2V0-620 · Question #40
An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements: - A web browser will be…
The correct answer is A. Linked Mode is a requirement for the solution. Linked Mode, which is required to share licenses between vCenter Server instances at different sites, is supported only on Windows-based vCenter Server and is not available on the vCenter Server Appliance.
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An administrator is evaluating whether to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server or on a vCenter Server appliance. The administrator has the following requirements:
- A web browser will be utilized to manage the vSphere environment.
- 16 ESXi hosts will be deployed.
- Licenses must be shared with a vCenter Server at another site.
- An external Oracle 10g database server will be used to host the
vCenter Server database. Why will the administrator need to deploy vCenter Server on a Windows server?
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- ALinked Mode is a requirement for the solution.
- BOracle 10g is a requirement for the solution.
- CThe vSphere web client is a requirement for the solution.
- DManagement of more than 5 hosts is a requirement for the solution.
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A81% (26)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
- D9% (3)
Why each option
Linked Mode, which is required to share licenses between vCenter Server instances at different sites, is supported only on Windows-based vCenter Server and is not available on the vCenter Server Appliance.
Linked Mode connects multiple vCenter Server instances so they can share a common license pool and present a unified inventory view across sites, directly satisfying the requirement to share licenses with the remote vCenter Server. This feature is exclusively supported on Windows-based vCenter Server installations - the VCSA does not support Linked Mode in this version - making a Windows deployment mandatory.
Oracle database compatibility differences exist between platforms, but the definitive constraint forcing a Windows deployment is the Linked Mode requirement for cross-site license sharing, not the database engine version alone.
The vSphere Web Client is supported on both the vCenter Server Appliance and Windows-based vCenter Server, so web browser-based management is not a platform-differentiating requirement.
Both the vCenter Server Appliance and Windows-based vCenter Server support managing significantly more than 16 ESXi hosts, so host count does not determine which platform must be used.
Concept tested: vCenter Server Linked Mode platform support vs VCSA limitations
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-6A5ED9AA-7B71-4E10-9A88-EEBFB99DFFE5.html
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