A VCF administrator is planning a 5.2 to 9.0 upgrade. The environment has a mix of ESXi hosts: some are on version 7.0.3 and others on 8.0. The VCF 9.0 compatibility matrix requires all ESXi hosts to be on version 8.0 before the upgrade. What is the most efficient way to prepare the environment for the upgrade?

Skip the pre-upgrade validation and proceed with the upgrade.

Upgrade the ESXi hosts on 7.0.3 to 8.0 using the vCenter Update Manager, then run the VCF upgrade.

Remove the ESXi hosts on 7.0.3 from the cluster and proceed with the upgrade.

Run the VCF upgrade; it will automatically upgrade the ESXi hosts on 7.0.3 to 8.0.

Before starting an upgrade from VCF 5.x to VCF 9.0, an administrator runs the pre-flight checks. Which action is part of the pre-upgrade validation process?

Take a snapshot of every virtual machine in the environment

Confirm that the SDDC Manager has sufficient disk space and that all components meet the minimum version requirements

Disable all alarms in vCenter Server to prevent false alerts during the upgrade

Verify that all ESXi hosts are in maintenance mode

A VCF administrator is upgrading from VCF 5.2 to 9.0. During pre-upgrade validation, the administrator notices that the environment uses a feature that is deprecated in VCF 9.0. What should the administrator do before proceeding with the upgrade?

Proceed with the upgrade; deprecated features are still supported in 9.0.

Contact VMware support to request an exception for the deprecated feature.

Disable the feature in SDDC Manager before starting the upgrade.

Check the VCF 9.0 release notes for the deprecation notice and plan to migrate or remove the feature.

When upgrading from VCF 5.x to 9.0, which action is necessary to handle a deprecated feature?

Ignore the deprecation and proceed with the upgrade

Disable all features to avoid issues

Review the release notes and adjust configurations accordingly

Downgrade to an older version to keep the feature

During a VCF upgrade, the upgrade fails at the NSX-T upgrade step. Which action is the first step to isolate the failing component?

Revert to the previous version of NSX-T

Restart the SDDC Manager service

Check the NSX-T upgrade logs for errors

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A VCF administrator is planning a 5.2 to 9.0 upgrade. The environment has a mix of ESXi hosts: some are on version 7.0.3 and others on 8.0. The VCF 9.0 compatibility matrix requires all ESXi hosts to be on version 8.0 before the upgrade. What is the most efficient way to prepare the environment for the upgrade?
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12foundation · easy
Before starting an upgrade from VCF 5.x to VCF 9.0, an administrator runs the pre-flight checks. Which action is part of the pre-upgrade validation process?
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13application · medium
A VCF administrator is upgrading from VCF 5.2 to 9.0. During pre-upgrade validation, the administrator notices that the environment uses a feature that is deprecated in VCF 9.0. What should the administrator do before proceeding with the upgrade?
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14foundation · easy
When upgrading from VCF 5.x to 9.0, which action is necessary to handle a deprecated feature?
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15foundation · easy
During a VCF upgrade, the upgrade fails at the NSX-T upgrade step. Which action is the first step to isolate the failing component?
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