VCP-VMC 2024 Question 93
Single answerA company is planning to migrate their workloads from an on-premises data center to VMware Cloud on AWS. They are concerned about downtime and want to ensure seamless migration without requiring reconfiguration of their applications. Which VMware HCX feature would best address their requirements?
- A
HCX vMotion
- B
HCX WAN Optimization
- C
HCX Disaster Recovery
- D
HCX Network Extension
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
HCX vMotion is the most suitable feature for this scenario as it allows live, zero-downtime migration of workloads from the on-premises data center to VMware Cloud on AWS. This meets the company's requirements for seamless migration without reconfiguration of applications. While other HCX features like WAN Optimization or Network Extension are useful in specific contexts, they do not directly fulfill the need for live migrations.
- A. Correct.
HCX vMotion provides live migration of virtual machines with zero downtime, making it ideal for scenarios where seamless migration is required without impacting running applications.
- B. Incorrect.
HCX WAN Optimization enhances the performance of data transfer over wide area networks but does not directly address the requirement for seamless migration or downtime concerns.
- C. Incorrect.
HCX Disaster Recovery is designed for failover and recovery operations in the event of a disaster, not for live migration or seamless workload transfer.
- D. Incorrect.
HCX Network Extension enables extending on-premises networks to the cloud, ensuring consistent network policies and IP addresses, but it does not perform the actual migration of workloads.