You are a VMware consultant who has been hired to take over a mismanaged VMware vSphere 5
platform estate. You are presented with the vCenter administrator password and given the
following information.
1. The system has full production support from VMware.
2. The platform has been suffering from performance problems for two weeks.
3. No documentation exists.
Your role is to design and implement a platform that meets the following requirements:
R001: Stable for current workloads
R002: Supportable by operations staff
Which of the following discovery methods should be used?
A.
Active discovery
B.
Passive discovery
Explanation:
There are two types of discovery methods:
Active discovery can run processes which are detrimental and can impact a system, and normally
requires anagent.
With passive discovery, data is obtained in a non-impactful, non-intrusive manner with no agents.
Data such asthis normally needs more experience to obtain and interpret/present.