2V0-13.24 Exam Dumps - VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architect Exam

VMware’s design methodology (per VCF 5.2) uses design qualities to categorize requirements based on their focus. The qualities include Availability, Manageability, Performance, Recoverability, and Security. Let’s classify the two requirements:

Requirement 1: In the event of a site-level disaster, the solution must enable all production workloads to be restarted in the secondary siteThis describes the ability to recover workloads after a site failure, focusing on restoring operations in a secondary location. TheVCF 5.2 Architectural Guidealigns this withRecoverability, which covers disaster recovery (DR) and the restoration of services post-failure.

Requirement 2: In the event of a host failure, workloads must be restarted in priority orderThis involves restarting workloads after a host failure (e.g., via vSphere HA) with prioritization, emphasizing recovery processes. While HA is often linked to Availability, the focus here on “restarting in priority order” shifts it to Recoverability, as it addresses how the system recovers from a failure, per VMware’s design quality definitions.

Option A: AvailabilityAvailability ensures system uptime and fault tolerance (e.g., HA preventing downtime). While host failure recovery involves HA, the emphasis on “restarting” and site-level DR points more to Recoverability than ongoing availability.

Option B: ManageabilityManageability focuses on ease of administration (e.g., monitoring, automation). Neither requirement relates to operational management but rather to failure recovery processes.

Option C: PerformancePerformance addresses speed and efficiency (e.g., latency, throughput). These requirements don’t specify performance metrics, focusing instead on recovery capabilities.

Option D: RecoverabilityRecoverability ensures the system can restore services after failures, encompassing both site-level DR (secondary site restart) and host-level recovery (prioritized restarts). TheVCF 5.2 Design Guideclassifies DR and failover recovery under Recoverability, making it the best fit.

Conclusion:Both requirements align withRecoverability, as they focus on restoring workloads after failures (site-level and host-level), per VMware’s design quality framework.References:

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architectural Guide(docs.vmware.com): Design Qualities and Recoverability Section.

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Design Guide(docs.vmware.com): Classifying Requirements by Design Quality.

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2, thephysical designspecifies tangible hardware and infrastructure choices, while logical design includes policies and configurations. The question focuses on vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA) in a VCF environment. Let’s classify each decision:

Option A: DD01 - A storage policy that supports failure of a single fault domain being the server rack

This is a logical design decision. Storage policies (e.g., vSAN FTT=1 with rack awareness) define data placement and fault tolerance, configured in software, not hardware. It’s not part of the physical design.

Option B: DD02 - Each host will have two vSAN OSA disk groups, each with four 4TB Samsung SSD capacity drives

This is correct. This specifies physical hardware—two disk groups per host with four 4TB SSDs each (capacity tier). In vSAN OSA, capacity drives are physical components, making this a physical design decision for VCF hosts.

Option C: DD03 - Each host will have two vSAN OSA disk groups, each with a single 300GB Intel NVMe cache drive

This is correct. This details the cache tier—two disk groups per host with one 300GB NVMe drive each. Cache drives are physical hardware in vSAN OSA, directly part of the physical design for performance and capacity sizing.

Option D: DD04 - Disk drives capable of encryption at rest

This is a hardware capability but not strictly a physical design decision in isolation. Encryption at rest (e.g., SEDs) is enabled via vSAN configuration and policy, blending physical (drive type) and logical(encryption enablement) aspects. In VCF, it’s typically a requirement or constraint, not a standalone physical choice, making it less definitive here.

Option E: DD05 - Dual 10Gb or higher storage network adapters

This is a physical design decision (network adapters are hardware), but in VCF 5.2, storage traffic (vSAN) typically uses the same NICs as other traffic (e.g., management, vMotion) on a converged network. While valid, DD02 and DD03 are more specific to the storage subsystem’s physical layout, taking precedence in this context.

Conclusion:The two design decisions for the physical design areDD02 (B)andDD03 (C). They specify the vSAN OSA disk group configuration—capacity and cache drives—directly shaping the physical infrastructure of the VCF hosts.

References:

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architecture and Deployment Guide (Section: vSAN OSA Design)

VMware vSAN 7.0U3 Planning and Deployment Guide (integrated in VCF 5.2): Physical Design Considerations

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Planning and Preparation Guide (Section: Storage Hardware)