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An administrator notices that one virtual machine is in an orphaned state. What are two reasons that a virtual machine can appear as orphaned? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. A VMware High Availability host failure has occurred. B. The virtual machine was unregistered directly on the host. A virtual machine appears orphaned in vCenter when vCenter retains an inventory record for the VM but cannot locate it on the expected host. This can result from an HA failover or a direct host-level unregistration.
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An administrator notices that one virtual machine is in an orphaned state. What are two reasons that a virtual machine can appear as orphaned? (Choose two.)
Options
- AA VMware High Availability host failure has occurred.
- BThe virtual machine was unregistered directly on the host.
- CThe ESXi host is disconnected.
- DThe user does not have privilege to access the virtual machine.
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A72% (23)
- C9% (3)
- D19% (6)
Why each option
A virtual machine appears orphaned in vCenter when vCenter retains an inventory record for the VM but cannot locate it on the expected host. This can result from an HA failover or a direct host-level unregistration.
During a VMware High Availability host failure, the failed host's VMs are restarted on surviving hosts, but if vCenter cannot properly update inventory, the original VM entry may remain associated with the failed host and display as orphaned.
If an administrator unregisters a VM directly from the ESXi host client or via the ESXi CLI without going through vCenter, vCenter still holds the VM object in its database but receives no datastore or host reference, causing the orphaned state.
When an ESXi host is disconnected from vCenter, the VMs registered to that host become inaccessible or show a disconnected status, not orphaned - orphaned specifically means vCenter has a record but cannot verify the VM's existence on any host.
Insufficient user privileges affect what operations a user can perform on a VM but do not change the VM's inventory state; a VM without accessible privileges would still appear in inventory with its normal connected status.
Concept tested: Causes of orphaned virtual machine state in vCenter
Source: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1007453
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