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2V0-621 · Question #81

Which two supported tools can be used to upgrade virtual machine hardware? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. vSphere Web Client B. vSphere Update Manager. Two officially supported methods for upgrading virtual machine hardware compatibility in vSphere are the vSphere Web Client and vSphere Update Manager.

Section 4 – Upgrade vSphere 6.x to vSphere 6.x

Question

Which two supported tools can be used to upgrade virtual machine hardware? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AvSphere Web Client
  • BvSphere Update Manager
  • Cvmware-vmupgrade.exe
  • Desxcli vm hardware upgrade

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    95% (18)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

Two officially supported methods for upgrading virtual machine hardware compatibility in vSphere are the vSphere Web Client and vSphere Update Manager.

AvSphere Web ClientCorrect

The vSphere Web Client provides a GUI option to upgrade VM hardware compatibility by right-clicking a powered-off VM and selecting 'Upgrade VM Compatibility', making it a directly supported and commonly used method.

BvSphere Update ManagerCorrect

vSphere Update Manager can orchestrate VM hardware compatibility upgrades across multiple VMs at scale as part of an upgrade baseline, making it the preferred method for bulk hardware version upgrades in an environment.

Cvmware-vmupgrade.exe

vmware-vmupgrade.exe is not a real VMware utility - no such executable exists in the official vSphere toolset for upgrading virtual machine hardware.

Desxcli vm hardware upgrade

The esxcli command-line interface does not include a 'vm hardware upgrade' sub-command; esxcli is used for host-level operations, not for changing VM hardware compatibility versions.

Concept tested: Supported tools for upgrading VM hardware compatibility

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc/GUID-0FC96E93-D6DD-4948-8B41-99C8B20B6869.html

Topics

#VM hardware upgrade#vSphere Web Client#vSphere Update Manager#upgrade tools

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