VMware vSphere 7.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2021) — Question 79

A vSphere administrator has renamed the inventory name of a virtual machine.
Which task should the administrator perform to ensure the virtual machine files are also renamed to match the new virtual machine name?

Answer options

• A. Take a virtual machine snapshot.
• B. Unregister and register the virtual machine in vCenter Server.
• C. Migrate the machine to another host with vSphere vMotion.
• D. Migrate the machine to another datastore with Storage vMotion.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because using Storage vMotion allows the administrator to move the virtual machine's files to a new datastore while renaming them to match the new inventory name. The other options do not perform this task; snapshots and migrations to different hosts do not affect the file names, and unregistering and registering the VM does not change the file names either.