A critical hypervisor security patch has been released and needs to be rolled out as soon as
possible. Which of the following steps can be taken to minimize downtime for all guest VMs
currently running?

A.
In the next scheduled maintenance window, apply patch, reboot host, and wait for all VMs to
come back online.

B.
In the next scheduled maintenance window, migrate VMs to another host. Remove host from
any availability clusters, patch host, reboot host, and place host back into availability cluster.

C.
In the next scheduled maintenance window, shut down all VMs, apply patch, reboot host, and
wait for all VMs to come back online.

D.
In the next scheduled maintenance window, migrate VMs to another host. Remove host from
any availability clusters, unplug network cables from host, patch host, reboot host, reconnect
network cables, and place host back into availability cluster.

Explanation: