2V0-620 · Question #167
Which three operations occur during a cold migration of a virtual machine? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is A. The virtual machine disks are moved if the datastore is being changed. B. The virtual machine is registered with the destination server. C. The source virtual machine is removed from the old hosts. A cold migration powers off the VM and moves its files and disk(s) to the destination, registers it with the new host, and removes it from the source host inventory.
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Which three operations occur during a cold migration of a virtual machine? (Choose three.)
Options
- AThe virtual machine disks are moved if the datastore is being changed.
- BThe virtual machine is registered with the destination server.
- CThe source virtual machine is removed from the old hosts.
- DThe virtual machine hardware is upgraded.
- EThe virtual machine files are quiesced prior to the migration.
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(22 responses)- A91% (20)
- D5% (1)
- E5% (1)
Why each option
A cold migration powers off the VM and moves its files and disk(s) to the destination, registers it with the new host, and removes it from the source host inventory.
When a cold migration involves a datastore change, the virtual disk files (.vmdk) are physically relocated to the new datastore as part of the migration process.
After the files are transferred, the VM is registered with the destination ESXi host or vCenter, making it visible and manageable in the new inventory.
The original VM entry is unregistered and removed from the source host inventory once the migration completes, preventing duplicate registrations.
Hardware version upgrades are a separate, optional operation performed explicitly by the administrator and are not an automatic step in the cold migration workflow.
Quiescing (freezing I/O for application consistency) applies to snapshots and hot backups of running VMs; in a cold migration the VM is already powered off, making quiescing unnecessary and irrelevant.
Concept tested: vSphere cold migration process and VM relocation steps
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-EE264B3A-E4D9-4C67-977D-4B73E8E5CA53.html
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