VCP-CMA 2024 Question 106
Single answerAn organization uses VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) to manage its cloud infrastructure. The cloud administrator needs to ensure that workloads requiring specific hardware, such as GPUs, are deployed only to the appropriate ESXi hosts in the environment. Which step should the administrator take to achieve this?
- A
Assign a capability tag to the ESXi hosts with GPUs and configure a matching tag in the blueprint.
- B
Create a custom resource action to dynamically assign workloads requiring GPUs to specific hosts.
- C
Enable DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) to automatically place GPU workloads on the appropriate hosts.
- D
Create a tag-based placement policy in vSphere and assign it to the workload VMs requiring GPUs.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
To ensure workloads requiring specific hardware, such as GPUs, are deployed to the appropriate resources, VMware Aria Automation uses capability tags. Administrators can assign capability tags to the ESXi hosts with GPUs and configure matching tags in the blueprint to enforce proper placement. This approach ensures that workloads are deployed to hosts with the required capabilities.
- A. Correct.
This is the correct approach. Capability tags allow administrators to tag specific resources, such as ESXi hosts, for specific capabilities like GPUs. Matching these tags in the blueprint ensures workloads are deployed to the appropriate hosts.
- B. Incorrect.
Custom resource actions are used for post-deployment tasks or extending resource operations, not for initial placement of workloads.
- C. Incorrect.
While DRS is useful for managing resource placement, it does not enforce placement based on specific hardware requirements like GPUs.
- D. Incorrect.
Tag-based placement policies in vSphere are not used in the context of VMware Aria Automation; instead, capability tags should be used for such requirements.