2V0-21.23 practice questions 61–70

1. Question 61 · 110 in bank

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   An administrator is tasked with migrating a single virtual machine (VM) from an existing VMware vCenter to a secure environment where corporate security policy requires that all VMs be encrypted. The secure environment consists of a dedicated vCenter instance with a 4-node vSphere cluster and already contains a number of encrypted VMs. Which two steps must the administrator take to ensure the migration is a success? (Choose two.)

   • AEnsure that the source and destination vCenter instances share the same Key Management Server (KMS).
   • BEnsure that Encrypted vMotion is turned off for the VM.
   • CEnsure that the VM is encrypted before attempting the migration.
   • DEnsure that the VM is powered off before attempting the migration.
   • EEnsure that the source and destination vCenter Servers have a different Key Management Server (KMS).

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   Answer: AC

   Explanation

   you cannot change encryption state during a vmotion so if you want the vm to be protected as soon as it arrives in the new cluster. It should be protected before leaving... https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-6865D84A-C286-49C4-A4D4-D62145150242.html

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — moustickiller

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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2. Question 62 · 110 in bank

   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?

   • AApply 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.
   • BApply 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.
   • CApply 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.
   • DApply 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.

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   Answer: B

   Explanation

   Sorry, but this is no reason for marking this as the correct answer, unless you passed with a score of 500. D is not correct, it will not assign the custom role to all objects in the workload cluster.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — Bert_77

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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3. Question 63 · 110 in bank

   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?

   • AThe virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot in a powered on state.
   • BThe virtual machine will be restored to the parent snapshot in a powered off state.
   • CThe virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot in a powered off state.
   • DThe virtual machine will be restored to the child snapshot in a powered on state.

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   Answer: B

   Explanation

   I found this article for vSphere version 8: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-esxi-host-client/GUID-CA948C69-7F58-4519-AEB1-739545EA94E5.html "Revert to Latest Snapshot: Restores the parent snapshot, one level up in the hierarchy from the You are Here position. Revert to Latest Snapshot activates the parent snapshot of the current state of the virtual machine"... I think the key is "parent snapshot of the current state" So, I think the correct option is B

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — JMRY

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation
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4. Question 64 · 110 in bank

   An administrator is planning to upgrade a VMware vCenter instance to version 8. It is currently integrated with the following solutions: VMware Aria Automation - VMware Cloud Director - Which tool can the administrator use to run interoperability reports before the upgrade process?

   • AvSphere Update Manager
   • BVMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
   • CvCenter Server Update Planner
   • DvSphere Lifecycle Manager

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   Answer: C

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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5. Question 65 · 110 in bank

   An administrator decides to restore VMware vCenter from a file-based backup following a failed upgrade. Which interface should the administrator use to complete the restore?

   • ADirect Console User Interface (DCUI)
   • BvCenter Management Interface (VAMI)
   • CvSphere Client
   • DvCenter GUI Installer

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   Answer: D

   Explanation

   Answer is D You can use the vCenter Server appliance GUI installer to restore a vCenter Server to an ESXi host or a vCenter Server instance. The restore procedure has two stages. The first stage deploys a new vCenter Server appliance. The second stage populates the newly deployed vCenter Server appliance with the data stored in the file-based backup. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-vcenter-installation/GUID-F02AF073-7CFD-45B2-ACC8-DE3B6ED28022.html

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — kxh999

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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6. Question 66 · 110 in bank

   An administrator needs to provide encryption for workloads within an existing vSphere cluster. The following requirements must be met: Workloads should be encrypted at rest. Encrypted workloads must automatically be encrypted during transit. Encryption should not require any specific hardware. What should the administrator configure to meet these requirements?

   • AEncrypted vSphere vMotion
   • BUnified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot
   • CHost Encryption
   • DVM Encryption

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   Answer: D

   Explanation

   To meet the requirements of encrypting workloads at rest, automatically encrypting workloads during transit, and not requiring specific hardware, the administrator should configure: D. VM Encryption VM Encryption provides encryption for virtual machines and meets all the specified requirements. It encrypts the VM's data at rest and also ensures that the data is encrypted during transit. Additionally, VM Encryption does not require specific hardware, making it a suitable choice for this scenario. Options A, B, and C do not directly address all of the specified requirements. Encrypted vSphere vMotion (A) is specifically related to encrypting the vMotion traffic, not the VMs themselves. UEFI Secure Boot (B) is a security feature for booting and does not provide VM-level encryption. Host Encryption (C) typically refers to encrypting the data on the host's storage devices, which is different from VM-level encryption.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — StingVN

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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7. Question 67 · 110 in bank

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   A vSphere cluster has the following configuration: Virtual machines (VMs) are running Production and Test workloads vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is enabled There are no resource pools in the cluster Performance monitoring data shows that the Production workload VMs are not receiving their fully allocated memory when the vSphere cluster is fully utilized. A combination of which two steps could the administrator perform to ensure that the Production VMs are always guaranteed the full allocation of memory? (Choose two.)

   • AAssign a custom memory share value to the resource pool containing the Production VMs.
   • BAssign a memory reservation value to the resource pool containing the Production VMs.
   • CCreate a parent resource pool for the Production VMs.
   • DCreate a sibling resource pool for each of the Production and Test VMs.
   • ECreate a child resource pool for the Test VMs.

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   Answer: BC

   Explanation

   BC: You guarantee resources by setting a reservation on the pool. You cannot set a reservation on a pool that doesn't exist, so voting BC.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — michael24

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation
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8. Question 68 · 110 in bank

   After a number of outages within a production VMware software-defined data center, an administrator is tasked with identifying a solution to meet the following requirements: Reduce the risk of outages by proactively identifying issues with the environment and resolving them. Reduce the complexity of uploading log bundles when raising support tickets. Which solution should the administrator recommend to meet these requirements?

   • AVMware Aria Operations for Logs
   • BVMware Skyline Advisor Pro
   • CVMware Skyline Health
   • DVMware Aria Operations

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   Answer: B

   Explanation

   B - From my point of view Skyline Advisor is the best answer Skyline uoload a log bunddle in the VMware case on demand. Reduce the risk of outages by proactively identifying issues with the environment and resolving them. Reduce the complexity of uploading log bundles when raising support tickets. Which solution should the administrator recommend to meet these requirements?

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — Spock2023

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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9. Question 69 · 110 in bank

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   An administrator is responsible for performing maintenance tasks on a vSphere cluster. The cluster has the following configuration: Identically configured vSphere ESXi hosts (esx01, esx02, esx03 and esx04) All workloads are deployed into a single VMFS datastore provided by the external storage array vSphere High Availability (HA) has not been enabled vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) has not been enabled Currently, a critical production application workload (VM1) is running on esx01. Given this scenario, which two actions are required to ensure VM1 continues to run when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode? (Choose two.)

   • AFully automated DRS must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
   • BVM1 must be manually shut down and cold migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
   • CvSphere HA must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
   • DVM1 must be manually live migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
   • EVM1 must be manually migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere Storage vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.

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   Answer: AD

   Explanation

   AD: it seems they are asking which two options would you take to enable moving a VM. you can either enable fully automated DRS and let it move the VM when the host is put into MX mode or you can manually live migrate it. B is wrong as shutting down the VM is not required for vMotion. C is wrong as that has nothing to do with moving a VM to a different host. E is wrong because that would only move the storage the VM is on, not the host.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — michael24

   References

   • docs.vmware.com documentation

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10. Question 70 · 110 in bank

    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?

    • AvSphere Distributed Services Engine
    • BData Processing Units (DPUs)
    • CvSphere Network I/O Control
    • DUniversal Passthrough version 2

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    Answer: A

    Explanation

    Should be A, the DPUs are used by vSphere Distributed Services Engine which is the solution: "In vSphere 8.0 and later, vSphere Distributed Services Engine enables the offloading of infrastructure functions from the CPUs of a host or a server to data processing units (DPUs, also known as SmartNICs), thus freeing up CPU cycles to serve applications." https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6BB96B0C-2F19-4312-AD10-0CEF03D5D725.html

    Source: Adapted from community discussion — mkhlszf

    References

    • docs.vmware.com documentation
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