An administrator is configuring a DHCP Group within a Private Network Profile. The administrator cannot complete the configuration due to an error. What is the most likely reason?

An administrator is configuring a DHCP Group within a Private Network Profile. The administrator cannot complete the configuration due to an error.
What is the most likely reason? 






A. The DHCP range overlaps the range of static IP addresses
B. The DHCP range does not fall into the static IP addresses range
C. The DHCP subnet range is duplicated in another DHCP Group
D. The DHCP subnet range has not been applied to a DHCP Group






Answer: A

When vCloud Automation Center provisions a vSphere virtual machine from a Blueprint, how is the selection of storage paths prioritized?

When vCloud Automation Center provisions a vSphere virtual machine from a Blueprint, how is the selection of storage paths prioritized? 







A. The storage path with the highest priority number is selected for provisioning.
B. Storage paths are ordered by priority number (lowest to highest) before considering the space available.
C. Storage paths with sufficient space available are considered; then the highest priority number is selected.
D. Storage paths with sufficient space available are considered; then the lowest priority number is selected.







Answer: B

A new update has been released for ESXi hosts. Which tasks must the administrator perform in the vCloud Suite and/or vCenter Server prior to applying the update?

A new update has been released for ESXi hosts.
Which tasks must the administrator perform in the vCloud Suite and/or vCenter Server prior to applying the update? 







A. Enter maintenance mode on the host in vCenter, update the host.
B. Enter maintenance mode on the host in vCenter. Unprepare the host in vCloud Automation Center web console.
C. vMotion all resources from the host in vCenter. Unprepare the host in vCloud Automation Center web console.
D. Disable the host. Redeploy all virtual machines for the host.






Answer: A

An administrator configures Cloud Registration to a vSphere Cloud type on the vCloud Connector node. Which value should the administrator use for the Cloud URL?

An administrator configures Cloud Registration to a vSphere Cloud type on the vCloud Connector node.
Which value should the administrator use for the Cloud URL?







A. the IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Server
B. the host name of the vCloud Connector Server
C. the IP address or FQDN of vShield Manager
D. the host name of the vCloud Director cell







Answer: A

An administrator needs to limit CPU resources for a vCloud Automation Center Business Group. What should the administrator do?

An administrator needs to limit CPU resources for a vCloud Automation Center Business Group.
What should the administrator do? 







A. Create a Reservation that includes a vSphere Resource Pool that limits CPU utilization.
B. Create a Reservation and specify CPU limits in the This Reservation field.
C. Create a Reservation and specify a Reservation Policy that limits CPU utilization.
D. Create a Reservation that enables Alerts based on CPU utilization.







Answer: A

An administrator needs to install a new IaaS Components server for vCloud Automation Center. Which two operating systems are supported for the installation? (Choose two.)

An administrator needs to install a new IaaS Components server for vCloud Automation Center.
Which two operating systems are supported for the installation? (Choose two.) 







A. Windows Server 2008 R2
B. Windows Server 2012 R2
C. Windows Server 2008 SP2
D. Windows Server 2003 R2







Answer: A,B

A vCloud Automation Center administrator needs to allow users to revert their machines to their initial deployment state. What should the administrator do?

A vCloud Automation Center administrator needs to allow users to revert their machines to their initial deployment state.
What should the administrator do? 







A. Enable the Reprovision option in the blueprint.
B. Enable the Snapshot option in the blueprint.
C. Enable the Linked Clone option in the blueprint.
D. Enable the Destroy option in the blueprint.






Answer: A

An administrator creates a vCAC virtual machine blueprint with the following resource parameters: A user tries to launch a machine based on this blueprint with the following resource parameters: What is the immediate outcome of this attempt?

An administrator creates a vCAC virtual machine blueprint with the following resource parameters:
A user tries to launch a machine based on this blueprint with the following resource parameters:
What is the immediate outcome of this attempt? 






A. The virtual machine fails to launch.
B. The virtual machine is launched as configured.
C. The virtual machine deployment awaits administrative approval.
D. The virtual machine launches with automatically adjusted parameters.








Answer: B

An administrator is using vCenter Operations Manager to monitor an environment and discovers that the Risk badge score has decreased since the last time it was checked. What condition would explain this change?

An administrator is using vCenter Operations Manager to monitor an environment and discovers that the Risk badge score has decreased since the last time it was checked.
What condition would explain this change? 







A. The Time Remaining badge has decreased from 65 to 45.
B. The Workload badge has decreased from 75 to 50.
C. The Capacity Remaining badge has decreased from 80 to 50.
D. The Stress badge has decreased from 70 to 40.






Answer: D

An administrator has configured multi-pathing using an FC array in an active-active configuration. What is the expected behavior of the host when a failed preferred path becomes available using the Fixed path selection policy for this array type?

An administrator has configured multi-pathing using an FC array in an active-active configuration.
What is the expected behavior of the host when a failed preferred path becomes available using the Fixed path selection policy for this array type? 






A. It automatically reverts to the preferred path.
B. It continues using the current path until it is manually reverted.
C. It resumes load balancing across all available paths.
D. It reverts to the preferred path after the host has been restored and rebooted.






Answer: A

The load on a Fully Automated HA/DRS cluster is critically unbalanced. What condition could cause this issue?

The load on a Fully Automated HA/DRS cluster is critically unbalanced.
What condition could cause this issue? 






A. DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machines.
B. The migration threshold is set to Moderate.
C. Storage vMotion is not enabled on the cluster.
D. Storage DRS is disabled on the datastore hosting the cluster's virtual machines.







Answer: A

A SAN administrator recently installed a storage encryption switch on a Fibre Channel Fabric. Shortly after the deployment, several new VMFS5 datastores recently created were dismounted. Attempts to manually mount them fail. VMFS5 upgraded datastores are unaffected. All Storage arrays in use support VASA and VAAI. What is the root cause of this problem?

A SAN administrator recently installed a storage encryption switch on a Fibre Channel Fabric. Shortly after the deployment, several new VMFS5 datastores recently created were dismounted. Attempts to manually mount them fail. VMFS5 upgraded datastores are unaffected. All Storage arrays in use support VASA and VAAI.
What is the root cause of this problem? 






A. All newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged ATS_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the ATS command.
B. All newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged XCOPY_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the XCOPY command.
C. All newly created VMFS5 datastores are tagged WRITE_SAME_Only. The storage encryption switch blocks the WRITE_SAME command.
D. All newly created VMFS5 datastores were formatted with 1MB block size. The storage encryption switch does not support this block size.








Answer: A

An administrator notices that a virtual machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power -> Power On. Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start?

An administrator notices that a virtual machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power -> Power On.
Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start? 






A. vmkernel.log
B. messages
C. vpxa.log
D. fdm.log






Answer: A

An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager for the initial deployment of VMware Tools on a group of newly created virtual machines. When the administrator scans the objects for compliance, a compliance state of Incompatible is returned. How should the administrator resolve the issue?

An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager for the initial deployment of VMware Tools on a group of newly created virtual machines.
When the administrator scans the objects for compliance, a compliance state of Incompatible is returned.
How should the administrator resolve the issue? 






A. Install VMware Tools manually on the new virtual machines.
B. Ensure the latest version of VMware Tools has been downloaded to the Update Manager repository.
C. Enable the Upgrade VMware Tools on Power Cycle option.
D. Create a separate baseline object for each guest OS type .







Answer: A

A vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine to another datastore and host without disrupting virtual machine users. Which technique should the vSphere administrator use?

A vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine to another datastore and host without disrupting virtual machine users.
Which technique should the vSphere administrator use? 







A. Enhanced vMotion
B. High Priority vMotion
C. Low Priority vMotion
D. Storage vMotion







Answer: A

An application team is implementing a new solution in a vSphere environment. The vendor states the application is memory intensive. The application is very unstable when operating without adequate on-demand access to physical memory. The application's virtual machines have been assigned to the Mission Critical resource pool. Which resource pool setting will help ensure the application has adequate access to memory?

An application team is implementing a new solution in a vSphere environment. The vendor states the application is memory intensive. The application is very unstable when operating without adequate on-demand access to physical memory. The application's virtual machines have been assigned to the Mission Critical resource pool.
Which resource pool setting will help ensure the application has adequate access to memory? 





A. Memory reservation
B. High memory share value
C. Unlimited memory
D. Expandable reservation







Answer: A

A vSphere administrator needs to enable Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) in an existing vSphere environment: - The environment contains a High Availability (HA) cluster with eight ESXi hosts. - Six ESXi hosts will be added to the cluster. - DRS should be used on as many hosts as possible. - Initial placement of virtual machines should be automatically performed. - Migration recommendations should be provided, but not performed without approval. Which procedure should the administrator perform to accomplish this task?

A vSphere administrator needs to enable Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) in an existing vSphere environment:
- The environment contains a High Availability (HA) cluster with eight ESXi hosts.
- Six ESXi hosts will be added to the cluster.
- DRS should be used on as many hosts as possible.
- Initial placement of virtual machines should be automatically performed.
- Migration recommendations should be provided, but not performed without approval.
Which procedure should the administrator perform to accomplish this task? 






A. Select the datacenter and create a DRS cluster.Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS.Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Partial.
B. Select the existing
H. cluster.Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster.Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Manual.
C. Select the datacenter and create a DRS cluster.Add the six remaining hosts to this cluster, then enable DRS.Edit the DRS settings and change the automation level to Manual.
D. Select the existing
H. cluster.Add the six remaining hosts to the cluster.Enable DRS, then edit the settings and change the automation level to Partial.






Answer: D

A vApp Author deploys a multi-virtual machine vApp to My Cloud with the startup options defined as follows: How long will it take for VM4 to begin powering on after the vApp is powered on?

A vApp Author deploys a multi-virtual machine vApp to My Cloud with the startup options defined as follows:
How long will it take for VM4 to begin powering on after the vApp is powered on? 






A. 10 seconds
B. 20 seconds
C. 30 seconds
D. 40 seconds






Answer: B

The current block size of a datastore in VMFS3 is 4MB. An administrator needs to upgrade the datastore to VMFS5 and wants to change it to 1MB block size. Which action should the administrator take?

The current block size of a datastore in VMFS3 is 4MB. An administrator needs to upgrade the datastore to VMFS5 and wants to change it to 1MB block size. Which action should the administrator take? 







A. Upgrade the datastore to VMFS 5.Select the 1MB block size option during the upgrade.
B. Create a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size.Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore, then delete the VMFS3 datastore.
C. Upgrade the datastore to VMFS5.Use vmkfstools to change the block size on the upgraded datastore.
D. Create a new VMFS5 datastore with a 1MB block size. Migrate all virtual machines from the existing datastore to the new datastore. Upgrade the virtual machine hardware on the migrated VMs, then delete the VMFS3 datastore.






Answer: B

Which action should an administrator take to increase the size of a VMFS5 datastore from 2TB to 32TB?

Which action should an administrator take to increase the size of a VMFS5 datastore from 2TB to 32TB? 





A. Create a second LUN and add a second share for the datastore
B. Dynamically expand the original LUN and increase the size of the datastore
C. Dynamically expand the original LUN and add extents to the datastore
D. Create a second LUN and increase the size of the datastore






Answer: B

A virtual machine has the following configuration: - Thin provisioned virtual disks - The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN. - The storage array is VAAI-enabled. What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition?

A virtual machine has the following configuration:
- Thin provisioned virtual disks
- The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN.
- The storage array is VAAI-enabled.
What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition? 






A. It is suspended.
B. It is gracefully shut down.
C. It is powered off.
D. It is converted to space-efficient sparse.








Answer: A

An administrator is considering using NPIV to assign WWNs to virtual machines. Virtual machine portability is a major concern. Why would NPIV be inappropriate for this deployment?

An administrator is considering using NPIV to assign WWNs to virtual machines. Virtual machine portability is a major concern.
Why would NPIV be inappropriate for this deployment? 






A. Virtual machines using NPIV must use DirectpathIO.
B. Storage vMotion is not supported using NPIV.
C. vMotion is not supported using NPIV.
D. Enabling NPIV requires SR-IOV supported hardware.







Answer: B

Which configuration will block communication between two virtual machines on the same DMZ network?

Which configuration will block communication between two virtual machines on the same DMZ network? 








A. An isolated Private VLAN configured on a distributed switch and the two DMZ server virtual machines connected to the same port group
B. Two different port groups created on a distributed switch and 1 DMZ server virtual machine connected to each port group
C. Two different port groups created on a standard switch and 1 DMZ server virtual machine connected to each port group
D. The security policy exception set to Reject for the switch to which the two DMZ server virtual machines will be connected







Answer: A

While troubleshooting a crash event on an ESXi 5.x host, an administrator determines the log files related to the event are NOT present. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the logging issue?

While troubleshooting a crash event on an ESXi 5.x host, an administrator determines the log files related to the event are NOT present.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve the logging issue? 







A. Increase the amount of memory committed to log storage.
B. Increase the statistic data collection level to 4.
C. Change the roll-up type to maximum.
D. Create a persistent scratch location.







Answer: D

The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one ESXi 5.5 host to another ESXi 5.5 host. The virtual machine has a virtual disk that is stored in local storage. Assuming only the vSphere Essentials licensing is in place, which technique should the administrator use to accomplish the migration?

The vSphere administrator needs to migrate a virtual machine from one ESXi 5.5 host to another ESXi 5.5 host. The virtual machine has a virtual disk that is stored in local storage.
Assuming only the vSphere Essentials licensing is in place, which technique should the administrator use to accomplish the migration? 








A. vMotion migration
B. Cold migration
C. Enhanced vMotion migration
D. Storage vMotion migration







Answer: B

An administrator is deploying vSphere using a NAS device as the shared storage system. The administrator has already created a VMkernel port, enabled the NFS client, and configured a mount point accessible to the hosts. Which additional configuration is required before the datastore can be used to create virtual machines?

An administrator is deploying vSphere using a NAS device as the shared storage system. The administrator has already created a VMkernel port, enabled the NFS client, and configured a mount point accessible to the hosts.
Which additional configuration is required before the datastore can be used to create virtual machines? 






A. The ESXi hosts must have root access to the datastore.
B. The NAS must support NFS version 4.
C. Port binding must be configured on the VMkernel port.
D. The MTU on the VMkernel port must be set to 9000.







Answer: A

Which VMware Tools upgrade method minimizes the need for scheduled downtime?

Which VMware Tools upgrade method minimizes the need for scheduled downtime? 






A. Use vCenter Server to select and upgrade virtual machines
B. Use vSphere PowerCLI and create a script to upgrade the virtual machines
C. Use Update Manager to perform an orchestrated upgrade of virtual machines
D. Configure the virtual machines to check for and install updates at each reboot cycle







Answer: D

Which statement is true regarding the licensing of vCenter Server?

Which statement is true regarding the licensing of vCenter Server? 






A. The license for vCenter Server must be provided at the time of installation.
B. Changing the license assigned to vCenter Server requires a restart of the vCenter Server service.
C. Virtual machines can still be powered on if the vCenter Server license expires.
D. Licensing for a single vCenter Server installation is determined by the number of managed virtual machines.






Answer: C

An administrator is trying to create a new Virtual Reservation. The vSphere Endpoint is configured and functioning properly. What role and group is required in order to utilize a given compute resource when creating the Virtual Reservation?

An administrator is trying to create a new Virtual Reservation. The vSphere Endpoint is configured and functioning properly.
What role and group is required in order to utilize a given compute resource when creating the Virtual Reservation? 








A. The administrator must be an Enterprise Administrator in the correct Enterprise Group.
B. The administrator must be a Provisioning Group Manager in the correct Enterprise Group.
C. The administrator must be an Enterprise Administrator in the correct Provisioning Group.
D. The administrator must be a Provisioning Group Manager in the correct Provisioning Group.






Answer: A

An administrator needs to add resources to the only Provider VDC in the company's Private Cloud. Which method will require the least administrative effort?

An administrator needs to add resources to the only Provider VDC in the company's Private Cloud.
Which method will require the least administrative effort? 







A. Add another cluster.
B. Add a host to the cluster.
C. Create a Resource Pool in the cluster.
D. Merge with another Provider VDC.







Answer: B

An administrator manages a rapidly growing virtual environment and needs to increase the resource capacity of a Provider VDC. What should the administrator add to meet this need?

An administrator manages a rapidly growing virtual environment and needs to increase the resource capacity of a Provider VDC. What should the administrator add to meet this need? 






A. a new resource pool within the same vCenter Server cluster
B. a new reservation within the same vCenter Server cluster
C. a new resource pool from a different vCenter Server cluster
D. a new reservation from a different vCenter Server cluster






Answer: A

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

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







A. Edit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10
B. Edit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=600
C. Edit: /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=600
D. Edit: /opt/vmware/vsphere-client/webclient.properties, modify session.timeout=10






Answer: A

The bandwidth between two sites is too slow to transfer large virtual machine files. The administrator needs to export a virtual machine to OVF to reduce the size of the transfer. When the administrator attempts to initiate the Export OVF Template feature, the selection is grayed out. What is the likely reason that the administrator is unable to select this option?

The bandwidth between two sites is too slow to transfer large virtual machine files. The administrator needs to export a virtual machine to OVF to reduce the size of the transfer. When the administrator attempts to initiate the Export OVF Template feature, the selection is grayed out.
What is the likely reason that the administrator is unable to select this option? 






A. The virtual machine is in a powered on state.
B. There is not enough disk space on the destination for the OVF.
C. The administrator's account does not have the correct privileges.
D. The virtual machine is not compatible with the OVF format.






Answer: A

An administrator has recently updated all ESXi hosts from version 5.0 to version 5.5 on a vSphere Cluster. Where should the administrator change settings so that vCloud Director vApps can deploy virtual machines running virtual hardware version 10?

An administrator has recently updated all ESXi hosts from version 5.0 to version 5.5 on a vSphere Cluster. 

Where should the administrator change settings so that vCloud Director vApps can deploy virtual machines running virtual hardware version 10? 






A. Organization VDC
B. vCenter Server
C. Provider VDC
D. Organization Catalog







Answer: C

An Isolated vApp network is running out of available IP addresses. The administrator needs to expand the subnet. Existing MAC addresses assigned to virtual machines need to remain intact. None of the virtual machines are using DHCP services. What should the administrator do to apply the change?

An Isolated vApp network is running out of available IP addresses. The administrator needs to expand the subnet.
Existing MAC addresses assigned to virtual machines need to remain intact. None of the virtual machines are using DHCP services.
What should the administrator do to apply the change? 





A. Reset the network from vCloud Director's Networking tab.
B. Redeploy the Edge device from vShield Manager's interface.
C. Remove and re-add each NIC from the virtual machine's property window.
D. Reconfigure the network settings in each guest OS.






Answer: D

An administrator needs to create a network. A virtual machine must be deployed with the same IP and MAC address multiple times. Which network type should the administrator create?

An administrator needs to create a network. A virtual machine must be deployed with the same IP and MAC address multiple times.
Which network type should the administrator create? 







A. External Network
B. vApp Network
C. Network Pool
D. Direct Organization Network






Answer: B

An administrator needs to establish that a database server is entitled to twice the CPU resources compared to a web server during CPU resource contention. Which settings should the administrator change to accomplish this?

An administrator needs to establish that a database server is entitled to twice the CPU resources compared to a web server during CPU resource contention.
Which settings should the administrator change to accomplish this? 







A. Set the database server's CPU Shares to High and leave the web server's CPU Shares at Normal.
B. Set the database server's CPU Shares to High and change the web server's CPU Shares to Low.
C. Set the database server's CPU Shares to High and change the web server's CPU Shares value to a Custom value of 500.
D. Set the database server's CPU Shares to a Custom value of 500 and leave the web server's CPU Shares at Normal.







Answer: A

An IP address is provisioned from a vCloud Automation Center Network Profile static IP range. What will happen when the workload using the IP address is destroyed?

An IP address is provisioned from a vCloud Automation Center Network Profile static IP range.
What will happen when the workload using the IP address is destroyed? 






A. It will be automatically returned to the range for reuse within minutes.
B. It will be batched with all reclaimable addresses and returned to the range daily.
C. It will be permanently marked as unavailable for that specific range to prevent IP conflicts.
D. It will be marked as unavailable until the range is deleted and recreated.








Answer: A

A vCloud Director vApp owner needs to create and connect a new vApp Network to a running virtual machine. Which two workflows would accomplish this goal? (Choose two.)

A vCloud Director vApp owner needs to create and connect a new vApp Network to a running virtual machine.
Which two workflows would accomplish this goal? (Choose two.) 







A. Enable Hot-add for networks in the virtual machine hardware, then add the NIC and vApp Network.
B. Power off the virtual machine, then add a new NIC to the virtual machine and connect to a new vApp Network.
C. Add a new NIC to the virtual machine, then connect to a new vApp Network.
D. Enable Hot-add for networks for the vApp, then create a new vApp Network connected to the virtual machine.







Answer: B,C

How would the administrator create a new direct connected Org VDC network utilizing an existing vSphere port group with a unique VLAN ID?

How would the administrator create a new direct connected Org VDC network utilizing an existing vSphere port group with a unique VLAN ID? 





A. 3. Add the network to the Org VDC
B. 3. Add the network to the Org VDC
C. 3. Add the network to the Provider VDC
D. 3. Add the network to the Provider VDC






Answer: A

An administrator needs to provide dynamic IP addresses to virtual machines in a vApp. In which two locations can an administrator configure a DHCP service? (Choose two.)

An administrator needs to provide dynamic IP addresses to virtual machines in a vApp.
In which two locations can an administrator configure a DHCP service? (Choose two.) 








A. on a dedicated DHCP appliance
B. on the vShield Manager
C. on an organization network Edge appliance
D. on the vSphere Distributed Switch









Answer: A,C