Q1. Which two solutions require Physical Mode Raw Device Mapping (RDM)? (Choose two.)
A. Direct access to the storage array device
B. Virtual Machine Snapshots
C. Hardware Acceleration
D. Guest Clustering across ESXi hosts
Answer: A,D
Q2. What are two limitations of Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on a vSphere Distributed Switch? (Choose two.)
A. IP Hash load balancing is not a supported Teaming Policy.
B. Software iSCSI multipathing is not compatible.
C. Link Status Network failover detection must be disabled.
D. It does not support configuration through Host Profiles.
Answer: B,D
Q3. An administrator is concerned about possible vCPU over-commitment for an ESXi 6.x host.
Which two Performance Counters should be reviewed in the vSphere Web Client Performance Charts to confirm if there is contention on the host? (Choose two.)
A. Wait
B. Ready
C. Core Utilization
D. Co-Stop
Answer: B,D
Q4. An administrator attempts to place a Storage DRS enabled Datastore into Maintenance Mode. The task never completes, and the Entering Maintenance Mode status remains at 1%.
Which two actions should the administrator take to resolve this problem? (Choose two.)
A. Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 1.
B. Set the Storage DRS advanced option IgnoreAffinityRulesForMaintenance = 0.
C. Disable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
A. D. Enable Storage DRS affinity rules associated with this datastore cluster.
Answer: A,C
Q5. Which two statements are true regarding Virtual SAN Fault Domains? (Choose two.)
A. They enable Virtual SAN to tolerate the failure of an entire physical rack.
B. Virtual SAN ensures that no two replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
C. Virtual SAN ensures that all replicas are provisioned on the same domain.
D. They require VMware High Availability (HA) to ensure component distribution across domains.
Answer: A,B
Q6. When attempting to place a datastore in Maintenance Mode, the task remains at 1%. What are two potential causes for this? (Choose two.)
A. Storage DRS is disabled on one or more virtual machine(s) disk(s).
B. Storage DRS rules prevent migration recommendations for the disk.
C. Storage DRS datastores have insufficient space to accommodate failover.
D. Storage DRS provisioning network has been limited with I/O control policies.
Answer: A,B
Q7. Which two settings are required for Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) to protect from All Paths Down (APD) and Permanent Device Loss (PDL)? (Choose two.)
A. Host Monitoring
B. VM Restart Priority
C. Virtual machine Monitoring
D. Response for Host Isolation
Answer: A,B
Q8. Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is attempting to enable Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), but receives the error shown in the Exhibit.
Which condition would explain the error?
A. The ESXi hosts are not licensed for EVC.
B. The administrator does not have privileges to enable EVC.
C. The ESXi host CPU has the Intel No-Execute feature disabled.
D. The administrator has turned on Intel Virtualization Technology.
Answer: C
Q9. Which two supported tools can be used to upgrade virtual machine hardware? (Choose two.)
A. vSphere Web Client
B. vSphere Update Manager
C. vmware-vmupgrade.exe
D. esxcli vm hardware upgrade
Answer: A,B
Q10. A vSphere Web Client task fails while creating a VMFS datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
✑ The disk was formatted with an Master Boot Record (MBR) partition table
✑ The disk was not erased
✑ The disk is visible in the vSphere Web Client
What action needs to be performed to resolve the issue?
A. Delete the partitions manually with partedUtil.
B. Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
C. Create a VMFS5 file system with the command esxcli storage filesystem add.
D. Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.
Answer: A
Q11. An administrator is unable to start the vCenter Server service. The vpxd.log file shows this service failure:
[13308 error 'Default' opID=622892-371bf717] CoreDump: Unable to write minidump [13308 error 'Default' opID=622892-371bf717] error -2147024784 : There is not enough
space on the disk.
What is preventing the start of the service?
A. Insufficient space on the vCenter Server
B. Insufficient space on the Database Server
C. Insufficient space on the VMFS volume
D. Insufficient space on the ESXi ramdisk
Answer: A
Q12. Which three ports are used by the vSphere Web Client when connecting directly to an ESXi
6.x host? (Choose three.)
A. 443 TCP
B. 902 TCP and UDP
C. 903 TCP
D. 5480 TCP
E. 9443 TCP and UDP
Answer: A,B,C
Q13. An administrator created a six node Virtual SAN cluster, created a fault domain, and moved three of the six nodes into that domain.
A node that is a member of the fault domain fails.
What is the expected result?
A. The remaining two fault domain members are treated as failed.
B. The remaining two fault domain members stay protected by the domain.
C. One of the non-member nodes will be automatically added to the fault domain.
D. VMware High Availability will restart virtual machines on remaining nodes in the domain.
Answer: A
Q14. After deploying a vSphere Platform Services Controller (PSC), an administrator is unable to install vCenter Server. The error displayed is:
Could not contact Lookup Service. Please check VM_ssoreg.log. Which two actions can be taken to correct this problem? (Choose two.)
A. Verify that the clocks on the host machines running the PSC, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client are synchronized.
B. Configure a valid Identity Source for the Platform Services Controller in the vSphere Web Client.
C. Ensure that there is no firewall blocking port 7444 between the PSC and vCenter Server.
D. Uninstall and reinstall the Platform Services Controller software.
Answer: A,C
Q15. An administrator is creating a new Content Library. It will subscribe to another remote Content Library without authentication enabled.
What information from the published library will they need in order to complete the
subscription?
A. Subscription URL
B. A security password from the publishing Content Library
C. Publisher's Items.json file
D. Username from the publishing Content Library
Answer: A
Q16. What two IT infrastructure components are virtualized by vSphere Essentials? (Choose two.)
A. Networks
B. Applications
C. Storage
A. D. Management
Answer: A,C