VMware vSphere 6 Foundations (VCP6-DCV) — Question 6

An administrator attempts to create a Thick Provisioned Virtual Disk (VMDK) on an NFS datastore; but it fails.

Which two reasons would explain the failure? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Datastore is on an NFS 3 storage server that does not support Hardware Acceleration
• B. Datastore is on an NFS 4.1 storage server
• C. Only VMFS datastores support "Thick Provisioned" VMDK
• D. The NFS datastore was not created on a "Thick Provisioned" device

Correct answer: A, B

Explanation

Option A is correct because NFS 3 does not support Hardware Acceleration, which is necessary for Thick Provisioned VMDKs. Option B is also correct as NFS 4.1 may have incompatibilities with Thick Provisioning. Options C and D are incorrect because Thick Provisioned VMDKs can be created on NFS datastores, not exclusively on VMFS.