Information Technology Reference
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Install and coni gure a vCenter Server database.
vCenter Server supports several
enterprise-grade database engines, including Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Depending
on the database in use, there are specii c coni guration steps and specii c permissions that
must be applied in order for vCenter Server to work properly.
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Why is it important to protect the database engine used to support vCenter
Server?
Install and coni gure the Single Sign-On service.
SSO is a major change for the security
model of vCenter Server. It allows the vSphere Web Client to present multiple solutions inter-
faces within a single console provided the authenticated user has access.
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After installing vCenter 5.5 and all the appropriate components, an adminis-
trator cannot log into the vCenter Server Web Client with his local credentials and gain
access to vCenter. What could be missing from the coni guration of SSO?
Install and coni gure the Inventory Service.
The vCenter Inventory Service is a caching
service that sits between the vCenter database and the vSphere Web Client used to reduce the
load on the database and the vCenter Server itself.
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A corrupt Inventory database has been discovered in your vCenter server in-
frastructure and needs to be restored from backup. What data will be lost between when
the backup was taken and when the corruption occurred?
Install and coni gure vCenter Server.
vCenter Server is installed using the VMware vCen-
ter Installer. You can install vCenter Server as a stand-alone instance or join a linked mode
group for greater scalability. vCenter Server will use a predei ned ODBC DSN to communi-
cate with the separate database server.
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When preparing to install vCenter Server, are there any concerns about which
Windows account should be used during the installation?
Install and coni gure the Web Client Server.
The vSphere Web Client is the next genera-
tion of the vSphere client from VMware. Instead of installing a client on every machine used
to administer vCenter, simply point a web browser to the Web Server Client Server from any
machine.
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You have multiple vCenter Server instances within your environment that
you wish to manage with the vCenter Web Client. Do you need to install a separate Web
Client service for each vCenter server?
Use vCenter Server's management features.
vCenter Server provides a wide range of
management features for ESXi hosts and VMs. These features include scheduled tasks, host
proi les for consistent coni gurations, tags for metadata, and event logging.
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Your manager has asked you to show him all of the VMs and hosts that be-
long to the accounts department but is not interested in seeing the test servers. What tools
in vCenter Server will help you in this task?
