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NCP-MCI-6.10 · Question #74

Which baseline is used to identify a Zombie VM?

The correct answer is D. Fewer than 30 1/Os and less than 1000 bytes per day of network traffic for the past 21 days. In Nutanix Prism's Intelligent Operations, a Zombie VM is defined as a virtual machine that has shown fewer than 30 I/O operations AND less than 1,000 bytes per day of network traffic over the past 21 days. This combination of low disk I/O and minimal network activity indicates…

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Question

Which baseline is used to identify a Zombie VM?

Options

  • AVM is powered off for the past 21 days
  • BMemory usage is less than 1% and memory swap rate is equal to 0 Kbps for the past 21 days.
  • CVM has no logins for the past 21 days
  • DFewer than 30 1/Os and less than 1000 bytes per day of network traffic for the past 21 days

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • B
    7% (1)
  • D
    93% (13)

Explanation

In Nutanix Prism's Intelligent Operations, a Zombie VM is defined as a virtual machine that has shown fewer than 30 I/O operations AND less than 1,000 bytes per day of network traffic over the past 21 days. This combination of low disk I/O and minimal network activity indicates the VM is running but not being actively used, consuming resources unnecessarily. Option A (powered off) describes an 'Inactive' VM, not a Zombie - a Zombie VM is still powered on. Option B (memory metrics) and Option C (no logins) are not the criteria Nutanix uses for this classification.

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#Zombie VM#VM management#Monitoring#Resource optimization

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