Proactive High Availability Configuration for VMware vSphere 7.x

Configure Proactive High Availability for VMs in VMware vSphere 7.x

Question

An administrator needs to configure Proactive High Availability (HA) in a vSphere environment so that virtual machines (VMs) do not run on any partially degraded hosts.

The administrator would also like to see the recommendations before VMs are migrated.

Which automation and remediation level should the administrator select? (Choose the best answer.)

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https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc/GUID-3E3B18CC-8574-46FA-9170-CF549B8E55B8.html

Proactive High Availability (HA) is a feature of vSphere that detects hardware conditions that might cause a host to fail and automatically migrates the virtual machines running on that host to a healthy host before the failure occurs. The administrator needs to configure Proactive HA so that virtual machines do not run on any partially degraded hosts. Additionally, the administrator would like to see the recommendations before VMs are migrated.

The automation level determines the degree to which Proactive HA operates without human intervention. The remediation level determines what actions are taken when a problem is detected.

The available options are:

A. Automation Level "Manual" Remediation Level "Quarantine mode" B. Automation Level "Automated" Remediation Level "Maintenance mode" C. Automation Level "Manual" Remediation Level "Maintenance mode" D. Automation Level "Automated" Remediation Level "Mixed mode"

A. Automation Level "Manual" Remediation Level "Quarantine mode": This option would require manual intervention before any action is taken. When a host is flagged as degraded, the administrator would need to manually select which virtual machines to migrate and where to migrate them. This would not meet the requirement of not allowing virtual machines to run on partially degraded hosts. Additionally, Quarantine mode does not provide recommendations before VMs are migrated.

B. Automation Level "Automated" Remediation Level "Maintenance mode": This option would automatically evacuate all virtual machines from a host that is flagged as degraded and place the host into maintenance mode. This meets the requirement of not allowing virtual machines to run on partially degraded hosts. Additionally, Maintenance mode provides recommendations before VMs are migrated.

C. Automation Level "Manual" Remediation Level "Maintenance mode": This option is similar to option B, but it requires manual intervention before any action is taken. The administrator would need to manually select which virtual machines to migrate and where to migrate them. This would not meet the requirement of not allowing virtual machines to run on partially degraded hosts. However, Maintenance mode does provide recommendations before VMs are migrated.

D. Automation Level "Automated" Remediation Level "Mixed mode": This option would automatically evacuate virtual machines from a host that is flagged as degraded if the virtual machine is configured for automated remediation. For virtual machines that are not configured for automated remediation, the administrator would need to manually migrate them to another host. This meets the requirement of not allowing virtual machines to run on partially degraded hosts for virtual machines that are configured for automated remediation. However, it does not meet the requirement for virtual machines that are not configured for automated remediation. Additionally, Mixed mode provides recommendations before VMs are migrated.

Based on the above analysis, the best option for the administrator would be B. Automation Level "Automated" Remediation Level "Maintenance mode."