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An administrator is tasked with moving an application and guest operating system (OS) running on top of a physical server to a software-defined data center (SDDC) in a remote secure location. The foll
The correct answer is B. Create a cold clone of the physical server using VMware vCenter Converter.. To move a physical server's guest OS and application, including a high-transaction database, to an isolated remote SDDC, the administrator should perform a cold clone. This ensures a consistent, complete image for transport without needing network connectivity for live synchroniz
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An administrator is tasked with moving an application and guest operating system (OS) running on top of a physical server to a software-defined data center (SDDC) in a remote secure location. The following constraints apply:
- The remote secure location has no network connectivity to the outside
world.
- The business owner is not concerned if all changes in the application
make it to the SDDC in the secure location.
- The application's data is hosted in a database with a high number of
transactions. What could the administrator do to create an image of the guest OS and application that can be moved to this remote data center?
Options
- ACreate a hot clone of the physical server using VMware vCenter Converter.
- BCreate a cold clone of the physical server using VMware vCenter Converter.
- CRestore the guest OS from a backup.
- DUse storage replication to replicate the guest OS and application.
How the community answered
(54 responses)- A6% (3)
- B61% (33)
- C24% (13)
- D9% (5)
Why each option
To move a physical server's guest OS and application, including a high-transaction database, to an isolated remote SDDC, the administrator should perform a cold clone. This ensures a consistent, complete image for transport without needing network connectivity for live synchronization.
A hot clone performs the conversion while the server is running, which risks data inconsistency for a high-transaction database unless advanced application quiescing is used, and even then, it may not guarantee perfect consistency required for critical data.
A cold clone involves shutting down the physical server before conversion, ensuring a perfectly consistent point-in-time image of the guest OS and its applications, including the high-transaction database. VMware vCenter Converter is the appropriate tool for Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversions, making the resulting virtual machine image transportable to the remote, isolated SDDC.
Concept tested: P2V conversion, cold cloning for consistency
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.user.doc/GUID-1563F8B3-3765-4221-87C2-1F45F921B59F.html
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