VCP-VVF IT Architectures Technologies Standards Practice Question
An administrator is designing a vSphere Foundation 9.0 cluster and wants to ensure that ESXi host configuration drift is prevented across all nodes in the cluster. Which feature should be implemented?
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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vSphere Host Profiles
ESXi Host Profiles capture a reference host configuration and apply it to other hosts in the cluster, automatically checking and remediating any configuration drift.
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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Storage I/O Control latency metrics.
Why it's wrong here
SIOC manages datastore storage I/O queues.
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vSphere Distributed Switch health check.
Why it's wrong here
Switch health checks verify MTU, VLAN, and teaming configurations on physical switches, not general host configuration drift.
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vSphere Host Profiles
Why this is correct
Correct. Host Profiles establish a golden configuration standard and alert administrators to any compliance drift.
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Fault Tolerance auto-restart policies.
Why it's wrong here
Fault Tolerance provides continuous replication for high availability.
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