VCP-VVF Vmware Vsphere Foundation Fundamentals Practice Question
An administrator is planning a vSphere Foundation deployment and needs to configure vSphere High Availability (HA) in a cluster containing production virtual machines. Which TWO configuration steps or behaviors are associated with vSphere HA cluster design and operation? (Choose two)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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vSphere HA requires a minimum of two ESXi hosts in the cluster to provide failover capability.
vSphere HA requires at least two ESXi hosts to function properly for failover, and it relies on datastore heartbeating when network heartbeats are lost during a network partition.
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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vSphere HA requires a minimum of two ESXi hosts in the cluster to provide failover capability.
Why this is correct
A minimum of two hosts is required so that failed VMs on one host can be restarted on another.
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vSphere HA requires dedicated physical switches that support spanning tree protocol configuration.
Why it's wrong here
While networking must be configured correctly, vSphere HA does not mandate specific spanning tree settings on physical switches.
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vSphere HA automatically migrates powered-on VMs using live vMotion when host CPU utilization exceeds 80%.
Why it's wrong here
Automatic load migration based on CPU utilization is handled by vSphere DRS, not vSphere HA.
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Datastore heartbeating is used to distinguish between a host network partition and a host power failure.
Why this is correct
Datastore heartbeats help prevent split-brain scenarios by confirming host status when management network communication fails.
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Configuring Admission Control is optional and has no impact on virtual machine power-on operations.
Why it's wrong here
Admission control prevents powering on VMs if there are insufficient cluster resources to guarantee HA failover.
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