Q: 4
What happens if an agent VM is powered off and then manually started on another host?
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Option A here, because once you power up an agent VM on a different host by hand, the cluster can't recognize it due to broken affinity. That's what makes the VM go unresponsive in a Nutanix cluster, pretty sure about that.
Nah, it's not D in this case. Pretty sure A is correct since manual start on another host breaks the affinity setup for agent VMs-trap for folks thinking Nutanix handles it like a regular VM.
A imo, agent VMs aren't happy if moved like that. Breaks the affinity rules and you basically lose cluster access to it.
I don’t think it’s C. A is correct because once the agent VM is started on another host manually, it breaks the affinity config and isn't reachable by the cluster. That’s what makes agent VMs different from regular VMs.
A tbh, agent VMs break affinity if moved manually and just end up unresponsive. Nutanix docs even warn about this scenario.
A is what I saw on similar practice questions. Agent VMs have strict affinity and will just end up unresponsive if you boot them on a different host manually. That's different from how regular VMs work, pretty sure about this one but open to other takes if anyone disagrees.
B , trap is thinking it's D like with standard VMs but agent VMs just become unresponsive if moved manually.
A , but only because manual start bypasses Nutanix's host affinity for agent VMs. If the cluster still expects that agent on its original host, it just goes unresponsive. Seen the same in some practice questions too.
Honestly Nutanix should just let the agent VM migrate, so I'll pick D.
Agent VM would just become unresponsive, so A.
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