An administrator wants to configure a High Availability cluster to allow virtual machines a 10 minute window to shut down in the event of a Host Isolation incident. What two configuration settings…

Setting das.isolationshutdowntimeout = 10 would only provide a 10-second window for VM shutdown, not the requested 10 minutes.

The das.isolationshutdowntimeout advanced option specifies the time in seconds that HA waits for virtual machines to shut down gracefully after a host isolation event is detected before proceeding to power them off. A 10-minute window translates to 600 seconds.

Setting the Host Isolation Response to 'Shut Down and Restart VMs' instructs the vSphere HA cluster to attempt a graceful shutdown of virtual machines running on an isolated host. This action allows the guest operating system time to properly close applications and save data before the VM is restarted on another host.

Configuring Host Isolation Response to 'Power Off and Restart VMs' forces an immediate power-off of virtual machines without allowing them any time for a graceful shutdown, which contradicts the requirement for a 10-minute shutdown window.