VMware NSX-T Advanced Deployment (VCAP-NV Deploy) — Question 43

An architect is responsible for creating the design for a Cloud Monitoring solution that will be used to monitor a greenfield VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC).
During a requirements gathering workshop, the Service Owner provided a list of solution requirements:
✑ The solution must support a monthly availability target of 99.9%.
✑ The solution must support the monitoring of 1000 virtual machines across two data center locations.
✑ The solution must support the retention of live data for at least 12 months.
✑ The solution must be redundant to a minimum of N + 1 including during planned maintenance.
✑ The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of solution is 4 hours.
Given the information from the Service Owner, which two statements would be considered functional requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. The solution must support the monitoring of 1000 virtual machines across two data center locations.
• B. The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of solution is 4 hours.
• C. The solution must support a monthly availability target of 99.9%.
• D. The solution must be redundant to a minimum of N + 1 including during planned maintenance.
• E. The solution must support the retention of live data for at least 12 months.

Correct answer: A, E

Explanation

Functional requirements define what a system should do. In this case, option A specifies the capability to monitor a certain number of virtual machines, and option E details the data retention period, both of which are essential functions of the monitoring solution. Options B, C, and D describe non-functional aspects such as performance and redundancy rather than specific functional capabilities.