VCP-VCF Administrator 2024 Question 248
Select 3Your organization is running a VMware Cloud Foundation environment with a vSAN-enabled workload domain. The storage requirements have increased, and your team decides to add more capacity to the vSAN datastore. Which steps should you take to add storage to the vSAN datastore?
- A
Add a new disk group to each host in the vSAN cluster.
- B
Add new capacity disks to existing disk groups on each host in the vSAN cluster.
- C
Create a new vSAN cluster and migrate the data from the existing cluster.
- D
Expand the storage by increasing the size of the existing capacity disks via the vSphere Client.
- E
Check the vSAN disk group health and ensure all disks are in a healthy state before adding new storage.
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Correct answers: A, B, E
Explanation
To add storage to a vSAN datastore, you can either add new disk groups or expand existing disk groups by adding capacity disks. It is also critical to verify the health of the vSAN disk groups before performing any changes to avoid potential issues. Creating a new vSAN cluster or resizing existing disks are not appropriate methods for expanding a vSAN datastore.
- A. Correct.
Adding a new disk group to each host in the vSAN cluster is a valid way to expand the vSAN datastore, as it increases the cluster's overall capacity and performance.
- B. Correct.
Adding new capacity disks to existing disk groups is another valid way to expand the vSAN datastore. This increases the storage capacity without creating additional disk groups.
- C. Incorrect.
Creating a new vSAN cluster and migrating data is not a recommended method to expand a vSAN datastore. This approach would involve unnecessary complexity and does not directly expand the existing datastore.
- D. Incorrect.
You cannot expand the vSAN datastore by increasing the size of existing capacity disks. vSAN does not support resizing disks for capacity expansion; new disks or disk groups must be added.
- E. Correct.
Checking the vSAN disk group health is a crucial step before making any changes to the storage configuration. Ensuring all disks are healthy helps avoid potential issues during the expansion process.