VCP-VCF Administrator 2024 Question 2
Select 3You are tasked with designing a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment for a customer with the following requirements:
- They require high availability for their management and workload domains across two geographically distant data centers.
- The storage solution must provide resiliency and data replication between the two sites.
- The networking solution must ensure seamless failover and connectivity between the two sites.
Which combination of VMware Cloud Foundation components and architecture would best meet these requirements?
- A
Use vSphere with a stretched cluster architecture and vSAN for storage replication.
- B
Use NSX with micro-segmentation and multi-site connectivity to ensure network resiliency.
- C
Use vSAN in a single-site configuration and rely on manual backups for data recovery.
- D
Use vSphere with a dedicated cluster architecture and NSX for single-site networking.
- E
Use NSX Federation for unified networking management across both sites.
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Correct answers: A, B, E
Explanation
The best solution for this scenario is to use vSphere with a stretched cluster architecture and vSAN for storage replication to provide high availability and resiliency across the two sites. NSX with micro-segmentation and multi-site connectivity ensures seamless failover and network resiliency. Additionally, NSX Federation provides unified management and policy enforcement for the networking configuration across both sites.
- A. Correct.
Correct: vSphere with a stretched cluster architecture ensures high availability by enabling seamless failover between two sites, and vSAN provides the required storage replication between the sites.
- B. Correct.
Correct: NSX with micro-segmentation and multi-site connectivity ensures network resiliency and seamless failover, meeting the customer's networking requirements.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect: A single-site vSAN configuration does not meet the high availability and data replication requirements for two geographically distant sites.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: A dedicated cluster architecture does not support stretched clusters or provide high availability across two sites. NSX for single-site networking is insufficient for multi-site connectivity.
- E. Correct.
Correct: NSX Federation allows for unified management and policy enforcement across both sites, ensuring seamless failover and consistent networking configurations.