DRAG DROP
A company has a Hyper-V host server that runs Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition. The host server
has a Generation 2 virtual machine (VM) that runs Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition. The drive that
contains the VM system partition is at 90 percent of its capacity.
You have the following requirements:
The VM must continue to run during any system maintenance activities. You must use the least amount of
administrative effort to accomplish the task.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence?To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of
actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Answer:
Explanation:
I dont think you can extend a volume from a new VHDX file, Disk Manager will show this file as a new physical disk, so you cant extend the old volume to this new disk, unless you do RAID 0 with the 2 disks.
It says its a GEN 2 Win 2012 R2 Server, so you can assume its disk format is VHDX, so you can perform online disk resizing
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282286.aspx
The steps should be:
From Hyper-V Manager, edit the disk
Expand the VHDX file
From the VM, extend the volume
The original answer is not the best answer.
Gustavo’s answers are corect and in the right order.
We can also assume that the vhdx file is connected to a virtual SCSI controller because it’s a Gen 2 VM. This is a prereq to online vhdx resizing ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282284.aspx ).
BEST answer is :
From Hyper-V Manager, edit the disk
Expand the VHDX file
From the VM, extend the volume
+1 vote for gustavo
Agreed that it should be:
From Hyper-V Manager, edit the disk
Expand the VHDX file
From the VM, extend the volume
The question says that the drive that contains the VHDx file is almos full (The drive that contains the VM system partition is at 90 percent of its capacity) So you can’t expand de VHDx file if there is no more space.
Ooops, sorry. It is the VM drive the one that is almost full. So you CAN expand the VHDx
How do you know the size of the disk? Your going to expand a disk blind and “thinking” that it has room left? The proposed answer seems not correct ..
Well, it’s a VHDx (which can grow up to 64TB), and it’s a System Partition.
I think it’s safe to assume the System Partition doesn’t have 57.6 TB Used Space 😉
Gustavo nailed it IMHO:
From Hyper-V Manager, edit the disk
Expand the VHDX file
From the VM, extend the volume