VMware vSphere 8.x Professional — Question 109

An administrator is responsible for the management of a VMware vCenter instance that is currently experiencing performance issues. The administrator quickly identifies that the CPU utilization of vCenter is consistently over 80%. Upon further analysis, it seems that the vpxd process is contributing significantly to the performance issue.

A combination of which four steps should the administrator take to resolve the performance issues and ensure that a similar issue can be rectified without requiring downtime to vCenter moving forward? (Choose four.)

Answer options

• A. Add additional memory resources to the vCenter Server Appliance.
• B. Power on the vCenter Server Appliance using the vSphere Host Client.
• C. Enable CPU Hot Add on the vCenter virtual machine.
• D. Enable CPU and Memory Hot Add on the vCenter virtual machine.
• E. Gracefully shut down vCenter using the vSphere Client.
• F. Enable Memory Hot Add on the vCenter virtual machine.
• G. Add additional CPU resources to the vCenter Server Appliance.

Correct answer: B, C, E, G

Explanation

The correct steps are B, C, E, and G. Option B allows the administrator to power on the appliance without downtime. Option C enables the virtual machine to dynamically add CPU resources, preventing future performance degradation. Option E ensures a proper shutdown procedure, and option G provides additional CPU resources to address the high utilization. Options A, D, and F do not contribute to resolving the immediate performance issue effectively.