Which three operations can cause VMFS metadata updates? (Choose three.)

A. Restarting a VM using the guest OS.

B. Launching a VM console.

C. Migrating a VM

with vMotion.

D. Powering a VM on or off.

E. Expanding a VMFS datastore.

Explanation:

Metadata is updated each time you perform datastore or virtual machine management operations. Examples of operations requiring metadata updates include

the following:

Creating, growing, or locking a virtual machine file

Changing a files attributes

Powering a virtual machine on or off

Creating or deleting a VMFS datastore

Expanding a VMFS datastore

Creating a template

Deploying a virtual machine from a

template

Migrating a virtual machine with vMotion

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