During an upgrade, the ESXi 5.x installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume. No virtual machines exist on the host or VMFS3 volume. The requirement is to upgrade to VMFS5. Which option should be chosen to meet this requirement?

During an upgrade, the ESXi 5.x installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume. No virtual machines exist on the host or VMFS3 volume. The requirement is to upgrade to VMFS5.
Which option should be chosen to meet this requirement? 

A. Upgrade ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
B. Install ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
C. Install ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
D. Upgrade ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore






Answer: C

Which is the simplest baseline group combination an administrator could create to upgrade hosts, VMware tools, and virtual machine hardware to the latest versions using Update Manager?

Which is the simplest baseline group combination an administrator could create to upgrade hosts, VMware tools, and virtual machine hardware to the latest versions using Update Manager? 

A. One baseline group that contains the host upgrade baselines and one baseline group that contains the VM Hardware and VMware Tools upgrade baselines
B. One baseline group that contains the host upgrade and vCenter upgrade baselines
C. One baseline group that contains the host, VMware tools, and VM Hardware upgrade baselines
D. One baseline group that contains the Data Center upgrade baseline and one baseline group that contains the VM upgrade baseline






Answer: A

What is the minimum virtual machine compatibility setting required for a virtual machine to run on a vSphere 5.5 host?

What is the minimum virtual machine compatibility setting required for a virtual machine to run on a vSphere 5.5 host? 

A. ESXi 5.1 and later
B. ESXi 3.0 and later
C. ESXi 4.1 and later
D. ESXi 3.5 and later







Answer: D

During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported: Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS. Which condition would generate this message?

During the installation of ESXi 5.5, the following error message is reported:
Hardware Virtualization is not a feature of the CPU, or is not enabled in the BIOS.
Which condition would generate this message? 

A. LAHF/SAHA is not enabled in the BIOS.
B. NX/XD is not enabled in the BIOS.
C. SSE3 is not enabled in the BIOS.
D. Hyperthreading is not enabled in the BIOS.








Answer: A

An administrator is installing ESXi on several hosts attached to iSCSI storage. Why would the administrator detach the host from the IP storage network prior to installation?

An administrator is installing ESXi on several hosts attached to iSCSI storage.
Why would the administrator detach the host from the IP storage network prior to installation? 

A. It decreases the time the installer needs to search for available disk drives.
B. It allows the installation of a generic VAAI component for IP storage.
C. It prevents ESXi from installing vSphere Flash Cache to the IP storage.
D. It is required when installing ESXi onto a physical server that utilizes IP storage.







Answer: A

Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). What is the most likely explanation?

Immediately after installing ESXi, an administrator observes that the Configure Lockdown Mode option is grayed out in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).
What is the most likely explanation? 

A. The host has not yet been added to a vCenter Server.
B. The BIOS on the host does not have NX/XD enabled.
C. The ESXi host is running in evaluation mode.
D. The host requires a reboot before this feature is available.






Answer: A

An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements:

An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements: 

A. Linked Mode is a requirement for the solution.
B. Oracle 10g is a requirement for the solution.
C. The vSphere web client is a requirement for the solution.
D. Management of more than 5 hosts is a requirement for the solution.






Answer: A

What is a valid plug-in status for a plug-in that has been added to a vSphere client?

What is a valid plug-in status for a plug-in that has been added to a vSphere client? 

A. Disabled
B. Unknown
C. Stopped
D. Installed



Answer: A

An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client. The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day. What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue?

An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client. The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day. What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue? 

A. Verify the web browser being used has Adobe Flash plugin version 11.5 or later
B. Verify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server
C. Verify the vSphere Web Server service is running on the vCenter Server
D. Verify the administrator has permissions configured in vCenter Server







Answer: B

A developer needs to create a multi-tier development stack for a home lab. Which vSphere product will support the architecture required for the least software cost?

A developer needs to create a multi-tier development stack for a home lab. Which vSphere product will support the architecture required for the least software cost? 

A. vSphere Hypervisor
B. vSphere Essentials
C. VMware Player
D. VMware Workstation







Answer: A

A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company's production applications. What is minimum vSphere offering that will support this requirement?

A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company's production applications.
What is minimum vSphere offering that will support this requirement? 

A. vSphere Essentials
B. vSphere Essentials Plus
C. vSphere Hypervisor
D. vSphere Standard







Answer: B

Which minor badge scores are used to calculate the Health score in vCenter Operations Manager?

Which minor badge scores are used to calculate the Health score in vCenter Operations Manager? 

A. Time remaining, Capacity remaining, Stress
B. Workload, Anomalies, Faults
C. Stress, Faults, Risk
D. Reclaimable Waste, Density







Answer: B

An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager is viewing the health of an ESXi host in the environment. There have NOT been any reported outages or issues with the ESXi host, but the administrator needs to determine if the host is behaving normally. Which minor badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information?

An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager is viewing the health of an ESXi host in the environment. There have NOT been any reported outages or issues with the ESXi host, but the administrator needs to determine if the host is behaving normally. Which minor badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information? 

A. Faults
B. Anomalies
C. Stress
D. Health






Answer: B

An administrator needs to modify a virtual machine alert to increase the threshold value of the trigger. Once connected to the vCenter Server, the administrator navigates to the virtual machine to make the change. However, the administrator is unable to edit the alarm. What is the reason that this alarm cannot be edited?

An administrator needs to modify a virtual machine alert to increase the threshold value of the trigger. Once connected to the vCenter Server, the administrator navigates to the virtual machine to make the change. However, the administrator is unable to edit the alarm. What is the reason that this alarm cannot be edited? 

A. The alarm was not defined on this inventory object.
B. The administrator is not the owner of this inventory object.
C. The alarm was not created by the administrator.
D. The alarm has not been acknowledged.







Answer: A

A vSphere administrator can create an alarm on which two objects? (Choose two.)

A vSphere administrator can create an alarm on which two objects? (Choose two.) 

A. LUN
B. Datastore
C. Template
D. Folder






Answer: B,D

An administrator determines that when a host residing in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, the virtual machines fail to restart on a remaining host, or will only restart after a long delay. Which two conditions would account for this behavior? (Choose two.)

An administrator determines that when a host residing in a High Availability (HA) cluster fails, the virtual machines fail to restart on a remaining host, or will only restart after a long delay. Which two conditions would account for this behavior? (Choose two.) 

A. The virtual machines were not protected by vSphere HA at the time the failure occurred.
B. Distributed Resource Scheduler was not enabled at the time the failure occurred.
C. There is insufficient spare capacity on hosts with which the virtual machines are compatible.
D. The virtual machines contain physical Raw Device Mappings.








Answer: A,C

The vSphere administrator needs to remove the Production virtual machine port group from an ESXi host. The ESXi host's Networking Configuration tab is shown in the exhibit. After disconnecting the Fileserver02 VM, what step does the administrator need to take, assuming that vSwitch1 will still be needed for further configuration?

The vSphere administrator needs to remove the Production virtual machine port group from an ESXi host. The ESXi host's Networking Configuration tab is shown in the exhibit.
After disconnecting the Fileserver02 VM, what step does the administrator need to take, assuming that vSwitch1 will still be needed for further configuration? 

A. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the port group.
B. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for vSwitch1.
C. Remove the Production port group by accessing the properties for the Network.
D. Remove the Production port group by removing vSwitch1.







Answer: B

An administrator notices that when a virtual machine is placed into a resource pool, a warning indicates that the virtual machine will receive a very large percentage of the total shares for memory. Which action can be taken to resolve this problem?

An administrator notices that when a virtual machine is placed into a resource pool, a warning indicates that the virtual machine will receive a very large percentage of the total shares for memory. Which action can be taken to resolve this problem? 

A. Increase the memory resource allocation to the resource pool.
B. Increase the share value for the resource pool.
C. Change the shares setting from custom to high, medium, or low for the virtual machine.
D. Decrease the memory allocation for the virtual machine.







Answer: C

An administrator is configuring a stretched HA configuration and has HA errors on all of the hosts at the remote site. What can be done to ensure virtual machines at one site can be restarted at the remote site?

An administrator is configuring a stretched HA configuration and has HA errors on all of the hosts at the remote site. What can be done to ensure virtual machines at one site can be restarted at the remote site? 

A. Ensure any firewalls between the hosts are allowing port 8182
B. Create separate HA clusters at each site and enable Stretch Cluster on each
C. Ensure the latency between the sites is less than 5 milliseconds
D. Ensure each site has no more than 4 primary hosts







Answer: A

What are two requirements for a fully functional vSphere HA cluster? (Choose two.)

What are two requirements for a fully functional vSphere HA cluster? (Choose two.) 

A. vCenter installed or a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) deployed .
B. Access to local storage for each host in the cluster.
C. Static IP addresses entered in each hosts file in the cluster.
D. A minimum of one VMkernel port per host.





Answer: A,D

Which minor badge items make up the Efficiency badge score for an ESXi host in vCenter Operations Manager?

Which minor badge items make up the Efficiency badge score for an ESXi host in vCenter Operations Manager? 

A. Workload, Anomalies, Faults
B. Workload, Stress, Density
C. Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining
D. Reclaimable Waste, Density








Answer: D

Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining, and Stress are minor badges of which major badge in vCenter Operations Manager?

Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining, and Stress are minor badges of which major badge in vCenter Operations Manager? 

A. Health
B. Risk
C. Efficiency
D. Workload







Answer: B

The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard is showing Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green: How should an administrator resolve this issue?

The vCenter Operations Manager dashboard is showing Health issues associated with the selected virtual machine. There have been no availability or configuration issues with the virtual machine, and the workload badge is still green:
How should an administrator resolve this issue? 

A. Select the Anomalies badge to identify the cause of the abnormal behavior, then take appropriate action.
B. Select the Stress badge to identify the cause of the increased stress, then take appropriate action.
C. Select the Risk badge, identify the host at risk, and migrate the VM to a host with more resources.
D. Select the Risk badge to identify how much time is remaining before CPU resources are gone, then assign more resources.







Answer: A

Which default alarm definition will send a notification trap if the redundant storage path is lost?

Which default alarm definition will send a notification trap if the redundant storage path is lost? 

A. Cannot connect to storage
B. Datastore removed from host
C. Host storage status
D. Hardware health changed







Answer: A

A vSphere administrator needs to configure the environment to send a notification to a monitored email address every time a vSphere alarm is triggered. Which procedure should the administrator use to accomplish the task?

A vSphere administrator needs to configure the environment to send a notification to a monitored email address every time a vSphere alarm is triggered. Which procedure should the administrator use to accomplish the task? 

A. Use the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SMTP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email.
B. Use the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SNMP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email.
C. Use the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Server scheduled task that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered.
D. Use the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Orchestrator workflow that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered.




Answer: A

The vSphere administrator needs to check the system health of an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere Web Client. Which option in the Monitor tab should the administrator use for the selected host?

The vSphere administrator needs to check the system health of an ESXi 5.x host using the vSphere Web Client. Which option in the Monitor tab should the administrator use for the selected host? 

A. Performance
B. Hardware Reports
C. Storage Status
D. Issue Log





Answer: A

A VMware administrator determines that the active memory on an ESXi 5.x host is 20% and the consumed memory is 90%. How much host memory is available to virtual machines?

A VMware administrator determines that the active memory on an ESXi 5.x host is 20% and the consumed memory is 90%.
How much host memory is available to virtual machines? 

A. 80%
B. 10%
C. 70%
D. 20%






Answer: A

A vSphere administrator determines that more metrics are available for viewing in the realtime view than are available in the daily view for a virtual machine. What is the reason for this discrepancy in the number of available metrics?

A vSphere administrator determines that more metrics are available for viewing in the realtime view than are available in the daily view for a virtual machine. What is the reason for this discrepancy in the number of available metrics? 

A. The daily view does not contain all of the metrics that the realtime view does.
B. The default vCenter statistics level is being used.
C. A vCenter statistics level of 4 is being used.
D. The daily view presents a different selection of metrics by default than presented by the realtime view.






Answer: B

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 virtual machine fails to migrate during a Storage DRS event. What could cause this issue?

A virtual machine fails to migrate during a Storage DRS event.
What could cause this issue? 

A. Storage DRS is enabled for the datastore cluster but disabled for the virtual disks.
B. Storage DRS is enabled, but vMotion is disabled for the affected virtual machine.
C. The vMotion network used for Storage DRS is down for a host in the cluster.
D. Storage DRS is attempting to migrate the virtual machine between VMFS and NFS datastores.








Answer: A

The load is high on a HA/DRS cluster. DPM is enabled. A vSphere administrator determines that hosts are NOT powering on automatically to support the load. Which configuration would result in this condition?

The load is high on a HA/DRS cluster. DPM is enabled. A vSphere administrator determines that hosts are NOT powering on automatically to support the load. Which configuration would result in this condition? 

A. VM-to-VM or VM-to-Host DRS rules have been configured that restrict where some VMs can be moved.
B. DPM has been set to the most Conservative threshold.
C. Some of the virtual machines have been removed from HA consideration by the vSphere administrator.
D. DRS is set to Manual Automation.






Answer: D

A vSphere administrator configures a preferred heartbeat datastore in an HA/DRS cluster configuration. The vCenter Server identifies an alternative preferred datastore. Why would vCenter Server identify an alternative preferred datastore over the administrator's preference?

A vSphere administrator configures a preferred heartbeat datastore in an HA/DRS cluster configuration. The vCenter Server identifies an alternative preferred datastore. Why would vCenter Server identify an alternative preferred datastore over the administrator's preference? 

A. The selected datastore contains powered-on virtual machines.
B. The selected datastore is formatted with a 1 MB block size.
C. The selected datastore is an NFS datastore.
D. The selected datastore is not accessible to all of the hosts.






Answer: D

A vSphere administrator enables and configures a Software iSCSI Initiator, and configures an iSCSI vmkernel portgroup with Port Binding. The SAN administrator creates a few LUNs on an iSCSI server. However, when the vSphere administrator adds the IP address of the iSCSI server in the Dynamic Discovery list, no iSCSI targets are detected. What condition would result in this behavior?

A vSphere administrator enables and configures a Software iSCSI Initiator, and configures an iSCSI vmkernel portgroup with Port Binding. The SAN administrator creates a few LUNs on an iSCSI server. However, when the vSphere administrator adds the IP address of the iSCSI server in the Dynamic Discovery list, no iSCSI targets are detected.
What condition would result in this behavior? 

A. The iSCSI vmkernel portgroup and the iSCSI server are on different subnets.
B. The iSCSI server IP address should be entered in the Static Discovery instead of Dynamic Discovery list.
C. The network card bound to the iSCSI portgroup is 1Gbps Ethernet instead of 10Gbps.
D. A Software iSCSI Initiator cannot use Port Binding in conjunction with Dynamic Discovery.







Answer: A

An error occurs while building a new virtual machine with a thin provisioned virtual disk size of 20GB. The datastore has 35GB of free space. The datastore is overcommitted by 95GB. What is preventing the virtual machine from being built?

An error occurs while building a new virtual machine with a thin provisioned virtual disk size of 20GB. The datastore has 35GB of free space. The datastore is overcommitted by 95GB.
What is preventing the virtual machine from being built? 

A. The datastore is built on a thin provisioned LUN that has run out of storage array free space.
B. The datastore has reached the maximum overcommitment threshold.
C. The virtual disk used by the virtual machine cannot be thin provisioned on this datastore.
D. The virtual disk used by the virtual machine requires more free space than is available in the datastore.







Answer: A

An administrator is using esxtop to troubleshoot a storage performance issue. Which parameter should the administrator check to monitor any storage-related vSphere overhead?

An administrator is using esxtop to troubleshoot a storage performance issue. Which parameter should the administrator check to monitor any storage-related vSphere overhead? 

A. DAVG
B. KAVG
C. GAVG
D. CMDS







Answer: B

A SAN administrator recently installed a storage encryption switch on the 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 the 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

A vSphere administrator needs a way of sending noncritical ESXi events to a remote server. Due to budget constraints, no additional costs should be incurred. Which tool will best meet this requirement?

A vSphere administrator needs a way of sending noncritical ESXi events to a remote server. Due to budget constraints, no additional costs should be incurred.
Which tool will best meet this requirement? 

A. vSphere Syslog Collector
B. vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
C. vSphere vCenter Log Insight
D. vSphere Management Appliance







Answer: A

Which two are supported object types for Update Manager? (Choose two.)

Which two are supported object types for Update Manager? (Choose two.) 

A. virtual appliances
B. templates
C. vApps
D. hosts






Answer: A,D

A vSphere administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of virtual machines. Which two options are available for virtual machine remediation? (Choose two.)

A vSphere administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager to perform orchestrated upgrades of virtual machines.
Which two options are available for virtual machine remediation? (Choose two.) 

A. Upgrade virtual machine hardware
B. Upgrade VMware tools
C. Upgrade virtual machine appliances
D. Upgrade virtual machine guest OS






Answer: A,B

An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client. Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two.)

An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client. Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two.) 

A. Attach and detach baselines to inventory objects
B. Scan inventory objects for compliance
C. Create a baseline for an inventory object
D. Stage a baseline for remediation







Answer: C,D

Which two features are different between VDP and VDPA? (Choose two.)

Which two features are different between VDP and VDPA? (Choose two.)

A. Support for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange
B. Ability to perform file level recovery
C. Virtual machines supported per appliance
D. Support for image level backups







Answer: A,C

A system administrator detects that a VDP Appliance that has been operational for 6 months has become inconsistent or unstable. Which action should the administrator take to recover the VDP appliance and what will be the impact on the vSphere environment?

A system administrator detects that a VDP Appliance that has been operational for 6 months has become inconsistent or unstable.
Which action should the administrator take to recover the VDP appliance and what will be the impact on the vSphere environment? 

A. Perform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. All backup and configuration changes made after the checkpoint will be lost.
B. Perform a VDP rollback to the most recent validated checkpoint. Configuration changes after the checkpoint will be lost, but backup data will remain intact.
C. Restore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All backup data and configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost.
D. Restore a copy of the latest backup of the VDP appliance. All configuration changes after the backup was made will be lost, but backup data will remain intact.





Answer: A

An ESXi host's networking is configured as shown. The virtual machine named Fileserver01 is unable to ping anything on an external network: Which condition would explain this behavior?

An ESXi host's networking is configured as shown. The virtual machine named Fileserver01 is unable to ping anything on an external network:
Which condition would explain this behavior? 

A. The vSwitch1 virtual switch does not have an attached vmnic adapter.
B. The Fileserver01 virtual machine is not running.
C. vSwitch0 is configured to reject MAC address spoofing.
D. vmk0 is using a non-routable IP address.





Answer: D

An administrator adds an ESXi 5.x host to the inventory of a vCenter Server that is configured with a vSphere Distributed Switch. The vSphere Web Client indicates that the host is not responding. The administrator determines from the command line that the vpxa agent is stopped. What should the administrator do to resolve this issue without affecting the uptime of the virtual machines running on the host?

An administrator adds an ESXi 5.x host to the inventory of a vCenter Server that is configured with a vSphere Distributed Switch. The vSphere Web Client indicates that the host is not responding. The administrator determines from the command line that the vpxa agent is stopped. What should the administrator do to resolve this issue without affecting the uptime of the virtual machines running on the host? 

A. Restart the management agents in the host's DCUI
B. Remove and re-add the host to the vCenter inventory
C. Restart the vCenter Server service
D. Type /etc/vmware/vpxa start from the ESXi command line






Answer: A

An ESXi 5.x host disconnects within 60 seconds after the administrator adds it to the vCenter Server inventory. The administrator determines that the issue could be related to a networking problem. Which networking port should the administrator check for connectivity from the host to vCenter Server?

An ESXi 5.x host disconnects within 60 seconds after the administrator adds it to the vCenter Server inventory. The administrator determines that the issue could be related to a networking problem. Which networking port should the administrator check for connectivity from the host to vCenter Server? 

A. 902
B. 903
C. 443
D. 9443







Answer: A

An administrator needs to export system logs for an ESXi 5.5 host to determine the root cause for a host performance issue. This host supports manifest-driven exports of system logs. Which manifest is selected by default during the export system log wizard?

An administrator needs to export system logs for an ESXi 5.5 host to determine the root cause for a host performance issue. This host supports manifest-driven exports of system logs. Which manifest is selected by default during the export system log wizard? 

A. Userworld
B. Hostworld
C. PerformanceSnapshot
D. HungVM







Answer: A

For security reasons, SSH and the ESXi Shell have been disabled on a standalone ESXi 5.x host. A vSphere administrator accesses the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to examine log files related to a recent connection issue. Which system log can the administrator access to determine the cause of the issue?

For security reasons, SSH and the ESXi Shell have been disabled on a standalone ESXi 5.x host. A vSphere administrator accesses the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to examine log files related to a recent connection issue.
Which system log can the administrator access to determine the cause of the issue? 

A. syslog
B. fdm
C. messages
D. vmksummary






Answer: A

The administrator has deployed a third-party virtual appliance in the organization's vSphere environment and needs to use Update Manager to maintain the third-party appliance. How should the administrator accomplish this task with the least administrative effort?

The administrator has deployed a third-party virtual appliance in the organization's vSphere environment and needs to use Update Manager to maintain the third-party appliance. How should the administrator accomplish this task with the least administrative effort? 

A. Add a new Download Source to Update Manager to obtain updates from the third party
B. Manually download the third-party updates to Update Manager, which will then apply them to the appliance
C. Obtain an update tool from the third party and use it to manage updates to the appliance
D. Identify the third-party appliance from the supported list within Update Manager






Answer: A

An administrator is attempting to use Update Manager to patch a cluster of ESXi 5.x hosts. The administrator needs to stage the patches for a scheduled update after hours. When verifying the hosts after the scheduled upgrade, the administrator determines that one of the hosts was not remediated and patches are not staged. The host is using PXE as its boot method. What condition would cause this behavior?

An administrator is attempting to use Update Manager to patch a cluster of ESXi 5.x hosts. The administrator needs to stage the patches for a scheduled update after hours. When verifying the hosts after the scheduled upgrade, the administrator determines that one of the hosts was not remediated and patches are not staged. The host is using PXE as its boot method.
What condition would cause this behavior? 

A. The host was rebooted prior to the scheduled remediation.
B. Remediating PXE-booted hosts using Update Manager is unsupported.
C. The user account used does NOT have the Remediate Hosts privilege.
D. The RAMdisk on the host has insufficient capacity.






Answer: A

Which vSphere feature creates a copy of a virtual machine that can be stored locally within a cluster or at another site, and provides the ability to rapidly restore a virtual machine within minutes?

Which vSphere feature creates a copy of a virtual machine that can be stored locally within a cluster or at another site, and provides the ability to rapidly restore a virtual machine within minutes? 

A. vSphere Data Protection
B. vSphere Replication
C. vSphere Snapshots
D. vSphere Heartbeat







Answer: B

How is changed block tracking (CBT) used in a vSphere implementation?

How is changed block tracking (CBT) used in a vSphere implementation? 

A. CBT is used by the VMkernel to reduce time needed for virtual machine copy operations.
B. CBT is used by VMware Data Protection (VDP) to reduce time needed for backup jobs.
C. CBT is used by vCenter Server to reduce the size of snapshots.
D. CBT is used by vSphere Replication for synchronous replication operations.








Answer: B