VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard Specialist — Question 49

An administrator has discovered that space utilized by VMs does not decrease after deleting files and folders within the VMs. The administrator needs to be able to reclaim this space.
Which action could the administrator take to accomplish this task?

Answer options

• A. Disable Storage I/O Control for the vSAN cluster.
• B. Reboot the VM to recreate the swap file.
• C. Set the Object Space Reservation rule to 100%.
• D. Enable TRIM/UNMAP for the vSAN cluster.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Enabling TRIM/UNMAP for the vSAN cluster allows the storage system to reclaim space that has been marked as deleted within the VMs. The other options do not directly address the issue of space reclamation: disabling Storage I/O Control does not affect space usage, rebooting the VM only refreshes the swap file without recovering space, and setting the Object Space Reservation to 100% can actually prevent efficient space utilization.