Exam 3V0-23.25 Topic 1 Question 56 Discussion
Actual exam question for VMware's 3V0-23.25 exam
Question #: 56
Topic #: 1
Question #: 56
Topic #: 1
An L3 Support Engineer is replacing a failed NVMe drive on a vSAN ESA host in a VCF Workload Domain.
The engineer physically swaps the failed drive with a brand new, enterprise-grade 7.68 TB NVMe device.
However, SDDC Manager and vCenter refuse to automatically claim the drive into the vSAN Storage Pool.
The engineer checks the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) output:
```
[RVC Output: vsan.disks_stats ~cluster]
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
| Device Name | Status | State | Capacity | HCL Compliance |
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| naa.5000a...| In-Use | OK | 3.84 TB | Yes |
| naa.5000b...| In-Use | OK | 3.84 TB | Yes |
| naa.5000x...| Unclaimed| Eligible | 7.68 TB | No (Firmware) |
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+--------------------------------------+
```
What combination of root cause analysis and procedural steps is required to successfully integrate this new drive and restore the cluster to full health? (Select all that apply.)
The engineer physically swaps the failed drive with a brand new, enterprise-grade 7.68 TB NVMe device.
However, SDDC Manager and vCenter refuse to automatically claim the drive into the vSAN Storage Pool.
The engineer checks the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) output:
```
[RVC Output: vsan.disks_stats ~cluster]
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
| Device Name | Status | State | Capacity | HCL Compliance |
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+--------------------------------------+
| naa.5000a...| In-Use | OK | 3.84 TB | Yes |
| naa.5000b...| In-Use | OK | 3.84 TB | Yes |
| naa.5000x...| Unclaimed| Eligible | 7.68 TB | No (Firmware) |
+-------------+----------+-----------+------------+--------------------------------------+
```
What combination of root cause analysis and procedural steps is required to successfully integrate this new drive and restore the cluster to full health? (Select all that apply.)
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