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| What are the pre-requisites to be able to configure vSphere Licenses? (name 2) |
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1. vSphere client must be connected to the vCenter Server System
2. Required privilege: Global.Settings |
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| What is the function of statistics intervals on vCenter Server? |
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| Statistics intervals determine the frequency at which statistic queries occur, the length of time statistical data is stored in the database, and the type of statistical data collected. |
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| What is the impact of statistics collection on the database, and how can you estimate it? |
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| The impact of the statistics collection on your vCenter Server database is based on the current vCenter Server and inventory size. In the database calculator pane, you can specify the no. of hosts and VMs in your datacenter. The estimated space reuiqred and number of database rows are calculated and displayed. |
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What does it mean to 'configure runtime settings'?
Under what circumstances would you do this? |
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You can change the port number the server is using for communications. You can also change the vCenter Server ID and the vCenter Server Managed IP address.
Usually, you do not need to change these settings, but you might need to make changes if you run multiple vCenter Server systems in the same environment. |
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| What Active Directory settings are configurable for interaction with vCenter Server? ( Name 4 ways) |
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- Active Directory Timeout - interval in seconds before connecting to the AD server
- Enable Query Limit - limit the no. of users or groups displayed in the 'add permissions' dialogue box
- Users and Gropus - enter the maximum no. of users and groups to display ('0' to make all appear)
- Validation Period - No. of minutes between instances of synchronization
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| What does 'Mail Sender' settings govern? |
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Email address of the sender acccount in order to enable vCenter Server operations such as sending email notifications as alarm actions.
i.e. the mail address of the sender that users will receive mail from. |
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SNMP provides the ability to send traps, or notifications, to advise an administrator when one or more conditions have been met.
Traps are network packets that contain data relating to a component of the system sending the trap. The data may be statistical in nature or even status related.
SNMP traps are alerts generated by agents on a managed device. |
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| What SNMP receivers can be set up from vCenter Server. |
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| You can configure up to four receivers to receive SNMP traps from vCenter Server. For each receiver, specify a host name, port, and community. |
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| T/F: You can configure port settings used by the Web Service to communicate with other applications. |
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Definition
False: You can view the ports used by the Web service to communicate with other applications. You can no longer configure these port settings.
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| T/F: You can configure the timeout settings for vCetner Server operations |
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| T/F: You can configure the amount of detail that vCenter Server collects in log files |
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| What setting can you modify if your vCenter Server system frequently performs many operations simultaneously and performance is critical? |
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Configure the number of DB connections (increase).
You may also decrease the no. of connections if the DB is shared and connections are costly.
If neither of these scenarios apply, don't change these settings. |
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| What settings can you change to limit the growth of your storage requirement and of your database? |
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| Database retention policy |
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| T/F: You can configure vCenter Server to check the SSL certificates of all hosts to which it connects. |
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| When should you modify the vCenter Server Configuration file vpxd.cfg? |
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Definition
| Only when instructed to do so by VMware technical support or when you are following specific instructions in VMware documentation. |
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| Name 4 features that are not supported on the vCSA? |
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Definition
1. IPv6
2. Linked Mode
3. SQL Server as a Supported Database
4. DB2 as a supported database
(also accept Orchestrator) |
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| Where do you find the vCenter Server Appliance configuration settings? |
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Definition
| On the vCSA web console. Go to the configuration address that your vCSA VM provides |
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| What must you configure first on the vCSA before you can start the vCenter server on vCSA? |
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Definition
1. Configure the database
2. Configure the network |
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| T/F: You can enable or disable the ability to log in to the vCSA using SSH |
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| T/F: vSphere Dump collector supports vSphere distributed switches in ESXi 5.0 |
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| T/F: You can enable storing vCSA log and core files on NFS to store vCSA files on an NFS datastore |
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| Which authentication settings can you configure for vCSA? Name 2 |
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1. NIS
2. Active Directory |
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