Adding an Existing Boot Disk to a Virtual Machine
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Which step is required when adding an existing hard disk that is configured as a boot disk during virtual machine creation? (Choose the best answer.)
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The correct answer is C. Remove the existing disk before adding the boot disk.
When adding an existing hard disk that is configured as a boot disk during virtual machine creation, the existing disk needs to be removed before adding the boot disk. This is because vSphere does not allow two disks to be marked as bootable within a single virtual machine.
Therefore, to add an existing boot disk, the existing disk that was marked as bootable during virtual machine creation needs to be removed first. After removing the existing disk, the boot disk can be added to the virtual machine as a new disk.
Option A, Enable Secure Boot, is not relevant to the process of adding an existing hard disk that is configured as a boot disk during virtual machine creation. Secure Boot is a feature that can be enabled to help ensure that only trusted firmware, operating system, and driver code is loaded during the boot process.
Option B, Select "RDM Disk" from the "Add New Device" drop-down menu, is also not relevant. RDM (Raw Device Mapping) disks allow a virtual machine to directly access a physical storage device. However, this option is not necessary when adding an existing hard disk that is already configured as a boot disk.
Option D, Set the boot delay to at least 5,000 milliseconds, is also not relevant. The boot delay is the amount of time the virtual machine waits before booting the operating system. However, this option does not affect the process of adding an existing hard disk that is configured as a boot disk during virtual machine creation.
