5V0-35.21 Exam Dumps : VMware vRealize Operations Specialist

According to the VMware vRealize Operations User Guide1, business intent is a feature that allows the administrator to define the desired state and behavior of the clusters and hosts in the environment based on business objectives and constraints. Business intent can be used to optimize the placement and balance of workloads across clusters and hosts, as well as to enforce license compliance and availability requirements.

One of the types of business intent that can be configured in vRealize Operations is Business Intent - Clusters. This type of business intent allows the administrator to assign tags to clusters and virtual machines, and then create rules that match the tags to ensure that the virtual machines are placed on the appropriate clusters. For example, the administrator can tag two clusters as Windows and two clusters as Linux, and then tag the virtual machines accordingly. Then, the administrator can create rules that match the Windows tag and the Linux tag, and set the enforcement mode to Mandatory. This will ensure that the Windows workloads only run on the Windows clusters, and the Linux workloads only run on the Linux clusters.

Therefore, the correct answer is B. Business Intent - Clusters, as this is the type of business intent that should be configured by the administrator to achieve the goal of ensuring the workloads only run on their assigned nodes. References:

• 1: VMware vRealize Operations User Guide, https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations/8.5/vrealize-operations-manager-85-user-guide.pdf, page 49-51, 54-55

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.

To enable High Availability (HA) on a vRealize Operations cluster, the following two options are requirements:

• The cluster must have at least one Primary node: The primary node is the first node that is deployed in the cluster and it is responsible for managing the cluster configuration, user interface, and administration functions. The primary node also stores data and performs analytics like any other data node. Without a primary node, the cluster cannot function properly1.
• The cluster must have at least one Data node: A data node is a node that collects data from various sources, stores data in its local file system, and performs analytics and alerting functions. A data node also participates in the cluster load balancing and data replication. To activate HA, you must have at least one data node deployed, in addition to the primary node. This allows the creation of a replica node that can take over the primary node functions in case of a failure2. References: 1: About vRealize Operations High Availability 2: High Availability (HA)