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1.WhatisVMware?
VMware(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware),Inc.isanAmericancompany
thatprovidescloudandvirtualizationsoftwareandservices,andclaimstobethe
firsttosuccessfullyvirtualizethex86architecturecommercially.Foundedin1998,
VMwareisbasedinPaloAlto,California.
2.Whatisvirtualization?
Virtualizationisaprovensoftwaretechnologythatmakesitpossibletorunmultiple
operatingsystemsandapplicationsonthesameserveratthesametime.Its
transformingtheITlandscapeandfundamentallychangingthewaythatpeople
utilizetechnology.
3.WhatdoyouunderstandbyVirtualMachine?
Avirtualcomputersystemsisknownasvirtualmachine(VM):atightly
isolatedsoftwarecontainerwithanoperatingsystemandapplicationinside.
EachselfcontainedVMiscompletelyindependent.PuttingmultipleVMson
asinglecomputerenablesseveraloperatingsystemsandapplicationstorunon
justonephysicalserver,orhost.
4.WhatarethekeypropertiesofaVirtualMachine?
Partitioning
Runmultipleoperatingsystemsononephysicalmachine
Dividesystemresourcesbetweenvirtualmachines
Isolation
Providefaultandsecurityisolationatthehardwarelevel
Preserveperformancewithadvancedresourcecontrols
Encapsulation
Savetheentirestateofavirtualmachinetofiles
Moveandcopyvirtualmachinesaseasilyasmovingandcopyingfiles
HardwareIndependence
Provisionormigrateanyvirtualmachinetoanyphysicalserver
5.WhatarethemainadvantageofVMWareVsphere?
EnsurebusinesscontinuityandalwaysavailableIT
ReduceIThardwareandoperatingcosts
Improveapplicationquality
Enhancedsecurityanddataprotection
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6.WhatisDataStore?
Datastorerepresentsastoragelocationforvirtualmachinefiles.ItcanbeaVirtual
MachineFile
System(VMFS)volume,adirectoryonNetworkAttachedStorage,oralocalfile
systempath.
7.WhatisVMwareDRS?
VMwareDRSstandsforDistributedResourceScheduleritdynamicallybalances
resourcesacrossvarioushostunderclusterorresourcepool.Itenablesusersto
determinetherulesandpolicieswhichdecidehowvirtualmachinesdeploy
resources,andtheseresourcesshouldbeprioritizedtomultiplevirtualmachines.
8.WhenusingESXihypervisorarchitecture,howtomonitorhardware
onvSpherehost?
vSpheresupportsCIMAPIandSNMPv2,withoutinstallingagentstoenable
hardwaremonitoring.HardwaremonitoringtoolscanmonitorthroughvCenter
consoleandmajorhardwareprovidedbyOEMvendors.
9.WhatisVMwareDPM?
VMwareDistributedPowerManagement(DPM)isapioneeringnewfeatureof
VMwareDRSthatcontinuouslymonitorsresourcerequirementsinaVMwareDRS
cluster.Whenresourcerequirementsoftheclusterdecreaseduringperiodsoflow
usage,VMwareDPMconsolidatesworkloadstoreducepowerconsumptionbythe
cluster.Whenresourcerequirementsofworkloadsincreaseduringperiodsofhigher
usage,VMwareDPMbringspowereddownhostsbackonlinetoensureservicelevels
aremet.
10.WhenyouvisitcertainWebsites,therequestisconnectionwas
resetthereport,thenwhatistheprincipleofconnectionisreset?
Thenatureoftheconnectionisreset,becauseithasreceivedaTCPResetpacket
damageconnected
11.VMwareESXisstillprovidingsupportforthearchitecture?
VMwarewillfollowVMwarevSpheresupportpolicytocontinuetoprovidetechnical
supportforESXarchitecture.
12.HowcanIevaluateVMwarevSphere?
TheeasiestwaytoevaluateVMwarevSphereistodownloadandinstallthefree
vSphereHypervisorversion.Inaddition,youcanalsousevSphereassessment.
13.WhenusingtheESXiarchitecture,UpdateManagerwhetherto
repairmyvSpherehost?
VMwarevCenterUpdateManagerwillbeupdatedtorunESXihost.Inadditionto
VMwareUpdateManagerenvironmentprovidesnotinstalledtheupdateutility.
14.WhatistheESXiShell?
ESXiShellisacommandlineinterfacetorundiagnosticsandrepairofvSphere
ESXihosts.ESXiShellbyDCUIorthroughvCenterServertoenableanddisable,
andcanalsobeaccessedremotelyviaSSH.Formoreinformation,seetheESXi
Managementpage.
15.WhataretheadvantageanddisadvantagesofVMWareworkstation?
Advantage:
VMwareWorkstationvirtualmachinecapability,performanceandphysical
isolationisverygood!
VMwareWorkstationfeaturesaverycomprehensive,computerprofessionals
tendtouse!
VMwareWorkstationissimpleinterfaceforusersofvariousfieldsof
computer!
Disadvantages:
VMwareWorkstationbulky,longerinstallationtimeconsuming!
VMwareWorkstationoccupyalargerphysicalmachineresourceswhenusing!
16.CanwedovMotionbetweentwodatacenters?Ifpossiblehowitwill
be?
YeswecandovMotionbetweentwodatacenters,butthemandatoryrequirementis
theVMshouldbepoweredoff.
17.WhatisVCagent?andwhatserviceitiscorrespondedto?Whatare
theminimumreqsforVCagentinstallation?
VCagentisanagentinstalledonESXserverwhichenablescommunicationbetween
VCandESXserver.
Thedaemonassociatedwithitiscalledvmwarehostd,andtheservicewhich
correspondstoitiscalledasmgmtvmware,intheeventofVCagentfailurejust
restarttheservicebytypingthefollowingcommandattheserviceconsoleservice
mgmtvmwarerestart
VCagentinstalledontheESXserverwhenweaddittotheVC,soatthetimeof
installtionifyouaregettinganerrorlikeVCAgentservicefailedtoinstall,check
the/Optsizewhetheritissufficientornot.
18.HowcanyoueditVIClientSettingsandVCServerSettings?
ClickEditMenuonVCandSelectClientSettingstochangeVIsettings
ClickAdministrationMenuonVCandSelectVCManagementServerConfiguration
toChangeVCSettings
19.WhatarethefilesthatmakeaVirtualMachine?
.vmxVirtualMachineConfigurationFile
.nvramVirtualMachineBIOS
.vmdkVirtualMachineDiskfile
.vswpVirtualMachineSwapFile
.vmsdVirtualMAchineSnapshotDatabase
.vmsnVirtualMachineSnapshotfile
.vmssVirtualMachineSuspendedStatefile
.vmware.logCurrentLogFile
.vmware#.logOldLogfile
20.WhatarethedevicesthatcanbeaddedwhilethevirtualMachine
running
InVI3.5wecanaddHardDiskandNICswhilethemachinerunning.
InvSphere4.0wecanaddMemoryandProcessoralongwithHDDandNICswhile
themachinerunning
21.HowtosetthetimedelayforBIOSscreenforaVirtualMachine?
RightClickonVM,selecteditsettings,chooseoptionstabandselectbootoption,set
thedelayhowmuchyouwant.
22.Whatisatemplate?
WecanconvertaVMintoTemplate,anditcannotbepoweredononceitschanged
totemplate.ThisisusedtoquickprovisioningofVMs.
23.Whattodotocustomizethewindowsvirtualmachineclone,?
copythesysprepfilestoVirtualcenterdirectoryontheserver,sothatthewizardwill
taketheadvantageofit.
24.Whattodotocustomizethelinux/unixvirtualmachineclone,?
VCitselfincludesthecustomizationtools,astheseoperatingsystemsareavailableas
opensource.
25.Doescloningfromtemplatehappensbetweentwodatacenters?
Yes..itcan,ifthetemplateinonedatacenter,wecandeploythevmfromthat
templateinanotherdatacenterwithoutanyproblem.
26.Whatarethecommonissueswithsnapshots?Whatstopsfromtakingasnapshot
andhowtofixit?
IfyouconfiguretheVMwithMappedLUNs,thenthesnapshotfailed.Ifitis
mappedasvirtualthenwecantakeasnapshotofit.
IfyouconfiguretheVMwithMappedLUNsasphysical,youneedtoremoveitto
takeasnapshot.
27.Whatarethesettingsthataretakenintotoconsiderationwhenweinitiatea
snapshot?
VirtualMachineConfiguration(Whathardwareisattachedtoit)
StateoftheVirtualMachineHardDiskfile(Torevertbackifneeded)
StateoftheVirtualMachineMemory(ifitispoweredon)
28.WhataretherequirementsforConvertingaPhysicalmachinetoVM?
AnagentneedstobeinstalledonthePhysicalmachine
VIclientneedstobeinstalledwithConverterPlugin
Aservertoimport/exportvirtualmachines
29.WhatisVMWareconsolidatedbackup?
Itisabackupframework,thatsupports3rdpartyutilitiestotakebackupsofESX
serversandVirtualMachines.Itsnotabackupservice.
30.Toopentheguidedconsolidationtool,whataretheuserrequirements?
Theusermustbememberofadministrator,TheusershouldhaveLogonasservice
privilegesTogiveausertheseprivileges,openlocalsecpolicy,selectLogonas
servicepolicyandaddtheusertheusershouldhavereadaccesstoADtosend
queries
31.ExplainthephysicaltopologyofVirtualInfrastructure3DataCentre?
atypicalVMwareInfrastructuredatacenterconsistsofbasicphysicalbuilding
blockssuchasx86computingservers,storagenetworksandarrays,IPnetworks,a
managementserveranddesktopclients.
32.HowdoyouconfigureClusters,Hosts,andResourcePoolsinVI3?
Aclusterisagroupofserversworkingtogethercloselyasasingleserver,toprovide
highavailability,loadbalancingandhighperformance.Ahostisasinglex86
computingserverwithindividualcomputingandmemoryresources.Resourcepools
areallocationoftheavailableresourcesintopiecesfortheproperdistribution.
33.Whatareresourcepools&whatstheadvantageofimplementingthem?
AVMwareESXResourcepoolisapoolofCPUandmemoryresources.Insidethe
pool,resourcesareallocatedbasedontheCPUandmemorysharesthataredefined.
Thispoolcanhaveassociatedaccesscontrolandpermissions.Clearmanagementof
resourcestothevirtualmachines.
34.ExplainwhyVMwareESXServerispreferredoverVirtualServerorWorkstation
forenterpriseimplementation?
Forbetterresourcemanagementasithasavirtualizationlayerinvolvedinitskernel,
whichcommunicateswiththehardwaredirectly.
35.InwhatdifferentscenariosormethodscanyoumanageaVI3?
UsingtheVirtualInfrastructureClientwecanmanageoneesxserver,usingvirtual
centerwecanmanagemorethan1esxserver..andalsowecanuseserviceconsoleto
manageit.
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1280576_mem1,00.html
36.ExplainthedifferencebetweenaccessthroughVirtualInfrastructureClient(vi
client),Webaccess,ServiceConsoleaccess(ssh)?
UsingVIClientwecanaccesstheESXserveraswellasVirtualCenterServeralso,
herewecanuseunixtypeofauthenticationorwindowstypeauthentication.Butto
accesstheserviceconsole,weshoulduseunixtypeofauthenticationpreferablyeven
thoughwecanaccesstheserviceconsolethroughadauthenticationusingesxcfg
auth,butitdoesnotsupportallfunctionstoworkon,allthefunctionsareavailable
onlywithrootaccountwhichisbasedonredhatLinuxkernel.Usingthewebaccess
alsowecanmanagevirtualcenteraswellasasinglehost.Butalltheenterprise
featuresarenotsupported.
ConsoleaccesstotheServiceConsole
Thedisadvantagestothismodeare
youmustbeattheconsole(orconnectusinganIPKVM)and
youmustknowLinuxtoaccomplishyourtask(noGUI).
SSHtotheServiceConsole
YoucanSSHtotheconsolepromptofanESXserverandreceivethesameLinuxtext
consoleaccessasIshowedabove.Telnetisnotallowed.Tousethismethod,theESX
servermustbeworkingonthenetworkandyoumusthaveanSSHclientonyourPC
toconnect.Again,inthismode,youdontgetaGUIinterface.
VMwareVirtualInfrastructure(VI)WebAccesstotheESXServer
ThisistheVMwareVIWebAccessinterface.Thebenefittousingthisisthatyouget
aGUIclientforyourESXserverwithouthavingtoinstallaclientonyourlocal
machine.ThedownsidetothewebinterfaceisthatyoucanonlyperformbasicESX
functionslikecontrollingexistingmachines(start/stop/pause)andconsoleremote
access.YoucannotaddnewVMs,workwithVMstorage,orVMnetworks.Still,this
isagreatinterfaceifyoujustneedtocheckthestatusofyourESXVMs,restarta
VM,oruseconsoleremotecontrol.
VMwareVirtualInfrastructureClient(VIClient)totheServer
ThebenefitstotheVIclientarethatyouhavefullaccesstodowhateverisneededon
theESXServerandyougetaGUIclienttodoitin.Theonlydownsideisthatyou
mustinstalltheVIclientapplicationtodothis.However,theinstallationis
negligibleandtheVIclientistheabsolutebestwaytoadministeryourESXServer.
VMwareVirtualInfrastructureClient(VIClient)totheVirtualCenterServer(VC
Server)
FromthisVIVCinterface,youcanmanageallESXservers,VMstorage,VM
networks,andmore.VirtualCenter,ofcourse,isanoptionalproductthatrequires
additionallicensesandhardware.
37.ExplainadvantagesorfeaturesofVMwareVirtualMachineFileSystem(VMFS)?
Itsaclusteredfilesystem,excellentsupportforsharingbetweenESXserversina
cluster.
Features
AllowsaccessbymultipleESXServersatthesametimebyimplementingperfile
locking.SCSIReservationsareonlyimplementedwhenLUNmetadataisupdated
(e.g.filenamechange,filesizechange,etc.)
AddordeleteanESXServerfromaVMwareVMFSvolumewithoutdisruptingother
ESXServerhosts.
LVMallowsforadaptiveblocksizingandaddressingforgrowingfilesallowsyouto
increaseaVMFSvolumeonthefly(byspanningmultipleVMFSvolumes)
WithESX/ESXi4VMFSvolumesalsocanbeexpandedusingLUNexpansion
OptimizeyourvirtualmachineI/Owithadjustablevolume,disk,fileandblocksizes.
Recovervirtualmachinesfasterandmorereliablyintheeventofserverfailurewith
Distributedjournaling.
Limitations
Canbesharedwithupto32ESXServers.
CansupportLUNswithmaxsizeof2TBandamaxVMFSsizeof64TBasofversion
4(vSphere).
ThereisaVMFS3limitationwhereeachtreeoflinkedclonescanonlyberunon8
ESXservers.Forinstance,ifthereisatreeofdisksoffthesamebasediskwith40
leafnodesinthetree,all40leafnodescanbesimultaneouslyrunbuttheycanonly
runonupto8ESXhosts.
VMFS3limitsfilesto262,144(218)blocks,whichtranslatesto256GBfor1MB
blocksizes(thedefault)upto2TBfor8MBblocksizes.
38.WhatarethetypesofdatastoressupportedinESX3.5?
iSCSIdatastores,FCSANdatastores,LocalVMFS,NASandNFS
39.HowcanyouconfigurethesedifferenttypesofdatastoresonESX3.5?
IfwehaveFCcardsinstalledontheesxservers,bygoingtothestorageoption,we
canscanfortheluns.
40.WhatisVmwareConsolidateBackup(VCB)?Explainyourworkexposureinthis
area?
VMwareConsolidatedBackupisabackupframework,whichenables3rdpartytools
totakebackups.VCBisusedtohelpyoubackupyourVMwareESXvirtualservers.
Essentially,VCBisabackupproxyserver.Itisnotbackupsoftware.Ifyouuse
VCB,youstillneedbackupsoftware.Itiscommonlyinstalledonitsowndedicated
Windowsphysicalserver.
HerearethebenefitsofVMwaresVCB:
CentralizebackupsofVMwareESXVirtualServers
ProvidefilelevelbackupsofVMwareESXVirtualServersbothfulland
incremental(filelevelbackupavailabletoonlyWindowsguests)
Provideimagelevelbackups
PreventyoufromhavingtoloadabackupagentoneveryVirtualMachine
PreventyoufromhavingtoshutdownVirtualMachinestogetabackup
ProvidesLANFreebackupbecausetheVCBserverisconnectedtotheSANthrough
yourfibrechanneladaptor
ProvidescentralizedstorageofVirtualServerbackupsontheVCBserver,thatis
thenmovedtoyourbackuptapesthroughthe3rdpartybackupagentyouinstall
ReducestheloadontheVMwareESXserversbynothavingtoloada3rdparty
backupagentoneithertheVMwareESXserviceconsoleoroneachvirtualmachine.
UtilizesVMwareSnapshots
Basically,hereishowVCBworks:
Ifyouaredoingafilelevelbackup,VCBdoesasnapshotoftheVM,mountsthe
snapshot,andallowsyoutobackupthatmounteddrivethroughVCBtoyour3rd
partybackupsoftware
IfyouaredoinganimagelevelbackupoftheVM,VCBdoesasnapshotoftheVM,
copiesthesnapshottotheVCBserver,unsnapstheVM,andallowsyoutobackup
thecopiedsnapshotimagewithyour3rdpartybackupsoftware.
41.HowdoyouconfigureVMwareVirtualCentreManagementServerforHA&DRS
?Whataretheconditionstobesatisfiedforthissetup?
HA&DRSarethepropertiesofaCluster.AClustercanbecreatedonlywhenmore
thanonehostadded,inthatcaseweneedtoconfigureHA&DRSaswelltoprovide
HighAvailabilityandLoadbalancingbetweenhostsandforthevirtualmachines.
42.Explainyourworkrelatedtobelowterms:
VMProvisioning:VirtualMachineCreation.Alarms&EventManagement:Alarms
areusedtoknowthestatusoftheresourceusageforaVM.Eventsareusedmonitor
thetasksthataretakenplaceontheesxserversorinthevirtualcenterTask
Scheduler:Taskscheduler,ifyouwanttoscheduleataskitwillbeused,forexample
ifyouwantmoveonevmfromonehosttoanotherhostorifyouwant
shutdown/rebootavmetc.
HardwareCompatibilityList:whatarethehardwarethatcompatiblewithESXOS.
43.WhatSANorNASboxeshaveyouconfiguredVMwarewith?Howdidyoudo
that?
StorageteamwillprovidetheLUNinformation,withthatwewilladdthoseLUNsto
ESXhostsfromVMstorage.
44.WhatkindofapplicationsorsetupsyouhaveonyouVirtualMachines?
ExchangeserverandSharePoint,buttheseareforDEMOpurposes,Cirtrix
presentationserversetc.
45.HaveyoueverfacedESXservercrashingandVirtualCentreServercrash?How
doyouknowthecauseofthesecrashesinthesecases?
Pleasesendmetheanswerifanyoneknowsaboutthis,Iwillupdatethedoc.
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46.WillHAworkifVirtualCenterServerisdown?
A1)HAcontinuestoworkifVCisdowntheagentsareinitiallyconfiguredby
virtualcenter,butHAoperationsarecontrolledbylocalagentsonESX.VCdoes
NOTmonitortheESXserversforHA.ESXserversmonitoreachother.
DRSdonotworkwhileVCisdown.
A2)ForDRS,theconfigandlogiciscompletelyinVC.
ForHA,onlytheconfigisinVC.Thelogicisintheserviceconsoles,andthatswhere
thereactioniscomingfrom.VCwillnoticetheHAreactionafterwardswhenit
connectstotheserviceconsolesthenexttime.
No,WhybecauseallthesefuturesarecomeswithVirtualCenteronly.
47.WhatarethesituationswhichtriggersvMotionautomatically?
ResourceContentionbetweenvirtualmachines(DRS)
Distributedpowermanagement
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48.WhatisDRS/HA/DPM/dvSwitch/FT/vApps/vSafe/vShields???
DRS:DistributedResourceScheduling
HA:HighAvailability
DPM:DistributedPowerManagement
dvSwitch:DistributevSwitchItsanewfeatureintroducedinvSphere4.0
FT:FaultToleranceforVirtualMachinesitsanewfeatureintroducedin
vSphere4.0
vApps:vAppisacontainersameasresourcepool,butitishavingsomefeaturesof
virtualmachines,avAppcanbepoweredonorpoweredoff,anditcanbeclonedtoo.
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1308457#1308457
vmSafe:VMsafesapplicationprogramminginterfacesaredesignedtohelpthird
partyvendorscreatevirtualizationsecurityproductsthatbettersecureVMwareESX,
vShieldZonesisasecuritytooltargetstheVMwareadministrator.
vShield:VShieldZonesisessentiallyavirtualfirewalldesignedtoprotectVMsand
analyzevirtualnetworktraffic.ThisthreepartseriesdescribesvShieldZones,
explainshowtoinstallitandprovidesusefulmanagementtips.Tobegin,letsget
startedwiththebasics:whatvShieldZonesisandhowitworks.
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1363051_mem1,00.html
49.WhataretherequirementforFT?
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/209955
50.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenESXandESXi?
ESXisanOSwithfullfeaturesofvirtualization,ESXiisalimitedfeaturesOSwith
32MBimage.
51.64bithypervisorAlthoughnoteveryonerealizedit,thehypervisorinESX
Server3.5was32bit.Asaresult,ESXServer3.5couldnttakefulladvantageof
todaysmorepowerful64bithardwareplatforms.ESXServer4.0usesanative64
bithypervisorthatprovidessignificantperformanceandscalabilityenhancements
overthepreviousversions.However,thenewhypervisordoesrequirea64bit
hardwareplatform.
52.IncreasedVMscalabilityESXServer4.0snew64bitarchitectureprovides
significantincreasesinscalability.ESXServer4.0supportsvirtualmachines(VMs)
withupto255GBofRAMperVM.Inaddition,thevSphere4.0EnterprisePlus
editionprovidessupportforupto8wayvirtualSMPperVM.Theothereditions
supportupto4wayvirtualSMP.ThesegainsareavailableonbothWindowsand
Linuxguests.
53.HotaddCPU,RAM,andvirtualdisksThisimportantenhancementinvSphere
4.0isdesignedtocreateadynamicITinfrastructurethroughtheabilitytoaddCPU,
RAM,andvirtualdiskstoarunningVM.Thehotaddcapabilityletsyoudynamically
increaseyourVMsperformanceduringperiodsofhighresourcedemands.
54.ThinprovisioningThisfeatureisnothingnewtoMicrosoftvirtualizationusers
vSpherenowoffersathinprovisioningfeaturethatsessentiallytheequivalentof
HyperVsdynamicdisks.ThinprovisioningletsyoucreateandprovisionaVirtual
HardDisk(VHD),butthehostusesonlytheamountofstoragethatsactually
requiredbytheVMratherthanusingtheVHDsallocatedsize.
55.VMwareFaultToleranceFaultToleranceisanewhighavailabilityfeaturein
vSphere4.0.FaultToleranceworksonlybetweentwosystems.Itusesatechnology
calledvLocksteptoprovideprotectionfromsystemfailurewithabsolutelyno
downtime.VMwaresvLocksteptechnologykeepstheRAMandthevirtual
processorsoftwoVMsinsyncattheinstructionlevel.
56.vNetworkDistributedSwitchvSphere4.0svNetworkDistributedSwitchlets
youcreateandsharenetworkconfigurationsbetweenmultipleservers.The
vNetworkDistributedSwitchspansmultipleESXServerhosts,lettingyouconfigure
andmanagevirtualnetworksattheclusterlevel.Italsoletsyoumovenetwork
configurationandstatewithaVMwhentheVMislivemigratedbetweenESXServer
hosts.
57.IPv6supportAnotherenhancementinvSphere4.0issupportforIPv6.Many
organizationsareplanningtomovetoIPv6.vSpheresIPv6supportletscustomers
managevCenterServerandESXServerhostsinmixedIPv4/IPv6network
environments.
58.vAppsvAppsessentiallyletsyoumanageasasingleentitymultipleserversthat
compriseanntieredapplication.UsingvApps,youcancombinemultipleVMs,their
interdependencies,andtheirresourceallocationstogetherasaunit.Youcanmanage
allthecomponentsofthevAppsasasingleunit,lettingyoupoweroff,clone,and
deployallthevAppscomponentsinthesameoperations.
59.vSphereHostUpdateUtilityThenewvSphereHostUpdateUtilityletsyou
centrallyupdateyourESXiandESXServer3.0andlaterhoststoESXServer4.0.
TheUIdisplaysthestatusoftheremoteupdatesinrealtime.
60.VMwarevShieldZonesVMwaresnewvShieldZonesletcustomersenforce
networkaccessprotectionbetweenVMsrunninginthevirtualdatacenter.The
vShieldZonesfeatureletsyouisolate,bridge,andfirewalltrafficacrossvCenter
deployments.
61.Whicharethetrafficshapingoptionsavailabletoconfigure?
62.Whatispromiscuousmode?
Ifthepromiscuousmodeisenabledforaswitch,thetrafficsentthatswitchwillbe
visibletoallvmsconnectedtothatswitch.Imean,thedatawillbebroadcasted.
63.WhatmakesiSCSIandFCdiffrent?
AddressingScheme,iSCSIreliesonIPandFCnot,andthetypeoftransferofdata
also.InFCthedatatransferredasblocks,iniSCSIthedatatransferredasfiles.The
cablingalso,FCusesFibrecableandiSCSIusesRJ45.
64.WhatistheformatforiSCSIaddressing?
IPAddress
65.VMsTaskManagershowsperformancenormal,ButvCenterreportshigh
resourceutilization,whatisthereason?
SearchKEYWORDS:VMsperformancenormal,vCenterreportshighresource
utilization
http://communities.vmware.com/message/897975
66.WhatarethedifferenttypesofmemorymanagementtricksavailableunderESX
?
http://en.wordpress.com/tag/esxmemorymanagement/
http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~fabianb/classes/cs443s05/ESX.pps
67.Whatisvmmemctl?
http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/resmgmt/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?
context=resmgmt&file=vc_advanced_mgmt.11.24.html
68.HowwecanlistpNICs&statususingcommandline?
ifconfiga
69.Whatisresourcepool?Whataretheuseofit?
Aresourcepoolisalogicalabstractionforflexiblemanagementofresources.
Resourcepoolscanbegroupedintohierarchiesandusedtohierarchicallypartition
availableCPUandmemoryresources.
70.AskabouthowHAworks.
VMwareHAprovideshighavailabilityforvirtualmachinesbypoolingthemandthe
hoststheyresideonintoacluster.Hostsintheclusteraremonitoredandinthe
eventofafailure,thevirtualmachinesonafailedhostarerestartedonalternate
hosts.
71.IsHAdependentonvirtualcenter
(OnlyforInstall)
72.WhatistheMaximumHostFailureallowedinacluster
(4)
73.HowdoesHAknowtorestartaVMfromadroppedHost
(storagelockwillberemovedfromthemetadata)
74.HowmanyiSCSItargetswillESXsupport
8for3.01,(64for3.5)
75.HowManyFiberChanneltargets
(256)(128onInstall)
76.WhatisVmotion
(abilitytomoverunningvmfromonehosttoanother)
77.WhatisvirtualSMP
whenandwhyshouldyougiveavmmultiplevCPUspartoftheiranswerwhould
bethatbestpracrticeistostartwithasinglevCPUbecauseofyoucanruninto
perfomanceissuesdotoCPUscheduling
78.AskwhatversionofLinuxkerneldoesESXrun
iftheyaretrulyexperiencedtheyshouldsayESXisnotLinuxanddoesnotusea
Linuxkernelandgivethemanextrapoijntiftheyexplainthattheserviceconsole
runsamodifiedversionofRedHatEnt3
79.doesHAusevmotion?
theanswerisnovmstopsandrestartsonESXotherhost
80.whatisthedifferentwhenyouuseviclientconnecttoVCanddirectlytoESX
serveritself.
WhenyouconnecttoVCyoumanageESXserverviavpxa(Agentonesxserver).
Vpxathenpassthoserequesttohostd(managementserviceonesxserver).When
youconnecttoESXserverdirectly,youconnecttohostd(bypassvpxa).Youcan
extendthistoatrobleshootcase,whereconnecttoesxseeonethingandconnectto
VCseeanother.Sotheproblemismostlikelyoutofsyncbetweenhostdandvpxa,
servicevmwarevpxarestartshouldtakecareofit.
81.WhatwasthemostdifficultVMWarerelatedproblem/issueyoufacedina
productionenvironmentandwhatwerethespecificstepsyoutooktoresolveit?
HAissuesbecauseofdnsproblems,thehostsareunabletocommunicatetogether.
Correctedbyaddingallserversipsineachservers/etc/hostsfile
VMwasnotpoweredupbecausetheswapfilewaslockedbyanotherhost,whenI
trytopoweronthevmitsnotpoweringup.Afterreleasingthelockitspoweredon.
82.WhenwasthelasttimeyoucalledVMSupportandwhatwastheissue?
Licensingrelatedissues.
83.Whatwasthemostperformanceintensiveproductionappthatyousupportedin
VMwareandwhatwerethesomeofthechallengesthatitposed?
Inexchangesharepointdemoproject,gettinglotofVLANissues.(itsmyexperience,
youcansayyours)
84.Howwouldyoudeterminethataperfintensiveappisagoodcandidate?
Speficallywhattoolswouldyouusetoidentifycandidates.Specificallyinsidethose
toolswhatmetricswouldyouuse?
PleasesendmetheanswerifanyoneknowsaboutthisIwillupdatethedoc.
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85.Whatisyorphilosophyonhowmuchofthedatacentercanbevirtualized?
(Iftheinterviewerwantsmaxvirtualization,buttheintervieweeisnotconvinced
thatthisisagoodidea,thiscouldbeadealbreaker)
PleasesendmetheanswerifanyoneknowsaboutthisIwillupdatethedoc.
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86.Whatisyouropiniononthevirtualizationvendors(MSvsVMvsCitrixvsetc)
andwhy?
(Justtryingtofigureoutifthecandidateiskeepingupwiththiseverchanging
virtualizationmarket)
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87.Ibeleiveanothergoodquestionwouldbetoaskthecandidatetobrieflydescribe
VST,VGT&ESTmodeand802.1Qtrunking.Isaythisbecausenetworkingissuch
animportantpartofVMwareimplementationsandongoingsupport..,doyoureally
wantaVMwareengineerworkinginyourenvironmentiftheylacktheknowledgeof
theseconcepts(+unlessofcoursetheyareonlydelegatedwithlowlevelpermissions
forgenericVMoperations+)
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Moreinformationonthesemodescanbefoundhere:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_vlan_wp.pdf
Alsoaskthecandidatetoexplainwhyonemodewouldbeusedasopposedto
another?,rememberthattherecanbenumerousreasonsfortheuseofdifferent
modesdependingonyourcompany/clientsnetwork,securitypoliciesetc..
88.Ifyouareinterviewingforaconsultantroleitwouldalsobeagoodscenarioto
provideabriefoverviewofafictionalnetworkandaskthecandidatetodoa
whiteboarddraftofhowthenetworkwouldbelayedoutifsaytheESXservershave
6NICsor8NICsetc..etc
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89.WhatarenotablefilesthatrepresentaVM?
.vmxconfigurationsettingsforVM
.vmxfconfigurationsettingsusedtosupportanXMLbasedVMconfigurationAPI
.vmtxconfigurationsettingsforaTemplateVM(replacesthe.vmxfile)
.vmdkvirtualdiskfile.(Note:ifathickdiskisused,aflat.vmdkfilethat
representstheactualmonolithicdiskfilewillexistbutwillbehiddenfromthe
vSphereClient.)
.nvramnonvolatilememory(BIOS)
.vswpswapfileusedbyESX/ESXiperVMtoovercommitmemory,i.e.usemore
memorythanphysicallyavailable.Thisiscreatedbythehostautomaticallywhen
poweringonaVManddeleted(defaultbehavior)whenpoweringoffaVM.Swap
filescanremainandtakeupspaceifahostfailedpriortoshuttingdownaVM
properly.NormallytheswapfileisstoredinthelocationwheretheVMconfiguration
filesarekepthoweverthelocationcanbeoptionallylocatedelsewherefor
example,locallyforperformancereasonsandifusingNAS/NFS,localswapshould
beused.
.vmsssuspendfile(ifplacedintosuspendpowermode)
.vmsdforsnapshotmanagement
.vmsnsnapshotfile
90.HostProfiles
WhatlicensingisrequiredforHostProfiles?AvailablewithvSphereEnterprisePlus
edition.
91.CanHostProfilesworkwithESX/ESXi3.xhosts?
No.OnlystartingwithESX/ESXi4.0.
92.CanHostProfilesbeusedwithaclusterrunningbothESXandESXihosts?
Yes,butremembertouseanESXhostandnotanESXihosttocreateaprofilefor
use.
Intheory,HostProfilesshouldworkwithmixedhostclusters,asittranslatesESXto
ESXi,butbecarefulasthereareenoughdifferencesbetweenESXandESXithatcan
leadyoutomakeselfinflictederrorswhenapplyingHostProfiles.Theeasiest
methodistocreateclustersthatarehomogeneousandmaintaintwodifferent
profilesforthesetwotypesofclusters.
93.CanHostProfilesworkwhenusingtheCiscoNexus1000v?
No,becauseHostProfileswasdesignedwiththegenericvNetworkDistributed
Switch.TheCiscoNexus1000vswitchgivesadministratorsfinergrainedcontrolof
thenetworkingbeyondwhatHostProfilescanapply.
94.Whatarehostprofiles?
Asetofbestpracticedconfigurationrules,whicharecanbeappliedtoentirecluster
ortoanindividualhost.Sothatallthehostsinsyncwitheachother,thiswillavoid
vmotion,drsandhaproblems.
95.WhataretheavailableStorageoptionsforvirtualmachines?
Rawdevicemappings,VMFS
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1318776_mem1,00.html
96.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenVirtualandPhysicalcompatibilitymodeswhen
mappingtheRawDevicestovirtualmachines?
YoucanconfigureRDMintwoways:
Virtualcompatibilitymodethismodefullyvirtualizesthemappeddevice,which
appearstotheguestoperatingsystemasavirtualdiskfileonaVMFSvolume.
VirtualmodeprovidessuchbenefitsofVMFSasadvancedfilelockingfordata
protectionanduseofsnapshots.
Physicalcompatibilitymodethismodeprovidesaccesstomosthardware
characteristicsofthemappeddevice.VMkernelpassesallSCSIcommandstothe
device,withoneexception,therebyexposingallthephysicalcharacteristicsofthe
underlyinghardware.Inthismode,themappingisdoneasfollows,whenwecreatea
mapping,theconfigurationstoredinafileandthatfileisstoredwiththevmfilesin
datastore.Thisfilepointstotherawdeviceandmakesitaccessibletothevm.
97.WhatareRDMLimitations?
RDMlimitations
TherearetwotypesofRDMs:virtualcompatibilitymodeRDMsandphysical
compatibilitymodeRDMs.PhysicalmodeRDMs,inparticular,havesomefairly
significantlimitations:
NoVMwaresnapshots
NoVCBsupport,becauseVCBrequiresVMwaresnapshots
NocloningVMsthatusephysicalmodeRDMs
NoconvertingVMsthatusephysicalmodeRDMsintotemplates
NomigratingVMswithphysicalmodeRDMsifthemigrationinvolvescopyingthe
disk
NoVMotionwithphysicalmodeRDMs
VirtualmodeRDMsaddresssomeoftheseissues,allowingrawLUNstobetreated
verymuchlikevirtualdisksandenablingfunctionalitylikeVMotion,snapshotting,
andcloning.VirtualmodeRDMsareacceptableinmostcaseswhereRDMsare
required.Forexample,virtualmodeRDMscanbeusedinvirtualtovirtualcluster
acrossphysicalhosts.Notethatphysicaltovirtualclustersacrossboxes,though,
requirephysicalmodeRDMs.
Whilevirtualdiskswillworkforthelargemajorityofapplicationsandworkloadsin
aVIenvironment,theuseofRDMseithervirtualmodeRDMsorphysicalmode
RDMscanhelpeliminatepotentialcompatibilityissuesorallowapplicationstorun
virtualizedwithoutanylossoffunctionality.
98.WhenusersarelogontotheirVirtualMachinesviaViewClient,whentheywish
toendthesession,shouldtheychoosedisconnectordisconnectandlogoff
option?
ThefirstoptionisDisconnect.WithDisconnect,theuserremainsloggedon.Any
programsthattheuserisrunningcontinuetorunandnootherusers(exceptforan
Administrator)canconnecttothisdesktop.Ifanadministratorchooses,theymay
logintothedesktop,butwillautomaticallylogtheuseroutandforceanyprograms
theuserwasrunningtoend.ThesecondoptionisDisconnectandLogoff.This
optionallowstheusertologoffanditallowsotheruserstoaccessthisdesktop.
99.Whatisthepurposeofthecachelifetimesettingfortheofflinedesktop?
Thedataoneachofflinesystemisencryptedandhasacachelifetimecontrolled
throughpolicy,iftheclientlosescontactwiththeViewConnectionServer,thecache
lifetimeistheperiodinwhichtheusercancontinuetousethedesktopbeforethey
arerefusedaccessthiscountdownisresetoncetheconnectionisreestablished.
100.DoesOfflineDesktopsupporttunneledornontunneledcommunications?
OfflineDesktopsupportstunneledornonatunneledcommunicationsforLANabased
datatransfers.Whentunnelingisenabled,alltrafficisroutedthroughtheView
ConnectionServer.
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