VCP-DCV vSphere Lifecycle Management Practice Question
Exhibit
Refer to the exhibit.
Cluster image JSON snippet:
```json
{
"cluster": "Prod-Cluster",
"image": "ESXi-8.0.1-21866499-standard",
"hardware_compatibility": "strict",
"vendor_addon": "DellEMC-8.0.1-A03"
}
```Based on the exhibit, if a host in the cluster has a network card that is not on the vSphere Compatibility Guide, what will happen during remediation?
⚠ Common exam trap
VCP-DCV often tests the difference between a warning and a failure during remediation; candidates may assume the host is skipped or that drivers auto-update, but incompatible hardware causes an outright failure.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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The remediation will fail for that host.
During remediation (e.g., vSphere Lifecycle Manager or Update Manager), if a host has a network card not on the vSphere Compatibility Guide, the remediation will fail for that host. vSphere validates hardware compatibility before applying updates; an incompatible device causes the host to be placed in a failed state for that remediation task.
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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The host will automatically update its drivers to become compatible.
Why it's wrong here
Remediation compares the host's hardware against the vSphere Compatibility Guide and never installs or updates firmware or drivers itself, so an unsupported NIC cannot be made compatible automatically. It is tempting because vSphere Lifecycle Manager does remediate hosts, but only against an image's specified software components.
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A warning will be generated but remediation proceeds.
Why it's wrong here
Remediation halts on a hardware compatibility failure rather than continuing past it, because the desired image cannot be applied to a host with an unsupported NIC. A warning-only outcome is tempting since vSphere surfaces many advisory alerts, but compatibility violations are treated as blocking errors.
- ✓
The remediation will fail for that host.
Why this is correct
vSphere Lifecycle Manager validates every host's hardware against the vSphere Compatibility Guide before applying an image. A network card absent from that guide fails the hardware compatibility check, so remediation aborts on that host rather than proceeding.
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The host will be skipped with a warning.
Why it's wrong here
An incompatible NIC does not cause the host to be skipped; remediation checks the host against the desired image and reports the incompatibility as an error, blocking remediation until it is resolved. Skipping is tempting because some cluster operations do bypass non-participating hosts, but hardware compliance failures halt the task.
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