A virtual machine with a single 100 GB virtual machine disk file has a single 20 GB snapshot. The virtual machine is powered off. How much additional free space on the datastore is required to…

The correct answer is C. 0 GB. If the virtual machine is powered off, no additional free space is required and the process will complete faster as there is no need track writes and the additional snapshot and delta file are not created as part of the process. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1023657

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A virtual machine with a single 100 GB virtual machine disk file has a single 20 GB snapshot. The virtual machine is powered off. How much additional free space on the datastore is required to delete the snapshot, committing the snapshot delta disk to the base disk?

Options

A120 GB
B100 GB
C0 GB
D20 GB

How the community answered

(49 responses)

A
31% (15)
B
6% (3)
C
49% (24)
D
14% (7)

Explanation

If the virtual machine is powered off, no additional free space is required and the process will complete faster as there is no need track writes and the additional snapshot and delta file are not created as part of the process. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1023657

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#Snapshot consolidation#Datastore space management#Virtual disk operations#VMware storage

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