VCP-DCV vSphere Architecture, Products and Solutions Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Match each vSphere error/message to its meaning.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

An administrator is planning a vCenter Server deployment for a large environment with 15 ESXi hosts and 300 VMs. The environment requires high availability for vCenter Server. Which deployment topology should the administrator choose?

Accepted Answer

A VCSA configured with vCenter HA (active-passive).. vCenter HA (active-passive) provides automatic failover for the vCenter Server Appliance.

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A Windows vCenter Server with a mirrored SQL database.

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A single VCSA with an embedded database.

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A VCSA deployed with an external Platform Services Controller.

Question 7

A company has a vSphere environment with multiple clusters. The network team reports that a specific VLAN used for vMotion is intermittently dropping packets. What is the impact on vMotion operations?

Accepted Answer

vMotion will fail with an error.. If the dedicated vMotion network drops packets, vMotion will fail unless an alternate network is configured.

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vMotion will use the management network as fallback.

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vMotion will work but at a reduced speed.

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vMotion will automatically switch to another available network.

Question 8

A vSphere administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on a cluster with vSphere DRS enabled. The administrator notices that all VMs are on the same host despite DRS being fully automated. What is the most probable cause?

Accepted Answer

The host with all VMs has a higher DRS migration threshold.. A conservative migration threshold (high number) prevents DRS from moving VMs even when load is unbalanced.

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DRS automation level is set to 'Manual'.

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The cluster has DRS set to manual mode.

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The vMotion network is not configured.

Question 9

An administrator needs to migrate a running VM from one datastore to another without any downtime. Which vSphere feature allows this?

Accepted Answer

Storage vMotion. Storage vMotion migrates VM storage while the VM is running, with no downtime.

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Cross vCenter vMotion

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Storage DRS

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vMotion

Question 10

A vSphere administrator deploys a new ESXi host and wants to ensure it is automatically added to a specific cluster and applies the correct host profiles. Which method should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Use Auto Deploy with stateful installations.. Auto Deploy with stateful installations provisions hosts and applies profiles automatically during network boot.

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Use Clone Host functionality in vSphere Client.

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Use Host Profiles to attach the profile to the cluster.

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Use vCenter Server to add the host manually.

Question 11

Which TWO statements are true regarding vMotion requirements?

Accepted Answer

Both source and destination ESXi hosts must be licensed for vMotion.. vMotion requires both source and destination hosts to be licensed for vMotion, and the VM must be powered on.

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The VM's virtual disks must be stored on shared storage.

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Both hosts must be in the same cluster.

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Both hosts must be in the same vCenter Server instance.

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 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.