VMware VMware Certifications VCP550 Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  An administrator needs to join several ESXi hosts in the environment to the corporate Active Directory instance. The container and path for the OU is Servers\VMware. The FQDN of the local Active Directory is CORP.AD. Which option accurately shows the information an administrator would enter when configuring an ESXi host to join the domain and ensures the host is placed in the appropriate OU?

  A. ldap://CORP.AD:389/Servers/VMware

  B. CORP.AD/Servers/VMware

  C. cn=VMware, ou=Servers, dc=CORP, dc=AD

  D. ou=VMware, ou=Servers, dc=CORP, dc=AD

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 72:

  An administrator needs to implement trusted SSL certificates for all vCenter 5.5 components. Which component needs an SSL certificate?

  A. Update Manager

  B. Auto Deploy

  C. ESXi Dump Collector

  D. Network Syslog Collector

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 73:

  The oncall system administrator has made a change on the ESXi host requiring a restart of the management network. Lockdown mode is enabled. Which action should the administrator take to restart the management network?

  A. Use the vSphere client to enable local authentication services, then logon directly to the ESXi Shell and run services mgmt-vmware restart.

  B. Use an SSH client to logon to the command line and run services mgmt-vmware restart.

  C. Use the vSphere client to enable the DCUI and then logon to the ESXi Shell and use the menu to restart the management network.

  D. Logon directly to the DCUI and use the menu to restart the management network.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 74:

  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. Remove the physical uplink from the vSphere Standard Switch

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

  C. Enable Port Security on the vSphere Standard Switch

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

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 75:

  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. Configure the management network vSwitch with two active uplinks

  B. Configure an additional management portgroup on the same vSwitch

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

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

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 76:

  An administrator needs to continue using ESXi after the 60-day evaluation period expires.

  The administrator has obtained a valid license from VMware.

  Which step must the administrator take to deploy the license?

  A. Add the license to the ESXi host

  B. Perform an in-place upgrade of the free vSphere Hypervisor to the paid version

  C. Add the ESXi host to a licensed vCenter Server

  D. Re-install the host with standard ESXi and the obtained license

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 77:

  How should a vSphere administrator disable memory compression?

  A. Attach a vSphere Client to an ESXi host and edit the Mem.MemZipEnable advanced setting.

  B. Connect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client and edit the virtual machine. Insert the Mem.MemZipDisable option and set the value to True.

  C. Connect a vSphere Client to vCenter Server and configure the Memory Compression setting from the Administration menu.

  D. Reboot the ESXi host and disable memory compression in the BIOS under Advanced Settings.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 78:

  Which installation method is not available for a new deployment of ESXi 5.x?

  A. Update Manager installation

  B. Text-based interactive installation

  C. Scripted installation

  D. Auto Deploy installation

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 79:

  Which VMware Tools upgrade method minimizes the need for scheduled downtime?

  A. Use vCenter Server to select and upgrade virtual machines

  B. Use vSphere PowerCLI and create a script to upgrade the virtual machines

  C. Use Update Manager to perform an orchestrated upgrade of virtual machines

  D. Configure the virtual machines to check for and install updates at each reboot cycle

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 80:

  An administrator is setting up a new vSphere environment for application development with health monitoring and capacity management. The administrator has purchased three servers for the initial install. The administrator is NOT planning to grow the environment and needs to keep costs as low as possible.

  Which vSphere kit should the administrator use to meet these requirements?

  A. vSphere Essentials Kit

  B. vSphere Essentials Plus Kit

  C. vSphere with Operations Management Standard Acceleration Kit

  D. vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Acceleration Kit

  Correct Answer: C