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What is the purpose of the virtual media repository on the VIO Server?
The correct answer is C. To store images for use by VIO Clients. The virtual media repository on the VIO Server is a storage area that holds virtual optical disk images (such as ISOs) that VIO Clients can mount and use as if they were physical optical drives.
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What is the purpose of the virtual media repository on the VIO Server?
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- ATo store resources for use by the NIM server
- BTo store backups of the VIO Server
- CTo store images for use by VIO Clients
- DTo store images for use by VIO Servers
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A13% (4)
- B7% (2)
- C77% (23)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
The virtual media repository on the VIO Server is a storage area that holds virtual optical disk images (such as ISOs) that VIO Clients can mount and use as if they were physical optical drives.
NIM maintains its own separate resource directories (lpp_source, SPOT, etc.) on the NIM master; the VIO Server virtual media repository is entirely distinct and is not used by NIM.
VIO Server backups are handled through the backupios command or NIM and are stored separately; the virtual media repository is not a backup facility.
The virtual media repository is a defined directory structure on the VIO Server that stores virtual optical media files; VIO Clients are mapped to these images through virtual SCSI adapters, allowing them to boot from or read installation media without requiring a physical optical device on each client partition.
VIO Servers consume physical resources and export them to clients; they do not mount images from their own virtual media repository for their own use, making this description of the repository's purpose incorrect.
Concept tested: VIO Server virtual media repository purpose
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/powervm/3.1.0?topic=server-virtual-media-repository
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