How should a vSphere administrator disable memory compression?

How should a vSphere administrator disable memory compression? 

A. Attach a vSphere Client to an ESXi host and edit the Mem.MemZipEnable advanced setting.
B. Connect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client and edit the virtual machine. Insert the Mem.MemZipDisable option and set the value to True.
C. Connect a vSphere Client to vCenter Server and configure the Memory Compression setting from the Administration menu.
D. Reboot the ESXi host and disable memory compression in the BIOS under Advanced Settings.






Answer: A

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?

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? 

A. Add the license to the ESXi host
B. Perform an in-place upgrade of the free vSphere Hypervisor to the paid version
C. Add the ESXi host to a licensed vCenter Server
D. Re-install the host with standard ESXi and the obtained license






Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. The vSphere Data Protection client plug-in is not installed on the administrator's desktop.
B. Accessing vSphere Data Protection requires the use of the vSphere Web Client.
C. The vSphere Data Protection plug-in is disabled in the vSphere Client on the administrator's desktop.
D. The administrator's desktop does not have connectivity to the vSphere Data Protection virtual appliance.






Answer: B

What is not a supported method for increasing the availability of a vCenter Server virtual machine?

What is not a supported method for increasing the availability of a vCenter Server virtual machine? 

A. vSphere High Availability
B. vSphere Fault Tolerance
C. vCenter Server Heartbeat
D. Site Recovery Manager







Answer: B

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

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

A. vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service, vCenter Server
B. vCenter Server, vCenter Single Sign-On, Inventory Service
C. vCenter Server, Inventory Service, vCenter Single Sign-On
D. vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Server, Inventory Service







Answer: A

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?

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? 

A. vSphere Essentials Kit
B. vSphere Essentials Plus Kit
C. vSphere with Operations Management Standard Acceleration Kit
D. vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Acceleration Kit






Answer: C

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

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

A. vShield Endpoint
B. vCloud Network and Security
C. vSphere Data Protection Advanced
D. vCenter Operations Manager





Answer: A

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?

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? 

A. vSphere Standard Edition
B. vSphere with Operations Management Standard Edition
C. vSphere Enterprise Edition
D. vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Edition







Answer: C

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Ensure all hosts in the cluster contain only Intel or AMD CPUs
B. Choose Reset all to Default in the CPU Identification Mask of the VM
C. Verify and correct the vmkernel port settings for the vMotion network
D. Configure the DRS Migration Threshold to the most conservative setting






Answer: B

Which Web service is installed during the vCenter Server installation?

Which Web service is installed during the vCenter Server installation? 

A. Internet Information Service (IIS)
B. WEBrick
C. Tomcat Web server
D. LiteSpeed Web server







Answer: C

Which information does the CPU Ready counter provide to a vSphere administrator?

Which information does the CPU Ready counter provide to a vSphere administrator? 

A. The virtual machine has requested CPU time, but the VMkernel cannot schedule the virtual CPU on a physical CPU.
B. The virtual machine is idle, and the VMkernel has idle physical CPU cycles.
C. The virtual machine has requested CPU time, and the VMkernel has idle physical CPU cycles.
D. The virtual machine is idle, but the VMkernel cannot schedule the virtual CPU on a physical CPU.






Answer: A

A vApp is performing poorly and an administrator determines that the memory resources are low. How should the administrator resolve this issue?

A vApp is performing poorly and an administrator determines that the memory resources are low.
How should the administrator resolve this issue? 

A. Configure a memory reservation for the vApp.
B. Configure a memory reservation for each VM in the vApp.
C. Rebuild the vApp using the wizard and assign memory reservations to the vApp.
D. Rebuild the vApp using the wizard and assign memory reservations to each VM.






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. LUN Masking is improperly configured on the storage array.
B. The SAN fabric is improperly zoned.
C. The ESXi host has NOT been rebooted.
D. The HBA in the host is incompatible with ESXi.






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The vMotion VMkernel ports on the hosts are configured with the same IP address.
B. The labels of the vMotion VMkernel ports are not identical.
C. The vMotion VMkernel ports are not labeled identically.
D. The vMotion VMkernel ports are using the same uplink.








Answer: A

While 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?

While 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? 

A. Enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) in the vSphere cluster.
B. Move the virtual machine to a VMFS 5 datastore built on shared storage.
C. Manually change the DRS automation level of the virtual machine to Enabled.
D. Move the secondary virtual machine to a host with a Fault Tolerance VMkernel port.






Answer: A

What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two.)

What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two.)

A. Networks
B. Applications
C. Storage
D. Management







Answer: A,C

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Fault Tolerance inflated the virtual machine's virtual disk file.
B. Fault Tolerance created a temporary logging file on the same datastore.
C. Fault Tolerance created a secondary copy of the virtual machine's virtual disk file.
D. The Fault Tolerance logging file ran out of disk space.






Answer: A

The 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?

The 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? 

A. The workload for the virtual machine is higher than normal, which is generating a large number of anomalies within vCenter Operations Manager.
B. A high stress and a pattern of constrained resources has been attributed to the virtual machine in vCenter Operations Manager.
C. A recent migration to another host in the cluster has violated
H. admission control policy.
D. vCenter Operations Manager has determined that the time remaining for the virtual machine's assigned CPU resources is very low.






Answer: A

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?

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? 

A. Active Directory domain name and credentials
B. System DSN
C. Partner Host Name
D. Lookup Service URL






Answer: C

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The only SSD disk in the new host was formatted with a VMFS datastore.
B. The new host has a 10Gbps NIC while the rest of the cluster members have 1Gbps NICs.
C. The RAID controller in the new host does not have enough cache for the Virtual SAN datastore.
D. The new host's VMFS datastores do not have sufficient capacity to be added as a contributing member.






Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the Space Utilization Difference threshold
B. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the percentage of the I/O imbalance threshold
C. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the Space Utilization Difference threshold
D. Edit the Storage DRS cluster settings to increase the size of the I/O imbalance threshold







Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. The virtual machines will have equal performance under all conditions.
B. The performance of the virtual machines will reduce by a factor of ten once the share value is adjusted.
C. The virtual machines will have equal performance under normal conditions and reduced performance when contention occurs.
D. The original virtual machine will perform better than the clone when contention occurs.






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Rescan for the new storage device
B. Ensure the LUN is zoned correctly
C. Add the new LUN to the Static Discovery list
D. Ensure the CHAP settings are correctly configured







Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Static - Manual
B. Transient - IP Pool
C. DHCP
D. Static - IP Pool





Answer: D

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Increase the disk share value for the high priority VM.
B. Migrate the low priority VM to another ESXi host.
C. Create a Storage Profile for each priority level.
D. Enable vSphere APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).







Answer: A

Which privilege should the administrator assign to allow a user to create baselines using Update Manager?

Which privilege should the administrator assign to allow a user to create baselines using Update Manager? 

A. Manage baseline
B. Attach baseline
C. Stage baseline
D. Configure baseline






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Network I/O Control was enabled.
B. The DRS cluster containing the VMs was set to Fully Automated with the Migration Threshold set to Conservative.
C. There were insufficient uplinks configured on the virtual switches.
D. The virtual switch port allocation was changed from the default setting.







Answer: D

A vSphere administrator needs to configure a virtual machine to meet a guaranteed CPU performance profile. Which configuration setting could the administrator choose?

A vSphere administrator needs to configure a virtual machine to meet a guaranteed CPU performance profile.
Which configuration setting could the administrator choose? 

A. Set the CPU Limit to High
B. Set the CPU Shares to 500MHz
C. Set the CPU Guarantee to High
D. Set the CPU Reservation to 500MHz






Answer: D

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The USB device was not enabled for vMotion when it was added to the virtual machine.
B. ESXi does not support vMotion with a USB device attached to the virtual machine.
C. The VMkernel port for vMotion is not enabled for USB traffic.
D. The virtual machine has the wrong USB controller installed.







Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Full Clone
B. Linked Clone
C. Template
D. Snapshot







Answer: C

A 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.)

A 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.) 

A. Connect to vCenter Server and retry the operation.
B. Use VMware Converter to perform the operation.
C. Connect to the host using the Web Client and retry the operation.
D. Use VMware Configuration Manager to perform the operation.







Answer: A,B

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?

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? 

A. Reset System Configuration
B. Rebuild Default System Configuration
C. Revert System Configuration
D. Renew Default System Configuration






Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Cluster or Host Capacity Inventory Report
B. Configured Host Capacity Report
C. Virtual Machine Capacity Overview Report
D. Virtual Machine Optimization Report








Answer: A

Which setting, if NOT configured, will prevent network connectivity?

Which setting, if NOT configured, will prevent network connectivity? 

A. The network label must be supplied.
B. The MAC address must be supplied.
C. The device status must be set to Connected.
D. The DirectPath I/O status must be Supported.








Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Manually configure a static MAC address
B. Enable DirectPath I/O
C. Ensure the vmnic is attached to the correct network
D. Change the adapter type to VMXNET3






Answer: D

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

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

A. Basic Single Sign-On with vCenter Server Heartbeat
B. Multisite Single Sign-On
C. Basic Single Sign-On
D. Single Sign-On with Linked Mode






Answer: B

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The administrator is connected to the ESXi host running the vApp.
B. The administrator is using the Web Client.
C. The vApp is in a partially deleted state.
D. The vApp has been converted to a resource pool.






Answer: A

Why is the network configuration shown in the exhibit impossible?

Why is the network configuration shown in the exhibit impossible? 

A. A single vmnic cannot be shared by two virtual switches.
B. The MAC address of the Management Network VMkernel port is invalid.
C. Virtual machines are not allowed to run on the same virtual machine port group as the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance.
D. Virtual Machine Port Groups and VMkernel Ports are not allowed on the same virtual switch.





Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. SSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
B. SSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vpxd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
C. SSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vmware-hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vmware-vpxa restart
D. SSH to the host and execute the commands - /etc/init.d/vmware-hostd restart and /etc/init.d/vpxd restart






Answer: A

An 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?

An 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? 

A. Define a Host type alarm, monitor for the event Cannot connect host, and supply a conditional trigger on Host name equal to a specific label.
B. Define a Cluster type alarm, monitor for the event Cannot connect host, and supply a conditional trigger on Host name equal to a specific label.
C. Define a Cluster type alarm, monitor for the event Host status changed, and supply a specific label for each host.
D. Define a Host type alarm, monitor for the condition Host status changed, and supply a specific label for each host.







Answer: A

While 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?

While 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? 

A. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to None
B. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Power Off
C. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Manual
D. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Excluded







Answer: B

When 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?

When 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? 

A. A virtual machine on the host has a removable device connected.
B. A virtual machine on the host is configured to use Fault Tolerance.
C. A virtual machine is powered off and cannot be migrated to another host.
D. A virtual machine is configured with a local .vswp file.







Answer: A

While 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?

While 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? 

A. Increase the amount of memory committed to log storage.
B. Increase the statistic data collection level to 4.
C. Change the roll-up type to maximum.
D. Create a persistent scratch location.







Answer: D

An 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?

An 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? 

A. The database was configured to use Windows authentication.
B. The DSN was configured using a 32-bit ODBC connection.
C. Update Manager does not support the use of a remote database.
D. Port 9087 is being blocked by Windows Firewall on the Update Manager server.








Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. HA admission control is blocking the restart of the virtual machines due to insufficient resources to support the configured failover level of the cluster.
B. The vMotion network has failed on the remaining hosts preventing the virtual machines from migrating.
C. Storage vMotion has failed on the datastore containing the virtual machines preventing them from migrating.
D. The 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.






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The virtual machine is running
B. The virtual machine has been configured with a CPU limit
C. CPU Hot-add has not been enabled on the virtual machine
D. The virtual machine is in a resource pool with no available CPU resources








Answer: A,C

The 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?

The 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? 

A. vMotion migration
B. Cold migration
C. Enhanced vMotion migration
D. Storage vMotion migration








Answer: B

A 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?

A 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? 

A. The ESXi host has less than 10MB free in its /tmp directory.
B. The user performing the upgrade has insufficient privileges.
C. The Update Manager service has not been configured with root level access to the host.
D. The baseline has been configured using an invalid ISO image.






Answer: A

A 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?

A 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? 

A. Delete Snapshot
B. Reset VM
C. Run a Command
D. Consolidate Snapshot






Answer: C

What is the purpose of configuring a VMkernel port for Fault Tolerance logging?

What is the purpose of configuring a VMkernel port for Fault Tolerance logging? 

A. The selected vmkernel port is used to send external inputs from a primary virtual machine to its secondary counterpart.
B. The selected vmkernel port is able to log Fault Tolerance events to a syslog server.
C. The selected vmkernel port is used to trigger a failover from the primary machine if a hardware crash occurs.
D. The selected vmkernel port is able to maintain a log of changes to the secondary virtual machine.







Answer: A

An administrator is planning a vSphere Fault Tolerance implementation for 6 virtual machines. Which two virtual disk types are supported with FT? (Choose two.)

An administrator is planning a vSphere Fault Tolerance implementation for 6 virtual machines. Which two virtual disk types are supported with FT? (Choose two.) 

A. Raw Device Mapped LUN configured for Virtual Compatibility Mode
B. Raw Device Mapped LUN configured for Physical Compatibility Mode
C. Virtual disk thick provisioned, eager zeroed
D. Virtual disk thick provisioned, lazy zeroed







Answer: A,C