Certification Provider: Vmware
Exam Name: Professional VMware vSphere 7.x
Exam Code: 2V0-21.20
Official Exam Time: 130 minutes
Number of questions in the Official Exam: 70 Q&As
Latest update time in our database: May 23,2023
2V0-21.20 Official Exam Topics:
  • Topic1 : Describe storage policies
  • Topic2 : Differentiate between vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC) and vSphere Storage I/O Control (SIOC) / Describe vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
  • Topic3 : Describe how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) scores virtual machines / Describe datastore clusters
  • Topic4 : Identify vSphere distributed switch and vSphere standard switch capabilities / Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager concepts (baselines, cluster images, etc.)
  • Topic5 : Describe the basics of vSAN as primary storage / Describe the vSphere Trust Authority architecture
  • Topic6 : Identify migration options / Describe vSphere integration with VMware Skyline
  • Topic7 : Planning and Designing / Set up identity sources
  • Topic8 : Create and configure VMware High Availability and advanced options (Admission Control, Proactive High Availability, etc.) / Configure vCenter Server file-based backup
  • Topic9 : Analyze basic log output from vSphere products / Configure vSphere certificates
  • Topic10 : Explain shares, limits and reservations (resource management) / Explain the performance impact of maintaining virtual machine snapshots
  • Topic11 : Manage virtual machines / Manage storage (datastores, storage policies, etc.)
  • Topic12 : Configure and modify datastores (expand/upgrade existing datastore, etc.) / Configure and manage host profiles
  • Topic13 : Utilize baselines to perform updates and upgrades /

Which resource pool setting is used to specify the relative priority or importance as high, normal or low? (Choose the best answer.)

Which resource pool setting is used to specify the relative priority or importance as high, normal or low? (Choose the best answer.)
A . Limits
B . Reservation type
C . Shares
D . Reservations

Answer: C

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-C0D2EFAE-1FE4-4867-AC3F-3E70D9A9ED59.html

Which statement is true regarding a suitable upgrade approach?

An administrator is tasked with planning an upgrade of a VMware vSphere environment to version 7.0. The platform consists of 80 ESXi hosts, logically divided into 10 clusters. The tasks will be completed by another operations team within the company.

The hardware is consistent and a single embedded vCenter Server 6.7 appliance is managing the environment.

Which statement is true regarding a suitable upgrade approach? (Choose the best answer.)
A . The vCenter Server can be upgraded using a pre-configured customized JSON template.
B . The ESXi hosts can only be upgraded using the Graphical User Interface Installer.
C . Auto-deploy must be used to upgrade the large scale environment.
D . A new Platform Services Controller must be deployed first.

Answer: C

What should the administrator configure to accomplish this?

An administrator wants to enable bandwidth allocation for workloads by using Network I/O Control.

What should the administrator configure to accomplish this? (Choose the best answer.)
A . Management traffic
B . Virtual machine traffic
C . Load-balancing
D . NIC teaming policy

Answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.networking.doc/GUID-E13CC2B0-5357-4261-8C0E-8BE5BD56BD20.html

What is a likely cause of this virtual machine restart?

An administrator is investigating the reason for a virtual machine restarting.

In the vmware.log file, the administrator finds the following error:

What is a likely cause of this virtual machine restart? (Choose the best answer.)
A . Guest operating system fault
B . User or API request to shut down guest operating system
C . High Availability
D . User or API request to restart guest operating system

Answer: A

What is another supported option that can be used to manage certificates?

An administrator is unable to manage certificates with the vSphere Client.

What is another supported option that can be used to manage certificates? (Choose the best answer.)
A . vCenter Server Management Interface
B . Command Line Interface
C . vRealize Operations Manager
D . Cloud Builder

Answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.psc.doc/GUID-E0609A99-A8D1-4336-BD3B-DE707E261A63.html

Which feature should the administrator use to achieve this goal?

An administrator would like to make virtual machine templates and ISO images available to all vCenter Server instances in the data center.

Which feature should the administrator use to achieve this goal? (Choose the best answer.)
A . Host profiles
B . Content libraries
C . Storage policies
D . Resource pools

Answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-254B2CE8-20A8-43F0-90E8-3F6776C2C896.html

Which feature is a prerequisite for Proactive High Availability (HA)? (Choose the best answer.)

Which feature is a prerequisite for Proactive High Availability (HA)? (Choose the best answer.)
A . vCenter High Availability
B . vSAN Cluster
C . Predictive Distributive Resource Scheduler (DRS)
D . vSphere Distributive Resource Scheduler (DRS)

Answer: D

Explanation:

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc/GUID-3E3B18CC-8574-46FA-9170-CF549B8E55B8.html

Which option would an administrator select to capture this configuration for future use?

A single host is manually configured to company standards.

Which option would an administrator select to capture this configuration for future use? (Choose the best answer.)
A . Extract Host Profile
B . Reset Host Customizations
C . Attach Host Profile
D . Import Host Profile

Answer: A

Explanation:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.install.doc/GUID-4D8EDD07-6C77-4845-8F0E-A0F4C9102840.html

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.hostprofiles.doc/GUID-4D3909C5-A335-4091-B13C-CC219472A75C.html