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The support bundle that the customer should send that fits the bandwidth constraints is the light-support bundle from all nodes.A support bundle is a collection of logs, configuration files, and diagnostic information that can be used by VMware support to troubleshoot and resolve issues with vRealize Operations1.A support bundle can be generated from the Admin UI of vRealize Operations, and it can include information from the primary nodes, the replica nodes, and the remote collectors2. A support bundle can be either full or light, depending on the amount and type of information that is included. A full-support bundle contains all the logs, configuration files, and diagnostic information that are available, and it is recommended for most cases.A light-support bundle contains only the essential logs, configuration files, and diagnostic information that are needed for basic troubleshooting, and it is recommended for cases where the bandwidth is limited or the issue is not complex3. A light-support bundle is smaller in size than a full-support bundle, and it can be generated faster and transferred easier. A light-support bundle from all nodes includes the information from the primary nodes, the replica nodes, and the remote collectors, and it can help VMware support to identify the cause of the erratic behavior and the role of the remote collectors. A full-support bundle from the primary nodes only (option A) or a light-support bundle from the primary nodes only (option B) are not the best choices, as they do not include the information from the replica nodes and the remote collectors, which may be relevant for the issue. A full-support bundle from all nodes (option C) is not the best choice, as it is larger in size than a light-support bundle, and it may exceed the bandwidth constraints or take longer to generate and transfer.References:

1: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 35.

2: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 36.

3: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 37.

4: VMware vRealize Operations Specialist Exam 2023 (5V0-35.21) Exam Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 11.

The troubleshooting workbench is a feature of vRealize Operations that provides a unified and interactive view of the alerts, metrics, events, and logs related to an object or a problem in your environment.You can use the troubleshooting workbench to quickly identify the root cause of an issue, analyze the impact and symptoms, and take corrective actions12.

The troubleshooting workbench can show the data from other vRealize Suite products when the integration is configured. The integration enables vRealize Operations to collect and display the data from the other products as additional sources of information and context for troubleshooting purposes.The integration also enables vRealize Operations to launch the other products from the troubleshooting workbench to perform further analysis or actions34.

The other vRealize Suite product that can show its data in the troubleshooting workbench when the integration is configured is vRealize Network Insight. vRealize Network Insight is a product that provides visibility and analytics for network and security across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.It helps you to plan, operate, troubleshoot, and optimize your network and security infrastructure, as well as ensure compliance and security posture56.

When vRealize Operations is integrated with vRealize Network Insight, you can see the network and security data from vRealize Network Insight in the troubleshooting workbench. For example, you can see the network flows, firewall rules, network paths, and network health of the objects or problems that you are troubleshooting. You can also launch vRealize Network Insight from the troubleshooting workbench to perform deeper network and security analysis or actions .

References:

1:Troubleshooting Workbench - VMware Docs2:Use the Troubleshooting Workbench3:Integrate vRealize Operations with Other Products - VMware Docs4:Launch Other Products from vRealize Operations Manager5:vRealize Network Insight - VMware6:vRealize Network Insight User Guide: [vRealize Network Insight Integration - VMware Docs] : [Use vRealize Network Insight Data in vRealize Operations Manager] : [vRealize Operations Manager User Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Concepts Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Administration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Customization and Extensibility Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Troubleshooting Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager API Programming Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Certification Exam Guide]

According to the vRealize Operations User Guide1, Business Intent is a feature that allows the administrator to define the performance, efficiency, and consolidation goals for the clusters and hosts in the SDDC, and to specify the maximum amount of cluster resources to be reserved for burst capacity. Business Intent is applied to objects in vRealize Operations using vCenter Server tags, which are key:value labels that allow operators to add meta-data to vCenter Server objects. By tagging VMs, hosts, and/or clusters with specific tags, the administrator can create business-related placement constraints, such as VMs can only be placed on hosts/clusters with matching tags. For example, the tag OS: Linux can indicate a cluster or VM that is assigned to the category OS with a tag name of Linux. vRealize Operations then uses these tags to optimize the placement and balance of the workloads, and to perform automated remediation actions in the event of an issue. The other options are not correct because:

Groups are not used to apply Business Intent to objects in vRealize Operations. Groups are collections of objects that share common characteristics, such as type, name, location, or relationship.Groups are used to organize objects for monitoring, analysis, alerting, or policy assignment, but not for workload placement or balance1.

Policies are not used to apply Business Intent to objects in vRealize Operations. Policies are sets of configuration settings that define how vRealize Operations monitors and manages the objects in the SDDC.Policies are used to enable or disable alerts, metrics, properties, symptoms, recommendations, or actions for different types of objects, but not for workload placement or balance1.

Roles are not used to apply Business Intent to objects in vRealize Operations. Roles are collections of permissions that define what actions a user can perform on the objects in the SDDC.Roles are used to control the access and visibility of the objects for different users, but not for workload placement or balance1.References:1: vRealize Operations User Guide, pages 57-59, 62-63, 66-67, 70-71.

According to the VMware vRealize Operations User Guide1, an alert is a notification that indicates a potential or existing problem in the monitored environment. An alert consists of the following components:

Threshold: A value that defines the normal range of a metric or property. When the value exceeds or falls below the threshold, a symptom is generated.

Symptom: A condition that indicates a deviation from the normal behavior of an object. A symptom can be based on a metric, a property, a message, or a fault. A symptom can be associated with one or more alert definitions.

Alert definition: A rule that defines the criteria and the severity for generating an alert. An alert definition specifies the symptoms, the impacted object types, the alert type, and the alert sub-type.

Recommendation: A suggested action that can help to resolve or prevent the problem that triggered the alert. A recommendation can include a link to a related topic in the documentation or an external URL. An alert definition can have one or more recommendations.

Therefore, the correct answer is C. Recommendation, as this is the alert component that provides instructions that would resolve the triggered alert.References:

1: VMware vRealize Operations User Guide, https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations/8.5/vrealize-operations-manager-85-user-guide.pdf, page 19-21

According to the VMware vRealize Operations Reference Materials, the reason for seeing zero prices for the VMs in the new environment after creating and attaching a pricing card is that the cost calculation has not run yet. The cost calculation is a process that runs every 24 hours by default, and it updates the cost information for all the objects in the inventory based on the assigned pricing cards. Therefore, the administrator needs to wait for the next cost calculation cycle to see the updated prices for the VMs in the new environment. The other options are incorrect because they are either false or irrelevant. The prices are not only available for ESXi hosts, but for any object that has a pricing card attached. A cost-based pricing card can be used to calculate the cost of an object based on its actual resource consumption, and it does not result in zero prices. The pricing card was attached to the VM resource, otherwise the administrator would not see the pricing card name in the cost dashboard.References:Pricing Overview;Cost Calculation;Create a Pricing Card

The two actions that are possible to manage a vRealize Operations cluster using the Admin UI are uploading and installing vRealize Operations PAK files, and enabling or disabling high availability for the vRealize Operations cluster.Uploading and installing vRealize Operations PAK files is an action that allows the administrator to update the vRealize Operations software, add new features, or install management packs1.Enabling or disabling high availability for the vRealize Operations cluster is an action that allows the administrator to configure the cluster to tolerate the failure of one or more nodes, and to ensure the continuity and availability of the vRealize Operations services2.Deploying a new vRealize Operations node OVA (option A) is not an action that can be performed using the Admin UI, as it requires the use of the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client to deploy the OVA file to the vCenter Server3.Activating a vRealize Operations native management pack (option C) is not an action that can be performed using the Admin UI, as it requires the use of the vRealize Operations Manager UI to access the Solutions page and activate the management pack4.Configuring a DNS server on the vRealize Operations nodes (option E) is not an action that can be performed using the Admin UI, as it requires the use of the command-line interface (CLI) to access the node settings and configure the DNS server5.References:

1: VMware vRealize Operations Specialist Exam 2023 (5V0-35.21) Exam Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 11.

2: VMware vRealize Operations Specialist Exam 2023 (5V0-35.21) Exam Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 12.

3: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 17.

4: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 31.

5: vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, VMware, 2021, p. 25.

VMware vRealize Operations is a platform that provides self-driving operations management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to monitor, troubleshoot, optimize, and automate the performance, capacity, cost, and configuration of applications, infrastructure, and services12.

Management packs are extensions that provide additional functionality and integration for vRealize Operations. Management packs can enable vRealize Operations to monitor, analyze, and manage third-party solutions, such as applications, databases, storage, network, cloud, and security devices.Management packs can also provide dashboards, reports, alerts, policies, and actions for the third-party solutions34.

Management packs can be installed and configured by administrators in vRealize Operations. Management packs can be downloaded from VMware Marketplace or from third-party vendors. Management packs can use different methods to collect data from the third-party solutions, such as APIs, agents, or adapters .

The other options are not used to monitor third-party solutions from vRealize Operations. Inventory is the collection of objects that vRealize Operations manages and monitors, such as hosts, VMs, clusters, datastores, and so on. Authentication sources are the methods that vRealize Operations uses to authenticate users and assign roles, such as local users, LDAP, or vCenter Single Sign-On. Super metrics are custom metrics that are derived from one or more existing metrics using mathematical expressions.

References:

1:vRealize Operations - VMware2:vRealize Operations Manager User Guide3:Management Packs for vRealize Operations Documentation4:An overview of Application Monitoring with vRealize Operations: [vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Concepts Guide] : [Inventory Objects in vRealize Operations Manager] : [Authentication Sources in vRealize Operations Manager] : [Super Metrics in vRealize Operations Manager] : [vRealize Operations Manager Administration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Customization and Extensibility Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Troubleshooting Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager API Programming Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Certification Exam Guide]

According to the vRealize Operations Cluster Management guide1, the Association Member Status indicates the state of the association between the remote collector nodes and the master node in a multisite deployment. The valid statuses are:

Active: The remote collector node is connected to the master node and is sending data.

Inactive: The remote collector node is not connected to the master node and is not sending data.

Unreachable: The master node cannot reach the remote collector node due to network issues or node failure.

The Asymmetric status is not a valid status for the Association Member Status. It is a valid status for the Cluster Status, which indicates the state of the cluster nodes in a single site deployment.The Asymmetric status means that the cluster nodes are not in sync and have different configurations or versions1.References:1: vRealize Operations Cluster Management guide, pages 3-4.

Making sure the NFS server allows read-write access to the shared location by the root system account on each cell is the correct way to enable the collection of log bundles from all cells at once.This is because VMware Cloud Director uses the vmware-vcd-support script to collect host log information as well as Cloud Director logs, and this script requires the NFS server to have read-write access to the shared location by the root system account on each cell1. Installing vRealize Log Insight agent on each cell to redirect logs to a centralized location is not a valid option, as vRealize Log Insight is a separate product that does not integrate with VMware Cloud Director. Configuring a syslog server on each of the cells, and requesting the logs from the syslog server is not a feasible option, as it would require manual intervention and coordination to collect the logs from multiple sources. Mapping the log location on the primary cell to a shared folder on each of the other cells in the server group, ensuring they all have read/write rights on the primary is not a sufficient option, as it does not address the NFS server configuration that is required for the vmware-vcd-support script to work properly.References:Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Cloud Director (1026312).Preparing the Transfer Server Storage for VMware Cloud Director on Linux.