CV0-003 · Question #166
When working with hypervisors configured in a highly available configuration that provides fail- over capabilities to virtualized servers and applications, which of the following requirements is commo
The correct answer is D. Correct licensing allocation. Licensing is commonly overlooked in hypervisor HA configurations because software licenses are often tied to specific physical hosts and may not automatically transfer during failover.
Question
When working with hypervisors configured in a highly available configuration that provides fail- over capabilities to virtualized servers and applications, which of the following requirements is commonly overlooked?
Options
- ACorrect storage allocation
- BCorrect CPU allocation
- CCorrect memory allocation
- DCorrect licensing allocation
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A7% (2)
- B7% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D81% (22)
Why each option
Licensing is commonly overlooked in hypervisor HA configurations because software licenses are often tied to specific physical hosts and may not automatically transfer during failover.
Storage allocation - specifically shared storage such as SAN or NFS - is a well-known and heavily documented HA prerequisite that administrators routinely configure and verify during HA setup.
CPU allocation and affinity settings are standard HA planning items covered in all major hypervisor HA documentation and vendor best practices guides.
Memory allocation and memory reservations are explicitly required during VM configuration and are a standard step in any HA cluster validation checklist.
When a virtualized server fails over to a different physical host in an HA cluster, the operating system and application licenses may be host-bound or limited by core/socket counts on the target host. Administrators frequently configure CPU, memory, and storage correctly but neglect to verify that license agreements and activation servers permit operation on the failover node, potentially causing compliance violations or application failures post-failover.
Concept tested: Licensing compliance in hypervisor HA failover configurations
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/manage/set-up-hyper-v-replica
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