Which two options can be used for vCenter Server 6.x database availability? (Choose two.)
A.
NSX load balancer
B.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG)
C.
vCenter Server Watchdog
D.
vCenter Server Heartbeat
E.
Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering
Explanation:
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1024051
may be B, E. Because they are looking for database availability.
B. Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG)
E. Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering
C and E.
SQL is not suppoorted DB for vCenter (only Postgres and Oracle).
Oracle can be clustered using MSCS.
vCenter Server Heartbeat is not supported for vCenter 6.x
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1024051
Ok, rather B and E:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-55F7FFDB-01B8-4C18-AA89-DC28BD9B1E9F.html
vCenter Server for Windows supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL database, while the vCenter Server Appliance supports only an Oracle database as an external database.
Watchdog is not for DB availability.
Agree with B and E
It seems the B is not correct:
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/files/2015/05/INF4945_Potheri-vCenter_Server_Availability.pdf pag. 17
So what is it…?
I choose C and E
P.S. I think some answer may be wrong.
According to https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1024051
The answer should be B and E:
– Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG) -> certified support
– Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering -> with support but not certified
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1024051
100% positive B and E.
” …Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AG) for high availability and disaster recovery solution (Non-shared disk configuration)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) for high availability, and Availability Groups (AG) for disaster recovery solution (Shared Disk Configuration)…”