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2V0-621 · Question #182

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is reviewing a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enabled Cluster and observes unexpected behavior as shown in the Exhibit. What are three potential…

The correct answer is A. A local device is mounted to one or more virtual machines. B. DRS rules prevent virtual machines from being moved. C. vMotion is not configured and enabled. DRS cluster imbalance occurs when VMs cannot be migrated due to local device attachments, DRS placement rules, or the absence of configured vMotion networking.

Section 5 – Administer and Protect vSphere 6.x Resources

Question

Refer to the Exhibit. An administrator is reviewing a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enabled Cluster and observes unexpected behavior as shown in the Exhibit. What are three potential causes of the cluster imbalance? (Choose three.)

Exhibit

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Options

  • AA local device is mounted to one or more virtual machines.
  • BDRS rules prevent virtual machines from being moved.
  • CvMotion is not configured and enabled.
  • DThere are insufficient cluster resources to perform the migration.
  • EDRS has been configured for a conservative migration threshold.

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    73% (29)
  • D
    15% (6)
  • E
    13% (5)

Why each option

DRS cluster imbalance occurs when VMs cannot be migrated due to local device attachments, DRS placement rules, or the absence of configured vMotion networking.

AA local device is mounted to one or more virtual machines.Correct

VMs with locally attached devices such as an ISO mounted from a local datastore or a physical device passthrough are ineligible for vMotion, so DRS cannot migrate them to rebalance the cluster and they remain pinned to their current host.

BDRS rules prevent virtual machines from being moved.Correct

VM-VM affinity rules, VM-Host affinity or anti-affinity rules, and other DRS placement constraints can block DRS from migrating specific VMs even when a significant load imbalance exists, resulting in a persistently skewed cluster.

CvMotion is not configured and enabled.Correct

vMotion is the underlying transport mechanism DRS uses to live-migrate VMs between hosts; if vMotion networking is not configured or enabled on the hosts, DRS cannot perform any migrations regardless of imbalance severity.

DThere are insufficient cluster resources to perform the migration.

Insufficient cluster resources would cause a specific migration attempt to fail, but persistent visible imbalance shown in the exhibit is more directly caused by migration eligibility constraints such as rules or missing vMotion, not resource exhaustion.

EDRS has been configured for a conservative migration threshold.

A conservative migration threshold reduces the frequency of DRS recommendations but does not explain VMs being stuck on specific hosts - it is a user-configured sensitivity setting, not a root cause of structural cluster imbalance.

Concept tested: DRS cluster imbalance causes and VM migration constraints

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-8ACF3502-5314-469F-8CC9-4A9BD5925BC7.html

Topics

#DRS#cluster imbalance#DRS rules#vMotion

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