5V0-31.23 Exam Dumps : VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment Specialist

vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)in VMware Cloud Foundation is primarily responsible forupdating and managing the lifecycle of ESXi hostsin a standardized manner. It allows administrators to define update baselines and images for the ESXi hosts in workload domains.

vCenter ServerandNSX Managerare generally managed bySDDC Managerwithin VCF, not directly by vLCM.

SDDC Manageritself also has its own update mechanism separate from vLCM.

In vSAN storage, the Failures to Tolerate (FTT) parameter in the storage policy determines the number of host or disk failures a virtual machine can withstand without data loss. Setting FTT = 2 ensures that the VM is protected even in the event of two simultaneous host failures by creating additional data replicas to meet this level of redundancy.

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the recommended method to update firmware on ESXi hosts during a VI Workload Domain upgrade is to use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) Images in conjunction with a vendor hardware support manager. This integration allows vLCM to manage both ESXi and firmware updates as a single cohesive process. The vendor hardware support manager provides firmware compatibility information, ensuring that the firmware and ESXi versions are compatible and meet the hardware vendor’s standards.