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2V0-621 · Question #241

An administrator has noticed that virtual machine VM2 in the vApp show in the Exhibit is demonstrating poor performance. Which three changes, if performed separately, would improve the performance of

The correct answer is A. Remove the CPU limit on the vApp. D. Power off virtual machine VM1. E. Increase the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM2.. VM2's poor performance stems from CPU constraints at the vApp level and resource competition with VM1; removing limits or increasing VM2's reservation directly addresses these bottlenecks.

Section 7 – Administer and Analyze vSphere 6.x Performance

Question

An administrator has noticed that virtual machine VM2 in the vApp show in the Exhibit is demonstrating poor performance. Which three changes, if performed separately, would improve the performance of VM2? (Choose three.)

Exhibit

2V0-621 question #241 exhibit

Options

  • ARemove the CPU limit on the vApp.
  • BRemove the CPU limit on the resource pool
  • CIncrease the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM1.
  • DPower off virtual machine VM1.
  • EIncrease the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM2.

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    67% (37)
  • B
    24% (13)
  • C
    9% (5)

Why each option

VM2's poor performance stems from CPU constraints at the vApp level and resource competition with VM1; removing limits or increasing VM2's reservation directly addresses these bottlenecks.

ARemove the CPU limit on the vApp.Correct

The CPU limit on the vApp acts as a ceiling for all VMs within it - removing it allows the vApp's total CPU allocation to expand, giving VM2 access to more host CPU cycles.

BRemove the CPU limit on the resource pool

Removing the CPU limit on the resource pool addresses a different layer of the resource hierarchy and may not directly benefit VM2 if the binding constraint is the vApp-level CPU limit shown in the exhibit.

CIncrease the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM1.

Increasing the CPU reservation on VM1 guarantees more CPU for VM1, which reduces the pool of available CPU that VM2 can compete for, worsening rather than improving VM2's performance.

DPower off virtual machine VM1.Correct

Powering off VM1 eliminates its CPU consumption entirely, freeing those cycles for VM2 to use without any configuration changes to limits or reservations.

EIncrease the CPU reservation on virtual machine VM2.Correct

Increasing the CPU reservation on VM2 guarantees a minimum amount of host CPU is always available to it, preventing VM2 from being starved when the host or vApp is under load.

Concept tested: vApp and resource pool CPU limits and reservations

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-40BA527D-2CD8-49C6-A9E4-A1F3A8DEB8B6.html

Topics

#vApp resource pools#CPU limits#CPU reservations#resource contention

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