Free Practice Questions for VMware 5V0-31.22 Exam

If you want to replace an existing license with a newly added license, you must add and assign the new license in the management UI (for example, vSphere Client or NSX Manager) of the component whose license you are replacing. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/4.5/vcf-admin/GUID-FD3B1D45-AC70-45CC-A507-944D1A476EB9.html

The next step the systems administrator should take is to prepare and configure the ESXi hosts to be used in the deployment. According to the VMware Cloud Foundation documentation1, before you can deploy the management domain using VMware Cloud Builder, you must prepare the ESXi hosts that will be part of the management domain and the VI workload domains. You need to install ESXi on the hosts, configure the network settings, claim disks for vSAN, and optionally configure certificates for the hosts. You can use different methods to prepare the ESXi hosts, such as using a custom ISO image, using the VMware Imaging Appliance, or installing ESXi interactively1

Uploading the Deployment Parameter Workbook is not the next step, because it is done after preparing the ESXi hosts. The Deployment Parameter Workbook is a spreadsheet that contains all the parameters required for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation, such as IP addresses, host names, passwords, and license keys. You need to download and complete the workbook before uploading it to VMware Cloud Builder1

Configuring the Management Domain using custom certificates is not the next step, because it is an optional step that can be done after deploying the management domain. Custom certificates are used to secure the communication between the components of VMware Cloud Foundation, such as SDDC Manager, vCenter Server, and NSX-T Manager. You can use either self-signed certificates or certificates signed by a certificate authority (CA)1

Deploying the Management Domain using VMware Cloud Builder is not the next step, because it is done after preparing the ESXi hosts and uploading the Deployment Parameter Workbook. The management domain is the first domain that is deployed in VMware Cloud Foundation, and it contains the components for managing and operating the SDDC platform, such as SDDC Manager, vCenter Server, NSX-T Manager, and NSX Edge nodes. You use VMware Cloud Builder to deploy the management domain by following a guided workflow on its UI1

"You can remove NSX Edge nodes from an NSX Edge Cluster that you created with SDDC Manager if you need to scale down to meet business needs.

Prerequisites

-The NSX Edge cluster must be available in the SDDC Manager inventory and must be Active.

-The NSX Edge node must be available in the SDDC Manager inventory.

-The NSX Edge cluster must be hosted on one or more vSphere clusters from the same workload domain.

-The NSX Edge cluster must contain more than two NSX Edge nodes.

-The NSX Edge cluster must not be federated or stretched.

-If the NSX Edge cluster was deployed with a Tier-0 Service High Availability of Active-Active, the NSX Edge cluster must contain two or more NSX Edge nodes with two or more Tier-0 routers (SR component) after the NSX Edge nodes are removed.

-If selected edge cluster was deployed with a Tier-0 Service High Availability of Active-Standby, you cannot remove NSX Edge nodes that are the active or standby node for the Tier-0 router."

These three statements accurately answer the manager’s question about NSX Edge nodes. Here is a brief explanation for each statement:

B. They can only be removed if the NSX Edge cluster is available in the SDDC Manager inventory and is active. This is a prerequisite for removing NSX Edge nodes from an NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager. If the NSX Edge cluster is not available or not active, you cannot remove NSX Edge nodes from it1

C. They can only be removed if the NSX Edge cluster is not stretched. This is another prerequisite for removing NSX Edge nodes from an NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager. If the NSX Edge cluster is stretched across different sites, you cannot remove NSX Edge nodes from it using SDDC Manager. You need to use the VMware Cloud Foundation NSX-T Edge Cluster Deployment Removal Tool instead12

E. They can only be removed if the NSX Edge node is available in the SDDC Manager inventory. This is also a prerequisite for removing NSX Edge nodes from an NSX Edge cluster using SDDC Manager. If the NSX Edge node is not available in the SDDC Manager inventory, you cannot remove it using SDDC Manager. You need to delete it from the NSX-T Manager UI instead13

A. They can be removed at any time if they are in a powered-off state. This is not a correct statement, because powering off the NSX Edge nodes does not affect their removal process using SDDC Manager. You can remove NSX Edge nodes that are powered on or powered off, as long as they meet the other prerequisites1

D. They can be removed if there are at least two nodes in the NSX Edge cluster. This is not a correct statement, because the minimum number of nodes in an NSX Edge cluster depends on the Tier-0 service high availability mode that was selected during the deployment. If the mode was Active-Active, you need at least two nodes in the NSX Edge cluster after removing any nodes. If the mode was Active-Standby, you need at least one node in the NSX Edge cluster after removing any nodes1

F. They can only be removed if the NSX Edge node was deployed from NSX-T Manager directly. This is not a correct statement, because the question is about removing NSX Edge nodes that were deployed using SDDC Manager, not NSX-T Manager directly. If the NSX Edge node was deployed from NSX-T Manager directly, you cannot remove it using SDDC Manager, but you can delete it from the NSX-T Manager UI.

References: 1: Remove Edge Nodes from an NSX Edge Cluster - VMware Docs 2: VMware Cloud Foundation NSX-T Edge Cluster Deployment Removal Tool (78635) | VMware KB 3: Delete the Failed NSX Edge Node from the NSX Manager Cluster - VMware Docs

According to the VMware documentation, each NSX-T Local Manager is associated with a vCenter Server, and each NSX-T Local Manager can manage up to three vCenters. In a VCF deployment with two environments (PROD and DEV) and two different hardware server types in PROD, there would be a total of three vCenter Servers. Therefore, a total of three NSX-T Local Managers would be provisioned to manage the three vCenter Servers.

This is because according to VMware documentation34, vSphere with Tanzu uses storage policies to integrate with shared datastores available in your environment, including VMFS, NFS, vSAN, or vVols datastores. The storage policies represent datastores and manage the storage placement of such objects as persistent volumes (PVs). Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) is a framework that provides a single unified control plane across different types of datastores and enables administrators to define policies based on storage capabilities and requirements5.

The Cloud Native Storage for vSphere with Tanzu workflow is as follows: 1. A developer deploys a pod using the kubectl CLI. 2. The vSphere with Tanzu Cloud Native Storage-Container Storage Interface (CNS-CSI) reads this request from the control plane API server. 3. CNS-CSI informs the vCenter Server CNS that a disk with gold storage class is required. 4. CNS interfaces with SPBM for a suitable datastore that satisfies the gold storage class (storage policy). 5. SPBM decides on a suitable datastore and interfaces with DRS for a suitable ESXi host. 6. Hostd on the ESXi host creates a first class disk (VMDK) on the datastore. 7. Spherelet on the ESXi host takes the VMDK. 8. Spherelet mounts the VMDK to the vSphere pod. 9. Spherelet reports the mount as a successful event to the control plane API server.

The service that is integrated with VMware Cloud Foundation and enables a centralized and simplified lifecycle management of ESXi host is Option B: vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) 1.

vLCM enables you to create cluster images for centralized and simplified lifecycle management of ESXi hosts including firmware. When a VI workload domain cluster is created with an image, you can update and upgrade the ESXi version on all hosts in the cluster collectively 1.

vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) is a key component of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) that enables centralized and simplified lifecycle management of ESXi hosts. It provides a single interface to manage host baselines, firmware and driver updates, and upgrades. With vLCM, administrators can create custom images for ESXi hosts, define baselines for host compliance, and apply updates to hosts in a coordinated manner. This helps to ensure consistency across the environment and reduce the risk of configuration drift. (source: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x Architecture and Deployment Guide)

This is because according to VMware documentation, this is the procedure for deleting a VMware Cloud Foundation Workload Domain and re-using its ESXi hosts:

Decommission all ESXi hosts in a cluster

Delete all clusters in a workload domain

Delete workload domain

Re-image ESXi hosts using SDDC Manager

This is because according to VMware documentation1, SDDC Manager is responsible for checking and downloading the online bundles for VCF upgrades from depot.vmware.com. The administrator can access SDDC Manager and download the bundles from Inventory > Workload Domains > MGMT > Update/Patches.

https://via.vmw.com/tchzcoreno28482843

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/4.5/vcf-admin/GUID-77C40307-8466-4331-A510-9334C0F6CF32.html

This is because according to VMware documentation1, vSphere Native Key Provider (NKP) is a simple key management solution that does not support key replication across sites or clusters. It also does not support vSphere Virtual Machine encryption which requires a third-party KMS solution2. Therefore, to enable both vSAN data at rest encryption and vSphere Virtual Machine encryption in a multi-site VCF solution, you need to use a third-party KMS solution that allows for key replication across sites.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-54B9FBA2-FDB1-400B-A6AE-81BF3AC9DF97.html