A virtual machine template is accidently removed from the vCenter Server Inventory. Which method would be used to recover the template back into the environment?

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A. Use the datastore browser to locate the template, then right click and add the .vmtx file to VMware uses the .vmtx file extension specifically to identify virtual machine templates on a datastore. When a template is removed from vCenter inventory without being deleted from disk, it can be re-added by right-clicking the .vmtx file in the datastore browser and selecting 'Add to Inventory', which restores it as a template object.

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B. Use the datastore browser to locate the template, then right click and add the .vmx file to The .vmx file is the configuration file for a regular virtual machine, not a template - registering it would add a VM to inventory, not a template.

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C. Using the Managed Object Browser and adding the template from the The Managed Object Browser (MOB) is a low-level diagnostic interface for browsing vSphere objects and is not the supported method for re-registering missing templates from a datastore.

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D. Using the Managed Object Browser and adding the template from the Same as C - the MOB does not provide a supported workflow for recovering or re-registering template files stored on a datastore.

A virtual machine template is accidently removed from the vCenter Server Inventory. Which method would be used to recover the template back into the environment?

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