VCP-VMC 2024 Question 40
Select 2A VMware administrator is tasked with migrating a running virtual machine from one ESXi host to another while ensuring there is no downtime. The ESXi hosts are connected to shared storage. Additionally, the administrator needs to move the virtual machine's files from one datastore to another. Which combination of VMware technologies should the administrator use to accomplish this task?
- A
vSphere vMotion
- B
vSphere Storage vMotion
- C
vSphere Fault Tolerance
- D
vSphere Replication
- E
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To migrate a running VM without downtime and relocate its files to another datastore, the administrator must use both vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion. vSphere vMotion handles the live migration of the VM's compute state between ESXi hosts, while vSphere Storage vMotion moves the VM's storage to a different datastore. Together, these technologies fulfill the requirements of the scenario.
- A. Correct.
vSphere vMotion allows the live migration of a running virtual machine from one ESXi host to another with no downtime, but it does not move the VM's storage.
- B. Correct.
vSphere Storage vMotion enables the live migration of a virtual machine's files from one datastore to another without downtime, complementing vSphere vMotion when storage migration is required.
- C. Incorrect.
vSphere Fault Tolerance provides continuous availability by creating a fault-tolerant secondary VM, but it is not used for live migration of VMs or their storage.
- D. Incorrect.
vSphere Replication is a disaster recovery solution that replicates virtual machine data to another location, but it is not used for live migration or storage migration.
- E. Incorrect.
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) helps automate the placement and balancing of VMs across ESXi hosts but relies on vMotion to perform live migrations and doesn’t handle storage migration directly.