Which feature provides near real-time performance statistics for VMs?

vRealize Operations is designed to provide comprehensive visibility into the performance and health of virtual environments. It offers near real-time performance statistics for virtual machines, allowing administrators to monitor resource utilization, identify trends, and troubleshoot issues efficiently. By leveraging advanced analytics, vRealize Operations can deliver insights that help in optimizing performance, capacity planning, and ensuring that VMs are running smoothly.

The other options have different primary functions. vSphere Replication is focused on data protection and disaster recovery, ensuring that VMs are replicated to other locations rather than providing performance metrics. VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the VM's guest operating system and provides some metrics but not to the extent or detail that vRealize Operations does. vCenter Server manages multiple ESXi hosts and their VMs but does not specialize in delivering near real-time performance statistics—it is more of an infrastructure management tool. Therefore, the ability of vRealize Operations to provide detailed, real-time insights makes it the correct choice for monitoring VM performance statistics.