An administrator is trying to delete a protected snapshot but is unable to do so. What is the most likely cause?

Question

Options

• AThere is an active recovery occurring at that time.
• BRansomware has encrypted the snapshot.
• CThere is an approval policy that was denied.
• DThe snapshot has been corrupted.

• A
  88% (36)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  7% (3)

Explanation

When an active recovery operation is in progress, Nutanix locks the snapshot being used as a recovery point to maintain data consistency throughout the process. Attempting to delete a snapshot that is actively being read for recovery will fail. The administrator must wait for the recovery to complete before the snapshot can be deleted.

Why the other options are wrong:

• B (Ransomware encryption): While Nutanix Data Lens can flag ransomware activity, a ransomware-encrypted snapshot does not cause a deletion lock in this manner; this is an unlikely and rare scenario.
• C (Approval policy denied): Approval policies govern VM lifecycle actions (like VM deletion), not snapshot deletion operations.
• D (Snapshot corruption): A corrupted snapshot would not prevent deletion; in fact, it would typically still be removable.

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