VCP-VMC 2024 Question 94
Single answerA company is planning to migrate its on-premises workloads to VMware Cloud on AWS. They want to minimize downtime during the migration and ensure compatibility between their current vSphere environment and the VMware Cloud infrastructure. Which functionality of VMware HCX can assist in achieving this goal?
- A
HCX vMotion for live migration of workloads
- B
HCX WAN Optimization to improve network performance
- C
HCX Disaster Recovery to create a failover site in the cloud
- D
HCX Network Extension to extend on-premises networks to the cloud
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
VMware HCX vMotion is specifically designed for live migration of workloads between environments with zero downtime, ensuring compatibility and minimizing disruption. This makes it the ideal solution for the scenario described, while the other functionalities of HCX are focused on different aspects of network and disaster recovery.
- A. Correct.
HCX vMotion enables live migration of workloads with zero downtime, making it ideal for seamless migration to VMware Cloud on AWS.
- B. Incorrect.
HCX WAN Optimization improves network performance but does not directly address the need for live migration of workloads.
- C. Incorrect.
HCX Disaster Recovery is used for failover scenarios but is not designed for live migration of workloads.
- D. Incorrect.
HCX Network Extension allows extending on-premises networks to the cloud but does not enable live migration of workloads.