VMware vSphere 7.x Delta — Question 71

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 virtual machine's files to be renamed to match the new inventory name during the migration to a different datastore. The other options do not involve renaming the virtual machine files; snapshots and host migrations do not impact the file names, and unregistering and re-registering does not change file names either.