VCP-DCV vSphere Architecture, Products and Solutions Practice Question
A financial services firm maintains a multi-site vSphere environment with independent vCenter Server systems in New York and London, each managing approximately 200 virtual machines. The company requires a disaster recovery solution that can orchestrate failover of an entire site with automated IP address changes and integrated testing capabilities. They also need centralized management and the ability to attach the recovery site's vCenter to the same vCenter Single Sign-On domain as the protected site. The current vCenter versions are 7.0 Update 3. Which solution best meets these requirements while adhering to VMware best practices?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse vSphere HA with site-level disaster recovery, overlooking that SRM is specifically designed for orchestrated failover with automated IP changes and testing, while vSphere HA only handles host-level failures within a single cluster.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Deploy vCenter Site Recovery (SRM) paired with vSphere Replication, and use Enhanced Linked Mode to connect the vCenter systems.
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) with vSphere Replication provides orchestrated disaster recovery with automated IP address changes and integrated testing capabilities. Enhanced Linked Mode allows both vCenter Server systems to share the same vCenter Single Sign-On domain, meeting the centralized management requirement. This combination is the VMware best-practice solution for multi-site failover with independent vCenter Servers.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Implement a vSAN stretched cluster across both data centers and enable proactive HA policies.
Why it's wrong here
vSAN stretched cluster is for storage high availability, not full site-level orchestration, and requires shared storage which adds latency.
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Deploy vCenter Site Recovery (SRM) paired with vSphere Replication, and use Enhanced Linked Mode to connect the vCenter systems.
Why this is correct
SRM provides orchestrated failover, IP customization, and testing; Enhanced Linked Mode allows centralized management and a single SSO domain.
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Configure vCloud Availability for vCloud Director to replicate VMs between sites.
Why it's wrong here
vCloud Availability is designed for cloud provider environments and does not integrate with standalone vCenter or provide orchestrated failover.
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Use vCenter High Availability (VCHA) to protect the vCenter Server and rely on vSphere HA for VMs.
Why it's wrong here
VCHA protects only vCenter, not VMs; it does not provide site failover orchestration or IP address changes.
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