VCP Financial Management & Budgeting 4

Question 1

A VMware environment runs 500 VMs with an average consolidation ratio of 20:1. If each physical server costs $8,000 and supports 20 VMs, what is the hardware savings compared to running VMs on dedicated physical servers?

Accepted Answer

$3,800,000

Answer

500 VMs on dedicated servers = 500 × $8,000 = $4,000,000; virtualized = 25 servers × $8,000 = $200,000; savings = $3,800,000.

Question 2

Which cost model does VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) use that differs from purchasing individual vSphere, vSAN, and NSX licenses separately?

Accepted Answer

Per-core bundled subscription

Answer

VCF is sold as a per-core bundled subscription that includes vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and management tools, often providing cost savings versus purchasing each component separately.

Question 3

A financial analyst asks an IT manager to separate IT spending into CapEx and OpEx categories. Which VMware-related expense is correctly classified as OpEx?

Accepted Answer

Annual VMware support and subscription (SnS) renewals

Answer

Annual Support and Subscription (SnS) renewals are recurring operational expenses (OpEx), while initial perpetual licenses and hardware are capital expenditures (CapEx).

Question 4

In a VMware environment, which strategy most directly reduces software licensing costs by ensuring VMs only run on licensed hosts?

Accepted Answer

VM-Host Affinity Rules in DRS

Answer

VM-Host Affinity Rules in DRS restrict VMs to specific licensed hosts, ensuring compliance and preventing VMs from migrating to unlicensed hosts that would increase licensing costs.

Question 5

When evaluating the ROI of deploying VMware Horizon VDI, which savings category is most difficult to quantify but often the largest financial benefit?

Accepted Answer

Improved user productivity from anywhere-access

Answer

Productivity gains from enabling secure anywhere-access are typically the largest VDI benefit but require assumptions about productivity value that are difficult to measure precisely.

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VCP Financial Management & Budgeting 4