Test05QA VMware Competitive Accreditation vSphere 5 Module 2 vCAWinning Against Microsoft.docx

1、Test05QA VMware Competitive Accreditation vSphere 5 Module 2 vCA Winning Against MicrosoftQ:For provisioning new hosts, which of the following are true about VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Hyper-V? R2 (Check all that apply) A:Microsoft Hyper-V R2 lacks any automated, out-of-box host profiling. Confi

2、guration and remediation require Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager a significant expense and a challenge to install and configure.VMwares out-of-the-box Host Profiles supports individual configuration and compliance-checking, monitors compliance, and remediates noncompliant hosts with th

3、e push of a button.Microsoft lacks the ability to provision new hosts without either hardware that was pre-configured to run Hyper-V R2, or by using third-party tools. VMware offers full provisioning capabilities in vCenter Server right out of the box.Microsoft uses a 32-step process for provisionin

4、g new hosts, which greatly increases time spent on this routine administrative task. Once host profiles are pre-determined, VMware does the same thing in one step.Q:When Microsoft says that Hyper-V is a free and powerful option for SMB customers, how do you respond? A:Hyper-V Server is comparable to

5、 the free vSphere Hypervisor in functionality. However, vSphere Hypervisor is easily upgradeable to more advanced versions of vSphere with a simple license upgrade. In addition, with VMware Go, new users can take advantage of a free web-driven wizard to help ramp up their vSphere Hypervisor platform

6、.Let Microsoft focus on the SMB customers that are demanding free software. These opportunities are not worth the time and effort.When Microsoft says Hyper-V is free, this is simply a false claim. Hyper-V is never available without charge under any circumstances.Hyper-V Server is a free offering, an

7、d VMware has nothing comparable at no cost. The best recommendation is to steer the customer to vSphere Essentials and promote the additional value that is worth paying for.Q:What are some significant features missing from Microsoft Hyper-V today? A:Storage Live MigrationDynamic MemoryLive Migration

8、Distributed Virtual Network SwitchBuilt-In NIC teamingHigh AvailabilityQ:For virtual management, what are some of the issues customers have when using System Center? (Check all that apply) A:Customers using Microsoft System Center to manage a VMware hypervisor still require VMware vCenter running un

9、derneathSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager has major gaps in its ability to manage vSphere environmentsOverall complexity to deploy and use System CenterVery limited functionality for even managing Hyper-V R2 with a long list of administrative tasks it cant handle.Microsoft never used the VMware

10、API for vCenter Server; using System Center with the vSphere platform causes unpredictable results for even the tasks it is designed to handle.Q:What are some significant features missing from Microsoft Hyper-V today? A:Storage Live MigrationDynamic MemoryLive MigrationDistributed Virtual Network Sw

11、itchBuilt-In NIC teamingHigh AvailabilityQ:In September 2011, Microsoft promised new features to come in Windows 8 with a new Hyper-V. Why did Microsoft make this announcement at that time? A:It is used to distract customers over the current limitations in Hyper-V R2 and slow down VMware sales today

12、.The release of Hyper-V 3 is imminentcustomers need to know what is coming out very soon.The announcement is a service to customers that demonstrates their product vision; Microsoft has a policy of sharing capabilities their products will have several years in the future.The announcement improves gu

13、idance to investors as to when revenues and earnings are expected to grow.Q:What System Center applications are required to approach the capabilities delivered in VMwares vCenter Server + VMware vSphere? A:System Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Oper

14、ations ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager, System Center Configuration Manager,System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager, System Center Configuratio

15、n Manager, System Center Service Manager, Opalis, AVIcodeQ:In what ways are Microsoft Dynamic Memory immature compared to VMwares memory management for vSphere? (Check all that apply) A:Microsofts Dynamic Memory relies solely on ballooning to reclaim memory when the host runs short. In contrast, vSp

16、here uses multiple layers of memory management technology to stretch memory further while preserving performanceMicrosofts Dynamic Memory only supports a few Windows-based guest operating systems; VMware supports all of the many guest operating systems that the underlying vSphere platform supports.M

17、icrosofts approach of hot-adding RAM to VMs will cause system monitoring tools to see VM memory allocations changing randomly and triggering unnecessary low memory alarms.Lab testing shows that Microsoft Dynamic Memory simply does not workenabling it causes an immediate and severe performance impact

18、. VMwares proven memory management technologies actively work to minimize performance impact.As a practical matter, the VM density impact from Microsofts Dynamic Memory is very small because customers are fearful that when using it, application performance will drop off suddenly when workload demand

19、s increase. In contrast, 90% of VMware customers enable memory management to double VM density.Q:In what ways are MS Pro Tips simplistic and immature as a way to allocate virtual resources as compared to VMware DRS? (Check all that apply) A:VMware DRS maintains a big picture view of the workload dis

20、tribution over the entire cluster and not just a single host like MS Pro Tips.VMware DRS is available directly out-of-the-box from vCenter, making it simple to set up and manage. PRO Tips requires complex integration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager.VMware DRS uses liv

21、e migration to ensure no downtime as virtual machines are moved from one host to another. Microsoft PRO Tips uses “quick migration” technology, which means that any such moves require downtime.VMware DRS supports the migration of virtual machines based on resource usage or other performance and heal

22、th measures on the host. Microsoft PRO Tips only creates an alert or notification for an administrator, and requires the administrator to actually move the VM manually.Q:Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 in late 2010 as its answer to creating private cl

23、oud solutions. What are key limitations to this product for creating real private cloud solutions? (Check all that apply) A:It cant create logical resource poolsThere are ongoing questions about its longevity as a product in light of Microsofts private cloud efforts with the Azure Appliance and SCVM

24、M 2012.It forces administrators to manually configure VM resourcesIt uses a command line interface for requesting virtual machines, which is slow and cumbersomeIt has no ability to associate organizations to resourcesQ:What is the Microsoft hypervisor component that comes with Windows Server 2008? A

25、:Hyper-VESXiSystem CenterSCVMM Self-Service PortalQ:What are features Microsoft has released for Hyper-V R2 that you may hear them tout to create parity with VMware? (Check all that apply) A:Storage vMotionDynamic MemoryLive MigrationDistributed SwitchBuilt-In NIC teamingHigh AvailabilityQ:What are

26、some of the claims Microsoft makes about its management capabilities? (Check all that apply) A:System Center can manage both physical and virtual environmentsSystem Center supports multiple hypervisors, including those from Microsoft and VMwareSystem Center functions from within a single pane of gla

27、ssSystem Centers costs are freeQ:When presented with statements that Microsofts virtualization solutions are one-sixth the cost of VMware, what are effective ways to rebut this claim? (Check all that apply) A:Microsoft only compares up-front software licensing costs, totally leaving out all other in

28、frastructure deployment and operating system license costs.For smaller environments, Microsoft compares VMwares most expensive edition with Microsofts cheapest. In fact, VMwares Essentials and Essentials Plus bundles are competitively priced and deliver greater value than Microsoft.For larger enviro

29、nments, VMware solutions have advantages in memory management, I/O scalability, resource scheduling, and storage utilization to enable a greater virtual machine density per host, which results in a lower “cost per application” than Microsoft Hyper-V R2.Microsofts management and support costs are six

30、 times the cost, which more than compensates for the lower cost to deploy Hyper-V R2 instead of VMware vSphere.VMware is offering a special promotion for 2011 that discounts VMware vSphere over 50%, and which puts software licensing costs more in line with Microsoft and other competitors.Q:In the ca

31、se of planned maintenance, what capabilities does VMware vSphere possess that Microsoft cant match, which result in reduced scheduled maintenance windows? (Check all that apply) A:VMwares live migration process with vMotion is five times faster than with Hyper-VVMware supports multiple, concurrent (up to 8) vMotion live migrations, while Hyper-V can only handle one at a time.VMware handles storage live migration with no downtime, while Microsofts