What information is required as part of an interactive ESXi 6.x installation?

A. Keyboard layout

B. IP Address

C. Root password

D. DNS information

Which two statements are true about VMFS5 datastores on ESXi 6.x? (Choose two.)

A. Virtual Disk (VMDK) size can be larger than 2TB.

B. Datastore extent size can be larger than 2TB.

C. Only Physical Mode Raw Device Map (Passthrough-RDM) can be larger than 2TB.

D. 2MB block size is required to support larger than 2TB file size. AB

An administrator is creating a new Virtual SAN cluster on a Layer 2 network. There is an existing Virtual SAN cluster on the same Layer 2 network.
Which two actions would allow the new Virtual SAN cluster to coexist with the older cluster? (Choose two.)

A. Change the default Multicast Address on the new Virtual SAN cluster.

B. Change the default Unicast Address on the new Virtual SAN Cluster.

C. Create a separate VLAN for each cluster.

D. Create an ARP Alias for the Virtual SAN VMkernel Network Adapter.

An administrator creates a DRS cluster of eight ESXi 6.x hosts. There are 10 virtual machines balanced across the hosts. An attempt to place the first host into maintenance mode fails.
What are two reasons that the host failed to enter maintenance mode? (Choose two.)

A. The DRS cluster Automation Level is set to Partially Automated mode.

B. One of the virtual machines on the ESXi Host entering maintenance mode is configured with a DRS Host affinity rule Should run on hosts in group.

C. One of the virtual machines on the ESXi Host entering maintenance mode is configured with a DRS Host affinity rule Must run on hosts in group.

D. One of the virtual machines on the ESXi Host entering maintenance mode is configured with an individual Automation Level set to Partially Automated.

A VMware vSphere 6.x Administrator sees the following output in esxtop:
 
What does the %RDY column represent?

A. CPU Cycle Wait Percentage

B. CPU Utilization

C. CPU Ready

D. Idle CPU Percentage

What three steps must be taken when removing a host from a vSAN-enabled cluster? (Choose three.)

A. Remove disks from diskgroups, remove disk groups.

B. Create at least one vSphere Standard Switch.

C. Remove VMKernel port with vSAN traffic checkbox checked.

D. Remove the host from vSAN cluster.

E. Place the host into maintenance mode with Full Migration option selected.

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

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

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

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

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

Which two networking connection types can be configured on a virtual switch? (Choose two.)

A. Virtual machine portgroups

B. VMkernel services (such as NFS, iSCSI, or vMotion) to the physical network

C. Web services over the Management Network

D. NFS and FCoE storage services

When configuring vSphere Replication for a virtual machine, what is the lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO) that can be selected?

A. 1 min

B. 5 min

C. 10 min

D. 15min

A vSphere Administrator sees the alarm:
vSphere HA virtual machine failed to failover
This occurred for a number of virtual machines on a particular ESXi host in a cluster with vSphere High Availability (HA) enabled. The virtual machines guest operating systems never reported a power event.
What happened?

A. The virtual machines were vMotioned off of the ESXi host.

B. The ESXi host is still running but has disconnected from the network.

C. The ESXi host failed and vSphere HA successfully failed over the virtual machines.

D. The previous virtual machine cloning operations failed to complete.

A vSphere Administrator recently introduced a new shared storage solution for the ESXi hosts. Despite good device specifications, this new storage solution is not performing well.
What are two VMware-recommended troubleshooting steps for fixing this? (Choose two.)

A. Restart the vCenter Server.

B. Check the VMware Hardware Compatibility List.

C. Verify that vCenter Server is running the latest patched version.

D. Verify that the drivers and firmware are at the recommended versions.

E. Restart the Platform Services Controller.

Which two allow for the disabling of Network Rollback operations? (Choose two.)

A. Modifying the vpxd advanded configuration options and adding the config.vpxd.network.rollback key

B. Modifying the C:ProgramDataVMwareCIScfgvmware-vpxvpxd.cfg file and adjusting the xml tag

C. Modifying the C:ProgramDataVMwareCIScfgvmware-vpxvpxd.cfg file and adjusting the xml tag

D. Modifying the C:ProgramDataVMwareCIScfgvmware-vpxfirstbootvpxd-service- spec.prop file and adjusting the xml tag

Which two statements are true about deploying and using vSphere Replication? (Choose two.)

A. ESXi hosts managed by a single vCenter Server instance require a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.

B. Sites managed by different vCenter Server instances require a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.

C. Sites managed by different vCenter Server instances require the use of Site Recovery Manager and a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.

D. ESXi hosts managed by a single vCenter Server instance require a single vSphere Replication appliance.

Which is the VDP appliance available storage configuration maximum?

A. 2 TB

B. 62 TB

C. 8 TB

D. 4 TB

Which two Fibre Channel zoning options are supported with vSphere 6.x? (Choose two.)

A. Single-Initiator

B. Single-Initiator-Single-Target

C. Multiple-Initiators-Single-Target

D. Multiple-Initiators-Multiple-Targets

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator has created the resource pool configuration shown in the Exhibit.
 
Based on the exhibit, which virtual machine(s) can be successfully powered on?

A. VM-M1 only

B. VM-K1 only

C. VM-K1 and VM-K2 only

D. VM-K1, VM-K2, and VM-M1

An administrator has been tasked with enabling High Availability (HA) on a cluster in a vSphere 6.x environment with default settings. The cluster configures properly and there are no errors.
The next day when powering on a virtual machine, an error is presented:
Not Enough Failover Resources -
Which three scenarios are likely causes of this error message? (Choose three.)

A. The default VM Monitoring Sensitivity is set too high.

B. There are not enough datastore heartbeat datastores configured by default.

C. The default slot size in the cluster is set too high.

D. There are virtual machines with large CPU reservations.

E. A host is in maintenance mode for a replacement of a failed Hard Drive.

What is the VDP appliance available storage configuration maximum?

A. 62 TB

B. 2 TB

C. 4 TB

D. 8 TB

What is a requirement when enabling a Virtual SAN cluster in an existing High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Cluster?

A. Disable DRS and HA before enabling Virtual SAN

B. Enable DRS before enabling Virtual SAN

C. Disable HA before enabling Virtual SAN

D. Enable Storage DRS before enabling Virtual SAN

A vApp template recently added to a Content Library is not displayed.
Which two actions could correct this problem? (Choose two.)

A. Manually synchronize the library

B. Select the Download all library content immediately option

C. Select the Sync subscribed library option

D. Manually download the vApp template

A vSphere Administrator has been tasked with configuring Jumbo Frames and the current environment is based on vSphere Standard Switch.
Which three steps are required?

A. Verify the physical switches in the environment have been properly configured.

B. Configure the Switch MTU.

C. Configure the Port Group MTU.

D. Migrate to a Distributed vSwitch.

E. Configure the Distributed vSwitch MTU.

A VMware vSphere 6.x Administrator is tasked with expanding a current vRealize Log Insight Deployment.
What two steps will accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

A. Run the startup wizard and select Join Existing Deployment.

B. Login to the vRealize Log Insight Management UI and select Add New Node.

C. Deploy another vRealize Log Insight server from the OVF.

D. Deploy and install vRealize Log Insight on a new Linux virtual machine.

What is the maximum supported RAM per virtual machine (VM) in vSphere 6.5?

A. 6128 GB

B. 2048 GB

C. 8192 GB

D. 4096 GB

An administrator needs to verify that vMotion operations can be performed in a vSphere data center.
What round trip time (RTT) latency is the maximum value that will allow vMotion operations to succeed?

A. 50ms RTT

B. 100ms RTT

C. 150ms RTT

D. 200ms RTT

What are three goals of resource management within a cluster? (Choose three.)

A. To prevent virtual machines from monopolizing resources and to guarantee predictable service rates.

B. To exploit undercommitted resources and overcommit with graceful degradation.

C. To provide solutions to potential problems that you might encounter when using vCenter Server.

D. To control the relative importance of virtual machines and provide flexible dynamic partitioning.

E. To provide additional network administration capabilities.

Which two choices would make a Virtual Machine compatible when enabling Fault Tolerance? (Choose two.)

A. e1000e virtual network adapter

B. 2 TB + VMDK

C. 4 Virtual CPUs (vCPU)

D. NIC passthrough

What are three valid disk configurations for the vSphere Data Protection 6.x Appliance? (Choose three.)

A. 500GB

B. 1TB

C. 1.5TB

D. 2TB

E. 4TB

A vSphere Administrator uses vMotion to migrate a virtual machine between two ESXi hosts and notices that they can no longer ping the VM.
What is the cause?

A. The destination host has an incorrect VLAN tag on the virtual machine port group for the VM

B. The destination host has two port groups with the same VLAN tag

C. The virtual machine has RDMs attached

D. There’s an MTU mismatch

Which two are true about the Risk badge in vRealize Operations? (Choose two.)

A. The Risk badge indicates potential future problems that may degrade the performance of the system.

B. Risks may require attention in the near future.

C. The Risk badge indicates problems that are degrading performance of the system.

D. Risks require attention now to correct system performance problems.

An administrator attempts to create a Thick Provisioned Virtual Disk (VMDK) on an NFS datastore; but it fails.
Which two reasons would explain the failure? (Choose two.)

A. Datastore is on an NFS 3 storage server that does not support Hardware Acceleration

B. Datastore is on an NFS 4.1 storage server

C. Only VMFS datastores support “Thick Provisioned” VMDK

D. The NFS datastore was not created on a “Thick Provisioned” device

What is the default load balancing policy for a newly created VMkernel port on a vSphere Distributed Switch?

A. Route based on originating virtual port ID

B. Route based on IP Hash

C. Route based on source mac address

D. Route based on physical NIC load

Which two scenarios can cause a VM to appear orphaned in the vSphere Web Client? (Choose two.)

A. The VM was unregistered from the ESXi host directly.

B. The ESXi host had an unsuccessful failover event in vSphere HA.

C. The VM was removed from the vCenter Server.

D. The VM had an unsuccessful migration within a vSphere DRS cluster.

A vSphere Administrator recently upgraded to vSphere .6.5 and wants to assign more than 4 TB of RAM to the virtual machine.
What must happen first?

A. Make sure that the user account has administrative privileges at a global level.

B. Upgrade the Virtual Machine compatibility to version 13.

C. Obtain an ESXi server with an Intel Skylake CPU.

D. Make sure that there are no snapshots present on the virtual machine. B

One of your virtual machines (VM) has performance issues and sometimes in unresponsive.
Which VM file must be checked in order to find the root cause?

A. vpxd.log

B. ds.log

C. vminst.log

D. vmware.log

Which two options can be used for vCenter Server 6.x database availability? (Choose two.)

A. NSX load balancer

B. Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG)

C. vCenter Server Watchdog

D. vCenter Server Heartbeat

E. Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering

An administrator attempts to install vCenter Single Sign-On Server. The installer returns an error message indicating that the installation failed. Prior to the installation, all setup prerequisites were met. The administrator has generated a vCenter Server Single Sign-On support bundle.
Which two files should the administrator analyze to determine the cause of the failure? (Choose two.)

A. ServerutilslogsimsTrace.log

B. Serverutilslogsinstall.txt

C. %TEMP%utilslogsvminst.log

D. %TEMP%vminst.log AD

Why are some virtual machines orphaned after rebooting a High Availability (HA) enabled host?

A. The Orphaned virtual machines have HA restart disabled.

B. The Orphaned virtual machines moved recently and the change did not persist.

C. The host is attached to failed storage.

D. The host just came out of maintenance mode.

Which two storage controller configurations can be used with Virtual SAN? (Choose two.)

A. SAS controllers in Passthrough mode

B. SAS controllers in RAID0 mode

C. SAS controllers in RAID1 mode

D. SAS controllers in RAID10 mode AB

What is required to create a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

A. A minimum of two physical uplinks is required.

B. vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing is required.

C. The host is added to a vCenter Server.

D. Login to the ESXi Host with the Root account.

Which database is supported for the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5?

A. PostgreSQL

B. Oracle

C. Microsoft SQL Server

D. DB2

An administrator is unable to remove an ESXi 6.x host from a vSphere Distributed Switch.
What are two likely reasons for this issue? (Choose two.)

A. Vmkernel interfaces on the switch are still in use.

B. VM Network port group adapters are connected to different switch.

C. Physical NICs are migrated to different switch.

D. VM Network adapters are connected to this switch.

An administrator is configuring the Failover Order option on a vSphere Distributed Switch.
Which two options should be used with IP-hash load balancing? (Choose two.)

A. Active Uplinks

B. Standby Uplinks

C. Unused Uplinks

D. Override Failover Order

Which two statements are true when configuring a virtual flash resources (vFlash)? (Choose two.)

A. Virtual Machines cannot reside on the virtual flash resource.

B. Only Shared Storage can be configured as a virtual flash resource.

C. vSphere DRS does not support vFlash resources.

D. vFlash resources are managed at the ESXi host level.

A VMware vSphere 6.x Administrator is creating an Alarm Action.
What are three configurable actions? (Choose three.)

A. Shutdown Guest

B. Restart Guest

C. Send a notification email

D. Migrate VM

E. Run a command

A Long-Distance vMotion migration cannot complete.
Which three situations could cause this? (Choose three.)

A. The license currently in use for the two hosts in vSphere Enterprise Edition.

B. The round-trip time between the hosts is greater than 150 milliseconds.

C. The virtual machine is configured to use Virtual NVMe disks.

D. The vMotion traffic to the destination host is on the default TCP/IP stack.

E. The license currently in use for the two hosts is vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition.

What is the optimal configuration when building a virtual machine for a single-threaded Windows application?

A. Deploy single-threaded applications on uniprocessor virtual machines.

B. Deploy single-threaded applications on symmetric multi-processor virtual machines.

C. Tune single-threaded applications to take advantage of symmetric multi-processor resources.

D. Tune Single-threaded applications at the hypervisor level.

Which two actions are required when enabling vFlash Read Cache for a virtual machine's virtual disk? (Choose two.)

A. A value in the Virtual Flash Read Cache text box must be entered.

B. A Flash Resource Pool for Cache size reservation must be entered.

C. The Device backing and the block size must be configured.

D. The Enable virtual flash host swap cache check box must be selected.

Which two options are valid to create vApp in the vSphere Environment? (Choose two.)

A. Login using vSphere WebClient to the vCenter Server, right click on the standalone ESXi host and select Create new vApp.

B. Login using vSphere Host Client to the ESXi host, right click on the host and select Create new vApp.

C. Login using vSphere C# Client to the ESXi host, right click on the host and select Create new vApp.

D. Login using vSphere WebClient to the vCenter Server, right click on the Cluster and select Create new vApp.

You need to add an object to an existing vApp using the vSphere Web Client. How is this accomplished?

A. Create an Object Inside the vApp.

B. Add an Object to a vApp.

C. Add an Object to the Datastore the vApp is located in.

D. Move all Objects to a new Datastore folder.

An administrator is installing vCenter Server for an environment that has 40 ESXi 6.x Hosts and 150 virtual machines.
Which database would meet the minimal requirements needed for this task?

A. vFabric Postgres

B. Microsoft SQL Express 2008

C. Microsoft SQL Server 2014

D. Oracle 11g