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CV0-002 · Question #98

A company has decided to replace hypervisors to reduce licensing costs. An administrator has been tasked with migrating VMs to the new hypervisor. Which of the following migration types will be used?

The correct answer is B. V2V. When a company replaces existing hypervisors with new ones and needs to move virtual machines, the process is categorized as a Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration.

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Question

A company has decided to replace hypervisors to reduce licensing costs. An administrator has been tasked with migrating VMs to the new hypervisor. Which of the following migration types will be used?

Options

  • AP2P
  • BV2V
  • CV2P
  • DP2V

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    86% (37)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Why each option

When a company replaces existing hypervisors with new ones and needs to move virtual machines, the process is categorized as a Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration.

AP2P

P2P (Physical-to-Physical) migration involves moving an operating system and data from one physical server to another, which is not applicable when dealing with VMs.

BV2VCorrect

A Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration involves moving a virtual machine's disk files and configuration from one hypervisor platform or instance to another. This is precisely the type of migration used when replacing hypervisors, as both the source and destination environments are virtualized.

CV2P

V2P (Virtual-to-Physical) migration involves converting a virtual machine's image into an operating system installed directly on a physical server, which is the reverse of what is needed here.

DP2V

P2V (Physical-to-Virtual) migration involves converting an operating system and data from a physical server into a virtual machine image, which is not applicable as the source is already a VM.

Concept tested: Virtual machine migration types

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/migrate/migrate-virtual-machines

Topics

#VM migration#Virtualization#V2V migration

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