Which snapshot file is created on VMFS6?

A. # # # # # #.vmdk

B. # # # # # # – delta.vmdk

C. # # # # # # – sesparse.vmdk

D. Snapshot#.vmem

A vSphere administrator has configured software ISCSI port binding in the environment with two VMkernel ports and four target portals.
How many ISCSI sessions would be created from bound ports to targets?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 8

D. 16

A vSphere administrator is working in a high security environment. The administrator wants to ensure unencrypted VMs can be migrated securely.
What should the vSphere administrator use to meet this requirement?

A. vTPM

B. UEFI Secure Boot

C. KMS Server

D. encrypted vSphere vMotion

Which configuration could prevent an administrator from performing a vSphere vMotion migration?

A. CPU affinity is enabled on the VM.

B. The ESXi hosts use IPv6 addresses.

C. The VM has an RDM in virtual compatibility mode.

D. 1GbE adapters are in use for the vMotion network.

A cluster contains database VMs which have low utilization, except during a weekly data load that causes extremely high utilization.
As DRS balances the VM load, there is an extended period of slow performance.
Which two actions could be taken to reduce the impact of the recurring data load? (Choose two.)

A. Increase the number of vCPUs on the database VMs.

B. Enable VMware vRealize Operations Manager Integration with VMware vCenter.

C. Enable Proactive HA on the cluster.

D. Enable Predictive DRS on the cluster.

E. Increase the RAM allocated to the database VMs.

A vSphere administrator has a VM that needs to be deployed from a template located in an optimized content library.
What needs to be done before the VM can be deployed?

A. Export the template as an OVF.

B. Clone the template to a new template.

C. A subscribed content library needs to be created.

D. Deploy VM from the template.

What are two advantages of deploying a VDS as compared to a VSS? (Choose two.)

A. Data center setup and administration are simplified by centralizing network configuration.

B. There is IPv6 support for a VDS.

C. 802.1Q tagging support is available.

D. Uplinks are allowed to be configured in an Active/Standby configuration.

E. Ports migrate with their clients.

An administrator has an environment with these conditions and requirements:
✑ The host provides 6GHz of CPU and 32GB of memory
✑ The host is shared between the Marketing and QA departments
✑ The QA department needs a higher compute resource priority
How can the administrator meet the conditions and requirements?

A. Adjust NIOC or SIOC as appropriate to give the QA department a higher compute priority within the cluster.

B. Create a resource pool for each department and use the Shares attribute to prioritize the allocation of resource.

C. Assign affinity or anti-affinity rules to the appropriate VMs for each department.

D. Set the VM priority to high for QA department VMs and normal for Marketing department VMs.

Which two options could the administrator use to start the vSphere Authentication Proxy Service (Choose two.)

A. vIDM

B. vSphere Client

C. ESXi Command Line

D. VAMI

E. PSC

A vSphere administrator is performing a greenfield vSphere deployment with these requirements:
✑ vCenter Server sized for 100 ESXi hosts and 1000 virtual machines
✑ Each ESXi Host with 512 LUNs and 2048 paths mapped from Dell EMC XtremIO Storage Array
Which vCenter Server Appliance deployment size meets requirements?

A. Large

B. Tiny

C. Medium

D. Small

What is a benefit of using resource pools?

A. Increased visibility of user activity

B. Increased vMotion efficiency for a set of VMs

C. Increased accuracy for proactive resources for a set of VMs

D. Increased ease of reserving resources for a set of VMs

A vSphere administrator creates a VM with 2 vCPUs and 4GB memory. A 3GB memory reservation is applied to the VM. What size is .vswp file when the VM is powered on?

A. 1GB

B. 2GB

C. 3GB

D. 4GB

Which two software packages are included in vCenter Server Appliance? (Choose two.)

A. vSphere Update Manager extension

B. PostgreSQL database

C. vSphere Data Protection extension

D. vSphere Replication extension

E. AppDefense extension

A vSphere administrator uses a Dedicated Failover Hosts Admission Control Policy in a cluster. An ESXi host fails and vSphere HA attempts to restart the VMs onto the dedicated failover hosts. The hosts have insufficient resources.
What happens to the VMs?

A. vSphere HA restarts VMs in another cluster.

B. vSphere HA suspends the VMs until a host is available.

C. vSphere HA powers down the VMs.

D. vSphere HA attempts to restart the VMs on other hosts in the cluster.

What are two requirements to deploy VMware Site Recovery Manager? (Choose two.)

A. vCenter Server installed at the protected site and at the recovery site

B. Identical storage at the protected site and at the recovery site

C. host-based replication through vSphere Replication or preconfigured array-based replication

D. identical vCenter Server versions installed at the protected site and at the recovery site

E. identical ESXi versions installed at the protected site and at the recovery site

A vSphere administrator wants to deploy a VM directly from a VM template that is stored in a content library?
How can the administrator accomplish this?

A. Publish the content library first.

B. Convert the VM template to OVA.

C. Use the vSphere Client.

D. Copy the VM template to a local drive.

Which feature allows a vSphere administrator to reduce power consumption on a cluster?

A. WOL

B. BMC

C. DPM

D. DNS

A vSphere administrator is required to join all strategies ESXi hosts to an Active Directory domain for enhanced security.
Which utility would accomplish this?

A. Unified Access Gateway

B. vSphere Update Manager

C. vSphere Authentication Proxy

D. vSphere Auto Deploy

The VM storage policy compliance status is out of date.
Which step should the administrator take to maintain compliance with the existing storage policy?

A. Change the service level capability.

B. Assign a new storage policy.

C. Reapply the storage policy.

D. Migrate VM to another host.

A vSphere Administrator wants to move a vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller from one SSO domain to another SSO domain.
Which option in cmsso-util will achieve this?

A. domain-repoint

B. reconfigure

C. unregister

D. repoint

A vSphere administrator discovers the size of the .vswp file for a VM with 2 vCPUs and 4GB of memory is zero.
What could be the cause?

A. All VM memory is reserved.

B. Memory reservation is not set.

C. VM is running on a snapshot.

D. VM is in a suspended state.

What is required for host attestation to secure the hypervisor?

A. VM encryption

B. CHAP

C. TPM 2.0 chip

D. KMS server

After installing vCenter, which two identity sources and users are available by default? (Choose two.)

A. vsphere.vclass

B. Active Directory

C. vsphere.local

D. vIDM

E. localos

An administrator is planning a new cluster deployment supporting groups of 4 fault tolerant VMs. The fault tolerant systems require 8 vCPUs each.
What is the minimum number of hosts required to achieve this?

A. 4

B. 8

C. 16

D. 32

Refer to the exhibit.
What is required to fix the PSOD?
 

A. Skip unused VIBs during boot up.

B. Reboot the host.

C. Remove unsigned VIBs.

D. Reboot and enable secure boot from the UEFI firmware interface.

An administrator is using vSphere Web Client to configure the firewall to allow specific third-party application SSH access to an ESXi Host.
What is the most secure way to configure the firewall rule?

A. Specify remote IP subnet range in IP List.

B. Use Allow connection from any IP address.

C. Enable lockdown mode.

D. Disable the firewall.

Which two tasks are allowed in the X-Lence data center? (Choose two.)
 

A. User C can convert AX-850 to VM.

B. User B can delete from disk XRK-01.

C. User A can take a snapshot on XRK-01.

D. User A can take a snapshot on AX-1000.

E. User C can view configuration of AX-1000.

An administrator manages a cluster containing Production and Test VMs. Production VMs run on a VSS port group and a storage array separate from the Test
VMs. The administrator wants to prevent large (>500GB) file transfers in Test from impacting Production.
Which two configuration changes should the administrator make to achieve this? (Choose two.)

A. Migrate the VSS port groups to VDS port groups.

B. Install a second virtual NIC in the Production VMs.

C. Move the Production VMs to a resource pool with a memory reservation.

D. Enable the Test VMs to a dedicated folder with CPU shares set to low.

What should the administrator do to monitor the size of the VM snapshot?

A. Use native Guest OS monitoring tools.

B. Install VMware Tools.

C. Create a condition-based alarm.

D. Run esxtop.

A vSphere administrator wants to enable Proactive HA in a vSphere cluster.
What is required to use this feature?

A. vROps must be installed.

B. DRS must be enabled.

C. DCUI must be enabled.

D. VCHA must be configured.

Which vSphere APIs support storage hardware acceleration?

A. vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)

B. vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO)

C. VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)

D. VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI)

Which migration technique could be used to move a VM between vCenters while the VM is powered on?

A. Suspended

B. Shared-nothing vSphere vMotion

C. Cold

D. Storage vMotion

Which two options ensure all ESXi servers are protected from unsigned code? (Choose two.)

A. VM Encryption

B. vTPM

C. UEFI Secure Boot

D. TPM

E. vSAN Encryption

What of RAM required by ESXi 6.7?

A. 512MB

B. 2GB

C. 4GB

D. 8GB

Which vSphere feature is designed to distribute space usage and I/O load across multiple datastores?

A. Storage Policies

B. vStorage API for Array Integration

C. Storage I/O Control

D. vSphere Storage DRS

A customer is experiencing a network performance problem and is using the esxtop utility to determine the cause. Esxtop reveals no dropped packets.
Which two conditions should the customer check? (Choose two.)

A. packet size

B. data receive rate

C. IPv6 support

D. CPU contention

How should a vSphere administrator deploy VMs with virtual hardware version 13 on an ESXi 6.7 host?

A. Disable CPU Hot-Add feature.

B. Change the EVC settings on the cluster.

C. Change the default VM Compatibility settings.

D. Disable snapshot operation for virtual machines.

What are two requirements to implement vTPM in a vSphere environment? (Choose two.)

A. select EFI firmware for VM

B. enable TPM on ESXi host

C. enable UEFI Secure Boot

D. use VM hardware version 14

E. disable Quick Boot

How is vCenter HA different from vSphere HA?

A. vCenter HA requires only an active and passive node.

B. vCenter HA requires an external Platform Services Controller.

C. vCenter HA requires Fault Tolerance.

D. vCenter HA requires an active, passive, and witness node.

Where is vSphere Client Service health viewed?

A. VAMI

B. ESXi DCUI

C. Performance Charts

D. Host Client

What is the benefit of using Allow Quick Boot during host updates on supported hardware?

A. reduces host remediation time

B. enhances VM migration time

C. creates a restart priority sequence

D. enables host PXE boot

An administrator needs to identify where the VM encryption settings are stored.
Which file stores the encryption setting?

A. .vmdk

B. vmsd

C. .nvram

D. .vmx

An administrator suspects poor VM performance. The administrator runs esxtop and sees the following output from the CPU and memory screens:
6:48:19pm up 4:22, 528 worlds, 8 VMs, 16 vCPUs, CPU load average: 0.26, 0.36, 0.16
VMKMEM/MB: 8151 managed: 407 minfree, 3055 rsvd, 5095 ursvd, high state
What can the administrator conclude from this output?

A. The host has too many worlds running.

B. The host is ballooning.

C. The host has adequate memory.

D. The host is under CPU pressure.

Which rule should be used in an SDRS environment to create a VM requiring virtual disks be kept on different datastores?

A. VM Anti-Affinity Rule

B. Intra-VM VMDK Affinity Rule

C. VM-Host Affinity Rule

D. Intra-VM VMDK Anti-Affinity Rule

A vSphere Administrator has multiple virtual machines running on a VMFS datastore.
Which option prioritizes the disk access for the virtual machines?

A. Disk Shares

B. Disk Mode

C. Disk Type

D. Hard Disk

An administrator is installing a Platform Services Controller Instance.
Which two options are available during the installation process? (Choose two.)

A. choose deployment size

B. specify vSphere administrator credentials

C. enable Enhanced Linked Mode

D. create a vCenter Single sign-on domain

E. join an existing domain

A vSphere Administrator is receiving complaints a database VM is experiencing performance issues. The VM is a member of the high priority resource pool and the cluster has not experienced contention.
Which condition should be checked to address immediate performance concerns?

A. VM snapshots

B. VMFS version

C. Resource Pool share value

D. Configured CPU shares

What are two components of a VM-Host affinity rule? (Choose two.)

A. Host Group

B. Cluster settings

C. VM restart priority

D. VM restart action

E. VM Group

Which action should be taken to ensure vSphere Update Manager (VUM) is available?

A. Download VUM from myVMware.

B. Consider Windows based vCenter for compatibility.

C. Enable VUM in the vSphere Client.

D. Install VCSA.

A VSS is configured with two uplinks and assigned a load balancing policy route based on a virtual port ID.
What are two potential disadvantages of this configuration? (Choose two.)

A. A VM with a single MAC address is limited to the speed of the uplink associated with the relevant port ID.

B. Higher resource consumption compared to other load balancing algorithms will occur.

C. The virtual switch is unaware of uplink load and uplinks might become overloaded.

D. The NIC with less load is more likely to be chosen if port IDs match.

E. ESXi will use NIOC to attempt to mitigate network congestion when an uplink becomes saturated.