2V0-21.20 · Question #136
Which feature can an administrator configure to have a copy of critical virtual machines in another cluster? (Choose the best answer.)
The correct answer is C. vSphere Replication. vSphere Replication allows administrators to asynchronously replicate virtual machines to a different cluster or site for disaster recovery purposes.
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Which feature can an administrator configure to have a copy of critical virtual machines in another cluster? (Choose the best answer.)
Options
- AvSphere Storage vMotion
- BvSphere Fault Tolerance
- CvSphere Replication
- DInstant Clone
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Why each option
vSphere Replication allows administrators to asynchronously replicate virtual machines to a different cluster or site for disaster recovery purposes.
vSphere Storage vMotion migrates the storage of a running VM to a different datastore within the same environment - it does not create or maintain ongoing copies in another cluster.
vSphere Fault Tolerance maintains a live shadow VM that mirrors the primary VM in real time for zero-downtime failover, but it operates within the same or peered clusters and is not designed for cross-cluster replication copies.
vSphere Replication is a hypervisor-based replication engine built into ESXi that continuously replicates VM disk changes to a target site or cluster. It operates asynchronously and maintains a copy of the VM at the recovery site, making it the correct tool for keeping a replica of critical VMs in another cluster. It integrates with VMware Site Recovery Manager for orchestrated failover.
Instant Clone creates rapid, memory-efficient thin clones from a running parent VM for use cases like VDI and stateless workloads - it does not provide replication or disaster recovery copies.
Concept tested: vSphere Replication for cross-cluster VM copies
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/index.html
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