A virtual machine has the following configuration:
• Thin provisioned virtual disks
• The VMFS datastore on which it resides is on a thin provisioned LUN.
• The storage array is VAAI-enabled.
What is the behavior of the virtual machine when it encounters an out-of-space condition?
A.
It is suspended.
B.
It is gracefully shut down.
C.
It is powered off.
D.
It is converted to space-efficient sparse.
Explanation:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-CDF335B3-E4F5-4A27-8F1B-3629880467B7.html
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Performing Virtual Machine Power Operations
Just like physical machines, virtual machines have power states.
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Powered on – The virtual machine is running. If no OS has been installed, you can perform OS installation as you would for a physical machine.
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Powered off – The virtual machine is not running. You can still update the software on the virtual machine’s physical disk, which is impossible for physical machines.
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Suspended – The virtual machine is paused and can be resumed; like a physical machine in standby or hibernate state.
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A more appropriate explanation:
If a Thin Provisioned datastore reaches 100%, only those VMs which require extra blocks of storage space will be paused, while VMs on the datastore that do not need additional space contnue to run.
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/07/new-enhanced-vsphere-50-storage-features-part-3-vaai.html
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i suppose pause and suspend can mean the same thing.. so yes if more blocks or volumes are needed then it appears they will hit a suspended state until some very nice storage admin is nice enough to increase the size of your volume or datastore: from there you can just go ahead and follow the steps to expand it from within the vcenter server.
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A : It is suspended.
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