o Makes the VM snapshot available to the third-party software.
o The backup software performs an ordinary backup of the VM snapshot moving the data to a backup medium.
o The backup software calls the post-backup script:
o Unmounts the VM snapshot from the backup proxy.
o Takes the VM out of snapshot mode.
o Types of VCB backups:
o Image-level backup
o File-level backup
o Full file backup
o Differential backup
o Incremental backup
o VCB proxy:
o Windows 2003 SP1 220 702 (32-bit or 64-bit)
o Windows 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
o Windows 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
o Windows 2008 - Server Core (command line) not supported.
o Disable automatic drive-letter assignment to newly seen volumes:
o diskpart
o automount disable
o Clean out entries of previously mounted volumes: automount scrub
o VCB configuration file: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework\config\config.js
o You need to specify a user name.
o Use the same password you use for logging in to the vCenter host or ESX Server host.
o If you do not specify the password, VCB checks if the password is set in the registry.
o You can configure VCB to use Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) for authentication.
o When VCB communicates with the vCenter server or ESX Server host, it can transfer data over an encrypted SSL connection or use an
unencrypted network channel.
o VCB supports a maximum of 60 concurrently mounted VMs disks.
o In the Hot-Add mode, you need to create a shadow VM for VCB to use internally. The shadow VM has the same name as your virtual VCB
proxy with the (VCB-HELPER) suffix added.
o If you are using VCB in the Hot-Add mode, in 9L0-403 addition to the VCB User role, you need to create the VMware VCB Proxy role.
o You cannot perform a file-level backup simultaneously with an image-level backup for the same VM.
o When you perform a first backup for a VM, the VM has to be powered on, otherwise the backup fails.
o You do not need to power on a VM if your integration module is configured to use VM display names instead of IP addresses or DNS names.
o VMware VSS Component. Guest operating systems:
o Windows Server 2003 32-bit/64-bit
o Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit
o Windows Server 2008 32-bit/64-bit
o VCB uses the VMware VSS component to create quiesced snapshots of the VM volumes.
o 2003 - VSS snapshots are application-consistent.
o Vista & Windows Server 2008, the snapshots are file-system consistent.
o SYNC Driver
o XP 32-bit
o 2000 Server 32-bit
o 2003 32-bit
o SYNC driver holds incoming I/O & flushes all dirty data to a disk, making snapshots file-system consistent.
o Locations of Custom Quiescing Scripts:
o Pre-freeze - C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\backupScripts.d or /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script - All scripts are invoked in ascending
alphabetical order with freeze as the first argument.
o Post-thaw - C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\backupScripts.d or /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script - All scripts are invoked in
descending alphabetical order with thaw or freezeFail as the first argument.
o Cleaning Up After a Failed Backup Job: 9L0-510 run vcbCleanup at the end of your backup cycle.
Appendix A: Using Service Console to Back Up & Restore VMs (valid for ESX4?)
o /etc/vmware/backuptools.conf configuration file to set the most common parameters
o You can use vcbMounter to back up an entire VM in the service console. The vcbMounter utility creates a quiesced snapshot of the VM &
exports the snapshot into a set of files, which can be later used to restore the VM.
o To search for a particular VM & get information about it, use vcbVmName.
o You can back up a VM to a local directory or to a remote server using scp.
o Use vcbSnapAll to create an archive of groups of VMs in the service console. The vcbSnapAll utility has the same functionality as vcbMounter,
but, in addition, can identify groups of VMs.
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VCP-410 Real Exam Questions
www.certifyme.com Q:46 Which of the following is a benefit of ESXi over ESX?
A. Improved Fault Isolation
B. Increased Security and Reliability
C. Dynamic Resource Allocation
D. Memory Overcommitment
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:47 Which of the 220 701 following are benefits of ESXi over ESX (Choose Two)?
A. RCLI support
B. Scripted Installation
C. Smaller Attack Surface
D. Less Code to Patch
Answer: C, D
www.certifyme.com Q:48 What are two reasons why a company would choose to use VMware ESXi instead of using VMware Server 2 (Choose Two)?
A. The company wants to be able to patch the servers hosting their virtual machines with zero virtual
machine downtime
B. The company is virtualizing several physical servers and wants a centralized management option
C. The company needs to access their virtual machines remotely and VMware Server 2 does not support a
remote console option
D. The company needs the ability to run dual-processor virtual machines
Answer: A, B
www.certifyme.com Q:49 Networking policies, such as traffic shaping and security, can be configured on the following vSphere elements?
A. On the physical network interface and the vSwitch
B. On the port group and the physical 220 702 network interface
C. On the port group and the vSwitch
D. On the vSwitch and the attached virtual machine
Answer: C
www.certifyme.com Q:50 The following connection types can all be configured on a single vSwitch?
A. VMkernel, virtual machine and no Service Console port groups
B. Service Console, virtual machine and VMkernel port groups
C. Service Console and 2 VMkernel port groups
D. Service Console and 2 virtual machine port groups
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:51 An administrator needs to determine the current network adapter configuration for an uplink on an ESX Host. Which of the following items can be viewed from the Network Adapters section of the Configuration tab using the vSphere Client (Choose Three)?
A. Wake on LAN support
B. Speed and Duplex settings
C. Observed IP ranges
D. TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) support
E. Jumbo Frame support
Answer: A, B, C
www.certifyme.com Q:52 Assuming VLANs are not configured, which of the following is true about traffic from a virtual machine connected to a port group on a vNetwork Standard Switch with no uplinks?
A. Virtual machines in any port group 220 701 on the virtual switch can receive the traffic
B. The virtual switch will drop the packets if no uplink is present
C. Virtual machines on any virtual switch on the same ESX Server can receive the traffic
D. Only virtual machines in the same port group on the virtual switch can receive the traffic
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:53 A network administrator has asked you to enable NetQueue to improve networking performance for virtual machines on an ESX Host. Where is this feature enabled (Choose Two)?
A. On the physical network adapter driver
B. On the virtual NIC in the virtual machine
C. On the Properties tab for the virtual switch
D. In the Advanced Settings for the VMkernel
Answer: A, D
VMware VCP-410 Exam
o WebOperator – a demo web interface
o Emuneration
o Net – provides Telnet, FTP & POP3
o XML
o Database – JDBC
o Refactoring
o Other plugins:
o Microsoft (separate download) – WMI & Active Diretory.
o VI3 (separate download) –backward compatibility
o VI3.5 (Add-on located in /extras/plugins) –backward compatibility
o By default, Orchestrator client search returns 20 objects at a time.
o By default the Orchestrator JavaScript 640 802 Dumps engine can access only the classes in the java.util.* package. Full access to the Java virtual machine
(JVM) presents potential security issues. If you require JavaScript access to a wider range of Java classes, you must set an Orchestrator system
property to grant this access.
o Use the Troubleshooting tab to globally reset the server & remove all traces of previous runs. Before you click a troubleshooting option, make
sure the vCO server is stopped.
o The default size of the server log is 5MB.
VMware Consolidated Backup - Virtual Machine Backup Guide
o Backup terminology:
o Differential backup - Backs up only those files that have changed since the last full backup.
o File-level backup - A type of backup that is defined at the level of files & folders.
o Full backup - Backs up all selected files.
o Full VM backup - Backs up all files that comprise the entire VM. These files include disk images, .vmx files, & so on.
o Image-level (volume-level) backup - Backs up an entire storage volume.
o Incremental backup - Backs up only files that have changed since the last backup, whether it is a full or incremental backup.
o Quiescing - A process of bringing the on-disk data of a physical or virtual computer into a state suitable for backups. This process might
include such operations such as flushing 640-802 dirty buffers from the operating system’s in-memory cache to disk, or other higher-level
application-specific tasks.
o VCB proxy - A physical or VM running Microsoft Windows Server 2003, VCB, & third-party backup software. Used to perform file-level &
image-level VM backups.
o Traditional backup approach - You deploy a backup client to every system that requires backup services. You can then regularly schedule
automatic backups.
o VMware VCB - enables offloaded & impact-free backups for VMs. This approach lets you use the VM snapshot technology & SAN-based data
transfer in conjunction with traditional file-based backup software. If you do not have SAN, you can use VCB in the LAN mode.
o Key features of VCB:
o Most major backup applications integrate with VCB.
o Eliminates the need for having a backup agent installed in each VM.
o Can read virtual disk data directly from your SAN storage device using Fibre Channel or iSCSI, or through the ESX Server I/O stack or use a
network connection to an ESX Server host.
o Can run in a VM.
o Supports file-level full & incremental backups for VMs running Microsoft Windows operating system & image-level backups for VMs
running any operating system.
o You can use VCB against a single ESX Server host or with a vCenter.
o The third-party software, integration module, & VCB run on the VCB proxy, a physical or VM that has Microsoft Windows operating system
installed.
o Methods of accessing VM disk data:
o SAN Mode – Use with Fibre Channel & iSCSI storage to completely off-load backups to a physical VCB proxy.
o Hot-Add Mode – Use with any type of storage to perform backups by a VCB proxy set up in a VM. including NAS or local storage. The only
exception is that it does not back up any 640 802 braindumps disks of the VM that has any independent disk, Physical Compatibility RDM, or IDE.
o LAN Mode (NBD Mode) – Use when your environment does not permit the use of the SAN or Hot-Add modes. Your virtual disks cannot
be larger than 1TB each.
o Workflow:
o Backup software calls the pre-backup script:
o (Optional) Runs your custom pre-freeze script in the VM.
o Quiesces the VM.
o Puts the VM into snapshot mode.
o Unquiesces the VM that was quiesced.
o (Optional) Runs your custom post-thaw script in the VM.
Testking VCP-410
www.certifyme.com Q:38 Which two are requirements when booting from SAN (Choose Two) ?
A. The Storage Array port WWN specified in the BIOS configuration of the HBA must be passive
B. The HBA should be plugged into the lowest PCI bus and slot number
C. The boot LUN should only be visible to the ESX Server that is booting from it
D. The boot LUN should be visible to all ESX Servers for HA failover
Answer: B, C
www.certifyme.com Q:39 What VMware solution is vcp 4 identified by hosting user desktops in a centralized manner and brokering user access?
A. VMware View
B. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
C. VMware Workstation
D. VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:40 VMware Site Recovery Manager requires which of the following two VMware products as part of the solution (Choose Two)?
A. VMware vCenter Server
B. VMware HA
C. VMware Data Recovery
D. VMware ESX/ESXi
Answer: A, D
www.certifyme.com Q:41 Which of the following VMware solutions provides developers and test engineers the equivalent of a fully-equipped datacenter with dedicated provisioning staff?
A. VMware vCenter Orchestrator
B. VMware vCenter Lab Manager
C. VMware vCenter Capacity IQ
D. VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:42 An administrator vmware vcp 4 manages a site with remote workers, business partners and third-party service providers. These users need access to corporate data and network resources while adhering to security and corporate governance regulations. Which of the following VMware solutions can provide the power and versatility of virtual machines with the security and control of centrally managed desktops?
A. VMware Lifecycle Manager
B. VMware Workstation
C. VMware View
D. VMware Server
Answer: C
www.certifyme.com Q:43 An administrator needs to verify the functionality of virtual machines created in several different formats prior to converting them to ESX/ESXi. Using VMware Player, which of the following virtual machines can be run directly on an administrator desktop (Choose Two)?
A. Norton Ghost 10
B. Acronis True Image
C. Microsoft Virtual Server/Virtual PC
D. VMware Fusion
Answer: C, D
www.certifyme.com Q:44 Which of the 640 802
following VMware solutions provides rich, personalized virtual desktops to Thin Clients and repurposed PCs with all the benefits of centralized desktop management?
A. VMware Workstation
B. VMware ACE
C. VMware View
D. VMware Fusion
Answer: C
www.certifyme.com Q:45 Which of the following files are part of a typical virtual machine (Choose Three)?
A. Virtual Machine Backup File (.vmbk)
B. Configuration File (.vmx)
C. Virtual Disk File (.vmdk)
D. VMotion Transfer File (.vmt)
E. Virtual Machine Snapshot Metadata File (.vmsd)
Answer: B, C, E
VCP-410 Dumps
o Orchestrator Default Ports:
Purpose Port Description
Lookup 8230 The main port to communicate with the Orchestrator server (JNDI port).
Command 8240 The application communication port (RMI container port) used for remote invocations
Messaging 8250 The Java messaging port used to dispatch events.
Data 8244 The port used to access all vcp-410 Orchestrator data models, such as workflows and policies.
HTTP server 8280 The port for the HTTP connector used to connect to the Web front-end.
HTTPS server 8281 To connect to the Web front-end and to communicate with vCenter API.
HTTP access 8282 The access port for the Web UI of Orchestrator configuration.
HTTPS access 8283 The SSL access port for the Web UI of Orchestrator configuration. To enable configure Jetty to use SSL.
LDAP 389 The look up port of your LDAP Authentication server.
LDAP using SSL 636 The look up port of your secure LDAP Authentication server.
PostgreSQL 5432 PostgreSQL Server for Orchestrator database.
SQL Server 1433 Microsoft SQL Server for Orchestrator database.
Oracle 1521 Oracle Database for Orchestrator database.
MySQL 3306 MySQL for Orchestrator database.
SMTP Server 25 Email notifications.
o The Orchestrator configuration interface uses a secure connection to communicate with vCenter. You can import the required SSL certificate
from a URL or file.
o The users in the Developers role have editing privileges on all elements.
o Plug-in file extensions are .vmoapp (can contain several .dar files) and .dar (contains all the resources associated with one plug-in).
o You must import the vCenter Server license. The set of plug-ins delivered with Orchestrator do not require a license
vCenter Orchestrator 4.0 – Administration Guide
o VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a vmware vcp 410 development & process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows to allow you to
create & run automated, configurable processes to manage the VMware vCenter infrastructure.
o Orchestrator is composed of three distinct layers: an orchestration platform that provides the common features required for an orchestration
tool, a plug-in architecture to integrate control of subsystems, & a library of preexisting processes.
o Three global user roles: Administrators, Developers (creates applications, customizes/creates new workflows & customizes web front ends), &
End Users (can run & schedule workflows & policies.).
o You can access Orchestrator through the Orchestrator client interface, through a Web browser, or through Web services.
o The Orchestrator client is a desktop application to perform daily administration tasks such as importing packages, running & scheduling
workflows & policies, & managing user permissions. It also serves as an IDE for creating or customizing workflows.
o Workflows consist of actions, attributes, parameters, & schemas.
o Read-only workflow attributes act as global constants for a workflow. Writeable attributes act as a workflow’s global variables.
o You use attributes to transfer variables between workflow elements.
o A workflow schema is a graphical representation of a workflow that shows the workflow as a flow diagram of interconnected workflow
elements.
o A workflow token represents a workflow that is running or has run.
o Actions are JavaScript functions that take multiple input parameters & have a single return value.
o Action referencing is based on the action module name & action name. Make sure that all elements that reference this action are still valid
after you move the action.
o The Find Elements that Use this Element function checks all packages, workflows, & policies, but it does not check in scripts.
o You can use a task to schedule a workflow once, or multiple times.
o Policies are event triggers that monitor the activity of the system. Policies run predefined events in response to changes in the status or
performance of certain defined objects.
o Packages are for transporting content vmware vcp 4
from one Orchestrator server to another. Packages can contain workflows, actions, policies, Web views,
configurations, or resources.
o Orchestrator signs packages & encrypts the packages for data protection. Packages use X509 certificates to monitor which users export &
redistribute elements.
o Orchestrator client interface allows you to add, import, export, & synchronize packages.
o The naming convention for packages is .category..
o Packages from Orchestrator 4.0 are not backwards compatible with Orchestrator 3.2.
o Plugins installed by default:
o vCenter 4.0
o vCO library – provides workflows that act as templates
o Mail – SMTP
o SSH
VCP-410 Test Questions
www.certifyme.com Q:62 The vSwitch or vSwitch port group policy setting that allows a virtual machine to transmit packets that contain a MAC address other than the address defined for the VM is?
A. Promiscuous Mode
B. Forged Transmits
C. Traffic Shaping
D. MAC Address Changes
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:63 When an Passed VCP410 explicit failover order has not been configured on a virtual switch with multiple uplinks, what determines which uplink is used when a failover event occurs?
A. The first available uplink that reports a positive Link State
B. The uplink with the shortest route
C. The next available uplink on the list
D. The reported uptime for the surviving uplinks
Answer: D
www.certifyme.com Q:64 When using the Explicit Failover option for a virtual switch with multiple uplinks, ESX determines the uplink to use in a failover event by?
A. a specified list
B. using beacon probing to discover which uplink has the shortest route
C. using the reported uptime to determine which uplink to select
D. using link state tracking to see which uplinks are connected
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:65 Beacon Probing is used in vSphere networking to?
A. discover which uplink has the shortest route
B. identify when an upstream link failure Passed VCP 4 has occurred
C. discover alternate default gateway addresses
D. identify which uplink has the longest reported uptime
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:58 vSphere virtual switches are configured, based on the number of physical uplinks bound, in which of the following methods?
A. vSwitch with none, one or more NICs
B. vSwitch with a binding to another vSwitch and one or more NICs
C. vSwitch with bindings to a virtual machine, and HBA and the Service Console
D. vSwitch with one, two or more NICs
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:59 Which of the following two statements are true regarding vSphere virtual switch uplinks (Choose Two)?
A. vSphere virtual switches must be configured with at least one uplink
B. vSphere virtual switches can be configured to use the same uplink
C. Multiple vSphere virtual switches cannot be configured to use the same uplink
D. vSphere virtual switches do not need to be configured with an uplink
Answer: C, D
www.certifyme.com Q:60 In vSphere, a vcp 410 bound physical NIC can be configured to transmit and receive Jumbo Frames. What is the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for Jumbo Frames in vSphere?
A. 9000
B. 9500
C. 5500
D. 5000
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:61 The vSwitch or vSwitch port group policy setting that allows a virtual machine to listen to traffic other than that which is specifically destined for the given VM is?
A. MAC Address Changes
B. Promiscuous Mode
C. Forged Transmits
D. Traffic Shaping
Answer: B
Testking VCP-410
o Each vCenter Converter server must be associated with only one vCenter Server.
o You can install vCenter Converter on:
o Windows Server 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1
o Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 bit & 64 bit)
o Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32 bit & 64 bit)
o Windows Server 2008 (32 bit & 64 bit)
o Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit & 64 bit)
o Windows XP Professional SP3 (32 bit & 64 bit)
o You can install the vCenter Converter CLI on Linux computers.
o The operating system on which VCP-410 questions you install vCenter Converter server determines which VMs & third-party images you can import, export, &
reconfigure.
o VMs must be powered off before you import them. You cannot import suspended VMs.
o Ports required by vCenter Converter:
Communication path Port
vCenter Converter server to remote physical machine TCP– 445, 139 UDP– 137, 138
vCenter Converter server to vCenter Server 443
vCenter Converter client to vCenter Converter server 443
Physical machine to vCenter Server 443
Physical machine to ESX/ESXi 902
o You must install the Microsoft Sysprep tools on your vCenter Server machine in the appropriate location: C:\Documents & Settings\All
Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VCENTER\sysprep.
o You can export VMs that vCenter Server manages to managed formats or hosted formats.
o You can download & use the VMware peTool to add storage & network drivers to the boot CD ISO image.
o You can migrate physical & virtual source machines by using the converter-tool executable file & the command-line interface (CLI). This
provides access to functionality VCP-410 dumps without requiring the vSphere Client plug-in. Can run on Windows & Linux computers.
o The vCenter Converter installer does not support Linux. You must download the latest version of the Linux installer.
vCenter Orchestrator 4.0 – Installation and Configuration Guide
o vCenter Orchestrator is a development and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows.
o Orchestrator exposes every operation in the vCenter Server API.
o Three global user roles: Administrators, Developers, and End Users.
o Support for several OS:
o Server 2003 R2, 32bit, 64bit
o Server 2008, 32bit, 64bit
o Supported directory service types:
o Active Directory
o OpenLDAP
o eDirectory
o Sun Java Directory Server
o Supported browsers:
o IE 6.0 and 7.0
o Firefox 3.0.6 or later
o Safari 3.x (experimental)
o The database is separate from Passed VCP-410 the standard vCenter database.
o Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise (SP2) and x64 and (SP1)
o Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard (SP2), (SP1)
o Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise (SP4)
o Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard (SP4)
o Oracle 10g Enterprise Release 2 (10.2.0.3.0) x32 and x64
o Orchestrator does not support IPv6 operating systems.
o Orchestrator Configuration Service startup type is set to Manual by default.
o http://:8282.
o HTTPS connection through port 8283, you must configure Jetty to use SSL.
o You cannot change the vmware default user name.
VCP-410 Test Questions
www.certifyme.com Q:65 Beacon Probing is used in vSphere networking to?
A. discover which uplink has the shortest route
B. identify when an upstream link failure has occurred
C. discover alternate default gateway addresses
D. identify which uplink has the longest reported uptime
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:66 An administrator is VCP-410 exam building a vNetwork Distributed Switch. Which of the following describes what happens if an attempt is made to add an uplink to the switch that is in use by a vNetwork Standard Switch?
A. A warning is displayed saying the uplink is currently in use and the uplink cannot be added
B. The uplink is added and any virtual machines that were using the uplink lose connectivity
C. The uplink and the vNetwork Standard Switch are added to the vNetwork Distributed Switch
D. The uplink is added and any virtual machines that were using the uplink are added to the vNetwork
Distributed Switch
Answer: B
www.certifyme.com Q:67 Which three are valid network load balancing policies for a vNetwork Distributed Switch (Choose Three)?
A. route based on source IP hash
B. route based on source MAC hash
C. route based on source VCP-410 exam questions and destination MAC hash
D. route based on explicit failover order
E. route based on the originating virtual port ID
Answer: B, D, E
www.certifyme.com Q:68 The primary VLAN in a Private VLAN is considered?
A. Promiscuous
B. Isolated
C. Community
D. Trunked
Answer: A
www.certifyme.com Q:69 Which of the following methods can be used to migrate a virtual machine from a vNetwork Standard Switch to a vNetwork Distributed Switch (Choose Two)?
A. Migrate the port group containing the virtual machine from a vNetwork Standard Switch using the Migrate
Virtual Machine Networking option
B. Drag the virtual machine from the vNetwork Standard Switch to a vNetwork Distributed Switch dvPort
group in the Configuration tab for the ESX Host
C. Edit the Network Adapter settings for the virtual machine and select a dvPort group from the list
D. Select the virtual machine from a list of virtual machines using the Migrate Virtual Machine Networking option
Answer: C, D
www.certifyme.com Q:70 A vNetwork Distributed VCP-410 study guide Switch is best described as?
A. A single virtual switch that aggregates existing vNetwork Standard Switches
B. A distributed set of vNetwork Standard Switches that allow a virtual machine to maintain a consistent
network configuration between multiple ESX Hosts
C. A single virtual switch shared between multiple ESX Hosts
D. A distributed set of vNetwork Standard Switches on individual ESX Hosts capable of forwarding traffic between hosts
Answer: C
VMware VCP-410 Exam
o When you remediate hosts against baseline groups containing upgrade & patch baselines, the upgrade is performed first. Host upgrade in a
high-latency network in which Update Manager & the hosts are at different locations might take a few hours because the upgrade file is
copied from the Update Manager server repository to the host before the upgrade.
o When you upgrade a host, no third-party management agents or software applications are migrated to the ESX 4.0/ESXi 4.0 host.
o In the ESX 3.5 patch remediation process, cumulative rollups & updates are considered patches. If a rollup contains two patches installed on
the host, the state of the host is noncompliant against the rollup until the rollup itself is installed on the host.
o In the ESX 4.0 patch remediation process, VCP-410 dumps Update Manager operates with vSphere Installation Bundles (*.vib files). A bundle is the smallest
installable unit on an ESX 4.x host. A bulletin defines a specific fix for a host, a rollup that aggregates previous fixes, or an update release.
When a host is compliant with all bundles in a bulletin, it is compliant with the vSphere bulletin that contains the bundles.
o Before the ESX host upgrade remediation, Update Manager runs a script on the host to check whether the host can be upgraded. If the host
can be upgraded, Update Manager copies the ISO file to the host. The ISO file contains the bits that are to be installed as well as a Linux kernel
& ramdisk, which serve as the installer environment. The host reboots into the installer, & the installer creates a service console virtual disk
(VMDK) to install the packages into the console VMDK. The host is rebooted, upgraded to ESX 4.0, & reconnected to the vCenter system. If the
upgrade fails, you can roll back to the previous version.
o For ESXi hosts, updates are all-inclusive.
o The ESXi image on the host maintains two copies. The first copy is in the active boot & the second one is the standby boot.
o The active boot contains the patched image & the standby boot contains the previous version of the ESXi host image.
o Take snapshots of templates before remediation, especially if the templates are sealed.
o After a template is started & remediated, the registry keys are restored, & the machine is shut down, returning the template to its sealed
state.
o Staging patches for ESX/ESXi hosts allows you to download the patches from the Update Manager server to the ESX/ESXi hosts, without
applying the patches immediately.
o Staging patches does not require that the hosts enter maintenance mode.
o Update Manager stores data about events. VCP-410 You can review this event data to gather information about operations that are in progress or that
have finished.
o Because of limitations in the ZIP utility used by the Update Manager, the cumulative log file size cannot exceed 2GB, although the script seems
to complete successfully.
o To generate Update Manager log files, exclude the generation of the vCenter logs using the vumsupport. wsf script file:
o C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\cscript vum-support.wsf /n
o When you upgrade an ESXi host with less than 10MB of free space in its /tmp directory, although Update Manager indicates that the
remediation process completes successfully, the ESXi host is not upgraded.
vCenter Converter Administration Guide
o vCenter Converter does not support creating thin-provisioned target disks on ESX/ESXi 4.0.
o vCenter Converter Components:
o vCenter Converter server
o vCenter Converter CLI
o vCenter Converter agent
o vCenter Converter client
o vCenter Converter Boot CD
o When you import a physical system, vCenter Converter uses cloning & system reconfiguration steps.
o When you hot clone dual-boot systems, you can clone only the default operating system to which the boot.ini file points.
o You can clone remotely, as long as it is running & accessible to the network. With local cloning, vCenter Converter runs on the source machine
to perform the migration.
o During hot cloning, the machine you are cloning experiences no downtime.
o Disk-based cloning for cold cloning & importing existing VMs. Supports all basic & dynamic disks.
o Volume-based cloning for hot & cold cloning & for importing existing VMs. All volumes in the destination VM are basic volumes, performed at
the file level or block level, depending on your size selections.
o Only master boot record (MBR) disks VCP-410 braindump are supported. GUID partition table (GPT) disks are not supported.
o Hot cloning supports all types of source volumes that Windows recognizes.
o You cannot schedule reconfiguration tasks.
o Converter can restore VCB images of any guest operating system type on an ESX/ESXi host that vCenter Server manages. However, only disks
are preserved. It does not preserve certain hardware backup information from the original image, but rather substitutes default settings.
o You can schedule an unlimited number of physical-to-virtual recurring tasks & specify how the existing VMs are to be retained.For recurring
tasks, the vCenter Converter agent must be installed permanently on the source machine.
o You can keep multiple VMs as backups to an existing machine
o VM names have an 80-character limit. VMware recommends a maximum of 60 characters because the time stamp might make the name
exceed the limit.
o Applications might not work if they depend on specific characteristics of the underlying hardware.
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o Patch
o Patch baseline can be either dynamic or fixed.
o You can create baseline groups that contain both patch & upgrade baselines.
o Update Manager settings:
o When to check for updated patch information.
o When to scan or remediate.
o How to handle pre-remediation VCP-410 exam questions snapshots of VMs.
o How to handle failures to put hosts in maintenance mode.
o How to handle rebooting virtual appliances after remediation.
o Hardware Requirements:
o 2 or more logical cores
o 2GB RAM if Update Manager & vCenter are on different machines
o 4GB RAM if Update Manager & vCenter are on the same machine
o Supported Database Formats
o SQL Server 2005 SP1 (Use SQL Native Client driver for the client)
o SQL Server 2005 Express (Use SQL Native Client driver for the client)
o SQL 2008
o Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1.0.2)
o Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.3)
o Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.6.0)
o It is not recommended to install Update Manager & vCenter on a VM that is managed by the same vCenter system. Upon scanning &
remediating, the VM on which Update Manager & vCenter are installed can reboot & the whole deployment system will shut down.
o If Update Manager does not have access to the Internet, install the Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) to download patches.
o You can export downloaded patches VCP-410 study guide to a specific location that serves as a shared repository for Update Manager: C:\Program
Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vmware-umds --export –dest
o To set up a download of all available updates: vmware-umds --set-config --enable-host 1 --enable-win 1 --enable-lin 1
o Download the selected patches: vmware-umds --download.
o The Update Manager Web server listens on 9084 TCP & 9087 TCP. The Update Manager SOAP server listens on 8084 TCP.
o To obtain metadata for the patches, Update Manager must be able to connect to https://www.vmware.com & https://xml.shavlik.com, &
requires outbound ports 80 & 443.
o Update Manager connects to vCenter on port 80.
o ESX/ESXi hosts connect to the Update Manager Web server listening on HTTP port 9084 for host patch downloads.
o Update Manager connects to ESX/ESXi hosts on port 902 for pushing the VM patches & host upgrade files.
o The Update Manager Client plug-in connects to the Update Manager SOAP server listening on port 8084. It also connects to the Update
Manager Web server on HTTP port 9087 for uploading the host upgrade files
o Update Manager 4.0 supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) environment for scanning & remediating ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts. For VM
scanning & remediation IPv6 is not supported.
o If you have ESX 3.X hosts in your inventory & the Update Manager is installed on a computer with IPv6, the scan & remediation operations on
the hosts fail.
o You can configure Update Manager to take snapshots of VMs before applying patches & Upgrades. You can choose to keep these snapshots
indefinitely or for a fixed period of time.
o Configure how Update Manager responds to failure to put hosts in Maintenance Mode:
o Fail
o Retry
o Power Off VMs & Retry
o Suspend VMs & Retry
o Smart rebooting selectively reboots the virtual appliances & VMs in the vApp to maintain startup dependencies & possibly reboots the
appliances that are not remediated. Smart VCP-410 questions rebooting is enabled by default
o Update Manager includes four default dynamic patch baselines & four upgrade baselines. You cannot edit or delete default baselines.
o Critical VM Patches
o Non-Critical VM Patches
o Critical Host Patches
o Non-Critical Host Patches
o VMware Tools Upgrade to Match Host
o VM Hardware Upgrade to Match Host
o VA Upgrade to Latest
o VA Upgrade to Latest Critical
o Compliance status is displayed based on permissions.
o For ESX/ESXi hosts in a cluster, the remediation process is sequential.
o For multiple clusters under a datacenter, the remediation processes run in parallel.
