VCP-CMA 2024 Question 83
Single answerA cloud administrator is configuring a storage profile in VMware Cloud Assembly to ensure that specific workloads are deployed only on datastores with high performance SSD storage. The administrator needs to tag the appropriate datastores and ensure the storage profile is correctly applied to the blueprint. Which step should the administrator take to achieve this?
- A
Define a storage profile with a specific tag in VMware Cloud Assembly and apply the tag to the SSD-backed datastores.
- B
Enable VMware Storage DRS for all clustered datastores to automatically manage workload placement.
- C
Create a custom property in the blueprint to specify SSD-backed storage and ensure it maps to the datastore.
- D
Update the vSphere Datastore settings directly to enforce the use of SSD-backed storage for certain workloads.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct approach to enforce deployment of workloads to specific datastores in VMware Cloud Assembly is to use storage profiles with tags. By tagging the SSD-backed datastores and associating the tag with a storage profile, the administrator can ensure that workloads are placed only on the desired storage. This is a key feature of VMware Cloud Assembly that allows for granular control over storage placement.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Defining a storage profile with a specific tag in VMware Cloud Assembly and tagging the SSD-backed datastores ensures that workloads using this storage profile are deployed only on the tagged datastores. This is the recommended approach for managing storage profiles in VMware Cloud Assembly.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. VMware Storage DRS is a vSphere feature for managing storage load balancing, but it does not allow for the explicit tagging of datastores, which is required here.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. While custom properties can be used in blueprints, they do not map directly to storage profiles or tags in VMware Cloud Assembly, making this an incomplete solution.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Updating vSphere Datastore settings does not integrate with VMware Cloud Assembly's storage profile mechanism and does not provide the required tagging functionality.