AZ-104 Question #366: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Your VMware vSphere on-premises infrastructure hosts 600 virtual machines (VMs). Your company is planning to move all of these VMs to Azure. You are asked to provide information about the resources that will be needed in Azure to host all of the VMs. All VMs hosted in your on-premise infrastructure are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 or newer and RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.0 or newer. You conduct the initial migration assessment and get a message that some virtual machines are conditionally ready for Azure. You need to find the cause of this message. What are two reasons why are you might get this message on some VMs? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

Options

• AThe vCenter user does not have enough permissions on affected VMs.
• BThe operating system is configured as Windows Server 2003 in vCenter Server.
• CThe operating system is configured as Others in vCenter Server.
• DThe VMs are configured with the BIOS boot type.
• EThe VMs are configured with the UEFI boot type.

Explanation

VMs are marked as 'conditionally ready' in Azure Migrate if their operating system is unsupported or if they use a UEFI boot type which may require conversion during migration.

Common mistakes.

• A. Insufficient vCenter user permissions would typically prevent the discovery or assessment of VMs entirely, rather than producing a 'conditionally ready' status for the discovered VMs.
• C. An operating system configured as 'Others' in vCenter might lead to a lack of detailed information or an 'unknown' status, but specific unsupported OS versions like Windows Server 2003 are distinct checks. The question explicitly states all VMs are WS2012 R2+ or RHEL 7+, so 'Others' would not be the primary issue.
• D. Azure generally supports BIOS boot types (Generation 1 VMs), so a VM configured with BIOS boot would typically be considered 'ready' rather than 'conditionally ready' for migration.

Concept tested. Azure Migrate VM compatibility (OS, boot type)

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/migrate-support-matrix-vmware

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