VMware VCP 6.7-DCV – Objective 1.9 – Describe the purpose of cluster and the features it provides

The following notes will assist you to prepare for this objective:

Be aware of additional features of both HA and DRS
- HA provides option to enable VM fault tolerance
- HA provides optional VM Component Protection
- DRS rules control placement (affinity)
- DRS provides optional DPM
Make sure you have read and experimented with admission control
- Remember this is a gating of VM power on operations
- What is slot size? Different from %?
Ultimately DRS is automating vMotion
- So what stops vMotion from working?
- Incompatible CPUs!
Ensure you have looked at Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
- Can you explain CPU masking?
- Can you pick the appropriate use-case from implementation of either?
You need to have awareness of vMotion Encryption

Reference:

vSphere Availability Guide pdf – Chapter 2 – Creating and Using vSphere HA Clusters

vSphere Security Guide pdf – Chapter 6 – Encrypted vSphere vMotion