VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2022) — Question 86

In a vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA) cluster, which condition can be detected by datastore heartbeating?

Answer options

• A. Fault tolerance virtual machine (VM) failover
• B. Network isolation
• C. Virtual machine (VM) disk failure
• D. Datastore All Paths Down (APD) event

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Datastore heartbeating is used to detect network isolation in a vSphere HA cluster by monitoring the availability of the datastore. If a host loses its connection to the network but can still access the datastore, it can help determine whether the host is isolated or if there is an actual failure. The other options do not relate to the function of datastore heartbeating.