VMware vSphere 7.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design 2021) — Question 75

An organization's existing vSphere environments are configured for Enhanced Linked Mode. The DevOps team automates the creation of hardened virtual machine images for various operating systems. Their continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline runs a task at the end of a successful build, which uploads the Open Virtualization Format (OV) image to a sandbox content library, deploys a virtual machine from the image, and then destroys these objects after quality checks are complete.
The following requirements have been noted:
✑ All content libraries and images must be centrally created and managed.
✑ All images must be capable of being updated.
✑ All images must be refreshed and available to subscribed libraries within 24 hours.
✑ All images must provide details of the image contents and versions.
✑ All images must be capable of being reverted to a previous version.
✑ All images must be capable of having the hardware and guest operating system customized during deployment.
Which three recommendations should the architect make to design a content library solution that will meet these requirements? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Create a local content library in the primary vSphere environment and enable publishing.
• B. Create and publish a new subscription to a new subscriber library for each target vSphere environment.
• C. Deploy the OVF images to vSphere and clone as an OVF template to a local content library.
• D. Deploy the OVF images to vSphere and clone as a VM template to a local content library.
• E. Edit the Auto Sync Refresh Interval advanced setting for each subscribed library.
• F. Add a new subscriber library from each vSphere environment.

Correct answer: A, B, D

Explanation

The correct answers are A, B, and D. Option A helps in centralizing the management of the content library by creating a local library, while B ensures that each environment has access to the necessary images through subscriptions. Option D allows for the creation of VM templates, which can then be customized during deployment. Options C and E do not meet the requirements, as C does not facilitate the necessary customization during deployment, and E is not relevant to the central management of images.