VMware vSphere 8.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design) practice questions

1. Question 1 of 25

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   Following a review of security requirements, an architect has confirmed the following requirements: REQ001- A clustered firewall solution must be placed at the perimeter of the hosting platform, and all ingress and egress network traffic will route via this device. REQ002- A distributed firewall solution must secure traffic for all virtualized workloads. REQ003- All virtualized workload, hypervisor, firewall and any management component system events must be monitored by security administrators. REQ004- The hosting platforms security information and event management (SIEM) system must be scalable to 20,000 events per second. REQ005- The hosting platforms storage must be configured with data-at-rest encryption. REQ006- The hosting platform limits access to authorized users. Which three requirements would be classified as technical (formerly non-functional) requirements? (Choose three.)

   • AA clustered firewall solution must be placed at the perimeter of the hosting platform, and all ingress and egress network traffic will route via this device.
   • BA distributed firewall solution must secure traffic for all virtualized workloads.
   • CThe hosting platforms security information and event management (SIEM) system must be scalable to 20,000 events per second.
   • DThe hosting platforms storage must be configured with data-at-rest encryption.
   • EThe hosting platform limits access to authorized users.
   • FAll virtualized workload, hypervisor, firewall and any management component system events must be monitored by security administrators.

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   Correct answer: A, C, D

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      Kywik

      2025-03-24

      Selected A, C, D1 upvote

      I think the correct answer is A, C, D because these answers are link to security which is a non-functionnal requirement.

2. Question 2 of 25

   An architect is reviewing the information provided by a customer for a new vSphere solution design. The customer has stated that some of the virtual machines (VMs) that will be hosted on the new solution handle credit card information from their users as part of an online payment application, and that some of the information will need to be stored temporarily to allow transactions to be completed. Therefore, the solution must be designed to be able to mask or hash the stored information as they will need to show compliance against common industry standards that contain references to the requirements for handling sensitive information. Which design quality is being requested by the customer?

   • AManageability
   • BPerformance
   • CSecurity
   • DRecoverability

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   Correct answer: C

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected C1 upvote

      Security sounds like the correct answer due to it discussing online payment and hash

3. Question 3 of 25

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   Which four factors should an architect consider when calculating the number of hosts required for a new multi-site vSphere-based solution that utilizes external storage? (Choose four.)

   • AThe workload profile (CPU and memory) of each workload
   • BThe amount of resources required for virtual machine (VM) swap and VM snapshots
   • CThe number of existing workloads that will be decommissioned prior to the completion of project
   • DThe number of existing workloads that will be migrated onto the new solution
   • EThe number of network connections per physical host server
   • FThe future physical location of any workloads
   • GThe hardware specification of the underlying infrastructure

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   Correct answer: A, B, D, G

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected A, B, D, G1 upvote

      It could be F instead of G considering the physical location

4. Question 4 of 25

   An architect is designing a new vSphere-based solution for a customer. During a requirements gathering workshop, the following information is provided: The solution must have a primary and secondary (isolated) environment The solution must support orchestration to address application dependencies The isolated environment must be able to scale on demand in case of a DR scenario The solution is managed through a single interface Which solution should the architect include in this design?

   • ASite Recovery Manager with dedicated hardware
   • BDisaster Recovery with VMware Cloud on AWS
   • CvSAN stretched cluster
   • DA dedicated fault domain

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   Correct answer: B

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected B1 upvote

      the scale on demand makes it seem like VMC on AWS sounds the best selection

5. Question 5 of 25

   An architect is holding a requirements workshop with a customer for a new vSphere solution design. The customer states that the solution should make it easy to identify and apply patches or updates to ESXi hosts, including the ability to pre-stage the files on the ESXi hosts. Which design quality is being referenced by the customer?

   • ARecoverability
   • BManageability
   • CPerformance
   • DAvailability

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   Correct answer: B

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected B1 upvote

      Manageability does sound right, considering the other options.

6. Question 6 of 25

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   An architect is designing a new vSphere-based solution for a customer. During a requirements gathering workshop, the following information is provided: The solutions must provide a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. The solution must have a primary and secondary site. The solution must support orchestration to address application dependencies. Which two solutions should the architect include in the design to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

   • AvSAN stretched cluster
   • BvSphere HA
   • CSite Recovery Manager
   • DvSphere Fault Tolerance
   • EvSphere Replication

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   Correct answer: C, E

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected C, E1 upvote

      I would say this should be C yes due to SRM w/ Orchestration, but VSAN can get down to 5 min RPO and you would think that would be mentioned. Plus you need vSphere Replication as well as SRM. Might be C and E.

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      InfraVMware

      2025-03-24

      Selected C, E1 upvote

      vsan stretched cluster is not a disaster recovery solutuion, and does not necessarily complies with a 15 min RPO

7. Question 7 of 25

   An architect is designing a vSphere-based private cloud solution to support the following customer requirements: The solution should support running 5,000 concurrent production compute workloads across the primary and secondary sites. The solution should support running 1,000 development compute workloads within the secondary site. The solution should support up to 50 management workloads across the primary and secondary site. The solution must ensure the isolation of virtual infrastructure management operations between management and compute workloads. The solution must ensure that the hosting of any virtual infrastructure management workloads does not impact the amount of capacity available for compute workloads. The solution must ensure that all production compute workloads are physically isolated from development compute workloads. The solution must ensure that the operational management of compute workloads in the secondary site is possible in the event of a disaster affecting the primary site. How many VMware vCenter instances will the architect need to include in the design to meet these requirements?

   • A5
   • B3
   • C2
   • D4

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   Correct answer: A

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      Hassan091

      2025-03-20

      Selected A1 upvote

      Primary Site 1x vCenter for Management 1x vCenter for Production Compute Secondary Site 1x vCenter for Management 1x vCenter for Production Compute 1x vCenter for Development Compute Total vCenter Instances Required: 5

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected A1 upvote

      Actually i just fired this up in my lab and I think it is 5 not 2, the domains are vCenter separated, management and so that would mean. Hassan you're correct, 2vc's in primary and 3 vc's in secondary. Thanks!

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-25

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      yes but PROD is split between sites. So i think that's 2x VC's for PROD potentially

8. Question 8 of 25

   An architect is creating the design for a vSphere platform that will be used as the target for a migration from multiple legacy vSphere platforms that are being decommissioned. The customer has provided the following information: Each legacy platform has its own set of virtual machine templates stored in OVF format. All of the templates need to be migrated to the new platform. After migration, the templates should be centralized into a single location. The templates must be accessible to all clusters in the new platform vCenter instance. Any new templates added to the central location must be automatically available to all clusters. Administrators must be able to deploy new virtual machines directly from the template instances. The customer also confirmed that after the migrations are complete, the new platform will be the only vSphere solution available. Which design choice should the architect evaluate in the logical design for the storage and management of virtual machine templates?

   • AUse a dedicated datastore on each vSphere cluster
   • BUse a shared datastore on each vSphere cluster
   • CUse a subscribed content library
   • DUse a local content library

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   Correct answer: D

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-23

      Selected D1 upvote

      I am thinking D because it says that the migrated to vc is the only vc left after migration and you can enable publishing on a local CL which you could share between. Plus I was thinking DS, but it said you need to be able to deploy template from it so that's CL.

9. Question 9 of 25

   An architect is designing a new vSphere solution. The customer has provided the following information to describe how the solution will be used: The solution will host development workloads Administrators will utilize snapshots frequently, with snapshots sometimes retained for extended periods of time Some of the workloads are sensitive to latency on the I/O of the storage Storage for the workloads will be provided by a physical array The physical array does not include a storage provider All workloads must be hosted on the solution, there are no other vSphere environments available for use Which design decision should the architect make to meet the needs of the customer?

   • AUse a storage array which supports VMware vSphere APIs: Array Integration (VAAI) to configure VMFS datastores for the workloads
   • BOn workloads which will use snapshots, set the latency-sensitivity=high advanced setting
   • CUse a storage array which supports vSphere Storage APIs - Storage Awareness (VASA) to configure Virtual Volumes (vVols) datastores for the workloads
   • DOn workloads which are sensitive to latency, set the latency-sensitivity=high advanced setting

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   Correct answer: A

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      wildcatwonder2025

      2025-03-24

      Selected A1 upvote

      A seems like the correct solution, only thing im considering is how the array doesn't include storage provider

10. Question 10 of 25

    An architect has been tasked with designing a greenfield hosting platform. As part of a workshop, it is identified that the new solution must support the following: Provide a centralized way to enforce virtual network security policy Provide network security for both virtual machines and containerized applications Deny network access between all workloads by default Linked services should be connected to the same virtual port groups by default Support for the security teams network monitoring solution Which elements should the architect include in the design to meet the identified requirements?

    • AVMware Standard Switches, Access Lists and Promiscuous mode
    • BDistributed Virtual Switches, Access Lists and Promiscuous mode
    • CVMware Carbon Black, Distributed Virtual Switches and Traffic Filtering
    • DVMware NSX, Distributed Firewalls and Port Mirroring

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    Correct answer: D

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-24

       Selected D2 upvotes

       D does look like the right answer due to using NSX for the Deny and Mirror for the security team monitoring.

11. Question 11 of 25

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    An architect has made the following assumptions: The customer will provide licensing for the vSphere platform. The storage hardware has sufficient capacity for future workload scale. The data center offers sufficient power, cooling and rack space for workload scale. Which two risks must be documented in the design document in response to these assumptions? (Choose two.)

    • AThe assumptions must be approved by the customer, architect and the architect’s company.
    • BThe storage may not have capacity to accommodate 20% year over year virtual machine growth.
    • CThe licenses provided by the customer only have support entitlement for one year.
    • DThe customer may not have an existing licensing subscription that covers features the architect intends to use.
    • EThe customer may not have sufficient data center cooling, power, and physical rack space available.

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    Correct answer: B, E

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-24

       Selected B, E1 upvote

       I do think that B is correct, its a risk if it cant scale and i do think that rack space could be a concern, but why is it more of a risk than licensing ?

12. Question 12 of 25

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    An architect is designing the datastore configuration of a new vSphere-based solution. The following information was obtained during the initial meeting with the customer: There is currently 500 production and DMZ virtual machine workloads spread evenly across the primary and secondary site. The profile of the workloads (per site) is as follows: DMZ: 75 x Small: 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 200 GB disk Production: 50 x Small: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB disk 100 x Medium: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 200 GB disk 25 x Large: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB disk The average IO Profile per workload is 70/30 read/write. The solution should cater to 10% storage growth in the first year. The solution should cater to 15% virtual machine snapshot overhead. The storage team has confirmed: A scalable external storage array has been deployed per site to support the storage requirements. The storage array will connect to all hosts using a dedicated Fibre Channel storage area network fabric. Usable storage capacity is available in 10 TB LUNs. As many LUNs as required can be provided. Every effort should be made to ensure the number of required LUNs is minimized. The security team has stated that all DMZ and production workloads must remain logically isolated from each other. Given the information provided, which three design decisions should the architect make to meet the requirements? (Choose three.)

    • ASix 10TB VMFS datastores will be configured on each site for all production workloads.
    • BFour 10TB VMFS datastores will be configured on each site for all production workloads.
    • CEach 10TB LUN will be configured as a VMFS datastore.
    • DTwo 10TB VMFS datastores will be configured on each site for all DMZ workloads.
    • EEach 10TB LUN will be configured as an NFS datastore.
    • FSeven 10TB VMFS datastores will be configured on each site for all workloads.

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    Correct answer: A, C, D

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-25

       Selected A, C, D1 upvote

       This seems correct PROD drive space = 42,500GB add on 10% growth and %15 snap overhead 6 x 10TB DMZ drive space 15KGB so 2x10TB LUNs should do the trick. It mentioned fiber so makes sense that each LUN will be VMFS

13. Question 13 of 25

    An architect is tasked with devising a vSphere design strategy that will allow the company to quickly scale global data center functionality when a new location is identified. The following requirements must be met: The solution must include VMware licensing costs. The design must keep data locally to each specific location. The design must utilize current company processes around vSphere. Any new global location must be functional within one month of identification. Which design strategy will meet these requirements?

    • APlan specific locations throughout the world and build data centers in anticipation of the scale events.
    • BPurchase new hardware and deploy VMware Cloud Foundation when a new location is identified.
    • CSelect partners in each identified location in anticipation of the scale events.
    • DLocate a partner that has a data center presence in major global locations that can deploy compatible company architecture.

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    Correct answer: B

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-25

       Selected B1 upvote

       I am leaning towards B due to the quickly scale, VCF could help do that.

14. Question 14 of 25

    An architect is conducting interviews to gather requirements for a new vSphere-based private cloud solution. The following information has been provided by the customer: The customer, after 10 years within an outsourced managed service contract, has decided to bring application hosting back in-house but lacks the VMware skills to support this. The customer currently has 5,000 workloads under contract and managed by their partner. The customer would like to keep IT infrastructure costs at a minimum. The customer would like to ensure that the solution supports the company's green IT agenda by reducing their carbon footprint. Which statement is classified as a business factor that would impact the design?

    • AThe customer would like to keep IT infrastructure costs at a minimum.
    • BThe customer, after 10 years within an outsourced managed service contract, has decided to bring application hosting back in-house but lacks the VMware skills to support this.
    • CThe customer would like to ensure that the solution supports the company's green IT agenda by reducing their carbon footprint.
    • DThe customer currently has 5,000 workloads under contract and managed by their partner.

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    Correct answer: D

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-26

       Selected D1 upvote

       I think D would be a big business factor that would impact design.

15. Question 15 of 25

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    An architect is documenting the design for a new multi-site vSphere solution. The customer has informed the architect that the workloads hosted on the solution are managed by application teams who must perform a number of steps to return the application to service following a failover of the workloads to the secondary site. These steps are defined as the Work Recovery Time (WRT). The customer has provided the architect with the following information about the workloads, including the recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO): Critical workloads have a WRT of 12 hours Production workloads have a WRT of 24 hours Development workloads have a WRT of 24 hours All workloads have an RPO of 4 hours Critical workloads have an RTO of 1 hour Production workloads have an RTO of 12 hours Development workloads have an RTO of 24 hours The customer has also confirmed that production and development workloads are managed by the same team and the disaster recovery solution will not begin the recovery of the development workloads until all critical and production workloads have been recovered at the secondary site. Which three statements would the architect document as the maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) for workloads within the design? (Choose three.)

    • ACritical Workloads: 12 hours
    • BDevelopment Workloads: 24 hours
    • CProduction Workloads: 36 hours
    • DCritical Workloads: 13 hours
    • EDevelopment Workloads: 60 hours
    • FProduction Workloads: 24 hours

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    Correct answer: C, D, E

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-26

       Selected C, D, E1 upvote

       MTD is the combination of RTO + WRT : Critical = WRT 12+RTO1 =13 PROD = WRT 24+12= 36 DEV = WRT 24 + 24 = 48 , but cant be recovered until PROD is recovered so guessing 60 here because its the closest

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       ComeEnanas

       2025-03-26

       Selected C, D, E1 upvote

       D. Critical Workloads: 13 hours C. Production Workloads: 36 hours E. Development Workloads: 60 hours MTD=RTO+WRT

16. Question 16 of 25

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    What are two valid use cases for VMware Cloud Foundation remote clusters? (Choose two.)

    • AProvide disaster recovery for an existing workload domain.
    • BEnable vSphere with Tanzu on a cluster deployed at a remote location.
    • CProvide resources for virtual machines at an edge location.
    • DTransform virtual machines to vSphere with Tanzu containers.
    • EDeploy a cluster within the same rack as the central VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

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    Correct answer: A, C

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       ComeEnanas

       2025-03-27

       Selected A, C1 upvote

       C is ok, but I think Also A is ok because you can use remote clusters as a disaster recovery site

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-27

       Selected A, C1 upvote

       Edge location makes sense not sure about Tanzu just because remote

17. Question 17 of 25

    An architect is documenting the design decisions for a new vSphere solution. The following design decision has been made: Create a separate vSphere cluster for the management workloads What could the architect include as justification for this design decision?

    • AThis increases operational overhead as multiple clusters are required for management and compute workloads.
    • BThis increases capital expenditure as hardware must be purchased for multiple clusters.
    • CThis ensures that compute workloads have no impact on the management workloads.
    • DThis ensures that there is always sufficient capacity available for the compute workloads.

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-20

       Selected C1 upvote

       C makes sense, that the compute workloads would not be impacted.

18. Question 18 of 25

    What is a benefit of using workload domains in VMware Cloud Foundation?

    • AWorkload domains require separate instances of vCenter, decreasing complexity and management overhead.
    • BWorkload domains allow for manual provisioning of vSphere clusters using the SDDC Manager.
    • CWorkload domains are pre-configured and automatically deployed according to industry best practices for SDDC implementation.
    • DEach workload domain can only support a maximum of three ESXi hosts, making it easy to manage small workloads.

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    Correct answer: A

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-27

       Selected A1 upvote

       Think this one is A, it helps the workloads just be workloads and reduce complexity

19. Question 19 of 25

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    An architect is tasked with designing the implementation of the VMware Validated Solutions in an existing VMware Cloud Foundation environment that includes: Intelligent Operations Management Intelligent Logging and Analytics Which two design elements must the architect include in the design to be able to accomplish the deployment of these two solutions? (Choose two.)

    • AvSphere Lifecycle Manager
    • BApplication Virtual Network (AVN)
    • CNSX Edge Cluster
    • DvSAN Stretched Cluster
    • ENSX Federation

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    Correct answer: A, C

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-27

       Selected A, C1 upvote

       Im pretty sure Lifecyle manager is the first one its recommended for vSphere OPS, but not exactly sure NSX edge cluster is the second one.

20. Question 20 of 25

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    An architect is updating an existing design to include a new vSphere cluster to meet the following customer requirements: The solution must provide automatic load redistribution of workloads across all resources in the cluster The solution must consider the usage patterns of workloads when performing load redistribution The solution must provide capacity to reserve resources equal to two ESXi hosts for failover in the event of a host failure The architect has also collected the following assumptions and constraints during the design workshops: A001 - Budget is available for additional hardware and software if required to meet the solution requirements A002 - Capacity is available to allow the deployment of additional tooling to manage the solution C001 - All management workloads must be deployed to the existing vSphere management cluster Which three design decisions should the architect include to meet the documented requirements? (Choose three.)

    • AThe solution will enable the Predictive DRS option to avoid host over-commitment.
    • BThe solution will enable the Memory Metric for Load Balancing option to avoid host over-commitment.
    • CThe solution will deploy VMware Aria Operations to monitor the vSphere environment.
    • DThe solution will enable the VM Distribution option to avoid host over-commitment.
    • EThe solution will deploy a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enabled cluster with sufficient capacity to meet the workload demands.
    • FThe solution will deploy a vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM) enabled cluster with sufficient capacity to meet the workload demands.

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    Correct answer: A, C, E

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-27

       Selected A, C, E1 upvote

       If you are using Predictive DRS you need Aria Ops to predict the trends and there doesn't seem to be anything requiring DPM.

21. Question 21 of 25

    An architect is designing a new workload domain in an existing VMware Cloud Foundation environment. The customer requirement is to physically separate the vSAN network traffic from other management network flows. Which design decision should the architect make to meet this requirement?

    • ADeploy the new workload domain using a vSAN stretched cluster.
    • BDeploy the new workload domain using multiple physical adapters.
    • CDeploy the new workload domain using SDDC Manager.
    • DDeploy the new workload domain using API.

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    Correct answer: B

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-27

       Selected B1 upvote

       Deploying the traffic on a VSAN VMK sounds like the best answer.

22. Question 22 of 25

    What is an example of a performance design quality?

    • AThe solution must scale to meet spikes in CPU demand.
    • BThe solution must provide 40 physical CPU cores and 20 TB of physical memory.
    • CThe solution must support applications with a maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) of four hours.
    • DThe solution must support applications with 1,000 transactions per second (TPS).

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    Correct answer: D

    How others answered

    • D67%
    • B33%

    Only 67% agreed on this answer — treat it as contested rather than settled.

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-04-06

       Selected D1 upvote

       This may actually b D i think since its very specific on performance

    2. C

       ComeEnanas

       2025-03-29

       Selected D1 upvote

       I think D fits better for being a specific performance metric

23. Question 23 of 25

    Select 3

    An architect is responsible for designing a vSphere-based solution for a customer. The customer has the following requirements: The solution must provide redundancy and load balancing for storage traffic The solution must tolerate at least one failure There must be no single point of failure in the solution Which three considerations regarding physical host design should the architect analyze when making storage related design decisions? (Choose three.)

    • AConfigure the fixed multi-pathing policy on the ESXi hosts
    • BUse four single port storage host bus adapters (HBAs) in each ESXi host
    • CUse an active-active array for Fibre Channel storage-based VMFS datastores
    • DConfigure a minimum of two paths to every LUN or datastore
    • EConfigure a minimum of four paths to every LUN or datastore
    • FUse one quad-port storage host bus adapter (HBA) in each ESXi host

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    Correct answer: B, C, E

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    • BCE100%

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    1. C

       ComeEnanas

       2025-03-29

       Selected B, C, E1 upvote

       B: gives 4 hbas, and if an hba fails, we still provide redundancy c: active-active array minimizes downtime in case an array fails e: same justification than for B, also

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-28

       Selected B, C, E1 upvote

       no single point of failure. B: 4x 1P HBAS - C: Active Active array E: 4 paths

24. Question 24 of 25

    The following is a list of requirements from a discovery workshop for a new VMware hosting platform system design: REQ001 - The architecture must support recoverability to the VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) service. REQ002 - The architecture must support high availability (HA) and fault tolerance (FT). REQ003 - The architecture must support reducing existing energy consumption and carbon footprint. REQ004 - The architecture must provide support for network virtualization using distributed virtual switches. Which requirement would be classified as a business (formerly functional) requirement?

    • AThe architecture must support high availability (HA) and fault tolerance (FT).
    • BThe architecture must support reducing existing energy consumption and carbon footprint.
    • CThe architecture must support recoverability to the VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) service.
    • DThe architecture must provide support for network virtualization using distributed virtual switches.

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    Correct answer: B

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    • B80%
    • C20%

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    1. C

       ComeEnanas

       2025-03-24

       Selected B1 upvote

       I Believe t's B because it is more aligned to a business requirement , the others are more technical

    2. K

       Kywik

       2025-03-24

       Selected B1 upvote

       The correct answer is B because all the other answers are non-functional.

25. Question 25 of 25

    An architect is designing a new vSphere solution. The solution will be used to host workloads that have multiple dependencies. The customer provides the following information regarding the workloads: Workload 1: Self-Service Portal - Workload 2: Database - Workload 3: Identity Broker - Workload 4: Reporting Tool - Workload 5: Management Tool - Application A is formed of workloads 1 and 2 and has a dependency on workload 3 Application B is formed of workloads 2 and 4 and has a dependency on workload 3 Application C is formed of workload 5 and has a dependency on workload 4 How should the architect document the vSphere HA requirements to ensure that all of the applications can be recovered in the event of a host failure while observing the dependencies?

    • ASet vSphere HA to Restart VMs in response to a Host Failure Set the Restart Priority of workload 3 to High Set the Restart Priority of workload 4 to Medium Set the Restart Priority of workloads 1, 2 and 5 to Low
    • BSet vSphere HA to Shut Down and Restart VMs in response to a Host Isolation Set the Restart Priority of workloads 3 and 4 to High Set the Restart Priority of workload 5 to Medium Set the Restart Priority of workloads 1 and 2 to Low
    • CSet vSphere HA to Restart VMs in response to a Host Failure Set the Restart Priority of workloads 3 and 4 to High Set the Restart Priority of workload 5 to Medium Set the Restart Priority of workloads 1 and 2 to Low
    • DSet vSphere HA to Shut Down and Restart VMs in response to a Host Isolation Set the Restart Priority of workload 3 to High Set the Restart Priority of workloads 4 and 5 to Medium Set the Restart Priority of workloads 1 and 2 to Low

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    Correct answer: A

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    • A100%

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       wildcatwonder2025

       2025-03-31

       Selected A2 upvotes

       I think A is correct due to 4 having a dependency of 3, so 3 needs to be online before 4 and have a higher priority.

    2. C

       ComeEnanas

       2025-04-03

       Selected A1 upvote

       A should be correct, workload 3 must complete before workload 4

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