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ks-first-safe.cfg Installs ESX on the first detected disk and preserves the VMFS datastores on the disk.
o ks-first.cfg Installs ESX on the first detected disk.
o The default root password is mypassword.
o /boot and vmkcore are physical partitions. /, swap, /var/log, and all the optional partitions are stored on a virtual disk called esxconsole-
/esxconsole.vmdk. The virtual disk is 220 702 stored in a VMFS volume.
o You cannot define the sizes of the /boot, vmkcore, and /vmfs partitions when you use the graphical or text installation modes. You can define
these partition sizes when you do a scripted installation.
o ESX Required Partitions
Mount Point Type Size Location
/boot ext3 1.25GB of free space and includes the /boot and vmkcore
partitions. The /boot partition alone requires
1100MB.
Physical partition
N/A swap 600MB recommended minimum 1600MB maximum. Virtual disk in a VMFS volume
/ ext3 Based on the size of the /usr partition. By default, the
minimum size is 5GB and no /usr partition is defined.
Virtual disk in a VMFS volume
N/A VMFS3 For VMFS volumes hosting esxconsole.vmdk: 1200MB and
an additional 10GB. VMFS2 is supported in read-only
mode to import legacy VMs.
Physical partition.
N/A vmkcore See /boot Physical partition
o ESX Optional Partitions
Mount Point Type Recommended Size Location
/home ext3 512MB Virtual disk in a VMFS volume
/tmp ext3 1024MB Virtual disk
/usr ext3 Missing in PDF Virtual disk
/var/log ext3 2000MB Virtual disk. The graphical and text
installers create this partition by
default.
o vihostupdate command applies software updates to ESX4/ESXi4 hosts and installs and updates ESX/ESXi extensions (use vihostupdate35 on
ESX 3.5/ESXi 3.5 hosts.)
o The esxupdate utility is for ESX only.
o You can use the vihostupdate utility in 9L0-403 conjunction with offline bundles or with a depot
o vSphere Databases:
o Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express – up to 5 hosts and 50 VMs. If the machine has Microsoft SQL Native Client installed, remove it before
installing vCenter Server with the bundled database. If the machine has MSXML Core Services 6.0 installed, remove it before installing
o Microsoft SQL Server 2005 – Windows XP, apply MDAC 2.8 SP1 to the client. Use the SQL Native Client driver (version 9.x) for the client.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry. Remove MSXML Core Services 6.0 before
o Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Windows XP, apply MDAC 2.8 SP1 to the client. Use the SQL Native Client driver (version 10.x) for the client.
Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
o Oracle 10g – If necessary, first apply patch 10.2.0.3 (or later) to the client and server. Then apply patch 5699495 to the client. Ensure that
the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
o Oracle 11g – Ensure that the machine has a valid ODBC DSN entry.
o Even though vCenter Server is supported on 64-bit operating systems, the vCenter Server system must have a 32-bit DSN. This requirement
applies to all supported databases. By default, any DSN created on a 64-bit system is 64 bit. On a 64-bit system use
C:\WINDOWS\SYSWOW64\odbc32.exe.
o vCenter Server must have a computer name that is 15 characters or fewer. The data source name (DSN) and remote database systems can
have names with more than 15 characters.
o To prepare a SQL Server database to work with vCenter Server, you generally need to create a SQL Server database user with database
operator (DBO) rights.
o If you use SQL Server for vCenter Server, do not use the master database.
o When using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition with vCenter Server, do not name the instance MSSQLSERVER.
o The vCenter Server performs a silent installation of vCenter Orchestrator. If you install vCenter Server on an IPv6 operating system, the
vCenter Orchestrator module is not supported.
o The vSphere Host Update Utility is for updating and 9L0-510 patching ESXi 4.0 hosts and upgrading ESX 3.x/ESXi 3.5 hosts to ESX 4.0/ESXi 4.0.
o You can join multiple vCenter Server systems to form a Linked Mode group.
o Linked Mode global data includes:
o Connection information (IP and ports)
o Certificates
o Licensing information
o User roles

o The evaluation period is 60 days and begins as soon as you power on the ESX machine, even if you start in license mode initially.
o The installer creates three basic partitions: /boot, vmkcore and VMFS. The service console VMDK file contains swap, and /var/log, by default,
and any other partitions that you specify.
o The media depot is a network-accessible location that contains the ESX installation media. You can use HTTP/ HTTPS, FTP, or NFS to access the
depot.
o Scripted installation – you must point to the 220 701 media depot in the script by including the install command with the nfs or url option.
o Interactive installation – include the askmedia boot option.
o The boot options list appears when you boot the installer and press F2.
o Bootstrap Commands for ESX Installation
Command Description
askmedia Allows you to interactively select the location of the ESX installation media. This option is required if the
image is hosted at an HTTP, FTP, or NFS location.
BOOTIF Accepts the format for the boot network adapter as supplied by PXELINUX.
gateway= Sets this network gateway as the default gateway during the install.
ip= Specifies a static IP address to be used for downloading the script and the installation media. The IPAPPEND
option is also supported if you PXE boot the installer.
ks=cdrom:/ Performs a scripted installation with the script at , which resides on the DVD in the DVD-ROM drive.
ks=file:// Performs a scripted installation with the script at , which resides inside the initial ramdisk image.
ks=ftp://// Performs a scripted installation with a script located at the given URL.
ks=http:/// Performs a scripted installation with a script located at the given URL.
ks=https:/// Performs a scripted installation with a script located at the given URL.
ks=nfs:/// Performs a scripted installation with the script located at on a given NFS server.
ks=usb Performs a scripted installation with the ks.cfg script in the root directory of the USB flash drive attached to
the host. If multiple flash drives are attached, the installer cycles through each one, mounting and
unmounting them until the file named ks.cfg is found.
ks=UUID::/ Performs a scripted installation with a script located on the ext partition with the given UUID.
ksdevice= Same as netdevice
nameserver= Specifies a domain name server as the nameserver during the install.
netdevice= Tries to use a network adapter when looking for an installation script and installation media. Specify
as a MAC address (for example, 00:50:56:C0:00:01). If not specified and files need to be retrieved over
the network, the installer defaults to the first 220 702 discovered network adapter. The IPAPPEND option is also
supported if you PXE boot the installer.
netmask= Specifies subnet mask for the network interface that downloads the installation media.
noapic Flags the kernel to use the XTPIC instead of the APIC.
text Starts the ESX installer in text mode.
url= Looks for the installation media at the specified URL. When you are PXE booting the installer, the url=
command only works with earlier versions of SYSLINUX. The command does not work with
SYSLINUX/PXELINUX version 3.70 and higher.
vlanid= Configures the VLAN for the network card.
o PXE Boot the ESX Installer:
1. Install TFTP server software that supports PXE booting.
2. Put menu.c32 file in an accessible place
3. Install PXELINUX.
4. Configure the DHCP server.
5. Create the kernel image and ramdisk directory by copying the vmlinuz and initrd.img files from the /isolinux directory on the ESX
installation DVD to a supported location.
6. Create the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg directory on your TFTP server.
7. Create a PXE configuration file. PXE configuration file in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
o In an interactive installation, omit the ks= option.
o ESX 3.x supported a hybrid installation. You could supply 220 701 an incomplete ESX installation script, and the installer prompts you for the missing
parts. ESX 4.0 does not support this.
o Install ESX interactively or by using a script. For interactive installation, you can use graphical mode or text mode.
o The installer erases all content on the selected storage device.
o Installing ESX on a USB device is not supported.
o VMFS2 volumes are not recognized by the ESX 4.0 installer.
o The installation log is /var/log/esx_install.log.
o The installation script can reside in one of the following locations:
o Default installation script
o FTP
o HTTP/HTTPS
o NFS
o USB flash drive
o Local disk
o The installer creates a /root/ks.cfg script, which reflects the choices you made in the interactive installation.
o Installation media contains the following default installation scripts:

vCompute – aggregate resources
o vStorage – enables the most efficient use and management of storage
o vNetwork – simplify and enhance networking
o Fault Tolerance – a secondary copy. Actions 640 802 Dumps completed on the primary VM are also applied to the secondary VM. If the primary VM becomes
unavailable, the secondary machine becomes active, providing continual availability.
o Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) – spans many hosts reduction of maintenance and increasing network capacity.
o Host Profiles – host configuration management through user-defined configuration policies. Captures the blueprint and monitors compliance.
o Pluggable Storage Array (PSA) – greater array certification flexibility and improved array-optimized performance. A multipath I/O framework.
o Cluster – aggregate computing and memory resources of a group of physical x86 servers sharing the same network and storage arrays.
o Resource pools – partitions of computing and memory resources from a single host or a cluster. can be hierarchical and nested.
o Storage VMotion – enables the migration of VMs from one datastore to another datastore without service interruption
o Fault Tolerance (FT) – uses vLockstep technology, continuous availability by protecting a VM (the Primary VM) with a shadow copy (Secondary
VM) that runs in virtual lockstep on a separate host.
o vNetwork Distributed Switch (dvSwitch) – functions as a single virtual switch across all associated hosts.
o dvPort (distributed virtual port) – a port on a DVS that connects to a host’s service console or VMkernel or to a VM’s network adapter.
o vApp – has the same basic operation as a VM, but can contain multiple VMs or appliances.
o Web Access cannot be used to access a host running ESXi 4.0.
o Web Access is turned off by default for ESX hosts.
Getting Started with ESX
o ESX Service Console is held in the esxconsole.vmdk partition.
o vCenter Server uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express for small deployments with up to 5 hosts and 50 VMs.
o If SQL Native Client is already installed, uninstall SQL Native Client before you begin the vCenter Server installation.
o vCenter server must belong to a domain rather 640-802 than a workgroup. Otherwise it’s not able to discover – using such features as vCenter Guided
Consolidation Service. The computer name cannot be more than 15 characters.
o vCenter Server cannot be an Active Directory domain controller.
o The Domain user account should have the following permissions:
o Member of the Administrators group
o Act as part of the operating system
o Log on as a service
ESX and vCenter server installation guide
o ESX4 will only install and run on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs. They require a 2GB RAM minimum.
o vCenter Server must have 2 CPUs and 3GB RAM.
o The vCenter Server has a service called VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices. This service requires 128MB to 1.5GB of additional
memory.
o You can use a 32-bit Windows for up 200 hosts. A 64-bit Windows can have 200-300 hosts.
o The vSphere Client requires the Microsoft .NET 3.0 SP1 Framework.
o vCenter server required firewall ports:
Port Description
80 Redirects requests to HTTPS port 443.
389 LDAP port number for the Directory Services for the vCenter Server group. Needs to bind to port 389, even if you are not joining this
vCenter Server instance to a Linked Mode group.
443 Listen for connections from the vSphere Client.
636 For vCenter Linked Mode, this is the SSL port of the local instance
902 Uses to send data to managed hosts. Managed hosts also send a regular heartbeat over UDP port 902 to the vCenter
902/903 Ports used by vSphere Client to display VM consoles.
8080 Web Services HTTP. Used for the VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices.
8443 Web Services HTTPS. Used for the VMware 640 802 braindumps VirtualCenter Management Webservices.
o If ESX will not use an NTP server, make sure that the server hardware clock is set to UTC in the BIOS (EDIT: As a matter of best practice you
should always set ESX server’s hardware clocks to UTC)
o IPv6 is not supported for ESX installation
o The service console must be installed on a VMFS datastore that is resident on a host’s local disk or on a SAN disk that is masked and zoned to
that particular host only.

Which memory allocation technique allows physical memory to be reclaimed from virtual
machine A and redistributed to virtual machine B, possibly forcing virtual machine A to
swap internally?
A. Transparent Page
vcp 4 Sharing
B. Memory Balloon Driver
C. VMkernel Swap
D. RAM Overcommit

Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 440
In ESX3, which of vmware vcp 4 the following is a valid software iSCSI initiator?
A. vmhba2
B. vmnic1
C. vmhba32
D. iscsi0

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 441
Which of the following statements are true about network traffic shaping? (Choose Two.)
A. The settings affect only outbound traffic.
B. The settings affect only inbound traffic.
C. The settings are defined on a per port group basis.
D. The settings affect inbound and outbound traffic.

Answer: A,C
Explanation:
“defined on a per port group basis. ” could be 640 802 considered a correct answer because
according to the VMWare Infrastructure 3:Install and Configure guide, “Traffic shaping
may be defined at the virtual switch OR Port Group level. ” The important distinction
here is that they can be defined at this level, but they are APPLIED on a per-virtual
machine basis or more directly, to the VM’s virtual NIC’s.

A new ESX Server is set up initially with two virtual machines (VMs) for users to access.
The applications will allocate all the memory that is available to them. 20 identical VMs
will be installed within six months, which may lead to memory contention. How can the
first two VMs be configured so that their vcp-410 performance does not decrease as more VMs are
added?
A. set the memory shares so that the VMs get 10 shares per megabyte of configured
memory for the VMs
B. set a memory limit on the VMs that is a lower value than the configured memory for
the VMs
C. set an expandable memory reservation on the VM that is lower than 50% of the
configured memory for the VMs
D. set a memory reservation on the VMs that vmware vcp 410 is lower than 50% of the configured
memory for the VMs
Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 443

Virtual machine (VM) A is connected to virtual switch A, and VM B is connected to
virtual switch B.
Which statement is true about the network traffic between A and B?
A. Traffic between VM A and VM B stays within ESX Server.
B. Traffic between VM A and VM B flows through the physical NIC.
C. VM A can communicate with VM B if they have same port group policies.
D. VM A can communicate with VM B if they have same security policies.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 444
Which of the following actions can be scheduled through the New Task Wizard? (Choose
Two)
A. Create a virtual machine template
B. Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion
C. Adding hardware to a virtual vmware vcp 410 machine
D. Delete a virtual machine

Answer: A,B

A new ESX Server is set up initially with two virtual machines (VMs) for users to access.
The applications will allocate all the memory that is available to them. 20 identical VMs
will be installed within six months, which may lead to memory contention. How can the
first two VMs be configured so that their performance does not decrease as more VMs are
added?
A. set the memory shares so that the VMs get 10 Passed VCP410 shares per megabyte of configured
memory for the VMs
B. set a memory limit on the VMs that is a lower value than the configured memory for
the VMs
C. set an expandable memory reservation on the VM that is lower than 50% of the
configured memory for the VMs
D. set a memory reservation on the VMs that is lower than 50% of the configured
memory for the VMs

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 446
Virtual machine (VM) A is connected to virtual Passed VCP 4 switch A, and VM B is connected to
virtual switch B.
Which statement is true about the network traffic between A and B?
A. Traffic between VM A and VM B stays within ESX Server.
B. Traffic between VM A and VM B flows through the physical NIC.
C. VM A can communicate with VM B if they have same port group policies.
D. VM A can communicate with VM B if they have same security policies.
Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 447
Which of the following actions can be scheduled through the New Task Wizard? (Choose
Two)
A. Create a virtual machine template
B. Migrate a virtual machine with vcp 410 VMotion
C. Adding hardware to a virtual machine
D. Delete a virtual machine

Answer: A,B

An ESX Server in DRS cluster is placed into Maintenance Mode. Which of the following
conditions are true? (Choose Two)
A. If the DRS cluster is in fully automated mode, DRS will automaticallyVMotion
Virtual Machines to other ESX Servers
B. If the DRS cluster is in fully automated mode, DRS VCP-410 questions will make a migration
recommendation and thenVMotion Virtual Machines to other ESX servers.
C. If the DRS cluster is in partially automated mode then the Virtual Center System
Administrator mustVMotion Virtual Machines to another ESX Server.
D. If the DRS cluster is in partially automated mode then the Virtual Machines that have
a High Restart Priority will be moved to another ESX Server.

Answer: A,C

QUESTION NO: 449
When adjusting the slider to allocate resources VCP-410 dumps for a Resource Pool, the yellow indicator
on the resource bar indicates:
A. A warning flag set at 75% of the available resource amount
B. The maximum available resource amount
C. The minimum required resource amount
D. The recommended resource amount
E. The remaining resources available

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 450
Which of the following situations will result in Passed VCP-410 VMware HA restarting virtual machines?
(Choose Two.)
A. A guest OS is manually powered off.
B. A guest OS fails.
C. An ESX Server in the cluster is put into Maintenance mode.
D. An ESX Server in the cluster becomes isolated from the network.

Answer: B,D

If a virtual machine (VM) experiences a monitor panic, where does the ESX Server core
dump file get created?
A. in the core dump partition, if created
B. in the /home partition
C. in the same directory as the VM’s .vmx
VCP-410 exam file
D. in the local VMFS volume

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 452
Which three storage solutions are supported for the placement of a VMFS filesystem
during the installation of the ESX Server? VCP-410 exam questions (Choose Three.)
A. SCSI
B. SAN
C. ATA RAID
D. SCSI RAID
E. ATA

Answer: A,B,D

QUESTION NO: 453
For what reason would an ESX Server administrator send an end user a remote console
URL?
A. because remote console URLs are used to delegate administrative tasks performed on
the ESX service console
B. to go directly to the state of a specific virtual machine snapshot that can be resumed by
the end user with a Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Client
C. to provide a lightweight user interface to a virtual machine without a Virtual
Infrastructure (VI) Client
D. for quick access to a specific virtual VCP-410 study guide machine from the Virtual Infrastructure (VI)
Client

Answer: C

What is a requirement for enabling NIC teaming?
A. A physical NIC is linked to multiple virtual switches
B. All physical NICs must be of the same type.
C. Multiple physical NICs are linked to a single VCP-410 dumps virtual switch
D. All virtual NICs must be of the same type.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 455
Which of the following is a key feature of VMware High Availability services?
A. HA can VMotion Virtual Machines to surviving ESX servers.
B. HA can automatically restart Virtual Machines from a failed ESX server
C. HA can take the place of other cluster VCP-410 software, like Microsoft Cluster Services
(MSCS)
D. HA can automatically restart failed ESX Servers.

Answer: B
Explanation:
Only DRS will use VMotion to move Virtual Machines around to adjust to changes in
CPU/Memory performance on ESX servers.

QUESTION NO: 456
Which of the following are valid choices for optimizing performance of Virtual
Machines? (Choose Three.)
A. Disable unused devices such as COM VCP-410 braindump ports, Floppy drives, and CD ROM drive.
B. Avoid installing vmware-tools on resource intensive virtual machines.
C. Defragment attached VMFS-3 volumes.
D. Tune and size virtual machine operating systems as you would on physical hosts.
E. Keep virtual machines that have similar resource requirements on the same host.

Answer: A,D,E

Users are having difficulty accessing a web server
since a new web application was configured to run on sc-titanium03.vmeduc.com. The
ABC vSphere client reports the error shown in the exhibit. DRS is set to fully automated
mode, but the problem has not resolved.
Which of the following actions could be taken to VCP-410 exam questions resolve the issue?
A. Hot add another CPU to the web server virtual machine.
B. Add another server to the cluster.
C. Power down one or more virtual machines on the host running the web server virtual
machine and migrate them to the other server in the cluster.
D. Migrate one or more running virtual machines on the host with the web server virtual
machine to the other host in the cluster.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 461
An administrator has a DRS/HA cluster with 5 ESX 4 Hosts. When trying to start a new
web server Virtual Machine, an error is VCP-410 study guide displayed saying insufficient resources exist for
HA. Based on the HA configuration shown in the exhibit, how can this issue be
resolved(Choose Two)?
A. Specify one of the servers to be a failover host
B. Allow virtual machines to be powered on even if they violate HA availability
constraints.
C. Add another server to the cluster.
D. Change the percentage of resources to reserve to 30%.

Answer: B,C

QUESTION NO: 462
You have a newly set up 2 node cluster with HA and DRS enabled with DRS in fully
automated mode. While testing DRS, you notice no virtual machines are moving from
one ESX host to any other despite great disparity in resource utilization between the ESX
hosts. Based on the information shown in the exhibit, what is the best solution for this
problem?
A. Enable the VMkernel port for Vmotion.
B. Remove the uplink used by the VMkernel VCP-410 questions port group and connect the proper uplink.
C. Disable HA for this cluster.
D. Change the IP address to 10.0.0.204 for the VMkernel interface.

Answer: D