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VMware Exam 2V0-51.23 Topic 3 Question 36 Discussion

Actual exam question for VMware's 2V0-51.23 exam

Question #: 36
Topic #: 3

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An administrator has added a supported PCI graphics accelerator to a virtual machine configuration. When the administrator tries to power on the virtual machine, an error is displayed and the virtual machine remains powered off.

Which of the following virtual machine configuration settings needs to be applied to enable the virtual machine to power on?

AEnable Video Card 3D Graphics.

BReserve all guest memory.

CSet Memory Shares to High.

DDisable CPU Hot Plug.

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Suggested Answer: B

To enable a virtual machine to power on with a PCI graphics accelerator, such as a GPU, attached to it, the administrator needs to reserve all guest memory for that virtual machine. This is because PCI devices require direct memory access (DMA) to function properly, and memory overcommitment can interfere with DMA operations.Reserving all guest memory ensures that no memory swapping or ballooning occurs on the virtual machine, and that the memory address space is contiguous and available for DMA56.

The other options are not required or valid because:

Enabling Video Card 3D Graphics is not necessary for using a PCI graphics accelerator.This option is for using software-accelerated graphics or virtual shared graphics acceleration (vSGA) on a virtual machine7.

Setting Memory Shares to High does not guarantee that all guest memory will be reserved. Memory shares only affect how memory resources are distributed among competing virtual machines when there is memory contention on the host. Memory shares do not prevent memory overcommitment or swapping.

Disabling CPU Hot Plug does not affect the use of a PCI graphics accelerator. CPU Hot Plug allows adding or removing virtual CPUs from a powered-on virtual machine. It has no relation to PCI devices or DMA operations.

by Bulah at May 05, 2025, 02:08 AM

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Lashaun

30 days ago

I think Pearlene is right, reserving all guest memory might be the key to solving the issue.

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Candida

1 months ago

But enabling 3D graphics should allow the virtual machine to power on with the new graphics accelerator.

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Bettye

1 months ago

Aha! I bet it's 'Enable Video Card 3D Graphics'. You can't have a proper virtual graphics accelerator without that option.

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Glen

18 hours ago

User 1: I think it's 'Enable Video Card 3D Graphics'.

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Pearlene

1 months ago

I disagree, I believe the correct answer is B) Reserve all guest memory.

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Candida

1 months ago

I think the answer is A) Enable Video Card 3D Graphics.

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Marleen

1 months ago

I think Luz is right, reserving all guest memory could potentially solve the issue with powering on the virtual machine.

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Matilda

1 months ago

But wouldn't enabling the video card graphics be necessary for the PCI graphics accelerator to work properly?

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Malcom

1 months ago

Haha, I'm just going to pick 'Disable CPU Hot Plug' and see what happens. It's like a virtual game of 'Guess the Setting'!

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Julie

1 months ago

Nah, 'Disable CPU Hot Plug' is the way to go. Who needs multiple CPUs anyway? One is plenty for a VM!

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Myra

20 days ago

A: You're right, D) Disable CPU Hot Plug is the correct setting to enable the virtual machine to power on.

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Leota

25 days ago

B: No, I believe it's D) Disable CPU Hot Plug.

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Tu

1 months ago

A: I think the answer is A) Enable Video Card 3D Graphics.

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Luz

1 months ago

I disagree, I believe the correct answer is B) Reserve all guest memory.

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Lanie

2 months ago

Wait, what if it's 'Set Memory Shares to High'? That could boost the performance and help the VM start up.

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Deonna

1 months ago

C) Set Memory Shares to High.

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Nydia

2 months ago

B) Reserve all guest memory.

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Jenelle

2 months ago

A) Enable Video Card 3D Graphics.

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Matilda

3 months ago

I think the answer is A) Enable Video Card 3D Graphics.

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Edda

3 months ago

Hold on, I'm pretty sure it's 'Reserve all guest memory'. How else is the VM going to have enough resources to power on?

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Adolph

1 months ago

I agree with you, 'Reserve all guest memory' is the correct setting to enable the virtual machine to power on.

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Stephanie

1 months ago

No, I don't think that's it. 'Reserve all guest memory' makes more sense to me.

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Claribel

2 months ago

I think it's actually 'Enable Video Card 3D Graphics'. That's what the error message is pointing to.

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Myra

3 months ago

Hmm, I think it's definitely 'Enable Video Card 3D Graphics'. That's the obvious solution, right?

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