An administrator has a virtual machine that requires four times the compute resources than other virtual machines on the same ESXi 6.x host. How should the administrator configure the virtual machine settings, in order to be prepared for any resource contention?

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A. Set the shares of the priority virtual machine to High and the rest to Low. In vSphere, predefined CPU share values are High=2000, Normal=1000, and Low=500. Setting the priority VM to High (2000) and all other VMs to Low (500) creates a 4:1 ratio, precisely satisfying the requirement for four times the compute resources during resource contention. This is the only share combination that achieves the exact 4:1 ratio needed.

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B. Set the shares of the priority virtual machine to High. Setting only the priority VM to High (2000) while leaving others at the default Normal (1000) yields only a 2:1 ratio, not the required 4:1.

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C. Set the shares of the priority virtual machine to High and the rest to Normal. High (2000) versus Normal (1000) produces a 2:1 ratio, which is insufficient to guarantee four times the compute allocation.

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D. Set the shares of the priority virtual machine to Normal and the rest to Low. Normal (1000) versus Low (500) yields only a 2:1 ratio and incorrectly leaves the priority VM at the default share level instead of elevating it.

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