Acme Disposal Services is a large company which has many administrators. For auditing purposes, each administrator must use a unique account to access ESXi Standard hosts. Which two actions satisfy this requirement and require the least amount of administrative effort? (Choose two.)

Acme Disposal Services is a large company which has many administrators. For auditing purposes, each administrator must use a unique account to access ESXi Standard hosts.
Which two actions satisfy this requirement and require the least amount of administrative effort? (Choose two.) 

A. Configure Authentication Services for Active Directory based authentication to the ESXi hosts
B. Configure a unique root level account for each administrator using the vSphere Client
C. Configure user accounts in a host profile, then apply the host profile to the ESXi hosts
D. Configure Active Directory group ESX Admins with each administrator's AD account





Answer: A,D

For security reasons, an administrator removes a user from the Active Directory domain used by all ESXi hosts for authentication. At the time the user is removed they are actively logged into an ESXi 5.x host through the vSphere Client. What is true regarding this scenario?

For security reasons, an administrator removes a user from the Active Directory domain used by all ESXi hosts for authentication. At the time the user is removed they are actively logged into an ESXi 5.x host through the vSphere Client.
What is true regarding this scenario? 

A. The user immediately loses connectivity to and permissions on the host.
B. The user retains permissions and connectivity to the host for up to 24 hours.
C. The user retains permissions on the host until the host is rebooted.
D. The user retains permissions on the object until the next time the user logs in to vCenter Server.





Answer: B

Click the Exhibit button. An administrator has deployed a new virtual machine on an ESXi 5.x host. Users are complaining of poor performance on the application running on the virtual machine. Performance tools display the results shown in the exhibit. Which two tasks might improve the user experience? (Choose two.)

Click the Exhibit button.
An administrator has deployed a new virtual machine on an ESXi 5.x host. Users are complaining of poor performance on the application running on the virtual machine.
Performance tools display the results shown in the exhibit.
Which two tasks might improve the user experience? (Choose two.) 

A. Add a vCPU to the virtual machine
B. Remove CPU affinity on the advanced CPU setting of the virtual machine
C. Migrate the virtual machine to another ESXi host
D. Remove the limit on the CPU settings of the virtual machine






Answer: A,D

Click the Exhibit button. 10 ESXi 5.x hosts will be installed as part of a vSphere 5.x deployment. Security hardening is required as part of the installation. The current security profile is displayed in the exhibit. Which three services shown in the exhibit are configured to run by default in a completed vSphere installation? (Choose three.)

Click the Exhibit button.
10 ESXi 5.x hosts will be installed as part of a vSphere 5.x deployment. Security hardening is required as part of the installation. The current security profile is displayed in the exhibit.
Which three services shown in the exhibit are configured to run by default in a completed vSphere installation? (Choose three.) 

A. Network Login Server (Active Directory Service)
B. SSH
C. ESXi Shell
D. Direct Console UI
E. vpxa







Answer: A,D,E

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi host. Which step can be used to back up the host before the upgrade is performed?

An administrator is performing an upgrade on an ESXi host.
Which step can be used to back up the host before the upgrade is performed? 

A. Using the vSphere Client connected to vCenter, right-click the host and choose Host Backup.
B. Log into a vMA appliance and run vicfg-cfgbackup to save the ESXi host configuration.
C. Using the vSphere Client connected directly to the host, right-click the host and choose Host Backup.
D. Use PowerCLI to run the host-backup cmdlet to save the ESXi host configuration.






Answer: B

An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a private, SAN-attached LUN. What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful?

An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a private, SAN-attached LUN. What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful? 

A. The ESXi host has 4GB RAM.
B. The ESXi host has one processor.
C. ESXi 3.5 is not supported for upgrade.
D. Update Manager cannot upgrade a previously upgraded host.






Answer: C

Which three configuration settings will be migrated when upgrading a host from ESX 4.x Classic to ESXi 5.x? (Choose three.)

Which three configuration settings will be migrated when upgrading a host from ESX 4.x Classic to ESXi 5.x? (Choose three.) 

A. The SSH configuration in /etc/ssh
B. The host configuration in /etc/vmware/esx.conf
C. The NFS configuration in /etc/fstab
D. The services information in /etc/services
E. The licensing information in /etc/licenses/license.conf






Answer: B,C,D

An administrator has deployed a vCenter Server to manage a virtual environment. The administrator has been asked to develop a plan for handling major upgrades to the application. What should be included in the upgrade plan?

An administrator has deployed a vCenter Server to manage a virtual environment.
The administrator has been asked to develop a plan for handling major upgrades to the application. What should be included in the upgrade plan? 

A. Utilize vCenter Configuration Manager to upgrade the vCenter Server in place
B. Install a new vCenter Server and import the information from the existing vCenter Server
C. Install a new vCenter Server over the existing vCenter Server as an in-place upgrade
D. Utilize Update Manager to upgrade the vCenter Server in place





Answer: B

An administrator plans to use an upgrade script to upgrade a number of ESXi 5.x hosts. What options are available for the kickstart file? (Choose two.)

An administrator plans to use an upgrade script to upgrade a number of ESXi 5.x hosts.
What options are available for the kickstart file? (Choose two.) 

A. dryrun - Parse and check script but does not install
B. overwritevmfs - permits overwriting of existing VMFS volumes
C. vcenter - specifies vCenter Server
D. autodeploy - defines autodeploy options






Answer: A,B

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks. What boot options are supported for use in place of local disks? (Choose three.)

An administrator plans to deploy ESXi 5.x on a blade server containing no local disks.
What boot options are supported for use in place of local disks? (Choose three.) 

A. An SD card
B. A NIC with iBFT
C. Auto Deploy
D. A server with IPMI or iLO
E. A dedicated NFS share






Answer: A,B,C

Which tool defines the Image Profiles used with Auto Deploy?

Which tool defines the Image Profiles used with Auto Deploy? 

A. The vSphere PowerCLI add-deployrule cmdlet
B. The vSphere PowerCLI new-deployrule cmdlet
C. The vSphere CLI add-deployrule command
D. The vSphere CLI new-deployrule command







Answer: B

An administrator is setting up vSphere Auto Deploy to deploy 25 ESXi 5.x hosts using the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA). What would be considered best practices for Auto Deploy? (Choose three.)

An administrator is setting up vSphere Auto Deploy to deploy 25 ESXi 5.x hosts using the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA). What would be considered best practices for Auto Deploy? (Choose three.) 

A. Enable vSphere HA on the cluster.
B. Protect the vCenter server with Fault Tolerance.
C. Install the Auto Deploy service on the VCSA.
D. Include the vmware-fdm VIB in the image profile.
E. Use PowerCLI to write a rule that assigns a custom image profile to the target hosts.






Answer: A,D,E

An administrator is deploying several ESXi 5.x hosts. Centralized logging with accurate timestamps is a requirement for the deployment. Which two operations ensure these requirements are met? (Choose two.)

An administrator is deploying several ESXi 5.x hosts. Centralized logging with accurate timestamps is a requirement for the deployment. Which two operations ensure these requirements are met? (Choose two.) 

A. Ensure TCP port 123 is not blocked
B. Configure a syslog server on each host
C. Configure ensure the hosts have the proper timezone configured
D. Configure a syslog server on the vSphere Management Appliance






Answer: A,D

What are two valid use cases for vCenter Server Linked Mode? (Choose two.)

 What are two valid use cases for vCenter Server Linked Mode? (Choose two.) 

A. An administrator wants to migrate running virtual machines between vCenter Server instances.
B. An administrator wants to increase the vRAM entitlement pool.
C. An administrator wants to manage a virtual server environment and a View environment from the same pane of glass.
D. An administrator wants to search all inventory objects across multiple vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) instances from one vSphere Client






Answer: B,C

What are two prerequisites for installing the vCenter Server application? (Choose two.)

What are two prerequisites for installing the vCenter Server application? (Choose two.) 

A. The system vCenter Server is installed on must be a physical machine.
B. A valid vSphere vCenter license must be obtained before installation.
C. vCenter must be in the same network as the hosts if supporting vSphere Storage Appliance Cluster.
D. The system vCenter Server is installed on cannot be a domain controller.






Answer: C,D

Which three modules are optional components that can be added from the vCenter Server installer? (Choose three.)

Which three modules are optional components that can be added from the vCenter Server installer? (Choose three.) 

A. VMware vCenter Syslog Collector
B. VMware vCenter License Server
C. VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy
D. VMware vCenter Host Update Utility
E. VMware vSphere Auto Deploy




Answer: A,C,E

What options must be configured in the vCenter Server settings before email alerts can be sent? (Choose two.)

What options must be configured in the vCenter Server settings before email alerts can be sent? (Choose two.) 

A. Sender email address
B. SNMP address information
C. SMTP server information
D. Email authentication information







Answer: A,C

Which two settings are required by the deployment wizard when installing the VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA)? (Choose two.)

Which two settings are required by the deployment wizard when installing the VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA)? (Choose two.) 

A. Number of CPUs
B. Datastore to install on
C. Linked-mode
D. Name of the vCenter server





Answer: B,D

An administrator is migrating a virtual machine in a DRS cluster. The migration fails the validation check because of a CPU incompatibility issue. Which items below could be causing this issue? (Choose two.)

An administrator is migrating a virtual machine in a DRS cluster. The migration fails the validation check because of a CPU incompatibility issue.
Which items below could be causing this issue? (Choose two.) 

A. Inconsistent CPU manufacturers
B. Inconsistent CPU steppings
C. Inconsistent CPU generations
D. Inconsistent CPU GHZ






Answer: A,C

A DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts is set to fully automated mode. One host in the cluster is running at 98% CPU utilization. The other host is running at 52% utilization. Upon analysis, it appears that none of the virtual machines are being migrated from the CPU-constrained host, and no recommendations are being generated. What are the two most likely causes of the problem? (Choose two.)

A DRS cluster with two ESXi 5.x hosts is set to fully automated mode. One host in the cluster is running at 98% CPU utilization. The other host is running at 52% utilization. Upon analysis, it appears that none of the virtual machines are being migrated from the CPU-constrained host, and no recommendations are being generated.
What are the two most likely causes of the problem? (Choose two.) 

A. The VMkernel port is assigned an incorrect IP address.
B. vMotion is not enabled on the VMkernel port.
C. The DRS Migration Threshold is too aggressive.
D. VMware DRS is not set to Fully Automated.







Answer: A,B