A systems administrator is using VMs to deploy a new solution that contains a number of application VMs. Which of the following would provide high availability to the application environment in case of hypervisor failure?
A systems administrator is using VMs to deploy a new solution that contains a number of application VMs. Which of the following would provide high availability to the application environment in case of hypervisor failure?
Live migration allows virtual machines to be transferred from one physical host to another without downtime. This ensures that in the event of a hypervisor failure, the application environment remains available by moving the affected VMs to a healthy hypervisor. This feature is essential for maintaining high availability in virtualized environments.
A. Anti-affinity rules Anti-affinity rules help ensure high availability by preventing multiple application VMs from running on the same hypervisor host. In case of hypervisor failure, this reduces the likelihood of all application VMs being affected, as they would be running on separate hosts. This allows for increased redundancy and fault tolerance in the application environment.
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Both live migration and anti-affinity rules can contribute to high availability in a VM environment. Live migration offers faster recovery, while anti-affinity rules provide additional fault tolerance. The best approach depends on the specific environment, available resources, and desired level of redundancy. Here are some additional factors to consider: Severity of downtime: If minimal downtime is critical, live migration becomes more important. Complexity of environment: Implementing live migration might require a more complex setup compared to anti-affinity rules. Cost considerations: Live migration might require additional hardware or software compared to anti-affinity rules. Ultimately, the best solution involves understanding your specific needs and implementing a combination of techniques to achieve the desired level of high availability for your application environment.
C. Live migration Live migration allows the virtual machine to move from one physical host to another physical host without incurring downtime. In case of hypervisor failure, live migration can be used to migrate the virtual machine to a healthy hypervisor without interruption to the application environment, providing high availability. Anti-affinity and affinity rules are used to specify which virtual machines can or cannot coexist on the same physical host. Cold migration is used to move a virtual machine to another physical host after shutting down the virtual machine.
Anti-affinity rules provide fault tolerance not high availability in the case of a failure.
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Anti-affinity rules are used to ensure that certain VMs are not placed on the same physical host to improve fault tolerance and resilience. But, although anti-affinity rules enhance fault tolerance by distributing VMs across hosts, they may not address the immediate need for maintaining service availability in the event of a hypervisor failure, which can be addressed more effectively with features like live migration. The option that would provide high availability to the application environment in case of hypervisor failure is C. Live migration. Live migration is a feature provided by virtualization platforms that allows a running virtual machine (VM) to be moved from one physical host (hypervisor) to another with minimal downtime or service interruption. This capability ensures that if one hypervisor fails, the VMs can be quickly migrated to another healthy hypervisor without impacting the availability of the application environment. Live migration is a key component of high availability solutions in virtualized environments.
Going with Live Migration.
If the HyperVisor fails I'm not sure ant-affinity will help. I believe anti-affinity is for distributing virtual machines among virtual hosts not physical machines (which is what the hypervisor is).
To provide high availability to the application environment in case of a hypervisor failure, the administrator should use: C. Live migration. Live migration, often referred to as vMotion (in VMware environments) or a similar name in other virtualization platforms, allows for the seamless movement of a running virtual machine (VM) from one physical host (hypervisor) to another without causing downtime or disruption to the VM's operation.
The answer is NOT "C". Live Migration is for migrations (convenience of being able to move a VM between hosts without perceived downtime), not for high availability. Anti-affinity rules will ensure that the application VM's will stay spread across the clusters.