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VMware 2V0-21.23 VMware vSphere 8.x Professional Exam Practice Test

Demo: 29 questions
Total 107 questions

VMware vSphere 8.x Professional Questions and Answers

Question 1

An administrator is tasked with configuring an appropriate Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for VMware vCenter based on the following criteria:

• The solution should support the creation of Enhanced Link Mode groups.

• All user accounts are stored within a single Active Directory domain and the solution must support only this Active Directory domain as the identity source.

• All user account password and account lockout policies must be managed within the Active Directory domain.

• The solution should support token-based authentication.

Which SSO solution should the administrator choose based on the criteria?

Options:

A.

vCenter Identity Provider Federation with Active Directory Federation Services as the identity provider

B.

vCenter Single Sign-On with Active Directory over LDAP as the identity source

C.

vCenter Single Sign-On with Active Directory (Windows Integrated Authentication) as the identity source

D.

vCenter Identity Provider Federation with Active Directory over LDAP as the identity provider

Question 2

An administrator receives reports from the application team of poor performance of a virtual ma-chine (VM). The administrator reviews the virtual machine and discovers that it has 20 snapshots that are over 12 months old.

What could the administrator do to improve the VM’s performance?

Options:

A.

Inflate the base disk to make space for future snapshots.

B.

Revert to the latest snapshot.

C.

Consolidate all of the snapshots into the base VM.

D.

Identify and delete the largest delta .vmdk file.

Question 3

When configuring vCenter High Availability (HA), which two statements are true regarding the active, passive, and witness nodes? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Network latency must be less than 10 milliseconds.

B.

They must have a supported Wide Area Network (WAN).

C.

They must have a minimum of a 10 Gbps network adapter

D.

They must have a minimum of a 1 Gbps network adapter.

E.

Network latency must be more than 10 milliseconds.

Question 4

An administrator has a requirement to revert a running virtual machine to a previous snapshot after a failed attempt to upgrade an application. When the administrator originally took the snapshot, the following choices in the Take Snapshot dialog were made:

• Snapshot the virtual machine's memory = false

• Quiesce guest file system = false

What will be the result of the administrator selecting the ‘Revert to Latest Snapshot? option to return the virtual machine to a previous snapshot? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot

B.

The virtual machine will be restored in a powered off state

C.

The virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot

D.

The virtual machine will be restored in a powered on state

E.

The virtual machine will be restored in a suspended state

Question 5

An administrator has been notified that a number of hosts are not compliant with the company policy for time synchronization.

The relevant portion of the policy states:

• All physical servers must synchronize time with an external time source that is accurate to the microsecond. Which step should the administrator take to ensure compliance with the policy?

Options:

A.

Ensure that each vCenter Server Appliance is configured to use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) source.

B.

Ensure that each ESXi host is configured to use a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) source.

C.

Ensure that each ESXi host is configured to use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) source.

D.

Ensure that each vCenter Server Appliance is configured to use a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) source.

Question 6

An administrator creates a virtual machine that contains the latest company-approved software, tools and security updates. Company policy requires that only full clones are allowed for server workloads.

A combination of which two tasks should the administrator complete to prepare for the deployment of this virtual machine for multiple users? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Set appropriate permissions on the virtual machine.

B.

Create a virtual machine customization specification.

C.

Upgrade the virtual hardware.

D.

Convert the virtual machine to a template.

E.

Take a snapshot of the virtual machine.

Question 7

An administrator is tasked with allowing a single user the ability to take snapshots on a virtual machine. When looking in vCenter, the administrator can see that there are already users and groups assigned permissions on the virtual machine as follows:

•The group VMJJsers has the Virtual Machine Power User role.

•The group VM_Viewers has the Read Only role.

The administrator confirms that the user requesting the additional access is currently one of five members of the VM_Viewers group

Which two steps should the administrator take to grant this user the additional access required without impacting the user access of others? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Add the user to the VM_Users group and leave the permissions on the virtual machine object unchanged

B.

Add a new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the user and the new custom role.

C.

Edit the Read Only role to add the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges.

D.

Create a new custom role with the Virtual Machine Snapshot Management privileges.

E.

new permission on the virtual machine object selecting the VM_Viewers group and the new custom

Question 8

A company has two sites: Site A and Site B. The administrator would like to manage the VMware vCenter inventories in both sites from a single vSphere Client session.

Which vCenter feature must be configured?

Options:

A.

VMware Certificate Authority

B.

VMware Site Recovery Manager

C.

vCenter Single Sign-On

D.

Enhanced Linked Mode

Question 9

What are two uses cases for VMware Tools? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Time synchronization with an NTP server

B.

Direct deployment of the Aria Automation Config minion

C.

Share folders between ESXi hosts and guest OS file systems

D.

Ability to shut down a virtual machine remotely

E.

Support for unsupported network device drivers

Question 10

An administrator is investigating reports of users experiencing difficulties logging into a VMware vCenter instance using LDAP accounts.

Which service should the administrator check as part of troubleshooting?

Options:

A.

vSphere Authentication Proxy Service

B.

Lookup Service

C.

Identity Management Service

D.

VMware Authentication Framework Daemon

Question 11

An administrator is preparing for a deployment of a new vCenter Server Appliance. The following information has been provided to complete the deployment:

•ESXi Host name (FQDN): esxOl.corp local . ESXi IP Address: 172.20.10.200

•vCenter Server Name (FQDN): vcsa01 corp.local

•vCenter Server IP Address: 172.20 10.100

•NTP Server: 172.20.10.20

•DNS Server: 172.20.10.1

•Deployment Size: Tiny

•Storage Size: Default

Which two actions must the administrator complete before starting the installation of the vCenter Server Appliance? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Create a DNS CNAME record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01.corp.local)

B.

Create a DNS CNAME record for the ESXi Host server (esx01.corp.local)

C.

Create a reverse DNS A record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01).

D.

Create a reverse DNS A record for the ESXi Host server (esx01)

E.

Create a forward DNS A record for the vCenter Server (vcsa01).

Question 12

An administrator is tasked with deploying a new on-premises software-defined data center (SDDC) that will contain a total of eight VMware vCenter instances.

The following requirements must be met:

• All vCenter instances should be visible in a single vSphere Client session.

• All vCenter inventory should be searchable from a single vSphere Client session.

• Any administrator must be able to complete operations on any vCenter instance using a single set of credentials.

What should the administrator configure to meet these requirements?

Options:

A.

Two Enhanced Linked Mode groups consisting of four vCenter instances each in a Single Sign-On domain.

B.

A single Hybrid Linked Mode group consisting of four vCenter instances each in a Single Sign-On domain.

C.

A single Enhanced Linked Mode group consisting of eight vCenter instances in one Single Sign-On domain.

D.

A single Hybrid Linked Mode group consisting of eight vCenter instances in one Single Sign-On domain.

Question 13

An administrator has mapped three vSphere zones to three vSphere clusters.

Which two statements are true for this vSphere with Tanzu zonal Supervisor enablement? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

One Supervisor will be created in a specific zone.

B.

One Supervisor will be created across all zones.

C.

Three Supervisors will be created in Linked Mode.

D.

Individual vSphere Namespaces will be placed into a specific zone.

E.

Individual vSphere Namespaces will be spread across all zones.

Question 14

An administrator needs better performance and near-zero CPU utilization from the ESXI hosts for networking functions and processing. The administrator creates a new vSphere Distributed Switch and enables network offloads compatibility.

Which solution would help achieve this goal?

Options:

A.

VSphere Distributed Services Engine

B.

Data Processing Units (DPUs)

C.

vSphere Network I/O Control

D.

Universal Passthrough version 2

Question 15

Following a merger with another company, an administrator is tasked with configuring an identity source for VMware vCenter so that all vSphere administrators can authenticate using their existing Active Directory accounts. Each company has user accounts in their own Active Directory forests.

The following additional information has been provided:

• The corporate policy states that only Windows-based machine accounts are allowed in Active Directory. Which action should the administrator take to configure vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) to meet this requirement?

Options:

A.

Configure SSO to use Active Directory over LDAP as the identity source.

B.

Configure SSO to use OpenLDAP as the identity source.

C.

Join the vCenter Server Appliance to the LDAP domain.

D.

Configure SSO to use Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) as the identity source.

Question 16

An administrator is tasked with providing users access to objects within an existing VMware vCenter instance. The vCenter inventory has a single data center with one management vSphere cluster and five workload vSphere clusters.

The following requirements must be met for assigning the users access:

• Users must only be able to view all of the inventory objects associated with the management vSphere cluster.

• Users must be able to edit all of the inventory objects associated with the workload vSphere clusters.

The administrator creates a custom role to provide the permissions needed to allow users to edit inventory objects.

Which series of steps should the administrator complete to assign the custom role and provide the required level of access to users?

Options:

A.

Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object.

Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters and enable propagation.

B.

Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object and enable propagation. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters and enable propagation.

C.

Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters.

D.

Apply Global permissions to assign the Read Only role to the root vCenter object and enable propagation. Apply vCenter permissions to assign the custom role to the workload vSphere clusters.

Question 17

During the staging of a patch on a vCenter Server Appliance, an error was encountered and the process stopped. An administrator resolved the root cause and is ready to continue with the staging of the patch.

From the vCenter Management Interface, which action should the administrator take to continue the process from the point at which the error occurred?

Options:

A.

Use the Stage and Install option to resume the staging.

B.

Use the Resume option to resume the staging.

C.

Use the Unstage option to restart the staging.

D.

Use the Stage Only option to restart the staging.

Question 18

An administrator has a requirement to revert a running virtual machine to a previous snapshot after a failed attempt to upgrade an application. When the administrator originally took the snapshot the following choices in the Take Snapshot dialog were made:

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What will be the result of the administrator selecting the ‘Revert to Latest Snapshot?

option to return the virtual machine to a previous snapshot?

Options:

A.

The virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot in a powered on state

B.

The virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot in a powered off state.

C.

The virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot in a powered off state

D.

The virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot in a powered on state.

Question 19

Refer to the exhibit.

After removing an ESXi host from a cluster for maintenance, a number of virtual machines have encountered the warning seen in the exhibit. After re-adding the ESXi, the issue is resolved. Which step should the administrator take to move the triggered alarm to its normal state?

Options:

A.

Ignore

B.

Reset to Green

C.

Acknowledge

D.

Disable

Question 20

An administrator is tasked with looking into the disaster recovery options for protecting a database server using VMware vSphere Replication.

The following requirements must be met:

• The virtual machine must remain online during the protection.

• The virtual machine's snapshots must be used as part of the replication process.

Which step must the administrator complete to accomplish this task?

Options:

A.

Configure the virtual machine storage policy.

B.

Enable guest OS VSS quiescing for this virtual machine.

C.

Perform a full initial synchronization of the source virtual machine to the target location.

D.

Configure network traffic isolation for vSphere Replication.

Question 21

An administrator has configured Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore.

•The datastore supports 30,000 IOPS

•Storage I/O Control has been set to manual

•Storage I/O Control is triggered when latency hits 30 ms

•The datastore contains 3 virtual machines (VMs)

•A gold tier VM

•A silver tier VM

•A bronze tier VM

Assuming the datastore latency does not exceed 29ms, what is the maximum number of IOPS the bronze tier VM is entitled to?

Options:

A.

30,000

B.

20,000

C.

10.000

D.

5,000

Question 22

An administrator notices a performance issue in VMvvare vCenter To try and understand more about the performance issue, the administrator needs to gather more information about the vCenter database to eliminate a potential disk space issue.

Which two tools can the administrator use? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

vCenter Management Interface (VAMI)

B.

Perfmon

C.

df

D.

esxtop

E.

vSphere Client

Question 23

Which three vSphere features are still supported for Windows-based virtual machines when enabling vSphere's -virtualization-based security feature? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

vSphere vMotion

B.

PCI passthrough

C.

vSphere High Availability (HA)

D, vSphere Fault Tolerance

D.

vSphere Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS)

E.

Hot Add of CPU or memory

Question 24

An administrator needs to consolidate a number of physical servers by migrating the workloads to a software-defined data center solution.

Which VMware solution should the administrator recommend?

Options:

A.

VMware Horizon

B.

VMware vSAN

C.

VMware vSphere

D.

VMware

Question 25

A VMkernel port is labelled PROD01 and uses the default TCP/IP stack. Currently, this VMkernel port is configured for supporting live virtual machine (VM) migrations.

Which configuration change should the administrator make to isolate live VM migration traffic from other network traffic?

Options:

A.

Remove PROD01 and create a new VMkernel port and set the TCP/IP stack to vSphere vMotion.

B.

Remove PROD01 and create a new VMkernel port with the TCP/IP stack set to provisioning.

C.

Create a new VMkernel port and set the TCP/IP stack to provisioning.

D.

Modify PROD01 by changing the TCP/IP stack to vSphere vMotion.

Question 26

An administrator is adding a new ESXi host to an existing vSphere cluster. When selecting the cluster, the administrator Is unable to use the Cluster Quickstart workflow to add and configure the additional host.

What could be the root cause of this issue?

Options:

A.

The administrator has previously dismissed the Cluster Quickstart workflow.

B.

The administrator must manually add the host to the cluster before using the Cluster Quickstart workflow.

C.

The administrator has not been assigned the required permissions to use the Cluster Quickstart workflow.

D.

The administrator must enable the Cluster Quickstart workflow option in VMware vCenter.

Question 27

An administrator is creating a content library to manage VM templates and ISO images. The administrator wants to password-protect the images and templates and share them with a remote site.

Which two tasks must the administration perform when creating the content library? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Publish the local content library.

B.

Enable the security policy.

C.

Create a subscribed content library.

D.

Select an NFS datastore.

E.

Enable authentication.

Question 28

What are three options an administrator can configure after creating a vSphere Namespace? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Backup schedule

B.

Certificates

C.

Storage policies

D.

Update policies

E.

Permissions

F.

Resource and Object limits

Question 29

To keep virtual machines (VMs) up and running at all times in a vSphere cluster, an administrator would like VMs to be migrated automatically when the host hardware health status becomes degraded.

Which cluster feature can be used to meet this requirement?

Options:

A.

Predictive DRS

B.

Proactive HA

C.

vSphere HA Orchestrated Restart

D.

vSphere Fault Tolerance

Demo: 29 questions
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