VMware vSphere 8.x Professional — Question 53

An administrator is responsible for performing maintenance tasks on a vSphere cluster.
The cluster has the following configuration:
Identically configured vSphere ESXi hosts (esx01, esx02, esx03 and esx04)
All workloads are deployed into a single VMFS datastore provided by the external storage array vSphere High Availability (HA) has not been enabled vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) has not been enabled
Currently, a critical production application workload (VM1) is running on esx01.
Given this scenario, which two actions are required to ensure VM1 continues to run when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Fully automated DRS must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
• B. VM1 must be manually shut down and cold migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
• C. vSphere HA must be enabled on the cluster so that VM1 will be automatically migrated to another host within the cluster when esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
• D. VM1 must be manually live migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.
• E. VM1 must be manually migrated to another host within the cluster using vSphere Storage vMotion before esx01 is placed into maintenance mode.

Correct answer: A, D

Explanation

Enabling fully automated DRS (Option A) is necessary for the automatic migration of VM1 during the maintenance of esx01. Live migration using vSphere vMotion (Option D) also ensures VM1 remains operational without downtime. The other options either require manual intervention or do not provide the necessary automatic failover capability.