VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 Exam

Question 1

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A vSphere administrator created a Virtual SAN and a relevant virtual machine Storage Policy. The administrator is unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy when creating a new virtual machine.
Based on the exhibit, why is the administrator unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy?

A. The administrator did not create a storage policy for the datastore selected for the virtual machine.

B. The administrator did not enable the virtual machine Storage Policy per compute resource.

C. The ESXi Host license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.

D. The vCenter Server license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.

Correct Answer: B

Question 2

A vSphere administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch. The administrator receives notice from the service desk that a cluster of vSphere hosts has disconnected from vCenter Server. This disconnect occurred immediately after the new switch was created.
This vSphere Distributed Switch is the only distributed switch managed by vCenter.
The virtual machines are still functional and the applications are still accessible by end users.
On the ESXi hosts, which step must the vSphere administrator take to allow vCenter Server to reconnect?

A. Use the Direct Console User Interface to disable lockdown mode on each affected host

B. Use the ESXi Shell to restart the vSphere Web Client service on each affected host

C. Use the ESXi Shell to restart the mgmt-vmware service on each affected host

D. Use the Direct Console User Interface to reattach the management vmnic to the appropriate switch

Correct Answer: D

Question 3

A virtual machine has the following configuration:
Thin provisioned virtual disks
The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN.
The storage array is VAAI-enabled.
What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition?

A. It is gracefully shut down.

B. It is suspended.

C. It is converted to space-efficient sparse.

D. It is powered off.

Correct Answer: B

Question 4

An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client.
Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two.)

A. Create a baseline for an inventory object

B. Attach and detach baselines to inventory objects

C. Stage a baseline for remediation

D. Scan inventory objects for compliance

Correct Answer: A,C

Question 5

A vSphere administrator needs to add redundancy to an ESXi 5.x management network on a vSphere Standard Switch.
Which method should the administrator use to create redundant management networks?

A. Create a second management network on the same vSwitch in the same subnet

B. Create a second management network on a second vSwitch in the same subnet

C. Configure the management network vSwitch with two active uplinks

D. Configure an additional management portgroup on the same vSwitch

Correct Answer: C

Question 6

A small company wants to use VMware products for its production systems. The system administrator needs to recommend a solution that will deliver High Availability to the company's production applications.
What is minimum vSphere offering that will support this requirement?

A. vSphere Hypervisor

B. vSphere Essentials Plus

C. vSphere Standard

D. vSphere Essentials

Correct Answer: B

Question 7

An administrator needs to use vSphere Update Manager for the initial deployment of VMware Tools on a group of newly created virtual machines.
When the administrator scans the objects for compliance, a compliance state of Incompatible is returned.
How should the administrator resolve the issue?

A. Install VMware Tools manually on the new virtual machines.

B. Enable the Upgrade VMware Tools on Power Cycle option.

C. Create a separate baseline object for each guest OS type .

D. Ensure the latest version of VMware Tools has been downloaded to the Update Manager repository.

Correct Answer: A

Question 8

Which minor badge items make up the Efficiency badge score for an ESXi host in vCenter Operations Manager?

A. Time Remaining, Capacity Remaining

B. Workload, Stress, Density

C. Workload, Anomalies, Faults

D. Reclaimable Waste, Density

Correct Answer: D

Question 9

A vSphere administrator has created a vSphere Standard Switch with one virtual machine port group and one physical uplink. The administrator needs to ensure that the virtual machines on this port group can communicate only with each other.
What should the administrator do?

A. Enable the Fenced setting on the virtual machine port group

B. Enable Port Security on the vSphere Standard Switch

C. Create a Private VLAN and apply it to the virtual machine port group on the vSphere Standard Switch

D. Remove the physical uplink from the vSphere Standard Switch

Correct Answer: D

Question 10

An administrator notices that a virtual machine fails to start when right-clicking on the VM in the inventory and clicking Power -> Power On.
Which log file should the administrator check first to determine why the virtual machine will not start?

A. vpxa.log

B. messages

C. vmkernel.log

D. fdm.log

Correct Answer: C

Question 11

A vSphere administrator is unable to vMotion a virtual machine between two hosts. An error message indicates that the USB device is not accessible on the target host.
What is causing this issue?

A. The USB device was not enabled for vMotion when it was added to the virtual machine.

B. The VMkernel port for vMotion is not enabled for USB traffic.

C. The virtual machine has the wrong USB controller installed.

D. ESXi does not support vMotion with a USB device attached to the virtual machine.

Correct Answer: A

Question 12

A vSphere administrator needs to configure the environment to send a notification to a monitored email address every time a vSphere alarm is triggered.
Which procedure should the administrator use to accomplish the task?

A. Use the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Orchestrator workflow that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered.

B. Use the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SMTP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email.

C. Use the vSphere web client to create a vCenter Server scheduled task that will send a notification email when an alarm is triggered.

D. Use the vSphere web client to configure the vCenter Server SNMP settings. Edit the alarm action to send a notification email.

Correct Answer: B

Question 13

A vSphere administrator needs a way of sending noncritical ESXi events to a remote server. Due to budget constraints, no additional costs should be incurred.
Which tool will best meet this requirement?

A. vSphere Syslog Collector

B. vSphere Management Appliance

C. vSphere ESXi Dump Collector

D. vSphere vCenter Log Insight

Correct Answer: A

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