VMware vSphere 8.x Professional — Question 17

A vSphere cluster has the following configuration:
Virtual machines (VMs) are running Production and Test workloads vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is enabled
There are no resource pools in the cluster
Performance monitoring data shows that the Production workload VMs are not receiving their fully allocated memory when the vSphere cluster is fully utilized.
A combination of which two steps could the administrator perform to ensure that the Production VMs are always guaranteed the full allocation of memory? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Assign a custom memory share value to the resource pool containing the Production VMs.
• B. Assign a memory reservation value to the resource pool containing the Production VMs.
• C. Create a parent resource pool for the Production VMs.
• D. Create a sibling resource pool for each of the Production and Test VMs.
• E. Create a child resource pool for the Test VMs.

Correct answer: B, C

Explanation

Assigning a memory reservation to the resource pool containing the Production VMs (Option B) guarantees that they will always have a specified amount of memory allocated to them, regardless of overall cluster usage. Creating a parent resource pool for the Production VMs (Option C) helps in managing resources effectively by grouping them, thus improving memory allocation for those VMs. The other options do not ensure the full memory allocation as they either do not involve reservations or do not directly pertain to the Production workload management.