We can choose "no evacuation" option. so, A is not necessary. Actually, C and E are collect answers.

I agree with A and C. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2148975

I think A is not necessary, you can put the host in maintenance mode also selecting ensure accessibility. After object repair timer delay time objects will synchronized. So the key point is healthy status. A similar operation of removing disk groups says you can use also ensure accessbility option. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-16EBFE47-28BE-48DA-8B62-C99B2A7DC5C0.html

In my opinion its A & E because the best way is to evacuate the host (full data migration) and check if every object is happy. than remove the node. for sure the node must be in maintenance, but in my opinion this is obvious. i guess they wanna hear which option you wanna choose and this is full data migration and check if everything is happy

I would say A, E. A must have because data evacuation is required when permanently removing a host from cluster. E is more likely than C because we want to make sure object are healthy, which same thing as waiting for resync to complete. C is likely but it is obvious because putting a host in MM is inherent to the process of decommissioning a host and specific to vSAN situation

A & C for sure..remember here you are removing completely Esxi Host from cluster and hence if NO complete evacuation done then you will end up with orphaned or inaccessible VMS

I would go for A and E on as a 'verification' before removing a host from vSAN cluster. Removing a host will remove the disk group(s) so is the data on it as well.

Correct answers are A & C https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2148975 2. Put the host into maintenance mode with full data migration selected. This will evacuate all disk groups.

You migrate the data out of the node by putting it into maintenance mode. E is a good practice, but objects may be unavailable for other unrelated reasons that does not hinder the node from being removed. So A and C are correct.

Right-click on host > Select Maintenance Mode > Select data handling option > click Ok > Data Evac Completes > Resynch objects completes > Host is now in Mainteance Mode.

A & C are correct. You need to put the host in maintenance mode with the recommended option "Full Data migration" then wait for data evacuation to be complete. Put a host in maintenance mode is not a guarantee that data is evacuated because you could choose "No data migration". This is not a good practice, because you should ensure the data is available in the rest hosts before remove it from the vSAN Cluster.

A and C should be the correct answer . The option E is the general verification which need to be done for any maintenance activity.

I would go with C because you do not need to evacuate the data from the host before moving it from the cluster. You can select the option to ensure availability. The question didn't give enough information to suggest that A is the only feasible answer which is data evacuation. E to ensure that the objects are healthy before a host cluster removal.

I would go for A and C

A & E - A: Data evacuation would suggest the host is already in maintenance mode, making C redundant. E: Would make sense that all objects should be healthy, with valid storage policies before removing the host.

personally I would look for A & E before I remove a host. A "data evacuation is complete" means that there are no more resyncs running & most probably that the host is in maintenance mode or that most probably all disk groups of the hosts are removed (= data evacuated). that is important before you remove a host! B is non sense. C is technically possible without evacuating data. D resyncs are not running anymore when all objects are healthy and the data evacuation is complete. E all objects should be healthy before you remove a host!

A agree that correct answers should be A and C as per explanation below: http://www.vexpertconsultancy.com/2019/06/step-by-step-remove-a-node-permanently-from-a-vsan-cluster/