VMware vSphere 7.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design 2021) — Question 62

A VMware Service Provider is tasked with delivering a solution for continuous availability for a subset of Tier 1 virtual machines (VMs) and vApps running in their vSAN environment. The VMs make up a mission-critical application and there can be no data loss in the event of an outage at their primary data center. In the event of a regional outage, they have established a 10-minute recovery point objective (RPO). Failover/failback to the third site must be automated.
They have the following in place:
✑ Two local data centers (primary and secondary) connected with 100 Gb dedicated fiber
- 2ms round-trip time (RTT) latency between the sites
✑ A third data center located on another power grid
- 70ms latency between the primary and secondary data centers
✑ Matching storage arrays at all locations
Which two solutions could be used to meet the requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is designed for disaster recovery automation, making it suitable for the required failover and failback processes. The vSAN Metro Cluster provides synchronous replication between the two local data centers, ensuring no data loss and meeting the 10-minute RPO requirement. Snapshots, vSphere Data Protection, and VAAI do not provide the necessary automation or continuous availability required for this specific scenario.