VCP-410 Q&A – Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi (1-10)

Section 1 – Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi

• Objective 1.1 — Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage

QUESTION 1
When installing ESX 4.0, where is the Service Console file system located?
A. In a virtual disk on a local VMFSdatastore
B. On a local physical disk
C. In a virtual disk on a local or shared VMFSdatastore
D. On a local physical disk or on a mapped SAN LUN
Answer: A

Explanation:
The reason for this is the fact that the service console is a VMDK. This VMDK is stored on the local VMFS volume by default in the following location: esxconsole-/esxconsole.vmdk.
Everyone at this point should be aware that the Service Console is now located in a vmdk on a VMFS partition. The Service Console vmdk must be stored on a vmfs datastore and the datastore must either be local storage or SAN storage that is only presented to the one host

QUESTION 2
An administrator is installing ESX 4.0 on a physical server. Which of the following components would need to be modified or replaced to support a successful installation?
A. 2 AMDOpteron CPUs
B. 4GB RAM
C. 2 LSI Logic LSI7202XP-LCFibre Channel HBAs
D. 4 Intel PRO 1000 Network Adapters
Answer: C
Explanation:
Getting Started with ESX, ESX 4.0, vCenter Server 4.0, Page 6.
ESX Hardware Requirements 64-Bit Processor
-VMware ESX 4.0 will only install and run on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.
-Known 64-bit processors:
-All AMD Opterons support 64 bit.
…
RAM
2GB RAM minimum
Network Adapters
…
-Intel PRO 1000 adapters

QUESTION 3
The default swap partition size for ESX 4.0 is which of the following?
A. 600MB
B. 1.6GB
C. 800MB
D. 544MB
Answer: A
Explanation:
Mastering VMware vSphere 4 Page 25.
‘As a general rule, swap files are created with a size equal to at least two times the memory allocated to the operating system. The installation process allocates a default amount of 300MB of memory for the Service Console; therefore, the default swap partition size would be 600MB. ‘

QUESTION 4
The ESX 4.x Service Console Virtual Disk can be located on (Choose Two):
A. a VMFSdatastore on software iSCSI attached storage
B. a VMFSdatastore on non-shared FC attached storage
C. a VMFSdatastore on locally attached storage
D. an NFSdatastore
Answer: BC
Explanation:
Everyone at this point should be aware that the Service Console is now located in a vmdk on a VMFS partition. The Service Console vmdk must be stored on a vmfs datastore and the datastore must either be local storage or SAN storage that is only presented to the one host Fibre Channel, or FC, is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking
Getting Started with ESX, ESX 4.0, vCenter Server 4.0, page 6
ESX Hardware Requirements * SCSI Adapter, Fibre Channel Adapter, or Internal RAID Controller

QUESTION 5
An ESX Administrator plans to install additional supported components on the ESX Server that would increase the memory requirements for the Service Console. Which ESX Server partition would also need to be increased during installation as a result?
A. /boot
B. /
C. vmfs3
D. swap
Answer: D
Explanation:
Mastering VMware vSphere 4 Page 25.
‘As a general rule, swap files are created with a size equal to at least two times the memory allocated to the operating system. The installation process allocates a default amount of 300MB of memory for the Service Console; therefore, the default swap partition size would be 600MB. ‘

QUESTION 6
Which of the following partitions is specific to ESXi 4.0?
A. usr
B. swap
C. vmkcore
D. scratch
Answer: D
Explanation:
Best Practices for vSphere (ESX 4) Service Console Partitions
The following Custom Partitioning Design is recommended: Mount Point Type Size
/ ext3 5.0GB
Swap 1600MB
/home ext3 512MB
/tmp ext3 2.0GB
/vmimages ext3 512MB
/var ext3 2.0GB
The installer also automatically creates the following partitions without displaying them:
/boot ext3 260MB
Vmkcore 100MB
* Upgrade to ESX 3.5 on systems with separate /usr partition requires manual intervention
Since ESX 4 and 3.5can use all of the above partitions, the only partitions that can be specific to ESXi 4.0 is /scratch.

QUESTION 7
Which partitions would change the default partition size for /?
A. /tmp
B. /home
C. /usr
D. /var/log
Answer: C
Explanation:
ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4.0, vCenter Server 4.0, page 61.
ESX Required Partitions Mount Point Type Size
/ ext3 *
* Calculated dynamically based on the size of the /usr partition. By default, the minimum size is 5GB and no /usr partition is defined

QUESTION 8
The ESX Service Console file system structure should (Choose Two):
A. provide separate mount points for /tmp, /var/log and /home
B. avoid filling /
C. avoid filling /home
D. provide separate mount points for /tmp, /var/log, /home and /etc
Answer: AB
Explanation:
The following Custom Partitioning Design is recommended:
The / (or "root") partition stores the ESX system and all files not stored in another custom partition. If this partition is filled to capacity, the ESX host could crash. It is imperative to prevent this.

QUESTION 9
The /boot partition requires how much free space?
A. 1.5GB
B. 2GB
C. 1GB
D. 1.25GB
Answer: D
Explanation:
ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4.0 vCenter Server 4.0, page 61
Table 7-1. ESX Required Partitions Mount Point Type Size Location Partition Description /boot ext3 The ESX boot disk requires 1.25 GB of free space and includes the /boot and vmkcore partitions. The /boot partition alone requires 1100MB.
Note: the question would be better worded if it referred to /boot disk instead of /boot partition

QUESTION 10
What is the minimum recommended space for swap?
A. 200MB
B. 400MB
C. 600MB
D. 800MB
Answer: C
Explanation:
Mastering VMware vSphere 4 Page 25.
‘As a general rule, swap files are created with a size equal to at least two times the memory allocated to the operating system. The installation process allocates a default amount of 300MB of memory for the Service Console; therefore, the default swap partition size would be 600MB. ‘