A Horizon administrator has been tasked to deploy an agentless anti-malware solution for their virtual desktops. What VMware solution is required to achieve the requirement?

Question

Options

• AVMware vRealize Operations
• BVMware MSX-T with Guest Introspect
• CVMware vShield Manager
• DVMware vRealize Automation

• B
  4% (1)
• C
  96% (23)

Explanation

VMware vShield Manager is the purpose-built solution for agentless anti-malware in VMware Horizon environments. It works in conjunction with vShield Endpoint to offload antivirus/anti-malware scanning from individual VMs to a dedicated security virtual appliance, eliminating the need for agents on each desktop.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (MSX-T with Guest Introspect) - "MSX-T" is a nonsense product name (likely a trick misspelling of NSX-T); while NSX-T does support Guest Introspection for agentless security in modern deployments, this option is invalidated by the fictional product name.
• A (vRealize Operations) - a monitoring and capacity management tool, not a security solution.
• D (vRealize Automation) - an infrastructure automation/orchestration platform with no anti-malware role.

Memory tip: Think "vShield = virtual shield" - it literally shields your VMs from malware without needing to install anything inside them. The "agentless" keyword on the exam should immediately trigger "vShield Endpoint / vShield Manager."

Note for exam context: vShield Manager is a legacy product superseded by VMware NSX in modern environments. Older VMware Horizon certification exams (VCP-DTM, etc.) still reference it, so know it for the test even if NSX is used in production today.

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