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Question 1

Relación entre Virtual Machine Compatibility y Virtual Hardware Version

Answer 1

Virtual Machine Compatibility - Virtual Hardware Version
ESXi 7.0 - 17
ESXi 6.7 U2 and later - 15
ESXi 6.7 and later - 14
ESXi 6.5 and later - 13
ESXi 6.0 and later - 11
Virtual hardware versions 12 and 16 are specific to Workstation and Fusion Pro.

Question 2

Is it possible to remove Virtual Hardware when VM is power on?

Answer 2

No!

You can remove virtual hardware only when the VM is powered off

Question 3

Comparing Thick and Thin Provisioning

Answer 3

Thick Provisioning:

• Use thick provisioning when you must guarantee that enough capacity is available for each disk at the time of creation.
• VMs do not compete for the storage space.
• The datastore capacity that is not consumed by VMs is wasted.

Thin Provisioning:

• Use thin provisioning when not all the datastore capacity needs to be consumed at the time of creating the virtual disks.
• You must closely monitor datastore capacity to avoid running out of space.
• The datastore capacity is used more efficiently by multiple VMs.

Question 4

What information about a VM does the virtual hardware version provide?

Answer 4

• The virtual hardware version that the VM supports.

- The ESXi host versions that the VM can run on.

Question 5

How delete a VM?

Answer 5

The VM must be power off and the you can delete it.