Given a Scenario, Create a Dashboard/report/alert to Troubleshoot an Issue VCP-VCF-SUPPORT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   An administrator is troubleshooting a VM that becomes unresponsive during peak hours. The admin needs to see both real-time metrics and historical trends to identify the cause. Which dashboard configuration would be most effective?

   • AA dashboard with only current gauges of CPU, memory, and disk latency
   • BA dashboard with only a bar chart of datastore capacity
   • CA dashboard with only a table of recent alarms
   • DA dashboard with real-time line charts of CPU, memory, and disk latency, plus a time-series graph of the same metrics over the past week
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A VCF administrator notices that a workload VM is intermittently experiencing high latency. Which symptom indicates that a dashboard should be created to troubleshoot the issue?

   • AThe VM's network traffic is low and consistent.
   • BThe VM's memory usage is stable at 50%.
   • CThe VM's CPU usage spikes to 100% for a few seconds every hour.
   • DThe VM's disk space is consistently at 80% utilization.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A VCF administrator is troubleshooting a VM that becomes unresponsive during backup operations. The admin suspects the backup is causing excessive I/O, but is not sure if the issue is on the VM, the datastore, or the backup server. Which dashboard and alert combination would best help isolate the root cause?

   • AA dashboard showing VM disk latency, datastore I/O usage, and backup server metrics, with alerts on each of these metrics
   • BA dashboard showing only backup server metrics, with an alert on backup server CPU
   • CA dashboard showing only VM disk latency, with an alert on VM disk latency
   • DA dashboard showing only datastore I/O usage, with an alert on datastore I/O
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5. 9foundation · easy

   An administrator wants to be notified when a VM's CPU usage exceeds 90% for more than 10 minutes. What should be configured?

   • AA tag on the VM to mark it as critical.
   • BA dashboard with a CPU usage widget.
   • CAn alert with a condition on CPU usage and a notification action.
   • DA report that summarizes CPU usage.
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6. 10expert · hard

   A VCF administrator needs to prove to management that a cluster is over-provisioned and that resources are being wasted. The admin has access to historical data but needs to present a clear, concise summary. Which report and alert combination would best support this conclusion?

   • AA report showing peak CPU, memory, and storage utilization over the past quarter, with an alert on high utilization
   • BA report showing current CPU, memory, and storage utilization, with no alerts
   • CA report showing the number of VMs per host, with an alert on high VM density
   • DA report showing average CPU, memory, and storage utilization over the past quarter, with an alert on low utilization
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