VMware VCP550 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

VMware VCP550 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  A vSphere administrator has been using vSphere in evaluation mode and now wants to deploy an environment that provides the same features. Which edition of vSphere provides similar functionality to evaluation mode?

  A. Enterprise Plus
  B. Enterprise
  C. Standard
  D. Essentials
  A. Enterprise Plus

• Question 242:

  A Windows Server 2008 virtual machine with the following configuration receives an Out of Space condition indicator:

  The virtual machine uses thin provisioned virtual disks.

  The VMFS5 datastore on which the virtual machine's files reside is on a thin provisioned LUN.

  30% of the VMFS datastore content is no longer needed.

  The storage array supports VASA and VAAI.

  Which action should the vSphere administrator take to resolve the Out of Space problem without requesting additional space on the storage array?

  A. Delete unneeded files on the VMFS datastore and then use vmkfstools to reclaim deleted blocks.
  B. Delete unneeded files on the VMFS datastore, right-click the datastore in vSphere Web Client, and then select the Reclaim Deleted Blocks option.
  C. Delete some files from the guest OS and defrag its file system.
  D. Delete some files from the guest OS and use vmkfstools to reclaim the deleted blocks.
  A. Delete unneeded files on the VMFS datastore and then use vmkfstools to reclaim deleted blocks.

• Question 243:

  A vSphere administrator needs to reconfigure the Distributed Power Management (DPM) threshold to be more aggressive. Where should the administrator edit the settings of DPM in the vSphere Web Client?

  A. DPM plug-in settings
  B. Cluster settings
  C. ESXi host power settings
  D. vCenter Service Status
  B. Cluster settings

• Question 244:

  An administrator needs to export system logs for an ESXi 5.5 host to determine the root cause for a host performance issue. This host supports manifest-driven exports of system logs. Which manifest is selected by default during the export system log wizard?

  A. Userworld
  B. Hostworld
  C. PerformanceSnapshot
  D. HungVM
  A. Userworld

• Question 245:

  How is changed block tracking (CBT) used in a vSphere implementation?

  A. CBT is used by the VMkernel to reduce time needed for virtual machine copy operations.
  B. CBT is used by VMware Data Protection (VDP) to reduce time needed for backup jobs.
  C. CBT is used by vCenter Server to reduce the size of snapshots.
  D. CBT is used by vSphere Replication for synchronous replication operations.
  B. CBT is used by VMware Data Protection (VDP) to reduce time needed for backup jobs.

• Question 246:

  While troubleshooting a crash event on an ESXi 5.x host, an administrator determines the log files related to the event are NOT present. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the logging issue?

  A. Increase the amount of memory committed to log storage.
  B. Increase the statistic data collection level to 4.
  C. Change the roll-up type to maximum.
  D. Create a persistent scratch location.
  D. Create a persistent scratch location.

• Question 247:

  An administrator must determine which Update Manager procedures can be performed using the vSphere Web Client, and which must be completed using the Windows vSphere client. Which two tasks require the use of the Windows vSphere client? (Choose two.)

  A. Attach and detach baselines to inventory objects
  B. Scan inventory objects for compliance
  C. Create a baseline for an inventory object
  D. Stage a baseline for remediation
  C. Create a baseline for an inventory object
  D. Stage a baseline for remediation

• Question 248:

  A vSphere administrator attempts to move a powered on virtual machine into a resource pool that is configured in an HA/DRS cluster. The operation fails. What condition would cause this behavior?

  A. HA admission control prevented the movement of the virtual machine due to insufficient resources.
  B. Resource pool admission control prevented the movement of the virtual machine due to insufficient resources.
  C. The virtual machine was not powered off before being moved into the resource pool.
  D. The virtual machine's hardware level did not match the level of the existing virtual machines in the resource pool.
  B. Resource pool admission control prevented the movement of the virtual machine due to insufficient resources.

• Question 249:

  The following error displays during the final step of the configuration for a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster attached to five datastores:

  The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 0, which is less than requireD. 2

  What condition would cause this error?

  A. One of the hosts in the cluster is not attached to the datastores planned for use with HA.
  B. The hosts in the cluster do not have Storage DRS configured on one or more of their datastores.
  C. One of the hosts in the cluster has an invalid Storage Policy configured on one or more of their datastores.
  D. The hosts in the cluster contain one or more datastores configured with a 1 MB block size.
  A. One of the hosts in the cluster is not attached to the datastores planned for use with HA.

• Question 250:

  An administrator is unable to login to vCenter Server when using the vSphere web client.

  The administrator successfully accessed vCenter Server using the client earlier the same day.

  What is the most appropriate first step the administrator should take to resolve this issue?

  A. Verify the web browser being used has Adobe Flash plugin version 11.5 or later
  B. Verify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server
  C. Verify the vSphere Web Server service is running on the vCenter Server
  D. Verify the administrator has permissions configured in vCenter Server
  B. Verify the vCenter Single Sign-On service is running on the vCenter Server