VCP-VVF Vmware Vsphere Foundation Fundamentals Practice Question
An administrator needs to modify the hardware configuration of a running virtual machine, specifically adding more vCPUs, without causing downtime. Which vSphere feature makes this possible when supported by the guest operating system?
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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Hot-Plug / Hot-Add CPU and Memory
Hot-add capabilities allow administrators to add virtual hardware resources such as CPUs and memory to a running virtual machine without requiring a power cycle, provided the guest OS supports it.
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 Fault Tolerance (FT)
Why it's wrong here
vSphere FT provides continuous availability by creating a synchronous secondary VM, but does not handle live hardware resizing.
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Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Why it's wrong here
DRS balances compute load across cluster hosts, but does not hot-add hardware to individual VMs.
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Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
Why it's wrong here
EVC ensures CPU feature set compatibility across different generations of ESXi hosts for vMotion.
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Hot-Plug / Hot-Add CPU and Memory
Why this is correct
Hot-Add allows dynamic scaling of CPU and memory resources on running virtual machines.
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