VMware Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage Sample Questions:

1. A clustered legacy application is scheduled for decommissioning at the end of the month. While in use, it stored application and quorum data on a pair of vSAN iSCSI Target LUNs.
After the vSAN iSCSI Target Service is disabled, what will happen to the existing targets and LUNs?

A) The targets and LUNs will remain intact but become unavailable.
B) The targets and LUNs will be archived for 90 days.
C) The targets and LUNs will be deleted.
D) The targets and LUNs will be migrated to object namespace for retention.

2. A cache drive failed on one of the vSAN OSA nodes in the cluster.
When the drive failed, vSAN started a resync to ensure the health of the data, and all objects are showing a healthy and compliant state.
The vSAN administrator needs to replace the failed cache drive.
Which set of steps should the vSAN administrator take?

A) Physically replace the failed cache device, and vSAN will automatically allocate the storage.
B) Physically replace the failed cache device, and vSAN will automatically create a new disk group. Then, remove the disk group with the failed device.
C) Remove the existing vSAN disk group, and physically replace the device. Then, check to verify that the ESX host automatically detects the new device. Afterwards, manually recreate the Disk Group.
D) Place the disk group into maintenance mode, and select Full Data Migration. Then, physically replace the failed cache device. Afterwards, vSAN will rebuild the disk group automatically.

3. A multinational corporation is deploying a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Workload Domain cluster to host tier-1 business applications with the following requirements:
* Deliver high performance to all workloads.
* Integration with automated VM placement.
* Reuse of existing infrastructure including multiple Fibre Channel (FC) arrays partitioned by business unit.
* The storage architecture must avoid vSAN.
* Meet organizational separation requirements.
Which two deployment approaches meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

A) Configure shared VMFS datastores on an assigned FC array as supplemental storage.
B) Configure shared VMFS datastores on an assigned FC array as principal storage.
C) Configure dedicated VMFS datastores on assigned FC arrays as principal storage.
D) Configure dedicated VMFS datastores on assigned FC arrays as supplemental storage.
E) Configure a shared VMFS datastore on an assigned FC array as principal storage.

4. An administrator is deploying a vSphere Supervisor Cluster on a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Workload Domain that uses NFS storage. As part of the configuration, the administrator must define separate storage policies for container images, ephemeral volumes, and persistent volumes within the vSphere Namespace.
The solution must align with vSphere Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) and Broadcom TechDocs recommendations for supported Supervisor configurations.
Which configuration meets these requirements?

A) Define one default storage policy and allow the Supervisor control plane to automatically create sub- policies for container and persistent workloads during namespace provisioning.
B) Create three distinct SPBM storage policies mapped to shared NFS datastore(s). Assign the policies to the corresponding storage options for container images, ephemeral volumes, and persistent volumes.
C) Use datastore clusters to automatically balance storage consumption for container and persistent volumes, and rely on vSphere DRS to place ephemeral data dynamically across datastores.
D) Create three SPBM storage policies that all reference the same shared NFS datastore. Assign these policies respectively to container images, ephemeral volumes, and persistent volumes when enabling Workload Management to logically isolate the volume types within a single datastore.

5. A storage architect is designing a vSAN solution that enforces quotas and Access Based Enumeration (ABE) on all file shares.
What should the architect highlight as a design decision implication?

A) When creating the share, enable quotas and ABE under SMB settings.
B) Quotas and ABEs must be configured at a cluster level and not per-share.
C) Deploy separate file services servers, one for quotas and one for ABEs.
D) Quotas are supported only on NFS shares; ABE is supported only on SMB shares.

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