VMware Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise EDR Specialist — Question 9

An administrator is performing maintenance on the hosts in a four-node vSAN cluster and has selected the "Ensure Accessibility" maintenance mode option. All VMs are running with the Default Storage Policy which has not been modified from the default settings.
While one of the hosts in the cluster is down for firmware upgrade, a second host suddenly loses network connectivity to the remaining hosts.
How will the cluster be affected?

Answer options

• A. VMs might experience data loss
• B. Cluster will still be fully operational
• C. All VMs in the cluster will be inaccessible
• D. The backend performance metrics will be lost

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because the loss of network connectivity on a second host can lead to data being unavailable and potential data loss if the remaining hosts cannot access the required resources. Option B is incorrect as the cluster will not function normally with two hosts down. Option C is also wrong because while some VMs may still be accessible, the risk of data loss increases. Option D is not relevant to the operational state of the VMs.