Exam 3V0-624 topic 1 question 36 discussion

Actual exam question from VMware's 3V0-624

Question #: 36
Topic #: 1

DRAG DROP -
A customer is currently running a vCenter Server 5.5 environment with 48 identically-configured ESXi hosts.
✑ These ESXi hosts are divided into six 8-host HA/DRS clusters.
✑ The customer wants to upgrade to vSphere 6.5 and combine all of its ESXi hosts into a single 48-host HA/DRS cluster.
Place these actions in the correct order to accomplish this.
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by VCAPito at Oct. 19, 2019, 3:04 p.m.

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RookieMove

Highly Voted 5 years, 4 months ago

Answer is correct, 5.5 has a maximum cluster size of 32 hosts, so the cluster config has to happen post upgrade.

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VCAPito

Highly Voted 5 years, 8 months ago

Agreed with provided answer (although I don't agree with the 48-host cluster,. First step is always to take a backup of the current configuration. Then upgrade path is: PSC -> vCenter -> ESXi -> VM Tools and Appliances. Hosts in a cluster should be homogeneous, so they should be added to a single cluster only when they're all at the same version. Some references: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc/GUID-66836F60-A095-4749-86C9-1DAFB5D21070.html and https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc/GUID-7AFB6672-0B0B-4902-B254-EE6AE81993B2.html

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adrian_des

4 years, 9 months ago

steps 4 and 5 are interchangeable - it does not matter which comes first.

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chafik

Most Recent 4 years, 3 months ago

The answer is true.

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dax

5 years, 6 months ago

agreed with answer. but if it was in actual upgrade i would - join all hosts to 1 cluster before upgrading. that way i can put more hosts in MM.

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llstrixll

5 years, 5 months ago

If you change the inventory setup after taking a backup of the vcenter, then the back up step seems redundant. So that’s why best plan would be to change the inventory (cluster change) at the end once all upgrades are successful. My 2 cents

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