VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2022) — Question 101

An IT department is decommissioning a storage array and tasks an administrator with removing a datastore from ESXi hosts.
What is a prerequisite for unmounting the datastore?

Answer options

• A. The datastore is NOT managed by Storage DRS.
• B. The datastore is NOT being used by vSphere High Availability heartbeating.
• C. The datastore is NOT referenced by a host profile.
• D. The datastore does NOT contain powered-off virtual machines.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because a datastore managed by Storage DRS cannot be unmounted until it is disassociated from Storage DRS. The other options relate to different restrictions that do not prevent the unmounting process directly, such as heartbeating, host profiles, and the presence of powered-off virtual machines.