VMware vSphere 7.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2021) — Question 43

A vSphere administrator uses a Dedicated Failover Hosts Admission Control Policy in a cluster. An ESXi host fails and vSphere HA attempts to restart the VMs onto the dedicated failover hosts. The hosts have insufficient resources.
What happens to the VMs?

Answer options

• A. vSphere HA restarts VMs in another cluster.
• B. vSphere HA suspends the VMs until a host is available.
• C. vSphere HA powers down the VMs.
• D. vSphere HA attempts to restart the VMs on other hosts in the cluster.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because vSphere HA will try to restart the VMs on other hosts within the same cluster if the dedicated failover hosts do not have enough resources. Option A is incorrect as VMs will not be restarted in a different cluster, B is wrong because VMs are not suspended in this scenario, and C is not applicable since vSphere HA does not power down VMs in this situation.