Exam 6: Troubleshooting

John, a VMware administrator, has noticed a massive increase in the vCenter database size. What is also alarming is that the size is continually increasing at an alarming rate. What is a possible cause for this increase?

Which option below best describes the vSphere command line utility vmkping?

Of the options below, which are default vCenter alarms? Select two.

John, a VMware administrator, is connected directly to an ESX host using the vSphere client. He is trying to change the default interval that statistics are captured for. He is not able to do so. What is a possible reason for this?

How many years are statistics saved in the vCenter database by default?

Alex, a VMware administrator, is experiencing application performance issues on a virtual machine. The ESX host has 2 dual-core CPUs and 64 GB of RAM. It currently hosts 8 virtual machines. The machine with performance issues has 4 vCPUs and 4 GB of RAM. The other 7 machines each have 1 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM. Select a possible cause of the performance issues from the choices below.

Where can you view the DRS "Current host load standard deviation" value?

Which ESX command line tool can be used to troubleshoot performance-related issues for all aspects of ESX?

John, a VMware administrator, is experiencing strange errors with an HA/DRS cluster. Which of the following is a likely cause of HA/DRS cluster errors?

HA and DRS will not work if two hosts in a cluster have CPUs that are from the same family but of different speeds.

Where can you check the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch using the vSphere client?

Of the following options, which are requirements of an HA/DRS cluster? Pick two.

Sarah, a VMware administrator, has received multiple reports that several servers on a particular host are having errors. She logs onto the servers in question but can find little information from the operating system event logs. Sarah suspects there may be a hardware issue on the host. Which of the following is a good next step in Sarah's investigation?

John, a VMware consultant, has been given six months of vCenter data exports. He has been instructed to analyze the data, as the customer is experiencing performance-related problems. What client tool could John use to analyse the data set?

What is the MTU required for ISCSI storage networking on vSphere to enable Jumbo Frames?

VMware uses colours to depict alarm severity. Please choose the three colours it uses.

John, a VMware administrator, is trying to modify an alarm for a virtual machine, but he is unable to do so. Which of the following options is a possible reason for this failure?

What is the correct setting of a host network adapter with regards to speed and duplex?

What is one of the main advantages of enabling Jumbo Frames on an ISCSI storage network?

Of the following options, which are default collection intervals for vCenter Server statistics? Choose three.