VCP-VVF IT Architectures Technologies Standards Practice Question
An enterprise architect is planning high availability for a vSphere Foundation 9.0 cluster. Which THREE methods does vSphere HA use to detect host failures? (Choose three.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Network heartbeats exchanged between Master and Slave ESXi hosts
vSphere HA detects host failures using network heartbeats sent between the Master and Slave hosts, datastore heartbeats for partitioned hosts, and storage reachability checks.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Network heartbeats exchanged between Master and Slave ESXi hosts
Why this is correct
Correct. Network heartbeats are the primary method of detecting host failures.
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Datastore heartbeats written to shared storage datastores
Why this is correct
Correct. Datastore heartbeats determine if a silent host is truly dead or just experiencing a network partition.
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Storage reachability checks verifying active path status
Why this is correct
Correct. HA monitors storage datastore accessibility as part of its failure detection framework.
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Bluetooth proximity scans of administrator mobile phones
Why it's wrong here
Bluetooth proximity has no role in ESXi HA failure detection.
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Continuous ping checks sent to external public DNS servers like 8.8.8.8
Why it's wrong here
HA does not depend on public internet DNS ping checks to determine host failures.
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