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While shutting down a vApp for maintenance, a vSphere administrator determines that one of the virtual machines stays powered on. The administrator manually powers off the virtual machine inside the vApp.
Which step should the administrator take to prevent the virtual machine from staying powered on in the future?
A. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to None
B. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Power Off
C. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Manual
D. Change the Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Excluded
Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
B: One great feature of vApps is that you can specifically set the order in which virtual machines (and nested vApps) within a vApp start up and shut down. Shutdown Action can be set to Guest Shutdown, Power Off, or Suspend. Since the vApp stays powered on you should change the Shutdown action to Power Off to enable the administrator to perform maintenance.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Setting the Shutdown Action to None will result in the vApp staying powered on.
C: Setting he Shutdown Action for the virtual machine to Manual means that you will have to manually power off the virtual machines every time you need to perform maintenance because then the virtual machine will stay powered on.
D: Excluding the virtual machine will not ensure that the virtual machine will not power off on shutdown.
References:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc_50/GUID-6CA3CCF8-71A7-4167-AA5D-86BB67CF060D.html
Fitzhugh, R., vSphere Virtual Machine Management, Packt Publishing, Birmingham, 2014, p. 149
