VMware App Volumes Specialist (2021) — Question 18

A company has engaged a consultant to upgrade an existing vSAN cluster to vSAN 7.0 U1. The company wants to ensure that the same vSAN process can be used in the future.
During the discovery phase, the consultant found the following information about the existing environment:
✑ The vCenter Server is currently version 7.0.
✑ The vSAN Cluster has the following configuration:
- vSAN version: 7.0
- Number of vSAN nodes: 6
- Encryption: enabled
- Deduplication and Compression: enabled
- Fault Domains: 1
- vSAN Capacity Utilization: 60%
✑ Each vSAN node has the following configuration:
- ESXi version: VMware vSphere 7.0
- CPU: 2 processors, 20 cores
- RAM: 1024GB RAM.
- Disk: 2 Cache SSDs and 6 Capacity SSDs
- Network: 4 x 10GbE
✑ All current hardware (which is from a single vendor) is listed on the vSAN Compatibility Guide for vSAN 7.
Which three recommendations should the consultant make to ensure that the vSAN cluster upgrade is completed? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Upgrade all vSAN nodes to VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 using the baselines capability within VMware Update Manager (VUM).
• B. Disable vSAN Encryption before starting the upgrade process.
• C. Upgrade all vSAN nodes to VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 using the images capability within VMware Update Manager (VUM).
• D. Set VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) to partially automated.
• E. Upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 7.0 U1.
• F. Choose the Allow reduced redundancy option.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because using the baselines capability within VMware Update Manager ensures all nodes are upgraded properly and consistently. Options B and C are incorrect as disabling encryption is not a requirement for the upgrade and using the images capability may not align with the current infrastructure needs. Options D, E, and F are not directly necessary for the upgrade process.