What is the primary purpose of vSphere Trust Authority?

To provide attestation of ESXi host trustworthiness and manage keys for vSphere features.

To provide a firewall for vCenter Server.

To manage virtual machine snapshots.

To replace vCenter Single Sign-On for user authentication.

A vSphere administrator is creating a custom role for a team that needs to manage snapshots of VMs but should not have any other permissions. Which privileges should be included in this custom role?

Snapshot management privileges under 'Virtual machine' > 'Snapshot management'.

General VM management privileges under 'Virtual machine' > 'General'.

Resource pool management privileges under 'Resource'.

Host configuration privileges under 'Host' > 'Configuration'.

An organization is planning to deploy vSphere Trust Authority. They have a limited budget and want to minimize the number of vCenter Server instances. However, they also need to maintain a clear separation between the Trust Authority and the managed environment. What is the minimum number of vCenter Server instances required?

Four vCenter Server instances: one for each site.

Two vCenter Server instances: one for the Trust Authority and one for the workload cluster.

One vCenter Server instance with both roles enabled.

Three vCenter Server instances: one for Trust Authority, one for the workload cluster, and one for the key provider.

A vSphere administrator is explaining the architecture of vSphere Single Sign-On to a junior colleague. The junior asks which component is responsible for authenticating users and issuing tokens for vSphere services. What should the administrator say?

The ESXi host's local authentication service.

The Active Directory domain controller.

The vCenter Server's SSO service.

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11foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of vSphere Trust Authority?
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12application · medium
A vSphere administrator is creating a custom role for a team that needs to manage snapshots of VMs but should not have any other permissions. Which privileges should be included in this custom role?
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13application · easy
An administrator is setting up permissions for a new vCenter Server. They have a group of users who need to view the status of VMs and their resource usage, but they should not be able to make any changes. Which built-in role should be assigned to this group?
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An organization is planning to deploy vSphere Trust Authority. They have a limited budget and want to minimize the number of vCenter Server instances. However, they also need to maintain a clear separation between the Trust Authority and the managed environment. What is the minimum number of vCenter Server instances required?
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15application · easy
A vSphere administrator is explaining the architecture of vSphere Single Sign-On to a junior colleague. The junior asks which component is responsible for authenticating users and issuing tokens for vSphere services. What should the administrator say?
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What is the primary purpose of vSphere Trust Authority?

A vSphere administrator is creating a custom role for a team that needs to manage snapshots of VMs but should not have any other permissions. Which privileges should be included in this custom role?

An administrator is setting up permissions for a new vCenter Server. They have a group of users who need to view the status of VMs and their resource usage, but they should not be able to make any changes. Which built-in role should be assigned to this group?

A vSphere administrator is explaining the architecture of vSphere Single Sign-On to a junior colleague. The junior asks which component is responsible for authenticating users and issuing tokens for vSphere services. What should the administrator say?

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