VMware vSphere 7.x Professional for Service Providers — Question 3

Using vSphere HA Orchestrated Restart an administrator places the most mission critical VM in the highest priority. After a host failure, the highest priority VM fails to restart while VMs in high priority restart.
What would cause this to occur?

Answer options

• A. VMware Tools is not installed.
• B. Proactive HA is disabled.
• C. There are insufficient cluster resources.
• D. Performance degradation VMs tolerate threshold is at default.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as VMware Tools must be installed on VMs for proper functioning of vSphere HA features, including orchestrated restart. Without it, the highest priority VM cannot be managed correctly during a failover. The other options, while relevant to HA configurations, do not directly prevent the VM from restarting.