1. What is the maximum amount of memory (RAM) that VMware ESX3 supports?

• 16GB
• 32GB
• 64GB
• 128GB

2. What port is used by the Web client for remote console traffic to VM's on a ESX3 host?

• Port 443
• Port 902
• Port 2049
• Port 903

3. What is the proper command to increase the size of a ESX3 virtual disk from 10GB to 20GB?

• vmkfstools -X 10g
• vmkfstools -X 10g 20g
• vmkfstools -X 20g
• No longer supported in ESX3

4. The following is true about VMware ESX3 Starter Edition?

• Supports up to 2 virtual processors per VM
• Supports up to 4GB of physical memory
• Does not include VirtualCenter agent
• Supports up to 4 physical cpus

5. The following is true about VMware ESX3's High Availability (HA) feature?

• Will not function if VirtualCenter server is not available
• Included with the ESX Standard license
• Requires at least 3 ESX Servers to function
• Works with iSCSI shared storage

6. What is the proper command to set the speed and duplex of vmnic1 to 100/Full?

• esxcfg-nics -s 100 -d full vmnic1
• esxcfg-nics -a 100/full vmnic1
• esxcfg-nics vmnic1 100 full
• esxcfg-nics vmnic1 -sd 100 full

7. How can I prevent a Virtual Machine from participating in memory page sharing on a ESX3 server?

• Edit the vmx file of the VM and add a PageSharing parameter with a value of 0
• Open VMware Tools on the VM and un-check the Page Sharing selection
• Edit the VM's settings and change the Memory Shares to High
• Edit the VM's settings and set a Memory Reservation equal to the amount of memory assigned to the VM

8. What is the maximum number of NIC's that can be added to a virtual machine?

• 2
• 4
• 8
• 10

9. What function is not available in the VI Client when connecting directly to an ESX3 server (No VirtualCenter)?

• Revert to a snapshot
• Report Performance
• Convert to Template
• Install VMware Tools

10. What function cannot be performed with the Web Access client?

• Create a snapshot
• View virtual machine events/tasks
• Virtual machine remote console
• Edit virtual machine network adapters

11. Host failure detection occurs after how many seconds after the HA service on a host has stopped sending heartbeats to the other hosts in the cluster?

• 10 seconds
• 15 seconds
• 20 seconds
• 30 seconds

12. What command would you type on the ESX3 Service Console to restart the vmware-hostd process?

• service vmware-hostd restart
• service vmware-vpxa restart
• service hostd-vmware restart
• service mgmt-vmware restart

13. What feature is new to ESX3?

• Vmotion
• iSCSI support for VMFS
• Raw Device Mappings (RDM)
• Boot from SAN

14. What is the maximum number of virtual NICs that can be assigned to a VM in ESX3?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 6

15. How would you set the default password aging restrictions to a maximum of 60 days in ESX3?

• esxcfg-advcfg --passmaxdays=60
• chage -M 60
• esxcfg-advcfg --maxpassdays=60
• esxcfg-auth --passmaxdays=60

16. What is the grace period that an ESX3 server will run without restriction when a Licensing Server is unavailable?

• 3 days
• 7 days
• 14 days
• 30 days

17. What VM file is used used to store metadata and information about snapshots in ESX3?

• vmsd file
• vmss file
• vmsn file
• vmxf file

18. Which is not a compatible format that VMware Converter 3.0.1 can output virtual machines to?

• VMware Player 1.x
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
• Workstation 4.x
• GSX Server 3.x

19. What command would you use to see what patches are installed on a ESX3 server?

• vmware -v
• esxcfg-info -p
• vmware -l updates
• esxupdate -l query

20. Which database cannot be used with Virtual Center 2?

• Microsoft Access
• SQL Server 2000
• Oracle 10g
• Microsoft MSDE

21. Which is not supported when using NFS Shared Storage with ESX3?

• Vmotion
• VMFS volumes
• Virtual Machine creation
• Virtual Machine snapshots