You have a critical application that cannot go down. What vCenter feature provides the ability for the application to continue to run even if a host fails?
Answer : A
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-Server-WP-BestPractices.pdf
(page 2, introduction)
You have purchased additional storage for your storage array and want to load balance the space and performance to utilize the new drives as simply as possible. Which feature can be used to automatically move some of the VMs from the old disks to the new disks?
Answer : C
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsphere-storage-drs- interoperability.pdf
How does vCenter communicate with each other ESXi Server?
Answer : D
Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere- esxi-vcenter-server-501-host-management-guide.pdf (page 50)
You need more advanced monitoring and planning tools than vCenter can provide. You decide to implement vCenter Operations Manager (vC OPS) for this. vC OPS provides which two pieces of information that will help in these areas: (Choose two.)
Answer : B,C
Reference: http://www.petri.co.il/vcenter-operations-manager-5-review.htm
You have a virtual machine that requires a software update. You have not yet tested the update, so you need a back out plan. If the update fails you want to recover the VM to its current state. Which of the following features will help you do this in the least amount of time?
Answer : C
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/preserve_snapshot_ws.html
You are explaining virtual networking to your colleague. During the discussion she asks you how the VMs are able to talk to physical devices on the network. Which of the following is true statement?
Answer : B
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi_architecture_wp.pdf
The executives in your company have been following recent events and decide that they need a DR plan. They want an automated solution with the ability to non-disruptively test it to ensure that it will work when there is a real disaster. Which technology meets these requirements?
Answer : A
Reference: http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx%2F4AA2-1230ENW.pdf (page 3, see second bullet point)
Several web server virtual machines in your environment are experiencing poor performance. Upon further investigation you learn that one very active database virtual machine is consuming most of your storage bandwidth. You would like to restrict the storage performance of the database VM to increase the performance of the web server
VMs. Which of the following features will help you do this?
Answer : B
Reference: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/definition/VMware-DRS
You are the System Administrator for your organization and you have received an SNMP alert that states that one of your ESXi servers has suffered a fan failure and will automatically shut down in 2 minutes. This particular host is currently hosting a virtual machine that is running an enterprise application that cannot be down for any length of time. Which vSphere technology could help in this situation?
A. Fault Tolerance (FT)
B. vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
C. Storage vMotion -
D. vSphere Data Protection -
Answer : C //searchvirtualstorage.techtarget.com/definition/Storage-vMotion
Your company is evaluating data center virtualization on a single ESXi host. You intend to add additional hosts, and perhaps even create a cluster of ESXi hosts configured for High
Availability. What software is required to create this cluster of ESXi hosts?
Answer : D
Reference: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/What-is-VMware-vCenter-Server
Your organization would like to evaluate vSphere, but you are concerned that you won't be able to take advantage of many of the features because you do not have a shared storage infrastructure.
Which VMware feature could help you transform your local storage into usable shared storage for your VMs?
Answer : B
Reference: http://labs.vmware.com/vmtj/storage-drs-automated-management-of-storage- devices-in-a-virtualized-datacenter
The name of the Type 1 hypervisor used in VMware's product line is:
Answer : D
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_ESX (second para on the page)
Which VMware product assists in maintaining regulatory compliance?
Answer : C
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vcenter/VMware-vCenter-Operations-DS-
EN1.pdf -
Your company is very cyclical in nature, with periods of very high demand and periods of very low demand. You've heard that Distributed Power Management (DPM) may be helpful in saving money. What function does DPM perform?
Answer : B
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Distributed-Power-Management-vSphere.pdf
After a recent change control problem, your management team is asking you to implement a solution that will identify and monitor unauthorized changes that have been made to your vSphere environment. Which of the following products can help you monitor and detect non-compliant hosts?
Answer : A
Reference: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-Host-Profiles-Tech-
Overview.pdf (page 5)