Free VMware 5V0-22.23 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 2

The purpose of the TRIM/UNMAP process is to reclaim disk space that is no longer used by the guest operating system or the virtual machine. TRIM and UNMAP are commands that allow the guest operating system to inform the underlying storage layer that certain blocks are no longer in use and can be freed up. This process helps to improve storage efficiency and utilization,especially for thin-provisioned disks that grow dynamically as data is written to them. The other options are not correct. The TRIM/UNMAP process does not collect vSAN log files, repair internal cache errors, or delete orphaned snapshots. These are different tasks that are performed by other tools or processes. References: Enabling TRIM/UNMAP Commands for VMware Cloud on AWS Clusters; Reclaiming guest OS storage in VMware vSAN 6.7 U1 with TRIM/UNMAP process

The minimum required number of hosts to provide data redundancy for a vSAN stretched cluster using dual-site mirroring and local protection with 1 failure - RAID-1 (Mirroring) is six hosts. This is because a vSAN stretched cluster requires at least three hosts per site, and each site must have enough hosts to tolerate one host failure. Therefore, the minimum configuration is three hosts per site, plus one witness host at a third site, for a total of six hosts. References: [VMware vSAN Specialist v2 EXAM 5V0-22.23], page 14

A possible cause of high latency on the vSAN cluster is that there is congestion in one or more disk groups. Congestion is a measure of how busy the storage devices are in handling I/O requests. When congestion is high, it means that the storage devices are overloaded and cannot process the requests fast enough, resulting in increased latency and reduced throughput. Congestion can be caused by various factors, such as insufficient cache capacity, disk failures, network issues, or heavy workload. The other options are not likely to cause high latency on the vSAN cluster. The Virtual Machines can use PVSCSI controllers without affecting latency, as they are optimized for high performance. Erasure Coding is a space efficiency feature that does not impact latency significantly. Jumbo frames are not required for vSAN, and enabling them does not guarantee lower latency. References: vSAN Performance Monitor; [vSAN Congestion Explained]

The correct answer is C, reduced vSphere licensing. This is because using a virtual witness appliance instead of a physical witness host can save on vSphere licensing costs, as the virtual witness appliance does not consume a vSphere license. The virtual witness appliance is a preconfigured virtual machine that runs ESXi and is distributed as an OVA file. It can be deployed on any ESXi host that has network connectivity to both data sites of the stretched cluster. The virtual witness appliance does not run any virtual machines other than itself and only hosts witness components of virtual machine objects. The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• A, increased vSAN datastore capacity, is incorrect because using a virtual witness appliance does not affect the vSAN datastore capacity. The witness appliance does not store any customer data, only metadata, such as the size and UUID of vSAN object and components. The witness appliance also does not contribute any storage devices to the vSAN datastore.
• B, shared metadata between separate clusters, is incorrect because using a virtual witness appliance does not enable sharing metadata between separate clusters. The witness appliance is dedicated to one stretched cluster and cannot serve as a witness for multiple clusters. The witness appliance maintains consistency between the two data sites of the stretched cluster by hosting witness components that act as tie-breakers in case of a site failure or network partition.
• D, additional compute capacity for running VMs, is incorrect because using a virtual witness appliance does not provide additional compute capacity for running VMs. The witness appliance does not run any VMs other than itself and does not participate in any compute operations of the stretched cluster. The witness appliance only hosts witness components that consume minimal CPU and memory resources. References:
• VMware vSAN Specialist v2 Exam Preparation Guide, page 11
• Deploying a vSAN Witness Appliance

In a vSAN stretched cluster configuration, both data sites are active sites, but one site must be designated as the preferred site and the other site as the secondary or nonpreferred site. This configuration helps to ensure that data remains on a given site in case of a network partition between the sites. If the network connection between the two active sites is lost, vSAN continues operation with the preferred site, unless it is resyncing or has another issue. The site that leads to maximum data availability is the one that remains in operation. The other options are not relevant to this scenario. References: Introduction to Stretched Clusters; vSAN Stretched Cluster Guide

The correct answer is A, the disk group must be deleted on each physical host in the vSAN OSA cluster to use the NVMe device. This is because vSAN OSA uses a disk group configuration where one disk is designated as a cache disk and the rest are capacity disks. To replace the cache disk with a different type or size, the disk group must be deleted first, which will erase all data on the disks and trigger a resynchronization of the affected objects. The administrator should put the host in maintenance mode and choose the option to evacuate all data before deleting the disk group. After replacing the cache disk with the NVMe device, the administrator should recreate the disk group and exit maintenance mode. The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• B, the disk group does not need to be removed before adding new cache, is incorrect because adding a new cache disk to an existing disk group is not supported in vSAN OSA. The cache disk can only be replaced by deleting and recreating the disk group.
• C, the host must be removed from vSAN OSA cluster before changing cache devices, is incorrect because removing the host from the cluster is not necessary and will cause more disruption and data loss than putting the host in maintenance mode. Removing the host will also delete its disk groups and require re-adding them after rejoining the cluster.
• D, the cache disk drives must have a larger capacity, is incorrect because there is no requirement for the cache disk to have a larger capacity than the existing one. The cache disk size should be determined by the workload characteristics and performance requirements, not by the expansion process. References:
• VMware vSAN Specialist v2 Exam Preparation Guide, page 10

The correct order to perform the update from vSAN version 7.0.2 to version 8.0 is to upgrade the vCenter Server first, then upgrade the ESXi hosts, and finally upgrade the vSAN on-disk format. This order follows the general vSphere upgrade order, which ensures compatibility and interoperability between different components. Upgrading the vCenter Server first allows it to manage and monitor the ESXi hosts and the vSAN cluster during the upgrade process. Upgrading the ESXi hosts second ensures that they have the latest software patches and drivers for vSAN. Upgrading the vSAN on-disk format last enables the new features and functionality of vSAN 8.0. The other options are not correct, as they do not follow the recommended upgrade order.

To introspect multiple performance metrics of a single virtual machine, such as latency, throughput, IOPS, and congestion, the feature that should be used is I/O Trip Analyzer. This feature allows the administrator to diagnose the virtual machine I/O latency issues by providing a breakdown of the latencies at each layer of the vSAN stack, such as VM, host, network, and disk group. The other options are not correct, as they do not provide multiple performance metrics of a single virtual machine. esxcli is a command-line tool that can be used to manage various aspects of ESXi hosts, but it does not provide detailed performance analysis of virtual machines. Skyline Health is a feature that provides proactive notifications and recommendations for software and hardware issues based on VMware Analytics Cloud, but it does not provide granular performance metrics of virtual machines. llOlnsiqht is not a valid feature name in vSAN. References: Use I/O Trip Analyzer; Monitoring vSAN Performance

To allocate additional storage from another vSAN enabled vSphere cluster to this vSAN enabled Cluster, the administrator should use the vSAN HCI Mesh feature. This feature allows a vSAN cluster to consume storage resources from another vSAN cluster without requiring the hosts to be part of the same cluster. This way, the administrator can leverage the unused or underutilized storage capacity from another cluster and avoid purchasing new hardware or migrating VMs. The vSAN HCI Mesh feature also supports storage policies, encryption, deduplication and compression, and erasure coding across clusters12 References: 1: VMware vSAN Specialist v2 Exam Preparation Guide, page 15 2: VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 - HCI Mesh 3

 If the administrator did not explicitly assign a storage policy when provisioning a new VM on a vSAN datastore, the result is that the VM objects will be protected based on the vSAN Default Storage Policy configurations. The vSAN Default Storage Policy is assigned to all VM objects if no other vSAN policy is assigned when provisioning a VM. The default policy contains vSAN rule sets and a set of basic storage capabilities, such as Failures to tolerate set to 1, Number of disk stripes per object set to 1, and Thin provisioning. The other options are not correct. The VM provisioning will not fail, as vSAN requires that every VM has at least one storage policy. The vSphere Web Client will not choose the last vSAN Storage Policy used, as it will always apply the default policy if no other policy is selected. No data protection will not be applied to the VM objects, as they will have at least one replica based on the default policy. References: About the vSAN Default Storage Policy; Using vSAN Policies