2V0-622 · Question #83
An administrator wants to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.x. The vCenter Server: -Is hosted on a virtual machine server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, with 8 vCPUs and 16GB RAM. -Will have an…
The correct answer is B. The virtual machine has insufficient resources for the environment size. A vCenter Server 6.x Large Environment configuration requires at least 16 vCPUs and 32 GB RAM, so the described server with only 8 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM does not meet the minimum hardware requirements.
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An administrator wants to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.x. The vCenter Server:
-Is hosted on a virtual machine server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, with 8 vCPUs and 16GB RAM. -Will have an embedded Platform Services Controller. -Hosts a Large Environment with 1,000 ESXi hosts and 10,000 Virtual Machines. Why does the vCenter Server not meet the minimum requirements?
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- AWindows Server 2008 R2 is not a supported Operating System for vCenter Server.
- BThe virtual machine has insufficient resources for the environment size.
- CThe environment is too large to be managed by a single vCenter Server.
- DThe Platform Services Controller must be changed to an External deployment.
How the community answered
(26 responses)- A8% (2)
- B73% (19)
- C4% (1)
- D15% (4)
Why each option
A vCenter Server 6.x Large Environment configuration requires at least 16 vCPUs and 32 GB RAM, so the described server with only 8 vCPUs and 16 GB RAM does not meet the minimum hardware requirements.
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) is a supported host operating system for vCenter Server 6.x, so the OS selection does not disqualify this deployment.
VMware publishes tiered hardware requirements for vCenter 6.x based on environment size - a Large Environment deployment with an embedded PSC requires a minimum of 16 vCPUs and 32 GB RAM, and the described VM provides only half of each required resource, making it non-compliant.
A single vCenter Server 6.x instance is fully supported for managing up to 1,000 ESXi hosts and 10,000 VMs in a Large Environment configuration, so scale alone is not the disqualifying factor.
An embedded Platform Services Controller is a valid and supported topology for vCenter 6.x including Large Environment deployments, so the PSC deployment model is not the problem.
Concept tested: vCenter Server 6.x minimum hardware requirements by environment size
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-752FCA83-1A9B-499E-9C65-D5625351C0B5.html
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