Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  The database has a simple recovery model.
B)  The database backup failed.
C)  The vCenter statistics level is set to 4. C

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  vmkping is used to reboot hosts.
B)  vmkping is used to test VMkernel connectivity.
C)  vmkping is used to reboot the VMkernel.
D)  vmkping is used to test virtual machine connectivity. B

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Host Memory Usage
B)  Host Corruption
C)  Host Storage Status
D)  Host Deferred A,C

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  John does not know the vpxuser password.
B)  John is using the wrong version of the vSphere client.
C)  The statistics in question can only be updated from the vCenter Server system.
D)  John doesn't know where to find the settings.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  3
B)  2
C)  1
D)  4

Question 6

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  There is memory contention on the ESX host.
B)  The virtual machine has a multi-threaded application.
C)  The host only has four 1Gb Ethernet cards.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  From the control panel of the vCenter server.
B)  From the summary page of the vSphere cluster.
C)  From the DRS tab of the vSphere cluster.
D)  From the resource allocation tab of the vSphere cluster.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  esxperf
B)  esxtop
C)  esxanalyse
D)  esxtroubleshoot

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  DNS is not functioning correctly.
B)  WINS is not functioning correctly.
C)  The static WINS files on the ESX hosts are out of date.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  From the hosts configuration section
B)  From the main network view
C)  From the VMs and Templates view.
D)  From the Datastores view.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Hosts must be connected to vCenter.
B)  Hosts must have more than four logical CPUs.
C)  Hosts must have more than 16 GB of RAM.
D)  Hosts must have gigabit network cards.

Question 13

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sarah will have to power off the host and reboot it, checking the bios for any errors.
B)  Sarah cannot check for hardware errors; she will have to migrate the virtual machines to another host and replace the faulty host.
C)  Sarah can check the vCenter Hardware Status tab on the host in question.
D)  Sarah can check the vCenter service status.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Windows Task Manager
B)  Windows Control Panel
C)  Windows Perfmon
D)  Windows Perftool

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  1500
B)  1700
C)  6000
D)  9000

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Amber
B)  Yellow
C)  Green
D)  Red
E)  Orange

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alarms for virtual machines cannot be altered.
B)  The alarm was created at a higher level in the inventory.
C)  Alarms for virtual machines can only be deleted.
D)  John is not in the VMs and Templates view.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  100 Mbps, full
B)  100 Mbps, half
C)  1 Gb, full
D)  Auto-negotiate

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The network cards will have an increased life span.
B)  With Jumbo Frames enabled, the maximum number machines per ESX host doubles.
C)  The CPU of the ESX host will be utilized less.
D)  The failover times are reduced.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Hour
B)  Day
C)  Week
D)  Month
E)  Quarter

Exam 6: Troubleshooting