An administrator can attach a baseline to which two inventory objects? (Choose two.)
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A. B. C. D. E.BE.
An administrator can attach a baseline to two inventory objects: Datacenters and ESXi hosts.
A baseline is a set of reference values used to compare against the current state of an object to ensure compliance with a certain set of rules or configuration standards. In VMware vSphere 7.x, baselines can be used to ensure that ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and other components are in compliance with certain security, patching, or configuration policies.
Here are the explanations of why Resource pools, Datastores, and Templates are not the correct answers:
A. Resource pools: Resource pools are logical containers for virtual machines and can be used to allocate resources to a group of VMs. However, resource pools cannot be used to attach baselines.
B. Datastores: Datastores are used to store virtual machine files, templates, and ISO images. Although datastores play an important role in virtual infrastructure, they are not inventory objects and cannot be used to attach baselines.
D. Templates: Templates are preconfigured virtual machines that can be used to quickly deploy new virtual machines. Templates are not inventory objects and cannot be used to attach baselines.
Therefore, the correct answers are B. Data centers and E. ESXi hosts. Baselines can be attached to data centers to ensure that all the hosts in the data center are in compliance with the same set of rules. ESXi hosts can be scanned against a baseline to ensure that they meet a particular compliance standard, such as security or configuration.