere administrator take to allow for a new vApp to be created in the cluster?
1. AEnable Distributed Resource Scheduling on the cluster
2. BCreate a Resource Pool in the cluster, and create the vApp in the Resource Pool
3. CEnable High Availability on the cluster
4. DCreate a new Datacenter, and create the vApp in the new Datacenter
68An administrator is installing ESXi on several hosts attached to iSCSI storage.
Why would the administrator detach the host from the IP storage network prior to installation?
1. AIt decreases the time the installer needs to search for available disk drives
2. BIt allows the installation of a generic VAAI component for IP storage
3. CIt prevents ESXi from installing vSphere Flash Cache to the IP storage
4. DIt is required when installing ESXi onto a physical server that utilizes IP storage
69Which two statements are true regarding a new vSphere deployment that is using software FCoE boot from SAN? (Choose two)
1. AMulti-pathing options must be configured by the vmkernel after boot
2. BThe adapter must support iBFT or UEFI
3. CThe adapter must support FBFT or FBPT
4. DMulti-pathing options must be configured in the Boot ROM
70What should an administrator do to configure multi-pathing using software iSCSI?
1. ABind the VMkernel ports to the software iSCSI initiator
2. BConfigure Zoning between the hosts and SAN switches
3. CConfigure NIC teaming on the associated uplinks
4. DEnsure jumbo frames are enabled end-to-end
71The current block size of a datastore in VMFS3 is 4MB. An administrator needs to upgrade the datastore to VMFS5 and wants to change it to 1MB block size.
Which action should the administrator take?
1. AUpgrade the datastore to VMFS 5. Select the 1MB block size option during the upgrade
2. BCreate a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size. Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore, then delete the VMFS3 datastore
3. CUpgrade the datastore to VMFS5. Use vmkfstools to change the block size on the upgraded datastore
4. DCreate a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size. Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore. Upgrade the virtual machine hardware on the migrated VMs, then delete the VMFS3 datastore
72An administrator is creating a new VMFS volume and needs to make it available to all hosts within a datacenter using the Web Client.
What should the administrator scan for in order to meet this requirement?
1. ANew Storage Devices and LUNs
2. BNew Storage Devices and VMFS Volumes
3. CNew VMFS Volumes and Datastores 
4. DNew VMFS Volumes and LUNs
73An administrator attempts to delete a Storage Policy and receives an error.
Which two object types, if assigned a Storage Policy, would prevent the Storage Policy from being deleted? (Choose two)
1. AA virtual machine
2. BA virtual disk
3. CA datastore
4. DA datastore cluster
74An administrator has configured hardware acceleration for a Fibre Channel storage array. After a recent maintenance event, the administrator finds that cloning and migration operations are taking excessively long to complete.
Which two settings could cause hardware acceleration to become disabled? (Choose two)
1. AVAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_SYM
2. BVAAI Plugin Name = VMW_VAAIP_NETAPP
3. CVMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking = 0
4. DDatamover.HardwareAcceleratedInit = 0
75A VMFS5 datastore shows several errors, which suggests file system corruption. Which tool could a vSphere administrator use to check the VMFS file system?
1. AvSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA)
2. BVMware Infrastructure Management Assistant (VIMA)
3. CvSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
4. DVMware vSphere Health Check Analyzer (VHCA)
76A Windows Server 2008 virtual machine with the following configuration receives an Out of Space condition indicator:
• The virtual machine uses thin provisioned virtual disks. 
• The VMFS5 datastore on which the virtual machine's files reside is on a thin provisioned LUN.
• 30% of the VMFS datastore content is no longer needed. 
• The storage array supports VASA and VAAI.
Which action should the vSphere administrator take to resolve the Out of Space problem without requesting additional space on the storage array?
1. ADelete unneeded files on the VMFS datastore and then use vmkfstools to reclaim deleted blocks
2. BDelete unneeded files on the VMFS datastore, right-click the datastore in vSphere Web Client, and then select the Reclaim Deleted Blocks option
3. CDelete some files from the guest OS and defrag its file system
4. DDelete some files from the guest OS and use vmkfstools to reclaim the deleted blocks
77What are two features provided by VMFS5? (Choose two)
1. ASupport for greater than 2TB storage devices for only VMFS and Physical RDMs
2. BSupport for up to 32 extents
3. CSupport for greater than 2TB storage devices for VMFS, Physical and Virtual RDMs
4. DSupport for up to 64 extents
78During the installation of ESXi, a vmkernel interface can be configured with what capabilities?
1. AManagement traffic 
2. BManagement traffic and vMotion
3. CManagement traffic, vMotion and Fault Tolerance logging
4. DManagement traffic, vMotion, Fault Tolerance logging and IP storage
79A server administrator reports that a virtual machine has displayed the following message twice in the past 12 months:
No boot device found
Which virtual machine boot option should the administrator configure to resolve this issue?
1. AFailed Boot Recovery
2. BForce BIOS Setup
3. CBoot Delay
4. DNetwork Boot Retry
80An administrator is using vSphere Replication to replicate a number of virtual machines to a recovery site. The administrator plans on enabling Storage DRS on the production site, which is running vSphere 5.5. What changes must be made in order to support this configuration?
1. AStorage DRS can be added to the existing configuration without any configuration changes
2. BDisable Storage DRS on the virtual machines utilizing vSphere Replication
3. CChange the Recovery Point Objective for the replicated virtual machines to support the additional synchronization time
4. DStorage DRS cannot be used in conjunction with vSphere Replication
81Which condition would prevent an administrator from unmounting a VMFS datastore?
1. AThe datastore is being managed by Storage DRS.
2. BThe datastore contains vCenter Server templates
3. CThe datastore is mounted by multiple hosts
4. DThe storage backing the datastore is detached
82A system administrator needs to control the allocation of memory and CPU resources to an organization's Finance team. The vSphere environment is built on a single cluster of ESXi hosts.
Which feature can be used to accomplish this task?
1. AResource Pool Reservations
2. BDRS set to Fully Automated
3. CVirtual Machine Shares
4. DDRS Virtual Machine Groups
83An administrator is planning a new vSphere deployment using shared storage. The solution must support:
• vMotion
 • Storage vMotion
 • Fault Tolerant virtual machines
• VAAI primitives • RDM disks
Which storage type will meet these requirements?
1. ACIFS
2. BiSCSI
3. CNFS
4. DvSAN
84Which information can the administrator use to identify iSCSI nodes?
1. AMAC address
2. BIQN
3. CWWN
4. DLUN ID
85Which action should an administrator take to increase the size of a VMFS5 datastore from 2TB to 32TB?
1. ADynamically expand the original LUN and add a second share for the NFS datastore
2. BDynamically expand the original LUN and increase the size of the VMFS datastore
3. CDynamically expand the original LUN and add extents to the VMFS datastore
4. DDynamically expand the original LUN and add extents to the NFS datastore
86A user has submitted a trouble ticket complaining that the email server VM has become very sluggish. After looking at the logs, the vSphere administrator suspects the iSCSI network is experiencing congestion.
What esxtop statistic should the administrator examine in order to validate that the guest OS is experiencing performance degradation?
1. AGAVG/wr
2. B%ACTV
3. CPATH
4. DPKTRXMUL/s
87A new LUN has been created on an iSCSI array and assigned to an ESXi 5.x server . However, when the administrator logs in to the vSphere Web Client the LUN is not visible. Other LUNs on the iSCSI array are visible.
What should the administrator do to resolve this issue?
1. ARescan for the new storage device 
2. BEnsure the LUN is zoned correctly
3. CAdd the new LUN to the Static Discovery list
4. DEnsure the CHAP settings are correctly configured
88A new LUN from an existing storage array is presented to a vSphere cluster. A vSphere administrator determines that the LUN is visible on all but one ESXi host in the cluster. The affected host is able to see existing LUNs presented from the same storage array.
What is the most likely cause?
1. ALUN Masking is improperly configured on the storage array
2. BThe SAN fabric is improperly zoned.
3. CThe ESXi host has NOT been rebooted
4. D The HBA in the host is incompatible with ESXi
89An administrator has configured multi-pathing using an Fiber Channel array in an active-active configuration.
What is the expected behavior of an ESXi host when a failed preferred path becomes available using the Fixed path selection policy for this array type?
1. AIt automatically reverts to the preferred path
2. BIt continues using the current path until it is manually reverted
3. CIt resumes load balancing across all available paths
4. DIt reverts to the preferred path after the host has been restored and rebooted
90An administrator is deploying vSphere using a NAS device as the shared storage system. The administrator has already created a VMkernel port, enabled the NFS client, and configured a mount point accessible to the hosts.
Which additional configuration is required before the datastore can be used to create virtual machines?
1. AThe ESXi hosts must have root access to the datastore
2. BThe NAS must support NFS version 4
3. CPort binding must be configured on the VMkernel port
4. DThe MTU on the VMkernel port must be set to 9000
91An administrator is considering using NPIV to assign WWNs to virtual machines. Virtual machine portability is a major concern.
Why would NPIV be inappropriate for this deployment?
1. AVirtual machines using NPIV must use DirectPath I/O
2. BStorage vMotion is not supported using NPIV
3. CvMotion is not supported using NPIV
4. DEnabling NPIV requires SR-IOV supported hardware
92An administrator of a secure environment needs to add an iSCSI target to a new ESXi host using the vSphere client. The administrator has configured discovery and performed a rescan operation, but the iSCSI target does NOT appear.
Which action should the administrator take for the target to appear in the vSphere client?
1. AConfigure appropriate CHAP authentication settings
2. BBind a VMkernel port to the iSCSI initiator
3. CConfigure Jumbo Frames prior to adding iSCSI targets
4. DEnable iSCSI in a vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
93Which field should an administrator add to a Virtual SAN Disk Group under the Device Backing settings to monitor the health of disks in the Disk Group?
1. AIssue
2. BOperational Status
3. CCapacity
4. DTransport Type
94An administrator has created a Virtual SAN Cluster using Automatic Mode Disk Groups. There is very little storage space left in the cluster. The administrator has access to an iSCSI storage array.
Which approach should the administrator take to expand the Virtual SAN Cluster?
1. AAdd new hosts to the cluster with available local disks then click the Claim Disks icon in the Disk Management section under the Virtual SAN tab
2. BAdd new disks to the hosts in the cluster then click the Claim Disks icon in the Disk Management section under the Virtual SAN tab.
3. CAdd new hosts to the cluster with available local disk. No further action is required to claim the added storage
4. DProvision new LUNs on the iSCSI storage and present one LUN to each host in the cluster. No further action is required to claim the added storage
95A vSphere administrator needs to place an ESXi host in maintenance mode to replace a hardware component. This host is a member of a Virtual SAN cluster that uses Automatic Mode Disk Groups. Availability of virtual machines running on this host is critical. HA and DRS are enabled on the Virtual SAN Cluster. Otherwise, the Virtual SAN cluster uses default values.
Which action should the administrator take to automatically guarantee availability of virtual machines with the fastest migration time?
1. ASelect Enter Maintenance Mode and accept the default values
2. BSelect Enter Maintenance Mode and select Full Data Migration option
3. CSelect Enter Maintenance Mode and select No Data Migration option
4. DMigrate the virtual machines to another host and datastore then select Enter Maintenance Mode
96What is a characteristic of Virtual SAN?
1. AIt supports Virtual Machine Storage Policies
2. B It supports multiple Virtual SAN clusters for each host
3. CIt supports native snapshots and SE Sparse disks
4. DIt supports storage attached through USB, Fibre Channel, or iSCSI
97Which two steps can an administrator take to upgrade an existing VMFS2 datastore to VMFS5? (Choose two)
1. AAttach the VMFS2 datastore to an ESX 3.x host and upgrade it to VMFS3
2. BAttach the VMFS2 datastore to the vSphere 5 host and upgrade it to VMFS3
3. CUpgrade the datastore from VMFS3 to VMFS5 on a vSphere 5 host 
4. DUpgrade the ESX host attached to the storage to vSphere 5
98A customer needs to select an appropriate Path Selection Policy (PSP) for their storage array. There is no requirement for a preferred path. The policy should not select a new path unless the current one fails.
Which PSP meets the requirement?
1. AFixed
2. BRound Robin
3. CMost Recently Used
4. DAsymmetric Logical Unit Access
99Which controller is recommended for high disk I/O workloads?
1. ABusLogic Parallel
2. BLSI Logic Parallel
3. CLSI Logic SAS
4. DVMware Paravirtual
100An administrator needs to migrate a company's physical servers to virtual servers and deploy into the ESXi 5.x cluster. During the process of converting to a virtual machine, the administrator needs to reduce the size of the disks.
Which method should the administrator use to meet this requirement?
1. AUse VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the file level
2. BShut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volume-based cloning at the block level
3. CUse VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the block level 
4. DShut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volume-based cloning at the file level
101Which steps should an administrator take to migrate existing ESXi 5.x virtual machines to a storage over-subscription model?
1. ARight-click the .vmdk file, and click Deflate
2. BRight-click the .vmdk file, and click Compress
3. CRight-click the virtual machine, click Migrate, select the same datastore, and select Thin Provision
4. DRight-click the virtual machine, click Migrate, select a different datastore, and select Thin Provision
102An administrator needs to create and provision new virtual machines from a master image that can not be edited or powered on.
Which type of resource is most appropriate for the administrator to perform the task?
1. AFull Clone
2. BLinked Clone
3. CTemplate
4. DSnapshot
103What is the minimum virtual machine compatibility setting required for a virtual machine to run on a vSphere 5.5 host?
1. AESXi 5.1 and later
2. BESXi 3.0 and later
3. CESXi 4.1 and later
4. DESXi 3.5 and later
104To avoid unnecessary planned downtime, what is the minimum version of VMware Tools that, if installed, will decrease the need for virtual machine reboots following VMware Tools upgrades?
1. A5.5
2. B5.1
3. C5.0
4. D4.1
105Which feature requires an administrator to configure an RDM with Virtual Compatibility Mode?
1. AvMotion
2. BVirtual Machine Snapshots
3. CHigh Availability
4. DN-port ID Virtualization
106A virtual machine has the following configuration: • Thin provisioned virtual disks • The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN. • The storage array is VAAI-enabled.
What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition?
1. AIt is suspended
2. BIt is gracefully shut down
3. CIt is powered off
4. DIt is converted to space-efficient sparse
107An administrator needs to use guest OS clustering in a vSphere environment that uses a Fibre Channel SAN. The clustering software does NOT have a SCSI target or a SCSI command pass- through requirement.
Which VMware storage type should the administrator use?
1. APhysical RDM
2. BVMFS
3. CVirtual RDM
4. DNFS
108Which two CPU features enable the use of 64-bit virtual machines? (Choose two)
1. AIntel VT 
2. BNX/XD Bit
3. CHyper-threading
4. DAMD RVI
109An administrator is deploying a virtual machine from a template.
Assuming all of the inventory objects below exist in the implementation, what is the highest level in the vCenter Server hierarchy to which a virtual machine can be deployed?
1. ADatacenter
2. BCluster
3. CResource Pool
4. DHost
110Which statement is accurate when choosing the storage controller for a virtual machine using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard in custom mode?
1. AThere is a predetermined controller based on the guest OS, which cannot be changed
2. BA controller is recommended based on the guest OS type. The administrator can choose this controller or select any other
3. CThere is a predetermined controller based on the guest OS, which can only be changed after the virtual machine is deployed
4. DThe controller options presented will be based on the guest OS type. The administrator must choose one of these options
111A VMware administrator needs to simplify the placement of virtual machines. The administrator also needs to balance I/O load and space utilization automatically.
Which combination of features should the administrator use to achieve this?
1. ACreate a Datastore Cluster and enable Storage DRS on the cluster
2. BCreate a Datastore Cluster and enable Storage I/O Control on each datastore
3. CEnable Storage DRS and Storage I/O Control on each datastore
4. DEnable Storage I/O Control on each datastore and configure Storage vMotion
112An administrator is creating a vApp for a multi-tiered application and needs to configure custom startup actions for each virtual machine.
What should the administrator do to enable this functionality?
1. AVerify that VMware Tools is installed on each virtual machine in the vApp
2. BEnsure all virtual machines in the vApp are running hardware version 8 or later
3. CConfigure custom startup actions on the virtual machines, then add them to the vApp
4. DDeploy a vSphere Management Assistant in the cluster and enable the vApp plug-in
113A vSphere administrator is creating a vApp for a multi-tier application. Every time the vApp is started, the virtual machines perform a file system check.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
1. AChange the shutdown action in the vApp to Guest Shutdown
2. BChange the shutdown action in the vApp to Graceful Shutdown
3. CChange the shutdown action in the vApp to Graceful Power Off
4. DChange the shutdown action in the vApp to Guest Power Off
114An administrator needs to configure a Linux virtual machine template to support guest customization. The administrator has installed VMware Tools.
Which additional component is necessary to enable Linux guest OS customization?
1. APerl 
2. Bbash
3. CPython
4. DSysprep
115A VMware administrator needs to export a vApp and create a self-contained package that has a single file.
Which format should the administrator use?
1. AExport as OVF
2. BExport as OVA
3. CExport as ZIP
4. DExport as ISO
116A vSphere administrator needs the ability to adjust the amount of guaranteed physical CPU and Memory resources to a virtual machine without incurring application downtime.
Which actions must the administrator perform?
1. AEnable CPU hotplug and Memory hotplug on the virtual machine
2. B Adjust the number of CPUs and the Memory Configuration for the virtual machine
3. CAdjust the CPU reservation slider and click the Reserve all Guest Memory checkbox
4. DAdjust the CPU and Memory reservation sliders on the virtual machine
117Which database platform is embedded within the vApp architecture of vCenter Operations Manager?
1. AMySQL
2. BIBM DB2 Express
3. COracle 11g Express
4. DvPostgres
118Why would a vSphere administrator configure resource shares for a virtual machine?
1. ATo prioritize access to a resource during contention
2. BTo guarantee access to a resource during contention
3. CTo prioritize access to a resource at all times
4. DTo guarantee access to a resource at all times
119A vSphere administrator needs to add a CPU to a virtual machine, but upon editing the VM settings the option is grayed out.
What would explain this behavior?
1. AThe virtual machine is running
2. BThe virtual machine has been configured with a CPU limit
3. CCPU Hot-add has not been enabled on the virtual machine
4. DThe virtual machine is in a resource pool with no available CPU resources
120An administrator needs to provide a report that will help managers better understand how all of their virtual machines are sized.
Which report within vCenter Operations Manager should the administrator provide?
1. AUndersized Virtual Machines Report
2. BConfigured Host or Cluster Capacity Report
3. CVirtual Machine Capacity Overview Report
4. DVirtual Machine Optimization Report
121An administrator needs to provide a report that shows how many virtual machines can be added to an existing vSphere environment.
Which report within vCenter Operations Manager meets this requirement?
1. ACluster or Host Capacity Inventory Report
2. BConfigured Host Capacity Report
3. CVirtual Machine Capacity Overview Report
4. DVirtual Machine Optimization Report
122An administrator needs to create an IP allocation policy for a multi-tiered application running in a vApp.
The IP addresses should be allocated automatically by vCenter Server, but should not be released even if a virtual machine is powered off.
Which IP allocation model should the administrator use for the vApp?
1. AStatic - Manual
2. BTransient - IP Pool
3. CDHCP
4. DStatic - IP Pool
123Which information does the CPU Ready counter provide to a vSphere administrator?
1. AThe virtual machine has requested CPU time, but the VMkernel cannot schedule the virtual CPU on a physical CPU
2. BThe virtual machine is idle, and the VMkernel has idle physical CPU cycles
3. CThe virtual machine has requested CPU time, and the VMkernel has idle physical CPU cycles
4. DThe virtual machine is idle, but the VMkernel cannot schedule the virtual CPU on a physical CPU
124Which VMware Tools upgrade method minimizes the need for scheduled downtime?
1. AUse vCenter Server to select and upgrade virtual machines
2. BUse vSphere PowerCLI and create a script to upgrade the virtual machines
3. CUse Update Manager to perform an orchestrated upgrade of virtual machines
4. DConfigure the virtual machines to check for and install updates at each reboot cycle
125Before upgrading from vCenter 4.x to 5.x, an administrator runs the vCenter Host Agent Pre- Upgrade Checker. The Checker reports an issue.
What would cause the vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker to report an issue?
1. AThe .NET framework 3.5 is installed
2. BThe host network card is only 1 Gbps
3. CThe file system is not intact
4. DThe VMFS file system is version 4.0.
126An organization has a cluster of 6 ESXi hosts. Security policy requires that all administrative activity occurs through vCenter Server and not directly on the hosts.
Which action should a system administrator take to enforce this policy?
1. AUse the vSphere client to right-click on the cluster and select Enable lockdown mode on the ESXi hosts in the cluster
2. BUse the vSphere client to navigate to the Security Profile of each ESXi host and enable lockdown mode
3. CConnect to the DCUI of each ESXi host and navigate the menus to the Troubleshooting Options and enable lockdown mode.
4. DConnect to the ESXi shell on each host and type the command service lockdown start
127An administrator needs to join several ESXi hosts in the environment to the corporate Active Directory instance. The container and path for the OU is Servers\VMware. The FQDN of the local Active Directory is CORP.AD.
Which option accurately shows the information an administrator would enter when configuring an ESXi host to join the domain and ensures the host is placed in the appropriate OU?
1. Aldap://CORP.AD:389/Servers/VMware
2. BCORP.AD/Servers/VMware 
3. Ccn=VMware, ou=Servers, dc=CORP, dc=AD
4. Dou=VMware, ou=Servers, dc=CORP, dc=AD
128An administrator needs to implement trusted SSL certificates for all vCenter 5.5 components.
Which component needs an SSL certificate?
1. AUpdate Manager
2. BAuto Deploy
3. CESXi Dump Collector 
4. DNetwork Syslog Collector
129A vSphere administrator needs to perform packet tracing from a Linux virtual machine. The virtual machine is attached to a vSphere Standard Switch configured with several VLANs.
Which approach could the administrator use to configure the network to capture all traffic from the Linux virtual machine?
1. AConfigure the virtual switch with VLAN Trunking and specify each VLANs on the port group containing the virtual machine.
2. BConfigure a vSphere Distributed Switch with VLAN Trunking. Create a port group and configure it with Promiscuous Mode. Connect the virtual machine to that port group
3. CConfigure the port group containing the virtual machine for Promiscuous Mode. Set the port group to use VLAN 1.
4. DConfigure a vSphere Distributed Switch with VLAN Trunking. Connect the virtual machine to the switch and enable Port Mirroring on the port group containing the virtual machine.
130Which configuration will block communication between two virtual machines on the same DMZ network?
1. AAn isolated Private VLAN configured on a distributed switch and the two DMZ server virtual machines connected to the same port group
2. BTwo different port groups created on a distributed switch and 1 DMZ server virtual machine connected to each port group
3. CTwo different port groups created on a standard switch and 1 DMZ server virtual machine connected to each port group 
4. DThe security policy exception set to Reject for the switch to which the two DMZ server virtual machines will be connected
131A vApp is performing poorly and an administrator determines that the memory resources are low. How should the administrator resolve this issue?
1. AConfigure a memory reservation for the vApp
2. BConfigure a memory reservation for each VM in the vApp
3. CRebuild the vApp using the wizard and assign memory reservations to the vApp
4. DRebuild the vApp using the wizard and assign memory reservations to each VM
132An administrator needs to manage a virtual machine that cannot be accessed directly from an external network.
Which solution should the administrator choose?
1. APower off the virtual machine and use the vSphere Web Client to open a console to the virtual machine
2. BInstall the Client Integration Plug-in in the Web browser and open a console to the running virtual machine
3. CInstall the DCUI plug-in in the Web browser and open a console to the running virtual machine
4. DPower off the virtual machine, install the Client Integration plug-in, and open a console to the virtual machine
133A vSphere administrator deleted a vApp from disk. A second administrator needs the virtual machines that were contained in the vApp.
What should the first administrator do to make the virtual machines available?
1. ARecover the virtual machines from backup
2. BAdd the virtual machines back into inventory
3. CUndelete the vApp
4. DRecover the virtual machines from Stranded Items
134A vSphere Administrator has a multi-tier application deployed in a vApp. The administrator needs to rapidly deploy copies of the multi-tier application to various departmental infrastructures throughout the company. Which step should the administrator take using the vSphere Web Client to allow this?
1. AExport the vApp as an OVF Template
2. BConvert the vApp to a Template 
3. CClone the vApp to a OVF Template
4. DAdd the vApp to the Catalog
135The bandwidth between two sites is too slow to transfer large virtual machine files. The administrator needs to export a virtual machine to OVF to reduce the size of the transfer. When the administrator attempts to initiate the Export OVF Template feature, the selection is grayed out.
What is the likely reason that the administrator is unable to select this option?
1. AThe virtual machine is in a powered on state
2. BThere is not enough disk space on the destination for the OVF
3. CThe administrator's account does not have the correct privileges
4. DThe virtual machine is not compatible with the OVF format
136A system administrator is deploying a Windows virtual machine from a template and needs the IP address to be customized automatically.
How should the administrator configure the IP address?
1. AUse the Microsoft Sysprep Tool.
2. BSpecify IP addresses using the Deploy Virtual Machine Wizard
3. CUse the VMware Quickprep Tool.
4. DManually configure IP addresses after the deployment has completed
137An administrator needs to establish that a database server is entitled to twice the CPU resources than a web server during CPU resource contention.
Which settings should the administrator change to accomplish this?
1. ASet the database server's CPU Shares to High and leave the web server's CPU Shares at Normal
2. BSet the database server's CPU Shares to High and change the web server's CPU Shares to Low
3. CSet the database server's Shares to High and change the web server's CPU Shares value to a custom value of 500
4. DSet the database server's Shares to a Custom value of 500 and leave the web server's CPU Shares at Normal
138What should an administrator do to identify compliance for virtual machine storage performance?
1. ACreate a Storage Policy and apply it to the virtual machine
2. BCreate Storage Capabilities and apply one or more capabilities to the virtual machine
3. CCreate a Storage Policy and apply it to the datastore containing the virtual machine
4. DCreate Storage Capabilities and apply one or more capabilities to the datastore containing the virtual machine
139A vSphere administrator determines that more metrics are available for viewing in the realtime view than are available in the daily view for a virtual machine
What is the reason for this discrepancy in the number of available metrics?
1. AThe daily view does not contain all of the metrics that the realtime view does
2. BThe default vCenter statistics level is being used
3. CA vCenter statistics level of 4 is being used
4. DThe daily view presents a different selection of metrics by default than presented by the realtime view
140A vSphere administrator enables Fault Tolerance on a powered off virtual machine that has the following configuration:
• The virtual machine's single thin provisioned virtual disk is sized at 100GB.
• The datastore that houses the virtual machine has 120GB of free space.
After Fault Tolerance has been configured, another administrator attempts to use Enhanced vMotion to move a 30GB virtual machine file into the same datastore and receives an error.
What condition could cause this behavior?
1. AFault Tolerance inflated the virtual machine's virtual disk file
2. BFault Tolerance created a temporary logging file on the same datastore
3. CFault Tolerance created a secondary copy of the virtual machine's virtual disk file.
4. DThe Fault Tolerance logging file ran out of disk space.
141While testing a Fault Tolerance setup on a virtual machine, a system administrator notices that the DRS automation level of the virtual machine has been automatically set to Disabled.
The administrator needs to enable DRS to migrate the Fault Tolerance virtual machine to balance the cluster's CPU and memory loads. What should the administrator do?
1. AEnable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) in the vSphere cluster
2. BMove the virtual machine to a VMFS 5 datastore built on shared storage
3. CManually change the DRS automation level of the virtual machine to Enabled
4. DMove the secondary virtual machine to a host with a Fault Tolerance VMkernel port
142A system administrator detects that a VDP Appliance that has been operational for 6 months has become inconsistent or unstable.
Which action should the administrator take to recover the VDP appliance and what will be the impact on the vSphere environment?
1. APerform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. All backup and configuration changes made after the checkpoint will be lost
2. BPerform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. Configuration changes after the checkpoint will be lost, but backup data will remain intact
3. CRestore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All backup data and configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost
4. DRestore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost, but backup data will remain intact.
143Which two features are different between VDP and VDPA? (Choose two)
1. ASupport for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange
2. BAbility to perform file level recovery
3. CVirtual machines supported per appliance
4. DSupport for image level backups
144An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client.
Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two)
1. AAttach and detach baselines to inventory objects
2. BScan inventory objects for compliance
3. CCreate a baseline for an inventory object
4. DStage a baseline for remediation
145A vSphere administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of virtual machines.
Which two options are available for virtual machine remediation? (Choose two)
1. AUpgrade virtual machine hardware
2. BUpgrade VMware tools 
3. CUpgrade virtual machine appliances
4. DUpgrade virtual machine guest OS
146Which two are supported object types for Update Manager? (Choose two)
1. Avirtual appliances
2. Btemplates
3. CvApps
4. Dhosts
147Which is the simplest baseline group combination an administrator could create to upgrade hosts, VMware tools, and virtual machine hardware to the latest versions using Update Manager?
1. AOne baseline group that contains the host upgrade baselines and one baseline group that contains the VM Hardware and VMware Tools upgrade baselines
2. BOne baseline group that contains the host upgrade and vCenter upgrade baselines
3. COne baseline group that contains the host, VMware tools, and VM Hardware upgrade baselines
4. DOne baseline group that contains the Data Center upgrade baseline and one baseline group that contains the VM upgrade baseline
148A vSphere administrator observes a problem with the Virtual SAN Cluster Setting as shown:
Which action should the administrator take on the vmkernel portgroup on all hosts used by Virtual SAN cluster to resolve this problem?
1. ASelect the Virtual SAN traffic option
2. BIncrease the MTU value
3. CChange the DNS server address
4. DIncrease the Port Speed
149Which statement is true about the hardware configuration for ESXi hosts participating in a virtual SAN?
1. AThe hosts must have identical hardware
2. BEach host must have at least one Solid State Drive (SSD)
3. CThe hosts must have network attached storage
4. DEach host must have a RAID Controller
150An administrator has configured a vSphere 5.5 test environment to evaluate the Virtual SAN feature using Automatic Mode Disk Groups. The administrator needs to disable the Virtual SAN cluster while preserving the virtual machines running on that cluster.
The administrator has already installed a vSphere 5.5 Client on a Windows 7 desktop and also has access to the vSphere 5.5 Web Client.
What should the administrator do to disable the Virtual SAN?
1. AUse Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machines to another datastore then use the vSphere 5.5 Client to disable the Virtual SAN
2. BUse Storage vMotion to migrate the virtual machines to another datastore then use the vSphere 5.5 Web Client to disable the Virtual SAN
3. CUse the vSphere 5.5 Client to disable the Virtual SAN, which will automatically migrate the virtual machines via the Storage DRS feature
4. DUse the vSphere 5.5 Web Client to disable the Virtual SAN, which will automatically migrate the virtual machines via the Storage DRS feature
151A vSphere administrator has created a Virtual SAN Cluster with Automatic Mode Disk Groups. The cluster includes three ESXi hosts contributing one SSD and six SAS disks each. The administrator has four new ESXi hosts that boot from a fiber channel array and have no local disks attached. These four new hosts need additional shared storage but there is insufficient space on the fiber channel array. The hardware budget is limited.
What can the administrator do to provide the needed storage for the lowest cost?
1. AAdd the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and use the existing storage in the cluster
2. BAdd an SAS RAID controller to each of the new hosts. Attach one SSD and six SAS disks to each RAID controller and then add the four hosts to the Virtual SAN cluster
3. CAdd the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and contribute the fiber channel disks to the Virtual SAN
4. DAdd the four new hosts to the Virtual SAN Cluster and change to Manual Mode Disk Groups
152A customer needs a datastore to be seen across multiple vSphere clusters with applications inside of the virtual machines that must detect the physical characteristics of the storage device.
Which type of virtual disk meets this requirement?
1. AA virtual disk on a VMFS datastore
2. BA raw device mapped disk in virtual compatibility mode
3. CA raw device mapped disk in physical compatibility mode
4. DA virtual disk on an NFS datastore
153An administrator needs to prevent two virtual machines from running on the same host at any time.
Which DRS rule should the administrator apply?
1. Avm-to-vm affinity
2. Bvm-to-host affinity
3. Cvm-to-vm anti-affinity
4. Dvm-to-host anti-affinity
154A vSphere administrator needs to enable Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) in an existing vSphere environment:
• The environment contains a High Availability (HA) cluster with eight ESXi hosts.
• Six ESXi hosts are not in a cluster. • DRS should be used on as many hosts as possible. 
• Initial placement of virtual machines should be automatically performed.
• Migration recommendations should be provided, but not performed without approval.
Which procedure should the administrator perform to accomplish this task?
1. ASelect the datacenter and create a DRS cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS. Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Partial
2. BSelect the existing HA cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster. Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Manual
3. CSelect the datacenter and create a DRS cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS. Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Manual
4. DSelect the existing HA cluster. Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster. Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Partial.
155An organization's wants to ensure that if a host in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, critical virtual machines resume operation even if there are insufficient resources to continue to run all virtual machines in the cluster.
Which HA setting should be configured to ensure the cluster operates as expected?
1. AVM restart priority
2. BAdmission Control policy
3. CVM monitoring sensitivity
4. Ddas.checkVmStateDelay
156A vSphere administrator needs to reconfigure the Distributed Power Management (DPM) threshold to be more aggressive.
Where should the administrator edit the settings of DPM in the vSphere Web Client?
1. ADPM plug-in settings
2. BCluster settings
3. CESXi host power settings
4. DvCenter Service Status
157An administrator has created a Virtual Flash Read Cache and needs to add a total 2TB of capacity to the cache. The administrator has a total of six SSD disks to add, but is unable to add one of the disks.
What is a likely cause of the problem?
1. AThe SSD device size is less than 256GB
2. BThe SSD device size is greater than 4TB
3. CThe SSD device is a local disk
4. DThe SSD device contains existing data
158A DRS cluster has been created with the following specifications:
• All mission critical virtual machines are in the root resource pool.
• All other virtual machines are placed into two child pools based on medium or low priority.
• The two child pools contain adequate resources needed by the medium and low priority virtual machines.
• The two child pools are reserving 35% of the total available resources of the cluster.
What is the advantage of leaving the mission critical virtual machines in the root resource pool?
1. AThe root resource pool has immediate access to new physical resources added to the cluster
2. BVirtual machines placed in the root resource pool have a higher vMotion priority in DRS
3. CTransparent Memory Page Sharing in the root resource pool has a higher weight than in child pools
4. DVirtual machines placed in the root resource pool have higher default share values
159A vSphere administrator needs to temporarily disable DRS on a cluster containing a resource pool hierarchy.
Which procedure should the administrator follow to preserve the resource pool hierarchy while DRS is disabled?
1. AMove the resource pool hierarchy out of the cluster prior to disabling DRS
2. BSave the resource pool hierarchy to the administrator's local machine prior to disabling DRS
3. CBackup the vCenter Server database and restore the database after re-enabling DRS.
4. DCreate a new cluster and move the resource pool hierarchy to the new cluster prior to disabling DRS
160A vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine to another datastore and host without disrupting virtual machine users.
Which technique should the vSphere administrator use?
1. AEnhanced vMotion
2. BHigh Priority vMotion
3. CLow Priority vMotion
4. DStorage vMotion
161A vSphere administrator needs to enable Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine.
When performing a Storage vMotion migration, which setting should the vSphere administrator change in the virtual machine's disk format to ensure it meets Fault Tolerance requirements?
1. AThick Provision Eager Zeroed
2. BThick Provision Lazy Zeroed
3. CThin Provisioned
4. DThin Provision Eager Zeroed
162The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one host to another. The virtual machine .vswp file resides in local storage.
Which two techniques can the administrator use to migrate the virtual machine? (Choose two)
1. AvMotion migration
2. BCold migration
3. CStorage vMotion migration
4. DEnhanced vMotion migration
163A customer needs to size a single backup appliance for backing up 3TB of data. There is no requirement for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange.
What is the minimum VMware Data Protection solution and sizing that would fulfill the stated requirements?
1. AVMware Data Protection Advanced with a 4TB backup appliance
2. BVMware Data Protection with a 4TB backup appliance
3. CVMware Data Protection Advanced with a 3TB backup appliance
4. DVMware Data Protection with a 3TB backup appliance
164Which tool should an administrator use to modify vSphere Data Protection (VDP) backup jobs?
1. AvSphere Web Client
2. BvSphere Client using the VDP plugin
3. CVAMI on the VDP Appliance
4. DvSphere Management Appliance
165An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of ESXi hosts and virtual machines. The vSphere management components reside in a secure environment that does not have direct access to the Internet.
How would Update Manager be configured in this environment while maintaining the organization's security requirements?
1. AInstall Update Manager Download Service on a machine with Internet access and configure an export policy to the Update Manager server
2. BInstall Update Manager Secure Gateway on a machine in the DMZ and configure an IPsec tunnel to the internal Update Manager server
3. CCreate a TFTP server as an HTTP proxy and configure an export policy to the Update Manager server
4. DEnable gateway services on the Update Manager server and provide Internet access to the gateway address
166An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager for the initial deployment of VMware Tools on a group of newly created virtual machines.
When the administrator scans the objects for compliance, a compliance state of Incompatible is returned.
How should the administrator resolve the issue?
1. AInstall VMware Tools manually on the new virtual machines
2. BEnsure the latest version of VMware Tools has been downloaded to the Update Manager repository
3. CEnable the Upgrade VMware Tools on Power Cycle option
4. DCreate a separate baseline object for each guest OS type
167An administrator needs to configure vFlash Read Cache to improve performance.
What would benefit the most from enabling vFlash Read Cache?
1. AVirtual machines replicated with vSphere Replication
2. BWeb Server virtual machines
3. CDatabase virtual machines 
4. DVirtual machines migrated using Storage vMotion
168A vSphere administrator manages a three host cluster with 20 VMs. The HA cluster is configured with the Host Failures the Cluster Tolerates admission control policy and all other settings are set to default values. The administrator determines that one of the VMs is not able to power on. After further inspection, it is determined that this VM cannot power on because of a very large CPU reservation.
Which cluster advanced HA setting can the administrator modify to enable the virtual machine to power on?
1. ALower das.vmcpumaxmhz attribute value
2. BHigher das.vmcpuminmhz attribute value
3. CLower das.slotcpuoutmhz attribute value
4. DHigher das.slotcpuinmhz attribute value
169What two requirements must be met to create a fully automated Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster? (Choose two)
1. AShared storage
2. BHosts with identical processor features
3. CStorage vMotion
4. DvMotion
170A vSphere administrator created a Virtual SAN and a relevant virtual machine Storage Policy. The administrator is unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy when creating a new virtual machine.
Based on the exhibit, why is the administrator unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy?
1. AThe administrator did not enable the virtual machine Storage Policy per compute resource
2. BThe ESXi Host license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies
3. CThe vCenter Server license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies
4. DThe administrator did not create a storage policy for the datastore selected for the virtual machine
171An administrator is planning a vSphere Fault Tolerance implementation for 6 virtual machines. Which two virtual disk types are supported with FT? (Choose two)
1. ARaw Device Mapped LUN configured for Virtual Compatibility Mode
2. BRaw Device Mapped LUN configured for Physical Compatibility Mode
3. CVirtual disk thick provisioned, eager zeroed
4. DVirtual disk thick provisioned, lazy zeroed
172What is the purpose of configuring a VMkernel port for Fault Tolerance logging?
1. AThe selected vmkernel port is used to send external inputs from a primary virtual machine to its secondary counterpart
2. BThe selected vmkernel port is able to log Fault Tolerance events to a syslog server
3. CThe selected vmkernel port is used to trigger a failover from the primary machine if a hardware crash occurs
4. DThe selected vmkernel port is able to maintain a log of changes to the secondary virtual machine
173A vSphere administrator is attempting to upgrade an ESXi host using vSphere Update Manager.
The administrator has attached the baseline and remediated the host. Update Manager reports the remediation process has completed successfully. However, upon inspection the host is not upgraded.
What is the most likely reason for this issue?
1. AThe ESXi host has less than 10MB free in its /tmp directory
2. BThe user performing the upgrade has insufficient privileges
3. CThe Update Manager service has not been configured with root level access to the host
4. DThe baseline has been configured using an invalid ISO image
174The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one ESXi 5.5 host to another ESXi 5.5 host. The virtual machine has a virtual disk that is stored in local storage.
Assuming only the vSphere Essentials licensing is in place, which technique should the administrator use to accomplish the migration?
1. AvMotion migration
2. BCold migration
3. CEnhanced vMotion migration
4. DStorage vMotion migration
175A host in a 4-node HA\DRS cluster has failed. HA initiates restart tasks for the virtual machines on the remaining hosts in the cluster but half of them fail to restart.
What is the likely reason virtual machines fail to restart?
1. AHA admission control is blocking the restart of the virtual machines due to insufficient resources to support the configured failover level of the cluster
2. BThe vMotion network has failed on the remaining hosts preventing the virtual machines from migrating
3. CStorage vMotion has failed on the datastore containing the virtual machines preventing them from migrating
4. DThe failed host was the Master host in the cluster and no other hosts are able to perform the necessary HA function to restart the virtual machines
176An administrator needs to install vSphere Update Manager using an external SQL Server 2008 R2 database. The administrator has created the database successfully, but cannot establish connectivity when testing the DSN.
Which configuration setting could be causing the issue?
1. AThe database was configured to use Windows authentication
2. BThe DSN was configured using a 32-bit ODBC connection
3. CUpdate Manager does not support the use of a remote database
4. DPort 9087 is being blocked by Windows Firewall on the Update Manager server
177When a vSphere administrator attempts to remediate a host with Update Manager, the host is unable to enter maintenance mode.
Which condition is likely preventing the host from entering maintenance mode?
1. AA virtual machine on the host has a removable device connected
2. BA virtual machine on the host is configured to use Fault Tolerance
3. CA virtual machine is powered off and cannot be migrated to another host
4. D A virtual machine is configured with a local .vswp file
178Which two statements accurately describes step that are taken to recover a virtual machine using vSphere Replication? (Choose two)
1. AA recovery is initiated from the target site
2. BA recovery is initiated from the source site
3. CUpon recovery, the virtual machine is automatically attached to it's configured network
4. DUpon recovery, the virtual machine must be manually attached to a network
179Which privilege should the administrator assign to allow a user to create baselines using Update Manager?
1. AManage baseline
2. BAttach baseline
3. CStage baseline
4. DConfigure baseline
180An administrator decreases the CPU share value for two virtual machines in a DRS cluster from 1000 to 100 shares. The DRS cluster contains more resources than both virtual machines can consume.
The characteristics of the virtual machines are listed below:
 • The second virtual machine is a clone of the first virtual machine.
• Both virtual machines are identical in every way. 
• Both virtual machines are not attached to the IP network.
 • Both virtual machines are powered on.
What impact on the virtual machines' performance will be observed?
1. AThe virtual machines will have equal performance under all conditions
2. BThe performance of the virtual machines will reduce by a factor of ten once the share value is adjusted
3. CThe virtual machines will have equal performance under normal conditions and reduced performance when contention occurs.
4. DThe original virtual machine will perform better than the clone when contention occurs
181The administrator has deployed a third-party virtual appliance in the organization's vSphere environment and needs to use Update Manager to maintain the third-party appliance.
How should the administrator accomplish this task with the least administrative effort?
1. AAdd a new Download Source to Update Manager to obtain updates from the third party
2. BManually download the third-party updates to Update Manager, which will then apply them to the appliance
3. CObtain an update tool from the third party and use it to manage updates to the appliance
4. DIdentify the third-party appliance from the supported list within Update Manager
182A vSphere administrator needs to add more space to an existing 3-node Virtual SAN cluster. The attempts to add the new host to the cluster as a contributing member have failed. However, it can be added as a non-contributing member.
The host was previously used in a single host configuration. The administrator recently upgraded the host from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 prior to adding it to the cluster.
What is the reason for this failure?
1. AThe only SSD disk in the new host was formatted with a VMFS datastore
2. B The new host has a 10Gbps NIC while the rest of the cluster members have 1Gbps NICs
3. CThe RAID controller in the new host does not have enough cache for the Virtual SAN datastore
4. DThe new host's VMFS datastores do not have sufficient capacity to be added as a contributing member
183What is not a supported method for increasing the availability of a vCenter Server virtual machine?
1. AvSphere High Availability
2. BvSphere Fault Tolerance
3. CvCenter Server Heartbeat
4. DSite Recovery Manager
184An administrator has deployed vSphere Data Protection and wants to configure several virtual machine backup jobs. When using the vSphere client on a Windows 7 desktop, the administrator notices that there is no icon for vSphere Data Protection in the Solutions and Applications area of the vSphere client.
What is the reason the administrator is unable to access vSphere Data Protection from the vSphere client on their desktop?
1. AThe vSphere Data Protection client plug-in is not installed on the administrator's desktop
2. BAccessing vSphere Data Protection requires the use of the vSphere Web Client
3. CThe vSphere Data Protection plug-in is disabled in the vSphere Client on the administrator's desktop. 
4. DThe administrator's desktop does not have connectivity to the vSphere Data Protection virtual appliance.
185An administrator needs to unmount a datastore that is also used for HA storage heartbeats.
What is the least disruptive method for an administrator to perform this activity on a slave HA host?
1. AOn the Datastore Heartbeating tab, unmount the datastore normally and confirm a new datastore has been selected
2. BOn the Datastore Heartbeating tab, specify an alternate datastore, then unmount the datastore normally
3. CDisable HA datastore heartbeats, then unmount the datastore
4. DReduce the number of heartbeat datastores, then remove the datastore from the heartbeat list
186When deploying two sibling resource pools (RP1 and RP2), an administrator needs to make all resources in RP1 available to virtual machines in RP2.
Which configuration should the administrator use to meet this requirement?
1. ASet the Reservation of RP2 to 0
2. BSet the Reservation of RP1 to 0
3. CSet the Limit of RP1 to Unlimited
4. DSet the Limit of RP2 to Unlimited
187During a physical network reconfiguration, an ESXi host briefly lost connection to the management network. High Availability (HA) began powering off the virtual machines residing on the affected host to be restarted on an unaffected host in the cluster.
Which setting should the administrator configure to prevent this behavior in the future?
1. AHost isolation response
2. BHost monitoring
3. CVM monitoring
4. DAdmission control
188A vSphere administrator needs to increase the capacity of an existing Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) datastore cluster. The storage administrator has provisioned two new NFS datastores to be added to the cluster.
The vSphere administrator receives an error message, preventing the administrator from adding the newly provisioned datastores to the cluster.
What is the likely reason that the action failed?
1. AThere are virtual machines running on the datastores being added to the cluster
2. BThe datastores in the SDRS cluster are VMFS datastores
3. CThe datastores in the existing cluster have hardware acceleration enabled and the new datastores do not
4. DThe SDRS cluster has not been placed into maintenance mode
189A Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster is displaying a message that recommends the migration of virtual machines, even though the cluster is currently balanced.
What is the likely reason for this?
1. AThe DRS cluster does not satisfy the resource pool reservations
2. BThe DRS cluster is not configured with shared storage
3. CThe DRS cluster is in a critical state
4. DThe DRS cluster contains hosts with CPU compatibility issues.
190Which workflow should the administrator follow to create a High Availability (HA) cluster?
1. ASelect a datacenter, create a cluster in the datacenter, add resources to the cluster, enable HA, and configure HA-specific settings
2. BSelect a resource pool, create an HA Cluster in the resource pool, add resources to the cluster, configure HA-specific settings, and enable HA
3. CSelect a datacenter, create an HA Cluster, add resources to the cluster, configure HA-specific settings, and enable HA 
4. DSelect a resource pool, create a cluster in the pool, add resources to the cluster, enable HA, and configure HA-specific settings
191A vSphere administrator attempts to move a powered on virtual machine into a resource pool that is configured in an HA/DRS cluster. The operation fails.
What condition would cause this behavior?
1. AHA admission control prevented the movement of the virtual machine due to insufficient resources
2. BResource pool admission control prevented the movement of the virtual machine due to insufficient resources
3. CThe virtual machine was not powered off before being moved into the resource pool
4. DThe virtual machine's hardware level did not match the level of the existing virtual machines in the resource pool
192An administrator removes a virtual machine from a resource pool and places it in the DRS root resource pool. Users report the performance of the application running on the virtual machine has improved. The virtual machine relocation was the only change that occurred.
What explains the change in application performance?
1. AThe memory, storage, and/or CPU settings of the original resource pool restricted access to resources for the virtual machine
2. BThe configured memory, storage and/or CPU shares on the root resource pool are higher than the original resource pool
3. C The memory, storage and/or CPU settings on the root resource pool restricted access to resources for the virtual machine
4. DThe configured memory storage and/or CPU reservations on the root resource pool are higher than the original resource pool
193An application team is implementing a new solution in the virtualized environment. The application vendor states the application is memory intensive. The application is very unstable when operating without adequate on-demand access to physical memory. The application's virtual machines are assigned to the Mission Critical resource pool.
Which resource pool setting will help ensure the application has adequate access to memory?
1. AMemory reservation
2. BHigh memory share value
3. CUnlimited memory
4. DExpandable reservation
194What will cause the validation of a vMotion migration to fail?
1. AA virtual machine configured for CPU affinity
2. BA virtual machine configured with a local .vswp file
3. CA virtual machine configured to use NUMA
4. DA virtual machine configured with a shared Raw-Device Mapped disk
195A vSphere administrator is attempting to migrate a virtual machine, but the progress bar for the migration remains at 10%.
Which issue could be preventing the vMotion migration?
1. AA networking problem between the source and destination hosts exists at the physical layer
2. BThe virtual machine is not on shared storage visible to the source and destination hosts.
3. CThe vMotion migration priority for this migration was set to High
4. DThe vMotion network is saturated
196An administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one datastore to another, but the virtual machine has a snapshot. The virtual machine is running on an ESXi 5.x host.
Which action must the vSphere administrator take to ensure that the snapshot data remains intact?
1. APerform a standard Storage vMotion migration
2. BConsolidate the snapshot and then perform a Storage vMotion migration
3. CPerform a Storage vMotion migration and then copy the snapshot file to the new location
4. DDelete the snapshot and then perform the Storage vMotion migration
197How is changed block tracking (CBT) used in a vSphere implementation?
1. ACBT is used by the VMkernel to reduce time needed for virtual machine copy operations
2. BCBT is used by VMware Data Protection (VDP) to reduce time needed for backup jobs
3. CCBT is used by vCenter Server to reduce the size of snapshots
4. DCBT is used by vSphere Replication for synchronous replication operations
198Which vSphere feature creates a copy of a virtual machine that can be stored locally within a cluster or at another site, and provides the ability to rapidly restore a virtual machine within minutes?
1. AvSphere Data Protection
2. BvSphere Replication
3. CvSphere Snapshots
4. DvSphere Heartbeat
199A vSphere administrator configures a preferred heartbeat datastore in an HA/DRS cluster configuration. The vCenter Server identifies an alternative preferred datastore.
Why would vCenter Server identify an alternative preferred datastore over the administrator's preference?
1. AThe selected datastore contains powered-on virtual machines.
2. BThe selected datastore is formatted with a 1 MB block size
3. CThe selected datastore is an NFS datastore
4. DThe selected datastore is not accessible to all of the hosts
200The load is high on a HA/DRS cluster. DPM is enabled. A vSphere administrator determines that hosts are NOT powering on automatically to support the load.
Which configuration would result in this condition?
1. AVM-to-VM or VM-to-Host DRS rules have been configured that restrict where some VMs can be moved
2. BDPM has been set to the most Conservative threshold
3. CSome of the virtual machines have been removed from HA consideration by the vSphere administrator.
4. DDRS is set to Manual Automation
201A virtual machine fails to migrate during a Storage DRS event. What could cause this issue?
1. AStorage DRS is enabled for the datastore cluster but disabled for the virtual disks
2. BStorage DRS is enabled, but vMotion is disabled for the affected virtual machine
3. CThe vMotion network used for Storage DRS is down for a host in the cluster
4. DStorage DRS is attempting to migrate the virtual machine between VMFS and NFS datastores
202The load on a Fully Automated HA/DRS cluster is critically unbalanced. What condition could cause this issue?
1. ADRS is disabled on one or more virtual machines
2. B The migration threshold is set to Moderate
3. CStorage vMotion is not enabled on the cluster
4. DStorage DRS is disabled on the datastore hosting the cluster's virtual machines.
203A vSphere administrator receives a report of an issue with a vApp. After connecting to the environment with the vSphere Client, the administrator does not see the vApp, but instead sees the inventory shown in the exhibit.
What explains this behavior?
1. AThe administrator is connected to the ESXi host running the vApp.
2. BThe administrator is using the Web Client. 
3. CThe vApp is in a partially deleted state
4. DThe vApp has been converted to a resource pool
204A system administrator is unable to clone a windows 2008 server while connected directly to an ESXi host through vSphere Client.
Which two methods can be used to complete the task? (Choose two)
1. AConnect to vCenter Server and retry the operation
2. BUse VMware Converter to perform the operation.
3. CConnect to the host using the Web Client and retry the operation
4. DUse VMware Configuration Manager to perform the operation
205A vSphere administrator is unable to vMotion a virtual machine between two hosts. An error message indicates that the USB device is not accessible on the target host.
What is causing this issue?
1. AThe USB device was not enabled for vMotion when it was added to the virtual machine
2. BESXi does not support vMotion with a USB device attached to the virtual machine
3. CThe VMkernel port for vMotion is not enabled for USB traffic
4. DThe virtual machine has the wrong USB controller installed
206An organization's datastores are configured in a fully automated Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) cluster. The vSphere administrator determines that virtual machines are being migrated between datastores even though the datastores look evenly balanced. On further investigation, the administrator determines that the datastore's utilization percentages differ by 2%.
Which Storage DRS setting should the administrator change to prevent the virtual machines from migrating prematurely?
1. AEdit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the Space Utilization Difference threshold 
2. BEdit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the I/O imbalance threshold
3. CEdit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the Space Utilization Difference threshold 
4. DEdit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the I/O imbalance threshold
207A vSphere administrator has misconfigured vMotion in such a way that vMotion migrations are failing.
Based on the information shown, what is the cause of the problem?
1. AThe vMotion VMkernel ports on the hosts are configured with the same IP address
2. BThe labels of the vMotion VMkernel ports are not identical
3. CThe vMotion VMkernel ports are not labeled identically
4. DThe vMotion VMkernel ports are using the same uplink.
208An administrator determines that when a host residing in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, the virtual machines fail to restart on a remaining host, or will only restart after a long delay.
Which two conditions would account for this behavior? (Choose two)
1. AThe virtual machines were not protected by vSphere HA at the time the failure occurred
2. BDistributed Resource Scheduler was not enabled at the time the failure occurred
3. CThere is insufficient spare capacity on hosts with which the virtual machines are compatible.
4. DThe virtual machines contain physical Raw Device Mappings
209A virtual machine is unable to communicate with another virtual machine. Both virtual machines are connected to the Production port group on the same virtual switch and are running on the same host.
Which configuration is causing the inability of the virtual machines to communicate?
1. ALLDP was enabled instead of CDP for the vSphere Distributed Switch
2. BPromiscuous Mode has been set to Allow on the Production port group
3. CThe Production port group is configured to use a secondary PVLAN.
4. DThe speed and duplex settings for the virtual machine vmnics do not match
210An administrator is installing ESXi 5.x to a local SAS drive. The installation stops on a purple screen and shows the error:
The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. Could not populate the filesystem: Admission check failed
Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
1. AUpgrade the ESXi host to meet the minimum hardware requirement for installation
2. BDisable the network interface cards (NICs) to ensure that third-party drivers do not interfere with installation
3. CEnable hardware Virtualization Technology in the ESXi host BIOS
4. DDisable the Host Bus Adapters (HBA) to ensure the installation targets the local disk.
211An administrator notices that a virtual machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power -> Power On.
Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start?
1. Avmkernel.log
2. Bmessages
3. Cvpxa.log
4. Dfdm.log
212A vSphere administrator is performing maintenance on a group of ESXi 5.5 hosts when an error message displays indicating that the ramdisk is full. The two hosts reporting the problem were deployed with Auto Deploy. What should the administrator do to resolve this issue?
1. ARedirect host logs to an NFS store
2. BDisable the System Logs through the host DCUI
3. CDecrease the maximum host log file size to 10240KB
4. DMove the ramdisk to an SSD drive
213An administrator receives the following error message:
Unmanaged I/O workload detected on shared datastore.
Which vSphere feature is the likely source of this error?
1. ANetwork I/O control
2. BStorage I/O control
3. CStorage DRS
4. DHA datastore heartbeats
214A vSphere administrator is configuring a fully automated DRS cluster and determines that DRS is not balancing virtual machine workloads.
What condition could cause this behavior?
1. AvMotion is not properly configured on the hosts in the cluster
2. BHA is not properly configured on the hosts in the cluster
3. CThe DRS threshold is configured on the most aggressive setting
4. DSome of the virtual machines have been disabled from DRS
215An organization has a HA/DRS cluster containing a mixture of ESXi 4.1 and 5.5 hosts in the cluster. An ESXi 5.5 host has failed and HA attempted but failed to restart the virtual machines on another host. HA admission control is disabled.
What condition could result in this behavior?
1. AA virtual machine has an incompatible hardware version
2. BInsufficient resources exist on the remaining ESXi hosts
3. CvMotion migration is not supported between ESXi 5.5 and 4.1 hosts
4. DHA failover is not supported between ESXi 5.5 and 4.1 hosts
216Which condition will cause a HA/DRS cluster to display a yellow health indicator?
1. AThere are insufficient resources to satisfy the cluster's requirements
2. BA virtual machine has failed and cannot be restarted in the cluster
3. CVirtual machine I/O activity in the cluster has reached or exceeded a critical level
4. DOne or more hosts in the cluster has entered maintenance mode
217A vSphere administrator finds a HA/DRS cluster status has turned RED indicating a degraded state.
What is the likely reason for the indication?
1. AThe cluster enabled for HA has lost resources and is unable to fulfill its failover requirements
2. BThe cluster does not have enough resources to satisfy the reservations of all resource pools and virtual machines
3. CIncompatible CPU generations between hosts are preventing DRS migrations
4. DThe cluster is currently electing a Master host and is unavailable to perform HA functions
218The virtual machine Fileserver01 shown in the exhibit can not ping anything on the Internet.
Why is Fileserver01 unable to connect to the Internet?
1. AFileserver01 does not have a reachable IP address
2. BFileserver01 is not on the Production network
3. CThe virtual nic for Fileserver01 has a speed or duplex mismatch
4. DThe vSwitch1 virtual switch does not have an attached vmnic adapter
219An administrator needs to know the estimated time remaining on a virtual machine that is hosting a critical accounting application given current assigned resources such as memory, CPU, and disk.
When an administrator selects the virtual machine in the vCenter Operations Manager console, which major badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information?
1. ARisk
2. BHealth
3. CEfficiency
4. DTime Remaining
220An application server has been added to an existing multi-tier application contained in a vApp. Shortly after a planned maintenance event, users are unable to access the application.
What does the vSphere administrator need to change to ensure the application can be accessed?
1. AThe startup order of the vApp
2. BThe shutdown option to power off the virtual machines
3. CThe IP Allocation policy to DHCP
4. DThe Memory Shares to High
221A vSphere administrator needs to upgrade a single extent VMFS3 datastore to VMFS5 and expand it to 4TB in size. The storage administrator has already expanded the underlying LUN to 4TB.
Which steps should the vSphere administrator take?
1. AExpand the VMFS3 datastore to 4TB and then upgrade to VMFS5
2. BUpgrade the datastore to VMFS5, manually change the partition scheme to GPT, and then expand the datastore to 4TB
3. CUpgrade the datastore to VMFS5 and then expand it to 4TB
4. DChange the block size of the VMFS3 datastore to 1MB, upgrade the datastore to VMFS5, and expand it to 4TB
222A vSphere administrator notices that hosts are not powering off when the total cluster load is low on a cluster configured with Dynamic Power Management.
What condition could cause this behavior?
1. AThe DRS migration threshold is set to the most conservative setting
2. BThe DRS migration threshold is set to the most aggressive setting
3. CThe DPM migration threshold is set to the most conservative setting
4. DThe DPM migration threshold is set to the most aggressive setting
223A vSphere administrator installs an ESXi host and creates a virtual machine, then installs vCenter Server. Upon connecting to the environment, the administrator notices that several inventory views appear to be missing from the Navigation Bar as shown in the Exhibit.
Which condition would result in this behavior?
1. AThe vSphere administrator is logged directly into the ESXi host
2. BThe vSphere administrator is logged directly into the vCenter Server
3. CThe vSphere administrator has limited permissions on the ESXi host
4. DThe vSphere administrator has limited permissions on the vCenter Server
224While troubleshooting a crash event on an ESXi 5.x host, an administrator determines the log files related to the event are NOT present.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve the logging issue?
1. AIncrease the amount of memory committed to log storage
2. BIncrease the statistic data collection level to 4
3. CChange the roll-up type to maximum
4. DCreate a persistent scratch location
225The administrator needs to modify the problematic configuration shown in the exhibit to meet the following requirements:
1. Uplink ports must connect to a 2-port Etherchannel connection. 2. Traffic must pass, even in the event of a port failure.
Which two configuration changes should the administrator make? (Choose two)
1. AChange the Load balancing algorithm to Route based on ip hash
2. BChange the Load balancing algorithm to Route based on physical NIC load
3. CMove Uplink 1 into Active Uplinks and Uplink 2 into Standby Uplinks
4. DMove both uplinks into the Active Uplinks
226While shutting down a vApp for maintenance, a vSphere administrator determines that one of the virtual machines stays powered on. The administrator manually powers off the virtual machine inside the vApp.
Which step should the administrator take to prevent the virtual machine from staying powered on in the future?
1. AChange the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to None 
2. BChange the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Power Off
3. CChange the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Manual
4. DChange the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Excluded
227An ESXi 5.x host is unable to connect to a vCenter 5.x server.
Which commands should an administrator use to restart the management agents on the host?
1. ASSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
2. BSSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vpxd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
3. CSSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vmware-hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vmware-vpxa restart
4. DSSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vmware-hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxd restart
228The following error displays during the final step of the configuration for a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster attached to five datastores:
The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 0, which is less than required. What condition would cause this error?
1. AOne of the hosts in the cluster is not attached to the datastores planned for use with HA
2. BThe hosts in the cluster do not have Storage DRS configured on one or more of their datastores
3. COne of the hosts in the cluster has an invalid Storage Policy configured on one or more of their datastores
4. DThe hosts in the cluster contain one or more datastores configured with a 1 MB block size
229Using the vSphere Web Client to display Software iSCSI Initiator properties reveals that one of two configured paths is Not Used. The ESXi syslog events are as shown:
What is the root cause of the problem?
1. AThe VMkernel adapter named vmk3 is on a subnet different from the iSCSI server's subnet
2. BThe path will only become Active if the VMkernel adapter named vmk1 loses connectivity
3. CThe VMkernel adapter named vmk3 has lost network connectivity
4. DThe VMKernel adapter named vmk3 is on a different vSwitch from vmk1
230A number of virtual machines in a vSphere 5.5 DRS cluster are connected to the same virtual switch port group. After several of these VMs are migrated to another host, an administrator notices that they have lost network connectivity. The Events tab in vCenter Server shows this error message:
Failed to initialize ethernet0.
The vmkernel log file on the host running the affected VMs contains this message:
Can't connect device:'port group name': Out of resources.
Which caused this issue?
1. ANetwork I/O Control was enabled
2. BThe DRS cluster containing the VMs was set to Fully Automated with the Migration Threshold set to Conservativ
3. CThere were insufficient uplinks configured on the virtual switches
4. DThe virtual switch port allocation was changed from the default setting
231A VMware administrator determines that a low priority virtual machine is negatively affecting the disk I/O performance of a higher priority virtual machine. The virtual machines are hosted on the same datastore presented to the same ESXi host.
Which configuration option should the VMware administrator use to resolve this issue?
1. AIncrease the disk share value for the high priority VM
2. BMigrate the low priority VM to another ESXi host
3. CCreate a Storage Profile for each priority level
4. DEnable vSphere APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
232A vSphere administrator has a 4 host DRS cluster with plans to grow to 8 hosts. During a vMotion migration, the following error is displayed:
What action could be taken to resolve the issue?
1. AEnsure all hosts in the cluster contain only Intel or AMD CPUs
2. BChoose Reset all to Default in the CPU Identification Mask of the VM
3. CVerify and correct the vmkernel port settings for the vMotion network
4. DConfigure the DRS Migration Threshold to the most conservative setting
233For security reasons, SSH and the ESXi Shell have been disabled on a standalone ESXi 5.x host. A vSphere administrator accesses the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to examine log files related to a recent connection issue. Which system log can the administrator access to determine the cause of the issue?
1. Asyslog
2. Bfdm
3. Cmessages
4. Dvmksummary
234An administrator needs to export system logs for an ESXi 5.5 host to determine the root cause for a host performance issue. This host supports manifest-driven exports of system logs.
Which manifest is selected by default during the export system log wizard?
1. AUserworld
2. BHostworld
3. CPerformanceSnapshot
4. DHungVM
235An ESXi 5.x host disconnects within 60 seconds after the administrator adds it to the vCenter Server inventory. The administrator determines that the issue could be related to a networking problem. Which networking port should the administrator check for connectivity from the host to vCenter Server?
1. A902
2. B903
3. C443
4. D9443
236An administrator adds an ESXi 5.x host to the inventory of a vCenter Server that is configured with a vSphere Distributed Switch. The vSphere Web Client indicates that the host is not responding. The administrator determines from the command line that the vpxa agent is stopped.
What should the administrator do to resolve this issue without affecting the uptime of the virtual machines running on the host?
1. ARestart the management agents in the host's DCUI 
2. BRemove and re-add the host to the vCenter inventory 
3. CRestart the vCenter Server service 
4. DType /etc/vmware/vpxa start from the ESXi command line
237An ESXi host's networking is configured as shown. The virtual machine named Fileserver01 is unable to ping anything on an external network:
Which condition would explain this behavior?
1. AThe vSwitch1 virtual switch does not have an attached vmnic adapter
2. BThe Fileserver01 virtual machine is not running. 
3. CSwitch0 is configured to reject MAC address spoofing
4. Dvmk0 is using a non-routable IP address
238A security audit has revealed that a virtual machine on vSwitch1 is receiving all traffic sent to the virtual switch, violating corporate policy. The vSphere administrator examines the properties for vSwitch1, as shown in the exhibit:
Which configuration explains why the virtual machine is receiving all traffic sent to vSwitch1?
1. AThe Production port group has the Promiscuous Mode policy set to Accept
2. BvSwitch1 has the Promiscuous Mode policy set to Reject
3. CThe Network Failure Detection policy on the Production port group is set to Link Status plus Beaconing
4. DThe Network Failure Detection policy on vSwitch1 is set to Link Status only
239An administrator receives notice of a large number of ARP table issues. The issues began after a maintenance window 36 hours ago. The issue did not exist prior to the maintenance window.
Which change was made to the port group that is causing the ARP table issue?
1. ANotify Switches was changed to No
2. BUplink 2 was changed from Standby to Active
3. CFailback was changed to Yes
4. DNetwork failure detection was changed to Link status only
240A vSphere administrator attempts to manually vMotion a virtual machine but receives error messages related to the Shared Storage datastore shown in the exhibit.
The administrator uses the vSphere Web Client and locates the datastore settings shown:
Which action should the administrator take to resolve these errors?
1. AReconnect server3 to the vCenter server
2. BSelect server3 and click Mount
3. CRemove server3 from the cluster then re-add it.
4. DRight-click Not connected and select Connect
241A SAN administrator recently installed a storage encryption switch on the Fibre Channel Fabric. Shortly after the deployment, several new VMFS5 datastores recently created were dismounted. Attempts to manually mount them fail. VMFS5 upgraded datastores are unaffected. All Storage arrays in use support VASA and VAAI.
What is the root cause of this problem?
1. AAll newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged ATS_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the ATS command
2. BAll newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged XCOPY_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the XCOPY command
3. CAll newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged WRITE_SAME_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the WRITE_SAME command
4. DAll newly created VMFS5 datastores were formatted with 1MB block size. The storage encryption switch does not support this block size
242An administrator is using esxtop to troubleshoot a storage performance issue.
Which parameter should the administrator check to monitor any storage-related vSphere overhead?
1. ADAVG
2. BKAVG
3. CGAVG
4. DCMDS
243An error occurs while building a new virtual machine with a thin provisioned virtual disk size of 20GB. The datastore has 35GB of free space. The datastore is overcommitted by 95GB.
What is preventing the virtual machine from being built?
1. AThe datastore is built on a thin provisioned LUN that has run out of storage array free space
2. BThe datastore has reached the maximum overcommitment threshold
3. CThe virtual disk used by the virtual machine cannot be thin provisioned on this datastore
4. DThe virtual disk used by the virtual machine requires more free space than is available in the datastore.
244A vSphere administrator enables and configures a Software iSCSI Initiator, and configures an iSCSI vmkernel portgroup with Port Binding. The SAN administrator creates a few LUNs on an iSCSI server. However, when the vSphere administrator adds the IP address of the iSCSI server in the Dynamic Discovery list, no iSCSI targets are detected.
What condition would result in this behavior?
1. AThe iSCSI vmkernel portgroup and the iSCSI server are on different subnets
2. BThe iSCSI server IP address should be entered in the Static Discovery instead of Dynamic Discovery list
3. CThe network card bound to the iSCSI portgroup is 1Gbps Ethernet instead of 10Gbps
4. DA Software iSCSI Initiator cannot use Port Binding in conjunction with Dynamic Discovery
245Immediately after installing an ESXi host, an administrator needs to examine the following log files: • /var/log/hostd.log • /var/log/vmkernel.log • /var/log/vpxa.log
Which two connections would allow an administrator to examine these files? (Choose two)
1. AConnecting to the Direct Console User Interface
2. BAttaching a vSphere Client directly to the ESXi host
3. CAttaching the vSphere Web Client directly to the ESXi host 
4. DAttaching the vSphere Client to the vCenter Server managing the ESXi host
246A vSphere administrator needs to configure a virtual machine to meet a guaranteed CPU performance profile.
Which configuration setting could the administrator choose?
1. ASet the CPU Limit to High
2. BSet the CPU Shares to 500MHz 
3. CSet the CPU Guarantee to High
4. DSet the CPU Reservation to 500MH
247A vSphere administrator needs a way of sending noncritical ESXi events to a remote server. Due to budget constraints, no additional costs should be incurred.
Which tool will best meet this requirement?
1. AvSphere Syslog Collector
2. BvSphere ESXi Dump Collector
3. CvSphere vCenter Log Insight
4. DvSphere Management Appliance
248What is portrayed in the performance chart?
1. AThe ESXi host running the VM has Transparent Page Sharing enabled
2. BThe virtual machine's memory share value is set too high
3. CThe virtual machine is memory constrained
4. DThe ESXi host running the VM is low on memory
249A vSphere administrator can create an alarm on which two objects? (Choose two)
1. ALUN 
2. BDatastore
3. CTemplate
4. DFolder
250An administrator needs to modify a virtual machine alert to increase the threshold value of the trigger. Once connected to the vCenter Server, the administrator navigates to the virtual machine to make the change. However, the administrator is unable to edit the alarm. What is the reason that this alarm cannot be edited?
1. AThe alarm was not defined on this inventory object. 
2. BThe administrator is not the owner of this inventory object
3. CThe alarm was not created by the administrator. 
4. DThe alarm has not been acknowledged
251An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager is viewing the health of an ESXi host in the environment. There have NOT been any reported outages or issues with the ESXi host, but the administrator needs to determine if the host is behaving normally.
Which minor badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information?
1. AFaults
2. BAnomalies
3. CStress
4. DHealth
252Which minor badge scores are used to calculate the Health score in vCenter Operations Manager?
1. ATime remaining, Capacity remaining, Stress
2. BWorkload, Anomalies, Faults
3. CStress, Faults, Risk
4. DReclaimable Waste, Density
253What is indicated by the performance chart shown?
1. AGuest memory is overcommitted
2. BHost memory is overcommitted.
3. CHost is I/O constrained
4. DGuest is I/O constrained
254An administrator needs to use performance information from Windows virtual machines to better understand their effect on the vSphere 5.x hosts on which they run.
What must the administrator do to collect this information?
1. AInstall VMware Tools with the PERFMON counters enabled in the Advanced option of the installer. 
2. BInstall VMware Tools. Add counters in the PERFMON utility
3. CInstall VMware Tools. Edit the VMware Tools settings to enable the VM-specific counters
4. DInstall VMware Tools. Install the PERFMON plug-in for VMware Tools
255A vSphere administrator receives a request to capture the state of a virtual machine six times a day.
Which procedure will satisfy the requirement with the least amount of administrator intervention?
1. AUse the vSphere web client to configure a scheduled task to take a snapshot every four hours
2. BUse the vSphere web client to configure a scheduled workflow to take a snapshot every four hours
3. CUse the vSphere web client to manually initiate a snapshot of the virtual machine every four hours
4. DUse the vSphere web client to schedule an automated snapshot every four hours using Snapshot Manage
256What action should an administrator take to store ESXi 5.x host system logs centrally?
1. AConfigure vCenter Server to automatically export log files to a syslog server at regular intervals
2. BConfigure vCenter Server to send all log information to a syslog server
3. CConfigure each ESXi host to send all log information to a syslog server. 
4. DConfigure the syslog server to import log files from each ESXi host at regular intervals
257An administrator needs to configure an alarm that notifies administrators if an application is impacted by over-commitment of memory resources. The environment consists of 100 virtual machines running on 5 ESXi hosts that are configured in a fully automated HA/DRS cluster. The cluster is configured with a parent resource pool and Production and Development child pools.
Where should the administrator set the alarm to meet the requirement?
1. AOn each virtual machine
2. BOn each host
3. COn the Production resource pool
4. DOn the cluster
258An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager notices an increase in resource consumption by virtual machines over a period of time. The administrator needs to understand how adding more hosts or increasing resources in existing hosts will address the growing resource requirements of the virtual machines.
Which vCenter Operations Manager feature can provide this information?
1. AHost or Cluster Capacity Optimization Report
2. BWhat-if Scenarios 
3. CDensity and Reclaimable Waste badges
4. DVirtual Machine Optimization Report
259A vSphere administrator has configured a virtual machine alarm to trigger a warning when the condition Snapshot Size exceeds 1GB.
Which action should the administrator configure on the alarm to automatically resolve the condition?
1. ADelete Snapshot
2. BReset VM
3. CRun a Command
4. DConsolidate Snapshot
260An administrator needs to create an alarm to monitor when a specific ESXi host in an HA/DRS cluster becomes disconnected from other vSphere components like HA agents or the vCenter server.
Which process must the administrator use to accomplish this?
1. ADefine a Host type alarm, monitor for the event Cannot connect host, and supply a conditional trigger on Host name equal to a specific label
2. BDefine a Cluster type alarm, monitor for the event Cannot connect host, and supply a conditional trigger on Host name equal to a specific label
3. CDefine a Cluster type alarm, monitor for the event Host status changed, and supply a specific label for each host.
4. DDefine a Host type alarm, monitor for the condition Host status changed, and supply a specific label for each host.
261The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard shows Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues associated with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green.
What is the most likely reason for this health score?
1. AThe workload for the virtual machine is higher than normal, which is generating a large number of anomalies within vCenter Operations Manager. 
2. BA high stress and a pattern of constrained resources has been attributed to the virtual machine in vCenter Operations Manager
3. CA recent migration to another host in the cluster has violated HA admission control policy
4. DvCenter Operations Manager has determined that the time remaining for the virtual machine's assigned CPU resources is very low
262A VMware administrator determines that the active memory on an ESXi 5.x host is 20% and the consumed memory is 90%.
How much host memory is available to virtual machines?
1. A80%
2. B10%
3. C70%
4. D20%
263The vSphere administrator needs to check the system health of an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere Web Client. Which option in the Monitor tab should the administrator use for the selected
1. APerformance
2. BHardware Reports
3. CStorage Status 
4. DIssue Log
264A vSphere administrator needs to configure the environment to send a notification to a monitored email address every time a vSphere alarm is triggered.
Which procedure should the administrator use to accomplish the task?
1. AUse the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SMTP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email
2. BUse the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SNMP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email
3. CUse the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Server scheduled task that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered
4. DUse the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Orchestrator workflow that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered
265Which default alarm definition will send a notification trap if the redundant storage path is lost?
1. ACannot connect to storage
2. BDatastore removed from host
3. CHost storage status
4. DHardware health changed
266The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard is showing Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green:
How should an administrator resolve this issue?
1. ASelect the Anomalies badge to identify the cause of the abnormal behavior, then take appropriate action
2. BSelect the Stress badge to identify the cause of the increased stress, then take appropriate action
3. CSelect the Risk badge, identify the host at risk, and migrate the VM to a host with more resources
4. DSelect the Risk badge to identify how much time is remaining before CPU resources are gone, then assign more resources
267Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining, and Stress are minor badges of which major badge in vCenter Operations Manager?
1. AHealth
2. BRisk
3. CEfficiency
4. DWorkload
268Which minor badge items make up the Efficiency badge score for an ESXi host in vCenter Operations Manager?
1. AWorkload, Anomalies, Fault
2. BWorkload, Stress, Density
3. CTime Remaining, Capacity Remaining
4. DReclaimable Waste, Density