2V0-51-23 practice question 10 of 15

An administrator is tasked with creating a new pool of desktops with hardware-accelerated graphics with vMotion support. Which graphic acceleration types can the administrator choose to meet the requirement?

Full set: 89 questions
Answer options
A: Virtual Shared 3D rendering Correct answer
B: Virtual Shared Pass-through Graphics Acceleration
C: Virtual Shared Direct access 3D
D: Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
Correct Answer:
A. Virtual Shared 3D rendering
Explanation

Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration (vSGA), also known as Virtual Shared 3D rendering, is the only hardware-accelerated graphics option that supports vMotion. vSGA allows multiple VMs to share a single physical GPU while maintaining the ability to migrate VMs between hosts. This is achieved through the VMware SVGA 3D driver, which provides hardware acceleration while abstracting the physical GPU, enabling vMotion compatibility.

Why Incorrect

B. Virtual Shared Pass-through Graphics Acceleration - This is not a valid VMware graphics acceleration type; it conflates incompatible concepts.
C. Virtual Shared Direct access 3D - This is not a recognized VMware graphics acceleration technology name.
D. Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration (vDGA) - Uses GPU pass-through which binds VMs to specific hardware, preventing vMotion.

References

1. VMware Horizon 7 Architecture Planning Guide

Chapter 5: Graphics Acceleration

Section "vSGA Support for vMotion"

2. VMware vSphere 6.7 Documentation

"Configuring Graphics Devices

" ESXi Configuration Guide

3. VMware Knowledge Base Article 2144475: "Graphics acceleration options in VMware Horizon"

4. VMware Technical Paper: "Graphics Acceleration in VMware Horizon 7" (2017)

Pages 8-12

5. VMware vSphere 6.7 Virtual Machine Administration Guide

"Using Hardware Graphics Acceleration"

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