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VMware 5V0-22.21 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | VMware |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | VMware vSAN Specialist (vSAN 6.7 Specialist) |
| Exam Number: | 5V0-22.21 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Related Certifications: | VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (pre-req) VMware Certified Specialist - vSAN |
| Exam Duration: | 125 minutes |
| Passing Score: | 300 (scaled) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Single & Multiple Select |
| Exam Price: | USD 250 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 76 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | N/A |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or at testing centre |
| Pre Condition: | VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification recommended |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vsan-specialist |
VMware 5V0-22.21 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| vSAN Architecture and Technologies | - vSAN space efficiency and data services - Identify how vSAN stores and protects data - Design considerations for standard, 2-node, and stretched clusters |
| vSAN Management & Monitoring | - Monitor cluster health and performance - Use VMware Skyline and UI for health checks |
| vSAN Implementation & Configuration | - Network requirements and best practices - Configure vSAN clusters and disk groups |
| Troubleshooting & Operational Tasks | - Maintenance mode and resync operations - Troubleshoot common vSAN issues |
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VMware vSAN Specialist Sample Questions:
A vSAN administrator, who has a cluster that has both compute-only and vSAN ReadyNodes, recently received a request to deploy a new application with higher storage performance requirements than what are currently available.
What are two ways the administrator can reconfigure the vSAN cluster to obtain this additional performance? (Choose two.)
- A. Add additional hosts, with capacity devices only, and then stream the cache from the other hosts.
- B. Add additional compute-only hosts from the vSAN cluster.
- C. Add to the existing disk groups two cache devices and the eight capacity devices.
- D. Add cache and capacity devices to the compute-only hosts.
- E. Add additional cache and capacity devices to the existing data nodes.
Correct Answer: D,E 🗳️
What are two characteristics of the vSAN Data-At-Rest Encryption (DARE)? (Choose two.)
- A. It needs to be enabled together with the vSAN Data-In-Transit encryption.
- B. It is Software Defined and works independently of the Cache or Capacity drives installed on the Nodes.
- C. It requires Self-Encrypting Drives in order to work.
- D. It is not supported on Stretched Cluster environments.
- E. It continues to operate unaffected during downtime on vCenter Server.
Correct Answer: B,E 🗳️
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A new vSAN Cluster with four hosts has to be designed for a single site architecture.
Which design decision is correct?
- A. Use block-based storage for the newvSAN cluster.
- B. Configure the storage controllers to use RAID.
- C. Only hardware listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide will be deployed.
- D. All the data must remain accessible even with two host failures.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
In vSAN 7.0 U1, when a host enters into maintenance mode (EMM) using the "Ensure Accessibility" option, it will allow vSAN to write to another host in addition to the host holding the object replica.
What does vSAN write to that additional host?
- A. A full replica and all incremental updates that happened once the host entered maintenance mode
- B. A full replica
- C. The stripe from the host entering maintenance mode
- D. All incremental updates that happened once the host entered maintenance mode
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
A vSAN administrator received the following alert from vRealize Operations Manager:
"VMKernel NIC is experiencing high number of dropped packets."
What is the quickest path in vRealize Operations Manager that should be used to further investigate this alert?
- A. Home -> vSphere Optimization Assessment
- B. Environment -> vSAN and Storage Devices
- C. Home -> Troubleshoot -> vSAN
- D. Alerts -> Triggered Alerts
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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