2V0-32.24 Question 162
Single answerA cloud administrator is tasked with scheduling a maintenance window for a cluster in a VMware vSphere environment. During this maintenance, they need to ensure no new virtual machines (VMs) are deployed to this cluster while still allowing operations on existing VMs. Which step should the administrator take to achieve this?
- A
Enable the 'Maintenance Mode' option on the cluster.
- B
Set the cluster's DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) to manual mode.
- C
Place the cluster in a 'Manual Resource Control' state.
- D
Disable the cluster for new VM deployments in the VMware Cloud Director.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Disabling the cluster for new VM deployments in VMware Cloud Director is the correct approach because it meets the administrator's requirement to stop new VM deployments while allowing existing VMs to operate normally. Other options either do not apply to the scenario or would disrupt the operation of existing workloads.
- A. Incorrect.
Enabling 'Maintenance Mode' on a cluster prevents all workloads from running on the cluster, which is not the desired outcome here since the administrator wants existing VMs to continue operations.
- B. Incorrect.
Setting the DRS to manual mode affects how resources are distributed among VMs but does not control new VM deployments to the cluster.
- C. Incorrect.
The 'Manual Resource Control' state is not a valid configuration for clusters in vSphere, making this option incorrect.
- D. Correct.
Disabling the cluster for new VM deployments in VMware Cloud Director ensures that no new VMs can be deployed to the cluster while allowing existing VMs to continue operating, which satisfies the requirements.