VCP Exam questions 2015

Robert's inspiration database of questions for the exam 2015

Rob's thinking

I will be very much inspired by these questions when writing the multiple choice portion of the exam.

Be aware (beware):

• The phrasing of the questions might change
• The selectable answers might change completely
• Some questions are forever (?) missing the image (exhibit)

  Q1 to Q100 are checked for missing image, the rest of the questions does not even have a hint that the picture is missing (:-(

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not just string-matching of right answer to right question

Q0 to Q00

QUESTION 1
An administrator is planning a vSphere infrastructure with the following specific networking
requirements:
 
Ÿ   The ability to shape inbound (RX) traffic
Ÿ   Support for Private VLANs (PVLANs)
Ÿ   Support for LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
 
What is the minimum vSphere Edition that will support these requirements?
 
A.      vSphere Essentials Plus
B.      vSphere Standard
C.      vSphere Enterprise
D.      vSphere Enterprise Plus
 

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2V0-621D Diff exam

Exam A (178 questions)

Question 1

An administrator is assigning a user the Content Library administrator role. The user will only be creating the library for a single vCenter Server. What is the lowest level of the permission heirarchy that this role can be granted to the user and still allow them to create a Content Library?

 Global
 Datacenter Folder
 Virtual Center
 Datacenter

Question 2

A user notifies an administrator that Content Libraries are not visible. What is a possible solution?

 Assign the user the read-only role at the global permission level.
 Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server root level.
 Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server data center level.
 Assign the user the read-only role at the vCenter Server cluster level.

Question 3 When a Content Library is deleted, what happens to the files contained on the backing storage?

 The files will be unchanged.
 The files will be deleted.
 The files will remain and be marked as orphaned.
 The containing folder will be marked as orphaned.

Explanation: answer is rectified.

Question 4 Which three connection types are supported between a remote site and vCloud Air? (Choose three.)

 Secure Internet Connectivity
 Private Connect
 Direct Connect
 Internet Connectivity
 Secure VPN

Question 5

An administrator subscribes to the vCloud Air Disaster Recovery service. Which replicated objects can be directly monitored and managed?

 Virtual machine Snapshots
 vApps
 Virtual machines
 ESXi Hosts

Question 6

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is adding an Active Directory over LDAP Identity Source for vCenter Single Sign- On, as indicated in the Exhibit. What is the correct value to configure for the Domain alias?

 The domain's NetBIOS name.
 The fully qualified domain name.
 vsphere.local
 A user defined label.

Question 7
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is changing the settings on a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). During this process,
the ESXi Management IP address is set to an address which can no longer communicate with the
vCenter Server.
What is the most likely outcome of this action?
 The host will disconnect from the vCenter Server and remain disconnected.
 The host will automatically detect the communication issue and revert the change.
 The host will stay connected with the change, but show an alert.
 The host will disconnect and migrate the vDS portgroup to a standard switch.
Question 8
Which secondary Private VLAN (PVLAN) type can communicate and send packets to an Isolated
PVLAN?
 Community
 Isolated
 Promiscuous
 Primary
Question 9
Which three traffic types can be configured for dedicated VMkernel adapters? (Choose three.)
 Discovery traffic
 vMotion traffic
 vSphere Replication NFC traffic
 Provisioning traffic
 vSphere Custom traffic

Question 10
What are two limitations of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on a vSphere Distributed
Switch? (Choose two.)
 IP Hash load balancing is not a supported Teaming Policy.
 Software iSCSI multipathing is not compatible.
 Link Status Network failover detection must be disabled.
 It does not support configuration through Host Profiles.
Question 11
Which two features are deprecated in Network I/O Control 3 (NIOC3)? (Choose two.)
 Class Of Service (COS) Tagging
 Bandwidth Allocation
 User-defined network resource pools
 Admission control
Question 12
An administrator runs the command esxcli storage core device list and sees the following output:
mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 Display Name: RAID 5 (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0) Has Settable Display Name:
false SizE. 40960 Device Type: Direct-Access Multipath Plugin: NMP Devfs Path:
/vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 Status: off Is Local: true
What can be determined by this output?
 The device is a being used for vFlash Read Cache.
 The device is in a Permanent Device Loss (PDL) state.
 The device is a local Solid State Device (SSD).
 The device is in an All Paths Down (APD) state.
Question 13
What are two use cases for Fibre Channel Zoning in a vSphere environment? (Choose two.)
 Increases the number of targets presented to an ESXi host.
 Controls and isolates paths in a fabric.
 Controls and isolates paths to an NFS share.
 Can be used to separate different environments.

Question 14
Which two considerations should an administrator keep in mind when booting from Software Fiber
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)? (Choose two.)
 Software FCoE boot configuration can be changed from within ESXi.
 Software FCoE boot firmware cannot export information in FBFT format.
 Multipathing is not supported at pre-boot.
 Boot LUN cannot be shared with other hosts even on shared storage.
Question 15
An administrator notices that there is an all paths down (APD) event occurring for the software FCoE
storage.
What is a likely cause?
 Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled on the network ports.
 Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled on the network ports.
 Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled on the storage processors.
 Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled on the storage processors.
Question 16
Which two statements are true regarding iSCSI adapters? (Choose two.)
 Software iSCSI adapters require vmkernel networking.
 Independent Hardware iSCSI adapters offload processing from the ESXi host.
 Dependent Hardware iSCSI adapters do not require vmkernel networking.
 Independent Hardware iSCSI adapters require vmkernel networking.
Question 17
An administrator is configuring virtual machines to use Worldwide Port Names (WWPNs) to access
the storage.
Which two conditions are required? (Choose two.)
 The switches in the fabric must be N-Port ID Virtualization aware.
 The virtual machines must be using passthrough Raw Disk Mapping (RDMp).
 The virtual machines must be using Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK).
 The switches in the fabric must be Storage I/O Control aware.

Question 18
Which two statements are true regarding VMFS3 volumes in ESXi 6.x? (Choose two.)
 Creation of VMFS3 volumes is unsupported.
 Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is supported.
 Existing VMFS3 volumes are unsupported.
 Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is unsupported.
Question 19
Which three statements are correct regarding Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCOE)? (Choose three.)
 The network switch must have Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) set to AUTO.
 The network switch must have Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) set to ON.
 Each port on the FCoE card must reside on the same vSwitch.
 Each port on the FCoE card must reside on a separate vSwitch.
 The ESXi host will require a reboot after moving an FCoE card to a different vSwitch.
Question 20
Which two statements are true regarding Virtual SAN Fault Domains? (Choose two.)
 They enable Virtual SAN to tolerate the failure of an entire physical rack.
 Virtual SAN ensures that no two replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
 Virtual SAN ensures that all replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
 They require VMware High Availability (HA) to ensure component distribution across
domains.
Question 21
An administrator created a six node Virtual SAN cluster, created a fault domain, and moved three of
the six nodes into that domain.
A node that is a member of the fault domain fails.
What is the expected result?
 The remaining two fault domain members are treated as failed.
 The remaining two fault domain members stay protected by the domain.
 One of the non-member nodes will be automatically added to the fault domain.
 VMware High Availability will restart virtual machines on remaining nodes in the
domain.

Question 22
Where is a Virtual SAN Fault Domain configured?
 VMware Virtual SAN Cluster configuration
 VMware High Availability Cluster configuration
 Distributed Resource Scheduler configuration
 Datacenter Advanced Settings configuration
Question 23
Which statement is true for the Path Selection Plug-In VMW_PSP_MRU?
 VMW_PSP_MRU is default for a majority of active-active and active-passive arrays.
 VMW_PSP_MRU will remain on the selected path even if the state were to change.
 VMW_PSP_MRU is recommended for Virtual SAN.
 VMW_PSP_MRU will have no preferred path setting for the Plug-In.
Question 24
Which two tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) perform? (Choose two.)
 Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices.
 Handles physical path discovery, but is not involved in the removal.
 Handles physical path discovery and removal.
 Handles I/O queueing to FC storage HBAs.
Question 25
Which two statements are true regarding Storage Multipathing Plug-Ins? (Choose two.)
 The default Path Selection Policy is VMW_PSP_MRU for iSCSI or FC devices.
 The default Path Selection Policy is VMW_PSP_FIXED for iSCSI or FC devices.
 VMW_PSP_MRU is typically selected for ALUA arrays by default.
 VMW_PSP_FIXED is typically selected for ALUA arrays by default.
Question 26
What is the command to list multipathing modules on an ESXi 6.x host?
 esxcli storage core list plugin --plugin-class=MP
 esxcli storage core list plugin --class-plugin=MP
 esxcli storage core plugin list --plugin-class=MP
 esxcli storage core plugin list --class-plugin=MP

Question 27
Which two solutions require Physical Mode Raw Device Mapping (RDM)? (Choose two.)
 Direct access to the storage array device
 Virtual Machine Snapshots
 Hardware Acceleration
 Guest Clustering across ESXi hosts
Question 28
A device's vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) support status command line output shows:
naa.500253825002a865 VAAI Plugin Name: ATS Status: unsupported Clone Status: unsupported Zero
Status: supported Delete Status: unsupported
What is the corresponding VAAI support status in the vSphere Web Client?
 Unknown
 Supported
 Not supported
 Unsupported
Question 29
Refer to the Exhibit.
What will be the result of selecting the highlighted device?
 Datastore will grow up to 200.01GB using the remaining free space on the device.
 Datastore will add 200.01GB by adding the device as a second extent.
 The device size can be expanded to be larger than 200.01 GB in size.
 The device is not suitable for this operation.

Question 30
An administrator observes that virtual machine storage activity on an ESXi 6.x host is negatively
affecting virtual machine storage activity on another host that is accessing the same VMFS Datastore.
Which action would mitigate the issue?
 Enable Storage IO Control.
 Configure Storage DRS.
 Enable the Dynamic Queue Depth Throttling option.
 Configure the Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding parameter.
Question 31
An administrator is having a problem configuring Storage I/O Control on a Datastore.
Which two conditions could explain the issue? (Choose two.)
 A host is running ESXi 4.0.
 An ESXi host does not have appropriate licensing.
 The vCenter Server version is 5.0.
 The vCenter Server License is Standard.
Question 32
Which three are requirements for configuring Storage I/O Control (SIOC)? (Choose three.)
 The datastore must consist of only one extent.
 The datastore is managed by a single vCenter Server.
 Auto-tiered storage must be compatable with SIOC.
 Auto-tiered storage must be SSD or SATA.
 The datastore must be VMFS.

Question 33
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator wishes to provide Load Balanced I/O for the device shown in the Exhibit.
To meet this requirement, which setting should be changed?
 Storage Array Type Policy = VMW_NMP_RR
 Path Selection Policy = Round Robin (VMware)
 Storage Array Type Policy = VMW_SATP_RR
 Path Selection Policy = MRU (VMware)

Question 34
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is configuring a storage device as shown in the Exhibit.
What is the expected effect on the stated device after running the command?
 I/O will rotate on all storage targets regardless of port group state.
 I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are Active Optimized state only.
 I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are Active Unoptimized state only.
 I/O will rotate on all storage targets that are on Available Nodes only.
Question 35
An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 5.5 host to ESXi 6.x and gets the following error:
MEMORY_SIZE
What does this indicate?
 Insufficient memory on the ESXi host to complete the upgrade.
 Insufficient memory for Auto Deploy to complete the upgrade.
 Insufficient memory in vCenter Server to complete the upgrade.
 Insufficient memory for Update Manager to complete the upgrade.
Question 36
An administrator is upgrading an ESXi host from 5.5 to 6.0 and runs the following command:
esxcli software vib list --rebooting-image
What does this command show?
 VIBs active after a reboot.
 VIBs that require a reboot.
 VIBs that are in the boot image.
 VIBs that are third-party.

Question 37
An administrator is performing a silent automatic update of VMware Tools on a Windows virtual
machine.
What syntax needs to be entered into the Advanced Options box?
 /s /v "/qn" /l "c:\Windows\filename.log"
 --prefix=/usr/local,/usr/lib,/usr/doc --silent
 --prefix=c:\Windows,c:\VMtools --silent
 /fs /v "/qn+" /l "c:\Windows\filename.log"
Question 38
An administrator is writing a kickstart script to upgrade an ESXi 6.x host.
In which three locations can the script reside? (Choose three.)
 NFS
 USB
 HTTP
 TFTP
 PXE
Question 39
Which file determines the location of the installation script during a scripted upgrade?
 boot.cfg
 ks.cfg
 script.cfg
 upgrade.cfg
Question 40
What three supported methods can be used to upgrade a host from ESXi 5.x to ESXi 6.x? (Choose
three.)
 vSphere Update Manager
 vihostupdate
 esxcli
 vSphere Auto Deploy
 esxupdate

Question 41
Which two supported tools can be used to upgrade virtual machine hardware? (Choose two.)
 vSphere Web Client
 vSphere Update Manager
 vmware-vmupgrade.exe
 esxcli vm hardware upgrade
Question 42
What are three recommended prerequisites before upgrading virtual machine hardware? (Choose
three.)
 Create a backup or snapshot of the virtual machine.
 Upgrade VMware Tools to the latest version.
 Verify that the virtual machine is stored on VMFS3, VMFS5, or NFS datastores.
 Detach all CD-ROM/ISO images from the virtual machines.
 Set the Advanced Parameter virtualHW.version = 11
Question 43
An administrator wants to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.x.
The vCenter Server:
Why does the vCenter Server not meet the minimum requirements?
 Windows Server 2008 R2 is not a supported Operating System for vCenter Server.
 The virtual machine has insufficient resources for the environment size.
 The environment is too large to be managed by a single vCenter Server.
 The Platform Services Controller must be changed to an External deployment.
Question 44
An administrator has upgraded a Distributed vCenter Server environment from 5.5 to 6.0.
What is the next step that should be taken?
 vCenter Inventory Service must be manually stopped and removed.
 vCenter Inventory Service must be changed from manual to automatic.
 vCenter Inventory Service must be manually stopped and restarted.
 vCenter Inventory Service must be changed from automatic to manual.

Question 45
When upgrading vCenter Server, an administrator notices that the upgrade fails at the vCenter Single
Sign-On installation.
What must be done to allow the upgrade to complete?
 Verify that the VMware Directory service can stop by manually restarting it.
 Verify that the vCenter Single Sign-On service can stop by manually restarting it.
 Uninstall vCenter Single Sign-On service.
 Uninstall the VMware Directory service.
Question 46
During a vCenter Server upgrade, an ESXi 6.x host in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails.
Which statement is true?
 HA will fail the virtual machines over to an available host during the vCenter Server
upgrade process.
 HA is unavailable during the vCenter Server upgrade process.
 HA will fail the virtual machines over to an available host after the vCenter Server
upgrade completes.
 HA will successfully vMotion the virtual machines during the host failure.
Question 47
An administrator is upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance and wants to ensure that all the
prerequisites are met.
What action must be taken before upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance?
 Install the Client Integration Plug-in.
 Install the database client.
 Install the ODBC connector.
 Install the Update Manager Plug-in.

Question 48
An administrator is upgrading vCenter Server and sees this error:
The DB User entered does not have the required permissions needed to install and configure vCenter
Server with the selected DB. Please correct the following error(s): %s
Which two statements explain this error? (Choose two.)
 The database is set to an unsupported compatibility mode.
 The permissions for the database are incorrect.
 The permissions for vCenter Server are incorrect.
 The database server service has stopped.
Question 49
Which two vCenter Server services are migrated automatically as part of an upgrade from a
Distributed vCenter Server running 5.x? (Choose two.)
 vCenter Single Sign-on Service
 vSphere Web Client
 vSphere Inventory Service
 Storage Policy Based Management
Question 50
What command line utility can be used to upgrade an ESXi host?
 esxcli
 esxupdate
 vihostupdate
 esxcfg
Question 51
Which log file would you examine to identify an issue which occurred during the pre-upgrade phase
of a vCenter Server upgrade process?
 vcdb_req.out
 vcdb_export.out
 vcdb_import.out
 vcdb_inplace.out

Question 52
Which three statements are true when restoring a Resource Pool Tree? (Choose three.)
 Distributed Resource Scheduler must be set to manual.
 Restoring a snapshot can only be done on the same cluster from which it was taken.
 No other resource pools can be present in the cluster.
 Restoring a resource pool tree must be done in the vSphere Web Client.
 Enabling Enhanced vMotion Compatibility on the cluster is required.
Question 53
An administrator has created a resource pool named Marketing HTTP with a Memory Limit of 24 GB
and a CPU Limit of 10,000 MHz.
The Marketing HTTP resource pool contains three virtual machines:
What would happen if all three virtual machines are powered on?
 All three virtual machines can power on, but will have memory contention.
 All three virtual machines can power on without memory contention.
 Only two of the three virtual machines can power on.
 Only one of the virtual machines can power on.

Question 54
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator has configured a vSphere 6.x DRS cluster as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the Test Resource Pool with a 6 GB Memory
Reservation.
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the Dev Resource Pool with a 8 GB Memory
Reservation.
 A virtual machine from both the Test Resource Pool and the Dev Resource Pool can
be powered on with a 4 GB Memory Reservation.
 No more virtual machines can be powered on due to insufficient resources.

Question 55
Refer to the Exhibit.
-- Exhibit --
An administrator has created the DRS cluster shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
 Under CPU contention, Prod-VM1 receives four times the CPU resources than TestVM1.
 The Prod-VM1 will always have more CPU resources than all other virtual machines.
 The Test-VM2 will always have less CPU resources than all other virtual machines.
 Under CPU contention, Test-VM1 will receive 25% of the total CPU resources.
Question 56
VMware vSphere Replication protects virtual machines from partial or complete site failures by
replicating the virtual machines between which three sites? (Choose three.)
 From a source site to a target site.
 From within a single site from one cluster to another.
 From multiple source sites to a shared remote target site.
 From a single source site to multiple remote target sites.
 From multiple source sites to multiple remote target sites.

Question 57
Which two capabilities does the vSphere Replication Client Plug-in provide? (Choose two.)
 Configure connections between vSphere Replication Sites.
 Deploy and register additional vSphere Replication Servers.
 Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Server.
 Configure an external database for a vSphere Replication Site.
Question 58
A vSphere Replication user needs to connect a source site to a target site.
What privilege is needed at both sites?
 VRM remote.Manage VRM
 VRM datastore mapper.Manage
 Host.vSphere Replication.Manage replication
 Virtual machine.vSphere Replication.Manage replication
Question 59
Which three parameters should be considered when calculating the bandwidth for vSphere
Replication? (Choose three.)
 Data change rate
 Traffic rates
 Link speed
 Application type
 Hardware type
Question 60
When importing an existing SSL certificate into vSphere Replication Server, which file format is
required?
 PKCS#12
 DER
 PEM
 PKCS#7

Question 61
Which keystore would a vSphere Replication administrator use to manually add an additional
Certificate Authority certificate?
 hms-truststore.jks
 hms-keystore.jks
 certificates.ks
 cacerts.ks
Question 62
What is the maximum number of snapshot instances in vSphere Replication that can be configured to
recover a virtual machine at a specific point in time?
 16
 24
 48
 72
Question 63
What is the compression algorithm used by vSphere Replication to compress data at the source?
 FastLZ
 Lz4
 Lzr
 Lzx

Question 64
Refer to the Exhibit.
A vSphere 6.x environment is configured with VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs). An administrator
accesses the cluster Actions menu, as shown in the Exhibit.
Which option is used to create a VVOL on an existing VVOL container?
 Storage
 Deploy OVF Template
 New vApp
 Settings

Question 65
Refer to the Exhibit.
What will be created upon completion of the steps in this wizard?
 100GB VMFS5 datastore with free space available for expansion
 100GB VMFS5 datastore with free space available for a second datastore
 100GB VMFS3 datastore
 200.01 GB VMFS5 datastore

Question 66
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is attempting to enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), but receives the
error shown in the Exhibit.
Which condition would explain the error?
 The ESXi hosts are not licensed for EVC.
 The administrator does not have privileges to enable EVC.
 The ESXi host CPU has the Intel No-Execute feature disabled.
 The administrator has turned on Intel Virtualization Technology.

Question 67
Refer to the Exhibit.

Question 68
An administrator is unable to start the vCenter Server service. The vpxd.log file shows this service
failure:
[13308 error 'Default' opID=622892-371bf717] CoreDump: Unable to write minidump [13308 error
'Default' opID=622892-371bf717] error -2147024784 : There is not enough space on the disk.
What is preventing the start of the service?
 Insufficient space on the vCenter Server
 Insufficient space on the Database Server
 Insufficient space on the VMFS volume
 Insufficient space on the ESXi ramdisk

Question 69
After deploying a vSphere Platform Services Controller (PSC), an administrator is unable to install
vCenter Server. The error displayed is:
Could not contact Lookup Service. Please check VM_ssoreg.log.
Which two actions can be taken to correct this problem? (Choose two.)
 Verify that the clocks on the host machines running the PSC, vCenter Server, and the
vSphere Web Client are synchronized.
 Configure a valid Identity Source for the Platform Services Controller in the vSphere
Web Client.
 Ensure that there is no firewall blocking port 7444 between the PSC and vCenter
Server.
 Uninstall and reinstall the Platform Services Controller software.
Question 70
Which condition would cause a vCenter Server installation to fail when installing on a Windows
virtual machine?
 The virtual machine does not have at least four vCPUs.
 The virtual machine is running Windows Server 2008.
 The virtual machine has an E1000 network device.
 The virtual machine does not have 16GB of RAM.
Question 71
Which three ports are used by the vSphere Web Client when connecting directly to an ESXi 6.x host?
(Choose three.)
 443 TCP
 902 TCP and UDP
 903 TCP
 5480 TCP
 9443 TCP and UDP

Question 72
When attempting to connect to a vCenter Server, an administrator observes the following at the top
of the vSphere Web Client:
Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server Systems:https://vCenter.corp.com:443/sdk
What three reasons could be preventing the vSphere Web Client from communicating with this
vCenter Server? (Choose three.)
 The vCenter Server machine is not responding via the network.
 An incorrect entry for this vCenter Server exists in the Single Sign-On service.
 The SSL certificates do not match the FQDN address for the server.
 The Platform Services Controller is external to this vCenter Server.
 The DNS entry for the vCenter Server is incorrect.
Question 73
An administrator wants to allow users to login to the vSphere Web Client using the Use Windows
session authentication check box for faster authentication.
Which three requirements must be met for this feature to be available and functional? (Choose
three.)
 Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on the vCenter Server and
Platform Services Controller machines.
 Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on each workstation from
where a user will sign in.
 The users must be signed into Windows using Active Directory user accounts.
 The administrator must create a valid Identity Source in Single Sign-On for the users
domain.
 The administrator must create a valid Single Sign-On Identity Source using Integrated
Windows Authentication.
Question 74
An administrator is unable to see performance statistics for only the Past Week performance data.
The vCenter Server is using a Microsoft SQL Server Database.
What are three likely causes contributing to this issue? (Choose three.)
 Performance statistics are turned off.
 The Past Day rollup job is not present.
 The stats_rollup_1_proc is not present.
 The VMware Performance Charts Service is stopped.
 The JDBC URL is incorrect in the vcdb.properties file.

Question 75
An ESXi 6.x host in the vCenter Server inventory has disconnected due to an All Paths Down (APD)
situation. An administrator has corrected the APD issue on the host, but it still remains disconnected.
What action should the administrator take next?
 Select Restart Management Agents from the DCUI.
 Execute esxcli system settings advanced set -d /Scsi/FailVMIOonAPD.
 Modify the advanced parameter /Disk/ApdTokenRetryCount.
 Enable the advanced parameter /Misc/APDHandlingEnable.
Question 76
An administrator notices that the time on an ESXi 6.x host is incorrect.
Which two actions should the administrator take to correct this issue? (Choose two.)
 Modify the time for the host using the vSphere client.
 Correct the NTP settings in the /etc/ntp.conf file.
 Configure NTP from the Direct Console User Interface.
 Use the vicfg-ntp command from the vSphere Management Appliance.
Question 77
Which command shows the Physical Uplink status for a vmnic?
 esxcli network ip get
 esxcli network nic list
 esxcli network vmnic list
 esxcli network ifconfig get
Question 78
An administrator decides to change the root password for an ESXi 6.x host to comply with the
company's security policies.
What are two ways that this can be accomplished? (Choose two.)
 Use the Direct Console User Interface to change the password.
 Use the passwd command in the ESXi Shell.
 Use the password command in the ESXi Shell.
 Use the vSphere client to update local users.

Question 79
An administrator connects to an ESXi 6.x host console in order to shutdown the host.
Which option in the Direct Console User Interface would perform this task?
 Press the F12 key
 Press the F2 key
 Press Alt + F1 simultaneously
 Press Alt + F2 simultaneously
Question 80
An administrator is able to manage an ESXi 6.x host connected to vCenter Server using the vSphere
Web Client but is unable to connect to the host directly.
Which action should the administrator take to correct this behavior?
 Restart management agents on the ESXi host.
 Disable Lockdown Mode on the ESXi host through vCenter Server.
 Disable the ESXi firewall with the command esxcli network firewall unload.
 Reboot the ESXi host.
Question 81
An administrator creates a custom ESXi firewall rule using an XML file, however the rules do not
appear in the vSphere Web Client.
Which action should the administrator take to correct the problem?
 Load the new rules using esxcli network firewall reload.
 Load the new rules using esxcli network firewall refresh.
 Verify the entries in the XML file and then reboot the ESXi host.
 Remove the ESXi host from the inventory and add it back.

Question 82
An administrator needs two vCenter Servers to be visibile within a single vSphere Web Client session.
Which two vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller (PSC) configurations would accomplish
this? (Choose two.)
 Install a single PSC with two vCenter Servers registered to it.
 Install two PSCs in the same Single Sign-On domain with one vCenter Server
registered to each PSC.
 Install a single PSC with two vCenter Servers registered to it and configure Linked
Mode.
 Install two PSCs in the same Single Sign-On domain with one vCenter Server
registered to each PSC and configure Linked Mode.
Question 83
An administrator wants to clone a virtual machine using the vSphere Client.
Which explains why the Clone option is missing?
 The vSphere Client is directly connected to the ESXi host.
 The virtual machine is configured with a thin-provisioned virtual disk.
 The virtual machine is configured with outdated Virtual Hardware.
 Cloning can only be performed with vRealize Orchestrator.
Question 84
An administrator wants to power on a virtual machine (VM) while connected to an ESXi host using
SSH. The VM has the following Name and ID:
Which command would successfully power on the virtual machine?
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 12345
 vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on SQL001
 vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 12345
 vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on SQL001
Question 85
What will occur if the .nvram file is deleted from a powered off virtual machine?
 The .nvram file will get created the next time the virtual machine is powered on.
 Restoring the file from backup is needed to allow the virtual machine to power on.
 The virtual machine will fail to power on and enter an Orphaned state.
 The virtual machine will fail to power on and enter an Inaccessible state.

Question 86
An administrator tries to connect the vSphere 5.5 Client to an ESXi 6.x host.
What will happen when this takes place?
 The operation will fail, since the vSphere Client is deprecated in vSphere 6.x.
 The operation will fail and the administrator will need to delete the client and install
the 6.x version.
 The operation will prompt the administrator to run a script to upgrade the vSphere
Client.
 The operation will update the vSphere Client silently in the background, then
connect.
Question 87
After successfully adding a new ESXi 6.x host to vCenter Server, an administrator sees it as Not
Responding in the vSphere Web Client interface a few minutes later.
If the issue is caused by a network firewall blocking traffic, which port must be opened to correct this
specific problem?
 443 (TCP)
 443 (UDP)
 902 (TCP)
 902 (UDP)
Question 88
An administrator is troubleshooting network communications between the vCenter Server and the
ESXi 6.x host.
Which log shows the interaction events between these components?
 /var/log/syslog.log
 /var/log/hostd.log
 /var/log/vpxa.log
 /var/log/fdm.log

Question 89
An administrator is observing slow performance of the vCenter Inventory Service and observes the
entries from the wrapper.log file:
Exception in thread "tomcat-exec-2" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap spaceException in
thread "http-bio-0.0.0.0-10443-Acceptor-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
What should the administrator do to resolve the problem?
 Increase the memory resources of the vCenter Server.
 Increase the values using cloudvm-ram-size.
 Increase the memory resouces of the Platform Services Controller.
 Increase the wrapper.java.maxmemory value in wrapper.conf.
Question 90
An administrator is troubleshooting a virtual machine that has unexpectedly powered off.
Which two logs should be used to troubleshoot the issue? (Choose two.)
 vmware.log
 hostd.log
 syslog.log
 shell.log
Question 91
An administrator notices that one virtual machine is in an orphaned state.
What are two reasons that a virtual machine can appear as orphaned? (Choose two.)
 A VMware High Availability host failure has occurred.
 The virtual machine was unregistered directly on the host.
 The ESXi host is disconnected.
 The user does not have privilege to access the virtual machine.
Question 92
What is the minimum Virtual Hardware version required for vFlash Read Cache?
 Version 8
 Version 9
 Version 10
 Version 11

Question 93
What are three reasons why a virtual machine might fail to power on? (Choose three.)
 The virtual machine is running on an ESXi host which has an expired license.
 The virtual machine is running on a datastore which has insufficient disk space for the
.vswp file.
 The virtual machine is in a cluster with vSphere HA Admission control enabled.
 The virtual machine has a disconnected network adapter.
 The virtual machine does not have a Virtual Hard Disk assigned.
Question 94
What is the name of the command line utility that checks for VMFS5 metadata corruption?
 vmkfstools --check
 voma
 vmfsanalyzer
 esxcli vmfs check
Question 95
What are two reasons why a local flash device would be unavailable for use with Virtual SAN?
(Choose two.)
 It has a VMFS datastore present.
 It is in use by the vFlash Read Cache feature.
 It is smaller than the minimum capacity required for Virtual SAN usage.
 It does not have any partitions created.
Question 96
Which three troubleshooting actions should an administrator take to address slow performance
when deploying a virtual machine template? (Choose three.)
 Increase network throughput by adding additional uplinks to the vSwitch.
 Change the destination datastore or volume for the virtual machine template.
 Configure a Provisioning Traffic vmkernel port to perform the deployment operation.
 Reduce the size of the virtual machine template's virtual disk.
 Deploy the virtual machine template to the cluster and allow Distributed Resource
Scheduler to register the virtual machine.

Question 97
When attempting to remove a host from a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), an administrator
observes the error message:
The resource '16' is in use
What are two reasons why this error would be displayed? (Choose two.)
 VMkernel network adapters on the vDS are in use.
 Virtual machine network adapters are connected to the vDS.
 Network I/O Control has been configured on the vDS.
 There is active network traffic on the vDS.
Question 98
An administrator suspects that the MTU value for a vSphere Standard Switch is misconfigured.
Which two commands can determine the value? (Choose two.)
 esxcfg-vswitch -l
 esxcli network vswitch standard list
 esxcfg-vss -l
 esxcli network standard vswitch list
Question 99
Deletion of an NFS datastore generates the following error:
Sysinfo error on operation returned the following status: Busy
Which step can be performed that will allow the deletion to complete successfully?
 Storage vMotion any virtual machines on the datastore to another location.
 Remove the datastore from the Storage DRS cluster in which it resides.
 Verify the value of the NFS.HeartbeatDelta is not set to 0.
 Suspend any running virtual machines and unmount the NFS datstore.

Question 100
An administrator uses the df -h command and notices that an NFS datastore is reporting a capacity of
0 Bytes.
What condition would cause this to occur?
 The NFS server on which the datastore resides is down.
 The datastore was mounted as Read/Write.
 The datastore was mounted as Read-Only.
 The datastore was created with NFS version 4.1.
Question 101
The command esxcli network vm list displays four virtual machines connected to the Production
vSwitch. Within the vSphere Web Client, five virtual machines are seen.
What explains this behavior?
 The fifth virtual machine is currently powered off.
 The fifth virtual machine has two vnics.
 The fifth virtual machine has an invalid IP address.
 The fifth virtual machine has an invalid MAC address.
Question 102
An administrator is experiencing network connectivity issues between virtual machines. The virtual
machines and hosts are configured as follows:
What are three settings the administrator should investigate while troubleshooting the connectivity
issue? (Choose three.)
 VLANs of the physical NICs
 Failover order of the uplinks
 Virtual NIC connectivity to the dvSwitch
 Security policy of the portgroup
 Traffic shaping on the portgroup
Question 103
A task fails while creating a VMFS5 datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
Which action can be performed to resolve the issue?
 Delete the partitions on the disk manually with partedUtil first.
 Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
 Create the VMFS5 file system manually using vmkfstools.
 Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.

Question 104
A vSphere Web Client task fails while creating a VMFS datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
What action needs to be performed to resolve the issue?
 Delete the partitions manually with partedUtil.
 Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
 Create a VMFS5 file system with the command esxcli storage filesystem add.
 Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.
Question 105
Which two reasons would prevent Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) from operating on
a datastore? (Choose two.)
 The datastore has Storage I/O Control disabled.
 The datastore is connected to an unsupported host.
 The datastore is hosted on an NFS server.
 The datastore is hosted on an iSCSI server.
Question 106
What are two ways to view the DNS settings for an ESXi 6.x host? (Choose two.)
 Use the vicfg-dns command from the vSphere Management Appliance.
 View the /etc/resolv.conf file on the ESXi host.
 Use vicfg-dns command on the ESXi host.
 View the /etc/dns.conf file on the ESXi host.
Question 107
After configuring a Virtual SAN cluster, an administrator using the vSphere Web Client notices that
the Virtual SAN datastore is smaller than expected. The cluster contains:
Why would the Virtual SAN datastore show as 100GB instead of 300GB?
 There is a network problem with the Virtual SAN vmkernel ports.
 The Virtual SAN VASA provider is disabled.
 vSphere High Availability is enabled on the Virtual SAN cluster.
 The Virtual SAN cluster must be managed using the vSphere Web Client.

Question 108
An administrator tries to capture network traffic for a virtual machine, but cannot see the expected
traffic in the packet capture tool.
Which step can resolve the problem?
 Migrate the virtual machine to a Distributed Virtual Switch.
 Enable Promiscous Mode on the relevant port group.
 Modify the default value of MAC Address changes.
 Enable Forged Transmits on the virtual machine.
Question 109
An administrator creates a Private VLAN with a Primary VLAN ID of 2. The administrator than creates
three Private VLANs as follows:
Users in the Accounting PVLAN are reporting problems communicating with servers in the Marketing
PVLAN.
Which two actions could the administrator take to resolve this problem? (Choose two.)
 Change the PVLAN type for the Accounting network to Promiscuous.
 Change the PVLAN ID for the Accounting network to 2.
 Change the PVLAN type for Marketing network to Promiscuous.
 Change the PVLAN ID for Accounting network to 4.
Question 110
An administrator attempts to place a Storage DRS enabled Datastore into Maintenance Mode. The
task never completes, and the Entering Maintenance Mode status remains at 1%. Which two actions
should the administrator take to resolve this problem? (Choose two.)
 Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 1.
 Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 0.
 Disable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
 Enable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
Question 111
Which two scenarios could cause Storage DRS to be disabled on a Virtual Disk (VMDK)? (Choose two.)
 The VMDK is an independent disk.
 The virtual machine has vSphere Fault Tolerance enabled.
 The VMDK is hosted on NFS storage.
 The virtual machine has a CD-ROM/ISO image connected.

Question 112
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is using the esxtop command to troubleshoot storage performance issues on a
virtual machine. The esxtop capture is shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
 The iSCSI device is experiencing high latency.
 The ESXi kernel is experiencing high latency.
 The Guest OS is experiencing high latency and response time.
 The NFS device is experiencing high latency.
Question 113
An administrator is unable to upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance from version 5.1 Update 2 to
version 6.0.
What is a likely reason for this?
 vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 does not support upgrades from version 5.1 Update 2.
 vCenter Server Appliance must be joined to an Active Directory domain before
upgrading to version 6.0.
 vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2 uses an incompatible database for upgrading
to version 6.0.
 vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 must be upgraded using the vSphere Web Client.
Question 114
An administrator has migrated a vCenter Server Appliance from version 5.5 to version 6.x. During the
migration, the administrator selected DHCP for the appliance and obtained a hostname from the
DHCP server. The administrator adjusts the hostname after the migration and uses a static IP and
hostname.
What should the administrator do immediately after this change to prevent service failures?
 Regenerate the SSL certificates.
 Re-register components to Single Sign-On.
 Update the /etc/hosts file.
 Execute the command services.restart vmware-vpxd.

Question 115
An administrator is unable to patch an ESXi 6.x host using VMware Update Manager.
What is an alternative option for patching a host?
 Upload the offline bundle to a datastore and execute the command esxcli software
vib install -d to apply it manually.
 Upload the vib to a datastore and execute the command esxcli software vib install -d
to apply it manually.
 Upload the offline bundle to a datastore and execute the command esxupdate install
-v to apply it manually.
 Upload the vib to a datastore and execute the command esxupdate install -v to apply
it manually.
Question 116
Which three logs can be reviewed to troubleshoot a vCenter Server upgrade failure? (Choose three.)
 vminst.log
 vim-vcs-msi.log
 pkgmgr.log
 vc-upgrade.log
 firstboot.log
Question 117
Attempting to update an ESXi 6.x host using the following command:
esxcli software vib update -d update.zip
Generates the following error:
Could not download from depot at /tmp/index.xml, skipping (('/tmp/index.xml', '', "[Errno 4] IOError:
<urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/index.xml'>")) url = /tmp/index.xml
What action should be taken to correct the problem?
 Add the full file path to the command.
 Use the update option instead of install.
 Use the switch -d instead of -v.
 Replace esxcli with esxupdate.

Question 118
A failed upgrade from vCenter Server version 5.x to version 6.0 produces the following error:
[00800 error 'Default'] Database version id '600' is incompatible with this release of VirtualCenter.
What is the cause of the upgrade failure?
 There was a database schema upgrade failure during the installation.
 The VMWAREVCMSDS service was upgraded before the vCenter Server service.
 The VMware Directory Service database failed during the installation.
 There was an incompatible ODBC driver version for the database.
Question 119
An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance issue for a virtual machine.
Which three esxtop counters may demonstrate CPU contention? (Choose three.)
 %RDY
 %RUN
 %MLMTD
 %WAIT
 %CSTP
Question 120
Users are reporting CPU related performance problems on the virtual machine Email-Prod
throughout the day.
The resource settings for the VM and the ESXi host the VM is running on are shown below:
VM:
ESXi host:
Which two options would alleviate the observed performance problem for Email-Prod? (Choose
two.)
 Enable the advanced parameter Numa.PageMigEnable.
 Enable the advanced parameter Numa.AutoMemAffinity.
 Enable CPU affinity to separate 2 vCPUs for each NUMA node.
 Enable CPU affinity to bind all vCPUs to one NUMA node.

Question 121
An administrator is troubleshooting a performance problem with a virtual machine (VM). The VM
and ESXi host configuration is as follows:
The administrator would like to improve CPU performance for this VM. Other VMs on the host have
no performance issues. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the issue?
 Set the Advanced Parameter numa.vcpu.preferHT = TRUE in the virtual machine
configuration file.
 Set the Advanced Parameter numa.vcpu.preferHT = FALSE in the virtual machine
configuration file.
 Set the Advanced Parameter numa.PreferHT = 1 in the ESXi host configuration file.
 Set the Advanced Parameter numa.PreferHT = 0 in the ESXi host configuration file.
Question 122
An administrator has a virtual machine configured with the following settings:
Which two actions must the administrator take in order to utilize vNUMA? (Choose two.)
 Upgrade the ESXi host to vSphere 5.5 or later.
 Upgrade to Virtual Hardware version 8.
 Configure numa.vcpu.min to 5
 Configure numa.vcpu.min to 6
Question 123
When troubleshooting a performance related issue, an administrator sees the following warning
message on an ESXi Console:
Significant imbalance between NUMA nodes detected. Performance may be impacted.
Which action should the administrator take to correct this problem?
 Ensure that the RAM modules are evenly balanced between processor sockets in the
physical server.
 Ensure that all memory banks associated with CPU Socket 0 in the physical server are
completely filled.
 Ensure that the physical server has the maximum amount of RAM modules that it can
support.
 Ensure that all RAM modules in the host are Error-correcting code (ECC) modules.

Question 124
An administrator observes the following symptoms for a virtual machine:
Which two actions should the administrator take to improve the performance of this virtual
machine? (Choose two.)
 Increase the number of vCPUs assigned to this virtual machine.
 Decrease the number of vCPUs assigned to this virtual machine.
 Verify that VMware Tools is installed on every virtual machine on the host.
 Increase the CPU shares assigned to the virtual machine.
Question 125
An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU issue for a virtual machine. The following is seen in esxtop:
What is likely the cause of the CPU issue?
 The virtual machine has a CPU limit configured.
 The virtual machine's guest operating system is configured for SMP.
 The virtual machine has CPU affinity configured.
 The virtual machine is configured with a CPU reservation.
Question 126
An administrator notices that 8 out of 10 virtual machines have memory ballooning and swapping.
However, virtual machine 9 is not ballooning or swapping and virtual machine 10 is not ballooning
but is swapping.
Which two statements explain the behavior of virtual machine 9 and virtual machine 10? (Choose
two.)
 Virtual machine 9 has a 100% memory reservation.
 Virtual machine 10 has a memory limit configured.
 Virtual machine 9 has memory shares set to HIGH.
 Virtual machine 10 does not have VMware Tools enabled or installed.
Question 127
An administrator is troubleshooting a virtual machine performance issue using vRealize Operations.
Which two badges would help to identify possible resource contention concerns? (Choose two.)
 Health > Workload
 Health > Faults
 Risk > Time Remaining
 Risk > Stress

Question 128
A virtual machine is exhibiting these symptoms:
Which three solutions could correct this problem? (Choose three.)
 Verify that VMware Tools is installed on each virtual machine.
 Decrease the memory reservation setting, if higher than active memory.
 Add physical memory to the host.
 Disable the balloon driver in each virtual machine.
 Create a memory limit for each virtual machine.
Question 129
An administrator is concerned about possible vCPU over-commitment for an ESXi 6.x host.
Which two Performance Counters should be reviewed in the vSphere Web Client Performance Charts
to confirm if there is contention on the host? (Choose two.)
 Wait
 Ready
 Core Utilization
 Co-Stop
Question 130
An administrator tries to run esxtop to troubleshoot CPU performance issues, but no output is
displayed.
How can the issue be resolved?
 esxtop is deprecated in vSphere 6.x, resxtop must be used to produce the desired
output.
 In esxtop, press f and place an asterisk next to each field that should be displayed.
 sudo should be run in front of esxtop to give the administrator the proper
permissions.
 The esxtop command must be run from the /proc directory to produce output.

Question 131
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is troubleshooting a CPU performance related problem for the SlowVM virtual
machine.
Which three actions should the administrator take to improve CPU performance for SlowVM?
(Choose three.)
 Increase the number of vCPUs assigned to SlowVM.
 Decrease the number of vCPUs assigned to SlowVM.
 Power off other VMs running on the same ESXi host.
 Increase the CPU limit for SlowVM.
 Move SlowVM to another ESXi host with more physical CPU resources available.
Question 132
Refer to the Exhibit.
Examine the esxtop command output shown in the Exhibit.
Which option would improve application performance for the SlowVM virtual machine?
 Increase the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
 Decrease the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
 Move SlowVM to another ESXi host with more physical CPU resources available.
 Increase the CPU limit assigned to SlowVM.
Question 133
An administrator notices that a Windows virtual machine is using 95% CPU in Task Manager.
Which two actions should be taken to resolve this issue? (Choose two.)
 Increase the memory reservation of the virtual machine.
 Increase the CPU Shares on the resource pool where the virtual machine resides.
 Decrease the CPU reservation of the virtual machine.
 Increase the CPU limit on the resource pool where the virtual machine resides.

Question 134
An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will
disable most hardware power management features.
Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to meet this requirement?
 High Performance
 Balanced
 Low Power
 Disabled
Question 135
An administrator wants to monitor virtual machines on a host and send notifications when memory
usage reaches 80%.
What should the administrator create in vCenter Server to accomplish this?
 A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a trigger to
email the notification.
 A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an
action to email the notification.
 A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an action to
email the notification.
 A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a
trigger to email the notification.
Question 136
What is the name of the High Availability agent log?
 fdm.log
 ha.log
 vpxa.log
 aam.log

Question 137
An administrator is attempting to enable Legacy Fault Tolerance (FT) on a virtual machine and
observes the following in the vSphere Web Client:
Fault Tolerance has not been licensed on host <hostname>.
What is the minimum licensed edition that supports this configuration?
 Standard
 Enterprise
 Enterprise Plus
 Essentials Plus
Question 138
An administrator is attempting to enable Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and
observes the following in the vSphere Web Client:
Fault Tolerance has not been licensed on host <hostname>.
What is the minimum licensed edition that supports this configuration?
 Enterprise
 Enterprise Plus
 Standard
 Essentials Plus
Question 139
When attempting to place a datastore in Maintenance Mode, the task remains at 1%.
What are two potential causes for this? (Choose two.)
 Storage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s).
 Storage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk.
 Storage DRS datastores have insufficient space to accommodate failover.
 Storage DRS provisioning network has been limited with I/O control policies.
Question 140
What are two likely causes for a DRS cluster to become unbalanced? (Choose two.)
 Migration threshold is too low.
 Affinity rules are preventing virtual machines from being moved.
 A device is mounted to a virtual machine preventing vMotion.
 Migration cost is too low.

Question 141
Which two scenarios would cause a Fault Tolerance-enabled virtual machine to fail to power the
Secondary virtual machine? (Choose two.)
 The host has entered a Network Partitioned state.
 vSphere High Availability (HA) is disabled on the host cluster.
 Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) is enabled on the host cluster.
 vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM) is enabled on the host cluster.
Question 142
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is reviewing a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enabled Cluster and
observes unexpected behavior as shown in the Exhibit.
What are three potential causes of the cluster imbalance? (Choose three.)
 A local device is mounted to one or more virtual machines.
 DRS rules prevent virtual machines from being moved.
 vMotion is not configured and enabled.
 There are insufficient cluster resources to perform the migration.
 DRS has been configured for a conservative migration threshold.

Question 143
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator receives vRealize Operations alerts for the Health of the virtual machine PVMAPP_0
as shown in Exhibit 1:
The administrator clicks on the Analysis pane, as shown in Exhibit 2:
Based on the exhibits, what action would correctly address the performance problems observed?
 Increase the number of vCPUs for PVMAPP_0.
 Increase the allocation of memory for PVMAPP_0.
 Increase the Memory limit for PVMAPP_0.
 Increase the reservation in MHz for vCPUs for PVMAPP_0.
Question 144
Which two identification sources can a vSphere Auto Deploy rule use to identify target hosts?
(Choose two.)
 Processor Serial Number
 Security Identifier
 SMBIOS information
 BIOS UUID

Question 145
An administrator is deploying ESXi 6.x hosts using Auto Deploy and wants the image profile to be
available, even after closing and opening a new PowerCLI window.
Which command can be used to ensure that image profiles are preserved across PowerCLI sessions?
 Set-EsxImageProfile
 Export-EsxImageProfile
 Save-EsxImageProfile
 Preserve-EsxImageProfile
Question 146
Which two are valid compliance results that indicate the need to apply a Host Profile? (Choose two.)
 Non-compliant
 Inconsistent
 Unknown
 Disconnected
Question 147
An administrator needs to migrate a legacy physical application server to a virtual machine within a
vSphere 6 cluster. As part of the conversion, the administrator must reduce the size of the virtual
disks. What action should the administrator take to create a virtual machine with smaller virtual disks
than the original physical server?
 Shut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volumebased
cloning at the disk level.
 Use VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the block level.
 Shut down the physical server and use VMware Converter cold cloning with volumebased
cloning at the file level.
 Use VMware Converter hot cloning with volume-based cloning at the file level.

Question 148
An administrator needs to recover disk space on a previously-used thin provisioned virtual disk. The
volumes where the administrator needs to recover the disk blocks are on VAAI-compliant storage
arrays.
Which two actions should the administrator take accomplish this task? (Choose two.)
 Perform a Storage vMotion to another volume in order to force free space recovery
to occur. This recreates the volume in a new location and recovers all unused space.
 Use VMware Converter to migrate the virtual machine to a new datastore. This will
recreate the volumes and recover all unused space.
 Issue the vmkfstools -vmfs unmap command within the VMFS volume directory on
the ESXi host console.
 Execute the esxcli storage vmfs unmap command.

Question 149
Refer to the Exhibit.
A vSphere 6.x DRS cluster is configured as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which statement is true?
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the Web Resource Pool with a 3 GHz CPU
Reservation.
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the Web Resource Pool with a 4 GHz CPU
Reservation.
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the DB Resource Pool with a 3 GHz CPU
Reservation.
 A virtual machine can be powered on in the DB Resource Pool with a 4 GHz CPU
Reservation.

Question 150
A vSphere 6 High Availability cluster has been configured with default settings. Four virtual machines
in the cluster have been configured with these priorities:
How many VM Overrides would need to be defined at the cluster level to meet the restart priorities?
 1
 2
 3
 4
Question 151
Which two options are available in the Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) setting
Response for Datastore with All Paths Down (APD)? (Choose two.)
 Issue Events
 Power off and restart virtual machines
 Reset virtual machines
 Leave Powered On
Question 152
Which two statements regarding Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) affinity rules are true?
(Choose two.)
 When two VM-VM affinity rules conflict, the older one takes precedence and the
newer rule is disabled.
 Using Specify Failover Hosts admission control policy, VM-VM affinity rules are not
supported.
 DRS gives higher precedence to preventing violations of anti-affinity rules than
violations of affinity rules.
 It is not possible to create an affinity rule that conflicts with the other rules being
used.

Question 153
Refer to the Exhibit.
The Prod-DB virtual machine has a VM Override as shown in the Exhibit.
What step, it taken, would require all virtual machines in the cluster to migrate automatically?
 Deselect the virtual machine from VM Overrides.
 Add all virtual machines to the VM Overrides.
 Change Response for Host Isolation to Use Cluster Settings.
 Change the Automation level to Use Cluster Settings.

Question 154
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator reviews the Health of a virtual machine, as shown in the Exhibit.
Based on the exhibit, which three metrics can be used to determine the virtual machine's Workload
characteristics? (Choose three.)
 CPU
 Memory
 Network IO
 Threads
 vNUMA Stats

Question 155
Refer to the Exhibit.
Which tab shows the Hardware Acceleration support status?
 Devices
 Properties
 Paths
 Advanced Options

Question 156
Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is troubleshooting intermittent poor performance of virtual machines in a vSphere
6.x cluster. Investigating esxtop data shows that the only statistic that stands out is %CSTP as
depicted in Exhibit 1:


Question 157
An administrator has recently configured HA on a cluster. After reviewing the summary tab on one of
the hosts, the warning in Exhibit 1 is displayed:
The administrator proceeds to view the management network port group data shown in Exhibit 2:
The administrator then views the management network vSwitch as shown in Exhibit 3:
Based on the exhibits, which two steps should be taken to ensure redundancy on the management
network? (Choose two.)
 Move vmnic1 to Standby adapters.
 Add an additional vmknic to the Network Adapters and move it to Active adapters.
 Set the advanced HA configuration parameter das.ignoreRedundantNetWarning to
True.
 Uncheck the Override Failover Checkbox on the management network port group.
Question 158
An administrator wishes to give a user the ability to manage snapshots for virtual machines.
Which privilege does the administrator need to assign to the user?
 Datastore.Allocate Space
 Virtual machine.Configuration.create snapshot
 Virtual machine.Configuration.manage snapshot
 Datastore.Browse Datastore

Question 159
An object has inherited permissions from two parent objects.
What is true about the permissions on the object?
 The common permissions between the two are applied and the rest are discarded.
 The permissions are combined from both parent objects.
 No permissions are applied from the parent objects.
 The permission is randomly selected from either of the two parent objects.
Question 160
Which three Authorization types are valid in vSphere? (Choose three.)
 Group Membership in vsphere.local
 Global
 Forest
 vCenter Server
 Group Membership in system-domain
Question 161
Which three components should an administrator select when configuring vSphere permissions?
(Choose three.)
 Inventory Object
 Role
 User/Group
 Privilege
 Password
Question 162
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.

Question 163
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
Question 164
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
Question 165
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.
Question 166
Which two are valid Identity Sources when configuring vCenter Single Sign-On? (Choose two.)
 Radius
 NIS
 OpenLDAP
 LocalOS

Question 167
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.
Explanation:
ALL right.
Question 168
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
Question 169
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:
What is the maximum number of virtual CPUs that the virtual machine can be allocated?
 64
 128
 192
 256
Explanation:
okay.

Question 170
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)
Question 171
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
Question 172
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.
Explanation:
to the point answer.
Question 173
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

Question 174
Which Advanced Setting should be created for the vCenter Server to change the expiration policy of
the vpxuser password?
 VimPasswordExpirationInDays
 VimExpirationPasswordDays
 VimPassExpirationInDays
 VimPasswordRefreshDays
Question 175
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
Question 176
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.
Question 177
Which group in the vsphere.local domain will have administrator privileges for the VMware
Certificate Authority (VMCA)?
 SolutionUsers
 CAAdmins
 DCAAdmins
 SystemConfiguration.Administrators
Explanation:
Best answer.

Question 178
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