VMware VCP550PSE Exam
VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (PSE) (Page 9 )

Updated On: 1-Feb-2026

A user has submitted a trouble ticket complaining that the email server VM has become very sluggish. After looking at the logs, the vSphere administrator suspects the iSCSI network is experiencing congestion.

What esxtop statistic should the administrator examine in order to validate that the guest OS is experiencing performance degradation?

  1. GAVG/wr
  2. %ACTV
  3. PATH
  4. PKTRXMUL/s

Answer(s): A



An administrator needs to configure vFlash Read Cache to improve performance.

What would benefit the most from enabling vFlash Read Cache?

  1. Virtual machines replicated with vSphere Replication
  2. Web Server virtual machines
  3. Database virtual machines
  4. Virtual machines migrated using Storage vMotion

Answer(s): B



Why would a vSphere administrator configure resource shares for a virtual machine?

  1. To prioritize access to a resource during contention
  2. To guarantee access to a resource during contention
  3. To prioritize access to a resource at all times
  4. To guarantee access to a resource at all times

Answer(s): A



A vSphere administrator manages a three host cluster with 20 VMs. The HA cluster is configured with the Host Failures the Cluster Tolerates admission control policy and all other settings are set to default values. The administrator determines that one of the VMs is not able to power on. After further inspection, it is determined that this VM cannot power on because of a very large CPU reservation.

Which cluster advanced HA setting can the administrator modify to enable the virtual machine to power on?

  1. Lower das.vmcpumaxmhz attribute value
  2. Higher das.vmcpuminmhz attribute value
  3. Lower das.slotcpuoutmhz attribute value
  4. Higher das.slotcpuinmhz attribute value

Answer(s): D



What two requirements must be met to create a fully automated Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster? (Choose two.)

  1. Shared storage
  2. Hosts with identical processor features
  3. Storage vMotion
  4. vMotion

Answer(s): A,D



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