VMware 5V0-31.23 Practice Test 1

An administrator is evaluating the options to leverage HCI Mesh within the existing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment. This will help them consume data center resources efficiently by enabling cross-cluster use of remote datastore capacity in their workload domains (WLD).
Which two scenarios are valid when using HCI Mesh with VCF? (Choose two.)
A VCF-created cluster in WLD1 providing remote storage to another VCF-created cluster in WLD2 via HCI Mesh
A VCF-created stretched cluster in WLD1 providing remote storage to another VCF-created cluster in WLD1 via HCI Mesh
A VCF Management WLD leveraging HCI mesh as a supplementary storage
A VCF-created cluster in WLD1 providing remote storage to another VCF-created cluster in WLD1 via HCI Mesh
A VCF-created cluster in WLD1 providing remote storage to another non VCF-created cluster via HCI Mesh
In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), HCI Mesh is used to enable clusters within workload domains (WLDs) to share storage resources across clusters. HCI Mesh allows a VCF-created cluster to act as a provider or consumer of storage resources to increase efficiency and flexibility in storage utilization across VCF workload domains.
Option A: This scenario is valid because HCI Mesh in VCF supports cross-cluster storage sharing across different workload domains. Here, a cluster in one WLD (WLD1) provides remote storage to a cluster in another WLD (WLD2).
Option D: This scenario is also valid because HCI Mesh allows clusters within the same workload domain (WLD1) to share storage resources with each other.
Rationale for Other Options:
Option B: This scenario suggests a stretched cluster providing remote storage within the same WLD. While HCI Mesh supports stretched clusters, the use case for cross-cluster storage sharing within stretched clusters is typically limited, as stretched clusters generally manage their storage independently for high availability and disaster recovery.
Option C: The VCF Management Domain is generally restricted from using HCI Mesh as a storage consumer or provider because it is designed to host management components. Management workload domains typically have dedicated storage resources.
Option E: This scenario is invalid because HCI Mesh is typically limited to clusters created within VCF. A non-VCF-created cluster would not be a compatible consumer or provider within the VCF framework.