2V0-21.23 Question 406
Select 2An administrator is tasked with performing a Storage vMotion to migrate a virtual machine's virtual disk files from one datastore to another while the virtual machine remains powered on. Which of the following requirements must be met for this operation to succeed?
- A
The source and destination datastores must be accessible by the ESXi host running the virtual machine.
- B
The virtual machine must have a hardware version of 10 or higher.
- C
The virtual machine must not have any snapshots.
- D
The ESXi host must have a valid vSphere Standard license or higher.
- E
The source and destination datastores must be in the same storage array.
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Correct answers: A, D
Explanation
Storage vMotion allows the migration of virtual machine disk files from one datastore to another while the VM remains powered on. To perform this operation, the ESXi host managing the VM must have access to both the source and destination datastores, and the host must be licensed with a vSphere Standard license or higher. Other requirements, such as hardware version or snapshot presence, do not restrict this functionality, and cross-array migrations are supported.
- A. Correct.
The source and destination datastores must be accessible by the ESXi host running the virtual machine because Storage vMotion requires both datastores to be accessible to the host managing the virtual machine.
- B. Incorrect.
The virtual machine does not require a specific hardware version to perform Storage vMotion. This is a distractor.
- C. Incorrect.
Having snapshots does not prevent a Storage vMotion, as the operation supports virtual machines with snapshots.
- D. Correct.
A valid vSphere Standard license or higher is required to perform Storage vMotion. It is a licensing prerequisite for this feature.
- E. Incorrect.
The source and destination datastores do not need to be in the same storage array. Storage vMotion supports moving virtual disks across different storage arrays.