A customer is using hypervisor to install VMware Partner Gateways. Which two hypervisors may be used? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AHyper-V
• BKubermetes
• CXenServer
• DKVM
• EESXi

• A
  88% (38)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  2% (1)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

VMware Partner Gateways support Hyper-V (A) and KVM (D) as the two approved hypervisors for deployment. These are the validated non-VMware hypervisors that partners can use to host gateway virtual machines in their infrastructure, giving flexibility across Windows Server environments (Hyper-V) and Linux-based environments (KVM).

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B. Kubernetes is not a hypervisor at all - it's a container orchestration platform, making it categorically incorrect.
• C. XenServer is a legitimate hypervisor (now Citrix Hypervisor), but it is not on VMware's supported list for Partner Gateway deployments.
• E. ESXi is VMware's own hypervisor used for standard VMware infrastructure deployments, not the designated hypervisor option in the Partner Gateway context where third-party hypervisors apply.

Memory tip: Think "H-K" - Hyper-V and KVM are the two Heterodox (non-VMware-native) Kinds of hypervisors partners use. If you see Kubernetes, eliminate it immediately - it manages containers, not VMs.

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