VMware Exam Questions

which of the following situations would result in VMware HA NOT restarting virtual machines (Choose

Assuming the appropriate HA configuration options have been selected, which of the following situations would result in VMware HA NOT restarting virtual machines (Choose Two)?

A.
A guest OS fails

B.
A guest OS is manually powered off

C.
An ESX Server in the cluster becomes isolated from the network

D.
An ESX Server in the cluster is put into Maintenance Mode

Explanation:
A is correct NO PROBLEM, will not restart
B. IF VM MONITORING is configured IT WILL restart (we need to verify is it is enabled by default. If yes, than this is an INCORRECT choice)
C. Incorrect – VMs will be restarted
D. You can put a host in maintenance on HA cluster without DRS, so it will restart. If HOST MONITORING IS disabled – IT WILL NOT RESTART. By default Host Monitoring is enabled which means it may restart.