PSC Virtualization & Container Integration

Question 1

What vSphere primitive enables Pure Storage FlashArray to perform array-side copy operations without consuming ESXi host CPU resources?

Accepted Answer

VAAI XCOPY (Full Copy) offload

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vMotion live migration

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vSphere Replication delta sync

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DRS cluster load balancing

Question 2

What does enabling Virtual Volumes (VVols) in a Pure Storage and VMware environment allow that traditional VMFS datastores do not?

Accepted Answer

Per-VM storage policy enforcement and granular snapshot management at the individual VM object level

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Increased raw throughput by bypassing the VMFS filesystem layer entirely

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Automatic live migration of VMs between datastores during peak load

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Shared read-write access to the same volume from multiple ESXi hosts simultaneously

Question 3

Which Pure Storage component must be installed in VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to enable array-based replication and automated failover orchestration?

Accepted Answer

Pure Storage Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)

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Pure Storage vCenter Server Plugin

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Pure Storage Management Pack for vROps

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Pure Storage VASA Provider

Question 4

What is the role of the Pure Storage VASA (vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness) Provider in a VMware environment?

Accepted Answer

It communicates FlashArray capabilities and storage profiles to vCenter for VVol and SPBM support

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It offloads snapshot creation from the ESXi kernel to the array hardware

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It provides real-time I/O performance metrics to vRealize Operations

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It enables live deduplication ratio reporting inside the vSphere client UI

Question 5

Which connectivity protocols does Pure Storage FlashArray support for VMware ESXi host access?

Accepted Answer

Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)

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iSCSI and SMB 3.0 only

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NFS v4.1 and Fibre Channel only

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FCoE and CIFS only

Question 6

What does the Pure Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) primarily provide?

Accepted Answer

FlashArray performance metrics, capacity analytics, and storage health dashboards integrated into the vROps console

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Automated VM provisioning directly from FlashArray snapshots inside vROps

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A replacement for the Pure1 cloud management portal within on-premises vROps

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Automatic QoS policy enforcement based on vROps workload stress alerts

Question 7

When using Pure Storage VVols with VMware, what is a Protocol Endpoint (PE)?

Accepted Answer

A single access point on the FlashArray through which the ESXi host communicates with all VVol objects

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A dedicated iSCSI port reserved exclusively for VVol replication traffic

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A virtual adapter created on the ESXi host to handle VVol metadata requests

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A snapshot container that holds point-in-time copies of VVol data objects