VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (VCP-DCV 2022) — Question 33

A virtual machine with a single 100 GB virtual machine disk file has a single 20 GB snapshot. The virtual machine is powered off.
How much additional free space on the datastore is required to delete the snapshot, committing the snapshot delta disk to the base disk?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

To delete the snapshot, the existing delta disk data is merged back into the base disk without requiring additional space on the datastore. Since the virtual machine is powered off and the snapshot is committed directly to the base disk, no extra space is needed, making option A correct. Options B, C, and D suggest unnecessary space requirements that do not apply in this scenario.