VMware App Volumes Specialist (2021) — Question 4

A company hosts a vSAN 7 stretched cluster for all development workloads. The original sizing of a maximum of 250 concurrent workloads in the vSAN cluster is no longer sufficient and needs to increase to at least 500 concurrent workloads within the next six months.
To meet this demand, the original 8-node (4-4-1) cluster has recently been expanded to 16 nodes (8-8-1).
Which three additional steps should the administrator take to support the current growth plans while minimizing the amount of resources required at the witness site? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Add the new vSAN witness appliance to vCenter Server.
• B. Deploy a new large vSAN witness appliance at the witness site.
• C. Configure the vSAN stretched cluster to use the new vSAN witness.
• D. Deploy a new extra large vSAN witness appliance at the witness site.
• E. Upgrade the vSAN stretched cluster to vSAN 7.0 U1.
• F. Configure the new vSAN witness as a shared witness appliance.

Correct answer: A, B, C

Explanation

The correct answer includes adding the new vSAN witness appliance to vCenter Server, deploying a new large vSAN witness appliance, and configuring the vSAN stretched cluster to use this new witness. Options D and F are incorrect because deploying an extra large witness appliance is unnecessary for this scenario, and configuring as a shared witness is not needed when a new witness is being properly integrated into the cluster.