How would vLCM enhance the remediation operation in this situation?

A large enterprise has a main campus with two 8-Node vSAN 7.0 U1 clusters and 50 remote sites, each containing one 2-Node cluster. An administrator configures a vLCM desired image for lifecycle management, and vLCM had determined that all the clusters are in need of remediation.

How would vLCM enhance the remediation operation in this situation?
A . The administrator can remediate all remote sites and the main campus concurrently.
B. When the administrator selects remediate, vLCM will non-disruptively remediate one server at a time until all clusters are complete.
C. The administrator should remediate the main campus using vSphere Update Manager (VUM) and the 50 remote sites using vLCM.
D. vLCM cannot remediate the clusters concurrently, so the administrator must complete the sites one-by-one in a parallel manner.

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Answer: B

Explanation:

In this scenario, vLCM, or vSphere Lifecycle Manager, would be used to manage the lifecycle of the hosts within the vSAN clusters. It simplifies the process of keeping vSphere environments up-to-date, including firmware and driver updates.

B. When the administrator selects remediate, vLCM will non-disruptively remediate one server at a time until all clusters are complete.

This is how vLCM enhances the remediation operation. vLCM uses a single desired image that is applied across the entire environment. Remediation is done in a non-disruptive, rolling manner – one server at a time. This ensures that there is no disruption to running workloads and allows for the simultaneous updating of multiple hosts across different clusters.

Options A, C, and D are incorrect as vLCM can manage remediation in a rolling fashion across all clusters. There’s no need to use vSphere Update Manager (VUM) for the main campus separately, or to manually do remediation in a parallel manner.