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An administrator is tasked with applying updates to a vSphere cluster running vSAN using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. Downtime to the ESXI hosts must be minimal while the work Is completed. I he administrator has already completed the following steps and no errors have been returned: Downloaded all applicable software and created a new Image Attached the new Image to the cluster and run a compliance check against the Image for the cluster Ran a remediation pre-check for the cluster Which two series of steps should the administrator perform to start the remediation of the cluster using the new image? (Choose two.). 1-use the remediate option in vsphere lifecycle manager to remediate all of the esxi hosts in the cluster in parallel. 2-allow vsphere lifecycle manager to automatically control maintenance mode on the esxi hosts. 1-place each of the esxi host into maintenance mode manually. 2-use the stage option in vsphere lifecycle manager to stage the required software on all esxi hosts one at a time. 1-leave all esxi hosts in the cluster operational 2-use the stage all option in vsphere lifecycle manager to stage the required software into all esxi hosts one at time. 1-leave all esxi hosts in the cluster operational 2-use the stage all option in vsphere lifcycle manager to stage the required software into all esxi hosts in the cluster in parallel. 1-use the remediate option in vsphere lifecycle manager to remediate all of the esxi hosts in the cluster in sequence 2-allow vsphere lifecycle manager to automatically control maintenance mode on the esxi hosts.

An administrator is working with VMware Support and Is asked to provide log bundles for the ESXI hosts in an environment. h three options Joes the administrator have? (Choose three.). generate a combined log bundle for all esxi hosts using the vcenter management interface. generate a separate log bundle for each esxi hosts using the vsphere host client. generate a combined log bundle for all esxi hosts using the vsphere client. generate a separate log bundle for each esxi host using the vsphere client. generate a separate log bundle for each esxi host using the vcenter management interface. generate a combined log bundle for al esxi hosts using the vsphere host client.

An administrator needs to consolidate a number of physical servers by migrating the workloads to a software-defined data center solution. Which VMware solution should the administrator recommend?. vmware horizon. vmware vsan. vmware vsphere. vmware.

An administrator is tasked with configuring remote direct memory access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet v2 (RoCE v2). Which two types of adapters must the administrator configure? (Choose two.). paravirtual rdma adapter. rdma network adapter. software iscsi adapter. fibre channel over ethernet FCOE adapter. software nvme over rdma storage adapter.

An administrator has a host profile named Standard-Config. The administrator wants to change the other host profiles to use only the storage configuration settings that are defined in the Standard- Config host profile. What should the administrator do to make this change?. export host customizations and import them to the other host profile. copy the storage settings from standard-config to all other host profiles. duplicate the standard-config host profile and only modify the storage configuration settings. export the standard-config host profile and attach it to the other hosts.

Refer to the exhibit. VM showing template: vm template version 2 vm template version 3 Given the configuration shown in the exhibit, what must the administrator do to delete only the latest version of the template?. delete app-lib template 3 from SA-templates folder. in the SA-template folder, rename app-libtemplate 2 to app-libtemplate. check out applibtemplate 3 and delete the template from SA-templates folder. revert to app-libtemplate 2 and delete app-libtemplate 3.

A vSphere cluster has the following configuration: Virtual machines (VMs) are running Production and Test workloads vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is enabled There are no resource pools in the cluster Performance monitoring data shows that the Production workload VMs are not receiving their fully allocated memory when the vSphere cluster is fully utilized. A combination of which two steps could the administrator perform to ensure that the Production VMs are always guaranteed the full allocation of memory? (Choose two.). assign a custom memory share value to the resource pool containing the production vms. assign a memory reservation value to the resource pool containing the production vms. create a parent resource pool for the production vms. create sibling resource pool for each of the production and test vms. create a child resource pool for the test vms.

Which two datastore types store the components of a virtual machine as a set of objects? (Choose two.). vmware virtual machine file system VMFS. vmware vsan. network file system NFS 3. vsphere virtual volumes VVOLS. network file system NFS 4.1.

Refer to the exhibit. image of a trigger alarm config showing severity alarm, send email, send snmp) After updating a predefined alarm on VMware vCenter, an administrator enables email notifications as shown in the attached alarm; however, notifications are NOT being sent. Where must the mail server settings be configured by the administrator to resolve this issue?. in the esxi host system config. in the alarm rule definitions. in the vcenter settings in the vsphere client. in the vcenter management interface.

An administrator creates a virtual machine that contains the latest company-approved software, tools and security updates. Company policy requires that only full clones are allowed for server workloads. A combination of which two tasks should the administrator complete to prepare for the deployment of this virtual machine for multiple users? (Choose two.). set appropriate permissions on the virtual machine. create a virtual machine customization specification. upgrade the virtual hardware. convert the virtual machine to a template. take a snapshot of the virtual machine.

During the staging of a patch on a vCenter Server Appliance, an error was encountered and the process stopped. An administrator resolved the root cause and is ready to continue with the staging of the patch. From the vCenter Management Interface, which action should the administrator take to continue the process from the point at which the error occurred?. use the stage and install option to resume the staging. use the resume option to resume the staging. use the unstage option to restart the staging. use the stage only option to restart the stagin.

An administrator is adding a new ESXi host to an existing vSphere cluster. When selecting the cluster, the administrator Is unable to use the Cluster Quickstart workflow to add and configure the additional host. What could be the root cause of this issue?. the administrator has previously dismissed the cluster quickstar workflow. the administrator must manually add the host to the cluster before using the cluster quickstart workflow. the administrator has not been assigned the required permissions to use the cluster quickstart workflow. the administrator must enable the cluster quickstart workflow option in vmware vcenter.

A company has two sites: Site A and Site B. The administrator would like to manage the VMware vCenter inventories in both sites from a single vSphere Client session. Which vCenter feature must be configured?. vmware certificate authority. vmware site recovery manager. vcenter single sign-on. enhanced linked mode.

An administrator plans to update the Supervisor cluster and has noticed some of the Tanzu Kubemetes Grid clusters are running an incompatible version. update all tanzu kubernets grid clusters to the latest version prior to the supervisor cluster update. no action is needed - tanzu kubernets grid clusters will be update automatically as part of the update process. no action is needed - incompatible tanzu kubernets grid clusters can be manually updated after the supervisor cluster update. update incompatible tanzu kubernets grid clusters prior to the supervisor cluster update.

Which three vSphere features are still supported for Windows-based virtual machines when enabling vSphere's -virtualization-based security feature? (Choose three.). vsphere vmotion. pci passthrough. vsphere high availability HA. vsphere fault tolerance. vsphere distributed resources scheduler DRS. hot add of cpu or memory.

An administrator wants to create virtual machine (VM) templates and store them in a content library. The administrator would like to use the content library to manage different versions of these templates so that reverting to an earlier version is an option. How should the administrator create these templates?. select a vm in the vcenter inventory, clone the vm to the content library as a vm template type. select a vm template in the vcenter inventory, clone the template to the content library. export a vm in the vcenter inventory to an ovf template, import the ovf template into the content library. convert a vm to a template in the vcenter inventory, clone the template to the content library.

An administrator is tasked with configuring certificates for a VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) based on the following requirements: All certificates should use certificates trusted by the Enterprise Certificate Authority (CA) The solution should minimize the ongoing management overhead of replacing certificates. Which three actions should the administrator take to ensure that the solution meets corporate policy? (Choose three.). replace the vmware certificate authority VMCA certificate with a self-signed certificate generated. replace the machine ssl certificates with custom certificates generated from the enterprise CA. replace the machine ssl certificates with trusted certificate generated from the vmware certificate authority VMCA. replace the vmware certificate authority VMCA certificate with a custom certificate generated from the enterprise CA. replace the solution user certificates wife custom certificates generated from the enterprise CA. replace the solution user certificates with trusted certificates generated from the vmware certificate authority VMCA.

An administrator is tasked with moving an application and guest operating system (OS) running on top of a physical server to a software-defined data center (SDDC) in a remote secure location. The following constraints apply: The remote secure location has no network connectivity to the outside world. The business owner is not concerned if all changes in the application make it to the SDDC in the secure location. The application's data is hosted in a database with a high number of transactions. What could the administrator do to create an image of the guest OS and application that can be moved to this remote data center?. create a hot clone of the physical server using vmware vcenter converter. create a cold clone of the physical server using vmware vcenter converter. restore the guest OS from a backup. use storage replication to replicate the guest OS and application.

An administrator is tasked with configuring an appropriate Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for VMware vCenter based on the following criteria: The solution should support the creation of Enhanced Link Mode groups. All user accounts are stored within a single Active Directory domain and the solution must support only this Active Directory domain as the identity source. All user account password and account lockout policies must be managed within the Active Directory domain. The solution should support token-based authentication. Which SSO solution should the administrator choose based on the criteria?. vcenter identify provider federation with active directory federation services as the identity provider. vcenter single sign-on with active directory over LDAP as the identify source. vcenter single sign-on with active directory (windows integrated authentication) as the identity source. vcenter identity provider federation with active directory over LDAP as the identify provider.

An administrator is tasked with looking into the disaster recovery options for protecting a database server using VMware vSphere Replication. The following requirements must be met: The virtual machine must remain online during the protection. The virtual machine's snapshots must be used as part of the replication process. Which step must the administrator complete to accomplish this task?. configure the virtual machine storage policy. enable guest os vss quiescing for this virtual machine. perform a full initial synchronization of the source virtual machine to the target location. configure network traffic isolation for vsphere replication.

Refer to the exhibit. Template VM image showing: vm template version 2 vm template version 3 Given the configuration shown in the exhibit, what should the administrator do if the latest VM template contains changes that are no longer needed?. delete app-libtemplate 2. revert to app-libtemplate 2. delete app-libtemplate 3. check out app-libtemplate 3.

An administrator must gracefully restart a virtual machine (VM) through the vSphere Client but the option is greyed out. The administrator has full administrative access on VMware vCenter and all the objects available in vCenter, but has no access to log onto the operating system. Which action should the administrator take to meet the objective?. upgrade the virtual hardware. migrate the vm to another host. install vmware tools. restart vcenter.

An administrator is tasked with installing VMware vCenter. The vCenter Server Appliance must support an environment of: 400 hosts 4000 virtual machines Which two resources must be allocated, at a minimum, to meet the requirements? (Choose two.). 16 vcpus. 30gb memory. 4vcpus. 8 vcpus. 20gb memory.

Which VMware offering will allow an administrator to manage the lifecycle of multiple vCenter Server instances in a single software as a service (SaaS)-based solution to help drive operational efficiency?. vmware vsphere with tanzu. vmware cloud foundation. vmware vsphere+. vmware aria suite lifecycle.

Which feature would allow for the non-disruptive migration of a virtual machine between two clusters in a single VMware vCenter instance?. vsphere vmotion. cross vcenter migration. vsphere storage vmotion. vsphere fault tolerance.

Which four elements can a vSphere Lifecycle Manager image contain? (Choose four.). esxi base image. esxi configuration. vendor agents. vendor add-ons. bios updates. firmware and drivers add-on. independent components.

If a distributed switch uses the "Route based on physical NIC load" load balancing algorithm, what does the mean send or receive utilization of an uplink need to exceed for the flow of traffic to move to the second uplink?. 75 percent of the capacity over a 30 second period. 60 percent of the capacity over a 30 second period. 60 percent of the capacity over a 40 second period. 75 percent of the capacity over a 40 second period.

An administrator manually configures a reference ESXi host that meets company security standards for vSphere environments. The administrator now needs to apply all of the security standards to every identically configured host across multiple vSphere clusters within a single VMware vCenter instance. Which four steps would the administrator complete to meet this requirement? (Choose four.). extract the host profile from the reference host. export the host profile from vcenter. import host customization on the reference host. attach the host profile to each cluster that requires the secure configuration. check the compliance of each host against the host profile. reset host customization on the reference host. remediate all non-compliant hosts.

After a recent unexplained peak in virtual machine (VM) CPU usage, an administrator is asked to monitor the VM performance for a recurrence of the issue. Which two tools can the administrator use? (Choose two.). vcenter management interface. direct console user interface DCUI. vsphere performance charts. vcenter command line interface. esxi shell.

An administrator is tasked with configuring vSphere Trust Authority. The administrator has completed the following steps: Set up the workstation Enabled the Trust Authority Administrator Enabled the Trust Authority State Collected information about the ESXi hosts and vCenter to be trusted. Which step does the administrator need to complete next?. import the trusted host information to the trust authority cluster. import the trusted cluster information to the trusted hosts. create the key provider on the trusted cluster. import the trusted host information to the trusted cluster.

Refer to the exhibit. network image, vms, DVS, network pool, nodes An administrator set up the following configuration: The distributed switch has three ESXi hosts, and each host has two 40 Gbps NICs. The amount of bandwidth reserved for virtual machine (VM) traffic is 6 Gbps. The administrator wants to guarantee that VMs in the Finance distributed port group can access 50 percent of the available reserved bandwidth for VM traffic. The administrator wants to guarantee that VMs in the Finance distributed port group can access 50 percent of the available reserved bandwidth for VM traffic. Given this scenario, what should the size (in Gbps) of the Finance network resource pool be?. 18. 80. 36. 120.

A vSphere environment is experiencing intermittent short bursts of CPU contention, causing brief production outages for some of the virtual machines (VMs). To understand the cause of the issue, the administrator wants to observe near real-time statistics for all VMs. Which two vSphere reporting tools could the administrator use? (Choose two.). advanced performance charts. esxcli. resxtop. overview performance charts. esxtop.

Refer to the exhibit. (VM POWERED-OFF WITH WARNING) An administrator is tasked with adding new capacity to an existing software-defined data center (SDDC). The SDDC currently hosts two vSphere clusters (ClusterA and ClusterB) with different CPU compatibilities. vSphere vMotion and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) are currently in use in the SDDC. The new capacity will be implemented by provisioning four ESXi hosts running a new generation of Intel Skylake CPUs. All workload virtual machines (VMs) must support live migration to any cluster in the SDDC. The administrator noticed the running critical "ever virtual machine (VM) shown in the exhibit is not migrating using vSphere vMotion to the original Clusters A or B. Which three steps must the administrator take to support this functionality? (Choose three.). power on the vm. disable the enhanced vmotion compatibility EVC on the vm. reboot the vm. configure the enhanced vmotion compatibility evc on vsphere cluster a and b to support intel skylake. power off the vm. configure the enhanced vmotion compatibility evc on the vm to intel skylake.

An administrator Is performing maintenance activities and discovers that a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore has a lot more used capacity than expected. The datastore contains 10 virtual machines (VMs) and, when the administrator reviews the contents of the associated datastore, discovers that five- virtual machines have a snapshot file (-delta.vmdk flies) that has not been modified In over 12 months. The administrator checked the Snapshot Manager within the vSphere Client and confirms that there are no snapshots visible. Which task should the administrator complete on the virtual machines to free up datastore space?. consolidate the snapshots for each vm. inflate the disk files for each vm. delete all snapshots for each vm. storage vmotion each vm to another datastore.

An administrator is attempting to configure Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on five datastores within a vSphere environment. The administrator is being asked to determine why SIOC configuration completed successfully on only four of the datastores. What are two possible reasons why the configuration was not successful? (Choose two.). the datastore contains raw device mapping rdms. sas disks are used for the datastore. the datastore as multiple extents. the datastore is using iscsi. the administrator is using nfs storage.

An administrator has mapped three vSphere zones to three vSphere clusters. Which two statements are true for this vSphere with Tanzu zonal Supervisor enablement? (Choose two.). one supervisor will be created in a specific zone. one supervisor will be created across all zones. three supervisor will be created in linked mode. individual vsphere namespaces will be placed into a specific zone. individual vsphere namespace will be spread across all zones.

An administrator is investigating reports of users experiencing difficulties logging into a VMware vCenter instance using LDAP accounts. Which service should the administrator check as part of troubleshooting?. vsphere authentication proxy service. lookup service. identify management service. vmware authentication framework daemon.

An administrator Is looking to deploy a new VMware vCenter Instance. The current environment consists of 75 hosts and is expected to grow up to 100 hosts over the next three years. Which deployment size should the administrator select?. medium. tiny. large. small.

An administrator has been notified that a number of hosts are not compliant with the company policy for time synchronization. The relevant portion of the policy states: All physical servers must synchronize time with an external time source that is accurate to the microsecond. Which step should the administrator take to ensure compliance with the policy?. ensure that each vcenter server appliance is configured to use a network time protocol ntp source. ensure that each esxi host is configured to use a precision time protocol ptp source. ensure that each esxi host is configured to use a network time protocol ntp source. ensure that each vcenter server appliance is configured to use precision time protocol ntp source.

An administrator is creating a content library to manage VM templates and ISO images. The administrator wants to password-protect the images and templates and share them with a remote site. Which two tasks must the administration perform when creating the content library? (Choose two.). publish the local content library. enable the security policy. create a subscribed content library. select an nfs datastore. enable authentication.

An administrator is responsible for the management of a VMware vCenter instance that is currently experience performance issues. The administrator quickly identifies that the CPU and memory utilization of vCenter is consistently over 90%. Upon further analysis, it seems that the vpxd process is contributing significantly to the performance issue. A combination of which four steps should the administrator take to resolve the performance issues and ensure that a similar issue can be rectified without required downtime to vCenter moving forward? (Choose four.). gracefully shut down vcenter using the vsphere client. enable cpu hot add on the vcenter virtual machine. power on the vcenter server appliance using the vsphere host client. add a additional cpu and memory to the vcenter server appliance. enable cpu an memory hot add on the vcenter virtual machine.

administrator successfully installs VMware ESXi onto the first host of a new vSphere duster but makes no additional configuration changes. When attempting to log into the vSphere Host Client using the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the host, the administrator receives the following error message: 'server Not Found ­we can't connect to the server at esxit101.corp.local. Host FQDN: esxi 101. Corp. local Management VLAN ID: 10 DHCP: No Management IP Address: 172.16.10.101/24 Management IP Gateway: 172.16.10.1 Corporate DNS Servers: 172.16.10.5, 172.16.10.6 DNS Domain: corp.local Which three high level tasks should the administrator complete, at a minimum, in order to successfully log into the vsphere Host Client using the FQDN for the esxi101 and complete the configuration (Choose three.). ensure a dns a record is created for the vmware esxi host on the corporate dns server. update the vmware esxi management network dns configuration to use the corporate dns servers for name, resolution. update the vmware esxi management network ipv4 configuration to use a static a ipv4 address. configure at least two network adapters for the vmware esxi management network. set the value of the vmware esxi management network vlan id to 10. disable ipv6 for the vmware esxi management network.

When configuring vCenter High Availability (HA), which two statements are true regarding the active, passive, and witness nodes? (Choose two.). network latency must be less than 10 milliseconds. they must have a supported wide area network wan. they must have a minimum of 10 gbps network adapter. they must have a minimum of 1 gbps network adapter. network latency must be more than 10 miliseconds.

An administrator is deploying a new all flash vSAN cluster based on the vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA). What is the minimum supported network throughput in Gb/s for each host?. 50. 10. 25. 1.

An administrator enables Secure Boot on an ESXi host. On booting the ESXi host, the following error message appears: Fatal error: 39 (Secure Boot Failed). the kernel has been tampered with. the trusted platform module chip has failed. the administrator attempted to boot with a bootloader that is unsigned or has been tampered with. a package vib or driver has been tampered with.

To keep virtual machines (VMs) up and running at all times in a vSphere cluster, an administrator would like VMs to be migrated automatically when the host hardware health status becomes degraded. Which cluster feature can be used to meet this requirement?. predictive drs. proactive ha. vsphere ha orchestrated restart. vsphere fault tolerance.

An administrator wants to allow a DevOps engineer the ability to delete Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) cluster objects in a vSphere Namespace. Which role would provide the minimum required permissions to perform this operation?. administrator. can view. owner. can edit.

A group of new virtual machines have been deployed using thin-provisioned disks due to the limited storage space available in an environment. The storage team has expressed concern about extensive use of this type of provisioning. An administrator is tasked with creating a custom alarm to notify the storage team when thin provisioning reaches a certain capacity threshold. Where must the administrator define this alarm?. datastore. data center. datastore cluster. virtual machine.

What are three options an administrator can configure after creating a vSphere Namespace? (Choose three.). backup schedule. certificates. storage policies. update policies. permissions. resource and object limits.

A VMkernel port is labelled PROD01 and uses the default TCP/IP stack. Currently, this VMkernel port is configured for supporting live virtual machine (VM) migrations. Which configuration change should the administrator make to isolate live VM migration traffic from other network traffic?. remove prod01 and create a new vmkernel port and set the tcp/ip stack to vsphere vmotion. remove prod01 and create a new vmkernel port with the tcp/ip stack set to provisioning. create a new vmkernel port and set the tcp/ip stack to provisioning. modify prod01 by changing the tcp/ip stack to vsphere vmotion.

After adding a new vSphere ESXi host with identical hardware configuration to an existing vSphere cluster, which task would an administrator complete prior to checking the compliance with an existing host profile?. attach the host profile to the new host. duplicate the host profile. copy the host settings from the new host. import the host profile.

An administrator is tasked with deploying a new on-premises software-defined data center (SDDC) that will contain a total of eight VMware vCenter instances. The following requirements must be met: All vCenter instances should be visible in a single vSphere Client session. All vCenter inventory should be searchable from a single vSphere Client session. Any administrator must be able to complete operations on any vCenter instance using a single set of credentials. What should the administrator configure to meet these requirements?. two enhanced linked mode groups consisting of four vcenter instances each a single sign-on domain. a single hybrid linked mode group consisting of four vcenter instances each in a single sign-on domain. a single enhanced linked mode group consisting of eight vcenter instances in one single sigh-on domain. a single hybrid linked mode group consisting of eight vcenter instances in one single sign-on domain.

An administrator has Windows virtual machines (VMs) and VMware Tools is installed in each VM. The administrator performs a status check of VMware Tools using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. What is the VMware Tools status for the Windows VMs if the version of VMware Tools has a known problem and must be immediately upgraded?. version unsupported. guest managed. unknown. upgrade available.

Which three features are only available when using vSphere Distributed Switches instead of vSphere Standard Switches? (Choose three.). 802.1q tagging. port mirroring. netflow. configuration backup and restor. ipv6 support. ipv4 support.

An administrator is configuring vSphere Lifecycle Manager to install patches to a vSphere cluster. The cluster runs workload virtual machines (VMs) that are incompatible with vSphere vMotion, and therefore cannot be live migrated between hosts during the installation of the patches. Which configuration in vSphere Lifecycle Manager will allow the administrator to reduce the downtime associated with the patching operation without migrating the VMs?. enable distributed power management dpm and set the vm power state to the suspend to disk option. enable quick boot and set the vm power state to the suspend to disk option. enable vsphere high availability HA admission control and set the vm power state to the suspend to memory option. enable quick boot and set the vm power state to the suspend to memory option.

An administrator creates a new corporate virtual machine (VM) template every month to include all of the latest patches. The administrator needs to ensure that the new VM template is synchronized from the primary data center site (London) to two secondary data center sites (Tokyo and New York). The administrator is aware that datastore space is limited within the secondary data center sites. The administrator needs to ensure that the VM template is available in the secondary sites the first time a new virtual machine is requested. Which four steps should the administrator take to meet these requirements? (Choose four.). create a new published content library at the primary site. add the virtual machine template to the subscribed content library. create a new published content library in each secondary site. create a new subscribed content library in each secondary site. configure the subscribed content library to download content when needed. configure each subscribed content library to download content immediately. add the virtual machine template to the published content library.

An administrator is tasked with migrating a single virtual machine (VM) from an existing VMware vCenter to a secure environment where corporate security policy requires that all VMs be encrypted. The secure environment consists of a dedicated vCenter instance with a 4-node vSphere cluster and already contains a number of encrypted VMs. Which two steps must the administrator take to ensure the migration is a success? (Choose two.). Ensure that the source and destination vCenter instances share the same Key Management Server (KMS). Ensure that Encrypted vMotion Is turned off for the VM. Ensure that the VM is encrypted before attempting the migration. Ensure that the VM is powered off before attempting the migration. Ensure that the source and destination vCenter Servers have a different Key Management Server (KMS).

An administrator is tasked with providing users access to objects within an existing VMware vCenter instance. The vCenter inventory has a single data center with one management vSphere cluster and five workload vSphere clusters. The following requirements must be met for assigning the users access: Users must only be able to view all of the inventory objects associated with the management vSphere cluster. Users must be able to edit all of the inventory objects associated with the workload vSphere clusters. The administrator creates a custom role to provide the permissions needed to allow users to edit inventory objects. Which series of steps should the administrator complete to assign the custom role and provide the required level of access to users?. Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters and enable propagation. Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object and enable propagation. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters and enable propagation. Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters. Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object and enable propagation. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters.

An administrator has a requirement to revert a running virtual machine to a previous snapshot after a failed attempt to upgrade an application. When the administrator originally took the snapshot, the following choices in the Take Snapshot dialog were made: • Snapshot the virtual machine's memory = false • Quiesce guest file system = false What will be the result of the administrator selecting the ‘Revert to Latest Snapshot? option to return the virtual machine to a previous snapshot? (Choose two.). The virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot. The virtual machine will be restored in a powered off state. The virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot. The virtual machine will be restored in a powered on state. The virtual machine will be restored in a suspended state.

An administrator is planning to upgrade a VMware vCenter instance to version 8. It is currently integrated with the following solutions: * VMware Aria Automation * VMware Cloud Director Which tool can the administrator use to run Interoperability reports before the upgrade process?. sphere Update Manager. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. vCenter Server Update Planner. vSphere Lifecycle Manager.

An administrator decides to restore VMware vCenter from a file-based backup following a failed upgrade. Which interface should the administrator use to complete the restore?. Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). vCenter Management Interface (VAMI). vSphere Client. vCenter GUI Installer.

An administrator needs to provide encryption for workloads within an existing vSphere cluster. The following requirements must be met: • Workloads should be encrypted at rest. • Encrypted workloads must automatically be encrypted during transit. • Encryption should not require any specific hardware. What should the administrator configure to meet these requirements?. Encrypted vSphere vMotion. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot. Host Encryption. VM Encryption.

After a number of outages within a production VMware software-defined data center, an administrator is tasked with identifying a solution to meet the following requirements: • Reduce the risk of outages by proactively identifying issues with the environment and resolving them. • Reduce the complexity of uploading log bundles when raising support tickets. Which solution should the administrator recommend to meet these requirements?. VMware Aria Operations for Logs. VMware Skyline Advisor Pro. VMware Skyline Health. VMware Aria Operations.

An administrator is responsible for performing maintenance tasks on a vSphere cluster. The cluster has the following configuration: . Identically configured vSphere ESXi hosts (esx01, esx02, esx03 and esx04) • All workloads are deployed into a single VMFS datastore provided by the external storage array • vSphere High Availability (HA) has not been enabled • vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) has not been enabled Currently, a critical production application workload (VM1) is running on esx01. Given this scenario, which two actions are required to ensure VM1 continues to run when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode? (Choose two.). Fully automated DRS must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode. VM1 must be manually shut down and cold migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode. vSphere HA must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode. VM1 must be manually live migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode. VM1 must be manually migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere Storage vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.

An administrator needs better performance and near-zero CPU utilization from the ESXI hosts for networking functions and processing. The administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch and enables network offloads compatibility. Which solution would help achieve this goal?. VSphere Distributed Services Engine. Data Processing Units (DPUs). vSphere Network I/O Control. Universal Passthrough version 2.

An administrator needs to perform maintenance on a datastore that Is running the vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) virtual machines (VMs). Which feature can the administrator use in this scenario to avoid the use of Storage vMotion on the vCLS VMs?. vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). vSphere vMotion. vSphere Faull Tolerance. vCLS Retreat Mode.

What is the role of vSphere Distributed Services Engine?. Provide a live shadow Instance of a virtual machine (VM) that mirror, the primary VM to prevent data loss and downtime during outages. Implement Quality of Service (QoS) on network traffic within a vSphere Distributed Switch. Provide hardware accelerated data processing to boost infrastructure performance. Redistribute virtual machines across vSphere cluster host affinity rules following host failures or during maintenance operations.

A vSphere cluster has the following vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) group configuration: * Virtual machine (VM) group named DB * Host groups named PROD11 and PROD55 The administrator wants to force the VMs in the DB group to run on the hosts in the PROD11 group. However, if all the hosts in PROD55. Which VM/Host rule must the administrator create to ensure that these requirements are met?. A preferential rule between the DB group and PROD11 group. A preferential rule between the DB group and the PROD55 group. A preferential rule between the DB group and the PROD55 group. A required rule between the DB group and the PROD11 group.

An administrator is asked to configure a security policy at the port group level of a standard switch. The following requirements must be met: • The security policy must apply to all virtual machines on portgroup-1. • All traffic must be forwarded, regardless of the destination. Forged transmits set to reject. MAC address changes set to accept. Promiscuous mode set to reject. Promiscuous mode set to accept.

Following a merger with another company, an administrator is tasked with configuring an identity source for VMware vCenter so that all vSphere administrators can authenticate using their existing Active Directory accounts. Each company has user accounts in their own Active Directory forests. The following additional information has been provided: • The corporate policy states that only Windows-based machine accounts are allowed in Active Directory. Which action should the administrator take to configure vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) to meet this requirement?. Configure SSO to use Active Directory over LDAP as the identity source. Configure SSO to use OpenLDAP as the identity source. Join the vCenter Server Appliance to the LDAP domain. Configure SSO to use Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) as the identity source.

An administrator is tasked with allowing a single user the ability to take snapshots on a virtual machine. When looking in vCenter, the administrator can see that there are already users and groups assigned permissions on the virtual machine as follows: • The group VMJJsers has the Virtual Machine Power User role. • The group VM_Viewers has the Read Only role. The administrator confirms that the user requesting the additional access is currently one of five members of the VM_Viewers group Which two steps should the administrator take to grant this user the additional access required without impacting the user access of others? (Choose two.). Add the user to the VM_Users group and leave the permissions on the virtual machine object unchanged. Add a new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the user and the new custom role. Edit the Read Only role to add the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges. Create a new custom role with the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges. new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the VM_Viewers group and the new custom.

An administrator is investigating user logon failures for a VMware vCenter instance Where can the administrator find log files containing information related to user login activities?. On the vCenter Management Interface. On the ESXi host using the Direct Console User Interface. On the vCenter Server Appliance. In the vSphere Client when viewing the vCenter virtual machine.

The vCenter inventory contains a virtual machine (VM) template called Linux-01. The administrator wants to install a software patch into Linux-01 while allowing users to continue to access Linux-01 to deploy VMs. Which series of steps should the administrator take to accomplish this task?. 1. Verify that Linux-01 is in a content library 2. Clone Linux-01 3. Convert the clone to a VM 4. Install the software patch. 1. Convert Linux-01 to a VM 2 Install the software patch 3 Convert the VM back to a VM template 4 Add Linux-01 to the content library. 1. Verify that Linux-01 is in a content library 2. Checkout Linux-01 3. Install the software patch 4.Check in Linux-01. 1. Clone Linux-01. 2. Convert the clone to a VM 3. Install the software patch. 4. Convert the VM back to a template.

Which step is completed during Stage 1 of the vCenter Server Appliance deployment?. Join a vCenter Single Sign-On domain. Create a new vCenter Single Sign-On domain. Select the deployment size. Configure SSH access.

An administrator is preparing for a deployment of a new vCenter Server Appliance. The following information has been provided to complete the deployment: • ESXi Host name (FQDN): esxOl.corp local . ESXi IP Address: 172.20.10.200 • vCenter Server Name (FQDN): vcsa01 corp.local • vCenter Server IP Address: 172.20 10.100 • NTP Server: 172.20.10.20 • DNS Server: 172.20.10.1 • Deployment Size: Tiny • Storage Size: Default Which two actions must the administrator complete before starting the installation of the vCenter Server Appliance? (Choose two.). Create a DNS CNAME record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01.corp.local). Create a DNS CNAME record for the ESXi Host server (esx01.corp.local). Create a reverse DNS A record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01). Create a reverse DNS A record for the ESXi Host server (esx01). Create a forward DNS A record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01).

What is the minimum network throughput in Gb/s for vSAN using the Express Storage Architecture (ESA)?. 50. 25. 1. 10.

An administrator is required to configure several Microsoft Windows virtual machines (VMs) to support Secure Boot for a critical secure application. The following information is provided: • The corporate security policy states that all forms of data encryption must utilize a key provider. • The firmware of each VM is currently set to use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). • Due to the nature of the application running within the VMs, the guest operating system for each VM is currently a minimum of Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Which security feature should the administrator implement to meet these requirements?. vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption. vSphere Visualization-Based Security. Virtual Intel Software Guard Extensions (vSGX). Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM).

An administrator is tasked with adding two additional hosts into an existing production vSphere cluster to support the need for additional capacity. The vSphere cluster currently has four identically configured ESXi hosts (esxOT esx02. esx03 and esx04) that utilize Intel Skylake-based CPUs. The two new hosts (esx05 and esx06) are configured identically in terms of memory and storage to the existing hosts: but utilize Intel Ice Lake-based CPUs. The administrator must ensure that: • Any virtual machine migrates to any of the six ESXi hosts running in the cluster. • There is no virtual machine downtime during the process of adding the new hosts. Which step should the administrator take to meet these requirements?. Create a new vSphere cluster with Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) enabled and move all hosts into A' the new cluster. Create a new vSphere cluster and move only three hosts into the new cluster. Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) mode on the existing cluster and add the two new hosts into the cluster. Create a new vSphere cluster with vSphere High Availability (HA) enabled and move all hosts into the new cluster.

An administrator has configured Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore. • The datastore supports 30,000 IOPS • Storage I/O Control has been set to manual • Storage I/O Control is triggered when latency hits 30 ms • The datastore contains 3 virtual machines (VMs) • A gold tier VM • A silver tier VM • A bronze tier VM Assuming the datastore latency does not exceed 29ms, what is the maximum number of IOPS the bronze tier VM is entitled to?. 30,000. 20,000. 10,000. 5,000.

An administrator needs to configure a content library solution based on the following information: • A new corporate virtual machine (VM) template is created every month to include all of the latest patches. • The new VM template should be downloaded from the primary data center site (London) to two secondary data center sites (Tokyo and New York) as soon as possible. • There is limited disk space available at one of the secondary data center sites (Tokyo) due to an ongoing data center consolidation project. Which four steps should the administrator take to configure the content library solution before adding a VM template? (Choose four.). Create a new published content library In each secondary site. Configure the New York subscribed content library to download content immediately. Configure the Tokyo subscribed content library to download content immediately. Configure the Tokyo subscribed content library to download content when needed. Create a new published content library at the primary site. Configure the New York subscribed content library to download content when needed. Create a new subscribed content library in each secondary site.

An administrator is asked to segregate virtual machine (VM) traffic by VLAN on a vSphere standard switch The following requirements must be met: • VLAN ID on the switch port group must be 4095. • VLAN tagging must be done at the VM level. Which tagging mode is required?. External Switch Tagging (EST). None. Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT). Virtual Switch Tagging (VST).

An administrator notices a performance issue in VMvvare vCenter To try and understand more about the performance issue, the administrator needs to gather more information about the vCenter database to eliminate a potential disk space issue. Which two tools can the administrator use? (Choose two.). vCenter Management Interface (VAMI). Perform. df. esxtop. vSphere Client.

An administrator is preparing to perform an update to vSphere clusters that are running vSAN. The administrator wants to ensure that the following requirements are met as part of the update: • All hosts in the cluster are updated with the same software. • The firmware versions on the hosts are updated • The new software versions are checked for compliance against the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List. Which three steps should the administrator take to meet these requirements? (Choose three.). Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager with an image for the cluster. Register the vendor hardware management system as a vCenter Server extension. Download the firmware updates from the VMware website. Download the firmware updates from the vendor website. Run a hardware compatibility check using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager with a baseline for the cluster.

An administrator notices a Fibre Channel adapter in an ESXi host has been experiencing inconsistent connectivity states. Which trigger can be used to quickly identify the issue and alert the administrator so that the issue can be resolved?. Host Connection Lost. Lost Network Path Redundancy. Lost Network Connectivity. Lost Storage Connectivity.

An administrator needs to create affinity rules for the following vSphere cluster setup: • The cluster contains two virtual machines (VMs) named app01 and app02. • The cluster contains six hosts named esx11 through esx16. • The app01 and app02 VMs run software that is licensed to run only on esx11, esx12, or esx13. • vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is configured Which set of steps must the administrator perform to ensure that the licensing requirements are met for app01 and app02?. 1. Add all the hosts to a host group 2. Create a VM-VM anti-affinity rule for app01 and app02. 1. Add the esx11 - esx13 hosts to a host group 2. Create a VM-VM affinity rule for app01 and app02. 1 Add the VMs to a VM group and the esx11 - esx13 hosts to a host group 2 Create a VM-Host required rule between the VM group and the host group. 1. Add the VMs to a VM group and the esx11 - esx13 hosts to a host group 2. Create a VM-Host preferential rule between the VM group and the host group.

An administrator remotely deploys VMware ESXi using an out of band management connection and now needs to complete the configuration of the management network so that the host is accessible through the vSphere Host Client. The following information has been provided to complete the configuration: • Host FQDN esxi01corp.local • Management VLAN ID: 10 DHCP: No • Management IP Address: 172.16.10.101/24 • Management IP Gateway: 172.16.10.1 . Corporate DNS Servers: 172 16.10.5, 172.16.10..6 • DNS Domain: corp.local In addition, all host configurations must also meet the following requirements: • The management network must use only IPv4 network protocols. • The management network must be fault tolerant Which four high level tasks should the administrator complete in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) in order to meet the requirements and successfully log into the vSphere Host Client? (Choose four.). Set the value of the VMware ESXi Management Network VLAN ID to 10. Configure at least two network adapters for the VMware ESXi Management Network. Update the VMware ESXi Management Network IPv4 configuration to use a static IPv4 address. Create a DNS A Record for the VMware ESXi host on the corporate DNS servers. Disable IPv6 for the VMware ESXi Management Network. Restore the original Management vSphere Standard Switc. Update the VMware ESXi Management Network DNS configuration to use the corporate DNS servers for names resolution.

An administrator is tasked with looking into the disaster recovery (DR) options for a software-defined data center (SDDC). The following requirements must be met: • All virtual machines (VMs) must be protected to a secondary site. • The source VMs must remain online until the failover. • When failing over to the secondary site, application downtime is allowed • The DR failover must be managed from the vSphere Client. • Costs must remain as low as possible. How can the administrator accomplish this task?. Configure VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) and combine it with array-based storage replication. Configure VMware a Site Recovery Manager and combine it with vSphere Replication. Configure a subscribed content library on the secondary site. Configure VMware Site Recovery Manager and combine it with array-based storage replication.

An administrator needs to update a VMware vCenter instance to a newer minor release version. Due to restrictions within the environment, the vCenter instance does not have access to the Internet As a first step, the administrator downloads the required update on another machine. What are the next steps the administrator must perform to complete the update? A Place the update ISO file in a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore. ' Use the vSphere Client to select the update ISO file as the source for the update. Place the update ISO file in a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore. Use the vSphere Client to select the update ISO file as the source for the update. Mount the ISO update file to the CD-ROM drive of the vCenter instance Use the vCenter Management Interface to select the CD-ROM as the source for the update. Place the ISO update file in a folder accessible to the vCenter instance over HTTPS. Use the vCenter Management Interface to select the update file as the source for the update. Place the ZIP update file in a folder accessible to the vCenter instance over HTTPS Use the vSphere Client to select the update file as the source for the update.

Which two tasks can be completed using vSphere LifeCycle Manager? (Choose two.). Manage the firmware lifecycle of ESXi hosts that are part of a managed cluster with a single image. Check that the ESXi hosts are compliant with the recommended baseline and update the hosts. Upgrade VMware vCenter from version 7 to 8. Check the hardware compatibility of the hosts in a cluster against the VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) using baselines. Manage the firmware lifecycle of ESXi hosts are part of a managed cluster using baselines.

What are two use cases for VMware vSphere+? (Choose two.). Enhance on-premises workloads by managing them through the VMware Cloud Console. Allow live migration between on-premises and VMware Cloud. Increase the performance of the native vCenter vMotion capability. Allow the creation of affinity and anti-affinity rules to be used during failover events. Simplify vCenter lifecycle management through cloud-enabled automation.

An administrator is tasked with implementing a backup solution capable of backing up the Supervisor cluster, vSphere Pods, and persistent volumes. Which two solutions must be used to meet this requirement? (Choose two.). VMware vCenter. Standalone Velero and Restic. NSX-T Manager. vSphere Host Client. Velero Plugin for vSphere.

Refer to Exhibit: 3 vms showing cpu config, seems 2 resources pool An environment has the following configuration: • Resource Pool “RP-MOM? has a reservation of 6GHz and one running virtual machine (VM) "VM-M1? with 1 GHz reserved • Resource Pool ^RP-KID? has a reservation of 2GHz, and expandable reservations is activated The administrator creates two VMs, “VM-K1? and 'VM-K2?, in the ''RP-KID? resource pool with 2GHz reserved for each, and turns on “VM-M1 ? Given this scenario, which statement is true?. The administrator must deactivate expandable reservations to turn on VM-K2. The administrator can create a third VM ( VM-K3?) at RP-KID and reserve 6GHz. VM-K2 can be powered on because it can get the resources needed from RP-MOM. VM-K2 cannot be powered on because there are not enough resources in RP-KID.

Exhibit switch VDS, health health status details: unkown An administrator configures a distributed switch and adds the first VMware ESXi server to it. The administrator also performs the following activities: • The administrator assigns two uplinks to the distributed switch. • The administrator enables uplink teaming. When attempting to perform a health check of the teaming policy, the health status of the Teaming and Failover reports as ' Unknown?, as seen in the exhibit. What can the administrator changes in the distributed switch for the health status to report correctly?. Add a minimum of three hosts with two uplinks each. Add a minimum of two hosts with two uplinks each. Add a minimum of three hosts with four uplinks each. Add a minimum of two hosts with one uplink each.

A vSphere cluster hosts a three-tier application. The cluster has 50% resources available. If a host in the cluster fails, the database server must be online before the application server, and the application server must be online before the Web server. Which feature can be used to meet these requirements?. Predictive DRS. vSphere HA Orchestrated Restart. vSphere HA Restart Priority. Proactive HA.

An administrator is completing the configuration of a new vSphere cluster and has enabled vSphere High Availability (HA) and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). After adding the ESXi hosts to the cluster, which networking information will the administrator be prompted to provide when using the Cluster Quickstart workflow?. vMotion networking. Management networking. vSAN networking. Virtual machine networking.

Refer to the exhibit vms vds nodes (4 nodes using 2 uplinks 10gb) An administrator set up the following configuration: • The distributed switch has four ESXi hosts, and each host has two 10 Gbps NICs. • In the Network I/O Control configuration, the amount of bandwidth reserved for virtual machine (VM) traffic if 4 Gbps. The administrator wants to guarantee that VMs in the Retail distributed port group can access 50 percent of the available reserved bandwidth for VM traffic. Given this scenario, what should the size (in Gbps) of the Retail network resource pool be?. 40. 32. 8. 16.

What are two uses cases for VMware Tools? (Choose two.). Time synchronization with an NTP server. Direct deployment of the Aria Automation Config minion. Share folders between ESXi hosts and guest OS file systems. Ability to shut down a virtual machine remotely. Support for unsupported network device drivers.

An administrator wants to use tag-based placement rules on their virtual machine disks using VMware vCenter. Which option would allow the administrator to achieve this?. Storage Policy Based Management. Storage I/O Control. vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA). vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).

An administrator runs a two-node vSphere cluster, which contains two domain controller virtual machines (VMs). The administrator wants to ensure that VMs run on separate hosts without interfering with normal maintenance operations. How should the administrator configure Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)?. Create a 'Must run Virtual Machines to Hosts' anti-affinity rule. Create a 'Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines' anti-affinity rule. Create a 'Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines' dependency rule. Create a 'Should run Virtual Machines to Hosts' anti-affinity rule.

An administrator plans to bring VMware vCenter offline in order to perform hardware mainte-nance on the host where the vCenter Server Appliance is running. Which vSphere feature must be configured to ensure that vCenter users experience minimal downtime?. vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler. Hybrid Linked Mode. vCenter Server High Availability. Enhanced Linked Mode.

An administrator receives reports from the application team of poor performance of a virtual machine (VM). The administrator reviews the virtual machine and discovers that it has 20 snapshots that are over 12 months old. What could the administrator do to improve the VM’s performance?. Inflate the base disk to make space for future snapshots. Revert to the latest snapshot. Consolidate all of the snapshots into the base VM. Identify and delete the largest delta .vmdk file.

An administrator manages VM templates and ISO images for a remote office. Their main requirements are to store these templates in a single repository and manage different versions of the templates. What solution should the administrator deploy to meet these requirements?. A subscribed content library. A local content library. A vSAN datastore. A shared VMFS datastore.

Refer to the exhibit. vm showing virtual machine cpu usage in red After removing an ESXi host from a cluster for maintenance, a number of virtual machines have encountered the warning seen in the exhibit. After re-adding the ESXi, the issue is resolved. Which step should the administrator take to move the triggered alarm to its normal state?. Ignore. Reset to Green. Acknowledge. Disable.

A combination of which two components of the software-defined data center (SDDC) are responsible for the initial abstraction of CPU, memory, disk, and network resources and their subsequent management? (Choose two.). VMwere ESXi. VMware vCenter Cloud Gateway. VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. VMware vCenter. VMware Aria Operations.

An administrator identifies a snapshot file named "Win10-000001-sesparse.vmdk" on a datastore. Which type of information can be determined about this datastore? (Choose the best answer.). The datastore is formatted as VMFS3. The datastore is formatted as VMFS6. The datastore is a raw device mapping. The datastore is a vSAN datastore.

Which feature can an administrator configure to have a copy of critical virtual machines in another cluster? (Choose the best answer.). vSphere Storage vMotion. vSphere Fault Tolerance. vSphere Replication. Instant Clone.

An administrator sees a virtual machine message that reads, "Consolidation is required" in the vSphere Client. Which action does ESXi take when the administrator completes snapshot consolidation? (Choose the best answer.). Collapses all snapshots in the current snapshot tree. Commits redundant delta disks to the base disk. Collapses all snapshots into a single snapshot. Deletes all snapshots without committing to the base disk.

An administrator wants to create a master copy of an existing virtual machine (VM) named "TestApp" and deploy VMs from this master copy whenever a user requests one. Which method can the administrator use to create a master copy of TestApp? (Choose the best answer.). Deploy from an Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) template. Convert a template to a VM. Clone the VM to a template. Create a new VM.

Which feature is a prerequisite for Proactive High Availability (HA)? (Choose the best answer.). vCenter High Availability. vSAN Cluster. Predictive Distributive Resource Scheduler (DRS). vSphere Distributive Resource Scheduler (DRS).

A host profile is updated with a new password that urgently needs to be changed on all hosts attached to the host profile. Which option would an administrator select to complete the password change? (Choose the best answer.). Copy Settings from Host. Remediate. Check Host Profile Compliance. Edit Host Customizations.

Which two performance tools can be used to monitor virtual machines outside the guest operating system? (Choose two.). vCenter Server performance charts. Task Manager. top. esxtop. Perfmon.

What is the default shutdown order of virtual machines (VMs) on a host? (Choose the best answer.). Alphabetical based on VM names. Highest utilization to lowest utilization. Largest VM to smallest VM. Reverse of the startup order.

An administrator is tasked with allowing a single user the ability to take snapshots on a virtual machine. When looking in vCenter, the administrator can see that there are already users and groups assigned permissions on the virtual machine as follows: • The group VM_Users has the Virtual Machine Power User role. • The group VM_Viewers has the Read Only role. The administrator confirms that the user requesting the additional access is currently one of five members of the VM_Viewers group. Which two steps should the administrator take to grant this user the additional access required without impacting the user access of others? (Choose two.). Create a new custom role with the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges. Add the user to the VM_Users group and leave the permissions on the virtual machine object unchanged. Add a new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the VM_Viewers group and the new custom role. Edit the Read Only role to add the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges. Add a new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the user and the new custom role.

You enabled NIOC, reserved virtual machine system traffic, and created a network resource pool. Which of the following steps do you need to take to allow a virtual machine to use the network resource pool?. In the inventory pane, drag and drop the virtual machine onto the network resource pool. Assign the network resource pool to the distributed port group where the virtual machines are connected. Add the virtual machine to the resource pool. Edit the virtual machine and set the network resources allocation policy.

You want to use microsegmentation to protect the applications and data in your vSphere environment. What should you implement?. VMware NSX. VMware vRealize Automation. VMware vRealize Log Insight. VMware AppDefense.

You are configuring remediation setting for Lifecycle Manager. Which of the following settings are only available when working with baselines and do you want to reduce time and vm state?. VM Migration and Maintenance Mode Failures. VM Migration and Admission Control. PXE Booted Hosts and Removable Media Devices. Quick Boot and VM Power State.

You are creating user accounts in the vCenter SSO domain. With default settings, which of the following is a valid password?. VMwarerocks !!. VMworld!. VMware1!. VMwareR0cks.

You are configuring IPsec on your ESXi hosts. Which of the following commands can you use to list the available security associations on an ESXi host?. esxcli network ip ipsec sa list. esxcli network ip sa list. esxcli network ip ipsec list. esxcli network ipsec sa list.

You are repointing a vCenter Server to an existing domain. Which of the following is not a valid resolution setting involving conflicts among the settings between the old and new domains?. Merge. Delete. Copy. Skip.

On which of the following items can you set permissions in vCenter Server?. Datastores. Roles. Licenses. Sessions.

You are modifying an existing vDS. Which of the following options is not available on the Advanced settings page?. Traffic Filtering and Marking. MTU. Multicast Filtering Mode. Discovery Protocol.

You are deploying a new vSphere environment and need to control which users can manage certificates. Which vCenter Server Single Sign-On domain group membership should you manipulate?. CAAdmins. SystemConfiguration_Administrators. SolutionUsers. DCAdmins.

You are assigning a VLAN ID to a standard port group. What is the acceptable range?. 0-4095. 1-4094. 0-4094. 1-1095.

You need to restore the vCenter Server from a file-based backup. Which of the following will not be restored?. Resource pool hierarchy and setting. vSphere DRS configuration and rules. Cluster-host membership. vSphere DRS cluster state.

You want to migrate virtual machines across vCenter instances. Which of the following statements is true concerning vMotion migration across vCenter Server instances?. For encrypted vMotion migration, you can use the vSphere Client. For encrypted vMotion migration, you must use the vSphere APIs. vMotion migration of encrypted virtual machines is not supported. Encrypted vMotion migration of non-encrypted virtual machines is not supported.

An administrator is investigating the reason for a virtual machine restarting. In the vmware.log file, the administrator finds the following error: a problem was detected and a shutdown was requested to prevent damage. User or API request to shut down guest operating system. High Availability. Guest operating system fault. User or API request to restart guest operating system.

You want to enable NetFlow in a distributed port group. Which of the following steps should you take?. In the distributed port group's Advanced settings, set NetFlow to Enable. Enable port mirroring on the distributed port group. Change the distributed port group's monitoring policy. Change the distributed port group's security policy.

You are adding an Active Directory over LDAP identity source. Which setting must you provide?. Base DN for users. SPN. Use machine account. UPN.

What are benefits of using VMware vSphere High Availability (HA)?. Improved virtual machine performance. Enhanced network security. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Automatic restart of virtual machines on healthy hosts in case of host failure.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Auto Deploy?. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To streamline the deployment of ESXi hosts. To enhance network security. To manage virtual machine power settings.

You are adding an OpenLDAP authentication source for your recently deployed vCenter Server. Which of the following is not a requirement?. All users must have the object of class inetOrgPerson. All users must be members of the OpenLDAP group. All groups must have the object of class groupOfUniqueNames. All groups must have the group membership attribute uniqueMember.

Which of the following are features of VMware vSphere Virtual SAN (VSAN)?. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Enhanced network security. Improved virtual machine performance. Distributed, shared storage for virtual machines.

Which of the following are features of VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)?. Improved virtual machine performance. Predictive DRS for proactive resource management. Enhanced network security. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines.

Which feature of VMware vSphere provides automatic balancing of virtual machine workloads across a cluster?. DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler). HA (High Availability). FT (Fault Tolerance). vMotion.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control (SIOC)? (Select all that apply). To manage virtual machine power settings. To enhance network security. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To prioritize storage resources for virtual machines.

What is the purpose of vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT)?. To improve virtual machine performance. To enhance network security. To provide automatic load balancing of virtual machines. To provide continuous availability for virtual machines.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions (BDE)?. To deploy and manage Hadoop clusters on vSphere. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To manage virtual machine power settings. To enhance network security.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Host Profiles?. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To replicate virtual machines for disaster recovery. To automate the configuration of ESXi hosts. To monitor and manage virtual machine storage performance.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)?. To monitor host performance. To manage virtual machine storage. To provide network connectivity for virtual machines. To enable integration with third-party backup software.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)? (Select all that apply). Simplified network configuration and management. All the options. Enhanced network security. Support for private VLANs. Improved network performance.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC)?. To reduce power consumption by powering off hosts during periods of low utilization. To enhance network security. To prioritize network traffic for different types of network traffic. To manage virtual machine power settings.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Replication?. To enhance network security. To improve virtual machine performance. To replicate virtual machines for disaster recovery. To automatically balance virtual machine workloads.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere vMotion?. To migrate virtual machines between hosts without downtime. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To replicate virtual machines for disaster recovery. To monitor and manage virtual machine performance.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM)?. To manage virtual machine power settings. To reduce power consumption by powering off hosts during periods of low utilization. To enhance network security. To provide high availability for virtual machines.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVols)?. To provide high availability for virtual machines. To manage virtual machine power settings. To provide per-virtual machine storage management. To enhance network security.

You are using host profiles to deploy a standard configuration to ESXi hosts. Which of the following provides the proper order of operation?. Click Pre-check Remediation, click Pre-check Remediation, click Remediate. Click Attach Host Profile, click Remediate, click Pre-check Remediation, click Finish. Click Attach Host Profile, click Pre-check Remediation, click Remediate. Click Pre-check Remediation, click Remediate, click Attach Host Profile, click Finish.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC)?. Enhanced network security. Improved virtual machine performance. Seamless integration of Docker containers into vSphere environments. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Content Library? (Select all that apply). Enhanced network security. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Simplified deployment of virtual machines. Centralized management of virtual machine templates, ISO images, and scripts.

Which of the following are features of VMware vSphere App HA?. Continuous application monitoring and restart. Improved virtual machine performance. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Enhanced network security.

What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that can be allocated to a virtual machine in VMware vSphere 8.x? Possible hw 19 limitation. 32. 8. 64. 16.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)? (Select all that apply). Offloads storage operations to the storage array. Improves virtual machine performance. Facilitates integration with third-party backup software. Enhances network security.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)?. To provide network connectivity for virtual machines. To automatically balance computing workloads across a cluster of hosts. To manage virtual machine storage. To monitor host performance.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT)?. Enhanced network security. Continuous availability of virtual machines in case of host failure. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Improved virtual machine performance.

How does VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) improve virtual machine availability?. By providing real-time replication of virtual machines. By automatically restarting virtual machines on other hosts in case of host failure. By reducing virtual machine downtime during maintenance. By enabling fault tolerance for virtual machines.

What is the purpose of a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) in VMware vSphere?. To automate virtual machine deployment. To manage virtual machine storage. To monitor host performance. To provide network connectivity for virtual machines across multiple hosts.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Storage DRS (SDRS)?. Enhanced network security. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Improved virtual machine performance. Automatic storage migration based on storage capacity and performance.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVols)?. Improved virtual machine performance. Granular, per-virtual machine storage management. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines. Enhanced network security.

Which of the following are benefits of using VMware vSphere Storage DRS. Enhanced network security. Automatic storage migration based on storage capacity and performance. Improved virtual machine performance. Automatic load balancing of virtual machines.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM)?. To monitor host performance. To automate patch and update management for ESXi hosts and virtual machines. To manage virtual machine storage. To provide network connectivity for virtual machines.

Which vSphere feature allows you to automatically balance virtual machine workloads across hosts. vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). vSphere vMotion. vSphere Storage vMotion. vSphere High Availability (HA).

Which vSphere feature allows you to create a copy of a virtual machine that is independent of the original?. vSphere Snapshots. vSphere Templates. vSphere Cloning. vSphere DirectPath I/O.

Which vSphere feature allows you to create and manage virtual machine snapshots for backup and recovery?. vSphere Templates. vSphere Snapshots. vSphere Templates Library. vSphere Cloning.

Which of the following are features of VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)? (Select all that apply). Centralized management of virtual networks. Enhanced network security. Improved network performance. Support for private VLANs.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere vCenter Server?. To enhance network security. To manage virtual machine power settings. To centrally manage ESXi hosts and virtual machines. To provide high availability for virtual machines.

Which VMware vSphere feature allows you to create and manage virtual machine templates for rapid deployment?. vSphere Snapshots. vSphere Templates Library. vSphere Templates. vSphere Cloning.

What is the purpose of VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)? (Select all that apply). Enhanced network security. Support for private VLANs. Improved network performance. Centralized management of virtual networks.

What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs supported by VMware vSphere 8.x for a virtual machine? possible hw version 21. 64. 512. 128. 256.

Which vSphere feature allows you to create and manage virtual networks, including VLANs and network policies?. vSphere Standard Switch (vSS). vSphere Networking. vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC).