An administrator is preparing to perform an update to vSphere clusters that are running vSAN. The administrator wants to ensure that the following requirements are met as part of the update:
• All hosts in the cluster are updated with the same software.
• The firmware versions on the hosts are updated.
• The new software versions are checked for compliance against the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List.
Which three steps should the administrator take to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)
To ensure that all hosts in the cluster are updated with the same software, the administrator should configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager with an image for the cluster. Registering the vendor hardware management system as a vCenter Server extension is necessary because it allows for the inspection of hardware and identification of compatible firmware versions. Lastly, running a hardware compatibility check using vSphere Lifecycle Manager is crucial to ensure the new software versions comply with the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List.
ABE Took me a while, but I found the answer: "...to perform firmware updates on hosts that are of ESXi version 8.0 and later and that are in a vSAN cluster, you must manage that cluster with a single image. You must also deploy an OEM-provided hardware support manager and register it as a vCenter Server extension. The hardware support manager inspects the hardware of the hosts in the cluster and lists available and compatible firmware versions, which you can add to the image for the cluster. The actual firmware update happens upon remediating the cluster against an image that contains a firmware add-on." https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-6906DCFA-F4A4-4A67-A86D-2F56AB0B3B38.html
A. because you must use an image, B. the server vendor HW manager must be registered, it will show you the needed firmware updates that D. you should download from the vendor depot and add to the image.
Should be ABE.
Answers can be found by using both documents listed below. The first one explains options A+B the second one explains option E https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-6906DCFA-F4A4-4A67-A86D-2F56AB0B3B38.html https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere-lifecycle-manager.doc/GUID-34AF5B19-FC80-4915-8358-D5FCC8A8E69E.html
C - NO Unlike vendor add-ons, firmware and drivers add-ons are not distributed through the official VMware online depot or as offline bundles available at https://my.vmware.com. For a given hardware vendor, firmware updates are available in a special vendor depot, whose content you access through a software module called a hardware support manager.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-34AF5B19-FC80-4915-8358-D5FCC8A8E69E.html#GUID-34AF5B19-FC80-4915-8358-D5FCC8A8E69E ABE
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere-lifecycle-manager.doc/GUID-34AF5B19-FC80-4915-8358-D5FCC8A8E69E.html#GUID-34AF5B19-FC80-4915-8358-D5FCC8A8E69E
Looks like the correct answers are A, E, and F. To meet the requirements of the scenario, the administrator should take the following steps: Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager with an image for the cluster. This will ensure that all hosts in the cluster are updated with the same software. Run a hardware compatibility check using vSphere Lifecycle Manager. This will ensure that the new software versions are checked for compliance against the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List. Configure vSphere Lifecycle Manager with a baseline for the cluster. This will ensure that the firmware versions on the hosts are updated.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-lifecycle-manager/GUID-9A112231-AD7C-4EF5-AB6A-A8DAA704D307.html
ADE SOMEONE DOUBLE CHECK ME