VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) Practice Exam

What should an administrator do to address slow performance when deploying a virtual machine template?

1. Increase network throughput by adding additional uplinks to the vSwitch.

2. Change the datastore for the virtual machine template.

3. Configure a Provisioning Traffic vmkernel port.

4. Configure VMware Tools updates.

The correct answer is: Increase network throughput by adding additional uplinks to the vSwitch.

To improve performance during the deployment of a virtual machine template, enhancing the network throughput by adding additional uplinks to the vSwitch is a sound approach. When deploying virtual machines from a template, adequate network bandwidth is crucial because the process often involves significant data transfers, including the template itself and associated configurations. By increasing network throughput, the administrator ensures that the deployment process can leverage more bandwidth, reducing bottlenecks and ultimately speeding up the overall deployment time. Enhancing the vSwitch with more uplinks can help distribute the traffic better and provide redundancy, contributing to a more efficient deployment. In scenarios where many virtual machines are being deployed concurrently, increased network capacity becomes even more critical to maintain performance and avoid slowdowns. Other choices, while they might address certain issues or enhance specific aspects of the environment, do not directly target the primary concern of slow performance during deployment. For instance, changing the datastore could affect performance if the new datastore is slower or congested, and configuring a provisioning traffic vmkernel port is typically more relevant for iSCSI or NFS storage than for general VM deployment performance. Finally, configuring VMware Tools updates is important for ensuring VM operation efficiency post-deployment but does not impact the deployment performance itself.