1. What versions of ESX Server you have knowledge?ESX 4.0 & ESXi 4.0 2. What versions of irtual!

enter server you have knowledge ? " v#enter Server 4.0 $. %oles and res&onsi'ilities on (ware ?)aking !are of $ ESX Servers* ++ (s & 1 v#enter Server. ,- eea. (onitor /.0 version 0% 1.2, (anaging virtual infrastru!ture through vS&here !lient 4.0 & taking !are of iS#S1 S23 , 4. E4&lain a'out your (ware environ.ent? 3o of ESX Servers* 3o of ( in ea!h ESX Server* What features are used? 5ow are they !onne!ted to storage ? /. What is the .a4i.u. no of virtual .a!hines !an 'e !reated on a Single ESX Server with high end !onfiguration ?,, (a4,$20 +. ESX server su&&orts how .any &ro!essors ? " /12 v#67s &er host 8. ESX server su&&orts what !a&a!ity of %2( ? ,, 1 )9 :. 5ow .any &ro!essors !an 'e allo!ated to ( ? " : v#67 ;. 5ow .any 31#s !an 'e allo!ated to ( ? , 10 10. What is the .a4i.u. %2( !an 'e allo!ated to (? 2/+ <9 11. What files are asso!iated with ( ? ,,, 12. What is Servi!e #onsole ? 1$. What is (=ernal ? 14. 5ow .any networks will 'e installed 'y default in ESX Server ? 1/. Whi!h network is used for storage &ur&ose ? 1+. 5ow .any virtual swit!hes !an 'e !reated in ESX Server ? 18. When 1 try to &ower on ( it is dis&laying error .essage #an>t .a& .e.ory for (? #annot allo!ate .e.ory. What are the reasons for the sa.e ? a. When there is no free s&a!e in (kernal SW26 @ile on the (@S file syste.* 1n!rease the (kernal SW26 file to atleast &hysi!al %2( SiAe. 1:. 5ow !an you !he!k the 6hysi!al 31#>s in servi!e !onsole ? 1;. 5ow !an you for.at (@S file syste. in Servi!e !onsole? 20. 5ow to !lone a ( in Servi!e !onsole B without irtual #enter ? 21. What is a !old .igrate ? 22. What is a storage v.otion ? 1

2$. What ha&&ens to irtaul (a!hines* when one server in 52 !luster goes down ? 24. What ha&&ens to irtual .a!hines* when one server in 0%S !luster goes down? 2/. #an we esta'lish a !luster with different &ro!essor ? 2+. E4&lain te!hni!al fun!tionality of .otion ? 28. E4&lain te!hni!al fun!tionality of 52 #luster ? 2:. 1n !luster if irtual !enter goes down what ha&&ens ? 2;. What is the &ort no of irtual #enter server ? $0. Whi!h We'server will 'e used 'y irtual #enter server? $1. 5ow !an you verify the &hysi!al Ethernet ada&tors using Servi!e !onsole ? $2. What do you .ean 'y 6aravirtualiAation ? $$. 5ow do you !reate %esour!e &ools ? $4. What is the differen!e 'etween Ci.it & %eservation in %esour!e &ools? $/. What is the use of Shares ? $+. What is differen!e 'etween availa'le .e.ory and %eservation ? $8. What is role as a .ware ad.inistrator ? $:. What kind of a!tivities will 'e &erfor.ed on a daily 'asis in ESX Server ? $;. E4&lain a'out your environ.ent D 5ow .any es4 servers* !onfiguration of es4 servers* how .any virtual .a!hines* storageE 40. 5ow do e4tent datastores ? 41. #an we atta!h 4 )9 6artition as (@S filesyste. ? 42. What is the use of &ro.is!uous .ode in )raffi! sha&ing ? 4$. What traffi! sha&ing &oli!ies are availa'le ? 44. Whi!h dae.on in ESX server is res&onsi'le for authenti!ating? 4/. Whi!h dae.on in ESX Server is res&onsi'le for res&onding to irtual #enter? 4+. What is the .a4i.u. no of ESX Servers !an 'e added to irtual !enter ? 48. What ha&&ens to virtual !enter if you !hange the &assword of root a!!ount in ESX Server ? 2

4:. What will you do if FS <ets !orru&ted in ( ? 4;. 5ow do you trou'leshoot the <uest FBs in ( ? /0. 5ow do you trou'leshoot ESX Server? /1. 5ow do you &ower on ( in Servi!e !onsole? /2. Where do you !onfigure S()6 Server? /$. What is the default traffi! routing settings? /4. What is the re!ent 6at!h na.e & nu.'er released 'y (ware for ESX Server and irtual #enter? //. What is #9 & e4&lain te!hni!al fun!tionality of #9 ? /+. 5ow do you !onfigure 1S#S1 storage devi!es? /8. 5ow does C23 & 6ort grou&s differ? /:. What settings should 'e done in 6hysi!al swit!h if 2ll C23 infor.ation should 'e e4&osed to ESX Server? /;. 1f huge nu.'er of irtual .a!hines to 'e de&loyed* then how do you do this ? +0. 1f you want to roll 'a!k !hanges in ( then what will you do ? +1. 5ow do you restore 'a!ku& of a ( ? +2. 5ow do you verify the version of ESX Server fro. servi!e !onsole and as well in 1 #lient ? +$. 5ow do you get the list of ( running in Servi!e !onsole ? +4. 5ow do you get resour!e usage infor.ation fro. servi!e !onsole ? +/. Where does the ( log files stored ? ++. #an 1 use s!hedule tasks in 1 #lient !onne!ted to ESX host ? +8. What is the differen!e 'etween volu.e 'ased .igration and disk 'ased .igration ?
68. how do you configure logical volumes in linux ? 69. How do you parse commands to Redhat kernel ? 7 . !hat "oot modes availa"le in Redhat ? 7#. what tools did u use for p$v ? 7$. !hat versions of p$v used for migration ?

7%. !hat do u mean "y hot cloning and cold cloning ? 7&. 's it possi"le to do hot cloning for linux "ox ? 7(. !hat errors you faced during p$v take few cases and explain and how did u resolve ? 76. !hat steps you will take to resolve kernel panic error in )*+ ? 77. How do you approach to resolve ,inux "oot pro"lems after migration from physical server ? 78. How do you resolve "lue screen errors after migration from physical server and which case it throws a "lue screen ? 79. How many servers did you do p$v- How did you plan ? 8 . How do you configure ./0 settings 1 how do you verify it is working fine or not. 8#. How to list the patches installed in )*+ *erver ? 8$. !hich command is used to check the )*+ updates and install ? 8%. !hat are the disadvantages of 2motion ? 8&. 3ompare Hyper4v with )*+ *erver ? 8(. How do you stop migration of 25 to different esx server in 6R* 3luster ?

Q1) Are we able to add odd number virtual CPUs to our virtual machines, for example 3 or 5 CPU as compared to !3 version when virtual "#P onl$ supports % or & CPU per virtual machine ' Yes, we can now add odd number VCPU to our virtual machines. Q%) (hat is the limitation for confi)urin) #ware *ault +olerance for a virtual machine '

Virtual machine selected for VMware FT must be provisioned with thick disk and not thin disk, if it was provisioned with thin disk, there will be a prompt to inflate the e istin! disk si"e.

Q3) (hat is the disadvanta)e of confi)urin)

# direct path !,- for a virtual machine '

#f we confi!ured VM direct path #$%, the virtual machine !ains si!nificant performance improvement as it is provided direct access throu!h the adapter, however, it loses it&s virtuali"ation features and the adapter cannot be used b' other virtual machines. Q&) .oes v"phere provide support for the currentl$ version of version 101 ' v(phere has does not support ()M version *.+ at this present moment. Q5) (hat is the benefit of usin) a .istributed v"witch as compared to a "tandard v"witch ' ,ith a distributed virtual switch, the network statistics and policies of the virtual machine that has been vmotion to another -(. (erver will mi!rate with the VM. This provides the abilit' for network vmotion and is useful for implementin! inline intrusion detection s'stems and firewalls. Q2) .oes 3"4 & and 3"4i & support 5umbo frames and +"- ' Yes, both -(. / and -(.i / provides support for 0umbo frames as well as T(%, these can now be confi!ured in the 1U# as compared to V#2 where administrators could onl' do it via command lines. Q6) (hat is the different between Consolidated 7ac8up ' #ware .ata Protection as compared to the traditional #ware #ware "ite /ecover$ #ana)e

VMware 3ata Protection supports all stora!e architecture for backup and restore via 456 and (56. #t also supports full, incremental and differential file level backup options. Q9) (hat is the 8e$ drivin) factor for users adoptin) #ware vCenter .ata /ecover$ '

#t&s an 5P# that runs in a virtual machine within 'our vCenter, it provides a!entless backup and can backup virtual machines even when the' are bein! vmotion to a different host. Q:) Can we perform "tora)e motion now via the ;U! inside vCenter '

Yes, (tora!e Vmotion feature is now avaliable in the v(phere Client connected to vCenter (erver. #t provides full support for FC (56 and 6F(. Q11) (hen usin) vCenter <in8ed #ode feature, what are the functions that could be shared amon) the vCenters in this lin8 ' vCenter 4inked Mode allows administrator to centrall' mana!e all the vCenter within a sin!le view, roles and licenses can be shared across the vCenters confi!ured in a link. Q11) .o ! still re=uire a *lexnet <icense "erver if all m$ 3"4 "ervers are 3"4 & and 3"4i & ' 6o, 'ou no lon!er re7uire a license server for the to mana!e the new -(. (ervers. 5ll licenses are mana!ed within the vCenter (erver. Q1%) !f m$ customer has a h$brid environment where the$ still have 3"4 3 and 3"4 305, can vCenter communicate with the existin) *lexnet <icense "erver ' Yes, vCenter can communicate with e istin! license servers so as to allow it to mana!e le!ac' -(. (ervers. vCenter will pull the licenses for le!ac' hosts from the fle net license server.

Q13) (h$ am ! unable to hot add CPU and memor$ to virtual machine ' You are re7uired to enable this function under the virtual machine settin!s in order to use it. Therefore, it is advisable to enable it before 'ou start 'our virtual machine for the ver' first time. Q1&) !s it true we can now use the new #ware Update #ana)er to up)rade our le)ac$ 3"4 "ervers >*or example? 3"4 305) to 3"4 &01 version ' Yes, the new VUM has the abilit' to up!rade 'our le!ac' -(. (erver hosts for 'ou. 8owever, if 'ou are up!radin! a standalone host, 'ou will be re7uired to power off all virtual machines runnin! on that host. Q15) @ow come we are unable to use our existin) ! Client to mana)e our 3"4 & and vCenter & '

6o, the le!ac' V# Client is unable to mana!e newer -(. (erver 8osts and vCenter. You will need to install v(phere Client to mana!e newer -(. (erver 8osts and vCenter as well as le!ac' -(. 8osts. Q12) !n v"phere, can we confi)ure bidirectional C@AP authentication for i"C"! ' Yes, we can now confi!ure bidirectional C85P authenticaton for i(C(# software. #t is full' supported. Previousl', we could onl' confi!ure unidirectional C85P authentication. Q16) .o we still need to confi)ure a "ervice Console port for i"C"! initiator ' 6o, we no lon!er need a (ervice Console for software i(C(# initator. The vmkiscsid no lon!er runs in the (ervice Console. There have been improvements made to the new i(C(# stack in the kernel and also with the use of TCP$#P9 which has multi threadin! capabilities. Q19) (hat is the maximum number of CPU and maximum amount of memor$ a virtual machine can scale ' #n v(phere, a virtual machine can now be confi!ure with a ma imum of : virtual CPUs and 9;; 1< of memor'. Q1:) (hat is the maximum amount of lo)ical CPUs and memor$ per 3"4 "erver & host can scale ' -(. (erver / now supports a ma imum of =/ lo!ical CPUs and * T< of memor'. Q%1) (hat actions allow us to confi)ure thin dis8 provisionin) for a virtual machine ' ,hen we create a new virtual machine, clone an e istin! virtual machine, clone a template or perform (tora!e Vmotion on an e istin! virtual machine. Q%1) (hat is the benefit of confi)urin) thin dis8 provisionin) as compared to thic8 dis8 provisionin) for a virtual machine ' ,hen we confi!ure thin disk provisionin! the virtual machine onl' uses the space that it re7uires and not the entire disk si"e, this allows the remainin! unused space for other virtual machines. This enables us to do (tora!e %ver> commitment and use the stora!e more efficientl'. Q%%) (ill m$ virtual machines still have connection if the virtual center that stores m$ .istributed v"witch confi)uration )oes down ' Yes, this is because the 3istributed v(witch has an control plane which sits at the vCenter (erver level and an #$%

plane which are the form of hidden v(witches sittin! at the -(. level. Therefore, even if the vCenter !oes down, virtual machines continue to have connectivit' throu!h the #$% plane at the -(. level. Q%3) (hat is the maximum number of 3"4 @osts we can connect to a sin)le distributed switch ' ,e can connect up to =/ -(. hosts per distributed switch and vCenter / can support up a ma imum of *= distributed switches. ,hich means we can have up to *+9/ hosts on these *= distributed switches. )efer to ?Confi!ure Ma imums? for more details. Q%&) (hat is the version of the 2& bit "ervice Console runnin) in 3"4 & ' The (ervice Console is a 9.= linu kernel compatible with )ed 8at -nterprise 4inu ;.9 or Cent%( ;.9 version. Q%5) (hat is the maximum number of uplin8s or ports per 3"4 & or 3"4i & @ost ' The ma imum number of uplinks per -(. / or -(.i / 8ost is 29 uplinks. )efer to ?Confi!ure Ma imums? for more details. Q%2) Can we install vCenter "erver on a 2& bit (indows -" ' Yes, vCenter (erver can be installed on both 29>bit and =/>bit ,indows %(. )efer to ?Compatibilit' matri ? for more details. Q%6) .oes 3"4,3"4i & supports round robin multipathin) polic$ ' Yes besides fi ed @preferredA and most recentl' used @M)UA, -(.$-(.i / now supports round robin multipathin! polic' and it has to be confi!ured on the stora!e level. Q%9) Can vCenter & support a cluster which includes 3"4 30x and 3"4 & hosts ' Yes, we can cluster le!ac' -(. 2. hosts and -(. / hosts to!ether in the same cluster. vCenter will have to connect to the fle net license server to mana!e the licenses for the le!ac' hosts. 8owever, new features such as hot add and PC# pass throu!h ma' not be avaliable to the VMs on le!ac' hosts. )efer to ?Up!rade 1uide? for more details. Q%:) (hen up)radin) from virtual center %0x to vCenter &, is there downtime for the host and do we need to re add the 3"4 hosts bac8 into the inventor$ ' 6o, there&s no time for the hosts and e istin! hosts will remain in the inventor'. 8owever, there will be downtime for virtual center. )emember to backup the databases as durin! the up!rade process, the database schemas are chan!ed and in the event of a up!rade failure, 'ou will not be able to roll back and 'ou will have to do a restore. )efer to ?Up!rade 1uide? for more details. Q31) (hen we hot add memor$ to a powered on #, will the swap file )et d$namicall$ increased '

,hen we hot add memor' to a powered on VM, the swap file si"e will !et d'namicall' increase. Q31) (hen we hot add memor$ to a powered on # and the swap file )et d$namicall$ increased, what happens if there is not enou)h dis8 space to meet the )rowin) vswap file siAe ' You will not be able to add memor' to that VM that has not enou!h memor' for the swap file to !row and 'ou will receive an error. Q3%) Can we add U"7 controllers to our # in 3"4,3"4i & '

Yes, we now have the abilit' to hot plu! U(< controller into our VMs while the' are runnin!. 8owever, the usb device has to be connected to the -(. (erver and not the client local machine. Q33) (hen installin) convertor plu)Bin, ! )et a &1& error and the installation halts ' 3urin! installation of vCenter Convertor 'ou will have to enter the FB36 instead of the #P address or netbios name as this ma' cause 'ou to receive the /+/ error when installin! the vCenter convertor plu!>in later. Q3&) (here is .istributed Power #ana)ement confi)ured and what are the protocols it uses ' 3PM is confi!ured and mana!ed at the 3)( cluster level. #t uses #PM#, #4% and ,ake %n 456 protocols. 3)( can use 3PM to put under utili"ed hosts into standb' modes to save power consumption. Q35) (hat is new with vCenter & user access and role mana)ement as compared to the virtual center %05 ' vCenter / allows us the abilit' to assi!n administrators to inventor' ob0ects such as networks and datastores which were not available with the previous virtual center version. Q32) (hat are the new tas8s we can schedule in vCenter & tas8 scheduler ' v3enter & task scheduler allows us the a"ility to schedule a task to increase the resources in a resource pool or virtual machine. /his would "e good to cater to the needs of virtual machines that will re7uire additional ad4hoc resources such as finance department doing month end closing which may result in resources surge on their machines. Q36) @ow does console ' #ware @A on an 3"4i "erver sends out heart beat if 3"4i does not have a service

VMware 85 clusters confi!ured for -(.i (ervers uses the vmkernel present on all -(.i (ervers to send and receive heart beats. ,hereas, on -(. (ervers the heartbeat is send and receive throu!h the service console. Therefore, we ma' not want to cluster -(. and -(.i (ervers to!ether in the same cluster. Q39) Can we create a cluster with 3"4 and 3"4i "ervers ' Yes. 8owever, VMware 85 ma' not work as both servers uses different port !roups to send out heart "eats. 2motion and 6R* may still work. /his is not a supported practise. Q3:) (hat is the limitation for confi)urin) #ware *ault +olerance for a virtual machine '

Virtual machine selected for VMware FT must be provisioned with thick disk and not thin disk, if it was provisioned with thin disk, there will be a prompt to inflate the e istin! disk si"e. Q&1) @ow can ! )row an existin) #*" <UC without creatin) an extent or ph$sical partition '

,e can use the !row function to !row an e istin! VMF( 4U6. #f the 4U6 is out of space, first we must !et the stora!e administrator to !row the same 4U6 on the stora!e level with stora!e arra' mana!ement utilities then within the vCenter (erver, we can then select the 4U6 and !row it. Q&1) @ow come the hot add CPU and hot add memor$ option is )re$ed out for m$ #'

This feature is currentl' available onl' on supported !uest %( such as ,indows (erver 9++2 enterprise and ,indows

9++: datacenter edition. The t'pe of license also pla's a part on the availabilit' of this feature to the VM. Q&%) (hat does the channel number stands for in vmhbaD?+?C?<' The only real example that '8ve seen in v*phere so far- is the software i*3*' initiator. 'f you give the 25kernel multiple 25kernel ports- and each port can reach 9over its own su"net: different targets- they are listed with different ;channel; num"ers- to indicate whether they use the first 25kernel port- the second or the third. Q&3) Can we install #ware Consolidated 7ac8up C7 in a virtual machine '

Yes, VC< can now be installed in a VM and it can be use to backup VMs runnin! on i(C(# and 6F(. 8owever, if 'ou wish to backup VMs whose files reside on an FC (an 4U6, VC< must be installed on a ph'sical machine. Q&&) .oes #ware iew 3 wor8 with #ware v"phere & '

6o, currentl' VMware View 2 is onl' supported on V# 2.; infrastructure and it is not supported to work with v(phere / environment. Q&5) !s the "ervice Console root file s$stem still runnin) on ext3 file s$stem ' 6o, the (C root file s'stem is now runnin! on VM3C and this is automaticall' created durin! initial installation of -(. (ervers. Q&2) !s it possible to confi)ure updates ' #ware Update #ana)er & to point to ("U" to )rab windows

6o, this is not possible as the VUM (erver is unable to communicate with the ,(U( (erver. Q&6) Can vCenter & perform "tora)e dis8 from thic8 to thin dis8 ' motion on a le)ac$ 3"4 30x @ost and convert the # virtual

Yes, vCenter / is able to convert a VM&s virtual disk from thick to thin usin! stora!e vmotion. )efer to this ?-(. 2. and vCenter / (Vmotion? for more detail discussion. Q&9) ! understand that -racle databases licensed b$ per CPU, how does that translate to the number of license ! have to purchase if ! port it over to # ' #n order for 'ou to run 'our %racle 3< within a VM on that -(. (erver, 'ou have to purchase license for each ph'sical CPU on that -(. (erver bo . )efer to this ?%racle 4icensin! Per Processor? for more detail discussion. Q&:) @ow come there is no standalone boot C. for use for cold clonin) ' #ware Convertor &01 for me to download for

VMware vCenter Converter (tandalone /.+.* does not support cold clonin!, 'ou must use an earlier Converter edition boot C3 2.+. -nterprise -dition. )efer to this ?VMware Convertor User 1uide? for more information. Q50) When we convert a VM from thin disk to thick disk, which state must the VM be in to perform the request ? /he 25 must "e in the powered off state in order to "e converted from thin to thick disk. Q51) What is the defau t mu tipathin! po ic" for #$% & ?

/he hypervisor determines whether to use 5R< or =ixed "ased on the type of arrays it detects. 'f array is active>passive- it would "e treated as 5R<. 'f array is active>active- it would "e treated as fixed. Refer to ;5ultipathing 0olicies in )*+ &; for more details. Q5') What is the difference between #nhanced vm(net and vm(net) ? Vm net2 is an improved version of enhanced vm net, some benefits and improvements are 5*'?5*'4+ support- *ide *caling- checksum and /30 *egmentation @ffloading 9/*@: over '0v6- off4loading and ,arge /+?R+ ring siAes. Refer to ;2mxnet% tips and tricks; for more details. Q53) (hen we replicate the <UCs over resi)naturin) onl$ occurs for do we )et the replicated /.# to wor8 ' #*" <UCs and not /.#, how

Bou can replicate the R65 to a new array- "ut the mapping file that is configured on the vm itself will no longer "e pointing to the same location it was previously- so the R65 has to "e re4mapped to the 25 in a 6R scenario. Q5&) After installin) plu)Bin inside the disabled0 C, ! am unable to enable the plu)Bin and it alwa$s shows as

1o to services.msc ensure that the Virtual Center Mana!ement ,ebservices is runnin! and then relo!in the v(phere Client and enable the plu!>in. Q55) (hat is the difference between ephemeral and d$namic bindin) on a distributed virtual switch ' )phemeral a new port on every power4on. /he port is destroyed when the 25 disconnects from the port. 6ynamic assign a port when the 25 is powered on- it uses a concept similar to 6H30 in that if the same port is availa"le then it will renew that one. Refer to ;.etworking 6eep 6ive; for more details. Q5*) What is the difference between a thick virtua disk and ea!er +eroed thick virtua disk ? /hick virtual disk does not format the 256C at the time of deployment. /his means that data- which needs to "e written- must pause while the "locks re7uired to store the data are Aeroed out. Dn eager Aeroed thick virtual disk actually formats all of its data "locks at the time of deployment. Q56) (hat 8ind of permissions do we need to provide when confi)urin) a CA" "erver ' ,e need to confi!ure permission for the administrator !roup account ri!hts on the 65( (erver so that the -(. (erver can access the 65( (erver. Q59) "tora)e iew tabs in the "AC stora)e datastore is blan8 and does not show an$thin) '

(tart the vCenter Mount (ervice and virtual disk service, then restart the vCenter (erver service on the ,indows %(. Then click on refresh for the stora!e view tabs. Q5:) Can we mi)rate #s runnin) on 3"4 host with #ware @ardware ersion & D #ware @ardware ersion 6 to 3"4 host with

6o we cannot mi!rate VMs runnin! on hardware version E back to hardware version /. VMware hardware version E onl' e ists on -(./ and !reater. 8owever, it is possible to mi!rate VMs runnin! on -(. host with hardware version / to -(. host runnin! on hardware version E.

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Q21) .oes

#ware have an online pa)e where we can search for all the technical white papers '

Yes. Please kindl' refer to ?Technical )esource Center? for more information. Q21) .oes C7 supports (indows "erver %119 '

VC< version *.; supports ,indows (erver 9++:. )efer to ?VC< *.; Update *? release notes for more information.

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