An administrator is using vRealize Operations Cloud and needs to create a one-way communication to the on-premises environment. Which appliance is needed to achieve this goal?

Question

Options

• AReverse Proxy
• BWeb Proxy
• CCloud Proxy
• DVMware Proxy

• A
  7% (2)
• C
  89% (24)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Cloud Proxy (C) is the purpose-built VMware component that establishes one-way, outbound-only communication from an on-premises environment to vRealize Operations Cloud - it collects data locally and forwards it to the cloud instance without requiring inbound firewall rules, which satisfies the "one-way communication" requirement exactly.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Reverse Proxy - handles inbound traffic routing to backend servers, the opposite direction of what's needed here.
• B. Web Proxy - a generic internet gateway/content filter; it has no awareness of vRealize Operations telemetry protocols.
• D. VMware Proxy - not a real vRealize Operations product name; this is a distractor designed to sound plausible.

Memory tip: Think of Cloud Proxy as a one-way valve - data flows out from on-premises to the cloud, never the other way. The word "Cloud" in the name signals it belongs to the vRealize Operations Cloud product, and "Proxy" signals it acts on behalf of the on-premises environment. If the exam says "vRealize Operations Cloud + on-premises," Cloud Proxy is almost always the answer.

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