5V0-35.21 Exam Dumps : VMware vRealize Operations Specialist

According to the vRealize Operations Cluster Management guide1, the Association Member Status indicates the state of the association between the remote collector nodes and the master node in a multisite deployment. The valid statuses are:

• Active: The remote collector node is connected to the master node and is sending data.
• Inactive: The remote collector node is not connected to the master node and is not sending data.
• Unreachable: The master node cannot reach the remote collector node due to network issues or node failure.

The Asymmetric status is not a valid status for the Association Member Status. It is a valid status for the Cluster Status, which indicates the state of the cluster nodes in a single site deployment. The Asymmetric status means that the cluster nodes are not in sync and have different configurations or versions1. References: 1: vRealize Operations Cluster Management guide, pages 3-4.

 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

The alternative that is offered by default when Workload Planning returns that an existing cluster does not have the capacity to accommodate the selected virtual machines is cost comparisons for running in hybrid/private/public cloud. Workload Planning is a feature ofvRealize Operations that allows the administrator to plan and optimize the workload placement and capacity of the vSphere resources in the environment1. Workload Planning can be performed using two scenarios: Workload Optimization and What-If Analysis. Workload Optimization is a scenario that automatically balances the workload across the clusters and datastores based on the business and operational intents, such as performance, consolidation, or compliance2. What-If Analysis is a scenario that simulates the impact of adding or removing workloads, hosts, or datastores, or changing the demand or configuration of the existing workloads3. When Workload Planning is performed using the What-If Analysis scenario, and it returns that an existing cluster does not have the capacity to accommodate the selected virtual machines, the alternative that is offered by default is cost comparisons for running in hybrid/private/public cloud. This alternative allows the administrator to compare the estimated costs of running the selected virtual machines in different cloud platforms, such as VMware Cloud on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services, and to choose the best option for the business needs and budget4. Cost options for increasing cluster capacity with additional hosts (option B) is not the alternative that is offered by default, but it is another option that can be selected by the administrator. This option allows the administrator to estimate the costs of adding new hosts to the existing cluster, and to choose the best host model and quantity for the capacity and performance requirements5. Modifications to virtual machine configuration (option C) and modifications to host configurations (option D) are not alternatives that are offered by Workload Planning, as they are not related to the workload placement and capacity planning. These modifications can be performed using other features of vRealize Operations, such as Reclaimable Waste, Oversized Virtual Machines, or Configuration and Compliance. References:

• 1: VMware vRealize Operations Specialist Exam 2023 (5V0-35.21) Exam Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 14.
• 2: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 167.
• 3: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 179.
• 4: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 187.
• 5: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 186.
• [6]: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide, VMware, 2021, pp. 77-78, 83-84, 229-230.