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2V0-622 · Question #133

What are three reasons why a virtual machine might fail to power on? (Choose three.)

The correct answer is A. The virtual machine is running on an ESXi host which has an expired license. B. The virtual machine is running on a datastore which has insufficient disk space for the .vswp file. C. The virtual machine is in a cluster with vSphere HA Admission control enabled. A VM fails to power on when critical prerequisites are unmet, including valid host licensing, sufficient datastore space for the swap file, and HA admission control resource thresholds.

Section 8 – Deploy and Administer VMware Virtual Machines

Question

What are three reasons why a virtual machine might fail to power on? (Choose three.)

Options

  • AThe virtual machine is running on an ESXi host which has an expired license.
  • BThe virtual machine is running on a datastore which has insufficient disk space for the .vswp file.
  • CThe virtual machine is in a cluster with vSphere HA Admission control enabled.
  • DThe virtual machine has a disconnected network adapter.
  • EThe virtual machine does not have a Virtual Hard Disk assigned.

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    80% (24)
  • D
    13% (4)
  • E
    7% (2)

Why each option

A VM fails to power on when critical prerequisites are unmet, including valid host licensing, sufficient datastore space for the swap file, and HA admission control resource thresholds.

AThe virtual machine is running on an ESXi host which has an expired license.Correct

An expired ESXi license restricts host operations, and powering on VMs is among the features blocked until a valid license is applied to the host.

BThe virtual machine is running on a datastore which has insufficient disk space for the .vswp file.Correct

At power-on, ESXi must create a .vswp swap file on the datastore sized to the VM's configured memory minus any reservation; if the datastore lacks sufficient free space, the power-on operation fails.

CThe virtual machine is in a cluster with vSphere HA Admission control enabled.Correct

vSphere HA Admission Control enforces resource reservation policies to guarantee failover capacity; if powering on the VM would violate those thresholds, ESXi denies the power-on request.

DThe virtual machine has a disconnected network adapter.

A disconnected network adapter does not prevent a VM from powering on; the VM starts normally and the adapter simply remains disconnected without blocking the boot process.

EThe virtual machine does not have a Virtual Hard Disk assigned.

A VM without a virtual hard disk can still power on in vSphere - the VM process initializes and will attempt PXE or other boot methods, so the absence of a VHD alone does not block power-on.

Concept tested: VM power-on prerequisites and failure conditions

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.avail.doc/GUID-85D9737E-769C-40B6-AB73-F58DA1A451F0.html

Topics

#VM power on failure#licensing#disk space#HA admission control

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