VMware vSphere 7.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design 2021) — Question 64

Following a recent acquisition, the architect learns that both companies use vSphere on-premise and will need to combine the data centers into one. The acquired company's licenses will not be renewed for cost-savings related to the acquisition. All consumed vSphere licenses must have active support to support line-of- business operations. The merged environment must maintain 25% spare capacity. The architect has a small budget remaining unallocated for hardware.
The architect has calculated that the current vSphere environment can absorb the acquired company's virtual machines but the cluster will run at 90% memory utilization and at 50% CPU utilization.
Which design decision can the architect make to incorporate the new company's virtual machines into the combined vSphere environment?

Answer options

• A. Migrate the acquired company's virtual machines into the vSphere environment as it will currently fit.
• B. Use the current budget to add memory to the cluster to increase each ESXi host's capacity and add the new virtual machines.
• C. Purchase extra hosts to add to the cluster in anticipation of adding the acquired company's virtual machines.
• D. Purchase new licenses for some of the acquired company's ESXi hosts and add them to the cluster to hold the acquired company's virtual machines.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct choice is B because increasing the memory of the cluster will allow it to handle additional virtual machines without exceeding resource limits, thus maintaining operational efficiency. Options A and C are not viable as they do not address the need for additional capacity while option D involves unnecessary licensing costs which contradicts the budget constraints.