VCP-VVF IT Architectures Technologies Standards Practice Question
An enterprise architect is designing a multi-site vSphere Foundation 9.0 disaster recovery plan using vSphere Replication. How does vSphere Replication track changes to virtual machine disks prior to replication cycles?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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By utilizing an efficient asynchronous change tracking mechanism built into the ESXi hypervisor kernel.
vSphere Replication uses its own built-in checkpoint mechanism or changed block tracking to asynchronously replicate data to the target recovery site.
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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By utilizing an efficient asynchronous change tracking mechanism built into the ESXi hypervisor kernel.
Why this is correct
Correct. vSphere Replication tracks disk changes asynchronously and transfers them to the target site based on the configured RPO.
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By mirroring every single SCSI command in real-time across synchronous Fibre Channel switches.
Why it's wrong here
Synchronous Fibre Channel mirroring is array-based replication, not vSphere Replication.
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By forcing guest operating systems to write logs to a shared NFS datastore.
Why it's wrong here
Shared NFS does not replicate virtual machines across remote disaster recovery sites.
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By executing full virtual machine cold clones every 15 minutes.
Why it's wrong here
Full cold clones are inefficient and would severely disrupt production performance.
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