VCP-VMC 2024 Question 47
Single answerA company is running a hybrid cloud environment with VMware Cloud on AWS and their on-premises data center. They want to implement a disaster recovery solution that ensures minimal downtime and meets their Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). Which of the following solutions would best meet their requirements?
- A
Use VMware Site Recovery to replicate workloads between VMware Cloud on AWS and the on-premises environment.
- B
Implement native storage-based replication without using VMware tools.
- C
Use manual backups and restore processes to manage disaster recovery across environments.
- D
Rely on VMware Cloud Foundation's built-in high availability features for disaster recovery.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
VMware Site Recovery is a purpose-built disaster recovery solution for VMware Cloud on AWS that integrates with VMware's software-defined data center components. It provides automated orchestration, replication, and failover/failback capabilities to ensure business continuity. This makes it the best choice for the given scenario, as it can meet strict RTO and RPO requirements while minimizing downtime.
- A. Correct.
VMware Site Recovery is designed specifically for disaster recovery and provides automated failover and failback, ensuring minimal downtime and meeting strict RTO and RPO requirements.
- B. Incorrect.
Storage-based replication alone does not provide complete disaster recovery capabilities, as it lacks automation for failover and orchestration of workloads.
- C. Incorrect.
Manual backups and restore processes are not ideal for disaster recovery in this scenario, as they are time-consuming and cannot guarantee minimal downtime or meet strict RTO and RPO requirements.
- D. Incorrect.
While VMware Cloud Foundation offers high availability features, it does not provide a comprehensive disaster recovery solution for hybrid cloud environments.