Introducing VMware 5.x

                                              Introducing VMware 5.x

vRAM- Portion of physical memory that is assigned for your VM virtually.

vRam Entitlement- Amount of licensed or permitted vRAM that can be assigned for your VMs.

vRam Entitlement Pooling- vRAM entitlements that aren’t being used by one Esxi host can be used on another Host, as long as the total vRam across the entire pool falls below the Licensed limit.

Which products are licensed features within the VMware vSphere suite?

Licensed features in the VMware vSphere suite are Virtual SMP, vMotion, Storage vMotion, vSphere DRS, Storage DRS vSphere HA,

 and vSphere FT.

Which two features of VMware Esxi and VMware vCenter Server together aim to reduce or eliminate downtime due to unplanned hardware failures?

vSphere HA and vSphere FT are designed to reduce (vSphere HA) and eliminate (vSphere FT) the downtime resulting from unplanned hardware failures.

Name three features that are supported only when using vCenter Server along with Esxi?

All of the following features are available only with vCenter Server: vSphere vMotion, Storage vMotion, vSphere DRS, Storage DRS, vSphere HA, vSphere FT, SIOC, and NetIOC.

Name two features that are supported without vCenter Server but with a licensed installation of Esxi?

Features that are supported by VMware ESXi without vCenter Server include core virtualization features like virtualized networking, virtualized storage, vSphere vSMP, and resource allocation controls.

How vSphere differs from other virtualization products?

VMware vSphere’s hypervisor, ESXi, uses a type 1 bare-metal hypervisor that handles I/O directly within the hypervisor itself. This means that a host operating system, like Windows or Linux, is not required in order for ESXi to function. Although other virtualization solutions are listed as “type 1 bare-metal hypervisors,” most other type 1 hypervisors on the market today require the presence of a “parent partition” or “dom0,” through which all VM I/O must travel.

What are the editions available for VMware vSphare-

VMware offers three editions of vSphere:

 vSphere Standard Edition

 vSphere Enterprise Edition

 vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition

What are the editions available for VMware vCenter server-

 vCenter Foundation:-

  It supports the management of up to three (3) vSphere hosts.

 vCenter Essentials kits :-

Bundled with the vSphere Essentials kits

 vCenter Standard:-

  It includes all functionality and does not have a preset limit on the number of vSphere hosts it can manage. Although normal sizing limits do apply. vCenter Orchestrator is only included in the Standard edition of vCenter Server.