Which two methods are recommended for managing the VMware Directory Service? (Choose two.)
Utilize the vmdir command.
Manage through the vSphere Web Client.
Manage using the VMware Directory Service.
Utilize the dc rep command.
What are two sample roles that are provided with vCenter Server by default? (Choose two.)
Virtual machine User
Network Administrator
Content Library Administrator
Storage Administrator
Which three services can be enabled/disabled in the Security Profile for an ESXi host? (Choose three.)
CIM Server
Single Sign-On
Direct Console UI
Syslog Server
vSphere Web Access
An administrator would like to use the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) as an Intermediate Certificate Authority (CA). The first two steps performed are: - Replace the Root Certificate - Replace Machine Certificates (Intermediate CA) Which two steps would need to be performed next? (Choose two.)
Replace Solution User Certificates (Intermediate CA)
Replace the VMware Directory Service Certificate (Intermediate CA)
Replace the VMware Directory Service Certificate
Replace Solution User Certificates
Which three options are available for ESXi Certificate Replacement? (Choose three.)
VMware Certificate Authority mode
Custom Certificate Authority mode
Thumbprint mode
Hybrid Deployment
VMware Certificate Endpoint Authority Mode
Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi 6.x host and users are restricted from logging into the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). Which two statements are true given this configuration? (Choose two.)
A user granted administrative privileges in the Exception User list can login.
A user defined in the DCUI.Access without administrative privileges can login.
A user defined in the ESXi Admins domain group can login.
A user set to the vCenter Administrator role can login.
Strict Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi host. Which action should an administrator perform to allow ESXi Shell or SSH access for users with administrator privileges?
Grant the users the administrator role and enable the service.
Add the users to Exception Users and enable the service.
No action can be taken, Strict Lockdown Mode prevents direct access.
Add the users to vsphere.local and enable the service.
A common root user account has been configured for a group of ESXi 6.x hosts. Which two steps should be taken to mitigate security risks associated with this configuration? (Choose two.)
Remove the root user account from the ESXi host.
Set a complex password for the root account and limit its use.
Use ESXi Active Directory capabilities to assign users the administrator role.
Use Lockdown mode to restrict root account access.
An administrator wants to configure an ESXi 6.x host to use Active Directory (AD) to manage users and groups. The AD domain group ESX Admins is planned for administrative access to the host. Which two conditions should be considered when planning this configuration? (Choose two.)
If administrative access for ESX Admins is not required, this setting can be altered.
The users in ESX Admins are not restricted by Lockdown Mode.
An ESXi host provisioned with Auto Deploy cannot store AD credentials.
The users in ESX Admins are granted administrative privileges in vCenter Server.
Which two advanced features should be disabled for virtual machines that are only hosted on a vSphere system? (Choose two.)
isolation.tools.unity.push.update.disable
isolation.tools.ghi.launchmenu.change
isolation.tools.bbs.disable
isolation.tools.hgfsServerSet.enable
To reduce the attack vectors for a virtual machine, which two settings should an administrator set to false? (Choose two.)
ideX:Y.present
serial.present
ideX:Y.enabled
serial.enabled
Which two groups of settings should be reviewed when attempting to increase the security of virtual machines (VMs)? (Choose two.)
Disable hardware devices
Disable unexposed features
Disable VMtools devices
Disable VM Template features
Which password meets ESXi 6.x host password requirements?
8kMVnn2x!
zNgtnJBA2
Nvgt34kn44
!b74wr
An administrator would like to use a passphrase for their ESXi 6.x hosts which has these characteristics: -Minimum of 21 characters -Minimum of 2 words Which advanced options must be set to allow this passphrase configuration to be used?
retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 7, 21, 7 passphrase=2
retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 21, 7, 7 passphrase=2
retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 2, 21, 7
retry=3 min=disabled, disabled, 21, 21, 2
Which Advanced Setting should be created for the vCenter Server to change the expiration policy of the vpxuser password?
VimPasswordExpirationInDays
VimExpirationPasswordDays
VimPassExpirationInDays
VimPasswordRefreshDays
An administrator has been instructed to secure existing virtual machines in vCenter Server. Which two actions should the administrator take to secure these virtual machines? (Choose two.)
Disable native remote management services
Restrict Remote Console access
Use Independent Non-Persistent virtual disks
Prevent use of Independent Non-Persistent virtual disks
An administrator has recently audited the environment and found numerous virtual machines with sensitive data written to the configuration files. To prevent this in the future, which advanced parameter should be applied to the virtual machines?
isolation.tools.setinfo.disable = true
isolation.tools.setinfo.enable = true
isolation.tools.setinfo.disable = false
isolation.tools.setinfo.enable = false
Which two statements are correct regarding vSphere certificates? (Choose two.)
ESXi host upgrades do not preserve the SSL certificate and reissue one from the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA).
ESXi host upgrades preserve the existing SSL certificate.
ESXi hosts have assigned SSL certificates from the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) during install.
ESXi hosts have self-signed SSL certificates by default
Which three options are available for replacing vCenter Server Security Certificates? (Choose three.)
Replace with Certificates signed by the VMware Certificate Authority.
Make VMware Certificate Authority an Intermediate Certificate Authority.
Do not use VMware Certificate Authority, provision your own Certificates.
Use SSL Thumbprint mode.
Replace all VMware Certificate Authority issued Certificates with self-signed Certificates.
When attempting to log in with the vSphere Web Client, users have reported the error: Incorrect Username/Password The administrator has configured the Platform Services Controller Identity Source as: - Type. Active Directory as an LDAP Server - Domain: vmware.com - Alias: VMWARE - Default Domain: Yes Which two statements would explain why users cannot login to the vSphere Web Client? (Choose two.)
Users are typing the password incorrectly
Users are in a forest that has 1-way trust.
Users are in a forest that has 2-way trust.
Users are logging into vCenter Server with incorrect permissions.
Which group in the vsphere.local domain will have administrator privileges for the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)?
SolutionUsers
CAAdmins
DCAAdmins
SystemConfiguration.Administrators
Which Platform Service Controller Password Policy determines the number of days a password can exist before the user must change it?
Maximum Lifetime
Password Age
Maximum Days
Password Lifetime
An administrator is configuring the clock tolerance for the Single Sign-On token configuration policy and wants to define the time skew tolerance between a client and the domain controller clock. Which time measurement is used for the value?
Milliseconds
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Which VMware Single Sign-On component issues Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tokens?
VMware Security Token Service
Administration Server
VMware Directory Service
Identity Management Service
Which two are valid Identity Sources when configuring vCenter Single Sign-On? (Choose two.)
Radius
NIS
OpenLDAP
LocalOS
An administrator needs to create an Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) Identity Source on a newly deployed vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). Which two actions will accomplish this? (Choose two.)
Use a Service Principal Name (SPN) to configure the Identity Source.
Use a Domain administrator to configure the Identity Source.
Join the VCSA to Active Directory and configure the Identity Source with a Machine Account.
Create a computer account in Active Directory for the VCSA and configure the Identity Source.
An administrator wants to reduce the memory overhead for a 3D graphics enabled virtual machine (VM). What advanced feature can be added to the VM configuration file to reduce memory overhead?
vga.vgaOnly=TRUE
vga.svgaEnable=FALSE
svgaEnabled=FALSE
svgaDisable=TRUE
An administrator is building a large virtual machine that will require as many vCPUs as the host can support. An ESXi 6.x host has these specifications: - Six 32-core Intel Xeon Processors - 256 GB of Memory - 512 GB Local disk space using VMFS5 What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that the virtual machine can be allocated?
64
128
192
256
Which two features are available for virtual machines configured with DirectPath I/O? (Choose two.)
Fault Tolerance
Suspend and Resume
Virtual Symmetric Multi-Processing (vSMP)
Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (vNUMA)
An administrator is creating a new Content Library. It will subscribe to another remote Content Library without authentication enabled. What information from the published library will they need in order to complete the subscription?
Subscription URL
A security password from the publishing Content Library
Publisher's Items.json file
Username from the publishing Content Library
