An administrator is asked to onboard an on-premises vCenter instance into an existing vRealize Operations Cloud instance. Which two steps are needed to accomplish this goal? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• ADeploy and configure a Data node.
• BDeploy and configure a cloud proxy.
• CAdd a vRealize Operations Cloud account.
• DDeploy and configure a Primary node.
• EAdd a vCenter cloud account.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  83% (25)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  10% (3)

Explanation

Connecting an on-premises vCenter to vRealize Operations Cloud (a SaaS product) requires a cloud proxy (B) because it acts as the secure communication bridge between the on-prem environment and the cloud instance - without it, the cloud service has no way to reach internal infrastructure. Once the proxy is in place, you then add the vCenter as a cloud account (E), which registers vCenter as a monitored data source within vROps Cloud.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Data node) and D (Primary node) apply to on-premises vROps deployments, not the SaaS cloud version, which manages its own infrastructure - you don't deploy nodes.
• C (vRealize Operations Cloud account) is not a step for onboarding vCenter; it conflates the product itself with a data source configuration.

Memory tip: Think "proxy then provider" - the Cloud Proxy comes first (it's the tunnel), then you add the vCenter cloud account (the data source). No nodes needed because the "cloud" in vROps Cloud means VMware hosts the cluster for you.

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