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A.The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
B.The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor
C.Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
D.The Citrix/XCP-ng storage abstraction holding virtual disk images (VDIs), backed by LVM, NFS, iSCSI or local disk
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2. Which term means: "The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor"?
Junior
A.XOSTOR
B.XCP-ng 8.3
C.XenMotion
D.PVH mode
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.XCP-ng 8.3 — Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
B.XCP-ng 8.3 — Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime
C.XCP-ng 8.3 — XAPI abstraction of a backing store (NFS, iSCSI, local LVM) that holds virtual disk images.
D.XCP-ng 8.3 — The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor
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4. What is Xen Orchestra (XO)?
Junior
A.The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
B.Xen guest modes; PVHVM combines hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers for best performance.
C.The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
D.The privileged control domain in Xen that runs device drivers and the management toolstack.
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5. Which term means: "The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management"?
Junior
A.XenMotion
B.Classic PV removal
C.Xen Orchestra (XO)
D.PV vs HVM vs PVHVM
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6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Xen Orchestra (XO) — XAPI abstraction of a backing store (NFS, iSCSI, local LVM) that holds virtual disk images.
B.Xen Orchestra (XO) — The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor
C.Xen Orchestra (XO) — The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
D.Xen Orchestra (XO) — A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
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7. What is XenMotion?
Junior
A.The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
B.The privileged control domain in Xen that runs device drivers and the management toolstack.
C.Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime
D.Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
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8. Which term means: "Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime"?
Junior
A.Dom0
B.XCP-ng 8.3
C.qcow2 support in XCP-ng
D.XenMotion
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9. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.XenMotion — A modern Xen guest mode combining hardware virtualization for CPU/memory with paravirtual I/O and boot, replacing the removed classic PV mode
B.XenMotion — Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
C.XenMotion — Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime
D.XenMotion — The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
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10. What is Storage Repository (SR)?
Junior
A.The privileged control domain in Xen that runs device drivers and the management toolstack.
B.Xen guest modes; PVHVM combines hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers for best performance.
C.The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
D.The Citrix/XCP-ng storage abstraction holding virtual disk images (VDIs), backed by LVM, NFS, iSCSI or local disk
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11. Which term means: "The Citrix/XCP-ng storage abstraction holding virtual disk images (VDIs), backed by LVM, NFS, iSCSI or local disk"?
Junior
A.Classic PV removal
B.Storage Repository (SR)
C.XOSTOR
D.PVH mode
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12. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Storage Repository (SR) — A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
B.Storage Repository (SR) — The Citrix/XCP-ng storage abstraction holding virtual disk images (VDIs), backed by LVM, NFS, iSCSI or local disk
C.Storage Repository (SR) — XAPI abstraction of a backing store (NFS, iSCSI, local LVM) that holds virtual disk images.
D.Storage Repository (SR) — A modern Xen guest mode combining hardware virtualization for CPU/memory with paravirtual I/O and boot, replacing the removed classic PV mode
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13. What is PVH mode?
Senior
A.The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor
B.Newer XCP-ng adds qcow2 as a VDI format, raising the historic 2TB VHD virtual-disk size limit
C.Open-source fork of Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) managed by Xen Orchestra for VMs and backups.
D.A modern Xen guest mode combining hardware virtualization for CPU/memory with paravirtual I/O and boot, replacing the removed classic PV mode
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14. Which term means: "A modern Xen guest mode combining hardware virtualization for CPU/memory with paravirtual I/O and boot, replacing the removed classic PV mode"?
Senior
A.Xen Orchestra (XO)
B.XCP-ng
C.Dom0
D.PVH mode
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15. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.PVH mode — A modern Xen guest mode combining hardware virtualization for CPU/memory with paravirtual I/O and boot, replacing the removed classic PV mode
B.PVH mode — Xen guest modes; PVHVM combines hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers for best performance.
C.PVH mode — Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime
D.PVH mode — The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
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16. What is Classic PV removal?
Senior
A.The web management and backup platform for XCP-ng/Citrix Hypervisor, with XO Lite shipping on each host for agentless single-host management
B.Open-source fork of Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) managed by Xen Orchestra for VMs and backups.
C.The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
D.A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
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17. Which term means: "The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM"?
Senior
A.XenMotion
B.Classic PV removal
C.XCP-ng 8.3
D.XCP-ng
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18. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Classic PV removal — The Citrix/XCP-ng storage abstraction holding virtual disk images (VDIs), backed by LVM, NFS, iSCSI or local disk
B.Classic PV removal — The latest long-term-support XCP-ng release, an open-source Xen-based hypervisor that is the community fork of Citrix Hypervisor
C.Classic PV removal — The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
D.Classic PV removal — Citrix/XCP-ng live migration that moves a running VM between hosts in a pool without downtime
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19. What is qcow2 support in XCP-ng?
Mid
A.A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
B.The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
C.Newer XCP-ng adds qcow2 as a VDI format, raising the historic 2TB VHD virtual-disk size limit
D.Open-source fork of Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) managed by Xen Orchestra for VMs and backups.
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20. Which term means: "Newer XCP-ng adds qcow2 as a VDI format, raising the historic 2TB VHD virtual-disk size limit"?
Mid
A.PV vs HVM vs PVHVM
B.XCP-ng
C.qcow2 support in XCP-ng
D.Dom0
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21. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.qcow2 support in XCP-ng — The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
B.qcow2 support in XCP-ng — Newer XCP-ng adds qcow2 as a VDI format, raising the historic 2TB VHD virtual-disk size limit
C.qcow2 support in XCP-ng — XAPI abstraction of a backing store (NFS, iSCSI, local LVM) that holds virtual disk images.
D.qcow2 support in XCP-ng — Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
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22. What is Resource pool?
Junior
A.The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
B.A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
C.Xen guest modes; PVHVM combines hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers for best performance.
D.Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
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23. Which term means: "A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master"?
Junior
A.Resource pool
B.XOSTOR
C.XCP-ng 8.3
D.XenMotion
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24. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Resource pool — The deprecation and removal of 32-bit classic paravirtualized guests in recent Xen/XCP-ng, pushing workloads to PVH or HVM
B.Resource pool — Hyperconverged shared storage for XCP-ng built on LINSTOR/DRBD replicating disks across pool hosts.
C.Resource pool — A group of XCP-ng/Citrix hosts sharing storage and networking, managed as one unit with a designated pool master
D.Resource pool — Xen guest modes; PVHVM combines hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers for best performance.
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25. What does xe vm-list do?
Mid
A.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that shows resource pools with their master host and UUID
B.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that live-migrates a VM to another host in the pool
C.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists VMs in the pool with their UUIDs and power state
D.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists storage repositories with type and capacity
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26. Which feature/term will A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists VMs in the pool with their UUIDs and power state?
Mid
A.xe vm-migrate
B.xe vm-list
C.xe pool-list
D.xe sr-list
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27. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.xe vm-list — XenServer/XCP-ng CLI command listing VMs with UUID, name, and power state.
B.xe vm-list — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists storage repositories with type and capacity
C.xe vm-list — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that live-migrates a VM to another host in the pool
D.xe vm-list — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists VMs in the pool with their UUIDs and power state
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28. What does xe vm-migrate do?
Mid
A.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that live-migrates a VM to another host in the pool
B.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists storage repositories with type and capacity
C.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists VMs in the pool with their UUIDs and power state
D.A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that shows resource pools with their master host and UUID
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29. Which feature/term will A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that live-migrates a VM to another host in the pool?
Mid
A.xe pool-list
B.xe sr-list
C.xe vm-migrate
D.xe vm-list
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30. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.xe vm-migrate — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that live-migrates a VM to another host in the pool
B.xe vm-migrate — XenServer/XCP-ng CLI command listing VMs with UUID, name, and power state.
C.xe vm-migrate — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists VMs in the pool with their UUIDs and power state
D.xe vm-migrate — A Citrix/XCP-ng CLI command that lists storage repositories with type and capacity
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