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2V0-622 · Question #131

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 becomes orphaned in vCenter when vCenter holds a record of the VM but can no longer match it to a registered inventory entry on any host, which occurs after an HA host failure or a direct host-level unregistration.

Section 8 – Deploy and Administer VMware Virtual Machines

Question

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

(33 responses)
  • A
    94% (31)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

A virtual machine becomes orphaned in vCenter when vCenter holds a record of the VM but can no longer match it to a registered inventory entry on any host, which occurs after an HA host failure or a direct host-level unregistration.

AA VMware High Availability host failure has occurred.Correct

During a VMware HA host failure, the failed host stops communicating with vCenter and its VMs lose their association in vCenter inventory before HA can restart them, causing them to appear as orphaned.

BThe virtual machine was unregistered directly on the host.Correct

When a VM is unregistered directly on the ESXi host via the vSphere Host Client or esxcli, vCenter retains a stale inventory record for the VM while the host no longer has it registered, producing the orphaned state.

CThe ESXi host is disconnected.

A disconnected ESXi host causes its VMs to display as inaccessible or grayed out in vCenter, not orphaned - the orphaned state specifically means vCenter's record cannot be reconciled with any host's registered inventory.

DThe user does not have privilege to access the virtual machine.

Insufficient user privileges result in access denied errors when interacting with a VM but do not affect the VM's inventory registration state or cause it to appear as orphaned.

Concept tested: vCenter orphaned virtual machine causes and conditions

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-7FB3E8C4-E9C3-4B2B-9D37-B7E6AD1A22E4.html

Topics

#orphaned VM#HA host failure#VM state#vCenter inventory

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