A company is planning to deploy a new vSphere 8.x cluster for a mission-critical workload. They have selected servers with dual 16-core CPUs, 512 GB RAM, and local NVMe storage. The workload requires a maximum of 4 vCPUs per VM and expects to run 20 VMs per host. The company wants to ensure that the cluster can sustain a host failure without impacting VM performance. Which prerequisite should the architect verify before finalizing the hardware purchase?

The CPUs support the required number of cores per socket for the vSphere license edition being purchased.

The local NVMe storage is configured with RAID 1 to protect against disk failure within a host.

The total CPU and memory capacity of the remaining hosts is sufficient to accommodate the VMs from a failed host without overcommitment.

The server's BIOS is set to maximum performance mode to ensure consistent CPU frequency for all VMs.

In which scenario is an embedded vCenter Server topology most appropriate?

An environment that needs to separate SSO services from vCenter Server.

A large environment requiring multiple vCenter Server instances sharing a PSC.

An environment with multiple sites that need independent SSO domains.

A small environment with a single vCenter Server instance.

Which feature of an ESXi cluster automatically restarts virtual machines on another host if a host fails?

Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

A company is deploying a new Linux VM. They need to ensure that the VM's clock stays synchronized with the ESXi host and that the guest OS can be customized during deployment. What should they install in the guest OS?

A third-party time synchronization daemon

A large enterprise is designing a vSphere environment with multiple vCenter Server instances to manage separate business units. They want to ensure that if one vCenter Server fails, the other vCenter Servers are not affected. Which deployment topology should they choose?

Multiple external vCenter Servers sharing a common database

External topology with a shared Platform Services Controller

Embedded topology with a single vCenter Server

Multiple embedded vCenter Server instances, each with its own Platform Services Controller

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A company is planning to deploy a new vSphere 8.x cluster for a mission-critical workload. They have selected servers with dual 16-core CPUs, 512 GB RAM, and local NVMe storage. The workload requires a maximum of 4 vCPUs per VM and expects to run 20 VMs per host. The company wants to ensure that the cluster can sustain a host failure without impacting VM performance. Which prerequisite should the architect verify before finalizing the hardware purchase?
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In which scenario is an embedded vCenter Server topology most appropriate?
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Which feature of an ESXi cluster automatically restarts virtual machines on another host if a host fails?
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A company is deploying a new Linux VM. They need to ensure that the VM's clock stays synchronized with the ESXi host and that the guest OS can be customized during deployment. What should they install in the guest OS?
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A large enterprise is designing a vSphere environment with multiple vCenter Server instances to manage separate business units. They want to ensure that if one vCenter Server fails, the other vCenter Servers are not affected. Which deployment topology should they choose?
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