2v0-12.24 vSphere Foundation (VVF) 5.2 Administrator Practice Questions
Prepare for 2v0-12.24 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $250 USD
- Time limit
- 115 minutes
- Passing score
- 300 (scale 100-500)
- Level
- Professional
- Valid for
- No expiration (certification remains valid as long as technology is current)
Domains covered on the exam 5
- IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards
- VMware by Broadcom Solution25%
- Plan and Design the VMware by Broadcom Solution
- Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware by Broadcom Solution50%
- Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware by Broadcom Solution25%
- 1
After a recent storage maintenance window, an administrator receives an alert in vCenter that the vCLS (vSphere Cluster Services) VMs are not running. DRS is not functioning for the cluster. What is the recommended first step to troubleshoot this issue?
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Correct answer: B
vCLS VMs are critical for the health of cluster services like DRS. They are automatically placed on shared storage. If this storage becomes inaccessible after maintenance (e.g., zoning issues, permissions change, APD/PDL state), the vCLS VMs cannot power on or run, which in turn deactivates DRS. Verifying storage connectivity is the most logical first step.
- 2
A vSphere administrator needs to standardize the configuration of twenty newly deployed ESXi hosts. The requirements include consistent settings for NTP servers, syslog location, and advanced power management policies. Which vSphere feature is the most efficient tool for applying and enforcing this standardized configuration across all hosts?
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Correct answer: C
Host Profiles are specifically designed for this purpose. An administrator can configure a single reference host with the desired settings (NTP, syslog, etc.), extract its configuration into a Host Profile, and then attach and apply this profile to all other hosts. Host Profiles also monitor for configuration drift and can remediate hosts to maintain compliance.
- 3
True or False: A VM Storage Policy in a vSAN environment can only define availability requirements, such as 'Failures to tolerate' (FTT). Performance-related rules, like IOPS limits, must be configured separately using Storage I/O Control.
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Correct answer: B
This statement is false. VM Storage Policies for vSAN are comprehensive and can define rules for availability (FTT, RAID level), space consumption (thin/thick provisioning, object space reservation), and performance (IOPS limit for object). This allows administrators to define a complete service level for a VM's storage within a single policy.
- 4
A vSphere administrator is troubleshooting a host connectivity issue. The ESXi host appears as '(not responding)' in vCenter. The administrator can successfully ping the host's management IP address from the vCenter server. What is the next logical troubleshooting step to diagnose the communication problem between the host and vCenter?
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Correct answer: C
Since basic IP connectivity (ping) is confirmed, the problem likely lies with the management services on the ESXi host. The 'hostd' agent is the primary host management service, and 'vpxa' is the agent that communicates with vCenter. Restarting these services via SSH or the DCUI is the standard procedure to re-establish the communication channel with vCenter without impacting running virtual machines.
- 5
An administrator needs to migrate a cluster of ESXi hosts from using multiple vSphere Standard Switches (VSS) to a single vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) without causing any network disruption to the running virtual machines. What is the correct high-level process to achieve this?
graph TD subgraph VSS_Config ["Initial State: VSS"] VSS1 -- VM Traffic --> pNIC1 VSS2 -- vMotion --> pNIC2 end subgraph VDS_Config ["Target State: VDS"] VDS -- VM Traffic --> pNIC1 VDS -- vMotion --> pNIC2 end VSS_Config -->|Migration Process| VDS_ConfigShow answer details
Correct answer: C
This describes the correct, non-disruptive migration process. By migrating one physical NIC at a time, you maintain network redundancy. The wizard allows for migrating VMkernel ports (like management and vMotion) first to ensure host connectivity is maintained on the VDS. Once host networking is stable on the VDS, the virtual machine networking can be migrated. Finally, the last pNIC is moved over, completing the process without downtime.
- 6
A vSphere administrator is reviewing a vSAN cluster's health in Skyline and notices a warning on the vSAN Health Score. The details indicate that while all components are currently online and functional, the HBA firmware for two hosts is not on the version recommended by the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). What is the most appropriate first step to remediate this issue without causing service disruption?
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Correct answer: B
The correct procedure is to address one host at a time to maintain cluster availability. Placing a host in maintenance mode with 'Ensure accessibility' is the standard, non-disruptive method for performing updates on a vSAN node. vSphere Lifecycle Manager is the designated tool for applying firmware and driver updates in a controlled manner based on HCL compliance.
- 7
During a security audit, an administrator is tasked with ensuring that all vMotion traffic for a critical financial application's VMs is encrypted. The cluster is running vSphere 8 and all hosts are properly licensed. The administrator navigates to the VM settings but finds the Encrypted vMotion options are greyed out. Which of the following is the most likely prerequisite that has not been met?
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Correct answer: B
Encrypted vMotion relies on the same underlying cryptographic modules as VM Encryption. A fundamental prerequisite for both features is the configuration of a Key Provider (formerly KMS) in vCenter. Without a Key Provider to manage the encryption keys, vCenter cannot enable encryption features for VMs, including Encrypted vMotion.
- 8
An organization is deploying a new three-tier application across a VVF 5.2 environment. The security policy requires strict network segmentation between the Web, App, and Database tiers. Additionally, the Web tier must have guaranteed bandwidth for user-facing traffic, while the App tier's vMotion traffic should have priority over other traffic types. Which combination of vSphere Networking components is required to meet all these requirements? (Select THREE)
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Correct answer: A, B, D
- 9
A junior administrator reports that after taking a snapshot of a high-transaction database VM, application performance degraded significantly. They are unable to delete the snapshot, and the operation times out. An analysis reveals numerous delta disks in the VM's directory. Which vSphere feature should be used to resolve this situation and merge the snapshot chain back into the base disk?
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Correct answer: C
Snapshot Consolidation is the specific feature designed to address situations where the snapshot chain has become invalid or cannot be merged through a normal delete operation. It scans for redundant delta disks and merges them into the base disk, cleaning up the snapshot chain and resolving the performance and management issues caused by orphaned snapshots.
- 10
True or False: In a VMware vSphere Foundation environment, Aria Suite Lifecycle is primarily used for real-time performance monitoring and capacity planning of vSphere hosts and VMs.
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Correct answer: B
This statement is false. Real-time performance monitoring and capacity planning are the primary functions of Aria Operations. Aria Suite Lifecycle is used to automate the deployment, configuration, patching, and upgrading of the various Aria Suite products themselves, managing their lifecycle rather than the operational metrics of the vSphere environment.
