Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) — Question 21

A single host in a four-node AHV-based cluster experiences a complete network failure.
If more than enough resources exist in the cluster to tolerate a node failure, what happens to the user VMs running on that host?

Answer options

• A. VMs remain down until network connectivity is restored.
• B. VMs stay up, but are unreachable until connectivity is restored.
• C. VMs automatically restart on the three remaining hosts.
• D. VMs are live-migrated to the three remaining hosts.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because the cluster has enough resources to handle the node failure, allowing the VMs to automatically restart on the remaining hosts. Option A is incorrect as the VMs would not just remain down; they would be restarted. Option B is also incorrect as the VMs would not be accessible since they would be moved to another host. Option D is wrong because live migration is not applicable in this scenario.