What are three components in the VMware Cloud Director Availability solution that are used to enable migration from an on-premises data center to a service provider's VMware Cloud Director…

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Options

• ACloud Replicator Appliance
• BCassandra database
• CRabbitMQ Server
• DVMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance
• EStandalone Edge Appliance
• FCloud Tunnel Appliance

• A
  77% (36)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  15% (7)
• E
  6% (3)

Explanation

For migrating over the internet from an on-premises data center to a VMware Cloud Director (VCD) environment, you need one component at each end plus a secure connection between them: the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance (D) sits in the source data center and manages replication from the on-premises side; the Cloud Replicator Appliance (A) is deployed at the service provider's VCD environment and handles ingesting and managing replicated workloads; and the Cloud Tunnel Appliance (F) provides the secure internet tunnel between the two sites, enabling connectivity without requiring a direct private network link.

Cassandra (B) and RabbitMQ (C) are backend infrastructure components used in other VMware/Aria products (databases and message brokering respectively), but they are not standalone VCDA deployment components you would provision for a migration scenario. Standalone Edge Appliance (E) is not a recognized component in the VCDA architecture for internet-based migration.

Memory tip: Think "O-T-C" - On-premises → Tunnel → Cloud Replicator - representing the three-hop path your data takes from source to destination. If it doesn't touch the data path or the endpoints, it's not one of the three.

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