Windows Server Administration Fundamentals — Question 24

You work as a system administrator for a medium-sized company. You receive a call in the middle of the night that people cannot access their mails. Your mail servers name is mymail01. You log into the VMware service console to see the status of the server and you see a little exclamation point over the virtual machines name. You click edit settings and click on the hard disk to find out that your mail server is running off of mymail01-000001.vmdk. What is the most likely conclusion of why your server went down and is not powering on?

Answer options

• A. Your mail server's .vmdk file that stores system files has been deleted.
• B. Your mail server was being updated and received a bad patch.
• C. Your mail server did not properly release the snapshot and became unstable.
• D. Your mail server was in the middle of a backup and the snapshot used up the rest of the storage space on the LUN.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because if the snapshot consumed all available storage on the LUN, the server would not have enough space to operate, leading to a shutdown. Option A is incorrect as the .vmdk file is still present. Option B is not relevant since there is no indication of a bad patch causing the issue. Option C, while possible, does not directly address the immediate storage issue indicated by the presence of a snapshot.