VCP Virtual Machine Management & Lifecycle

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a VM template in vSphere?

Accepted Answer

To serve as a master image for rapidly deploying new virtual machines

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To store incremental VM backups on a secondary datastore

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To migrate virtual machines between ESXi hosts without downtime

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To monitor and report virtual machine performance metrics

Question 2

When you convert a running virtual machine to a template in vSphere, what is the result?

Accepted Answer

The VM is powered off, converted, and can no longer be powered on directly as a VM

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The VM continues to run but is marked read-only

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The VM is cloned and both the original and template remain available

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The VM configuration is exported to an OVF file on the datastore

Question 3

Which vSphere feature allows you to configure new VMs with unique hostnames and IP addresses automatically during template deployment?

Accepted Answer

Guest OS Customization Specification

Answer

VMware Tools installation wizard

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vSphere Auto Deploy

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vCenter Converter Standalone

Question 4

What does a vSphere snapshot capture?

Accepted Answer

A point-in-time state of the VM including memory contents, disk state, and configuration

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A full copy of all VM disk data written to a backup datastore

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Only the VM configuration (.vmx) file at the moment of creation

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A replicated copy of the VM sent to a secondary vCenter site

Question 5

What file extension is used for VMware virtual disk files in vSphere?

Accepted Answer

.vmdk

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.vhd

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.qcow2

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.ova

Question 6

VMware recommends keeping snapshot chains for production VMs to a maximum of how many snapshots?

Accepted Answer

2–3

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1

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10

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32

Question 7

Which OVF/OVA-related statement is TRUE when deploying virtual machines in vSphere?

Accepted Answer

An OVA is a single compressed archive containing the OVF descriptor and disk files

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OVA files can only be deployed to ESXi hosts, not to vCenter Server

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OVF format is proprietary to VMware and not portable to other hypervisors

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Deploying an OVA requires the VM to be powered on at the source before export