VCP-VMC 2024 Question 146
Select 2A company is configuring a disaster recovery (DR) solution using VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR). They need to ensure minimal downtime during a failover scenario and prioritize mission-critical applications. Which two configurations should they implement to achieve this requirement?
- A
Set up a protection group for mission-critical applications with a low RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
- B
Configure a DR plan with a high-priority tier for the mission-critical applications.
- C
Enable vSphere Replication for all virtual machines with a single RPO setting.
- D
Create one generic DR plan that includes all workloads without prioritization.
- E
Test the DR plan periodically using VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery's non-disruptive test failover feature.
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To ensure minimal downtime and prioritize mission-critical applications during a disaster recovery failover, it is critical to use a low RPO for frequent replication of critical data and configure a DR plan that prioritizes these applications. Generic plans or single RPO settings do not offer the granularity required for such prioritization, and while testing is important, it is not a direct solution for prioritization during a failover.
- A. Correct.
Setting up a protection group for mission-critical applications with a low RPO ensures that these critical workloads are replicated more frequently, minimizing data loss during a disaster.
- B. Correct.
Configuring a DR plan with a high-priority tier for mission-critical applications ensures that these workloads are restored first during a failover, reducing downtime for the most important services.
- C. Incorrect.
While vSphere Replication can be utilized, using a single RPO for all workloads does not provide the flexibility needed to prioritize mission-critical applications.
- D. Incorrect.
A generic DR plan without prioritization does not address the need to restore mission-critical applications first, which is essential for meeting business continuity goals.
- E. Incorrect.
Testing the DR plan is a best practice, but it does not directly address the need to prioritize mission-critical applications or ensure minimal downtime during a failover.