Free 2V0-13.24: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architect Exam Questions and Answers

Which VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 component is used to deploy and lifecycle manage the NSX Manager cluster of a new VI workload domain?

• AA. SDDC Manager
• BB. Aria Suite Lifecycle
• CC. vSphere Lifecycle Manager
• DD. Aria Operations

A customer is deploying a three-tier application on an NSX overlay segment in a VCF workload domain. The security team requires that web, application and database VMs cannot communicate with each other except on approved ports, even when they share the same segment. The solution must not require changes to the physical network or additional firewall appliances. What should the architect include in the design?

• AA. Separate VLAN-backed port groups for each tier, with a physical firewall between the VLANs
• BB. vSphere port group security policies that reject forged transmits and MAC address changes
• CC. Tier-0 gateway firewall rules that permit only the approved ports between the tiers
• DD. NSX distributed firewall rules that use security groups based on VM tags for each tier

A customer is planning a VMware Cloud Foundation solution to host a 500-seat VDI environment and a regulated payment processing application. The payments team requires that its vCenter and NSX components are patched on a schedule independent of the VDI platform, and that a failure in one platform's management components does not affect the other. The VDI team accepts the standard quarterly upgrade cycle. Which logical design meets these requirements?

• AA. The management domain hosting both workloads in separate clusters under a single vCenter instance
• BB. Two VI workload domains, each with its own vCenter instance, sharing one NSX Manager cluster
• CC. Two VI workload domains, each with its own vCenter instance and a dedicated NSX Manager cluster
• DD. One VI workload domain with two clusters, separated by DRS affinity rules and resource pools

During a workshop for a new VMware Cloud Foundation solution, the architect records the following stakeholder statements. Which statement is a business requirement?

• AA. Management domain vSAN datastores must use a storage policy that tolerates one host failure
• BB. NSX Edge nodes must be deployed in a cluster of two nodes with active-standby gateways
• CC. Application teams must receive new test environments within one business day
• DD. The vSphere clusters must be configured with Enhanced vMotion Compatibility enabled

An architect is creating the physical design for a VI workload domain cluster that uses vSAN OSA. The storage policy must tolerate two host failures by using RAID-6 erasure coding. The cluster must also stay fully policy compliant while one host is in maintenance mode. What is the minimum number of ESXi hosts the architect should specify for the cluster?

• AA. 5
• BB. 6
• CC. 7
• DD. 8

A customer is adding a VI workload domain to a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 environment and wants to reuse existing storage arrays. The arrays present block LUNs over Fibre Channel only. They do not support NFS and have no VASA provider for vSphere Virtual Volumes. Which principal storage option should the architect specify for the new workload domain?

• AA. VMFS datastores on iSCSI LUNs
• BB. vSAN OSA claiming the array LUNs as capacity devices
• CC. VMFS datastores on Fibre Channel LUNs
• DD. NFS version 4.1 datastores

An architect is documenting design decisions for a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 solution. One entry reads: Decision: Deploy the management domain as a single four-host vSAN cluster. Justification: Four hosts allow one host to be in maintenance mode while vSAN still tolerates one host failure. Implication: Management components share a single failure domain. During review, the customer states that every design decision must be traceable to the needs captured during discovery. What should the architect add to this entry?

• AA. A list of the alternative designs that were considered and rejected
• BB. The host names and IP addresses from the deployment parameter workbook
• CC. A risk statement with a mitigation for the single failure domain
• DD. A reference to the requirement or constraint that the decision addresses

A customer runs a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 instance in its primary datacenter and is adding a second VCF instance in a datacenter 800 km away. The round-trip latency between the sites is 22 ms. Business-critical VMs require an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 4 hours. Recovery must follow an orchestrated plan that can be tested without disrupting production. What should the architect recommend?

• AA. VMware Live Site Recovery with vSphere Replication between the two VCF instances
• BB. NSX Federation with global segments that span both datacenters
• CC. A vSAN stretched cluster that spans both datacenters in one workload domain
• DD. vSphere Replication between the instances, with VMs recovered manually at the second site

An architect is designing the physical network for a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 VI workload domain. A single vSAN cluster will start with 2 racks of 4 hosts and must grow to 8 racks of 4 hosts within a single cluster. The network team uses a leaf-spine fabric and does not allow any VLAN to span more than one rack. Which design decision BEST supports this growth?

• AA. Use per-rack subnets for host overlay traffic only and keep vMotion and vSAN on shared VLANs
• BB. Extend the management, vMotion, vSAN and host overlay VLANs across all racks through the spine
• CC. Use per-rack subnets for management, vMotion, vSAN and host overlay traffic on a routed fabric
• DD. Add a new cluster to the VI workload domain for each rack as the racks are installed

An architect is designing a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 solution for an insurance company. During a requirements workshop, the following statements were captured from the CIO, the security officer and the infrastructure team. Which statement should the architect classify as a business requirement?

• AA. New customer-facing applications must be available to underwriters within five business days of request.
• BB. The management domain must be deployed on a minimum of four vSAN ReadyNodes.
• CC. All vSAN datastores must be encrypted at rest by using an external key management server.
• DD. NSX Edge nodes must be deployed by using the large form factor.