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Question 1hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The performance data shows MEMCTL at 5% and SWPOUT at 2%. What does this indicate about the host?

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Refer to the exhibit.
```
esxtop -b -d 30 -n 2 > /tmp/perf.csv
# Sample output (abbreviated):
# CPU(%): 10.5, 12.3, 8.9, ...
# PMEM(%): 65, 70, 68, ...
# MEMCTL(%): 5, 4, 3, ...
# SWPOUT(%): 2, 1, 0, ...
```
Question 2mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A distributed virtual switch port shows dropped Rx packets and CRC errors. What is the most likely cause?

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Refer to the exhibit.
```
# dvs_port_statistics (partial)
Port ID: 1234
Packets Received: 15000000
Packets Transmitted: 10000000
Dropped Rx: 150
Dropped Tx: 10
Rx CRC Errors: 10
```
Question 3easymultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs the vmkfstools command on an ESXi host and views the output. Which conclusion can be drawn from the output?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
```
vmkfstools -P /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm/vm.vmx
```

Output:
```
File system label: datastore1
File system type: VMFS-6
Volume capacity: 1024000 MB
Volume free: 512000 MB
Disk capacity: 1024000 MB
Disk free: 512000 MB
Block size: 1 MB
```
Question 4hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs the command on an ESXi host to check HTTPS connections. The host is running vCenter Server and several VMs. What is the most likely cause of the TIME_WAIT connection?

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esxcli network ip connection list | grep 443
tcp 0 0 192.168.10.10:443 192.168.10.20:54321 ESTABLISHED 131230
tcp 0 0 192.168.10.10:443 192.168.10.21:54322 ESTABLISHED 131231
tcp 0 0 192.168.10.10:443 192.168.10.22:54323 TIME_WAIT 0
tcp 0 0 192.168.10.10:443 192.168.10.23:54324 ESTABLISHED 131232
Question 5mediummultiple choice
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A vSphere administrator is planning to deploy a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) with an embedded Platform Services Controller (PSC). The company policy requires that all vCenter services be highly available. Which deployment topology should the administrator choose?

Question 6hardmultiple choice
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An administrator is troubleshooting SSH connectivity to an ESXi host from a management workstation at 10.10.10.2. The SSH session is established, but the administrator cannot ping the host's IP 10.10.10.1. Based on the exhibit, what is the most likely cause?

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# esxcli network ip connection list | grep -E "10.10.10.1|10.10.10.2"
tcp        0      0  10.10.10.1:22            10.10.10.2:45678        ESTABLISHED  new-session
udp        0      0  10.10.10.1:123           0.0.0.0:*

# esxcli network ip route ipv4 list
Network          Netmask          Gateway          Interface
0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          10.10.10.254     vmk0
10.10.10.0       255.255.255.0    0.0.0.0          vmk0
169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0      0.0.0.0          vmk1
Question 7easymultiple choice
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An administrator is reviewing the network configuration of a standard switch. The exhibit shows the current settings for a port group. Which change would improve load distribution for VM traffic?

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<config>
  <vswitch name="vSwitch0">
    <portgroup name="VM Network">
      <vlan>0</vlan>
      <nicteaming>
        <policy>
          <failover>yes</failover>
          <loadbalance>srcmac</loadbalance>
          <active>vmnic0,vmnic1</active>
        </policy>
      </nicteaming>
    </portgroup>
  </vswitch>
</config>
Question 8mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs esxtop and sees the above output for a virtual machine. What is the most likely cause of the performance issue?

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```
GID   NAME      NWLD   %USED   %RUN   %SYS   %WAIT   %RDY   %CSTP   %MLMTD
12345 VM_01       4     20.0    15.0    5.0   25.0    45.2   30.1     0.0
```
Question 9mediummultiple choice
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An administrator notices that a VMFS datastore has only one optimized path. The exhibit shows the output of esxcli storage nmp path list for that datastore. What should the administrator do to fully utilize both storage controllers?

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~ # esxcli storage nmp path list

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a6-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a7
   State: active (optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a7-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a8
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a8-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a9
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a9-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a6
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU
Question 10easymultiple choice
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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?

Exhibit

~ # esxcli system visorfs tpm2 list
TPM 2.0 device not present.
Question 11hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs the vmkfstools command on a VMFS datastore. Which information can be derived from the output?

Exhibit

# vmkfstools -P /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm.vmx
File system label: datastore1
File system type: VMFS-6
File system version: 6.82
File system UUID: 4a2b3c4d-5e6f-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
Capacity: 2097152 (MB)
Available: 1048576 (MB)
Question 12hardmultiple choice
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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?

Question 13mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A vSphere administrator is reviewing a cluster configuration JSON. What can be determined from the configuration?

Exhibit

{
  "cluster": {
    "name": "Production",
    "ha_enabled": true,
    "ha_admission_control_enabled": true,
    "ha_admission_control_policy": "fixedSlotPolicy",
    "ha_failover_host_slots": 2,
    "drs_enabled": true,
    "drs_automation_level": "fullyAutomated",
    "drs_migration_threshold": 3
  }
}
Question 14mediummultiple choice
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An administrator is creating a vLCM image for a cluster of Dell PowerEdge R740 servers. The exhibit shows the current image JSON. When attempting to apply the image, compliance errors are reported regarding firmware. What is the most likely missing component?

Exhibit

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```
{
  "esx_version": "8.0.1",
  "hardware_support": [
    {
      "vendor": "Dell",
      "model": "PowerEdge R740",
      "firmware": "2.10.0"
    }
  ],
  "vendor_addon": null
}
```
Question 15mediummultiple choice
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Based on the exhibit, what is the compliance status of Host1?

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Refer to the exhibit.

```
# esxcli software vib list | grep -i vmware
vmware-esx-base  5.5.0-3-standard
vmware-esx-base  6.0.0-2-standard
```

Host1 shows vmware-esx-base version 5.5.0-3-standard, Host2 shows version 6.0.0-2-standard. The cluster image is set to 6.0.0-2-standard.

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