VCP-VVF Deploy Configure And Operate Vvf Practice Question
An administrator is configuring the Supervisor on a vSphere cluster within a vSphere Foundation 9.0 environment. After enabling workload management, the control plane VMs fail to power on, and the status shows that the primary storage policy assigned to the Supervisor namespace cannot be validated against the datastore clusters. What is the most likely cause and corrective action?
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
✓
Assign a storage policy that is backed by vSAN or an SPM-compliant datastore and ensure the policy tags match the requirements of the control plane nodes.
Supervisor control plane VMs require a storage policy that meets performance and availability requirements. If the referenced storage policy lacks the necessary capabilities or cannot be accessed on the chosen datastore cluster, initialization fails.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Assign a storage policy that is backed by vSAN or an SPM-compliant datastore and ensure the policy tags match the requirements of the control plane nodes.
Why this is correct
Supervisor control planes require valid vSAN or supported shared storage policies with correct capabilities enabled.
- ✗
Disable DRS on the cluster because Supervisor control plane VMs cannot run on DRS-enabled clusters.
Why it's wrong here
DRS is a mandatory requirement for Supervisor clusters to properly place control plane and worker nodes.
- ✗
Convert the target datastore from VMFS to NFS, as Supervisor control planes do not support VMFS datastores.
Why it's wrong here
VMFS datastores are fully supported for Supervisor control planes provided they meet performance guidelines.
- ✗
Log in to each ESXi host via SSH and manually create VMDK files for the control plane VMs in the datastore root.
Why it's wrong here
Control plane VMs are deployed automatically by the Supervisor workflow; manual VMDK creation is unsupported.
About these practice questions
One of 517 original VCP-VVF practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official VMware exam blueprint
This VCP-VVF practice question is part of Courseiva's free VMware certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the VCP-VVF exam.