VMware vSphere 7.x Professional for Service Providers — Question 33

Which rule should be used in an SDRS environment to create a VM requiring virtual disks be kept on different datastores?

Answer options

• A. VM-Host Affinity Rule
• B. VM Anti-Affinity Rule
• C. Intra-VM VMDK Affinity Rule
• D. Intra-VM VMDK Anti-Affinity Rule

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The Intra-VM VMDK Anti-Affinity Rule is designed to keep the virtual disks of a single VM on different datastores, thus providing redundancy and load balancing. The other options do not achieve this specific requirement; for example, VM-Host Affinity and VM Anti-Affinity Rules pertain to VM placement relative to hosts, while Intra-VM VMDK Affinity Rule would keep the disks together instead of separating them.