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Citrix Certified Administrator
(CCA) - XenServer 6

Citrix 1Y0-A26 Certification Exam

Study Guide / Prep Guide
Exam Summary:
Exam Name Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration (CCA XenServer)

Exam Code 1Y0-A26

Exam Price $150 USD

Time Limit 90 minutes*

Number of Questions 65

Passing Score 64%

Recommended Training CXS-203 Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration

Schedule Exam PEARSON VUE

Sample Questions CCA for Citrix XenServer 6 Sample Questions

Recommended Practice Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration Exam

Citrix CCA XenServer Section Titles and Weights:

Section Weight

Installing and Implementing XenServer 6%

Managing and Maintaining Hosts 9%

Managing and Maintaining Virtual Machines and Templates 6%

Configuring and Managing Resource Pools 20%

Installing and Configuring Provisioning Services 10%

Maintaining Provisioning Services 12%

Configuring Advanced Features 14%

Backing up and Restoring 9%

Troubleshooting 14%

Total 100%

Syllabus Topics:
Section Objectives

Implementing XenServer
Managing and Maintaining Hosts
Managing and Maintaining Virtual
Machines and Templates
Configuring and Managing Resource
Pools
- Given a scenario, establish how to configure
options on the XenServer host so that it starts up
from SAN.
- Given a scenario, determine how to configure a
NIC for the management interface.
- Define how to configure/reconfigure DHCP OR
hostname, IP, mask, Gateway and DNS based on a
list of requirements for an environment.
- Given NTP server and time zone details, resolve
how to configure/reconfigure NTP and time/time
zone after the installation of XenServer
- Define which actions an administrator must take to
apply updates (upgrades/patches) to XenServer
Hosts.
- Given a scenario, establish how to shut down the
XenServer Host without any loss of performance.
- Given a description of a situation, determine which
actions an administrator must take to recover the
host when high availability is enabled.
- Given a description or set of requirements,
establish how to set email alerts at the pool-level as
well as alerts at the host or virtual machine level.
- Given a scenario, define how to integrate
XenServer into Active Directory.
- Given a description of an environment, define how
to configure XenServer Role-based Access Control.
- Given a scenario in which a virtual machine must
be copied using a particular method, establish the
steps necessary to copy the virtual machine.
- Given a scenario, resolve how an administrator can
use the import/export feature of XenServer.
- Determine the correct steps to take to create a
virtual machine using the XenConvert Physical to
Virtual (P2V) conversion or the XenConvert Virtual to
Virtual (V2V) conversion of an existing server, based
on a list of requirements.
- Control a virtual machine, including suspending,
graceful, or forced shutdown and graceful or forced
restart of a virtual machine.
- Given a scenario, determine which actions an
administrator must take to add or remove a host to
or from a resource pool using the CLI or GUI.
- Given a scenario, resolve how to complete pool
master maintenance with high availability enabled.

Installing and Configuring Provisioning server startup list for a given environment.
Services
Maintaining Provisioning Services
- Given a scenario, either with high availability
enabled or disabled, establish the steps needed to
change the pool master.
- Based on a description of an environment,
establish the steps to create a storage repository.
- Given a description of an environment, define how
to configure storage repository for Intellicache.
- Given a scenario, determine how to configure DMP
and MPP multipathing.
- Based on the needs of an environment, determine
how to create a network and assign a vLAN to that
network.
- Based on the needs of an environment, resolve
how to create a crossserver private network.
- Based on a scenario, establish how to create a
bond and configure the management interface in the
bond.
- Based on the needs of an environment, decide
when to segregate XenServer host management
traffic from other management traffic, such as
storage management, using separate physical
switches or using separate VLANs.
- Given a scenario, determine when to utilize the
rolling upgrade wizard.
- Decide which PXE service options to select when
installing Provisioning Services.
- Establish how to configure TFTP and bootstrap
options for a given environment.
- Resolve how to configure the generic Stream
- Determine how to create a bootstrap disk when
configuring virtual machine startup options.
- Determine how to configure DHCP options 66 and
67 when configuring VM boot options.
- Decide how to configure PXE when configuring VM
boot options.
- Determine how to create or delete a machine
account in Active Directory on the Provisioning
Services server in a XenServer environment.
- Determine how to change the properties of the
target device vDisk based on stated requirements.
- Determine which vDisk properties to change and
which cache mode to use for a vDisk based on given
requirements.
- Define how to update a vDisk based on a

Configuring Advanced Features
Backing Up and Restoring
description of an environment and the needs of that
environment.
- Decide when the vDisk image mode needs to be
changed in a described environment.
- Conclude when to create an additional site(s),
store(s), or device collection(s) based on a given
scenario.
- Determine how to create a template based on a list
of requirements.
- Establish how to configure and enable an offline
database to back up the PVS database, based on a
list of requirements.
- Determine when StorageLink is beneficial to a
given environment based on a description of the
environment.
- Establish when integrated disaster recovery is
beneficial to a given environment based on a
description of the environment.
- Conclude when to correctly set up access control
list (ACL) policies on the vSwitch, based on a list of
requirements.
- Determine when to correctly set up quality of
service (QoS) policies on the vSwitch, based on a list
of requirements.
- Decide when to enable and configure high
availability based on the needs of a described
environment.
- Define how to configure a virtual appliance to work
with high availability, based on a description of an
environment.
- Determine if a virtual machine can use dynamic
memory control, given a description of the virtual
machine and the environment it is in.
- Resolve how dynamic memory control needs to be
configured to meet the needs of a described
environment.
- Decide how to configure a backup schedule for
storage repository metadata, based on a given
scenario.
- Establish the steps to take to backup a pool given
a description of an environment.
- Resolve when an offline backup of a virtual
machine should be performed based on a given
scenario.
- Resolve when an online backup of a virtual
 machine should be performed based on a given
scenario.
- Determine how to restore a virtual machine based
on a description or list of requirements.

- Given a description of a networking issue,

determine how to resolve the issue.
Troubleshooting
- Given a description of a storage issue, find out how
to resolve the

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Sample Question:
01. A XenServer administrator is updating a shared disk image used by multiple
virtual machines. What must the administrator do before updating the shared
disk image?

a) Copy CIM.EXE to the vDisk.

b) Modify the vDisk cache type.

c) Disable streaming of the vDisk.

d) Change the vDisk access mode.

02. An administrator needs to run commands to specify __________ to

configure email alerts at the host level.

a) alarm_priority on the host

b) alarm_priority on the virtual machine

c) the sender email address and SMTP server

d) the recipient email address and SMTP server

03. What is the last step required to enable the offline database within
Provisioning services?

a) Enable auditing.

b) Enable automatic merge.

c) Restart the SOAP Service.

d) Restart the Stream Service.

04. An administrator of a Provisioning services environment notices that several

of the target devices that are configured to use a vDisk on the provisioning
server are randomly failing to start and shut down.

What should the administrator check to prevent this issue from occurring?

a) The SOAP Service is running.

b) High availability is enabled on the vDisks.

c) The target devices are configured to start up from hard disk.

d) All network switch ports have spanning tree protocol disabled.

05. An administrator has two datacenters, each of which has its own storage
that can only be accessed by hosts that are in the same datacenter. What could
the administrator create to ensure that each host can only access its assigned
storage?

a) Site

b) Store

c) Target device

d) Device collection

06. Scenario: An administrator is in the process of updating a database server

on a virtual machine and would like to preserve its current state in case
something goes wrong.

The virtual machine is being used in a production environment and needs to

remain online. What can the administrator do to meet the requirements of the
scenario?

a) Preserve the virtual machine by exporting it to an external drive.

b) Enable high availablity to ensure the virtual machine remains online.

c) Perform an online backup by taking a snapshot of the virtual machine.

d) Make a copy of the virtual machine in case the original needs to be deleted.

07. Scenario: An administrator of a pool of XenServers has discovered that NOT

all XenServers are showing the same time in the event logs.

NTP is configured and enabled on all XenServers. The servers are in the same
location and use the same NTP server.

From the console of each XenServer, which command should the administrator
type to determine if the date and time zone of each server is causing the issue?

a) date

b) time

c) timeutil

d) tzselect

08. Which action must an administrator take to configure unattended backups

of virtual machine configurations?

a) Schedule virtual machine metadata.

b) Schedule a virtual machine snapshot.

c) Configure virtual machine protection policies.

d) Configure a script for exporting virtual machines.

09. Scenario: An administrator needs to add two new XenServer hosts to an

existing pool. Before adding a host to the pool, the administrator created a
network bond on the pool master.

Which CLI command must the administrator run to replicate the bond on the
new hosts?

a) xe pool-join

b) xe bond-create

c) xe network-create

d) xe pool-param-set
10. Which two policy modes must the administrator apply to implement a
XenServer workload balancing policy to reduce power consumption and energy
costs during off peak hours?

(Choose two.)

a) Maximize Density

b) Fixed Optimization

c) Maximize Performance

d) Scheduled Optimization

Solutions:
QUESTION: 01 QUESTION: 02 QUESTION: 03 QUESTION: 04 QUESTION: 05
Answer: d Answer: d Answer: d Answer: d Answer: a

QUESTION: 06 QUESTION: 07 QUESTION: 08 QUESTION: 09 QUESTION: 10

Answer: c Answer: a Answer: a Answer: a Answer: a, d

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