Q: 5
An administrator is responsible for a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) fleet. The administrator has
been tasked with commissioning four ESX hosts for a new workload domain that uses vSAN Express
Storage Architecture (ESA) as the primary storage solution.
During the host validation stage in vSphere client, the process fails with the following errors:
esx-l.wld.vcf.local. Failed to validate vSAN HCL status.
esx-2.wld.vcf. local. Failed to validate vSAN HCL status.
esx-3.wld.vcf.local. Failed to validate vSAN HCL status.
esx~4.wid.vcf. local. Failed to validate vSAN HCL status.
What Is the cause of the errors?
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B. vSAN ESA just won't let you pass validation with non-certified drives. That's the issue here, not controller config.
B . The official guide and compatibility docs highlight that vSAN ESA needs strictly certified drives.
B tbh
Looks like this comes down to hardware compatibility. B
A isn't right, it's B for sure. The real issue with vSAN ESA is always about certified storage, not RAID config. Trap for folks who think controller setup is still the main blocker.
B imo. Had something like this in a mock and vSAN ESA really blocks on non-certified storage.
B tbh. Official guide and practice tests always highlight the vSAN ESA HCL requirement, regular NVMe isn't enough. If anyone's seen host validation pass with non-certified storage, I'm willing to stand corrected.
Not A, it's B. Controller config can trip up normal vSAN, but ESA specifically requires drives that are on the vSAN ESA certified list or validation just fails. Seen similar exam questions trip people up with this trap.
Why does VMware always make this so strict? It’s B, vSAN ESA validation fails unless your storage is on the specific ESA HCL. Regular certified NVMe isn’t enough, needs that extra certification. I’m pretty sure but open to correction if anyone’s pulled it off without proper devices.
Its B here. vSAN ESA is super picky about storage hardware, only certified devices actually pass HCL checks during host validation. Saw similar questions in the official guide and practice tests, always pointed to compatibility lists. Pretty sure but if someone has seen different behavior with controller configs, let me know.
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