Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

What happens after running a command to deactivate and destroy VMs during a planned failover?

1. VMs get deleted from Site A and the protection domain is no longer active

2. VMs get deleted from Site B, and the protection domain is now Active

3. Customer must then manually power off VMs at Site A and power them on at Site B

4. VMs are powered off on Site A and must be manually powered on at Site B

The correct answer is: VMs get deleted from Site A and the protection domain is no longer active

When the command to deactivate and destroy VMs during a planned failover is executed, the primary action pertains to the management of virtual machines (VMs) in relation to the protection domain. In this scenario, the VMs are permanently deleted from Site A, which is the site from where the failover is being executed. This assures that the environment at Site A is cleared of the VMs that are being protected and that they no longer exist in that location. By removing the VMs from Site A, the protection domain—which encompasses the configuration and management of these VMs—is also deactivated. This occurs because part of the function of a protection domain is to manage the state of VMs that are part of disaster recovery plans. With the VMs deleted and no longer under the oversight of the protection domain, that domain transitions from an active state to a non-active state. The other choices suggest different processes or actions that do not correspond to the outcomes of deactivating and destroying the VMs as part of a planned failover. The focus here is on the consequences of the failover actions, particularly the deletion of VMs and the resulting status of the protection domain, making this response accurately reflect the expected outcome of the command.