VCP-DCV Practice Test 13 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company has a vSphere cluster of eight ESXi hosts managed by a single vCenter Server. They need to apply a critical security patch to the ESXi hosts with minimal downtime. Which method should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Put each host in maintenance mode and apply the patch via Update Manager.. Putting each host in maintenance mode and applying the patch via Update Manager is standard and minimizes downtime.

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Use vMotion to migrate all VMs to one host, apply patch, then move back.

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Use vSphere vMotion to migrate VMs, then apply patch using CLI on each host.

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Schedule a host reboot during maintenance window and apply patch via ISO boot.

Question 2

Which TWO features are available only in the vSphere Enterprise Plus edition?

Accepted Answer

vSphere Fault Tolerance. vSphere DRS and vSphere Fault Tolerance are exclusive to Enterprise Plus.

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Storage vMotion

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vSphere HA

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vSphere vMotion

Question 3

Which switch type requires a separate vCenter Server to manage its configuration?

Accepted Answer

vSphere Distributed Switch. Option B is correct. vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) requires vCenter Server for management. Standard switches are managed per host. Options A and D are incorrect because standard switches are host-level. Option C is not a real switch type.

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Virtual Edge Gateway Switch

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vSphere Standard Switch

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vSphere Edge Switch

Question 4

An administrator configures DRS on a cluster with two hosts. The administrator wants to ensure that two critical VMs (VM1 and VM2) always run on separate hosts. Which rule type should the administrator create?

Accepted Answer

Separate Virtual Machines. Option B is correct because 'Separate Virtual Machines' rule ensures VMs run on different hosts. Option A is incorrect as 'Keep Virtual Machines Together' causes them to run on same host. Option C is incorrect because 'Virtual Machines to Hosts' rule is for affinity to specific hosts. Option D is incorrect as 'Host Affinity' is for VM groups to host groups.

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Virtual Machines to Hosts (Should run)

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Keep Virtual Machines Together

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Virtual Machines to Hosts (Must not run)

Question 5

An administrator notices that a VM with a critical application is experiencing intermittent network connectivity. The VM is configured with an E1000 vNIC. The ESXi host has been upgraded from 6.5 to 7.0. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The VM hardware version needs to be upgraded to version 15.. Upgrading the virtual hardware to version 15 or later ensures compatibility with ESXi 7.0 and resolves issues.

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The VM needs to be powered off and back on to reset the vNIC.

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The E1000 vNIC is not supported in ESXi 7.0; VMXNET3 must be used.

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The E1000 driver is incompatible with ESXi 7.0.

Question 6

Which THREE components are part of a vSAN cluster?

Accepted Answer

vSAN datastore. A vSAN cluster consists of ESXi hosts, a vSAN datastore, and a vSAN network for communication.

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vSAN witness host

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vCenter Server

Question 7

A company uses Linked Mode vCenter Servers across two data centers. One of the links fails. What happens to the management capabilities?

Accepted Answer

Each vCenter Server can manage its own inventory, but cross-datacenter tasks fail.. Option A is correct. Each vCenter Server in Linked Mode operates independently; the link failure only affects cross-datacenter operations. Option B is incorrect because both continue working. Option C is incorrect because they are not in a failover cluster. Option D is incorrect.

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Both vCenter Servers become unavailable.

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One vCenter Server takes over management of both data centers.

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vSphere HA on both clusters reactivates the link.

Question 8

An administrator attempts to vMotion a powered-on VM from ESXi host A to host B. The vMotion fails with the error: 'the destination host does not have access to the virtual machine's network'. The VM is connected to a standard switch on host A with a VLAN ID 100. Host B is connected to a VDS that also has a portgroup with VLAN ID 100. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The VM is using a standard switch while host B uses a VDS. Option D is correct because vMotion requires compatible network configurations; the standard switch portgroup and VDS portgroup are not considered the same network even if VLAN IDs match. Option A is incorrect because VDS can support vMotion if networks are compatible. Option B is incorrect because different vSwitch types cause incompatibility. Option C is incorrect because host B may have the correct VLAN, but the network must be the same type or bridged via port groups with matching names.

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The VM is connected to a network that is not present on the destination host

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Host B does not have the correct MTU set

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Host B does not have the correct VLAN configuration

Question 9

An administrator is planning a storage upgrade for a vSphere cluster. The cluster currently uses VMware vSAN as the primary datastore. The administrator wants to add capacity to the vSAN datastore without adding additional hosts. Which action should the administrator take?

Accepted Answer

Replace existing disks in each host with larger capacity disks and claim them to the same disk group. Option C is correct because vSAN capacity can be increased by adding more disk groups or adding disks to existing disk groups (if slots are available). Option A is incorrect because adding a new vSphere datastore (e.g., VMFS) does not increase vSAN capacity unless migrated. Option B is incorrect because combining disks from different hosts in one disk group is not possible; each host has its own disk groups. Option D is incorrect because extending a disk group across hosts is not supported.

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Combine disks from different hosts into a single disk group

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Add a new disk group on each host with additional capacity disks

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Add a new VMFS datastore and use Storage vMotion to move VMs

Question 10

A vSphere cluster using vSAN is experiencing high latency for some VMs. The administrator checks the vSAN skyline health and finds that all disk groups are healthy. Which additional step should the administrator take to diagnose the issue?

Accepted Answer

Check the vSAN performance service for object latency breakdown.. The vSAN performance service provides detailed latency breakdown to identify the source of high latency.

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Verify that the vSAN network is configured with jumbo frames.

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Enable vSAN encryption to improve performance.

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Increase the number of disk groups on each host.

Question 11

Refer to the exhibit. An ESXi 7.0 host is being configured for vSphere Trust Authority. The administrator runs the command shown and gets the output. What does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

The host does not have a TPM 2.0 chip, so vSphere Trust Authority cannot be used.. The output clearly states that no TPM 2.0 device is present, which is required for vSphere Trust Authority.

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The TPM 2.0 device is present but not accessible.

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The command is incorrect; the correct command is 'esxcli system visorfs tpm list'.

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The host has a TPM 2.0 chip but it is not supported by ESXi.

Question 12

An administrator wants to deploy a new ESXi host using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM). The host has a different hardware version than the cluster baseline. Which action is required?

Accepted Answer

Create a separate cluster with a compatible image specification for the new host.. Option C is correct. vLCM uses hardware compatibility checks; if the host is not compatible, it must be placed in a separate cluster or remediated via image-based management. Option A is not standard. Option B is handled by vLCM automatically if compatible. Option D is incorrect as vLCM can handle heterogeneous hardware if using clusters with multiple hardware vendors.

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Use a host profile to apply the configuration.

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Replace the host hardware to match the baseline.

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Manually install the same ESXi version on the host before adding to the cluster.

Question 13

An administrator needs to upgrade the ESXi hosts in a cluster to version 7.0 U3. The administrator uses vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) with a cluster image. After staging the image on one host, the administrator attempts to remediate that host but gets an error that the host is not compliant. Which is the most likely reason?

Accepted Answer

The host is not in maintenance mode. Option A is correct because vLCM requires hosts to be in an acceptable state (e.g., in maintenance mode, connected) for remediation. Option B is incorrect because vLCM does not require vCenter Server reboot. Option C is incorrect because ESXi 7.0 U2 to U3 is supported. Option D is incorrect because vLCM manages firmware through vendor add-ons, but not having firmware does not cause non-compliance; it depends on the image specifications.

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The ESXi version difference between the image and the host is too large

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The host does not have the required firmware version

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The vCenter Server service needs to be restarted

Question 14

A vSphere administrator needs to ensure that a critical VM restarts automatically if the ESXi host fails. Which feature should be configured?

Accepted Answer

vSphere HA. vSphere HA provides host failure detection and automatic restart of VMs.

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vSphere vMotion

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vSphere DRS

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vSphere Fault Tolerance

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs the vmkfstools command on a VMFS datastore. Which information can be derived from the output?

Accepted Answer

The datastore ID is the file system UUID.. The output shows the file system UUID directly.

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The datastore is formatted with VMFS version 6.82.

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The datastore supports ESXi 6.5 and later.

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The datastore has 1 TB capacity.