VCP 2

Question 1 of 36

1

The storage vendor recommends adjusting the Fibre Channel HBA queue depth to resolve a performance problem.
Which esxcli namespace can a vSphere Administrator use to adjust the queue depth?

Select one or more of the following:

esxcli system module parameters
esxcli storage core device
esxcli system module set
esxcli storage core adapter

Explanation

Question 2 of 36

1

Which statement applies to the vSphere Replication appliance?

Select one or more of the following:

Only one vSphere Replication appliance can be deployed per vCenter Server instance.
VMware Tools in the vSphere Replication appliance can be upgraded.
A single vSphere Replication appliance can manage a maximum of 4000 replications.
vSphere Replication is available only with the vSphere Essentials Plus license.

Explanation

Question 3 of 36

1

Which three statements are correct regarding booting an ESXi Host from Fibre Channel SAN? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Direct connect topology is supported.
Each host must have its own boot LUN.
ESXi hosts do not require local storage.
Multipathing to a boot LUN on an active-passive array is supported.
Hosts can share one common boot LUN.

Explanation

Question 4 of 36

1

An administrator sets the Failover Capacity for both CPU and Memory at 25%.
Based on the Exhibit below, how much of the cluster’s total CPU resources are still available to power on additional virtual machines?

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

45%

25%

70%

60%

Explanation

Question 5 of 36

1

A security officer has issued a new directive that users will no longer have access to change connected network adapters to limit denial of service on a virtual machine.
Which two correct virtual machine advanced configuration parameters will accomplish this? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

isolation.device.edit.disable = “FALSE”
isolation.device.edit.disable = “TRUE”
isolation.device.connectable.disable = “FALSE”
isolation.device.connectable.disable = “TRUE”

Explanation

Question 6 of 36

1

“OneAppServer” is a VM template stored in a content library named “LibraryOne”, but the vSphere administrator is not able to use this template for deployment.
Why is the administrator unable to deploy OneAppServer?

Select one or more of the following:

OneAppServer must be updated before it can be deployed.
LibraryOne is a subscribed library and OneAppServer is not downloaded yet.
LibraryOne is published and optimized for syncing over HTTP.
OneAppServer was imported from a local file on the system.

Explanation

Question 7 of 36

1

What are two features introduced in Network I/O Control version 3? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Bandwidth reservation per traffic type
Network resource pools
CoS tagging
Bandwidth guarantee to virtual machines

Explanation

Question 8 of 36

1

An administrator has multiple vCenter Server 6.5 systems but cannot enable Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a datastore shared by ESXi hosts managed by the vCenter Server systems.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve the issue?

Select one or more of the following:

Unmount the datastore and then enable SIOC on the vCenter Server system.
Configure the datastore to be managed by a single vCenter Server system.
Configure Storage DRS and then enable SIOC on the vCenter Server system.
Enable Raw Device Mapping (RDM) on the ESXi hosts.

Explanation

Question 9 of 36

1

When enabling Storage DRS on a datastore cluster, which three components are enabled as a result? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Space load balancing among datastore within the datastore cluster.
Initial placement for virtual disks based on space and I/O workload.
I/O load balancing among datastores within the datastore cluster.
Queue Depth alerting on disks within the datastore cluster.
Data de-duplication within the datastore cluster.

Explanation

Question 10 of 36

1

Which three are supported upgrade processes for ESXi host? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

using vSphere Auto Deploy
using a TFTP server
using Update Manager
using an ESXCLI command
installing from CIFS share

Explanation

Question 11 of 36

1

When performing a vCenter Server 5.5 for Windows with Microsoft SQL Server Express database migration to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5, which will be the target database?

Select one or more of the following:

Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012R2
Microsoft SQL Server Standard 2012R2
PostgreSQL
Oracle DB 11g

Explanation

Question 12 of 36

1

A user is given the “Virtual machine user (sample)” role in a vSphere 6.x environment.
Which three permissions would the user be able to perform? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Reset a virtual machine.
Power on a virtual machine.
Move a host into a cluster.
Configure CD media.
Migrate a virtual machine with Storage vMotion.

Explanation

Question 13 of 36

1

Which is the maximum number of block devices (LUNs) that are supported by ESXi hosts that are running version 6.5?

Select one or more of the following:

1024
512
2048
256

Explanation

Question 14 of 36

1

Which three prerequisites must be in place prior to enabling secure boot for a virtual machine? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

VirtualMachine.Config.Settings privileges
an encrypted USB drive
Virtual Hardware version 13 or later
Virtual Hardware version 12 or later
EFI firmware

Explanation

Question 15 of 36

1

Which CLI command shows the physical uplink status for a vmnic?

Select one or more of the following:

esxcli network ip connection list
esxcli network ip neighbor list
esxcli network nic get
esxcli network nic list

Explanation

Question 16 of 36

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Which are the two network requirements for a VMware vSAN 6.5 cluster? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Multicast must be enabled on the physical switches and routers that handle vSAN traffic.
vSAN requires IPv6 only.
All hosts must have a dedicated 40GbE NIC.
The vSAN network supported IPv4 or IPv6.
vSAN requires IPv4 only.

Explanation

Question 17 of 36

1

Which are three supported storage requirements for vCenter Server HA? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

NFS
RDM
vSAN
VMFS
JBOD

Explanation

Question 18 of 36

1

An administrator wishes to enable network port mirroring based on source port. Which feature should be enabled?

Select one or more of the following:

vSphere standard switch port
ERSPAN
NSX Virtual Wire
VLAN

Explanation

Question 19 of 36

1

Which two permissions are required to migrate a virtual machine with Storage vMotion? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Network > Move Network
Virtual Machine > Inventory > Move
Resource > Migrate powered on virtual machine
Datastore > Allocate Space

Explanation

Question 20 of 36

1

Where would a vSphere administrator find general vCenter Server logs on a vCenter Server Appliance?

Select one or more of the following:

/var/log/vmware/vpxd/
/var/log/messages
/etc/vmware-vpx/
/var/log/vmware/vsan-health/

Explanation

Question 21 of 36

1

An administrator is attempting to access an ESXi host via the DCUI but is unable to do so.
Which could be two possible causes? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

The host in question has no out-of-band management capability (i.e. iLO/iDRAC).
The SSH service is disabled on the host.
Strict lockdown mode is enabled on the host.
Normal lockdown mode is enabled and the administrator is a member of the Exception User list.
The DCUI service is disabled on the host.

Explanation

Question 22 of 36

1

Which Host Profile Subprofile configuration is used to configure firewall settings for ESXi hosts?

Select one or more of the following:

Advanced Configuration Settings
General System Settings
Security
Networking

Explanation

Question 23 of 36

1

An administrator sees the following error in the log files:

Lost access to volume 496befed-1c79c817-6beb-oo1ec9b60619 (san-lun-100) due to connectivity issues

Which two events could be the source of the error message? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

vCenter Server failure
VXLAN failure
Disk array failure
Network failure
ESXi host failure

Explanation

Question 24 of 36

1

An administrator has enabled vSphere Distributed Switch Health Check. The hosts connected to that Distributed Switch all display an alert:vSphere Distributed Switch MTU supported status. The administrator has all of the VMkernel ports MTU sizes set to 1600.
Which action will remedy this problem?

Select one or more of the following:

Configure the Distributed Switch to MTU 9100.
Disconnect and reconnect the physical network cable.
Configure the physical switch to MTU 1600.
Disable the Distributed Switch MTU.

Explanation

Question 25 of 36

1

Which three requirements are needed to apply RAID 5 or RAID 6 erasure coding on a vSAN 6.2 or 6.5 object? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

on Disk Format 3.0
Hybrid vSAN
All Flash vSAN
vSAN Advanced License
Stretched Cluster Configurations

Explanation

Question 26 of 36

1

In vSphere Data Protection 6.1, which is the function of a Backup Verification job?

Select one or more of the following:

None. Backup Verification job is not a feature of vSphere Data Protection
It is a manual task
– Power it on
– Verify the guest OS
– Check started applications
It is an automatic process
– Restore a virtual machine
– Power it on
– Verify that the guest OS is booted by communicating with the Backup Verification agent
It is an automatic process
– Restore a virtual machine
– Power it on
– Verify that the guest OC is booted by detecting the VMware ToolsTM “heartbeats”

Explanation

Question 27 of 36

1

Which is required for configuring iSCSI Software Adapter network port binding?

Select one or more of the following:

VMkernel of the iSCSI traffic must be load balanced using Route based on IP Hash algorithm.
VMkernel of the iSCSI traffic must be load balanced using Route based on Source Virtual Port ID algorithm.
VMkernel of the iSCSI traffic must be load balanced using Route based on Source MAC Hash algorithm.
VMkernel of the iSCSI traffic must be bound to only one active network adapter.

Explanation

Question 28 of 36

1

An administrator is trying to vMotion a VM from his datacenter to a recovery site. Which is the maximum allowed RTT (Round-Trip Time) latency between source and destination host?

Select one or more of the following:

100 milliseconds
150 milliseconds
15 milliseconds
10 milliseconds

Explanation

Question 29 of 36

1

An administrator has recently upgraded from vSphere 6.0 to 6.5, and can no longer see the software iSCSI named vmhba33. Which could be the reason for this?

Select one or more of the following:

The upgrade has changed the vmhba name.
vSphere 6.5 automates iSCSI configurations.
vSphere 6.5 no longer supports software iSCSI.
The upgrade has deleted the vmhba.

Explanation

Question 30 of 36

1

Which two situations could cause a virtual machine to appear with (orphaned) appended to its name? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

if a host failover is unsuccessful
if a virtual machine was removed from vCenter Server’s inventory
if a virtual machine was deployed from template, and the template has been deleted
if a virtual machine is unregistered directly on the host

Explanation

Question 31 of 36

1

The vSphere administrator must change the path selection policy (PSP) to comply with best practices.
Which two interfaces can be used to change the PSP? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

A. ESXi shell
B. vSphere Client
C. ESXi host client
D. vSphere Web Client

Explanation

Question 32 of 36

1

A scripted upgrade of ESXi fails due to an incorrect parameter in the upgrade script.
What file must the administrator modify to correct the problem?

Select one or more of the following:

A. vmreconfig.pl
C. ks.cfg
B. hostinfo.pl
D. boot.cfg

Explanation

Question 33 of 36

1

In what two ways can Storage DRS load balance virtual machines? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

A. anti-affinity rules
B. virtual storage controller
C. guest OS family
D. I/O latency

Explanation

Question 34 of 36

1

A VM folder contains VM1 and VM2.
Group A has permission to power on virtual machines, defined on the VM folder and its children.
Group B has permission to power off virtual machine VM2.
If a user is a member of group A and B, what action can the user perform?

Select one or more of the following:

D. Power on and power off VM2.
C. Power on and power off VM1.
B. Power off VM1.
A. Suspend VM2.

Explanation

Question 35 of 36

1

The networking team has requested to have a dedicated network for iSCSI traffic. This task has been assigned to the vSphere Administrator.
What is the VMware-recommended way to accomplish this?

Select one or more of the following:

D. Define a dedicated gateway for the iSCSI vmkernel.
C. Create a custom IP Stack.
B. Configure the right subnet.
A. Configure Static Routes on each ESXi Server.

Explanation

Question 36 of 36

1

What two reasons can explain why a host cannot be removed from a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

D. There are VMkernel network adapters connected to the switch
C. There are LACP LAGs configured on the switch.
B. There are blocked ports on the switch.
A. There are virtual machine network adapters connected to the switch.

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VCP Roberta Quiz on VCP 2, created by Roberta Di Perna on 06/11/2018.

Question 1 of 36

The storage vendor recommends adjusting the Fibre Channel HBA queue depth to resolve a performance problem. Which esxcli namespace can a vSphere Administrator use to adjust the queue depth?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 36

Which statement applies to the vSphere Replication appliance?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 36

Which three statements are correct regarding booting an ESXi Host from Fibre Channel SAN? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 36

An administrator sets the Failover Capacity for both CPU and Memory at 25%. Based on the Exhibit below, how much of the cluster’s total CPU resources are still available to power on additional virtual machines?

Select correct option below corresponding to the highlighted orange point

Explanation

Question 5 of 36

A security officer has issued a new directive that users will no longer have access to change connected network adapters to limit denial of service on a virtual machine. Which two correct virtual machine advanced configuration parameters will accomplish this? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 36

“OneAppServer” is a VM template stored in a content library named “LibraryOne”, but the vSphere administrator is not able to use this template for deployment. Why is the administrator unable to deploy OneAppServer?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 36

What are two features introduced in Network I/O Control version 3? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 36

An administrator has multiple vCenter Server 6.5 systems but cannot enable Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a datastore shared by ESXi hosts managed by the vCenter Server systems. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the issue?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 36

When enabling Storage DRS on a datastore cluster, which three components are enabled as a result? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 36

Which three are supported upgrade processes for ESXi host? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 36

When performing a vCenter Server 5.5 for Windows with Microsoft SQL Server Express database migration to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5, which will be the target database?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 36

A user is given the “Virtual machine user (sample)” role in a vSphere 6.x environment. Which three permissions would the user be able to perform? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 36

Which is the maximum number of block devices (LUNs) that are supported by ESXi hosts that are running version 6.5?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 36

Which three prerequisites must be in place prior to enabling secure boot for a virtual machine? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 36

Which CLI command shows the physical uplink status for a vmnic?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 36

Which are the two network requirements for a VMware vSAN 6.5 cluster? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 36

Which are three supported storage requirements for vCenter Server HA? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 36

An administrator wishes to enable network port mirroring based on source port. Which feature should be enabled?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 36

Which two permissions are required to migrate a virtual machine with Storage vMotion? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 36

Where would a vSphere administrator find general vCenter Server logs on a vCenter Server Appliance?

The storage vendor recommends adjusting the Fibre Channel HBA queue depth to resolve a performance problem.
Which esxcli namespace can a vSphere Administrator use to adjust the queue depth?

An administrator sets the Failover Capacity for both CPU and Memory at 25%.
Based on the Exhibit below, how much of the cluster’s total CPU resources are still available to power on additional virtual machines?

A security officer has issued a new directive that users will no longer have access to change connected network adapters to limit denial of service on a virtual machine.
Which two correct virtual machine advanced configuration parameters will accomplish this? (Choose two.)

“OneAppServer” is a VM template stored in a content library named “LibraryOne”, but the vSphere administrator is not able to use this template for deployment.
Why is the administrator unable to deploy OneAppServer?

An administrator has multiple vCenter Server 6.5 systems but cannot enable Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a datastore shared by ESXi hosts managed by the vCenter Server systems.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve the issue?

A user is given the “Virtual machine user (sample)” role in a vSphere 6.x environment.
Which three permissions would the user be able to perform? (Choose three.)

An administrator is attempting to access an ESXi host via the DCUI but is unable to do so.
Which could be two possible causes? (Choose two.)

An administrator sees the following error in the log files:

Lost access to volume 496befed-1c79c817-6beb-oo1ec9b60619 (san-lun-100) due to connectivity issues

Which two events could be the source of the error message? (Choose two.)

An administrator has enabled vSphere Distributed Switch Health Check. The hosts connected to that Distributed Switch all display an alert:vSphere Distributed Switch MTU supported status. The administrator has all of the VMkernel ports MTU sizes set to 1600.
Which action will remedy this problem?

The vSphere administrator must change the path selection policy (PSP) to comply with best practices.
Which two interfaces can be used to change the PSP? (Choose two.)

A scripted upgrade of ESXi fails due to an incorrect parameter in the upgrade script.
What file must the administrator modify to correct the problem?

A VM folder contains VM1 and VM2.
Group A has permission to power on virtual machines, defined on the VM folder and its children.
Group B has permission to power off virtual machine VM2.
If a user is a member of group A and B, what action can the user perform?

The networking team has requested to have a dedicated network for iSCSI traffic. This task has been assigned to the vSphere Administrator.
What is the VMware-recommended way to accomplish this?