VMware vSphere Foundations Practice Test Certification 2021

VMware vSphere Foundations Practice Test Certification 2021, best practice Tests for VMware vSphere Foundations Certification 2021.

The VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations Exam (2V0-602) tests candidates on their skills and abilities in deploying and configuring vSphere storage, networking, and compute resources as well as creating and administering vSphere virtual machines. Successful candidates demonstrate mastery of these skills and abilities

Objectives covered in the VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations Exam

Section 1 – Install and Configure vCenter Server 6.x and ESXi 6.x Hosts

Objective 1.1 – Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions for a given use case

Explain available vSphere editions and features

Explain the various data center solutions that interact with vSphere

Explain ESXi and vCenter Server architectures

Explain new solutions offered in the current version

Determine appropriate vSphere edition based on customer requirements

Deploy a vSphere 6.x Content Library

Differentiate Update Manager deployment options

Objective 1.2 – Install and Configure vCenter Server 6.x

Deploy the vCenter Appliance (vCSA)

Install vCenter Server onto a virtual machine

Create an ODBC Connection to a vCenter Server

Differentiate vCenter Server deployment modes

Differentiate Platform Services Controller deployment options

Given a scenario, select and size the vCenter Database based on requirements

Install additional vCenter Server Components

Install and configure vSphere Client / vSphere Web Client

Install/Remove vSphere Client plug-ins

Enable/Disable vSphere Client plug-ins

License vCenter Server using the Web Client

Determine availability requirements for a vCenter Server in a given vSphere implementation

Objective 1.3 – Install and Configure ESXi 6.x Hosts

Given a scenario, validate if an ESXi configuration meets given requirements

Perform a scripted installation of ESXi

Perform an interactive installation of ESXi using media or PXE

Configure NTP on an ESXi Host

Configure DNS and routing on an ESXi Host

Configure SSH and Shell access on an ESXi Host

Configure logs to be sent to a syslog server

License an ESXi host using the Web Client

Backup/Restore vCenter Server Virtual Appliance files

Migrate a vCenter Server to vCenter Server Virtual Appliance

Section 2 – Configure and Manage vSphere 6.x Networking

Objective 2.1 – Configure vSphere Standard Switches (vSS)

Explain vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) capabilities

Create/Delete a vSphere Standard Switch

Add/Configure/Remove vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch

Configure vmkernel ports for network services

Add/Edit/Remove port groups on a vSphere Standard Switch

Determine use case for a vSphere Standard Switch

Objective 2.2 – Configure vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS)

Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch

Add/Remove ESXi hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch

Add/Configure/Remove dvPort groups

Add/Remove uplink adapters to dvUplink groups

Configure vSphere Distributed Switch general and dvPort group settings

Create/Configure/Remove virtual adapters

Migrate virtual adapters to/from a vSphere Standard Switch

Migrate virtual machines to/from a vSphere Distributed Switch

Configure LACP on Uplink portgroups

Determine use case for a vSphere Distributed Switch

Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS features based on given requirements

Explain common vSS and vDS policies

Describe vDS Security Polices/Settings

Configure dvPort group blocking policies

Configure load balancing and failover policies

Configure VLAN/PVLAN settings

Configure traffic shaping policies

Enable TCP Segmentation Offload support for a virtual machine

Enable Jumbo Frames support on appropriate components

Given a scenario, determine appropriate VLAN configuration for a vSphere implementation

Section 3 –Configure and Manage vSphere 6.x Storage

Objective 3.1 – Connect Shared Storage devices to ESXi 6.x Hosts

Explain storage naming conventions

Explain hardware/dependent hardware/software iSCSI initiator requirements

Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE storage devices

Describe zoning and LUN masking practices

Configure/Edit hardware/dependent hardware initiator

Connect/Configure NFS 3 and 4.1 datastores

Enable/Disable software iSCSI initiator

Configure/Edit software iSCSI initiator settings

Configure iSCSI port binding

Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI CHAP

Configure Dynamic and Static Target Discovery Addresses

Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Software Defined Storage

Explain Virtual SAN (VSAN) Architecture

Create/Delete VSAN Cluster

Manage VSAN disk groups

Monitor VSAN storage

Add/Remove VSAN Nodes

Explain benefits of NFS 4.1

Determine use cases for Virtual SAN configurations

Objective 3.3 – Create and Configure VMFS and NFS Datastores

Compare/Contrast supported NFS versions

Configure NFS storage for VMDK formatting

Configure storage multi-pathing

Compare/Contract VMFS6 and VMFS5

Configure Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS)

Extend/Expand VMFS Datastores

Place a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode

Section 4 – Deploy and Administer Virtual Machines and vApps

Objective 4.1 – Create and Deploy Virtual Machines

Place virtual machines in selected ESXi hosts/Clusters/Resource Pools

Configure and deploy a Guest OS into a new virtual machine

Configure/Modify virtual hardware:

o CPU

o RAM

o Disk

o vNIC

Create/Convert thin/thick provisioned virtual disks

Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware

Configure PCI Passthrough and Direct I/O

Configure virtual machine time synchronization

Objective 4.2 – Create and Deploy vApps

Create/Deploy/Clone a vApp

Add objects to an existing vApp

Edit vApp settings

Configure IP pools

Suspend/Resume a vApp

Objective 4.3 – Manage Virtual Machine Clones and Templates

Explain Cloning and Template options

Clone an existing virtual machine

Create a template from an existing virtual machine

Deploy a virtual machine from a template

Update existing virtual machine templates

Deploy virtual appliances and/or vApps from an OVF template

Import an OVF template

Create a Local Library

Create a Remote Library with/without external storage

Publish/Subscribe/Share Content Library

Deploy a virtual machine from a content library

Objective 4.4 – Administer Virtual Machines and vApps

Explain files used by virtual machines

Explain common practices for securing virtual machines

Hot Extend a virtual disk

Configure virtual machine options

Configure virtual machine power settings

Configure virtual machine boot options

Administer virtual machine snapshots

Assign a Storage Policy to a virtual machine

Verify Storage Policy compliance for virtual machines

Adjust virtual machine resources

Differentiate between stop/shutdown/reboot/restart of a virtual machine

Section 5 – Establish and Maintain Availability and Resource Management Features

Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters

Determine how DRS and HA are applicable to an environment

Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster

Add/Remove ESXi Hosts from a DRS/HA Cluster

Add/Remove virtual machines from a DRS/HA Cluster

Configure Storage DRS

Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

Monitor a DRS/HA Cluster

Configure migration thresholds for DRS and virtual machines

Configure automation levels for DRS and virtual machines

Configure Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP) settings

Configure orchestrated VM restart with HA

Enable/Configure/Disable Host Power Management/Distributed Power Management

Enable/Disable HA Host Monitoring

Understand the features of Proactive HA

Understand the features of Proactive DRS

Configure HA Cluster-wide VM restart ordering

Enforce infrastructural or intra-app dependencies in HA

Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance

Configure VMware Fault Tolerance networking

Given a scenario, determine an appropriate VMware Fault Tolerance configuration

Enable/Disable VMware Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine

Test a Fault Tolerant configuration

Determine use case for enabling VMware Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine

Configure NIC aggregation for Fault Tolerance

Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools

Explain vFlash architecture

Explain use cases for Resource Pools

Create/Remove a Resource Pool

Configure Resource Pool attributes

Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool

Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool

Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs

Determine Resource Pool requirements for a given vSphere implementation

Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines

Explain Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

Explain Long Distance vMotion

Explain process for vMotion/Storage vMotion migrations

Configure virtual machine swap file location

Migrate a powered-off or suspended virtual machine

Migrate virtual machines using vMotion/Storage vMotion

Objective 5.5 – Backup and Restore Virtual Machines

Explain VMware Data Protection sizing Guidelines

Describe vSphere Replication architecture

Install and Configure VMware Data Protection

Create a backup job with VMware Data Protection

Perform a live full/file-level restore with VMware Data Protection

Create/Delete/Consolidate virtual machine snapshots

Perform a failback operation using vSphere Replication

Determine appropriate backup solution for a given vSphere implementation

Objective 5.6 – Update ESXi and Virtual Machines

Create/Edit/Remove a Host Profile from an ESXi host

Attach/Apply a Host Profile to an ESXi host or cluster

Perform compliance scanning and remediation of an ESXi host using Host Profiles

Install and Configure vCenter Update Manager

Configure patch download options

Create/Edit/Delete an Update Manager baseline

Attach an Update Manager baseline to an ESXi host or cluster

Scan and remediate ESXi hosts and virtual machines using Update Manager

Section 6 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting of a vSphere 6.x Implementation

Objective 6.1 – Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi and vCenter installation issues

Troubleshoot common installation issues

Monitor status of ESXi management agents

Determine ESXi host stability issues and gather diagnostics information

Export diagnostic information

Monitor status of the vCenter Server service

Perform basic maintenance of a vCenter Server database

Objective 6.2 – Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi and vCenter operational issues

Verify network configuration

Troubleshoot common storage issues

Troubleshoot common virtual machine issues

Given a scenario, verify a virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources

Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues

Troubleshoot physical network adapter configuration issues

Recognize and detect common knowledge base article solutions

Objective 6.3 – Perform basic troubleshooting of Virtual Machine operational issues

Troubleshoot virtual machine resource contention issues

Recognize and detect:

o Fault Tolerant network latency issues

o VMware Tools installation issues

o Virtual machines states

o Virtual machine constraints

o Guest OS installation issues

Given a scenario, determine root cause of a storage issue based on troubleshooting information

Explain common virtual machine boot disk errors

Objective 6.4 – Identify and troubleshoot basic misconfigurations

Troubleshoot:

o Virtual switch and distributed switches port group configuration issues

o Physical network adapter configuration issues

o NFS networking configuration issues

o iSCSI software initiator configuration issues

o HA configuration and redundancy issues

o DRS Resource Distribution Graph

o vMotion/Storage vMotion migration issues

Interpret vMotion Resource Maps

Given a scenario, verify a virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources

Section 7 – Perform Basic Monitoring of a vSphere Implementation

Objective 7.1 – Monitor ESXi, vCenter, and Virtual Machines

Explain:

o Common memory metrics

o Common CPU metrics

o Common network metrics

o Common storage metrics

o Configure SNMP for vCenter Server

o Configure SMTP settings for vCenter Server

Create a log bundle

Create/Edit/Delete a Scheduled Task

Configure/View/Print/Export resource maps

Start/Stop/Verify vCenter Server service status

Start/Stop/Verify ESXi host agent status

Configure vCenter Server timeout settings

Identify vCenter Server connection object status

Create an Advanced Chart

Objective 7.2 – Create and Administer vCenter Server Alarms

List vCenter Server default utilization alarms

List vCenter Server default connectivity alarms

List possible actions for utilization and connectivity alarms

Create a vCenter Server utilization alarm

Create a vCenter Server connectivity alarm

Configure alarm triggers

Configure alarm actions

For a given alarm, identify the affected resource in a vSphere implementation

Objective 7.3 – Configure and Manage vRealize Log Insight

Explain vRealize Log Insight real-time log management

Identify use cases for vRealize Log Insight

Deploy the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance

Configure vRealize Log Insight for initial use

Configure availability and scalability options for vRealize Log Insight

Use vRealize Log Insight logs to identify and troubleshoot issues

Integrate Content Packs with vRealize Log Insight

Configure Agents for use with vRealize Log Insight

Create Alerts

Create Snapshots

Build a query

Create/Edit charts

Clone/Rename/Delete a Dashboard

Given a solution, determine appropriate sizing for a vRealize Log Insight appliance