VMware App Volumes Specialist (2021) — Question 79

A company has deployed a 12-node (6-6-1) vSAN 7.0 stretched cluster for all production workloads.

The customer currently uses two different vSAN storage policies for running the workloads depending on the applications requirements:

• Policy 1 - Site Disaster Tolerance=Dual Site Mirroring, FTT=Erasure Coding
• Policy 2 - Site Disaster Tolerance=Dual Site Mirroring, FTT=Mirroring

During the setup of the vSAN stretched cluster, the following VM/Host Rules were created:

• Preferred Site - Preferred Site workloads should run on DC1 hosts.
• Secondary Site - Secondary Site workloads should run on DC2 hosts.

Which two actions should the administrator take to ensure that there is no impact to production services before completing the maintenance window in the Preferred Site? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Update the Preferred Site vSphere DRS affinity rule to be "Should not run on hosts in group".
• B. Change the Host Groups in the Preferred Site rule to the DC2 hosts.
• C. Update the Preferred Site vSphere DRS affinity rule to be "Must run on hosts in group".
• D. Change the Host Groups in the Secondary Site rule to the DC1 hosts.
• E. Update the Secondary Site vSphere DRS affinity rule to be "Must run on hosts in group".

Correct answer: A, E

Explanation

The correct actions are A and E. By setting the Preferred Site DRS rule to 'Should not run on hosts in group', the VMs can be migrated off the affected hosts, ensuring service continuity. Updating the Secondary Site rule to 'Must run on hosts in group' ensures that those workloads remain on their designated hosts, maintaining availability during maintenance.