OVM Overview
1.
What version of Linux is deployed on dom0?
Linux
Linux
Linux
Linux
Linux
6 (*)
5
5 or Linux 6 can be installed
7
4
2.
ers)
What are the main risks to deploying OVM?
(Choose all correct answ
More physical resources can be assigned than is currently available in the serve
r (*)
OVM is not supported yet on older versions of Exadata
OVM does not provide errors when VMs are overprovisioned (*)
There is no tool available yet to deploy OVM to Exadata. Manual deployment is ri
sky
OVM is not tested by development and therefore should not be used
3.
What is the difference between domU and dom0? Select the answers that be
st apply.
(Choose all correct answers)
dom0
domU
domU
dom0
domU
houses the grid infrastructure software
is the control domain
runs the database (*)
is the management domain (*)
is the guest domain (*)
Exadata Software
4.
What should you use instead of ifconfig to make IP changes?
ifconfig is still supported
netstat -a
ip (*)
ipconfig
5.
What service is replaced by init in the way services get started now?
mount -d
initstart
fstab
upstart (*)
6.
Select the true statements about Elastic Configuration (Choose all corr
ect answers)
Elastic configuration refers to a database machine that is not a standard rack c
onfiguration (*)
Elastic configuration refers to the ability to upgrade online and add servers wi
thout taking an outage
Elastic configuration refers to the ability to add non-Exadata storage cells to
the existing configuration
Elastic configuration references IP addresses duing server startup (*)
7.
OVM (*)
Ubuntu
Select the operating system that replaced the Solaris software stack
Linux
CentOS
VMWare
OVM Deployment
8.
How is the grid infrastructe installed on the VM Cluster?
Separately on each cluster (*)
On shared storage on the storage cell
Grid infrastructure is not installed on the VM Cluster
9.
On
On
On
On
Where is OEDA run?
the database server
the storage server
each database server
a laptop or computer that is connected to the rack that is to be deployed (*)
Extreme Flash and NVMe
10.
How do you verify that the OS recognizes a new drive that has been inser
ted?
cellcli list asmdisk detail
Check /var/log/messages (*)
Check /var/log/init
Check /var/log/nvmelog
OVM Overview
11.
Linux
Linux
Linux
Linux
Linux
What version of Linux is deployed on dom0?
4
7
5
5 or Linux 6 can be installed
6 (*)
Correct
Correct, Linux 6 is deployed on dom0
12.
What are the main risks to deploying OVM?
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
OVM is not tested by development and therefore should not be used
OVM is not supported yet on older versions of Exadata
OVM does not provide errors when VMs are overprovisioned (*)
More physical resources can be assigned than is currently available in the serve
r (*)
There is no tool available yet to deploy OVM to Exadata. Manual deployment is ri
sky
Incorrect
Incorrect, the main risks to deploying OVM is that more
physical resources can be assigned than is currently available and OVM does not
provide overprovisioning errors
Hardware Overview
(Answer all questions in this section)
13.
What kind of storage is present in the X5-2 Extreme Flas
h Storage Cell?
(1) Points
SAS Disks
NVMe Solid State Drives (*)
NVMe Hard Drives
Solid State Disks
Incorrect
Incorrect, NVMe Solid State Drive storage is present
14.
Choose the correct configurations offered for the Exadat
a X5-2 rack.
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
1/2 Rack (*)
Full Rack (*)
1/8th Rack (*)
EF DB Server Rack
Correct
Correct, the 1/8th, 1/2 and Full rack are correct configuration
options for Exadata X5-2.
15.
How is OS Based Virutalization deployed on an Exadata Da
tabase machine?
(1) Points
Using the OEDA (Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant) (*)
Using the OECA (Oracle Exadata Configuration Assistant)
Using Enterprise Manager
Using OVM Manager
Correct
Correct, use OEDA to deploy virtualization on an Exadata machine
Hardware Overview
(Answer all questions in this section)
16.
What are the max number of NVMe devices supported for the X5-2 Extreme F
lash Storage Cell
(1) Points
12 (*)
8
40
24
OVM Deployment
(Answer all questions in this section)
17.
Where is OEDA run?
(1) Points
On each database server
On a laptop or computer that is connected to the rack that is to be deployed (*)
On the storage server
On the database server
18.
What is a VM Cluster in Exadata?
(1) Points
A cluster of exadata storage servers that support a VM
A RAC cluster that is configured to failover to a VM in the case of server failu
re
1 or more domains running Oracle Gi/RAC accessing shared storage (*)
Correct
Correct, a VM Cluster is 1 or more domains running the Oracle Gr
id Infrastructure accessing the same shared storage
Exadata Software
(Answer all questions in this section)
19.
What service is replaced by init in the way services get
started now?
(1) Points
upstart (*)
initstart
fstab
mount -d
Correct
Correct, upstart replaces init to get services started with this
latest version of Exadata
20.
Select the true statements about DBMCLI
(1) Points
DBMCLI
DBMCLI
dbmcli
dbmcli
DBMCLI
(Choose all correct answers)
runs in dom0 and the guest VMs
runs in dom0 only (*)
introduces new users: celladmin and cellmonitor
introduces new users: dbmadmin, dbmmonitor, dbmsvc (*)
replaces exadata_mon_hw_asr.pl (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect, DBMCLI runs in dom0, replaces exadata_mon_hw_
asr.pl and introduces 3 new users
Exadata Software
(Answer all questions in this section)
21.
Select the operating system that replaced the Solaris so
ftware stack
(1) Points
VMWare
Ubuntu
OVM (*)
CentOS
Linux
Incorrect
Incorrect, OVM replaced Solaris
22.
Select the true statements about Elastic Configuration
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
Elastic configuration refers to a database machine that is not a standard rack c
onfiguration (*)
Elastic configuration refers to the ability to add non-Exadata storage cells to
the existing configuration
Elastic configuration refers to the ability to upgrade online and add servers wi
thout taking an outage
Elastic configuration references IP addresses duing server startup (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect, elastic configuration references the IP addre
sses during startup and refers to a non-standard rack configuration for exadata.
It has two meanings.
Extreme Flash and NVMe
(Answer all questions in this section)
3.
What is true about the X5 Extreme Flash Storage Servers?
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
I/O latency is increased with these new drives
The performance is improved because NVMe provides greater bandwidth to the drive
s (*)
They offer lower I/O latency (*)
Each server is populated with 10 NVMe hot swappable drives
Incorrect
Incorrect, provie greater bandwidth and lower I/O latenc
y because of the bypass of the controller
4.
How does the NVMe device reduce latency?
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
It connects directly to the controller and bypasses the PCIe bus
It connects directly to the PCIe bus and bypasses the controller (*)
Latency is not reduced with the NVMe devices
The NVMe device can take advantage of the four lane PCIe bus resulting in increa
sed speeds (*)
