VCP-CMA 2024 Question 204
Select 4Your organization uses VMware vRealize Automation to automate the provisioning of virtual machines. You are tasked with ensuring that certain workloads requiring high-performance storage are always deployed to datastores with SSD-only storage. Which of the following steps should you take to meet this requirement?
- A
Create a storage profile within vSphere that includes only SSD-backed datastores.
- B
Tag the SSD-backed datastores with an appropriate storage tag in vSphere.
- C
Assign the storage profile to the desired blueprint in vRealize Automation.
- D
Enable Storage DRS for the SSD-backed datastores to ensure load balancing.
- E
Configure a custom property in the blueprint to enforce the use of the SSD-backed storage profile.
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Correct answers: A, B, C, E
Explanation
To ensure that workloads requiring high-performance storage are deployed only to SSD-backed datastores, you must create a storage profile in vSphere, tag the SSD-backed datastores appropriately, and assign the storage profile to the blueprint in vRealize Automation. Additionally, configuring a custom property in the blueprint can enforce the use of the SSD-backed storage profile during provisioning. Enabling Storage DRS is not sufficient as it does not explicitly restrict workloads to SSD-backed datastores.
- A. Correct.
Correct: Creating a storage profile is necessary to group SSD-backed datastores and define their usage.
- B. Correct.
Correct: Tagging the SSD-backed datastores with a specific tag ensures they can be identified and associated with the storage profile.
- C. Correct.
Correct: Assigning the storage profile to the blueprint ensures that workloads provisioned from the blueprint utilize the specified storage profile.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: While Storage DRS can help with load balancing, it does not enforce the use of SSD-backed datastores for specific workloads.
- E. Correct.
Correct: Adding a custom property to the blueprint can help enforce the use of the specific storage profile during provisioning.