VCP-VVF Vmware Vsphere Foundation Fundamentals Practice Question
An administrator is troubleshooting a vSphere Foundation cluster where vSphere HA has failed to restart virtual machines after a host failure event. Which THREE conditions or settings could cause this behavior? (Choose three.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The virtual machines are configured with an incompatible VM-Host affinity rule that cannot be satisfied on surviving hosts
vSphere HA restart failures can be caused by insufficient cluster compute resources (Admission Control), disconnected datastores, or misconfigured isolation responses.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Enhanced Linked Mode is disabled between local vCenter servers
Why it's wrong here
Enhanced Linked Mode affects management visibility, not cluster-level HA execution on individual nodes.
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The virtual machines are configured with an incompatible VM-Host affinity rule that cannot be satisfied on surviving hosts
Why this is correct
Mandatory (Required) affinity rules that cannot be met on surviving hosts will block HA from powering on those VMs.
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Strict vSphere HA Admission Control policy preventing power-on due to insufficient reserved host capacity
Why this is correct
If admission control is enabled and surviving hosts lack sufficient spare capacity to meet reservations, HA will not power on VMs.
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The ESXi hosts are configured with a standard switch instead of a distributed switch
Why it's wrong here
vSphere HA functions correctly with both standard and distributed switches.
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All datastores shared by the failed host are in an All Paths Down (APD) state for the surviving hosts
Why this is correct
If surviving hosts cannot access the VM configuration files on shared storage, they cannot restart the VMs.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official VMware exam blueprint
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