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1. What is vSAN?
vSAN ?
It is a hypervisor-converged storage solution built by aggregating the local
storage attached to the ESXi hosts managed by a vCenter.
2. Recommended iSCSI configuration?
A separate vSwitch, and a separate network other than VMtraffic network
for iSCSI traffic. Dedicated physical NICs should be connected to vSwitch
configured for iSCSI traffic.
3. What is iSCSI port binding ?

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Port binding is used in iSCSI when multiple VMkernel ports for iSCSI
reside in the same broadcast domain and IP subnet, to allow multiple paths
to an iSCSI array that broadcasts a single IP address.

Private VLAN
SAN

4. iSCSI port binding considerations ?

Array Target iSCSI ports must reside in the same broadcast domain and IP

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subnet as the VMkernel port.

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All VMkernel ports used for iSCSI connectivity must reside in the same
broadcast domain and IP subnet.

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All VMkernel ports used for iSCSI connectivity must reside in the same

VMware DRS

vSwitch.
Currently, port binding does not support network routing.
5. Recommended iSCSI configuration of a 6 NIC infrastructure ? (Answer

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changes as per the infrastructure requirements)

2 NICs for VM traffic
2 NICs for iSCSI traffic
1 NIC for vMotion
1 NIC for management network
6. Post conversion steps in P2V
Adjust the virtual hardware settings as required
Remove non present device drivers
Remove all unnecessary devices such as serial ports, USB controllers, floppy
drives etc..
Install VMware tools
7. Which esxtop metric will you use to confirm latency issue of storage ?
esxtop --> d --> DAVG
8. What are standby NICs

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Restore
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These adapters will only become Active if the defined Active adapters have
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9. Path selection policies in ESXi
1. Most Recently Used (MRU)
2. Fixed

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10. Which networking features are recommended while using iSCSI traffic

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11. Ports used by vCenter

80,443,902
12. What is 'No Access' role
Users assigned with the 'No Access' role for an object, cannot view or
change the object in any way
13. When is a swap file created
When the guest OS is first installed in the VM
14. The active directory group, where the members will be ESXi
administrators by default.
ESX Admins
15. Which is the command used in ESXi to manage and retrieve information
from virtual machines ?
vmware-cmd
16. Which is the command used in ESXi to view live performance data?

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17. Command line tool used in ESXi to manage virtual disk files?

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18. Port used for vMotion
8000
19. Log file location of VMware host
\var\log\vmware
20. Can you map a single physical NIC to multiple virtual switches ?
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21. Can you map a single virtual switch to multiple physical NICs?
Yes. This method is called NIC teaming.
22. VMKernel portgroup can be used for:

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vMotion
Fault Tolerance Logging
Management traffic
23. Major difference between ESXi 5.1 and ESXi 5.5 free versions

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Till ESXi 5.1 free version there was a limit to the maximum physical
memory to 32 GB. But from 5.5 onwards this limit has been lifted.
24. What is IPAM server in Windows server 2012?
IPAM is IP Address Management server in Windows Server 2012.
It enables central management of both DHCP and DNS servers. It can also
be used to discover, monitor, and audit DHCP and DNS servers.
25. How to promote a server to domain controller in Windows server 2012?

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DCPROMO was the conventional tool used to promote a normal server to

DC. This is now deprecated in Server 2012.
In Server 2012, you can convert a server into DC using the server manager
console. Under Server Manager, add a new role "Active Directory Domain
Services"

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