Which of the following are necessary to scale a VMware Cloud Foundation deployment? (Choose two)

Question

Options

• AUpgrade VMware Aria Suite
• BAdd a new ESXi host
• CAdd a new workload domain
• DAdd a host to the existing cluster

• A
  13% (4)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  84% (26)

Explanation

Scaling a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment requires either adding capacity to an existing cluster (D) or expanding the number of workload domains (C). Adding a host to an existing cluster increases compute/storage resources within a domain, while adding a new workload domain allows you to extend VCF to support new use cases or organizational boundaries - both are direct scaling mechanisms within the VCF architecture.

A is wrong because upgrading VMware Aria Suite (formerly vRealize Suite) is a management/operations layer concern, not a compute scaling action - it doesn't add infrastructure capacity.

B is wrong because simply adding a new ESXi host in isolation (e.g., outside of SDDC Manager's lifecycle management) doesn't scale VCF in a supported way; hosts must be added to a cluster or domain through SDDC Manager, making D the more precise and correct framing.

Memory tip: Think "scale out the domain (C) or scale up the cluster (D)" - both involve adding infrastructure managed by SDDC Manager. If the option doesn't involve SDDC Manager deploying or managing something, it's probably not a VCF scaling action.

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