Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) — Question 59

An administrator needs to manage VMs from Prism when the cluster is running on ESXi. The VM management options in Prism are grayed out and unavailable.
Which procedure should the administrator complete to manage VMs from Prism when using the ESXi hypervisor?

Answer options

• A. VCenter must be registered in Prism.
• B. Prism does not support managing VMs on ESXi.
• C. Administrator must upgrade Prism license
• D. Only Prism Central can manage VMs for ESXi Clusters.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because registering VCenter in Prism is necessary to enable VM management functionalities when using the ESXi hypervisor. Option B is incorrect as Prism does support managing VMs on ESXi, C is not relevant as licensing does not affect this specific management capability, and D is also incorrect because Prism can manage VMs directly if VCenter is registered.