An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or as a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements: Why will the administrator need to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server?
An application administrator reports application slowness when loading the application's web portal. The virtual machine is currently connected to a vSphere Distributed Switch. The application owner requests information about the virtual machine's network traffic. Which feature of a vSphere Distributed Switch should the administrator use to gather the needed information?
A vSphere administrator is attempting to upgrade an ESXi host using vSphere Update Manager. The administrator has attached the baseline and remediated the host. Update Manager reports the remediation process has completed successfully. However, upon inspection the host is not upgraded. What is the most likely reason for this issue?
A vSphere administrator needs to add a CPU to a virtual machine, but upon editing the VM settings the option is grayed out. What would explain this behavior?
A vSphere administrator needs the ability to adjust the amount of guaranteed physical CPU and memory resources to a virtual machine without incurring application downtime. Which actions must the administrator perform?
An administrator needs to install vSphere Update Manager using an external SQL Server 2008 R2 database. The administrator has created the database successfully, but cannot establish connectivity when testing the DSN. Which configuration setting could be causing the issue?
An administrator needs to create an alarm to monitor when a specific ESXi host in an HA/DRS cluster becomes disconnected from other vSphere components like HA agents or the vCenter Server. Which process must the administrator use to accomplish this?
When a vSphere administrator attempts to remediate a host with Update Manager, the host is unable to enter maintenance mode. Which condition is likely preventing the host from entering maintenance mode?
An application team is implementing a new solution in a vSphere environment. The vendor states the application is memory intensive. The application is very unstable when operating without adequate on-demand access to physical memory. The application's virtual machines have been assigned to the Mission Critical resource pool. Which resource pool setting will help ensure the application has adequate access to memory?