Given a Scenario, Troubleshoot an Issue with a Virtual Machine VCAP-VCF-SUPPORT Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   A VM with a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) disk reports an I/O error. What is a common cause of RDM-related issues?

   • AThe VM has too many snapshots.
   • BThe RDM disk is formatted with the wrong file system.
   • CThe underlying LUN is not accessible from the ESXi host.
   • DThe VM's network adapter is disconnected.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   A VM is powered on, but the vSphere Client shows the guest operating system status as "Not Running." What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe VM is configured with a different guest OS type than installed.
   • BVMware Tools is not installed or is not running in the guest OS.
   • CThe VM is in a powered-off state.
   • DThe VM's network adapter is disconnected.
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4. 18expert · hard

   A vMotion migration of a VM fails with the error: 'The migration has exceeded the maximum switchover time.' The VM is running a latency-sensitive application. The source and destination hosts are on the same VLAN and have 10 GbE network connections. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe VM's storage is not shared between the source and destination hosts.
   • BThe destination host does not have enough CPU resources to run the VM.
   • CThe VM's memory is being modified faster than it can be copied to the destination host.
   • DThe VM's vNIC is configured with a different MAC address on the destination host.
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5. 19application · medium

   A VM in a vSphere cluster fails to power on. The vSphere Client shows the VM in a 'powered off' state, but the task 'Power On virtual machine' reports an error: 'Cannot power on virtual machine: The guest OS has locked the CD-ROM door.' The VM has no ISO attached. What is the most likely cause and first corrective action?

   • AThe host's CD-ROM drive is physically broken; replace the host hardware before powering on the VM.
   • BThe VM's virtual CD-ROM device is still connected to a host CD-ROM drive that is in use; disconnect the device and retry power-on.
   • CVMware Tools is not running in the guest; install or restart VMware Tools and retry power-on.
   • DThe VM's configuration file is corrupted; use the vSphere CLI to reload the VMX file and retry.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   A VM's CPU ready time is consistently above 20%. What does this indicate?

   • AThe VM is experiencing memory pressure.
   • BThe VM's disk is experiencing high latency.
   • CThe VM is waiting for CPU resources to be scheduled.
   • DThe VM's network adapter is saturated.
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