Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

After mounting the snapshot containing the deleted directory, what should the administrator do next?

1. Copy the directory from the snapshot disk to the original VM disk

2. Delete all existing directories in the VM

3. Restart the Nutanix cluster

4. Unmount all other snapshots

The correct answer is: Copy the directory from the snapshot disk to the original VM disk

The correct choice involves the process of recovering deleted data from a snapshot, specifically focusing on the action the administrator should take after mounting the snapshot containing the deleted directory. Copying the directory from the snapshot disk to the original VM disk ensures that the lost data is restored back to its original location, making it accessible once again. When a snapshot is mounted, it provides a point-in-time view of the virtual machine’s data, allowing an administrator to access files or directories that may have been deleted since that snapshot was created. By copying the required directory from the snapshot, the administrator effectively restores the required files without affecting other data on the original VM disk. The other options, while they may seem relevant in different contexts, do not address the immediate requirement of restoring specific deleted data. For instance, deleting all existing directories in the VM could result in further data loss, and restarting the Nutanix cluster is unnecessary for a data recovery operation, which can be done at the VM level. Unmounting snapshots does not help in restoring deleted data; instead, it would make recovery more difficult by removing access to those backups. Therefore, the choice to copy the directory is the most direct and effective action to restore the required data.