Which tool should be used?

A storage administrator is facing degraded performance for the VMs running on a vSAN enabled vSphere Cluster and needs an out-of-the-box tool to identify the root cause of the problem.

Which tool should be used?
A . top
B. esxcli
C. vmkfstools
D. vsantop

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Answer: D

Explanation:

vsantop is a command line utility that can be used to monitor the performance of a vSAN cluster in real-time. It provides detailed information about the performance of the vSAN cluster and its components, including disk usage, IOPS, network traffic, and object states. It can be used to identify the root cause of performance problems, such as disk contention, network congestion, or object failures. It provides a quick and easy way to identify the root cause of performance issues, making it a useful tool for

troubleshooting vSAN clusters.

This is explained in VMware vSAN documentation in the section "vSAN Tools and Troubleshooting"

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vsphere-vsan-70-admin-guide/GUID-7E8F6C98-7C0B-4D21-8F1A-F3A3A9F4F4A4.html