A vSphere administrator sees a warning alarm on a datastore indicating that the datastore usage is above 80%. The administrator wants to understand what the alarm means and what action to take. What is the best first step?

Disable the alarm to stop the warning

Immediately migrate all VMs to another datastore

View the alarm details to see the trigger condition and affected datastore

Check the vCenter server's performance charts

A vSphere administrator notices that a predefined alarm for 'Datastore usage on disk' is triggering frequently on a datastore that is only 60% full. The administrator suspects the alarm is misconfigured. What should the administrator do to investigate?

Increase the datastore's capacity

Check the datastore's performance charts

View the alarm definition to check the default trigger condition

A vSphere administrator wants to use a predefined alarm to monitor the overall health of ESXi hosts. The administrator is not sure which predefined alarm is appropriate. What should the administrator do?

Check the vCenter server's system logs for host health alarms

Use the 'Host CPU usage' predefined alarm

Create a custom alarm for host health

Review the predefined alarm definitions to find the 'Host hardware status' alarm

A predefined alarm triggers on a host. What is the primary purpose of this alarm trigger?

To automatically restart the host

To notify the administrator of a potential issue

To delete the host from inventory

To change the host's network configuration

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Domain 6Objective 5

Monitoring and Alarms VCP-DCV Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Administrative and Operational Tasks domain, which makes up ~20% of our current practice bank. VMware does not publish an official question count, but from its 135-minute exam (~55–90 total, ~11–18 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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16application · medium
A vSphere administrator sees a warning alarm on a datastore indicating that the datastore usage is above 80%. The administrator wants to understand what the alarm means and what action to take. What is the best first step?
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17expert · medium
A vSphere administrator notices that a predefined alarm for 'Datastore usage on disk' is triggering frequently on a datastore that is only 60% full. The administrator suspects the alarm is misconfigured. What should the administrator do to investigate?
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18application · medium
A vSphere administrator wants to use a predefined alarm to monitor the overall health of ESXi hosts. The administrator is not sure which predefined alarm is appropriate. What should the administrator do?
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19foundation · easy
Which action permanently removes a custom alarm from vCenter?
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20foundation · easy
A predefined alarm triggers on a host. What is the primary purpose of this alarm trigger?
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