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When you delete a NFS datastore from an ESX/ESXi Host, which of the following occurs (Choose Two)?

When you delete a NFS datastore from an ESX/ESXi Host, which of the following occurs (Choose Two)?

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A.
The datastore and all virtual machines will remain on the storage device

B.
The datastore and all virtual machines are removed from the storage device

C.
The datastore is removed from all connected ESX/ESXi Hosts

D.
The datastore is only removed from that specific ESX/ESXi Host

Explanation:
The below explanation is for deleting VMFS, as far as I know you cant delete NFS datastores from an ESXi host. You can unmount it which only removes it from that single host and the VMs would still remain on the datastore. Therefore The correct answers should be:

The datastore and all virtual machines remain on the storage device
and
The datastore only removed from that specific ESX/ESXi host.

Page 123 on vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

Delete VMFS Datastores
You can delete any type of VMFS datastore, including copies that you have mounted without resignaturing. When you delete a datastore, it is destroyed and disappears from all hosts that have access to the datastore.
NOTE The datastore delete operation permanently deletes all files associated with virtual machines on the datastore.


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