An administrator is tasked to deploy a new vSAN Storage Cluster to an existing VCF instance. The VCF instance is deployed as a single workload domain. What must the administrator do to achieve this without deploying additional management components?
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Answer
- A. Deploy an additional VCF instance and workload domain with a vSAN storage cluster.
- B. Deploy additional hosts as vSAN storage-only nodes within the existing cluster.
- C. Deploy a second cluster as a vSAN storage cluster in the existing workload domain. Correct
- D. Deploy an additional workload domain with a vSAN storage cluster within the existing VCF instance.
Explanation
Comprehensive and Detailed The VCF 9.0 Architecture and Deployment Guide explains that within a single Workload Domain, administrators can scale resources by adding additional clusters, including compute or vSAN storage clusters. Specifically, “A Workload Domain can contain multiple clusters. You can deploy a new cluster, such as a vSAN cluster, into an existing domain without introducing new management components.” . Options A and D both introduce new workload domains or VCF instances, which require their own management stack (vCenter, NSX Manager, etc.) and are unnecessary in this scenario. Option B is incorrect because “vSAN storage-only nodes” are supported in vSAN but are not the method for adding a new cluster within VCF automation. The correct approach is deploying a second cluster inside the same workload domain—this reuses the existing management components while meeting the requirement for a new vSAN storage cluster.