VCP-DCV vSphere Lifecycle Management Practice Question
An administrator checks the compliance status of a vLCM-managed cluster and sees that several hosts are marked as non-compliant even though the cluster image has not been changed recently. The hosts are currently running a version that matches the cluster image. What is the most likely cause of this non-compliance?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The compliance cache is outdated; a manual rescan is needed.
VLCM uses a compliance cache that may become outdated if hosts have not been rescanned recently. Even if the cluster image is unchanged and hosts match it, the cache can report non-compliance until a manual rescan is performed. Option A is incorrect because vLCM does not use baselines; it uses cluster images. Option C is incorrect because VMware Tools upgrades do not affect host compliance with the cluster image. Option D is incorrect because the cluster image has not been changed recently, so this cannot be the cause of non-compliance.
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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A new baseline was created and applied to the hosts.
Why it's wrong here
vLCM does not use baselines; it uses cluster images.
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The compliance cache is outdated; a manual rescan is needed.
Why this is correct
vLCM caches compliance data; if the cache is stale, a rescan will update it and show correct compliance.
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VMware Tools was upgraded on the hosts without updating the cluster image.
Why it's wrong here
VMware Tools is part of the image, so if it was upgraded separately, the image would not match, but the stems says the version matches.
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The cluster image was updated but the hosts were not remediated.
Why it's wrong here
If the image was updated, the hosts would be non-compliant because they are running the old version, not the same version.
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