HPE Solutions with Virtualized Data Center (HPE2-B11) Certification Sample Questions

01. To control cost, a customer wants its Azure Local nodes to use large-capacity hard drives for most of the storage. The customer is worried that virtual machine performance will suffer.
Which design element addresses this concern?
a) A RAID controller in each node that groups the hard drives into protected arrays before clustering
b) More hard drives in each node, so the workload is spread across a larger number of hard-drive spindles
c) Deduplication enabled on every hard-drive volume in the Storage Spaces Direct pool
d) Faster flash drives in each node, which Storage Spaces Direct uses as a cache for the hard drives

02. A customer runs SQL Server Always On availability groups on HPE servers. The primary replica is under heavy load, and the architect wants to shift some work to a secondary replica.
Which two workloads can run on a secondary replica instead of the primary?
(Select two.)
a) Schema changes made by release deployments
b) Copy-only full backups and transaction log backups
c) Read-only reporting queries, with the secondary configured as readable
d) Index rebuilds on the availability databases
e) Application inserts and updates for the order-entry system

03. An HPE CloudPhysics assessment covering several full business cycles shows that most of a customer's VMs are allocated far more vCPU and memory than they use, even at their measured peaks. A small group of reporting VMs, however, has peaks well above its average. The customer's budget for the target platform is fixed.
How should the target platform be sized?
a) Rightsize each VM from its measured peak plus headroom, so the budget covers real demand
b) Match the current allocation of every VM on the target so that no workload ends up with less
c) Keep current allocations for now and rightsize after migration
d) Size every VM to its measured average use so the fixed budget stretches as far as possible

04. A customer takes HPE storage array snapshots of the volumes holding its SQL Server databases. A test restore showed that the databases had to run crash recovery when they were brought online, and the database team wants application-consistent snapshots instead.
Which two components are required for application-consistent array snapshots?
(Select two.)
a) Separate snapshot schedules for the data volume and the log volume
b) Replication of every snapshot to a second array in another location
c) The vendor's VSS hardware provider, installed on each host
d) A snapshot schedule that runs at a much higher frequency
e) A VSS requestor that makes the application writer freeze and flush first

05. A customer runs SQL Server on new HPE ProLiant servers. Query response times are inconsistent, and the worst delays happen during quieter periods rather than at peak load. Storage latency stays low, and the servers are running with the default power-saving platform settings.
What should the implementation team change?
a) Enable power capping on the hosts so that performance stays consistent
b) Apply a performance-oriented workload profile to the SQL Server hosts
c) Move the database files to a faster storage tier on the array
d) Add processor cores to each SQL Server host so that more capacity is available

06. What does Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) provide in a Hyper-V failover cluster?
a) A copy of each VM's disks and configuration kept on every node
b) Volumes that every node can read and write at once
c) A dedicated network that carries cluster heartbeat traffic between the nodes
d) A backup volume that stores the cluster configuration for disaster recovery

07. A customer is preparing a wave of vSphere VMs for conversion to a new hypervisor. The inventory shows that many VMs have long snapshot chains and ISO images still mounted in their virtual CD/DVD drives.
Which two preparation steps should be completed before conversion?
(Select two.)
a) Consolidate or delete the snapshot chains so each disk is a single current image
b) Unmount the ISO images and disconnect the virtual CD/DVD drives
c) Upgrade each VM's virtual hardware version on the source platform
d) Disable the guest firewall permanently so network checks pass after cutover
e) Convert every thin-provisioned disk to thick provisioning

08. During a VMware implementation on HPE infrastructure, the architect registers the HPE plug-ins for vCenter. The customer's VMware administrators ask what they gain from this step.
Which benefit should the architect describe?
a) The VMs no longer need a separate backup product
b) vCenter management moves into HPE GreenLake, so the customer no longer runs a vCenter instance
c) HPE server and array health and inventory, visible in vCenter next to the VMs
d) The cluster gains HA and DRS capabilities that vSphere does not provide on its own

09. A partner is implementing Hyper-V hosts on HPE ProLiant servers. The customer wants administrators to reach each server's iLO even when the production network is down, and it does not want hardware management reachable from user networks.
Which two practices should the network design include?
(Select two.)
a) Place the iLO interfaces on the VM network, so application teams can check hardware status
b) Permit access to the management network only from designated administrator jump hosts
c) Share iLO on a production adapter port, so that no extra cabling is required
d) Cable the dedicated iLO port to a separate out-of-band management network
e) Install and recover the hosts only through Windows Admin Center and Remote Desktop

10. A customer adds a node, bought later, to a Hyper-V cluster on HPE servers. The existing nodes team two identical adapters with Switch Embedded Teaming (SET). The new node's SET team pairs one adapter of the original model with an adapter from a different vendor, and both run their latest drivers. The new node shows intermittent network errors that no other node has.
What should the architect do?
a) Replace the mixed pair, because SET team members must be identical adapters
b) Update the drivers on both adapters, since the errors point to outdated driver versions
c) Move the node's traffic onto one adapter until the other nodes are rebuilt to match it
d) Convert the node to an OS-level NIC team, because SET supports only a single adapter