5V0-35.21 Exam Dumps - VMware vRealize Operations - Cloud Management Automation 2023 Questions and Answers

 According to the vRealize Operations User Guide1, the action that the administrator should take to accomplish the goal of making sure that the existing vRealize Operations Manager instance can monitor a newly deployed vSAN cluster within an existing vCenter Server is to enable vSAN monitoring under the existing vCenter Server Cloud Account. A vCenter Server Cloud Account is a configuration that defines the connection details and credentials of the vCenter Server instance that manages the vSphere components, such as clusters, hosts, datastores, and virtual machines. By enabling vSAN monitoring under the vCenter Server Cloud Account, the administrator can allow vRealize Operations Manager to collect data from the vSAN cluster and monitor the health, performance, capacity, and configuration of the vSAN components, such as disk groups, disks, fault domains, and storage policies. The guide provides the steps to enable vSAN monitoring under the vCenter Server Cloud Account using the vRealize Operations Manager user interface1. The other options are not correct because:

• Adding vSAN cluster under Other Accounts is not a valid action, as there is no such option in the vRealize Operations Manager user interface. The Other Accounts option under Administration is used to add accounts for other types of cloud services, such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Kubernetes, but not for vSAN cluster1.
• Downloading and installing vRealize Operations Management Pack for vSAN is not a required action, as vRealize Operations Manager already supports vSAN monitoring natively without the need of any additional management pack. The vRealize Operations Management Pack for vSAN is an optional extension that provides additional dashboards, alerts, and reports for vSAN monitoring, but it is not necessary to accomplish the goal2.
• Adding vSAN cluster under Cloud Accounts is not a valid action, as there is no such option in the vRealize Operations Manager user interface. The Cloud Accounts option under Administration is used to add accounts for VMware Cloud services, such as VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud Director, or NSX-T, but not for vSAN cluster1. References: 1: vRealize Operations User Guide, pages 17-18, 21-222: vRealize Operations Management Pack for vSAN, Overview section.

 The alert action that the administrator should take to stop the alert from triggering again, unless the problem occurs in the future, is to cancel the alert. Canceling the alert removes the alert from the active alerts list and stops the alert from affecting the state of the object. However, canceling the alert does not resolve the underlying conditions that triggered the alert. Therefore, the administrator should only cancel the alert after investigating and resolving the problem. If the problem occurs again in the future, the alert will be triggered again. To cancel an alert, the administrator can select the alert in the alerts list, click Actions, and click Cancel Alert. Alternatively, the administrator can open the alert details, click Actions, and click Cancel Alert. References: Monitoring Alerts in vRealize Operations Manager; User Scenario: Respond to an Alert in the Health Alert List

In VMware vSphere environments, "Business Intent" is a feature in vRealize Operations that allows administrators to align workloads with business requirements. It ensures that specific workloads, like database virtual machines in your scenario, stay on or are moved to designated clusters based on defined business policies. This feature is essential for maintaining operational efficiency and ensuring that resources are optimized according to business needs.

Business intent is a feature that allows you to define the desired state of your clusters based on your business objectives and workload requirements. You can use business intent to specify the cluster placement and resource allocation for your database virtual machines according to their performance, availability, or efficiency needs1. For example, you can create a business intent policy that assigns high priority and high CPU and memoryreservations to your critical database VMs, and places them on a cluster that has the best hardware and network configuration2. Business intent works with vSphere DRS to automatically move and balance your VMs across the clusters that match your policy3.

The other options are not correct because they do not allow you to configure the cluster placement and resource allocation for your database VMs based on your business objectives. Custom group is a feature that allows you to group objects in your environment based on common attributes or relationships, but it does not define the desired state of your clusters. Compliance benchmark is a feature that allows you to assess the security and configuration compliance of your clusters against predefined or custom standards, but it does not define the desired state of your clusters. Operational intent is a feature that allows you to define the operational behavior of your clusters based on your operational objectives and constraints, such as power management, maintenance mode, or fault tolerance, but it does not define the desired state of your clusters. References: Business Intent, Create a Business Intent Policy, vSphere DRS and Business Intent, [Custom Group], [Compliance Benchmark], [Operational Intent]

The regulatory, standards-based compliance pack that is available in vRealize Operations is the CIS Security Standards. The CIS Security Standards are a set of best practices and recommendations for securing IT systems and data against cyberattacks. The CIS Security Standards are developed and maintained by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), a nonprofit organization that provides cybersecurity resources and guidance to organizations and individuals1. The vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for CIS provides alerts, policies,and reports to validate the vSphere resources against the CIS hardening guide. The following resources are being validated using this content: ESXi Host, Virtual Machine, vCenter Server, Distributed Switch, Distributed Port Group, and Distributed Firewall2. The vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for CIS can be downloaded and installed from the VMware Marketplace3. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) (option A) is not a regulatory, standards-based compliance pack that is available in vRealize Operations. SOX is a federal law that regulates the financial reporting and auditing of public companies in the United States. SOX does not provide specific technical guidelines or benchmarks for securing IT systems and data4. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) (option B) is not a regulatory, standards-based compliance pack that is available in vRealize Operations. CVE is a list of publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures that are assigned unique identifiers and descriptions. CVE does not provide specific security standards or recommendations for securing IT systems and data5. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (option D) is not a regulatory, standards-based compliance pack that is available in vRealize Operations. GDPR is a legal framework that regulates the collection, processing, and transfer of personal data of individuals in the European Union and the European Economic Area. GDPR does not provide specific technical guidelines or benchmarks for securing IT systems and data. References:

• 1: CIS Security Standards - cisecurity.org, CIS, 2021, [7].
• 2: vRealize Operations Compliance Pack for CIS - VMware Marketplace, VMware, 2021, 1.
• 3: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 237.
• 4: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) - investopedia.com, Investopedia, 2021, [8].
• 5: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - cve.mitre.org, MITRE, 2021, [9].
• [6]: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - ec.europa.eu, European Commission, 2021, [10].
• [7]: CIS Security Standards - cisecurity.org, CIS, 2021, [7].
• [8]: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) - investopedia.com, Investopedia, 2021, [8].
• [9]: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - cve.mitre.org, MITRE, 2021, [9].
• [10]: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - ec.europa.eu, European Commission, 2021, [10].

A vROps cluster in a Continuous Availability configuration consists of two fault domains, which are separate physical locations that can tolerate failures of an entire rack or site. The fault domains contain the primary node, the primary replica node, and the data nodes that store and replicate the data and configuration of the cluster. The witness node is deployed in a third location to monitor the network connectivity between the two fault domains and prevent split-brain scenarios, which occur when both fault domains assume the role of the master node due to network isolation1.

When a network outage occurs between the two fault domains, the witness node detects the situation and makes one of the fault domains offline to avoid data inconsistency. The fault domain that can still contact the witness node remains online and continues to function as the master node. The fault domain that cannot contact the witness node goes offline and stops serving requests. The VMs on the offline fault domain are restarted on the online fault domain by the vSphere HA feature1.

When the network outage is resolved and the connectivity between the two fault domains is restored, the vROps cluster will bring the offline fault domain back automatically. The offline fault domain will resync the data and configuration from the online fault domain and resume its normal operations. The administrator does not need to bring the offline fault domain online manually or restart and resync the vROps cluster1.

Therefore, the two events that will occur as a result of the outage are A. The vROps cluster will bring the fault domain back automatically once the network has been restored and D. One fault domain will go offline.

References: 1: About vRealize Operations Continuous Availability

 According to the VMware vRealize Operations Reference Materials, the cloud provider that needs to be added as a custom cloud provider when running a What-If Analysis is Oracle Cloud. The What-If Analysis feature allows the administrator to compare the cost and performance of running workloads in different public cloud providers, such as AWS, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud. These public cloud providers are supported out-of-the-box in vRealize Operations, and the administrator can select them from the predefined list when creating a migration scenario. However, if the administrator wants to compare the cost and performance of running workloads in Oracle Cloud, they need to add it as a custom cloud provider, and upload a rate card that contains the pricing information for Oracle Cloud services. The other options are incorrect because they are supported out-of-the-box in vRealize Operations, and they do not need to be added as a custom cloud provider when running a What-If Analysis. References: What-If-Analysis - Migration Planning: Public Cloud; VMware vRealize Operations What-If Analysis; VMware vRealize Operations for Public Cloud

According to the VMware vRealize Operations Reference Materials, the Custom Script option in vRealize Operations is able to calculate measurements on a Guest OS. The Custom Script option allows the administrator to run a script on the Guest OS of a virtual machine and collect the output as a metric. The script can be written in any language that is supported by the Guest OS, such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python. The script can perform any calculation or operation that is required by the administrator, such as checking the CPU load, memory usage, disk space, or application status. The script output can be numeric or text, and it can be displayed in a dashboard, alert, or report. The other options, such as HTTP Check, UDP Check, or TCP Check, are not able to calculate measurements on a Guest OS. They are used to monitor the availability and response time of a web service, a UDP port, or a TCP port, respectively. They do not run any script on the Guest OS, nor do they collect any metric from the Guest OS. References: Custom Script; How to build a per-guest filesystem report in vRealize Operations using the ‘Breakdown By’ feature; How to Get In-Guest Metrics in vRealize Operations for Horizon 6

 The vRealize Operations sizing tool is a web-based tool that helps you estimate the resources required for deploying and running vRealize Operations in your environment. The tool has two modes: Basic and Advanced. In the basic mode, you only need to enter information about vCenter objects, such as the number of clusters, hosts, virtual machines, and datastores. The tool also asks for the projected growth rate and data retention period for your environment. Based on these inputs, the tool provides recommendations for the node size, cluster size, and disk space for vRealize Operations. The tool also shows the maximum number of objects and metrics that can be collected by the recommendedconfiguration123. Therefore, the attribute that is required for using the vROps sizing tool in basic mode is the number of clusters. The other attributes, such as the number of virtual machine disks, vSwitches, and port groups, are not required in the basic mode. However, they can be entered in the advanced mode, along with other data sources, such as management packs, vRealize Automation, vRealize Log Insight, etc., to get a more accurate and customized sizing recommendation123. References: 1: Introducing the vRealize Operations Sizing Tool 2: vRealize Operations 8.6.0, 8.6.1, and 8.6.2 Sizing Guidelines 3: Everything You Need To Know About vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Tool

Cloud Accounts are the connections that allow vRealize Operations Manager to collect data from various cloud platforms and services. vRealize Operations Manager supports several types of Cloud Accounts, such as VMware Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes1. To monitor all supported environments, the administrator can use any combination of these Cloud Accounts, depending on the cloud services that the company is consuming. However, among the options given, only Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware Cloud on AWS are valid Cloud Accounts that can be used in vRealize Operations Manager. AWS is the leading public cloud provider that offers a wide range of compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, and other services2. VMware Cloud on AWS is a hybrid cloud service that delivers a consistent VMware environment on the AWS infrastructure, allowing customers to migrate, extend, and modernize their applications3. Both AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS can be integrated with vRealize Operations Manager by configuring the respective Cloud Accounts and providing the necessary credentials and regions45.

Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and IBM Cloud are also popular public cloud providers that offer various cloud services, but they are not supported as Cloud Accounts in vRealize Operations Manager. Therefore, they cannot be used to monitor the environments in vRealize Operations Manager. To monitor these cloud platforms, the administrator might need to use other tools or methods, such as third-party management packs, custom integrations, or external APIs . References:

• Cloud Accounts
• Amazon Web Services
• VMware Cloud on AWS
• Configure an Amazon Web Services Cloud Account in vRealize Operations
• Configure a VMware Cloud on AWS Cloud Account in vRealize Operations
• [Google Cloud Platform Management Pack for vRealize Operations]
• [Alibaba Cloud Monitoring]
• [IBM Cloud Monitoring]

• SSH enabled on an ESXi host (Option C) can be a security concern if not properly managed, as it can provide broad access to the host.
• A connected Floppy drive (Option D) can be a risk as it could be used to introduce unauthorized data or software into the VM.
• Allowing Promiscuous Mode (Option F) on a Distributed Port Group can be a security risk as it allows all virtual machines connected to the port group to see all network traffic, which is generally not recommended in secure environments.