An administrator is asked to take a snapshot of a virtual machine prior to an application upgrade. The virtual machine has one standard virtual machine disk
(VMDK) and one physical mode raw device mapping (RDM) attached. Which statement is true with regard to taking this snapshot? (Choose the best answer.)
A. The administrator will be unable to snapshot the RDM.
B. The administrator will be able to snapshot the standard VMDK in independent persistent mode.
C. The administrator will be able to snapshot the RDM in independent persistent mode.
D. The administrator will be able to snapshot both disks.
A
A.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-53F65726-A23B-4CF0-A7D5-48E584B88613.html
D is correct If SCSI not shared mode (none) then you would be able to take snapshot even if the disk is virtual/physical compatible mode
A. The administrator will be unable to snapshot the RDM.