A company has a multi-tier application and needs a deployment solution that will take into account CPU and memory requirements, while ensuring that the security of each workload can be protected…

Question

Options

• AvSphere Replication
• BvRealize Automation
• CvRealize Operations
• DVMware NSX

• A
  81% (30)
• B
  14% (5)
• C
  5% (2)

Explanation

There appears to be an error in the provided answer key. Based on VMware product functionality, the correct answers should be B and D, not A and D.

vRealize Automation (B) is the deployment solution that handles CPU and memory requirements - it enables self-service provisioning of multi-tier applications while enforcing resource policies (vCPU, memory reservations/limits) at deploy time. VMware NSX (D) provides micro-segmentation via its Distributed Firewall, which dynamically applies security policies per workload - exactly what "dynamic firewalls" refers to in this context.

Why A is wrong: vSphere Replication is a disaster recovery tool that replicates VMs between sites. It has no role in initial deployment, resource scheduling, or firewall policy enforcement.

Why C is wrong: vRealize Operations is a monitoring and analytics platform - it observes CPU/memory usage but does not deploy workloads or enforce security policies.

Memory tip: Think "Automate + Secure" - Automation (vRealize Automation) handles where and how much a workload deploys; NSX handles who can talk to it via software-defined firewall rules. If the exam question involves deployment resource constraints and network security, the answer is almost always vRA + NSX.

Note for exam prep: If your source material lists the answer as A and D, flag it as a likely typo - A (vSphere Replication) does not fit either requirement in the question.

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